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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
8
Last year 690800 pounds of artificial silk were used in Krefeldaloe mainly for men’s ties as Germany leads production and consumption. Swiss use was 7700 pounds. Lyons valued goods at about 4 notional units. Prices fell in 1906 from 2.15 to 1.32 per pound for nitrocellulose silk and 1.29 to 1.40 for viscose. A $500000 project to manufacture artificial silk from cotton adds interest to consular reports.
The article warns that gasoline stored in factories or shops poses fire danger, but a new outdoor attachment reduces risk. An ordinary pump can swings on a hinged support mounted outside a window, while a lower inside mechanism brings the can into reach for dispensing.
A can is fitted with a hinged cover to exclude rain, snow or dust, and to reach when wanted or swing back out of the way.
London Globe notes discarded footwear become artistic wall hangings and fair leather pulp used for wallpapers screens and upholstery. Bookbinders framemakers and carriage builders reuse the material for various fine goods, while new methods improve etching in newsprint production and sulfur recovery in Louisiana.
A Philadelphia inventor patents a portable brick cleaning device for demolition sites. operated by two men, it cleans mortar off bricks at 16 bricks per minute, saving time versus hand cleaning. bricks emerge clean and reusable after passing through toothed plates and knife-equipped tightening stages.
A London concern introduces a gasoline storage method that excludes air by filling the tank with water to occupy unused space. As gasoline is drawn off, water rises to fill its place, and since gasoline and water do not mix, the gasoline remains unaffected by the water proximity. The system prevents dangerous gas from escaping during filling.
A collection of short notices highlights progress in printing, rubber adhesion to steel, rapid egg washing machines, US mineral waste estimates, cautions on power in automobiles, mercury ointment uses, Australian iron ore status, and German spinning methods for kapok fibers, reflecting varied technological and economic topics of the era.
A note on examining a Castoria bottle for infants and children mentions its safe use. A separate report says mineral oil has been discovered in Somaliland and the British government is probing the extent of the find. The text also remarks that most men skilled at guessing conundrums lack success in other tasks.
An officer recounts a Philippines incident where a thief escapes with an American’s clothes. The American pursues but drops the loot to flee. A native policeman arrests him as suspicious. The Filipino magistrate dismisses the case and keeps the clothes, saying the thief must identify them when he returns to claim what he stole.
Miss Caroline Miller of 810 East Elm Street Streator Illinois describes a severe facial eruption spreading from a small pimple and burning for weeks. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a complete three week cure and notes the product was sold worldwide with free samples and a skin book offer.
A collage of brief quips and anecdotes about Signor Mattel the composer, a London drawing room tale, a western newspaper editorial on burglars, a humorous poem to music claim, and a gag about hog brains. The items resemble a column of wit and miscellany with social and cultural echoes.
Dr. Clarence Loeb of St. Louis argues buildings should cater to the users eyes in a talk on The Conservation of Vision. He cites that one in a thousand go blind, cataract heredity at five percent, and 58 percent of children of cataract patients inherit eye disease. He warns about roller towels and books spreading infection and urges eye protection for industrial workers with goggles or screens.
In Deliberate Sis, Arnold Haultain's biogra phy of Goldwin Smith recounts a humorous note about the late duke of Cambridge. In old age he often spoke aloud in church, once breaking a royal wedding ceremony with a sharp quip about the bridegroom’s worldly possessions and debts.
The passage extols a intimate communion with the forest urging readers to stay within it learn its paths, growth, and inhabitants. Start at the gate and move slowly to hear the forest’s secret and see its vision, noting unseen trees flowers vines and music beyond ordinary hearing.
In the Springfield Union a social note reveals Muggins-Young Goldspoon has wealth and many mothers seek to pair their daughters with him. The column hints at matchmaking interest surrounding his status and affluence.
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