Foreman Bill Dill Thwarts a Bush Terminal Blast
In fall 1916 at a Brooklyn munitions plant, foreman Bill Dill faced a staged blast when a by pass valve tampering caused a tank explosion. He shut off the compressors amid smoke and flames, saved workers, but fear lingered as over half his crew refused to return the next night.
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Stee
William Dill
Newark
N. J
Bill
Bill Dill
Bush Terminal
Brooklyn
United States
Bush
WNU
Glacier barometer and Moorish Giralda monument notes
In Swiss Alps residents read a glacier for weather cues with blue skies signaling fair day and green tint predicting snow or rain in the valley. In Seville Spain the Giralda, a twelfth century Moorish minaret, stands as a famed bells shrine amid a blue sky and lark filled air.
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Eiger
Switzerland
Seville
Andalusia
Giralda
Spain
Praise and Change in a Sibelius Quote
A reflective verse urging mutual praise and debt of love over hate. It questions whether a person can endure life alone if they do not strive for improvement, quoting Sibelius on change and steadfastness.
A Man May Be Born with a Silver Spoon in Mouth
The passage argues that birthright does not guarantee influence and that culture is about knowledge, not mere liking. It suggests self mastery by ruling anger and choosing higher passions such as Mona Lisa, Wagner, or Milton as markers of cultivated taste.
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Mona Lise
Milton
Fragmented reflections on honesty noise and democracy
A mosaic of aphorisms on truth sympathy patience and regulation. It jokes about honesty fat tailing of rheums and noise indifference and the paradoxes of democracy and aristocracy. It ends with musings on promises and money.
Foreign Phrases and Their English Equivalents
A list of foreign phrases with translations and notes. It includes beaux yeux de la cassette meaning her money is her attraction, aurea mediocritas the golden mean, douc eury, and the Latin motto e pluribus unum stating out of many one.
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Aurea
Cher Ami
Chere Amie
Douceur
Uomo
United States
Wild horse roundup pilot profits from rodeo use
Bill Monday of Cody Wyoming uses airplanes to round up wild horses for rodeos. He reportedly drove 100 head in a single day from several northern Wyoming herds, descendants of Spanish Conquistadors released to roam and cause crop damage. The herds are now sparse, scattered in barren regions, with periodic roundups thinning them further.
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Bill Monday
Cody
Wye
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Floyd Gibbons
C. E. Wickman
Greyhound Corporation
Sys
Greyhound
Canada
Gulf
National Safety Council
Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
H. D
Cleveland
Dallas
Radios Ware. Ince
Plaas Lenses
Margaret Peaks
Firestone Choral Symphony
Willon Daly
N.B.C
Sibelius
Alaska
Rockies
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