Fortified $1,000,000 San Francisco Mint to Open
The federal government plans a new burglarproof San Francisco mint on a hilltop with blast doors guard rooms and two entrances. It features automatic tear gas floodlights sound detectors and a central ventilating system to prevent gold dust loss with a dust recovery room and sifting process.
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San Francisco
Calif
Fire and Police Departments
Army
Presidio
Mint
Mint Department
United States
Uncle Sam
Plain Old Locomotives Gloried in Fancy Names
A 1869 framed sheet at Northwestern station lists 268 wood burning locomotives. Early engines bore simple names like Pioneer and Union, but as the line grew mythic titles such as Achilles Mars Mercury and Cyclops appeared alongside regional names Maquokeeta Pecatonia and Keweena.
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Milwaukee
Northwestern Railroad
Achilles
Mars
Mercury
Cyclops
Pioneer
Union
Active
Rescue
Color and the science of light a brief overview
The text explains diffusion of light into spectrum colors and how combining blue yellow and red yields white. It notes color as a recently recognized important concept in physics and references the rainbow as an example of color blending on a silver screen.
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Neil C. Vendemoer
Genoa
Irl D. Tolen
Senate
Cochran
Harry Bane
Omaha
Rudolph Vogeler
State
Bane
Tolen
The Color Effect On Emotion And Life
The passage discusses how colors affect mood and growth, noting blue calms nerves and aids plant growth, red signals danger, and yellow signals joy. It links color vibration to emotional responses, mentions color use in advertising, and suggests affordable ways to enjoy color’s beauty and potential healing via light and seeds.
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Rea
Taffeta fashion and a freshly decorated living room
A discussion of taffeta fabrics notes durability and care while presenting a royal blue eggshell coral palette for a dressing room. Marie Louise’s living room renovation features Eggshell taffeta, royal blue velvet, aquamarine walls, and gold accents, with coordinated rug and draperies.
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Marie Louise
Color as Gift and Messenger in Human Spirit
The text proclaims color as humanity's beauty and holiness, merging with the human spirit and shaping nations through flags and symbols. It notes color's visibility as a vehicle for character, a theme echoing Ruskin and the Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
Nebraskas unicameral ends 98th day with historic budget
The Nebraska unicameral finishes its 98th day by passing the largest state appropriation, 54.85 million dollars for the coming biennium. Governor Cochran criticizes the budget process while noting limits under the one-house system. Laws aim to boost safety, regulate professions, and aid farmers and public welfare programs.
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Nebraska
Cochran
George W. Norris
TVA
Housewife Tips From Then to Now The Home Desk Guide
A miscellany of practical kitchen and household tricks for modern homemakers. Tips include using skim milk to keep bread moist and light, wrapping cauliflower to prevent breaking, ironing large items flat, making macaroni with bacon, crafting a cushion from an old blanket, maple oatmeal cookies, skim milk puddings with added suet, soft boiling eggs to save fuel, and repairing hosiery ladders with a glass tumbler and crochet hook.
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By Charles Sughroe
Waal
San Francisco Fortress
NEW Steel Chief
R. J. Wyser
The
Republic Steel Corporation
Summarine Bank
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
WNU Servica
Leonard A. Barrett
Jack
Bill Sefton
Los Angeles Coliseum
California Bears
Sefton
George Varoff
Ousehold
Faille
Betty Wells
WNU Service
Chic
London
Los Angeles
Doctor's Hospital
Mildred Reubin
Florence Jones
Washington
PWA
New York
Sutherland, Columbus
Tris County
Nebraska Poawer Co
Towa- Nebraska Light and Power Co
Lincoln
Western Public Service Co
North Platte and
Scottsbluff
Central Power Co
Peterman
Petermans Art Food
Sydney Smith
Frances B. Willard Hospital
South Central
Chicago
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