Turpentine industry gains from new methods in two western states
Reports from Texas and Louisiana show improved turpentine and resin yields with cup and apron systems and with cutting boxes into trees. One Texas plant reached 1,372 barrels across 20 crops versus 1,600 barrels across 365 crops with old methods, while box cutting yielded 42 casks per crop. Studies by the US forest service and naval stores data support conservation and higher output under modern methods, with timber quality and weather factors noted.
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Texas
Louisiana
United States Forest Service
Ocilla
Green Cove Springs
Fly
Naval Stores Belt
Georgia
Morida
Varrela Ia
Growth of Kindergartens Discussed by New York Enthusiasts
Mrs Kate Douglass Wigein led a meeting of kindergarten supporters at Mrs J Greenoughs New York home to promote establishing kindergartens in small towns and villages. The group aims for a national society, citing high demand within a 100 mile radius of New York City. Speakers included Richard Watson Gilder Mme Mara Kraus Bosle and Rev Dr David G Wylie urging the movement.
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Kate Douglass Wigein
Riggs
New York
J. Greenough
New York City
Richard Watson Gilder
Mme
Marla Kraus- Bosle
David G. Wylie
Wright Aeroplane Bluff Makes Good
In France the Wright brothers faced skepticism over their claimed aircraft ability. Howard S. Colter recalls their patient, methodical development from gliders to powered flight in 1908, the Paris intrigue, and how persistent demonstrations eventually changed opinion about the Wrights’ aviation project.
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Bur Wright
France
Wright Brothers
Wrights
Wibur
Orville
Mississippi
Plana
Ohio
Wright
Hessa
Aas
Wrighta
Bance Acheme
Poe
The Professor and the Antique Sideboard Play
A comical scene unfolds as a bushy headed professor and his wife obsess over a carved eighteenth century sideboard displayed in a shop window. The professor extols its Pomona motif and fine relief work while Madame Professor, fashionably sharp, nudges him toward leaving and asks if he would like it dusted daily.
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Mme
Petty
Snappy
Mrn
Pomona
Vertumnus
Fortunatus
Oura
Cassius
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Herbert TF. Jackson
Hrougil
Unite States
Georgian
Florida
Alabama
North and
South Carolina
Wright Aeroplane “Bluff
By Howard S. Colter
Dayton Bicycle
Ls Beatty T
Princesa Rajah
Hammerstein’s
Vitoria
Djenca
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