Secretary Work Approves Engineers Plan Transfer of Agencies
New York. Secretary of Labor announces approval of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers plan for reorganization of the interior department. The plan contemplates creating a division of public works and transferring the patent office and bureau of mines from the interior to commerce.
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New York
American Society of Mecchanica
Kanegineers
Department of the Interien
Seuilace
Engineers
Patent Office
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Department of Commerce
Hairdressers of Europe Fail to Please Americans
Americans criticize European hairdressers as unable to replicate quick painless styling. The piece notes exhaustingly long tests for drunks, including balance, nose touching, and pin picking, to determine sobriety as a safety measure before judging styling skills.
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Europe
Fraternity House Sales Reported in Madison
A Madison report notes the Magnus Evenson mansion and the D K fraternity house sold to Alpha Chi. Two deals total about $100,000 with paving and rent terms cited, amid a Michigan context.
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Madison
Wis
D. K
Mammoth Found Buried 50,000 Years Ago in Florida Creek Bed
In Elbourne Florida Prof Pred Loomis of Amherst College unearthed a Columbian mammoth 12 feet tall and 24 feet long from Crane's Creek muck bed. The fossil, dating to the early Pleistocene, suggests southward movement due to climate. Remains include teeth thigh bone rib vertebrae and arm bone with other fossil bones from Florida deer and an extinct form.
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Florida Creek
Elbourne
Florida
Crane's Creek
Pred &. Loomis
Amherst Colleges
Loomis
Immigration curbs cut Chinese influx to Cuba
Havana reports that Cuban restrictions on Chinese immigrants have sharply reduced arrivals. In ten months only 212 entered, versus 1,212 in the prior period, as laborers, merchants, students, and researchers face limits similar to U S policy. Chinese quarters extend across Havana with many engaging in laundries, shops, and vegetable peddling.
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Havana
Associated Press
Cuba
United States
Nat
Sereya
Havang
Stringing Pearls An Art Handed Down Through Generations
A fragmentary note on the craft of stringing pearls and the traditional handdown of pen tips as a learned art passed along through generations.
Pearl Necklace Craft Technique Described in Detail
A mother explains to her daughter that the pearls’ great value deters new workers, as mastering the knot that secures each pearl takes at least a year. If the knot is off by even half its breadth, the hang of the necklace will appear lopsided or gaps will show.
No Boom In 1924 Says Babson Man
Lal L. Newton of Babson's Statistical Organization told the sixth annual Knitted Outerwear Manufacturing association district convention in West Acree Wisconsin that 1924 should not be a boom year. He urged normal or subnormal business growth, emphasized plain ordinary work, and advised cautious budgeting while pushing sales to the limit to protect profits.
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West Acree
Wis
Associated Press
Lal L. Newton
Bebsen
Anlweaukee
Newtomb
Lower Costa
Dairymaids as Scientists Boost Dairy Industry Knowledge
A fragment from a 1920s article extols the modern dairymaid as a bacteriologist and domestic science specialist. It argues dairywomen apply agricultural college training to master milk handling, butter production, and optimal churning temperatures, elevating the dairy’s professional status.
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Agricultural College
Domestic Science
Dramatic Duck Season Ends in Madison Short of Expectations
The 1993 duck season, ending December 20, has been unusually poor according to reports from Angiere Road to the state conservation commission.
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Madison
Angiere
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