Change in rural life from outdoor sleeping to cinema age
A historical survey notes a shift from closed windows and outdoor sleep in New York villages to open air living influenced by newspapers, churches, and especially movies and phonographs. Outdoor eating and porch lounging become common, while small towns lose old dissipations and adopt social centers like drugstores with music boxes and soda fountains.
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New York State
New York Evening Sun
Grandpap
Sovin
Booth Tarkington
Mary Pickford
Nying
Wood strong though light tests show Ecuadorian balsa versus cork
Tests by MIT show balsa wood has strength about one half of spruce yet lighter weight at 7.3 pounds per cubic foot. The material is nearly pure cellulose and gains strength from its cellular structure of large barrel shaped cells.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assist Cupid: Promote Early Marriage Through Mixed Clubs
The column argues marriage decline alarms social reformers. It notes unemployment and crowded singles in cities hinder wedlock, urging municipal run mixed clubs to foster social intercourse and a marriage bureau to provide introductions for hopeful couples.
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England
London
London Mail
Origin of Soft Drinks in Philadelphia Origin
A Philadelphia writer notes early soda water production by Eugene Roussel a century ago and credits Philadelphia with pioneering the industry. It references Robert M. Green’s 19th century fountain and the rise of Ice cream soda, with current trade around a billion dollars a year.
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Philadelphia
Eugene Roussel
United States
Robert M. Green
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Nickel Coins Again Innovation in Indian currency
The Indian government issues nickel Sanna and 4anna coins, a first for base metal coin values equal to the new issue. Two-anna and Sanna pieces have circulated for years, with the &anna noted as the world’s highest valued base metal coin. The move follows silver prices and may drive Sanna silver coins from circulation, the Brooklyn Eagle reports.
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India
the & Anna
Brooklyn Eagle
New Smokeless Fuel Coalite Promises Major By Products
New Smokeless Fuel Coalite, a British smokeless fuel, is claimed to produce as much heat per unit as coal. Low temperature carbonization converts a ton of bituminous coal into 14 cwt of smokeless fuel, 7000 cu ft of gas, 16 gallons of crude oil, 3 gallons of motor spirit, and 20 lb of ammonium sulfate fertilizer, with valuable by products.
Danish minister to Iceland appointed from Boegglid line
Copenhagen reports J B Boegglid named Danish minister to Iceland. He has served as consul in San Francisco Chicago New York and as commercial adviser in Washington. He claims Icelandic lineage tracing to Thorfinn Karlsefal, noted for early American settlement and a statue in Philadelphia.
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Copenhagen
London
J. B. Boegglid
Iceland
Boegglid
America
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
Washington
Boeggild
Tullinus
Thorfinn Karlsefal
Karlsefal
Philadelphia
Gutrid
Snorri
Tulleius
Detroit News
Oil Fueled Galley Fitted to Warship The Hood
The Hood, a large battleship launched from the Clyde, is outfitted with an oil fuel cooking galley designed to feed 1,200 men. Oil burners use compressed air to atomize fuel, producing a hot odorless flame with no residue and easy control, marking an innovation in naval cooking.
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Clyde
Valley City Visitors and Notables Reach the City
Friday notes arrivals and visits include Mrs. C. A. Platou from Litchville and Miss Alice Fisher visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank White. President C. E. Allen of the State Normal School delivers the Luverne commencement address and returns to Wal es City. Taft talks at Chautauqua next Tuesday.
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Alice Fisher
Normal School
City
Frank White
C. E. Allen
State Normal School
Luverne, N. D
Luverne
Wales City
Wm. Howard Taft
Chautauqua Auditorium
Taft
Minnie J. Nielson
Miss Nielson
Cooperstown
H. C. Aamoth
Valley City
Fargo
Wagley Visits Valley City Maintains Local Ties
Oswal O Wagley of Milwaukee arrived in Valley City last night to handle business and visit friends. The article notes his long association with the city and ownership of local property, highlighting local ties and ongoing interest in Valley City affairs.
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Arthur Deamer
Fargo Public Schools
Valley City
Soo Line
Oswal O. Wagley
Milwaukee
Wis
Mr. Wagley
League Picnic Draws Crowd But Uneven Interest At Tolstad Grove
A two day before event drew a large crowd yet little enthusiasm for the league. Townley skipped the gathering leaving speakers to fail to engage the multitude. Prof Selden stirred mild ire by spilling beans and roasting Mr Grangaard who then benefited politically from the scene.
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Tolstad’s Grove
Townley
Prof
Selden
M. O. Grangaard
Grangaard
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J. O. Jensen
Lisbon
N. D
Mrs. S. Sheldon
Washburn, N. D
M. J. Crose
California
C. R. Simpson
E. H. Light
Minneapolis Paper Company
Times-Record
Jesse Sargent
Prescott
A. O. Aurenhagen
Aurenhagen
Moe
Mra
Will Wright
Woodworth
T. B. Swartout
Soo
Enderlin
Gilman Mudgett
West Point
Gilman
Jamestown
Langer
Frazier
Tom Bonhus
Co. F
Tom
France
Mr. Bonhus
Father Stanton
Jamestown Bunch
N. P. Langema
Fingal
Langemo
Gessner
McGovern
Park River
N. C
Pingree
J. Res
A. van Houten
M. D
Gray Block Valley City
N.D
E. A. Pray, M. D
Graduate Univ. of Pennsylvania
Winterer
Ritchie
Lawyers Valley City
Theodore 8. Lindland
Farmers’ and Merchant Bank
Minnesota
Thief River Falls
Minn
C. E. Johnson
Middlewest Bank
E. A. Pray
M.D
SCOTT @ ROWNE
Scott's
Drs. Featherstone
American Exchange Building
Valley City, N. D
Pioneer Radiator CO
Canadian Pacific
Tt Canadian Pacific
Tinent
Sf Fara Investments
Central
Lloydminster
Canadas
F. L. Wicks
Wicks
Whitfield McKay
W. E. Grant
Cuba
Strayep
John A. Johnson
Granger Land Company
Young Elk
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