Letters reveal odd hopes behind rationed faith in Uncle Sam
Mining Congress Journal notes two curious letters to the Bureau of Mines from distant dreamers. One asks when the 1921 report on items from silk neckties to onyx will be ready and seeks exotic expedition tips. The other, from an Italian mushroom grower in New York, asks for empty New Jersey mines to farm mushrooms and for damp spots to plant them.
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Uncle Sam
Bureau of Mines
Mining Congress Journal
Cocos Islands
Mall
New York City
Henry
Metropolis
Unives
New Jersey
From Wasp to Sugar in Hawaii
A report on Hawaii using pollinating wasps to aid banyan trees for watershed forestry and sugar plantations. Missionaries travel to the Philippines India and the Pacific for wasp sources as planners hope banyan cultivation improves water protection and cane yields.
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Nine
Hawaii
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
Philippines
Pii Islands
India
Fiji
Teach Flat Life In Schools To Prepare Girls For Homes
New York public schools add domestic science model homes with kitchen dining and bath to train forty pupils at once in economical home management. Cana Memorials to Canadian soldiers in France and Belgium will be selected by an international committee including a Canadian Frenchman and an Englishman. Sculptors of the memorials will be chosen for the project priced about 100000 dollars, with heights of 80 to 100 feet.
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New York
Canada
France
Belgium
Hach
Readable at Last Novel Note Sparks Light Conversation
A fragmentary exchange recalls a reader praising a novel and asking to borrow it. The text also mentions a French baker’s remarkable journey from Paris to Moscow of about 1,000 miles in 60 days, reflecting curiosity about unusual feats.
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Mise Cayenne
Parla
Moscow
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