Desalting Oil Cuts Salt Damage To Refineries
Widespread acid dosing in oil wells creates about 50 million pounds of salts that corrode pipelines and refinery units, causing costly downtime. Engineers report desalting methods cut salt content. heat, pressure, and water reduce corrosion, with Michigan and Arkansas cases showing major maintenance savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michigan
Gustav Egloff
Universal Oil Products Company
Arkansas
Supersonic Waves Break Solids by Vibrations
PORT HURON MICH Supersonic waves to be used to break up solids into finer parts from Cornell agronomy research. Dr Karl Soellner showed high frequency sound can disperse sediments gels and precipitates and also break laminated solids into fine bits. Graphite mica and steatite respond well and colloidal graphite will gain finer particle size and longer suspension after production changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
Karl Soellner
Department of Agronomy
Cornell University
Ears Reveal Paternity Claim From German Scientist
Frankfurt on the Main report cites Dr Thordar Quelprud from the University Institute for Heredity and Race Hygiene noting ear shape features may indicate paternity. He studied 5 000 people, comparing left and right ears and conducting twin and family analyses to assess hereditary traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt-On-The-Main
Germany
Thordar Quelprud
University Institute For Heredity and Race Hygiene
Quelprud
Top Rating For New Hollow Concrete Block In Tests
In Chicago a new eight inch hollow concrete masonry wall earned a top rating after severe fire water and pressure tests at Underwriters Laboratories. The wall reached 2000 F in four hours remained intact under 175 psi pressure and cooled without damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Head-Hunter Doctors Are Good Bone Setters
Washington report by Mat thew W. Stirling details Jivaro head-hunter doctors or wishing who study a month before practicing and use casts of chewing gum bases to set bones. They treat common diseases with herbs, must answer calls any hour, and can be sued for malpractice with extreme penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Amazon
Matthew W. Stirling
Bureau of American Ethnology
Jivaro
Making Forests Too Tidy Is Bad for the Soil
Geneva reports Swiss ecologist Dr. Arnold Pictet warns against over cleaning forests. Clearing ground removes the forest floor’s living capital, reducing nutrient return when fallen trunks and litter would decompose and reinvest nutrients into the soil, while lumbering and fire destroy much of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Arnold Pictet
Pictet
War on Caterpillars in New York Forest Defense Effort
Syracuse experts at the New York State College of Forestry cultivate a deadly disease to combat tent caterpillars. The fungus is to be released to curb the pest, marking the first effort to propagate it artificially as a forest defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
New York State College of Forestry
Samson’s Rise and Fall Theatrical Strength vs Moral Decay
Lesson for July 31 traces Samson from God given strength to moral downfall. It highlights physical prowess without spiritual fortitude, then shows Delilah’s betrayal, imprisonment, blinded defeat, and final death. Emphasizes how wages of sin lead to death without repentance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Israel
Delilah
God
J. M. Lang
Power Can Defeat Fear Quote From Proverbs
A brief biblical excerpt warns believers not to fear sudden danger or desolation, affirming that the Lord will be their confidence and protect their steps.
How to See by Ruth Wyeth Spears on Crazy Patchwork
In an upstate New York farm tale a grandmother saves a cash prize from a fair within a silk crazy patch quilt. The feature describes embroidery stitches and instructions for crazy patchwork with leaflets offering books on home decor and embroidery, plus ordering details at Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago
Ill
Loveliness in Crochet Cloth Pattern 6084 Offered
The Sewing Circle advertises a 58 inch crochet cloth made with a big hook and two strands of string. It offers three sizes with the smallest at 26 inches, includes illustrations and stitch details, and lists materials. Request pattern 6084 by sending 18 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Uncle Phil Advocates Modesty and Quotes
A quoted remark argues a man dislikes being identified and thumb printing. It notes that a good quotation can bolster opinion, and that artistic temperament trusts its own logic. The piece contends civilized man clings to white bedsheets despite facts.
Quick and the Dead and the Lightest Elements Quiz
Answers cover the meaning of quick as living, hydrogen as lightest element, free verse rhythm without rhyme, congressional representation about 280674 people per member, first opera Eurydice in 1600, radio waves travel at light speed, Public No 418 about military secrecy, Ezra Meeker Oregon Trail journeys by wagon car and air, and totals of 20 North Atlantic 7 South Atlantic and 3 Pacific cables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Florence
Ezra Meeker
Oregon Trail Memorial Association
Ohio
Oregon Trail
Federal Communications Commission
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Pacific
Help ful Hints on Planning a Laxa tive Diet
Readers are invited to write to C. Houston Goudiss at 6 East 39th Street New York City for a free copy of his bulletin Help ful Hints on Planning a Laxa tive Diet. The pamphlet offers concrete suggestions for combating faulty elimination through correct eating and hygiene with a list of laxative foods and a full week's sample menus. A post card suffices to request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Houston Goudiss
East 39Th Street
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
International Schior Schoolesson
Harold L. Lundquean
Moody Peutantinite
Western Newspaper Union
Aia
Sam
Wilbur M. Smith
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Walte
Marvel Specialties
Baltimore, Md
Dr. Wendt
Canton
Photography
Starfoto
Dept. Des Moines
Phil
Atlantic
C. Houston
Goudiss
Deans
Rothers
O. H
Prince al
Albert
O. H. Deans
Pringe Albert
Webster
Tonia
E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Byron
Daisy
Atarasie
Fanot
Vonient
Harold Somers, Inc
de Kalb Ave
B'klyo
Ove
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!