Gran Corporation Publicizes Grain Dust Explosion Prevention Effort
A 28 page booklet details how the United States Grain Corporation managed the wheat supply with only one grain elevator explosion loss of 25000 during the past year. The campaign, begun July 1919, used pledge cards meetings and cooperation with Canada to reduce dust explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Grain Corporation
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Julius H. Barnes
United States
Grain Corporation
Middle West
Wisconsin
Canada
The
Washington
J. Price
H. I. Brown
Trust
Nothwest
West
Idaho automobile dealers form state group in Pocatello
A June 21 meeting in Pocatello gathered auto dealers from South Idaho. Temporary officers were elected: Parish of Boise president Johnson of Twin Falls vice president and May Ballaine of Pocatello secretary. A future session will pick permanent officers as the group aims to improve roads and auto legislation for dealers and owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Idaho
Iron
Boixe
Twin Tealls
Rexburg
Parish
Boise
Johnson
Twin Falls
May-Ballaine
All Right and Gangway in War Time Lore
In wartime press and letters the phrases All right and Gangway carried cross cultural weight. French soldiers adopted All right from American troops while Filipinos learned Gangway during the Philippine occupation. The text notes the misinterpretation of Gangway as a profanity by locals and references Col. Fred Funstone and his Twentieth Kansas doughboys in a concluding colloquial aside.
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Filpinos
Philippine Islands
France
Aguinaldo
Col
Fred Funstone
Kansas Doughboys
Ralph Duffy
Home
Sector
Future of Forest Promoted by U.S. Agriculture Advice
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, the article argues against burning forest brush as it kills young trees and reduces future timber supplies. It stresses that fire harms soil and wildlife, encourages pests, and hampers reforestation, urging timely cutting and natural regeneration with younger trees to maintain healthy stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Telephone Defect Remedied by Microphone Breakthrough
An Indianapolis News report describes French inventors creating a microphone where each carbon grain is isolated in its own cell. The design prevents moisture from degrading performance, yielding higher sensitivity and purer tone than the old carbon microphone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pew
Intianapolis News
Coaches to Go in the Trossachs Auction Marks End of Era
An era ends as four-in-hand coaches and a scarlet post boy are sold under the hammer. The iconic Callander to Trossachs route yields to motor cars as a new company takes over the Trossachs hotel from the Blair family, ending more than six decades of service.
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Trossachs
Callander
Blair Famly
Dinburgh
Reotsman
Origin of the Word Ganada and Quebec's Name
The origin of the word Canada is discussed as likely from Kannatha meaning village or huts. Cartier reportedly misheard as applied to the whole country. Quebec derives from Rebée meaning attach, linked to the St Lawrence river site and its deep waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Tucques
Cartier
Quebecia
Quebec
St. Lasrente
Cobbler Tricks Devil At Whitchurch Moated Mound
Captain Harry Lowla recounts an Archeologia Combrensis tale of the Rhondda diverting the devil who tried to dam the River Taft below Castell Coch. A cobbler, with a sack of worn shoes, exposed the ruse and tired devil abandons the plot, leaving the mound as proof.
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Whitchurch
England
Capt
Harry Lowla
Archeologia Combrensis
Rhondda
Taft
Castell Coch
Rhubina Wi
Heven
St. Jervis
Castell ‘Coch
Giant Ray Record Claim From New Jersey Angling Sparked Debate
Reported claim describes a four ton giant ray harpooned off New Jersey, nine hour fight, spray thirty feet high, and dragged by six oxen and 22 men. Writers note exaggeration but cite similar oversized rays elsewhere, including Jamaica and British waters, with historic examples and meal-scale harvests.
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America
New Jersey
Jamaica
Cambridge
St. John’s College
Lapte Bay
Bahama Islands
Why Write Dull Letters The Value Of Thoughtful Notes
A writer in London Answers extolls writing with care not haste. The piece urges considering the recipient's views and interests, whether sport books music or humor, and notes the dangers of censoring letters as depressingly as censoring conversations. It argues letters demand as much thought as speech.
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London
Miles
Disputed Origins of the True Cross and Holyrood Day
The article recounts legends of Empress Helena discovering the cross of Jesus, miracles confirming its identity, fragments shared with pilgrims, and claims of the cross reproducing itself. It notes Jerusalem capture in 614, its move to Persia, restoration by Heraclius, and the September commemoration called Holyrood day with cross walls distributed to imperial crown, France, and the Adriatic.
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Helena
Constantine the Great
Jerusalem
Persia
Heraclius
Holyrood
France
Adriatico
Extraordinary draughts board at St Leonard England
An 1891 creation in St Leonard England features a massive draughts board carved from solid concrete blocks with a surface area of 025 square feet. The gold and silver squares, each golden square containing a ruby center and a diamond center in each silver square, reportedly cost over 100000. Once owned by Bismarck, the board is praised as the world’s most valuable, with 12 gold and 12 silver draughtsmen. The display near Chequers Inn remains notable for its mismatch in square count, having 58 squares instead of 64.
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St. Leonard
England
Bismarck
Osmotherley
The Susceptible Cow Visit Near Munele Farm
Two Chicago children visiting grandparents on a farm northeast of Munele observe milking and question cows. Seven year old Arthur and his sister Helen discuss milk origins and express curiosity about cows, noting grandpa’s herd and the milking routine. The Indianapolis News reports the encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Munele
Grandpa
Indianapolis News
General Woods First Battle with Geronimo Chieftain
The account recalls General Leonard Wood, then an army surgeon, joining the pursuit of Geronimo across the Southwest and northern Mexico after reports of atrocities against American women and children. It notes Generals Lawton and Miles praising Wood’s zeal and his Medal of Honor for bravery in the campaign.
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Woods
Geronimo
New Mexico
Arizona
Leonard Wood
Lttle Company
Southwest
Mexico
Lawton
Miles
Wood
Burton
Hendrick—t
Novel to the eye of a stranger visiting Argentina parrot peddler
A fragmented prose sketch describes a parrot seller in Argentina who travels the streets with birds in cages or perched on his shoulder. It explains Argentina as a land of silver, notes the absence of native parrots, and mentions common imports from Brazil along with historic ties to silver along the Rio de la Plata.
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Argentina
Brazl
Silver
Rio De‘la Pinata
Rger
Philadelphip
Fatal swing accident claims infant son of Norton family
Richard Norton aged one died from a fractured skull after a swing fall Sunday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence B E Norton. The body lies at Grossman undertaking parlors. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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Richard
Clarence BE. Norton
Grossman Undertaking
Storm Visits Omaha as Wind and Rain Ravage City
A devastating wind and rain storm struck Omaha and nearby areas on June 28. Trees and outbuildings were razed, one woman injured seriously, and telephone lines to the west and southwest were demoralized.
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Omaha
Neb
Coolidge Urges Wider World Roles at Vermont Commencement
The Massachusetts governor Charles Coolidge, a Republican vice presidential candidate, urged Americans to accept broader world responsibilities and moral force to tackle future problems. He spoke at the University of Vermont commencement where he received a Doctor of Laws degree amid a graduation of 1265 students.
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Burlington
aVt
Coolidge
Massachusetts
University of Vermont
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Dally
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Saas Com
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