Platinum Has Many Uses in Modern Science and Industry
Platinum plays a key role beyond jewelry, powering war gear and science. It fuels munitions, aids chemical production for explosives, and guides modern industry from aircraft magnetos to dental alloys and thermostat contacts. The article tracks platinum’s rise from curiosity to essential material across chemistry, electronics, and medicine.
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Russia
United States
Petrograd
Leningrad
Washington
Atlantic
Siberia
Vladivostok
Pacific
Tsarist Russia
South America
Sohrab Demands Duel With Rustum's Son tale
A recounting of a long ago duel as Sohrab the Tartars seeks single combat against Persians near the Oxus. Peran Wisa watches the youth request battle to gain glory while revealing his lineage to Rustum and the fated confrontation between father and son.
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Chrab
Rustum
Mathew Arnold
River
Oxus
Persia
Peran Wisa
Sohrab
Mathew Arnold Founded English Literary Criticism
Dr Thomas Arnold of Rugby Chapel, real and fictional figure in Tom Brown's School Days, was Mathew Arnold's father. Mathew born 1822 studied at Oxford where he later taught poetry and became England's leading literary critic, shaping modern critical approaches.
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Thomas Arnold
Rugby Chapel
Tom Brown
Mathew Arnold
Oxford University
England
How Sew by Ruth Wyeth Spears Pink Embroidery Card
How Sew by Ruth Wyeth Spears Pink describes using pale pink linen with darker pink and rose embroidery. It details cut size with hems, hand stitching at corners, catch stitching along hem, interlacing stitches with rose, marking corner squares, and following numbered diagrams to finish. The note promotes Mrs Spears book offering ninety more stitches plus fabric repair ideas for 25 cents post paid.
Summer dress patterns for easy stylish outfits
Simple hot weather frocks feature slim skirts puff sleeves and soft gathers at the waist. Fabrics suggested include linen silk crepe dotted Swiss and georgette with ricrac braid details. Patterns 1481 and 1529 cover sizes from 14 to 46 and require modest yardage. Send 15 cents for Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Emperor Refused Advice Capsize Lesson From Youthful Prince
The former emperor of Germany, in youth, sought strength for a withered arm by learning to scull. His teacher warned him to enter the light boat carefully from the center. William of Hohenzollern, never guided by others, jumped from the wharf into the boat, capsizing it and tossing him and his instructor into the water.
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Germany
William of
Baron Munchausen Tales and Legacy in Brief
Baron Munchausen, born 1720, died 1797, was a German cavalry officer famed for impossible adventures told during his Russia service. His tales gained popularity after Raspe translated and published them in English in 1785, with later additions, and have been widely reprinted and translated.
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Karl Friedrich Hieronymous, Baron von
Munchausen
Russia
Rudolph Erich Raspe
Household Questions to Everyday Safety and Care
Practical tips cover safety in smoke detection, iron temperature effects on cotton, custard flavor from stale crumbs, Salmon oil nutrition and reuse, and sewing hooks and eyes with a button-hole stitch for secure fastenings.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
San Francisco
Comstock
Mexico
Panama
Don Antonio de Ulloa
Chabaneau
Charles III
Spain
Elizabeth C. James
Elizabeth James
BY Ruth Wyeth Spears
Ricrac
Baron Munchausen
Evans CO
E. Market
Visville, Ky
Dept. H
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Pinkham
Wright’s Pill Co
Gold St
N. Y
Tao Tsas
Doan
UC AV Uhh
Erchandise
Ege
J. D. Hobgood
Prince Albert
P. A
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