World Record Smokestack at Anaconda Copper Works
A recently completed smokestack at Anaconda Copper Mining’s reduction works in Montana sets a new world record. The structure uses 118 cars of crushed rock and 20,890 sacks of cement for the base, with 2,404,072 large bricks and 41,860 sacks of cement for the mortar. Exterior diameter is 86 feet at the base, tapering to 60 feet inside top, and maximum height reaches 685 feet 1 1/2 inches.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
Montana
Luray Caverns a Fairy Palace Beneath Shenandoah
The Shenandoah valley town of Luray hosts the vast Luray Caverns beneath Cave Hill ten miles west. Doubtless among nature’s grand curiosities, the caverns feature massive chambers, grotesque formations, and a legendary pipe organ like chimes that echo through the cool, damp-free passages. The electric-lit, nearly 54 degree interior invites explorers and tourists to marvel at Nature’s artistry.
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Luray
Shenandoah River
Virginia
Blue Ridge Range
S Cave Hill
Luray Caverns
The Electric Ship of New Mexico
A description of the Bret battleship New Mexico powered by electricity. The 624 foot, 92 000 ton vessel uses 28 000 horsepower to reach 21 knots, with oil fed by 1 000 000 gallons and steam energy from nine boilers. Electricity operates turrets, propulsion, pumps, laundry, kitchen, hospital, and more.
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New Mexico
United States
Valley Forge National Shrine A rising beacon of American history
In the Schuylkill Valley near Philadelphia lies Valley Forge where Washington and about 10,000 troops endured severe hardship from late 1777 to mid 1778 after Brandywine and Philadelphia occupation. Pennsylvania and the U.S. government restore the site into a National Shrine with DAR memorials and the Valley Forge Museum.
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Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
George Washington
the Brandywine
The
Argonne
France
Pennsylvania
Continental Army
Daughters of the American Revolution
Valley Forge Museum of American History
Hitl Witage
General Washington
Washington Memorial Chapel
Westminster of America
Old Faithful Geyser Described as Dependable Natural Wonder
The article explains Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park as a highly reliable geyser, erupting about every 65 to 80 minutes for four minutes and shooting 1,600,000 gallons per eruption. It details the science of how underground heat and steam drive the eruption and notes the volume could supply a city of 300,000 for a day.
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Yellowstone Park
U. S. Geological Survey
Air of Remarkable Purity Observed in Peru at Elevation
An observatory at eight thousand fifty feet altitude reports air so pure that a one inch black spot on a disc can be seen eleven miles away through a one percent inch telescope.
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Peru
Dowager’s quip over parting with her butler
An English exchange reports a dowager who, after dismissing her butler for economy, sends a cordial recommendation. A prospective employer asks if he is courteous and honest. She replies that if the man possessed half the virtues listed she would have married him long ago.
Dream Symbols From Wood Dreams And Their Meanings
A rustic dream lore lists wood related images and their fortune signs. Wealth or luck may appear with wood in dreams while woodmen woodcuts and wooden items hint at embarrassment travel slander and affectionate misfortune in love and fortune, based on symbolic interpretations.
Service and Merit in the World Calle
A reflective note on service highlighting that true worth comes from serving others. It contrasts meat serving with serving a mother figure as the ideal of preparation and capability. The passage argues that without service, wrong paths remain crooked and errors persist, elevating service as the key to improvement.
Little girl thinks mule coughs while on way home
A four year old girl visiting her married brother in the country leaps from a wagon when a mule halts at a store. She fears a mule has the bie coughs. Alfred rushes to check as the mule’s sounds are misheard as a medical ailment.
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Countrys
Alfred
Meat imports from China inspire mixed reactions
A historical note describes Chinese meat imports including hams and sausage. Hams are small, cured, and oddly scented, deemed inferior by American tastes. Sausage from pork is thin and hard with a strong odor, regarded by the occidental nose as unpleasant. Chinese consumers view these products as delicacies.
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China
Framing Lumber and Services Offered in North Carolina
Short dimensional framing lumber priced at $15 per M delivered on ground. W T Parker of Welton NC offers quotes on flexible dimensions and water plants. Virginia farm near NC line, 200 acres, level land with buildings on an improved pike, fronting a railroad town, reduced from $20,000 to $13,000 for quick sale. Venable & Ford, Lynchburg VA.
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W. T. Parker
Welton
N. C
Virginia Farm
N. C. Line
Pike
Venable & Ford
Lynchburg
Radio Station Greenbury Point Aids World War Effort
The Greenbury Point station near Annapolis Maryland aids the war effort by ensuring uninterrupted communication with forces in France and directing vessels at sea. Four 600 foot towers form a wide wire network connected to a nearby power plant and support buildings. The facility handles radio traffic with France Italy Germany Norway and other nations and serves the Navy and merchant ships wherever they are.
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T Greenbury Point
Annapolis
Maryland
Uncle Sam
France
Italy
Germany
Norway
U.S. Navy
Rubbing It In My Parents Lied Me To You
A bitter exchange unfolds over scandal and betrayal as bitter remarks escalate between two individuals in Boston. One accuses the other of a family mandate while the other retorts that the person should not be lectured about the misfortune.
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Boston Transcript
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Belgium
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Essedence
Herald
J. F
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Wall Drillers
Norlina
W. L. Long
E. A. Matthews
Long
Matthews
North Carolina
First National Bank
BE. A. Matthews
Thos. W. Wafford Jeweler
Roanoke Rapids, N.C
Western News
Clark & Clark
Attorneys At Law
General Electric Company
Roanoke Rapids Power Company
Paisley
Walden
Drug of
Weldon, Nr
W. A. Carter
Weldon, N. C
Drs. West & Crawlé
Dentists
RoanskeBapite N.C
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N.C
Saunders and Mohorn
J. R. Mi
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Saunders
J. R. Moborn
Roanoke
Roanoke Junction, N.C
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Rosemary Supply Company
Landers In Fine Groceries
Rosemary
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Associa
J. T. Stainbac
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