Rittman Announces Epochal Oil Discoveries for Gasoline and Explosives
Dr. Walter F. Rittman of the Bureau of Mines reports two major breakthroughs in petroleum processing. The first would yield more gasoline from crude oil, the second enables the United States to produce benzol and toluol domestically, boosting explosives and dye industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecretary Lane
Interior Department
Walter F. Rittman
Bureau of Mines
United States
Doctor Rittman
Havemeyer Hall
Columbia University
Burton
Standard Oil Company
Benzel
Europe
Asl
Columbia
M. C. Whitaker
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
United States Bureau of Mines At
Pittsburgh
Department of Chemistry
Rittman
California
Altar Moment Leads to Impulsive Engagement Ring Choice
A couple stops at a jeweler window and narrator notes their sudden plan to wed. She urges him to try on a ring and he reluctantly complies, sparking surprise and a dare to proceed with the plunge into commitment.
Joke Lover Proves He Laughed Forty Times
A New York Weekly line recalls a man who enjoys a joke so much he laughs at it again and again, joking about his fellow’s claim to prefer humor above all else. The back and forth highlights persistent amusement during a friendly exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimson
New York Weekly
Frivolous Beauty Advice and Home Remedies
A collage of 1900s style ads and quips on eczema cleansing products by Cuticura, notes on Fanny Crosby’s blindness and wit, a Brooklyn bank scandal anecdote, and Dr Ida C Nahm promoting soap, water, and walking as beauty and health cures for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida C. Nahn
Nahm
The Case Deceives With Ring Off Engagement
A witty interchange hints at a social ambush as a telephone clerk reports breaking an engagement. The dialogue plays on a pun about a ring being off and a case of romance misled.
Postum gains daily enjoyment as coffee substitute
A lady doctor recounts eight years of using Postum daily to replace coffee. She notes better sleep, steadier nerves, and weight gain, praising Postum’s taste and clarity, and encourages others to switch for health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Postum
Postum’ Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Canadian policy praised by American farmer in Minnesota letter
A Cottonwood Current reader, A G Hansen of near Javet Saskatchewan, argues Western Canada offers good farming prospects. He notes stable crops despite drought, similar laws to Minnesota, voluntary military service, and government aid while asserting anti Canadian sentiment in U S papers is unfounded. He cites emigration to Canada and calls for continued help to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Hansen
Javet
Sask
Minnesota
Canada
Cottonwood Current
Cottonwood
Minn
Hansen
Iowa
Dakotas
United States
Edison on his sixty eighth birthday remark about a German republic
On his sixty eighth birthday Thomas A. Edison told a reporter the war would yield a German republic that would surpass the others in fifty years. When asked about Belgian language groups he cryptically said he knew what language he would use if he were Belgian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Fragmentary legal note on Cobb-Is case and expense
A brief, garbled OCR fragment references Cobb-Is and an expense item in a judge advised matter. No clear names, dates, or actions are legible to determine specifics or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Webb
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Ohio
Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
United Gas Improvement Company of
Philadelphia
Swarthmore
Library OF Columibia
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W. L. Douglas
W. LI. Douglass
Suis
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
Ratti
Sam
Spark St
Brockton
Mags
W.l.douglas
Cutiura
Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Fanny Crosby
Brooklyn
Mass
Stewart
Chicago Flexible Shaft CO
Wells
Ohio Sts
Chicago
Lils
Sharon Hardware Mfg. Co
Sharon, Pa
P. H. Fitzgerald
Eorgia
Tribune New Colony Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Guptill
Sendsise
R. G. Guptill
Ravia
Okla
Chas
Lawrence Hoffman
79Th St
Cupid
Southern
Southern Co-Operative Agency
S. 41St St
Birmingham
Ala
The
Carr Co
Washington Blvd
Ill
Advance Novelty Co
Dept
Indiana Sales Co
L’aras
Lecke Bidg
Indianapalis
Lod
Ben-Trovato Jelde
S.err
St. John, N. B
Snowfake Hatchery
L. W. Johnson, Mart
Tex
Carter
Carters
I. U
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