New Englander Billy Carleton Builds Free Enterprise Dream
After a risky park project contract, Billy Carleton leaves Corkery’s men to start his own business with Dan Rafferty and Ruth. He profits from a lean but timely venture, saves with a profit sharing plan, and later expands to farms while maintaining loyalty to his old tenement friends.
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Rafferty
Dan
Esset
Cvence
Gang
Carleton
Ruth
Rve
Billy
Corkery
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Grover
Australia
Devil
America
Carleton and Son
Parson-Turned-Publican Thackeray’s dramatic pub career ends
The Rev Thackeray, once headmaster and chaplain, became licensee of the Fish and Eels Hotel at Hoddesdon adjoining the River Stort. He held Sunday services in the inn and promoted his Unicles music system. Ill health forced resignation in June 1907 and he later served a curacy at East Peckham.
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Thackeray T
Cambridge
Itford Grammar School
Kexley Heath
Tilbury Fort
Reld
St. Luke's
Victoria Dorks
All Saints
Newington
Christ Church
Greenwich
Gordon Road
Camberwell
Hoddesdon
Publc
Southwark
Thackeray
Christ
Trinity College
London
Independent Labor Party
East Peckham
Paddock Wood
Kent
Pioneering Women Aviators from Early Flight History
The article notes early female aviation milestones starting with Madame Cherch Peltier in 1908 as passenger in a Voisin aircraft with M. Delagrange piloting in Turin. It recalls 1909 flights by Henry Farnham with a woman passenger and states seven countries later had licensed women pilots with France and America yielding multiple pilots. Madame de la Roche is highlighted as a pioneer among them.
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Madame Cherch Peltier
M. Delagrange
Turin
Italy
Henry Farnham
France
America
Madame de la Roche
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria In Legume Soils
The article explains soil bacteria that absorb atmospheric nitrogen and form nodules on legume roots such as peas clover and alfalfa. It notes that legumes cannot utilize atmospheric nitrogen without root infection by nitrogen fixing bacteria and recommends inoculation on new soils where these bacteria may be absent.
Inoculation of Soil With Bacteria Yields Practical Results
The passage notes that cultures and full directions are available from Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, and other colleges. Inoculating soil with proper bacteria has produced interesting and practical outcomes for the plant species discussed.
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Bacteriological Department
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Oil motor driven ship Selandia sails from London to Bangkok
The Selandia, a 370 foot motor driven ship built in Copenhagen with 2600 horsepower, sails on its first voyage from London to Bangkok. Powered by eight cylinder Diesel engines and carrying 1000 tons of fuel, it claims efficient, clean operation and marks a potential shift to oil fueled fleets.
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Selandia
London
Bangkok
Siam
Rudolph Diesel
Munich
Germany
Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Selandian
Engin
Copenhagen
Denmark
Burgmeister and Wain
Vulcanus
Anther
Batha
East Asiatic Company
Jutlandia
Barclay, Curle and Co
Clyde
Scotland
Flonla
Burmeister and Wain
Red Kid Boots With White Suits Take Fashion Note
A fashion note observes red kid button boots being produced for wear with white suits and gowns at fashionable country and seashore resorts. The trend marks a deliberate departure from white footwear with red trimming to complete the white dress and red boot combination.
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Milady
Rice paper source clarified by plant origin
The statement explains that rice paper does not come from rice but from the white pith of a tree genus represented in this country by spikenard.
Mother Comments on Son’s Art Work and Speech
A mother remarks that the son’s art is his work while Jones comments on another unsuitable marriage, suggesting social tensions over marriage choices. The exchange reveals attitudes toward family talent and matrimony in a quiet domestic scene.
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Art Jones
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