For Sale and Wanted Items in Local Ads
A collage of small ads notes for sale items and services including a Good work team cheap, a house and lot with good water, cash terms for shoes and repairing, and land purchase offers. Also mentions a price for binding twine, and a cash-for-land request from Ralph Vandercook. Includes a humorous anecdote about Silas and a long excerpt on Nichrome's use and properties.
Cornerstones and the hope of preservation in stone
Cornerstones at northeast building corners serve as receptacles for newspapers and documents. The piece notes a claimed record for drowning resuscitation by life-savers after six minutes underwater. It warns that many believe long underwater exposure can be cured by resuscitation, citing cases of hours submerged.
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United States
How To Clean Aluminum Cooking Utensils
Instructions for cleaning aluminum pans and kettles using four tablespoons of Axalic Acid Cristle in one gallon of water. Soak overnight then wash with water and soap. Abel Hogen.
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Abel Hogen
Two-Ton Pile Driver Stolen in Union County
Elk Point report details the theft of a 4,000 pound pile driver from Spink township Union county. The motive and plan for the stolen heavy equipment remain unknown baffling authorities.
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Union County
Elk Point
Spink Township
The Genial Gurney and the Suborned Lesson
A Harvard Graduates' Magazine anecdote recalls Professor Gurney as a genial yet strict disciplinarian who punished evasive students. Drake fails to translate Cicero, and Gurney calmly explains that the witnesses had learned their lesson before arriving, prompting the class to laugh.
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Gurney
Cicero
Drake
Harvard Graduates’ Magazine
Lane family trims linen by paying with pennies
In a humorous account from the Indianapolis News a ten year old, Fred, obeys a family rule by covering gravy and tomato stains with pennies. He later returns from the store with a pocketful of coins and declares he is prepared to enjoy another meal, prompting understanding from his relatives.
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Lane
Fred
Indianapolis News
Pressure kills germs in milk dairy process study
The Nebraska State Journal notes a shift in dairy practice as pressure pasteurization may replace heat methods. High pressures up to 100,000 psi are discussed with 35,000 psi for 15 minutes killing many bacteria while preserving enzymes and taste per a statement from the American Chemical Society.
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Nebraska State Journal
American Chemical Society
Paper clothing and giant dreadnoughts headline 1918 items
The article notes underclothing made from finely crisped paper in Japan, claiming strength and flexibility with no sizing and limited perspiration issues. It then details new warships Iowa and Massachusetts, with 684 by 106 feet dimensions, 883 feet draft, electric drive, 23 knot speed, 8000 mile range, 48,200 ton displacement and 12 sixteen inch guns plus 16 six inch guns. Also, U.S. radium production totals about 65 grams, with estimates of larger future yields from carnetite holdings at Standard Chemical.
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Japan
Iowa
Massachusetts
Mexico
America
United States
Charles H. Wisl
Science
Standard Chemical Company
Improvement in Digestion with Chamberlain Tablets
Mrs Blanche Bowers of Indianz Pa says her digestion was greatly improved after trying Chamberlains Tablets. She reports relief after taking the product and notes long trial with other remedies. Old papers for sale at this office ten cents.
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Blanche Bowers
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