Summer High School at Camp Roosevelt Aims for Boys
A letter from Peter A. Mortenson Chicago schools superintendent praises the summer high school program at Camp Roosevelt Muskegon Michigan. The project runs with Chicago Board of Education direction and offers a full high school curriculum plus vocational courses and ground aviation. Cadets receive military training, reside in U S Army tents, and pay a small fee. Credits transfer nationwide.
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Camp Roosevelt
Muskegon
Maach
Peter A. Mortenson
Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Mortenson
F. L. Beals
Commandent
United States
Lake Michigan
War Department
Beals
Rising Gasoline Prices and Impact on Costs
A historical note discusses rising gasoline prices ten years ago affecting luxury car owners and the festive class. It links higher fuel costs to food and transport expenses, mentions prior price boosts to cover labor costs, and notes a possible further rise. Congressman Dyer calls for an investigation into the price advances.
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Sons of Luxury
Dyer
Missouri
Wood Engraving Techniques Across Different Woods
The text explains that high class wood engravings use boxwood for blocks joined from small pieces and cut across the grain, while Japanese wood prints are crafted on lengthwise cherry wood sections aligned with the grain.
Nothing New Under Sun Slang Is Reused in Dickens Quote
The Florida Metropolis notes the New York Tribune tracing Burke and Dickens. It cites the line I should say they did from Sketches by Boz and mentions a street vendor shouting Put the kyebosh on her to Mary, asserting nothing is new in slang expressions.
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New York Tribune
Burke
Charles Dickens
Boz
Mary
Florida
Novel stuffing found in pollack tree fibers in British Honduras
In British Honduras natives discover pillow and mattress material from the pollack tree. The fruit yields a short staple fluff that does not lump even after years of service.
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British Honduras
Books Bought By Couple Figure In Yonkers Note
In a Yonkers Statesman fragment Egbert and Kegbert discuss purchasing two books. One is a cookbook for his wife, the other a First Aid for the Sick volume for himself, cited in a brief conversational item.
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Baocon
Egbert
Kegbert
Yonkers Statesman
Ants Keep House With Self Made Combs And Brushes
A well known authority notes ants are unusually tidy and use toilet articles including coarse and fine toothed combs hair brushes sponges and even washes. Their combs are genuine and differ from ours as they are attached to their legs.
Flying Money and Ancient Bank Notes
The oldest bank note is said to be in the Asiatic Museum of Petrograd dated 1899 BC. Chinese chroniclers claim bank notes circulated in China around 2698 BC under the term flying money. The notes were likely written records used for trade.
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Asiatic Museum of
Persimmon Juice Prodigy Promises Cosmopolitan Use
The persimmon tree flourishes across Japan with best fruit in warmer regions. Juice, though little known abroad, is valued for pigments and as an adhesive that resists heat and water. It aids paint mixing in damp climates and is used for packing paper umbrellas raincoats paper boxes waterproof cloth and glass on silk and tortoise shell.
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Japan
Christian Science Monitor
Made Her Name Famous Miss Mary Berry of Walpole Era
Chicago Journal recalls Miss Mary Berry who died in London in 1852 as a literary figure linked to Horace Walpole. She declined his offer, lived at Twickenham near Strawberry Hill, and influenced the publication of Walpole Reminiscences and Letters. She defended Walpole against Macaulay and helped preserve his reputation.
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Mary Berry
London
Horace Walpole
Twickenham
Strawberry Hill
Walpole
George I
Macaulay
Edinburgh Review
Chicago Journal
Sugar prices rise with real costs in early production era
Sugar cost real money as market prices climb reflecting the early production period from 1852 to 1900. Prices reached levels comparable to historic highs, illustrating the economic forces shaping sugar manufacture and trade in those years.
Japs Uniform in Size Shown by Regiment Measurements
A study of an infantry regiment reveals remarkable uniformity among Japanese soldiers with no height differences over two inches and no weight variance exceeding twenty pounds.
Lifeboat Inventor Rewarded in Parliament Grant
Lifeboat inventor Mr Greathead received a premium in Parliament in May 1802 for his lifesaving design.
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Mr. Greathead
Emerald Treasures Link Aztec Mines to Spain’s Royal Collection
Among Aztec treasures of Mexico many fine emeralds were found. They were exquisitely cut and are said to have formed part of Spain’s royal collection.
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Mexico
Spain
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