Forest Notes on Wood Waste Alcohol and Timber
A 1 ton wood waste can yield 16 to 36 gallons of 190 proof alcohol. U S farm woodlots hold about 10 percent of standing timber. Northwestern lamb costs estimated at 1.82 per head. Black oak bark used for dye. Alaska forests exceed 70 billion board feet with pulpwood output promising three thousand tons a day. Oak valued for carving. other hardwoods listed for quality timbers.
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Forest
Alaska
Forest Prvice
Three Kemmerer Lads Joyride in Ford to Cumberland
Dan Hansen DeOrra Hansen and Billy Bagnell took a Ford without permission last Wednesday. They headed to Cumberland visited friends and returned. Sheriff S Ed Hansen tracked them as they fled but the trio came back unharmed. Widespread worry followed but many urged Ford to note the incident in his next annual book.
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Kemmerer
Dan Hansen
DeOrra Hansen
Billy Bagnell
Sheriff
Ed Hansen
Ben Bagnell
Ford
Cumberland
Kemmer
Mr. Hansen
Coal mine opens in Kemmerer to full order book
Coal company near Kemmerer begins operations with about 50 workers under Benjamin Cawilshaw. The Lincoln Lumberyard received orders to build five bunk houses and a boarding house on company grounds, with more tank houses planned later.
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coln-Kemmerer
Benjamin Cawilshaw
Lincoln
Lincoln County Garage Expands With New Mag and Battery Room
The Lincoln County Garage has added a magnetic and battery room in the upper part of their shop and plans a vulcanising room soon. Under foreman Jackson Stowle the shop now employs axe men and aims to be one of the most complete in the West.
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Lincoln
Mey
Jackson Stowle
Art
Pessimists Decry Change, Yet Progress Surges Ahead
The Detroit Free Press depicts a lineage of doom sayers who doubted the telephone, telegraph, aviation, and other innovations. It argues generations of pessimists misread history, as progress reshaped life despite dire prophecies.
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Lan
Mann
Pias
Detroit Free Press
Speed of Bullets and Trajectory in Firearm Ballistics
The article discusses bullet trajectory governed by gravity and distance estimation accuracy. It traces rifle speeds from 1,300 ft/s in black powder days to 2,000–2,200 ft/s in early small bore and sporting rounds, and notes modern speeds reaching 8,100 ft/s, raising questions on future limits.
Cultivating Amusements Warns Against Inducing Child Enjoyment
The Columbian Journal argues against encouraging children to pursue amusement as it may divert them from a sincere and useful life. It warns that youth should not be educated to prioritize pleasure over truth and real aims, noting tempering with a youth's nobler aspirations as a serious matter.
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Columbua Journal
Holt and Radcliffe Save Haglish Chief Justice's Wife
A lurid note from the Weatmluster Gazette claims Holt, the Haglish chief justice, and his wife despised each other. When she fell dangerously ill Holt felt glee, prompting a dramatic medical case that led to Dr. Radcliffe arriving swiftly and saving her life.
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Haglish
Holt
Dr. Radcliffe
Weatmluster Gazette
WM. E. PITT The Reliable Plumber
Local tradesman WM. E. Pitt advertises plumbing and heating services with guaranteed work and a contact phone number 89 for estimates and repairs.
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WM. E. Pitt
A Close Guarded Clock Holds World’s Most Accurate Time
In Cleveland, the Case Rethool of Applied Science showcases a clock with a yearly variation under three seconds, beating standard chronometers. The device rests on shale, uses a heated inner room and an airtight glass jar with desiccant, and self winds every seven minutes.
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Rethool of Applied Science
Cleveland
Atone Pier
Historic Hampton Roads and Early American Fortifications
A historical piece notes Hampton Roads as the cradle of early English settlement and colonial governance. It cites Fort Monroe’s beginnings in 1011 and describes continuous fortifications guarding Chesapeake Bay, alongside references to ancient whale land-dwellers and their warm blooded nature.
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Hampton Roads
United States
America
New World
Fort Monroe
Chesapeake Bay
Our First Canal and the Erie Canal’s Rise
The piece recalls America's early canal efforts at South Hadley Massachusetts during Washington's era, noting completion in 1706. It credits the waterway with inspiring De Witt Clinton to envision the New York canal, and asserts the Erie Canal boosted New York's growth and surpassing Philadelphia as the continent’s metropolis.
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America
Sooth Hadley
Mass
Washington
de Witt Clinton
New York State
New York
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Glight Misapprehension at Washington Coffeehouse
A fragment from a Washington-area item shows Mrs Torking quipping about her husband’s many uniforms and the difficulty of managing them. The excerpt hints at social chatter surrounding a military or athletic officer and domestic life.
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Glight
Mra
Charley
Washington
Platinum Found in Foundations Stumbling on Hidden Value
Early Spanish explorers discarded platinum as worthless but in Colombia it surfaces in building foundations. The metal appears in scarce to moderate amounts, illustrating a surprising historical misjudgment about its worth and potential use.
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Colombia
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Big Piney
Fredell Hotel
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Chicago
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