Wasteful Methods Save Water And Coal
The piece notes New York fined two dollars for each leaking tap and saved 40,000,000 gallons in two years. It cites Indiana University’s Dr Toley estimating U S coal use for locomotive steam and suggests moving whistles forward could save over a million pounds yearly. It also warns that many clinker ashes still retain heat, wasting potential energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Doctor Toley
Indiana University
United States
Island Bird Sanctuary Sold Off Hebrides to Quiet Ornithologist
An unnamed ornithologist has purchased St Kilda, a seven mile circumference island off the Outer Hebrides, from Sir Reginald MacLeod. The plan protects the area as an ocean sanctuary for migratory seabirds. Tourists may land to view the island aviary but no buildings will be erected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Kida
Hebrides
Reginald MacLeod
Einstein and the conductor over a fare joke
The Hollywood Daily Citizen recalls a tale of Professor Einstein arguing with a German streetcar conductor over change. The conductor convinces him. Einstein apologizes and the conductor quips that arithmetic may not be his strong point. The item closes with a wry remark about aging and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Einstein
Germany
Relativity
Tinstein
Hinstein
Hollywood Daily Citizen
New Hat Styles Parade for Spring Millinery Trends
Fashion writer Cherie Nicholas notes midseason spring millinery blooms with flowers ribbons and straws. Berets sailors and cloches star with variations such as turned up brims hats worn at angles and pin secured berets. Styles include pancake berets quill trimming baby brims and Louis Selzer models with shallow crowns upturned brims and flower accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
Paris
Louis Selzer
Butterflies Inspire Spring Color Trends and Study
The passage advises chasing butterflies to glimpse spring color ideas and suggests visiting museums or libraries to study color plates. It highlights how butterfly wings reflect color harmony, with notes on blues and delicate shifts, and predicts hints of periwinkle, dusty sapphires, and amethysts behind blue mists guiding future fashion.
Flag Scarfs Make Bold Signal Flag Look For Coats
Very new and very smart square scarfs of chiffon wool feature different colored squares sewn to resemble signal flags. Belts match for a coordinated set. A grand accessory to wear with coats, offering vivid color and decorative flair.
Pick Winter Additions For Spring Style Transition
The piece advises selecting winter outfits that can transition into spring without menace of pneumonia. It recommends choosing pieces that can be worn under a winter coat later, such as a coat dress style in spring colors and fabrics that resemble silk or wool, ensuring versatility for both seasons.
Show Ring Jokes At State Fair Colisee
A humorous exchange at a state fair horse show ends with judges stymied by a pun. A hopeful boy asks for a canter and lone, the judges reply. The youngster quips his dinner choice was canterlope, prompting light laughter amid the competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimma
Indianapolis News
Gold seekers find luck in Auburn mining district
Fortunate duo from Los Angeles to Auburn California seek work and gold. They set up a slice box and learn to pick raw gold from a miner. In six weeks they banked dust worth 264 dollars from their sluice in the Last Chance mining district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aln. Foresard
Auburn
Calif
Los Angeles
Last Chance
Cough relief touted for Webster City reader
In Webster City a local reader recounts relief after using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for a bad cough. The testimony praises improved appetite sleep and general well being after taking multiple bottles and associated Dr Pierce medicines. An offer for free medical advice and availability from druggists is noted. A separate item mentions a lioness named Zevita following girls from a factory meal break and later being captured in the factory yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
de Pierce
Chas. Lacey, Sr
Apple Ave
Dr. Pierce
Dr. Pleece
Har Ahilton
England
Zevita
Zenita
Old Friends and New: Joy of Making One More Connection
In later years the value of friendship deepens yet a single new acquaintance can bring renewed warmth. The piece reflects on how middle age opens room for fresh bonds and the happiness found in a new companion.
Notable Women and the Roots of Robinson Crusoe
A survey of famous women from Harriet Livermore to Alice Liddell, detailing their public lives and legends. The piece connects Daniel Defoe to the true tale of Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe, noting Selkirk’s four-year isolation on Juan Fernandez, the later naming of the island Crosoe’s Island, and monuments like Selkirk’s Lookout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk
Largo
Fifeshire
South Seas
Cinque Ports
Juan Fernandez
Chile
Woodes Rogers
Selkirk
Oo E. M.S. Weymouth
Defoe
Robinson Crosoe
Crosoe
Crusoe
Selkirk's Lookout
Rob
Inson Crusoe
Western Newspaper Union
Amplification of Radio Reveals Atom and Onion Clamor
A science writer notes that amplified radio reveals the babble of atoms in a mothball and molecular clamor in an onion. The plain radio similarly carries the babble of a hard boiled egg and the clamor in the heart of toothpaste, per the Minneapolis Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneavolis Journal
Real cigarette tobacco sells easy to roll
A speaker touts Target Tobacco noting it lets a man roll 30 to 40 cigarettes for a dime. He praises the tobacco as real, easy to use, and flavorful, claiming it delivers the best smoking and saves about 4 cents weekly. He urges readers to buy at stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
New England
Harriet Livermore
Hester Stanhope
America
Plymouth
Mass
Swedes Celebrate Longevity In Central Sweden Parish
A Swedish parish in central Sweden named Hisa reports a longevity record. Of 4000 residents, 92 are over eighty and few exceed ninety. Earlier, Hisa boasted Sweden's oldest inhabitant, farmer Sven Eriksson, who died at 105 and a half.
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Hisa
Sweden
Risa
Sven Eriksson
Quick Growth Story Fragment Captures Urgent Call
A short excerpt shows a girl left to watch the soup crying out for help as the pot appears to grow larger than the vessel, her plea signaling a developing concern or magical element in the scene.
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Crec & Challey
Palm Springs
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Bayer
Cherie Nicholas
Lake Placid
St. Jacobs
Garfield
Louise M. Comstock
Alice Liddell
Alice In Wonderland
Charles
Lutwidge Dodgson
Osford University
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Calldom
Target
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Des Moines
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