Pullman Tech Opens for New and Returning Students
Pullman Free School of Manual Training will open on Tuesday September 4 for new students and the following day for returning students. Evening classes begin September 17 offering courses in electricity automotive work machine shop drafting cooking sewing and millinery. A large repairs program has prepared the building including an expanded auto department balcony a two car north addition and a new auto shop tank for complete engine overhauls. The faculty remains largely unchanged with long‑time teachers. Visitors should call at the school to interview the principal.
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Pullman Free School of
Pullman Tech
Antioch’s Cosmopolitan Roots Highlight Ancient City
The ancient city of Antioch lies about 3100 miles north of Jerusalem. Its present population is around 28,000, with about 4,000 Christians. Antioch has long been a cosmopolitan mix of Jews, Syrians, Greeks, and Romans.
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Antioch
Antiochia
Jerusalem
Fragmentary Note on a Harmful Mixture Description
A fragment describes a chemical blend not derived from banana products. It states the mixture is not equal parts of acetone and benzine with pyroxalin, and references a concerning formulation implied by a government report.
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Ts Oamtmeat
Supers Lose 14-Inning Clash with Chicago Heights
In a dramatic 14 inning battle Sunday, Ivanhoe Supers fell 2 to 1 to Chicago Heights, narrowing their lead to one game. Struss struck out 18 in a tough loss despite a strong mound effort as the Heights tied late and won in the 14th.
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Texas
Struss
Rust
Ivanhoe
West Pullman Park
Frank Janeschefski
lIet
Matteson
Chicago Heights Harding
Ivanhoe Supers
Ivanhoe Edee
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Oling
Biuhn
Srniee
Eal Koehncke
O'Malley
P. H. Wien
Gedev
Hinze
P. H Warede
Femark Aavaek
Atedeete
Eedersens
Arrows Rout Cards In Holiday Baseball Sweep
The Arrows beat the Cards 11 to 1 in a brisk game led by Bill Neering and Ben Curtis. Curtis pitched well, keeping the Cards scoreless through the early innings before Arrows hit their stride. The two-game series ended with the Arrows earning an even split as they pursue a six game holiday streak.
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Arrows
Curtis
County Fair at Palatine opens August 29 at Palatine
The Cook County Fair Association announces entry day on Wednesday and a major event season August 29 to September 3. Secretary T C Hart notes breeding farms from Arlington will show breeding hunting and jumping exhibits alongside features like the Society Horse Show led by Mary C Llewellyn. The program includes Automobile Exposition Agricultural Exhibit Woman's Work Children’s Achievement Exposition Harness Races Husband Calling Contest Midway and outdoor theatre acts daily, recreating the County Fair atmosphere.
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Cook County
T. C. Hart
Cook County Fair Association
Arlington
Mary C. Llewellyn
Sunset Farm
Bridge origins traced from Biritech and early names
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss the game bridge and its possible origins. References mention a Russian version called Biritech and a theory linking it to Lenin antine activity in Constantinople and Greece around 1870, suggesting earlier European familiarity before widespread adoption.
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Constantinople
Greece
World's sourest substance surpasses vinegar in sourness
The text asserts a new material, phosphoric acid, as the world’s sourest known substance, five times more effective at souring than lemon juice and used as the active principle in acid phosphate popular in soda waters.
Sinister Black Cap in Ecclesiastical Justice History
The black cap worn by judges traces to olden days when an ecclesiastical court judged a man condemned to death. The judge, often a bishop, covered his tonsure with a black cap to signify he acted in severing secular punishment, not ecclesiastical discipline.
Dig Three Months for Pot of Gold in Honolulu Yard
Aged woman Toanatahui An dreamed of buried treasure and led four men to dig for three months in a Honolulu yard. They unearthed a sacred stone but found no gold. Legal action against diggers for witchcraft was dismissed as prayers to luck spirits were not a crime.
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Honolulu
Pele Wheakuauiluau
Pele
Kaalawai
John Muemue Ninn
Waalawai
Tele
Metal Mining Staging Comeback in Colorado
Colorado mining circles report a revival as historic camps revive activity. Nevadaville shows life with two working mines while Cripple Creek, Leadville, Aspen, Idaho Springs and Idaho Springs Argo tunnel contribute to a broader upturn in ore production and prospecting across the state.
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Gregory
Central City
Black Hawk
Nevadaville
Cripple Creek
Bob Womack
Leaderville
Rockies
Aspen
Idaho Springs
Argo
Old Cliff Dwelling Used as a Garage in Arizona
Phoenix report details Joseph Johnson a Verde rancher who repurposed a prehistoric cliff dwelling as a garage for his car. The cabin sits on Red Rock Rim’s talus, amid rock-built habitations tied to legends of a vanished people in the region.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Joseph Johnson
Red Rock
Eat Rattlesnake State College Trio Feasts Four Times
A college statement notes that fried rattlesnake proved delicious as girl campers at Eat Rattlesnake State College Pa enjoyed it so much they consumed it four times in three weeks.
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State Colege
Thermometer and Fan Study on Airflow Effects
The Bureau of Standards notes that air from an electric fan blowing on a thermometer has no essential effect on mercury for a normal thermometer. A very sensitive instrument placed before a fan may show a slight rise in temperature due to heating of the air by the motor.
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