Forest Notes on Timber, Alcohol Yield and Species Uses
The woodworking article notes a ton of coniferous waste could yield 16 to 36 gallons of 190 proof alcohol. It states U S farm woodlots hold about 10 percent of standing timber and cites Forest Service grazing experts estimating lamb production costs at 1.82 per head in the northwest. It also describes oak bark dye use, Alaska forest stock and pulpwood potential, and lists species prime for carving and fine furniture including oak chestnut walnut mahogany and teak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest
United States
Forest Service
Three Kemmerer Lads Take A Joyride In Ford
Dan Hansen DeOrra Hansen and Billy Bagnell stole a Ford last Wednesday while parents were away. They drove to Cumberland to visit friends and returned safely as Sheriff S Ed Hansen pursued the case. The episode ends with parents relieved and Ford praised in jest for future records.
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Kemmerer
Dan Hansen
DeOrra Hansen
Billy Bagnell
Sheriff
Ed Hansen
Ben Bagnell
Ford
Cumberland
Kemmer
Mr. Hansen
Coal mine opens. orders flood in at Kemmerer operation
Many Coal Orders a coln Kemmerer Coal Co began operating its mine shore last week and already has all orders filled and booked. Benjamin Cawilshaw oversees the mine with about 50 men at work and more to be added. Lincoln Lumber last week received orders to build five bunk houses and a boarding house on company grounds. more tank houses planned later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
coln-Kemmerer
Benjamin Cawilshaw
Lincoln
Lincoln County Garage Expands with New Magazine and Battery Room
The Lincoln County Garage has added a magazine and battery room in the upper section of their shop and plans a vulcanising room to complete the workshop. The facility now employs ax men under foreman Jackson Stowle who recently took charge.
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Lincoln
Mey
Jackson Stowle
Art
Pessimists Punished by History Says Detroit Free Press
The piece argues that pessimists misjudge progress from telegraphs to airplanes. It names descendants who mocked future innovations and warns that such doom-saying persists across generations. The essay highlights how advances like the telephone and elevators transformed life.
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Lan
Mann
Pias
Detroit Free Press
Speed of Bullets and Trajectory Through History
The article traces bullet speeds from black powder rifles at about 1300 fps to 2000 in small bore sports, 2200 for shorter sporting rounds, and claims modern speeds reach 8100 fps. It poses questions about future limits and a 4000 fps benchmark.
Cultivating Amusements Warns Against Youth Indulgence
A Columbus Journal excerpt cautions that encouraging constant amusement harms a boy’s serious, truthful growth. It stresses life’s earnestness over chasing fun and urges tempering entertainments to avoid steering youths from noble aspirations.
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Columbua Journal
Holt and Radcliffe in a bitter marital crisis case
The Haglish chief justice Holt and his wife despised each other. When she grew dangerously ill he felt spiteful delight until Dr. Radcliffe, who also despised Holt, arrived and saved her life, acting with swift promptness.
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Haglish
Holt
Dr. Radcliffe
Weatmluster Gazette
WM. E. Pitt The Reliable Plumber
Plumbing and heating service with guaranteed work. Contact WM. E. Pitt by phone 89 for prompt repairs and installations.
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WM. E. Pitt
Close Guarded Clock Sets World Timekeeping Record
In Cleveland the Case Rethool of Applied Science unveils a clock that records only eight thousandths of a second daily variation, promising annual drift under three seconds. The instrument, housed in a brick-walled room, uses temperature control via gas, electricity, and a self-winding mechanism to maintain extreme accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rethool of Applied Science
Cleveland
Atone Pier
Historic Hampton Roads and Early Fortifications
The passage notes Hampton Roads as a highly historic region birthplace of English colonization and key early American governance, with Fort Monroe and Chesapeake Bay defenses dating back to 1011. It contrasts sea and land life through a brief Geographical Magazine excerpt on prehistoric whales and their land-dwelling ancestors, noting their lunglike respiration and distribution in polar seas.
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Hampton Roads
United States
America
New World
Fort Monroe
Chesapeake Bay
Antarctic
Arctic
Our First Canal and Its City Shaping Power
The piece states that the first canal, dug at Sooth Hadley Mass during Washington's presidency and completed in 1706, inspired De Witt Clinton to conceive New York's canal system. It credits the Erie Canal with giving New York the speed to surpass 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
A fragment from a Washington column shows Mrs. Torking misquoting a husband’s role as an altruist. The brief item notes she has many uniforms and jokes about asking him to join, reflecting social chatter in a domestic vignette.
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Glight
Mra
Charley
Washington
Platinum Found Hidden By Early Explorers In Colombia
Notes suggest platinum was discarded by early Spanish explorers and later found in foundation excavations in Colombia. The text links the metal to value and common caution against procrastination in completing tasks.
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Colombia
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Alaska
Forest Prvice
Mr. Man
Ander
Desler Borker
Parch
National
Prince Albert
Jimmy
WS Tobaccoco
Salem, H.C
Ea Guts
Big Piney
Fredell Hotel
E Fredell
Kemmerer Shoe Store
Union Mercantile Co
Telephone
Kemmerer, Wyo
Blatz
Chicago
American Rotana
Isle
VAL Blate Brewing Company
Milwaukle
Paul Gabardi
Wyo
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