Official weigh and measure checks reveal ongoing scale inaccuracies
The Dairy and Food Commission reports inspectors found many scales for weighing coal grain and stock inaccurate. Waterlog Clarinda Sign Center Rock Rapids scales varied by 86 to 190 pounds short or heavy per load. About 40 percent tested were in error due to neglect. A dealer fined for selling coal short by weight 25 tons court costs 24 dollars. Barney urges dealers to buy and sell produce strictly by weight to enforce compulsory measurement.
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Wigan
AL Clarinda
Rock Rapids
Day
Denlar
Barney
Crocodile Nest Found on Philippine Shore
A five foot high mound near Taytay Painwan yields a nest of Crocodius palustris with about thirty eggs at its center arranged in layered, oblong chalky spheres with porcelain sheen. Incubation reported between seventeen and eighteen weeks.
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Crosadila
MW Behultzo
Philippines
Funny Bone Burp Nonsense Explains Nerve Sensation
A fragmented note explains the funny bone area and how a strike near the elbow affects sensation. It describes numbness when striking the outer arm and notes nerves running from the spine to the forearm. The passage mentions a tingling feeling though the tone is inconsistent and garbled.
Thankful nation faces peace amid wartime gold flood
New York Oct 21 gold inflows surge as war bills swell United States assay office output. About 100 million dollars in gold pass through yearly with over 52 million seized since July 1 and 38 million in the last ten days. Bullion and foreign coins arrive, melting work at the facility accelerates.
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New York
United States
United States Assay
Invitation Declined At Texas City Dike Function
A note from local correspondent Hildo Moore recalls a social invitation declined for yesterday’s Texas City dike event. The writer cites concerns about excessive water on hand and the prospect of closing the dike. The missive hints at tension over plans and hopes a friend will clarify future steps.
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Hildo Moore
Texas City
The Navy Cost and Money Motive in Diplomacy
The piece argues the United States obtains less navy for its money than other powers, noting higher labor costs and yard expenses. It questions government owned merchant ships competing with private fleets, warning money greed subtly cloaks aggressive statecraft guiding diplomacy and war.
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United States
Otler
War costs rise as nations spend artful billions daily
The second year of war see s higher daily cash outlays than the first with estimates around seventy five million dollars per day or about thirty billion dollars annually. Belligerents show no signs of abating and likely cannot sustain this for long before force reductions or peace shifts occur.
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Ibis
United States
Avai
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