Glass Age of Glass Celebrates North American Industry Jubilee
Elmo Scott Watson notes the 25th anniversary of the Colburn continuous sheet glass process in 1914 marks the rise of the modern glass industry in North America. The article traces glass history from Jamestown to Saintiegel, outlines Colburns machine methods, Libbey Owens Ford, and safety laminated glass advances shaping windows and autos.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper
Union
Colburn
America
Atlantic
New World
Jamestown
John Smithy
Virig
Seren Heinrich Wilhelm von Stiegel
Colburn Machine Glass Company
Micheal J. Owens
Glass Industy
Owens
Edaward D. Libbey
Merry
Toledo Glass Company
Libber
Trusiee
Libbey-Owens Sheer Glass Company
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Tyne Automobile
Paris
Edouard Benedictus
Benedictus
Benedictus’ Covery
United States
The $93,600 Reward Plot Ends in Tragedy
A woman receives a counterfeit $25,000 reward notice linked to Nick Arsatti as her dangerous plan unfolds. Her criminal scheme spirals with a broker lover, a violent table ambush, and a fatal shootout at a Manhattan club. A final confession reveals her stake of $93,600 and a gilded fate.
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New York
Angers
Nick Arsatti
Banesth
Sal
Bill
Perlii's
Chief of Police
Tadle
Garsatl
Mining Town Rebuilt As Social Experiment
A Welsh mining town transformed into a social experiment now hosts a council with over 200 observers. A factory produces boots and woolen goods, with 300 pairs of miners’ boots weekly and several related ventures like market gardening. Vocational training and furniture making expand, with about 20 girls knitting socks and youths trained by an expert. The endeavor aims for commercial success and broader social and educational gains.
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Experimen Mawr
South Wales
Sevisim
Booihe Strie
Bryumans Qtes
Hesiemn
Fumiic
England
Wales
Distriet
Beets Feed Lambs Says Coun try Home Megazine
Wyoming livestock specialists report one acre of good beets yields tops to feed 1,000 lambs daily, suggesting beet tops as a profitable feed source for finishing flocks.
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Country Home
Wyoming
Great Smoky Mountains Reach Towering Heights
The Smoky Mountains rise to heights above six thousand feet, forming a massive mountain mass rivaling other ranges.
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Great Smoky Mountains
South Dakota
Black Hills
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North America
Philadelphia
Germany
Lancasier County
Eth Buber
Ameries
Stiesel
Manheist
Pateiphis
Baron Stiegel
Stiegel
Manheim
Pompei
Rome
Edward I
Eleanor
Spain
Henry VT
Pius II
Vienna
Duke of Burgundy
Elizabeth
Duke of Northumberland
Charles II
Europe
Robert Hewes
Concord
N. H
Boston Crown Glass Company
Boston
Newgland
Suil
Hanley
Wide World
Irving W. Colburn
Pennsylvania
Blackford
Safew
Ewing Galloway
Scott
Andrew Walter Scott 2Nd
Los Angeles
Mable Manley
Wide World Photo
Paul Maurice West
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