Radium Treasury Above Broadway Skyscraper Revealed
A New York feature details the city’s radium reservoir atop a top Broadway building near Fifty seventh Street facing Central Park. Physicists guard the site as the rare substance powers medical emanation and demands strict handling to prevent exposure.
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New York
Broadway
Fifty-seventh Street
Central Park
United States Treasury
Fifty-ninth Street
Columbus Circle
Henri Becquerel
Mme. Curie
Kuppel
Man Accused of Altering Clock to Delay Wife in Court
Valentino Ingessar of Brooklyn was arraigned on assault charges brought by his wife Helen. The case deferred as she arrived an hour late after claiming he set the court clock back two hours to hinder her court appearance.
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Paris
Mme. Cure
Sorbonne
University of Paris
Pantheon
Mme. Curie
Valentino Ingessar
Brooklyn
N. Y
O’neill
Helen
Radium Emanation Measured By Early Electroscope Tests
The article explains using a galvanometer and electroscope to gauge radium emanation. It describes standardizing with a radium tube, defining strength in milli curies, and notes U.S. and Belgian Congo ore sources. It highlights radium’s medical uses and growing demand in New York hospitals and clinics.
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United States
Belgian Congo
New York
New York Times
British Invent Stainless Alloy Reported in Sheffield Lab
A Sheffield laboratory announces a new tarnish resistant alloy named stainless silver. The discovery comes from a local firm and was revealed at a meeting of the Institute of Metals led by Harold Warner.
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Sheffield
Eng
Institute of ‘Metals
Harold: Wurner
How Nehemiah Built the Wall Message Card
Nehemiah 4 6 16 shows a cupbearer leading Jerusalem’s wall revival. He surveys at night, organizes labor, and faces ridicule intimidation and greed while guiding faith and action. The wall completes in 52 days proving God’s work.
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Nehemiah
Jerusalem
Shallum
Sanballat
Tobiah
Nehemish
Doudan Reflections on Self and Universe
Fragmentary line explores vast negation and total inversion of self identity. It contemplates how rhetoric may persuade a person they are nothing yet claim to be everything. The text centers on existential tension and self perception.
Easier Than to Think Quote by William Cowper
A compact quotation notes that following foolish precedents and winking with both eyes is easier than thoughtful reflection. It frames wit and caution about mindless tradition. Cowper’s line contrasts shallow ease with genuine thought.
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Cowper
Thoroughbred to Develop U S Utility Horse Breed
The United States Department of Agriculture and Wyoming officials acquire the brown three year old thoroughbred stallion Glaisdale from the War Department remount service. Glaisdale will be used at the Buffalo Wyoming horse breeding station to develop a utility horse breed suited to western range and farm conditions. The horse carries a line of England's notable racehorses including Rosendale St Frusquin Acclaim St Simon Galopin Isonomy and Ayrshire. Maj Henry Leonard selected Glaisdale in England for the remount program. Officials say the stallion will add valuable qualities to the Wyoming breeding work.
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United States Department of Agricultur
Glaisdale
Bureau of Animal Industry
Remount Service
War Department
Buffalo
Wyo
United States Department of Agriculture
WyGimuing
England
Rosendale
St. Frusquin
Eng
Wyoming Station
Practical Method of Getting Rid of Rats
A method advised by the United States Department of Agriculture explains fumigating rat burrows by running a gasoline engine to emit gas through a hose placed at the hole. It notes limitations for small numbers of holes and urges community effort plus traps poison and rat proofing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Biological Survey
Soybeans and Corn Benefit From Sweet Clover For Pasture
Sweet clover offers a pasture option with soybeans and corn as compatible crops. As a legume high in protein the clover stays succulent through dry periods providing forage when native grasses are short. It carries more animals per acre than many bluegrass or timothy pastures.
Quality Hides Will Bring Higher Prices
Guidance on removing hides to avoid cuts and scores stresses using fresh salt and careful handling. Emphasizes that quality hides fetch higher prices and notes spent salt lacks curing strength for proper preservation.
Tillage Key Factor in Garden Success
Tillage ranks as a crucial factor in gardening. Proper cultivation improves soil structure, moisture retention, and root growth, boosting yields and plant health.
One Barberry Bush Causes Big Farm Losses
A single barberry bush is blamed for vast revenue losses and reduced wheat yields across 18 farms, with a documented $12 520 loss in one case. The USDA urges eradication, noting the bush’s seeds perpetuate spread and a ten pound salt treatment or one hour of hoe work can destroy it.
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United States Department of Agriculture
BE. C. Stakmean
United States
Cabbage Maggot Attacks Prevented by Tar Paper
Farmers are advised on preventing cabbage maggot damage. Eggs on young plants dry out in sun, so tarred felt paper disks placed around plants block egg laying. Cut three inch squares or five sided pads with central slits to fit around the stem, then secure around the plant.
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Great Canal
New ‘Orleans
New Orleans
Salvation Lass
Radium Treasury
Standard of Measurement
Seay
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
X. Doudan
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