Age of Wonders and responsibilities for today youth
An essay extols the age as wonderful and full of opportunity yet calls for youth to prepare for future advances. It quotes Dr. G W Truett and Dr. Edward Mims praising lifelong study and teaching as noble paths. A separate note reports in Central Park boys finding sticks of stolen dynamite that did not explode.
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G. W. Truett
Dallas
Edward Mims
Vanderbilt University
United States
Central Park
New York
Paul Goldstein
Murray Lebowits
Rats blamed for bubonic plague spread in England
The article argues rats carried bubonic plague and claims a firm killed 60,000,000 rats in English cities last year. It suggests that if England were not infected it was because the rats with germs did not reach certain areas.
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England
Panama Canal Sixteen-Inch Guns Open Fire Range
New 16 inch coastal artillery for the defense of the Panama Canal fires projectiles over a ton to a 27 mile distance and can fire once every fifty seconds, officials said.
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Panama Canal
Tailless Sheep Developments From Long Careful Breeding
A fragment notes that sheep without tails were developed after many years of careful breeding and ongoing effort to maintain a desired end.
Baltimore man buys rare stamp found in old papers
A Baltimore collector paid 38600 for a rare stamp unearthed among old documents. The discovery was made by Mrs. Edward Leadbetter of Alexandria Virginia.
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Baltimore
Edward Leadbetter
Alexandria
Wharton Ordinance Dictates Chick Handling by Preachers
A Wharton Texas city ordinance requires any loose chicks to be handed over to town preachers. The unusual provision reflects local enforcement of poultry control and church involvement in animal matters.
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Wharton
Texas
Floyd Gibbons Impresses With Rapid Work Ethic
If Floyd Gibbons works as fast as he talks, he proves to be the ideal employee, delivering quick results and clear communication that boosts productivity.
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Floyd Gibbons
Edna Ferber Novel Tops Sales in Fiction
President Hoover marked his sixth birthday recently in a public celebration. The text notes a land boom curse and suggests rising economic tensions as reported in the era.
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President Hoover
Years Of Work From Housed Machines
It pays to house farm machinery and keep implements in a shed with water proof galvanized iron. An 1500 to 1600 square foot shed holds equipment on most farms and allows easy access, with space for a gallery and wide drives for loading grain or hay.
Fall Styles at the Fair at Nebraska State Fair 4 H Show
Young 4 H club girls display dress designing and sewing at the Nebraska State Fair. Dresses are judged for charm utility and cost and worn by the makers in the style revue drawing crowds and applause. The fair supports the girls as designers and makers of affordable, stylish clothes.
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Paris
Nebraska
Noahs Wife Hidden In the Ark of Time
A reflection on how legends fixate on prominent deeds while leaving a person’s private details obscure. The piece argues that enduring fame rests on what is recorded not what is real, using Noah and his wife as a pointed example.
Illiteracy rates contrast across nations and a judge scene
The text notes World War I era illiteracy comparisons showing the United States lagging behind France England and Germany. A grocer pleads guilty to beating a government inspector after a series of incidents including a photo crew filming cheese and his temper flaring in court.
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United States
France
England
Germany
Boston News Bureau
Rooks Target Walnut Trees Across Countryside
A London Times note describes rooks as relentless walnut raiders. As green walnut jackets split, rooks strike open shells on the tree or carry them to a stone to crack. Often a whole colony searches for walnut trees and strips a tree to its last nut.
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London Times
Calendar Seeks SMTWTFS Spelling Lesson
Six year old Mary studies a calendar and asks what SMTWTFS spells. Mother answers softly that the sequence shows days of the week, while Mary points to the top of each page to prove the claim.
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Mary
Mother
Lazy-man and relunted switches in electrical control
The Bureau of Standards defines a lazy man switch or three way switch as a single pole double throw device. Two such switches let a light be controlled from two locations such as upstairs and downstairs. A relunted or four way switch is a double pole reversing switch and any number of four way switches can be used with two three way switches to control a light from many points.
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Bureau of Standards
Want Ad Announces Sale by The Record
A want ad in the Record states the item will be sold there. Mention notes place in Nebraska ranking sixteenth in wealth and seventh in per capita wealth among the states.
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Nebraska
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The
Diller Record
Frank T. Pearce
Edna Ferber
Mrs. Noah
Noah
Nebraska State
Firestone
Kor
Pike’s Peak Climb
Te Tire
Pike’s Peak
Gale
Bamalis
Erie
Spee
D. V. Fanders
Indianapolis
Pike
Studebaker
Atlantic City
GMC
Evan
Detroit
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