Butter From Oil at Standard Oil Plant in Whiting
The Standard Oil Co. builds a large plant in Whiting rumored to convert petroleum into butter via chemical processes creating glyceral esters from fatty acids. The project, valued at over a million dollars, aims to produce butter at about eight cents per pound using alcohols as intermediates. Rockefeller ordered a test butter sample sent to him.
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Standard Oil Co
New York Dailies
Whiting
R. E. Humphreys
Rockefeller
A Night With A Nightmare Insomnia Remedy Fails
A reader recounts a dreamlike experience after following a peanut and milk sleep remedy. The tale features a dragon, a two headed bull, a windlass task, a train that seems to vanish 400 years ahead, and a tent lifted by a clown, all ending with waking after about ten minutes of sleep.
Unclear OCR Note on Imported Negroes and Duty
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a duty on imported Negroes and a phrase about into New York, lacking clear context, dates, or identifiable entities. The readable portion is insufficient for a meaningful summary.
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P Buty
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