United States Opens Strong Coal Market Amid Global Shifts
The Black Diamond reports a robust shift in the US coal trade as England cuts export shipments and other nations adjust. Domestic demand remains uneven with smokeless coal favored for exports, while Atlantic and inland markets face mixed signals from Boston to Buffalo and Chicago.
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Black Diamond
Sinia
England
Germany
Belgium
Japan
United States
Itas
America
Fairmont
West Virsinia
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York
Mar. Im
Philadelphis
Boston
Baltimore
Mediterranean
South America
Italy
Sen
Cleveland
Exhibit shows miniature coal mine at Panama-Pacific Exposition
At the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco the Consolidation Coal Company presents a detailed underground mining exhibit directed by President Jere H. Wheelwright. A full model mine from Kentucky’s Elkhorn field recreates actual seams and mining workers, with an electric tram conveying coal to the surface.
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San Francisco
Consolidation Coal Company
Jere H. Wheelwright
Elkhorn
Kentucky
Welch and Fullerton Drugists Deliver Citywide
Welch and Fullerton, druggists, provide delivery service to all parts of the city ensuring medicines and sundries reach customers at their doorstep.
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Welch & Fullerton
Bird Census Indicates Sparrows Second Most Abundant
A government census on birds shows sixty sparrows per square mile on average, with English sparrows close behind. The survey highlights bluebirds rebound after a harsh winter and notes dense populations near populated centers. The biologists urge volunteer observers to expand coverage nationwide, especially in the West and South, as funding relies on donations and labor.
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United States
Chett Chase
Public urged to curb forest fires with ten safety rules
Washington May 15. The United Forest Service issues ten rules to prevent woodland fires across the east and north woods. Do not leave glowing embers, drop cigarette butts carelessly, or build fires near vegetation. Call a forest guard if a blaze erupts, and never underestimate human negligence as a major cause of fires. Thousands of acres have burned this spring from preventable causes, with March and April fires causing extensive damage nationwide.
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The
United Forest. Sexarcs
Appalachians
North Woods
Maine
Florida
Atlantic
Arkansas
National Forest Purchase
Not Fresh Hikers Walk Oregon Coast Unarmed
Five Eugene women completed a sixty mile coast hike along Oregon with packs near twenty pounds. They faced bear stories at each stop yet reported no harassment from men. The group included Frieda Goldsmith Harriet Thompson Bertha Stewart Mary Perkins and Myrrha Hepburn with four faculty from the University of Oregon.
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Eugene
Uns
Oregon Coast
Oregon
Frieda Goldsmith
Harriet Thompson
Bertha Stewart
Mary Perkins
Myrrha Hepburn
University of Oregon
National forest summer home site permits outlined
A new law allows leases of national forest land for summer home sites and recreation in five acre tracts for up to thirty years. Permits aim to promote forest use while reimbursing government costs. filings require location, intended use, and cost plans with free land survey by forest service.
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National Forest
Streen
Weshington
Forest Service
Isne-Department of Agriculture
Torpedo Technology and Life Cycle Explored in Detail
An extensive description covers torpedo design from warhead to propulsion and steering. It explains the explosive head, air chamber brain, engine room, and guidance systems, noting the variability in length, range up to 4000 yards, and the process of testing and recording each torpedo’s history. It also compares types and mentions lingering field effects during trials and recovery.
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Charles
Mar
Insoutia
Dria
Jpins
Teutenant
Histerr Shoetsson
Rai Air
Dr Cook plans new expedition to Mount Everest
Dr Frederick A Cook announces in Chicago a Mount Everest expedition with about twelve to fifteen members including several Chicagoans and three to four ladies from a women’s club. The party will include Boy Scouts, scientists, and a moving picture unit to document life along the route. Estimated total cost near sixty thousand dollars. per person about forty two hundred.
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Chicago
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Mount
H. M. Weir
Mount Everest
Calcuttandadia
San Francisco
Honolulu
Yokohama
Hong
May wheat forecast for West Virginia falls short
The May forecast by the Bureau of Crop Estimates and Weather Bureau of the U S Department of Agriculture shows West Virginia wheat production at 2,550 bushels, about 200,000 below last year's estimate while the national forecast is up nearly ten million bushels. The report also notes current conditions for other grains and a ten year average comparison.
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West Virginia
Bureau of Crop
Weather Bureau
United States
Meteor man near Maple Ridge reported strange whizzing light
A fragmentary notice describes a meteor event near Maple Ridge with a traveler or observer noting a hole four feet across in the ground and a whizzing object. Details are unclear but the sighting centers on a bright meteor and an impact-like hole.
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Maple Ridge
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