Lehigh Pool Study Spawns Copper Sulphate Substitute
A 1915 Evening Echo excerpt notes trials at Lehigh University’s Taylor gymnasium pool using copper sulphate instead of calcium hypochlorite. Copper sulphate resists chemical change, lacks eye irritation, is cheaper, and has no odor, offering a promising disinfectant for pools though aeration still spreads odors. The piece also references political commentary on Bryan and Wilson, and a treasury balance report.
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Taylor Gymnasium
Lehigh University
South Bathiesem
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Bryan
Ike John Paul Jones
Farmers Institutes Promote Rural Life and Practical Farming
The extension department of the State College of Agriculture has tailored the farmers institute program to fit local needs. Officials urge local officers teachers progressive farmers and others to cooperate to ensure useful sessions that inspire better farming methods and land improvement.
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Farmers’ Institutes of Extension Department
Col Iure
Unikeris
Last Great Opportunity Gof Plaza Sale Next Wednesday
Gof Plaza will be placed on the market next Wednesday amid fanfare. The announcement emphasizes it as the last large plot to be offered in Clarksburg, highlighting the city’s growth tied to prior developments and urging readers to attend the open house tonight and the sale day on July 28.
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Gof! Plaza
Clarksburg
Shuttleworth
Carlisle Court
Mortimer Smith
Northvlew
Ly Realze
Shure
Ota Golf Plaza
Plasa
The Great Detective Unravels a Macaroni Keyhole Heist
A vaudeville whim about a missing necklace valued at 450000 dollars. The detective explains a burglar used a macaroni strip to pass the jewelry through an unlatched dining room door, then asks for thirteen dollars.
Road inspection by bump-register machine touted by Cleveland department
The Cleveland building department highlights a bump register fitted to a car to record road unevenness. A clock driven disk winds paper as an attached box maps bumps with jogs, aiding road design and serving as archival evidence for accident cases.
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Building Department of
Cleveland
Tegel Road
TRAVELETTE: Jackson Hole And Yellowstone Region
The piece describes Jackson Hole beneath Yellowstone Park and the nearby continental divide. It notes heavy winter snows and the rough, wild landscape once used by outlaws as refuge, illustrating the region as a rugged travel area.
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Jackson Hole
Yellowstone Park
Thera
Darken Gray Hair Look Young With Q-Ban Restorer
An ad promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer claiming to darken gray hair quickly for a youthful look. It touts scalp benefits, anti itchy scalp and dandruff control, and root action that purportedly strengthens hair. Available as a seven bottle offer for $6.00 at Welle Heymaker Drug Store in Clarksburg WV.
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Welle Heymaker Drug Store
Mata
Clarksburg
The Jackson Hole Elk Feeds on Farmer Hay
In a rugged remote valley the voice of pioneers and nature speaks of solitude and survival. The text describes elk famine and government intervention as Uncle Sam buys farmers hay at high prices to feed starving elk.
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Jackson
Continental
United States
Grouce
Black Bear
Himelf
Britain
Kentucky
Kansas
Yellowstone Park
Nature
Sam
Jackson Hole
Advertising campaign steadies cypress lumber market
George B. Watson, secretary of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association, told the Federal Trade Commission that cypress production rose about forty seven percent from 1908 to 1818. He warned that prior to this period sales declined as factories shifted to cheaper woods for sashes doors and blinds and urged continued education of consumers to stabilize the trade.
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Federal Trade Commission
George B. Watson
Southern Cypress Manufacturers’ Association
Watson
Ime
Cypress demands and a fatal shooting linked in report
The article details a sequence of events including a public demand for Cypress, a woman named Mrs Flon who reportedly killed herself with a 22 calibre rifle, and a note about her husband Thomas facing insanity charges. It also mentions an automobile collision that caused injuries to Kenneth Ritter and William Powers, with disputed driver responsibility.
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Flon
Thomas
Watson
Strossnider
Strosmider
Kenneth, Ritter
William Powers
Buckhannon Records First Suicide After Sanity Ruling
Buckhannon July 21. A woman who had just been adjudged sane committed suicide by her own action, marking the first suicide in Buckhannon under the new ruling.
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Buckhannon
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Central West
Virginis
Aes
Clarkshare
Pea
Wocoud
Imi Matter
Associated Press
Suobeeipeion
Suny
Bret May
Sunde
Sinii
Wavanes
Edeily
Amy Communications
Wiian
Timothy PrLroome
Maraball
Kern
Wilson
Treasury
Janet
the Daily Novelette
Villian
Wiksah
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Cypress
Calia
Mbou
Winton
Foulard
Genet Foulard
Jacquard Liberty
Storm &Wilson
Neville Ni Jones
R. K. Jones
Sal
Harry
Welch & Fullerton Druggists
Empire National Bank
Sts
Glartsburg
W. Va
Watchiegrow
R.T. Lowndes
George
L. Dungam
Sec
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