Synthetic Diamonds and Gold: A Historical Quest
The article surveys alchemists and scientists from medieval times to modern times who sought to fabricate diamonds and gold. It notes unsuccessful commercial attempts by Crookes Parsons Moissan and others, detailing high pressures and temperatures that yielded only diamond-like crystals and no true diamonds or gold, leaving synthetic products limited to abrasive dust.
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New York
London
William Crookes
Charles Parsons
Moissan
Columbia University
Mammoth Skull Unearthed by Oklahoma University Scientists
In Duncan Oklahoma paleontologists from the University of Oklahoma excavated a bleached mammoth skull with tusks five feet long. The find adds to the region's Ice Age fossil record.
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Duncan
Okla
Paleontology Department
University of Oklahoma
U S Women Excel in Invention Field
Washington America reports rising patent activity by women in the United States with a history dating to 1790. Early adopters in 1809 and sparse grants in the early decades contrast with recent growth across many fields including housekeeping.
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U. S
Washington
United States Patent Office
America
United States
Federal plans six hour substratosphere air service
The government backs six hour transcontinental flights within three years using substratosphere routes and blind landing tests. Officials say profits and a safe policy framework are essential before progress, with experiments on high altitude propulsion and pressurization ongoing under Bureau of Air Commerce leadership. The Los Angeles to New York midcontinental airway will host test equipment.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Wiley Post
Eugene L. Vidal
Rex Martin
Maj. R. W. Schroeder
Airline Inspection Service
Los Angeles
New York
Most Curious People of All Europe are Wends
Berlin reports that at Vetschau near Berlin a Wendish community maintains old language and costumes. Women wear large lace headgear and ride bicycles to church while village girls serve as skilled boatsmen on local canals. A late summer folk festival draws visitors.
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Europe
Berlin
Vetschau
Londoners Vote on Bovine Serenades Referendum
London Ohio residents will vote next November on a city livestock ban referendum to curb nightly mooing calves and penned cows. Petitions seek to require overnight confinement bans and to compel barns to provide parking for cattle trucks.
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London
Ohio
Ice sled hits 80 mph on ice in Manitowoc
Ray Young, a commercial artist, and Anton Stipek built a two passenger ice sled in Manitowoc Wisconsin. The twin cylinder motorcycle motor drives a chain to an airplane propeller for power. The frame uses light white oak and the pair spent three months refining the streamlined body.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Ray Young
Anton Stipek
Young
Stipek
No Free Seeds from U S Department of Agriculture
For twelve years the Agriculture Department has denied free seeds or plants to 100 million people. Requests pour in each spring from farms and homes, but the government stopped free distributions in 1923 and now has no seeds or plants for sale.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Heat of Sun Studied by Harvard Observatory
Harvard researches at Blue Hill observatory report that winter heat from the sun is greater than in summer when sun height is constant. Dr Bernhard Haurwitz cites nearer Earth to sun, less water vapor, and reduced dust as factors raising winter heat despite cold weather.
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Harvard University
Cambridge
Blue Hill Meterological Observatory
Earth
Bernhard Haurwitz
Haurwitz
Texas Planning Park to Preserve Pine Woods
A 1000 acre state park will be created seven miles north of Tyler to protect the pine woods. Smith County and the city of Tyler vote $10,000 bonds each for the site. The federal CCC will set up a camp and fund about $250,000 in improvements including a lake, cottages, scenic drive and camping areas.
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Tyler
Texas
Smith County
CCC
Beaver May Aid Utah Streams With Relocated Dams
The Utah fish and game department plans to move beaver from damage sites to locations where they will benefit water conservation. The animals' dams are expected to conserve stream water, aiding farmers and fishermen.
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Utah Salt Lake City
Utah Fish and Game Department
Pawnbrokers in China Face Grievances Over Fashion Shifts
The Boston Globe reports Shanghai pawnshops struggle as rapid fashion makes clothing unredeemable. Women pawn items after a wear or two but rarely redeem, moving lenders to sell after 18 months. Shops have closed or paused clothing trades due to unsalable stock.
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Shanghai
Boston Globe
Remembering Hugue not Refugees in East End Meeting
A small group in East End, London gathers monthly, tracing lineage to Huguenots persecuted in the Seventeenth century. Descendants of those who fled after the 1685 revocation of the Nantes Edict remain, with about 150 preserving Huguenot identity. Three original friendly societies endure: the Normans, the Lintotts, and Protestant refugees from High and Low Normandy.
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East End
London
American Express Company
England
High
Low
Normandy
Ground Grip Tires for spring farm work from Firestone
Firestone promotes Ground Grip Tires using Gum Dipping to soak high stretch cords in liquid rubber for extra strength at low air pressures. The ad urges farmers to visit Firestone Service Stores or dealers for easy terms and a complete line of tires tubes and auto supplies. The guarantee covers traction and tire integrity under all conditions.
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Firestone
Firestone Service
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