Heat and Light From Farm Crops In Industrial Era Rise
The piece argues that removing the tax on denatured alcohol could spark a new industrial era powered by alcohol from potatoes beets corn and molasses. It cites Prof H W Wiley Secretary Wilson and reports from the Philadelphia Record and Louisville Courier Journal on possible nationwide heating lighting and power from farm and waste products, with co operative distilleries and non beverage uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Union
Ares
Wilson
Tmarket
Louisville Courier Journal
Standard Oil
Bertie
Great West
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemist
West
New Orleans
Boston
Brooklyn
Cuba
Michigan
Texas
Dr Wiley
Wiley
Nahum Bachelor
Asea
Great Britain
Germany
France
Swizerland
Holland
Belgium
Italy
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Austria-Hunry
Portugal
Paris Lingerie Trends in Delicate Tints and Lace
Bertha Browning describes new Parisian lingerie with coordinated sets of chemise drawers and short petticoats in satin nainsook and fineBatiste. Silklike but cotton fabrics silk nainsook and silk chiffon feature heavy lace, bell sleeves, lace upper chemises, empire lines, and ribbons. Dressing sacks, blouse waistcoats, and lingerie petticoats gain elaborate trimming with embroidery, lace, and tucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Browning
Paris
Batiste
Denaturing Alcohol Bill Discussed by Dr Wiley
Dr Wiley argues denaturing alcohol to prevent drinking would be costly and outlines a plan using ten percent wood alcohol and one percent pyridine. The bill as passed would let internal revenue tax officials decide the exact denaturing ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Internal Revenue Tax
Riddling verse and nursery echoes in a stray query
A poem about violets and roses ends with a demure question about Mary’s age. Referencing Technical World and a lamb remembered from thirty years ago, the item cheekily asks how old Mary is, blending risked memory with playful wordplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
The Popes Wardrobe Labor Force
A large number of women staff the Vatican to maintain the Pope's garments. No spot or stain may mar his white robes, and even short wear affects their freshness. Women are employed exclusively for this task, with delicate fabrics used in summer and a fine winter cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
The Clock Calls Raleigh to His Wife’s Death
In a chilling tale from The Oklahoman, Raleigh believes a ticking alarm clock foretells his wife Lora’s death. He reveals their secret marriage, her death, and a final eerie call as he dies in a doorway, uttering “I am coming, my darling.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Lora
The
Vineless Potato Fraud Order Issued Against Pullman Company
A fraud order targets Vineless Potato Company of Pullman ill for advertising a Vineless potato that grows in bins above ground in sixty days. Investigations by Agriculture Justice and Lostoffice led to the ban and W D Darst, who claimed a license to grow vine less potatoes for 25, and sold potatine for 4 50 a package, is barred from mail use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Lil
Departments of Agriculture, Justice and Lostoffice
W. D. Darst
Pure Food Law in Philippine Islands Exposes Swindling Trick
The report describes how some Chinamen, skilled at deceit, tamper with whiskey bottles. They remove the label, drill a small hole, extract whiskey, replace it with a color matched liquid, reseal the hole, and cover it with the label to conceal the fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Cod fishing earnings and workforce ads from a page
A cut from a newspaper shows a cook’s stubborn self sketch and job notices. It includes a sixty ton cod fishing vessel earning about 2200 dollars per season and several help wanted items for steno graphers firemen brakemen and a shirt waist holder advertisement.
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Co-Operative Distilleries
Lready
Europe
Congress
Guy Elliott Mitchell
Stillman
Stillman Freckle Cream Co
Aurora
Marie
Hapacubs
Railway Secocration
Monroe Street
Felix Corset Co
Pine Street
New York
Jos
Ine
Frontier Asthma Co
Delaware Ave
Buffalo
N.Y
True Blue CO
Mass
Palisade
Bertha Brownning
Palisade Pattern CO
Battery Place
New York City
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