Ford earns big corporate trust with low cost and long life
Major firms including Associated Companies of the Bell System Armour and Company The Borden Company and Continental Baking rely on Ford vehicles for daily operations. The article highlights Ford’s low operating costs reliability and long service life with emphasis on engineering like ball and roller bearings steel forgings and rustproof features.
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Ford
Bell System
Armour and Company
Borden Company
Continental Baking
Universal Credit Company plan o uts offers onother Ford
Universal Credit Company outlines new offers on Ford vehicles as part of a broader sales push. The plan emphasizes flexible financing and promotional incentives aimed at boosting monthly bookings and attracting first time buyers.
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Universal Credit Company Plan O
Uts
Onother Ford
Murray Sisters Star in Evening of Song at Elks Hall
Elks Hall hosted the Third Murray Evening of Song led by J K Murray with Mari Lane Murray Maude and pupils from the Murray Lane Studio. The program featured operatic, Irish and spiritual selections with expressive performances and notable vocal range and stage presence.
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Elks Hall
Murray
Mari- Lane
Miss May
Maude
Maritza
New York
Castle Square Opera Company
J. K. Murray
Mande
Murray-Lane
H. S. Pember
Mari-Lane Murray
Tres
Tabeaux
Rose Petals
Lulu Bell Nott
Inside the Graf Zeppelin Experience and Crew Quarters
A firsthand account describes visiting the Graf Zeppelin hangar and its crew areas. The party, led by Captain Fleming, toured the operating cabin, motor rooms, and crew quarters, noting kitchens, lounges, and the catwalk with views of the crew sleeping areas. The report highlights the ship's modern detail and the writer's daughter Helen's excitement.
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Pelin
Los Angeles
Fleming
Hugo Eckener
Helen
Hod Working Gentleman Inspires Parsley Junction School
A Farm and Fireside quip highlights a worker carrying a hod at Parsley Junction while a new school is built. The remark portrays the laborer as a steady, dedicated craftsman amid community progress.
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Gabon Borhead
Parsley Junction
John Woolman a Quaker Opposing Slavery in Colonial New Jersey
John Woolman, a Quaker in colonial New Jersey, devoted much effort to opposing slavery and the slave trade. He died in 1772 and is buried in York, England, with his Journal later included by Eliot in the Harvard Classics.
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John Woolman
New Jersey
Woolman
Eliot
York
England
Pearl Fisheries History Across Regions
The pearl fisheries of Ceylon, India and the Persian gulf trace far back in history with origins unknown. It is probable that 2,000 years ago fishing occurred in all three areas in a similar primitive manner as today.
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Ceylon
India
Persian Gulf
Thrift of Time Profits in Afterlife Says Gladstone
A quotation urges using time thrift to gain profit in the afterlife and warns that wasting time diminishes intellect and moral stature beyond measure. The speaker is William Ewart Gladstone, emphasizing time as a valuable currency with spiritual returns.
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Gladstone
Pioneer Forefathers Threw Down Forest Barriers
No Longer Se Trees were the greatest enemies of our pioneer forefathers. It took them two centuries to hew their way through a thousand miles of forest before they emerged into the plains of the Middle West.
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Middle West
American Magazine
Pension grants for invalids date back to 1776 act
The pension bureau notes pensions for disability began in 1776. An act granting pensions to invalids passed in 1785 and was enacted by the act of March 18, 1818.
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Pension Bureau
Sloth Named AI Gets Permanent Post In Crossword
A social uplift speaker notes a three toed sloth nicknamed Ai lands a permanent job in the crossword puzzle after centuries of neglect. The remark suggests the phrase may hold truth in modern work ethics.
Balch Establishes Lake Asquam Boy Camp Around 1880
Ernest Balch founded a camp for boys on Lake Asquam in New Hampshire circa 1880. The venture proved popular, inspiring the launch of additional camps and a steadily growing youth movement.
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Ernest Balch
Lake Asquam
N. H
Manchester sexton hears an econ witness in brief entry
A short World’s Pictorial News item notes a death of a male infant aged three months and hints at a witness from the Manchester sexton in a disputed entry. The compact notice implies uncertainty about the evidence or interpretation surrounding the case.
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Manchester
Econs
Ehesaneier
London World's Pictorial News
The Reason Men Fail To Progress
A proverb notes that many men stall despite hard work because they exhaust themselves preparing to start a job. It urges action over prolonged readiness and stresses timely effort.
