The Slow Asset Saves the Day for Wyatts
Paul Merrill, once jobless, unveils an improved mop invention and slips away to sell it for twenty thousand dollars. He returns to prove his success to Phillip Wyatt and Edna Wyatt, revealing Edna as his collaborator. Davis, the old partner, is defeated when Merrill uses the mop to subdue him and save Wyatt.
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Paul Merrill
Wyatt & Co
Woodenware
Phillip Wyatt
Wyatt
Carleton Davis
Merrill
Edna Wyatt
Paul
Wyatts
Edna
Jane
Virden
Sedna
Davis
Knave
Dog Terrier Foils Pickpocket At Parade
L. C. Lich watched a parade as his fox terrier Butch sprang into action. The dog nabbed a stranger reaching into Lich's back pocket, then released as the thief fought free and vanished into the crowd.
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Dog
Butch
L. C. Lich
Mr. Lich
San Antonio Express
Lich
Rust Removal Method From Consolidated Gold Fields Lab
A South Africa based laboratory claim uses a moistened mix of two parts finely crushed sodium bicarbonate and one part common salt to remove heavy rust from iron plates. The process can be left to act up to 24 hours, with repeat applications every few hours and wire brush scrubs. After cleaning, an alkaline wash and oil paint prepare the surface for protection.
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Consolidated Gold Fields
South Africa
Kingdom of Kneeling Islands ruled by Ross dynasty
The Cocos or Kneeling islands in the Indian archipelago became a semi independent state under Scottish George Clunies Ross after discovering inhabitants lacking a monarch. He co ruled briefly with Captain Hare until Hare left, and since then the Ross dynasty has held undisputed rule.
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Cocos
Kneeling Islands
Indian Archipelago
George Clunies Ross
Captain Hare
Hare
Ross
Siberia Seen As Capable of Supporting 800 Million People
The Indianapolis News notes that western and eastern Siberia remain productive regions with rich mineral deposits and growing agricultural potential. It cites population shifts since the revolution, with western Siberia now home to about 9 million people and the broader western expanse attracting Russian farmers seeking land, while a British estimate envisions up to 800 million for the region, though colonization will take time.
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Siberia
Siberian
Indianapolis
Ixport Gazette
Russia
Progress of a Lifetime in Massachusetts Birthday Milestone
A Massachusetts woman marks her 104th birthday reflecting on vast progress in transport and tech. She recalls that the first steamship crossed the Atlantic after her childhood, railroads, telephones, and airplanes were unknown in youth, and she watched cars and electric lights appear long after her early years. Notable authors like Cooper, Emerson, Stowe, Hawthorne, and Whittier were children when she was born.
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Massachusetts
Atlantic
Cooper
Emerson
We Grow in the U S The Nations Crop Output
The United States produces about three fourths of the world corn crop one fifth of wheat one quarter of oats one eighth of barley one fifteenth of rye one sixteenth of potatoes three fifths of cotton one third of tobacco one fourth of hops and one tenth of sugar. It ranks first in corn wheat oats cotton tobacco and hops second in barley and flaxseed fourth in sugar and fifth in rye and potatoes.
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United States
Cut Out the T in Cant to Unleash the Can Do Spirit
The passage urges removing the T from Cant to reveal Can Do. It argues achievement comes from will over nerves, stomachs, or fear, and it spots self discipline as the path to progress. A speaker notes how cutting out the letters T LT TL yields motive to act and advance.
Poultry Feeding Tips and Caponizing Basics
The article stresses diverse lime rich foods for laying hens including bones clover bran and middlings, warns against relying on oyster shells, and notes lime content in grain versus clover. It also highlights ventilation, profitable poultry farming mix with bees and orchards, and outlines practical caponizing for higher year round prices.
Women in Khaki Help Load War Relief on Docks
Five women in khaki joined longshoremen to load 150000 dollars worth of groceries clothing and relief supplies for France and allies. Captain Edith Field Lieut Helen Bastedo Sergeant Helen Streit and Privates Florence Darrach Augusta Smith and Edna Tunis led shifts from nine in the morning to ten at night at the docks for the National League for Women's Service.
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New York Herald
National League For Woman’s Service
France
War Relief Clearing House
Motor Car Division
League
Helen Bastedo
Sergt
Helen Streit
Florence Darrach
Augusta Smith
Edna Tunis
Economy and Home Gardening to Fight Hunger
The piece advocates thrift in cooking and waste reduction, urging families to grow vegetables in small spaces. It highlights squash cucumbers pumpkins lettuce radishes beets and carrots as practical suited crops. It also notes carrots and beets as wholesome versatile foods and ties gardening to reducing poverty and hunger.
Origin of the saying chasing thunder origin story
The quote traces John Dennis who died in 1784 and his play Appius and Virginia. He accused actors of stealing his thunder after hearing his invented effect in Mancbeth, uttering See how the rascals use me. They will not let my play run, and yet they steal my thunder.
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John Dennis
Appius
Virginia
Dennis
New Inventions Highlighted in Brief Notices
An electric ignition pipe lights tobacco at the bowl bottom and reduces stem moisture. A French optician patents a microscope with two eyepieces and a single objective for dual viewing. A woman patents a three part suitcase with legs that unfold to form a dressing table when opened.
Race of the Violet and Arbutus Families
In a spring woodland tale the Violet and Arbutus families declare a race not for distance but for waking first. The blossoms wake gradually as the Spring Breeze arrives, and children find the first violets and arbutus flowers peeking out. The result is a tie as both families lead the season.
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Arbutus
Peony
Iris
Violet
Dust and Mud Shape a Faulting Friendship
A boy named Harry tosses fine dust at Fannie as a parting gesture, prompting her to declare she dislikes him for calling her made of mud. The exchange centers on childish taunts and the hurt feelings that follow.
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Harry
Fannie
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George Elmer Cobb
W. G. Chapman
Uncle Sam
National League For Women’s Service
Elise van R. Owen
New York
U. S
George Matthew Adams
Vegetable Foods
Nerre
Mary Graham Bonner
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