Burning Bush plants Emit Visible Flame At Kew Gardens
The article describes two real gas emitting plants known as Dictamines or Burning Bush at London’s Kew Gardens. When a shoot is lit, a bright red flame travels along the flowering stem without harming it due to reddish brown glands that secrete an etherish oil. Legends surround luminous plants, and Afghan mountains like Safed Keli are noted for night fires on slopes without actual flames up close.
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Nature
London
Kew Gardens
India
Afghanistan
Safed Keli
Cash register zealot opens New Jersey book and magazine shop
A wealthy New Jersey suburb resident, known for golf and bridge, quietly revealed to a friend a lifelong desire to punch cash registers. He admits bribing clerks to let him ring up his own money, and now spends most evenings at the new store, calling the quirk a compulsive fascination.
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New Jersey
New York Sun
Beginning Patent System in Early England Grants
In early England the king granted monopolies to favored subjects. James I era saw oppressive, invalid monopolies struck down by statute. An exception allowed patents for new manufactures to the true and first inventor, shaping patent law on the word sole working of inventions.
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England
Modern Tree Trimming by Trained Men and Platform Units
Property owners safeguard old shade and monitor growth closely. The craft now uses trained workers with proper equipment. A new automobile platform carries a crew and tools, with an extendible reach for safer work around trees.
Train Late In New Yorker Sleepers
A gentle man sleeping in the Great Neck station waiting room woke and muttered about catching the 4 07. A second man, wary of the tone, read his paper as the clock showed six. The two misread the timetable and resumed rest.
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Great Neck
Hit
Bostin Globe
Alumni Associations Shape American Colleges Since 1821
The first alumni association formed at Williams College in 1821. Early groups were social, enabling reunions, but over time they became pivotal in sustaining school interest and even providing funds for many colleges.
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Williams College
Three Young Broad Romple Children Dream Of Futures
Three four year olds in Broad Romple discuss future plans. One aims to shoot lions, another to ride a train forever, while Donald imagines buying an ice cream cone and riding a streetcar to an unknown destination.
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Beld
Broad Rmple
Joe
Donald
One Concern Receives Much Mail
The Equitable Life Insurance company of Iowa handles vast mail through the mails. It receives and dispatches 5,000 pieces daily. Letters are opened by machines at 300 per minute. It uses a Pitney-Bowes postage meter to stamp dates and seal envelopes at 300 per minute, with two and four cent postage writers. About 730 letters are sent by air mail each month.
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Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Iowa
Equitable
Pitney-Bowes
Alee
Local Timetable C M and St P Ry Through Rock Valley
Through Rock Valley timetable lists eastward and westward trains from Canton Spencer Des Moines Mason City Sioux Flyer schedules Mitchell Savanna Madison Milwaukee Chicago and Sioux Falls with connections and baggage/ sleeping car notes. Agent C W Jacobs posts travel guidance and ticketing details including through-connections and advance reservations.
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C. M
ST. P. RY
Rock Valley
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sanhorn
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Black Hills
C. W. Jacobs
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Ben W. Mouw
First Mortgage
Harry DE Haan
Rock Valley, Iowa
Jersey
Poland
China
John Deere
FORD
Gerrit Harmelink
Meylink — Devries — Ramaker
Stoltenberg
Lebanon
Hawarden
Hudson
McCormick
Hayes Corn
McCormick Deering
John Deere Gang
P. & C. Gang
David Bradely
Rock Island
H. P. International
H. P. Waterloo
Nelson
U. K
John Horner
Wilkison Bros
First National Bank
Hudson, S. B
DR. C. i. - Schroeder
Acme Bray
John Vander Poel
Prap
Richard Sneller
Jake Vande Weird
L. D. Shannon
John Kersbergen
McLean County
Davney Breeze
WYNIA
CC Rock Valley
Dempster No
Impany WA
SRD
Bea
Morton Salt Company
Morton
Diamond M Brand
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