Fuel value of wood compared to coal in forest service study
The forest service lab reports wood energy varies by species. Hickory oak beech birch hard maple ash elm locust long leaf pine and cherry rank high, while cedar redwood poplar cypress basswood spruce and white pine differ. Resinous woods yield more heat per pound.
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Forest Service Laboratory
Homemade Fireless Cooker From Simple Materials
A kitchen economy guide describes building a fireless cooker using a galvanized iron can No. 8 with lid, sawdust, denim or substitute fabric, and an agate pail. Total cost about 1.46 dollars. Sawdust filled bags are arranged to form a snug nest around the cooking pail inside the can to prevent heat escape.
Bliffers Quarrel Over Daughters Reputation Sparks Talk
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet notes Bliffers defending plain people after an insult to his daughter. The remark triggers a heated reaction and frames Bliffers as protective of family and common folks.
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Bliffers
Tie Daughter
Curious Old Peru Custom Revealed in Servant Teeth Loss
In Peru a historic practice saw domestic workers lose two upper front teeth to mark servitude. The voluntary tooth extraction signaled status and service, reflecting social norms of the era.
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Peru
How to Make a Tough Old Goose Tender
An old goose gains toughness and strong flavor. Soak and rinse the bird, soak in vine gar to remove rank taste, then stuff with seasoned crumbs. Roast slowly in a covered roaster, basting, with giblets added to gravy and serve with apple sauce.
Kitchen Kinks From the Tireless Cooker Guide
A vintage home cookery note outlines methods using a tireless cooker to save coal or gas. Recipes include chicken fricassee with gravy, dried fruits simmered then slow cooked, cereals finished in the cooker, apples in syrup, beef stew from rib and shin, and lamb stew with onions rice and tomatoes.
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Greless
How to Soften Hard Water With Common Soda
A simple method to soften hard water is to steep it for a quarter hour, pour into an earthen jug, add a quarter ounce of common soda to each two gallons, stir, and when cold pour off the clear water from the sediment.
Wounds of Modern Bullets Analyzed by Major Fauntleroy
New York reports Major P. C. Fauntleroy of the U S Army Medical Corps discusses how modern high velocity steel jacketed bullets differ from older round lead bullets. He outlines four wound zones from explosive to contusive effects and notes greater tissue devitalization and infection risk with older weapons.
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New York
P. C. Fauntleroy
United States Medical Army Corps
Fauntleroy
Bees Raised On Bottle Feed Help Honeybees Survive Winter
Chicago reports apiarist H H Thale of Maywood Missouri proves winter survival for 500 bee colonies by bottle feeding sugar water into a steel trough by a valve on a hive ledge. He says the method sustains bees during cold spells and aided last season’s honey yield of 11 000 pounds.
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Chicago
H. H. Thale
Maywood
Thale
German Rule In Belgium Proclaimed by Von Bissing
General von Bissing, the German governor of occupied Belgium, declares his orders are the only laws in the country and that the king's edicts have no force. The proclamation asserts strict German administrative control over Belgian affairs.
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Belgium
Antwerp
von Bissing
California UC proposes six year degree in preventive medicine
San Francisco reports the University of California will award a new six year public health degree. The program aims to train experts whose main goal is to prevent illness, shifting focus from curing the sick to preventing disease.
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California
San Francisco
University of California
Probate Notice for John Langworthy Estate
Creditor meeting set for August 19 1915 before Jefferson County Nebraska county judge to examine adjust and allow claims. Six month period for filing claims from February 19 1915. All unfiled claims by August 19 1915 barred. Published in the Diller Record for four weeks prior. Louis J Nuutzman County Judge.
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John Langworthy
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Said
Diller Record
Louis
J. Nuutzman
Probate Notice for Estate of Maria A Blauser Nebraska
The State of Nebraska probate notice cites the estate of Maria A Blauser deceased. Claris L. E. Blauser petitions to prove the will filed March 9 1915 and asks to be appointed executor. Hearing set for April 1 1915 at 1 PM in county court with notice by publication in Iller Record for three weeks. Judge Utzman signs order.
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Nebraska
Jefferson — Yee
Maria A. “Discesr
Clafis L. E. Blauser
Maria A. Blauser
Iller Record
Souis. Utzman
Cua
Partition Petition in Jefferson County Nebraska
Notice to Paul Owens in 1915 about Elias E. Hadley filing a district court petition to partition Lot Fourteen in Block Six First Addition to Diller Nebraska. It names Uriah Hadley as deceased intestate and lists heirs, seeks division or sale with proceeds split among owners, and requires an answer by May 3, 1915. Attorney: C H Denney. 4t
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Paul Owens
Elias E. Hadley
District Court
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Diller
Uriah Hadley
Evias E. Hadley
C. H. Denney
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