Dust warning for mills and elevators prompts safety push
Government report notes a shift from deadly dust explosions to stricter controls in flour mills cereal plants and grain elevators. It cites past catastrophes in 1916 to 1919 with 24 killed and $6 million in losses, and highlights grounding, automatic sprinklers, and dust free work practices as preventing further disasters.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Dees
Ba‘of Chemistry
Nose Reattached After Stable Accident At Windsor
An unusual incident at King Bld Windsor describes William Robertson, a stable boy, losing his nose when a felt fell during a race prep. Surgeons at Edward VI hospital tied arteries and reattached the nose after locating it in the stable straw. The operation took place within an hour, and Robertson recovered a few days later calling it a miracle.
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Windsor
William Ertson
Hdward VI
Essenger
Robertson
Hos
Red Ink Scare At Harbor Emergency Hospital
Albert Fisimo burst into Harbor Emergency hospital claiming his arm bled after a scrape while loading boxes. Dr. A Friedman shocked him by diagnosing red ink rather than blood, noting the stain on Fisimo’s arm and laughing at the mistaken iodine mix up.
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San Francisco
Cal
Albert Fisimo
Harbor Emergency Hospital
A. Friedman
Vone
Fisimo
YANK WEDS ESCAPE PLOTTER IN Minneapolis
James W. Shea of Grand Forks North Dakota United States soldier and Mrs Margaret Gentzke convicted of treason in Germany for aiding Shea and others to escape Hun prisons obtained a marriage license in the city clerk office Gentzke age 31 Shea 28 Gentzke reached the United States weeks after completing sentence for helping Shea escape Her husband in Germany secured a divorce after the treason conviction
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Minneapolis
James W. Shea
Grand Forks
N. D
United States
Margaret Gentzke
Germany
Shea
Gentzke
Kaiser’s Kitchen Sent to Smithsonian in Washington
The field kitchen used by William Hohenzollern, late Kaiser of Germany, is being added to the Smithsonian collection. It accompanied the Kaiser on war fronts, remained undamaged, and was loaded by German prisoners of war aboard a transport at St Nazaire, France, for transfer to Washington along with other war material.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
William Hohenzollern
Kaiser
Germany
St. Nazaire
France
Help in the Storm Lesson Summary
Lessons on the storm and Jesus aid focus on the disciples at sea, Jesus walking on water, Peter’s faith and failure, and the calming of the wind. Emphasizes prayer, trust in Christ, and Jesus as ever-present helper in trials for all ages.
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Jesus
Christ
Peter
Son
God
Home Sweet Home Echoes In Homeless Thought
The piece reflects on poverty and homelessness from John Howard Payne’s Paris era to a broader human longing for a home. It likens earthly hardship to the biblical note that the Son of Man had nowhere to lay his head, urging compassion for the dispossessed.
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John Howard Payne
Paris
Quote Fragments Reflecting Belief in Charity and God
A fragmentary excerpt contrasts Lavater warning against those who scorn children with Mrs. Sigourney expressing love for God and little children, framing a moral piety through brief sentiments.
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Lavater
God
Richter
The Heart of the Believer and the Church
The heart of the believer is the home of God and the church of the Lord Jesus is his holy temple. He dwells here by his Holy Spirit and makes known through the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places his manifold wisdom. This is a supreme honor and obligation.
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God
Jesus
One Thing at a Time
A concise maxim asserts the quickest path to many tasks is to focus on a single task at a time. It attributes the idea to Cecil and emphasizes step by step progress.
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Cecil
Bayer Aspirin Advertises Genuine Tablets for Pain
An ad promotes Bayer aspirin as genuine aspirin pressed for headaches and aches. It notes a nineteen year history, provides directions for headache cold pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism, and lists a handy tin of 12 tablets priced at 1q cents. The Bayer trademark statement identifies the manufacturer as Bayer and the product as monoacetyl salicylic acid.
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Bayer
Baye
Abbreviation Overuse in France and Sports
A fragment discusses overlong abbreviations in modern language from war to fashion. It cites examples like potatoes as spuds crackers as crax and notes how even sports and clothing use heavy trimming, arguing there is a limit to shortening.
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Triplane
France
Life zones map shows climate and elevation patterns
Biologists divide Earth's surface into life zones with similar flora and fauna. Each zone depends on its climate and elevation, placing the Canadian life zone in ranges from the Kigocky Mountains to parts of Colorado and northern New Jersey.
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Canada
Kigocky Mountains
Colorado
New Jo
Talent Is One Thing Tact Is Everything
A compact column argues talent alone fails without tact in leadership. It urges balancing skill with diplomacy to navigate complex situations and maintain productive teams and relationships. The piece highlights practical steps to blend ability with restraint for success.
Pape's Cold Compound Promise Quick Help for Colds
An OTC claim states a dose every two hours for up to three doses breaks up a severe cold and relieves congestion headache fever sneezing and sore muscles. It markets fast relief, pleasant taste, and low cost at drug stores, with no quinine. The ad accompanies a statement by Hall and Cheney asserting a financial payoff for cures.
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Pape
Lenglen Rejects Golf as Queer and Cheating prone
Crooked Golf, Suzanne Lenglen, the world tennis champion, dismisses golf at Wimbledon noting tennis as nicer and golf as prone to cheating. A golfer's joke about a German and a dispute over strokes illustrates the quip.
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Suzanne Lenglen
Nice
Father
Ancient Mexico Valley Flood Legend Reported
Researchers cite relics near the capital suggesting a prehistoric civilization in Mexico long before Cortes. Some writers claim Mexico as the cradle of humanity and that Noah began his flood journey from this valley.
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Mexico
Cortez
Noah
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Tex
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Mase
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Ohio
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