The Prodigal Daughter Returns Home
A Beasley family drama set in Jersey Creek chronicles a prodigal daughter’s return and a grieving father. After years away in theater and rough work, she comes home to a paternal storm of pride and fear, then a tentative, transformative reunion marked by rekindled love and mutual understanding.
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Jersey Creek
Independence Avenue
Tie
Mrs. Hinkley
Alin
Salil
Alfie
Jersey
Allie
Easy Way to Crack Nuts With Liquid Air
Scientists at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington explored cracking chicha nuts using liquid air. After nearly a ton crushed shells without kernel damage, immersion in liquid air cracked shells easily. Researchers seek commercial large scale use and note nuts grow in South America with shells once used for war charcoal.
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National Bureau of Standards
Washington
Aee
South America
Child mishears ages in a neighborly exchange
A reader recalls a curious conversation where a child, Mary, estimates her mother's age as nineteen and others correct her to twenty six or twenty seven. The writer reflects on the unintended compliment and the neighborly curiosity. The brief anecdote ends with the narrator noting his own age as thirty five.
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Becsame
Lauehinety
Mary
Causes of Cotton Gin Fires Due to Static Electricity
USDA investigations show only a minority of cotton gin fires are caused by static electricity though it is a major, controllable factor. Other causes include matches in cotton overheated bearings friction between saws and cotton and metal particles. A circular No. 271 explains grounding wiring to drain electricity and prevent sparks.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
King orders publicity end to be handled by women and children
The king refuses chancellor's plea to involve women and children in publicity efforts. He decrees they should till soil, operate factories, and keep markets open. The war is waged with valor but ends in history with little distraction, per the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Amseal
Ocean Depths Denizens Spotlighted In Sea Life Book
A Boston Transcript note summarizes F Martin Duncan’s Animals of the Sea. It details sex changes in oysters, short larval freedom, starfish predation, and oyster bed destruction by doe-flngers. It lists female lobster egg counts, limpets’ nocturnal voyages and homing, whelk teeth counts, umbrella shell dental units, sea urchin spine varieties, giant clam weight, and an eggs tally for a 54 pound ring.
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F. Martin Duncan
Rock
Boston Transcript
Animals Long for Love and Kindness in Everyday Life
A columnist reflects that animals, especially dogs, crave affection as humans do. A stray dog will respond to kindness, ears up and tail wagging, after neglect and hunger. The piece urges empathy and treating all animals with love, noting a college president’s test of education.
First Woman Appointed to Lunacy Board Claimed
Clarice M. Buright, attorney, asserts she is the first woman named to a New York lunacy commission. She notes four appointments starting February 19, 1919 by Judge Otto A. Kosalsky, with the latest in February by Judge Mulqueen, though some papers dispute the distinction.
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Clarice M. Buright
New York State
Otto A. Kosalsky
Mulqueen
Mistletoe Spreads From South To Bavarian Pines
Mistletoe appears on pine trees in Bavaria having crossed the Alps from the south. Seeds are thought to be carried by the thrush, overcoming the mountain barrier.
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Bavaria
Alps
Pullman Laundries Kept Busy
The Pullman company handles vast linen cleaning, claiming to launder the greatest quantity worldwide. In a single year about 300000000 pieces were cleansed including 2531340 coats worn by porters and waiters.
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Pullman
Pullman Company
Linen repair and washing checks at Pullman plants
Pullman linen is frequently inspected to ensure the official washing formula is followed. Linen from mangles is checked, torn or stained items are set aside, hopelessly soiled pieces discarded, and repair rooms fix slightly torn articles. Monthly total linen repaired across all points reached 816,804 pieces.
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Pullman
Turkish Women Lead in Near East Vocational Training
Meg Millis Patrick, president of Constantinople Woman's College, reports women in the Near East now work in office and scientific agriculture roles. She notes demand for business knowledge and English, reflecting wartime shifts in education and employment. The article also discusses the origin of the term White House linked to Martha Washington and Virginia freestone construction.
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Meg Millis Patrick
Constantinople Woman's College
Near East
Constantinople
White House
Martha Washington
New Kent County
Virginia
Washington
Light-Giving Mineral Found in Cornswall Nights
In England locals report a faint glow from a mineral among mine rejects. Nutunite from Cornswall and Wales was tested by a London scientific body and found to resemble uranium salts, with luminosity due to spontaneous radioactivity.
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Cornswall
England
Wales
London
From Our Own Dictionary Sigh An Air of Sadness
A collection of playful dictionary entries defining words in ironic or humorous ways. Each definition presents a witty reinterpretation linking emotion, behavior, and social perception through concise, sharp phrases.
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Boeton Evening - Transcript
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