Salt is Salt: The Rise of Alpaca Wool and Sir Titus Salt
A fragmented tale recalls the discovery of alpaca wool by a London trader, leading to Sir Titus Salt's wealth. It follows the 1836 Liverpool discovery, the rapid rise of demand, and the 1852 Saltaire Mills development near Bradford, which created a vast textile empire employing thousands.
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Altaire Milla
Merchant’ Office
Titus Salt
England
Gouth Amren
Inet
Hama
Wilk
Liverpool
Bradford
Titus Ball
Saltaire
Atx
Mass photography machine promises high speed prints
An American inventor introduces a high speed photography machine capable of producing 4000 prints per hour and over 30000 per day. It handles printing developing washing and fixing in one unit. The device works best in bright light with yellow diffusion and reduces manpower from fifteen to one.
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Uslog
Soul of a Machine in Rail Yards and Workshops
The article argues that locomotives and cars show distinct personalities. Some engines run sweetly while others are prone to trouble, regardless of cost or build quality. Experts say machines may carry a hint of their creator’s character, an elemental spirit differentiating duplicates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atston
Sponges grown from seed transform sponge farming worldwide
The article explains seed propagation of sponges, noting historic reliance on Mediterranean and Turkish beds before 1914. Divers harvest sponges, some naked, others in diving gear. Seed pieces are attached to cement blocks, sunk for about two years, then harvested and replaced. Growth is slow, with bath sponges taking ten years to mature, limiting Florida beds.
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Mediterranean
Sea of
Marmara
Florida
World records and strange items in a single report
Dayton officers set a world record by covering 240 miles in one hour in a UW eight airplane. In Cullompton Devon water runs through town basins for every use except drinking. In Java only natives can own land while Europeans may lease up to seventy five years with half land free for rice. A new American School for Marriage aims to reduce unhappiness in 90 percent of marriages. Typewriters now churned at 75 per hour, far above past rates. William McPherson of Kansas reads Braille with his tongue. Mrs Tole Vanhegh wears 2000 year old ice-detached earrings copied from ancient designs.
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Java
William McPherson
Kansas
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the Wine Hall
Margaret Street
West Footacray Sd
Ulackabel
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Advocate” Office
Harry
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Devon
Indy
Isck
Rce
Tole Vanhegh
Wheelwright & Blacksmith
P.M. Feeney
Dickson Street
Kathleen Feeney
Rokeby
Leith Avenue
Sunshine Mechanics
Tnstitute
Sydenham
Allan's Pianos
William Brocket
Collins St
Melbourne
T Central
Byron Chambers
Nicholson St
Footscray Tel
B. M. Challen Ld.s
Nampahire Road
Pai Gee
Shanahan
Bentaty
Dental Hospital
Hampshire Rd
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M. and
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A. Williams
Ai Ater
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