Turpentine Methods Prove Superior In New Trials
A report details how conservative turpentine harvesting methods yield more oil and resin than old box-cutting systems. United States Forest Service trials in Georgia and Florida, plus operator data from the naval stores belt, show higher yields with Pivot and cap and gutter systems. States with greater use of improved methods report stronger turpentine production and forest protection.
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South
United States Forest Service
Ocilla
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Naval Stores Belt
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
Wright Aeroplane Bluff Makes Good
The Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville proved in France that their aeroplane claims were genuine. They had long kept details secret and faced skepticism from French aviators who doubted the machine, while they conducted trials near Kitty Hawk and pursued funding and experiments amid controversy.
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Isbur Wright
France
Wright Brothers
Wrights
Wilbur
Orville
Dayton Bicycle
North Carolina
Kittyhawk
Mouse trap misfire ends in bedroom gunplay
East St Louis resident Harold Stout fires at what he believes is a burglar after a mouse trap on a table slips and triggers a clattering chain of events. The errant shots miss, a struggle ensues with housemate Flanders, and the incident ends with the discovery the intruder was a small mouse advancing on a wheel trap.
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Louie
Harold Stout
East
Louis
Stout
Eayward Flanders
North Thirty-seventh Street
Horse Awakening After Two Weeks Sleep Near San Bernardino
Charles Muir owner of Wild Rose canyon reports his horse has slept for two weeks after being found in a gorge. The animal shows signs of awakening as Muir tests its hearing with a shotgun, believing repeated noises have begun to stir consciousness despite bruising from a steep mountain fall.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Charles Muir
Wild Rose Canyon
Muir
Muir Place
Teansters
Insane Man's Wild Run Ends with Capture in California
Fred Miller of New Orleans ran a marathon in nothing but socks, claimed to break California records, then disrobed in the city. He was seized by officers at Eden Vale seven miles south, returned to county jail, and to face a legal commission. A bizarre incident cites an unknown power awakening him in his apartment.
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Ban Jone
Cal
Fred Miller
New Orleans
California
Miller
Eden Vale
Here
Ivan
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Ines
Mum
Opertine
Kate Douglass Wievin Rigen
New York
J. Greenough
New York City
Richard Watson Gilder
Mme
Maria Kraut Boele
David G. Wylie
Julius Rool
Tar
Itous. A
Rors
Ted
Alabama
Wright Aeroplane
Howard S. Colter
Mississippi
Eillienthal
Wilder
Langley
Chanute
Ohio
Chonen
Harold Stont
Mr. Mouse
Harold
Flanders
Mouse
California Mountain
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