Platinum uses across science and war through the ages
The article traces platinum from early “white gold” curiosities to its modern roles in industry and warfare. It notes its use in fuse wires, chemical production, catalysts, and dental alloys, with historic anecdotes of early coinage, a Russian expedition carrying hundredweight of platinum, and its expanding role in medicine, electronics, and aviation.
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Russia
United States
Petrograd
Leningrad
Washington
Atlantic
Siberia
Vladivostok
Pacific
Tsarist
South America
San Francisco
England
Mexico
Panama
Don Antonio de Ulloa
Ragman Sells Van Gogh Art Gems for a Nickel
Amsterdam reports Couvreur of Breda recovered a stash of paintings signed Van Gogh or V G from a carpenter's rubbish. He traded them for beer and up to 35 cents each when finally sold. two paintings remain with his son. The tale explains why many Van Gogh works are scarce today.
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Amsterdam
Couvreur
Breda
Holland
Vincent van Gogh
van Gogh
Girl and Sister Rescue Dog From Icy Bay
Nancy Whitmore, twelve, fell through Manhasset bay ice while visiting a spaniel named Ping. Sister Jane Whitmore, twenty one, an expert swimmer, crawled along cracking ice to reach Nancy and pull both girls and the dog to safety. They are children of Carl Whitmore, a New York telephone company executive.
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Plandome
N. Y
Nancy Whitmore
Jane
Manhasset Bay
Land Island Sound
Carl Whitmore
New York Telephone Company
Ping
Whitmore Estate
Nancy
Robot grades papers? Kansas teacher builds automatic grader
In Wichita Central Intermediate School Carroll Joachim, a vocational electricity teacher, built a robot that grades true false tests. The device checks ten questions per sheet by punching holes where students indicate answers, saving him about eight hours weekly. The machine has no favoritism and processes completed papers after school.
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Wichita
Kan
Central Intermediate School
Carroll Joachim
Joachim
Seven Foot Mamba Wriggles Into Sleeping Man at Mine
J H Meredith of the Tuan Bazaar Mine in Filabusi South Africa awoke to a seven foot mamba wriggling on his chest its head near his face. He stayed still until his wife and servants coaxed the reptile away and killed it.
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Capetown
J. H. Meredith
Tuan Bazaar
Filabusi
South Africa
Meredith
Meanest Man Pours Glue Into Gas Tank
James Louis twenty nine Negro was sentenced to ten days in the workhouse for pouring glue into the gas tank of a neighbor's automobile in Cincinnati Ohio. The incident marked him as a candidate for the title of world’s meanest man in local reports.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
James Louis
How Sew By Ruth Wyeth Spears Embroidery Guide
Ruth Wyeth Spears presents a color from Inks for home decor. The article describes pale pink linen runner with dark pink stitching and rose accents, using size 5 pearl cotton. It explains hemming, catch stitching, interlacing stitches, and diagram references, noting the book includes ninety embroidery stitches and buying details.
Simple Summer Dress Patterns From Barbara Bell
The Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book offers 109 designs for day dresses in linen silk crepe dotted Swiss and more. Each pattern includes a sew chart and detailed measurements with sizes 14 through 46 and yardage guidelines. Send 15 cents to Barbara Bell Pattern Dept Chicago for 15 cent patterns.
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Ricrac
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Emperor Ignored Guidance In Youth, Capsizing Boat
The former German emperor William II, denied advice as a youth while learning to scull. His teacher warned him to stay centered in the light boat, but he leapt from the wharf, capsized the boat, and threw both into the water.
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Germany
William of
Baron von Munchausen Tales Chronicle a Cavalry Officer
Baron von Munchausen, born 1720, served as a German cavalry officer. His tales of impossible adventures in Russia became classics after Raspe published them in English in 1785, with later additions, and have since been reprinted and translated widely.
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Karl Friedrich Hieronymous, Baron von
Munchausen
Russia
Rudolph Erich Raspe
Household Questions Be Precautious and Practical Tips
Precautionary advice on smoke detection and immediate investigation. Tips include testing irons to avoid cotton damage, using stale cake crumbs to brown custards for flavor, salmon oil as a vitamin rich cooking aid, and a sewing tip recommending a button-hole stitch for hooks and eyes.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Chabaneau
Charles III
Spain
Infant Industries
Ragman
Kansas
BY Ruth Wyeth Spears
Baron Munchausen
Evans Co
E. Market
Louisville, Ky
Dept. H
Lydia FE
Wright’s Pill Co
Gold St
Doan
Eyerate Tobacco Co. c
J. D. Hobgood
Prince Albert
P. A
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