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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1909
Page
2
A sparkproof smokestack bag has been invented to curb forest fires. Tested on a Kentucky railroad, it reportedly traps sparks and cinders and directs them away. The Forestry Department advocates mandating railroads in New York to equip locomotives with the device.
A collection of brief anecdotes and curiosities on skill, courage, kindness, and optical marvels. The text contrasts revolver handling with wrist control, tells of a starving boy craving a kind word, and explains a lightless lighthouse beacon and the science of white foam with simple analogies.
A firm head summoned saleswomen after hours to reveal he knew theft by some emprits. He refused to name them yet warned he would hand culprits to a detective. Despite the warning eighteen did not return next morning.
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