Power Plants at Mines Could Save Vast Coal Transport Costs
Washington experts propose converting coal into electricity at mine mouths and transmitting power to cities. The plan aims to reduce rail coal freight, cut workforce needs, and electrify railways, using mine mouth plants and hydro power to feed a nationwide grid with cables paralleling tracks.
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Washington
Commerce Hoover
United States
Louis Brandeis
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Canned Voices from Berlin Museum Aims for Global Peace
Berlin professor Wilhelm Doegen catalogs over 2000 phonograph plates of notable figures tribes and races in a living voices museum at the public library He seeks US and international scientific contact to promote peace and mutual understanding through sound records including a note on Gurkha stereotypes challenged by the collection.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Doegen
Woman Falls at Niagara River in Apparent Suicide
An unnamed woman waded into the Niagara River above the horseshoe falls and was swept over. She left a note asking to notify William Jones of Orchard Park, New York, if she grew dizzy, suggesting a self inflicted death.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Falls
Horseshoe Falls
William Jones
Orchard Pari
Cotton farming booms among Congo natives
Between 56 000 and 60 000 natives of the Belgian Congo are raising cotton on small farms, reflecting a wide local adoption of the crop under colonial administration.
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Congo
Belgian Congo
The Good Ship Mabel Sailing towed by Love and Illicit Truth
Mabel marries Royal Peyton after long waiting and a threatened public scandal. John Bassett is exposed as a conspirator in a plot against their wedding, and Peyton is cleared of murder charges amid a seaside setting with Mrs Persis and Aunt Persis present.
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Tommy
Tucker
Mabel
Michel
Weir Place
Snip
Persis
Mable
Peyton
John Bassett
Royal Peyton
John
Roy
Arac
Hardin
Tommy Tucker
Mr. Bassett
Secrets of Ancient Orders in Watch Pins and Fraternity Badges
The speaker argues that watch charms and fraternity pins are ancient symbols tracing to early secret orders. He explains how signs once marked learned knowledge, with mysteries surrounding education and the protection of sacred truths, noting that each order bears its own symbol or pin.
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Jones
Nebuchadnezzar
Silece
Costly Easter Eggs From London Jeweler
A London jeweler crafted a foot high ivory Easter egg, sent to Calcutta for native carvers to engrave scenes of the crucifixion and resurrection. The work took four months and the egg was filled with jewelry including bracelets and necklaces, representing an outlay of about $100,000 for a lucky Easter bride.
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London
Calcutta
Neighboring talk on Mr Robinson’s money worries
Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones discuss their neighbor Mr Robinson who is greatly worried about the money market and his finances. The brief relates to household concerns and financial anxiety in a past local scene.
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Californiis
Hollywood
Calvary
Christ
A Dying Request From a Birmingham Establishment
A dying man pleads for a pauper’s grave to be set within ten days as the proprietor recalls guests and a chat machine playing jazz. The exchange, recounted by the Birmingham Age-Herald, reveals unexpected tensions over music and livelihood in a hot dog shop.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Red Brass Ball Blue Advertisement Offer
A housekeeping advertisement promotes Red Brass Ball Blue for multiple textile uses. It claims suitability for kitchen towels table linen sheets and pillowcases and targets departments of housekeeping.
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Department of Housekeeping
Self Help and Prayer in Work and Wealth
A Birmingham Age-Herald anecdote contrasts faith and effort. A pious person asks if prayer works, and Mr. Godspur replies that prayer aids results when joined by physical exertion. A friend’s relative waited 30 years for fortune but survived thanks to an industrious wife.
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Mr. Godspur
Birmingham
Frvrald
Dead Shot Vermifuge Ad Seeks Purchase in New York
Advertisement notes Dr Peerys Vermifuge has enjoyed popular approval for 75 years. If unavailable at your druggist, send 59 cents to Wrights Indian Vegetable Pill Co. 372 Pearl St New York City. Money back if not satisfied.
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Dr. Peery
Wright's
Indian Vegetable Pill Co
Pearl St
New York City
Mother and son argue over water safety
A brief exchange shows a mother warning Johnny not to go in the water past his knees while Johnny responds that TJ has already dived in.
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William G. McAdoo
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Erie
Great Northern
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New York Central
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
Jos. Tykocinsky-Tykociner
University of Illinois
Martha M. Williams
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Secret Orders OF
Nu-Way
Cox
Excello
Linas
C- Adrian, Mich
Bella J
Bellans
Hessig - Ellis
Memphis
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