War Test of American Products in Great Conflict
The war proved American made goods, especially small electric plants, highly dependable under harsh service. Over 150000 in use, with one manufacturer supplying more than 4000 sets to the government. Despite continuous operation and limited maintenance, these units powered X-ray machines, wireless gear, lights for field hospitals, and communications, demonstrating farmers can rely on them for home light and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Gent
Ik Aome
Dobbins and Jobins Talk Marriage and a Struggling Bride
Dialogue snippets reveal Dobbins asking about his daughter’s marriage to a struggling man. Jobins confirms he faced hardship and implies a lack of marriage prospects. SIM reports on the Register, mentioning a new play and a character tied to Alice, with mixed reactions.
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Dobbins
Jobins
Mwiy
France's Perfume Industry Sways War Era Bottling History
French perfume centers Cannes and Grasse in southern Riviera endure wartime disruption yet preserve craft through thrift. The single guiding formula favors rarity and high cost with essences like rose fetching up to eight hundred dollars per two and one fifth pounds. Techniques include distillation with copper caldrons, fat filtering, and repeated cloth absorption, with enfloutage still used in Grasse for delicate blooms.
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France
Cannes
Grasse
Illustrated World
Mediterranean
Riviera
Gathering India Rubber From Bolivian Andes
The article details rubber tapping in South America with early morning tree incisions, tin cups collecting sap, smoke curing on a paddle, and the birth of pure rubber. It also includes a humorous court anecdote about a Washington chauffeur and a note on Cochran County Texas population and cattle.
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Bolivian Andes
Martin Conway
Cochran County
Texas
Separated for 20 Years Unite to Resume Marriage
John E. and Nancy Shockey of Waynesboro Pennsylvania reunite after twenty years apart following domestic troubles and a Baltimore separation. They renewed their marriage vows after meeting by chance at a local grocery and now live with the husband at Beartown where he runs a store and small fruit farm. He is 55 and she 50. they have no children.
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John E
Nancy (Mohn) Shockey
Waynesboro
Baltimore
Glen Furney
Beartown
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