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American Magazine
Living a life true to conditions at hand
A concise musing on how a person gains from life by making the best effort within existing circumstances, emphasizing truth and character over age.
Margarine Pronunciation Advice Sparks Letter Debate
Glasgow readers debate whether margarine should be pronounced with a soft or hard g. The Glasgow Eastern Standard notes the BBC advises soft g, while questioning seasonal pronunciation differences in summer versus winter.
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Glasgow
Conscience quotes courage and inner guidance
A concise remark from James F. Clarke on conscience as the root of true bravery. It urges a man to follow his inner sense to be brave.
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James F. Clarke
Brooks Quote on Mental Carelessness and Repentance
A short anonymous quotation attributed to Phillips Brooks condemns mental carelessness as a vice to be fought and repented, urging steady self discipline in moral conduct.
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Phillips Brooks
Tackle the Job Beginning to Do What We Have to
A brief note outlines starting work to meet essential obligations. It highlights immediate actions, responsibilities, and the need for coordinated effort to accomplish required tasks. The emphasis is on moving forward and addressing core duties with focus.
Big Dipper Star Names Listed
The seven stars in the Big Dipper are Alkaid Mizar Alloth Megrez Phegda Merak and Dubhe.
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Alkaid, Mizar, Alloth
Megrez
Phegda Merak
Dubhe
Egypt Book of the Dead: Major Egyptian religious text
The Book of the Dead with 106 chapters stands as the chief monument of ancient Egyptian religious literature. It serves as a key source for understanding beliefs on the afterlife and funerary practices.
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Egypt
Tiny Print A Diamond Edition
A small volume edition printed in diminutive type introduces a compact diamond edition highlighting precise formatting and archival presentation.
Flowers Inspire Designers From Persia To Modern Mansions
A flower enthusiast column traces the enduring debt to blossoms as inspiration for design. It notes roses once symbolic in ancient Persia and recalls modern mansions adorned with sunflowers, vines, Clematis, and Mayflower motifs. Stained glass from New York features lilies, poppies, and columbines.
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Persia
New York
Maze of Galleries and Halls in Hill of Cuma
The Hill of Cuma near Naples features a maze of underground galleries and halls like basilicas and shrines. Reports note three surviving Sibyl writings, a subterranean Apollo temple with a statue once erected in Augustus era, though the statue no longer remains.
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Hill of
Cuma
Naples
Apollo
Augustus
New York Times Magazine
Early Boston Stock Exchange Seats and Rules
The Boston Stock Exchange once allocated an actual chair and desk to each member with a fine for trading away from it. Seats lined the walls facing the rostrum, making bids hard to hear during brisk sessions. Continuous daily sessions began in Boston in 188? and earlier in New York in 1863.
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Boston Stock Exchange
Exchange
New York
Boston
Boston Transcript
Painful Impression From Paris Professor Explains Pain
Professor Pieron of the College of France told an international psychology congress that there is no real pain in cutting a finger, only the impression of pain. A true pain would arise when specific sense organs are stimulated, though which pains trigger these organs remains unspecified. the impression of pain, however, still hurts.
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Pieron
College of France
International Congress On Psychology
San Francisco Chronicle
Happy Living Three Keys by Pitkin Household Magazine
Walter B Pitkin states three foundations of happy living a healthy body a fair environment for normal activity and aspirations and a cooperative community that respects individuality and mutual support while not harming others. He emphasizes personal salvation guided by each person’s nature and cooperative social life.
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Walter B. Pitkin
Household Magazine
Discovery of Radioactivity By Uranium Salt and Pitchblende
In 1896 Becquerel showed that uranium salt in darkness reduced silver bromide on a photographic plate even behind black paper, indicating radiation beyond light. Pierre and Mme Curie extended this to pitchblende. The mineral radium is white, turns black in air, and belongs to the uranium family.
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Henri Becquerel
Pierre and
Mme Curie
Crabs Shown to Feel Fear Over Nearby Threats
A London study demonstrates crabs respond emotionally to danger. When food is out of reach a crab will starve unless a polyp, its enemy, is placed nearby. The sight triggers fear, causing the crab to convulse and release its tied claw before escaping to safety.
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London
Motorists Dream of Stopping a Locomotive
A quirky Florida Times-Union item notes drivers imagine a car that could halt a locomotive, reflecting humorous public fantasy about machines and safety.
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Yada Dange
Florida Times-Unica
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Shirley
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