Gas buoy project eyed for York and Sand islands shoals
Discussion in Bayfield area about establishing gas buoys on the Sand and York island shoals to aid mariners. The effort aims to reduce wreck risk after the Sevena disaster and to assist Duluth–Ashland shipping, with the Anemone or Marigold likely to carry out the work. Harbor mariners support life-saving benefits and local reports note proposed relocation of the Sand Island light.
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Duluth
Sand
York Islands
Great Lakes
Sand Island
Sevena
Ashland
Light House
Spooner
Senate
House
Harbor City
Bayfield Press
Breadfruit Tree Uses and Origin Across Regions
The breadfruit tree, native to southern Asia the West Indies and the South Pacific, reaches 40 to 50 feet with large lobed leaves and a spherical fruit weighing over four pounds. It supplies staple food when roasted, and villages bake many at once in large ovens. Beyond fruit, its latex yields cement from boiling in coconut oil, its bark furnishes cloth, and its leaves serve as towels. Lumber, tinder and other products come from the tree, with dried blossoms used as tinder.
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Asia
West Indies
South Pacific Islands
Indian Archipelago
Baltimore Sun
Various Newsmaker Snippets From The Times
A collage of quick notes covers church feuds in Kentucky, an Oyster Bay visitor claiming to be the devil, and Presidents urging safer gun use. Carrie Nation’s bravado faces reform efforts in Pittsburgh while Japan relations ride hot headlines. Immigration totals rise, legal recounts drag, Alton’s mayor kisses babies, and Nebraska’s court sides with wives as household bosses.
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Tas
Kentucky
Oyster Bay
Japan
N.Y
McCellan
Alton
Hheir
Big Sisters
Neb. Supreme Court
Natural Varnishes From Philippine Wood Oils
The Philippines use several tree resins as varnishes. Supa is pale when fresh but darkens and dries slowly to a hard film and can burn in lamps. Balao, or oil of apitong, is white then darkens to form a tough varnish. Panao varnish dries poorly. All oils are hydrocarbons of sesquiterpenes.
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Philippines
Panao
Fire Wipes Out Two Blocks in Mellen Business District
A blaze in Mellen wiped out two blocks of the city business district after starting near John Carlson's grocery store around midnight. Damage is estimated at 375000 with Ashland and Ironwood fire departments aiding until the fire was controlled.
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City of
Mellen
Ashland
Ironwood
John Carlson
Early Celery Blanching Using Drain Tiles
Beattie explains a small scale method to blanch celery by placing four inch drain tiles over almost mature plants to keep light out. Pull outer leaves, loosely tie the stalks with paper twine, allowing leaves to rise above the tiles. Unglazed tiles keep the plant cool through evaporation yielding crisp tender stalks and requiring little washing before market.
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W. R. Beattie
Codling Moth Threatens Illinois Apple Crop Second Brood Burdens Growers
In Illinois spraying for the first brood reduces damage but many growers fail to control the second brood. The late brood begins around July 20 in central Illinois, with worms entering apples as they size and color, causing serious injury even in sprayed orchards.
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Illinois
Best Methods of Farming Expands Semiarid Lands
The intelligent application of superior farming methods is rapidly enlarging tillable and tilled land in semiarid country. This progress promises lasting prosperity for the region and substantial benefits for farmers and landowners in the west.
Two Famous Songs and Their Composers
The article reviews origins of Home Sweet Home and Old Folks at Home. It recounts John Howard Payne composing the song after hearing a peasant girl in Italy, its incorporation in Clari, and Payne’s later fortunes. It also notes Stephen Foster born 1826 in Pennsylvania, localizing Old Folks at Home, Foster’s modest gains, and his 1864 death with Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming sung at funeral.
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Payne
Bishop
Milan
Stephen Foster
Foster
Suwannee River
Pennsylvania
New York City
Bowery
Kentucky
Sarah Kennedy Winkler
Wirele Magazine
Doan’s Kidney Pills and German Syrup Advertisements
An assortment of 19th century medical ads claim Doan’s Kidney Pills cure kidney trouble and rheumatism by removing uric acid from blood. A testimonial from Mrs. M. Taberman of Washburn, Wisconsin praises reduced back pain and stronger kidneys after use. Also promotes Boschee’s German Syrup as a cure for consumption with claims of relief and easy expectoration. Frost & Spies are listed as sellers.
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Dean
Washburn
Doan
Sweet’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean’s
Boschee
Frost & Spies
Fooling the Janitor
A foxy woman explains a ploy to win a building janitor’s favor by provoking him with gossip about others. She notes the janitor’s verbal line grows longer and kinder as she asks how others are treating him, then repeats “it’s a shame” or “what an outrage.”
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New York Press
Man Reels From Streetcar Collision At City Street
Mr. Pacer was struck by a street car and carried to a nearby drug store where a surgeon said the thigh bone was dislocated. A bystander was ordered to pull the leg as the injured man protested with a pocketbook in hand.
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York Island Shoal
Sand Island Shoal
Yona
America
John D. Rockefeller
Dewitt
M. M. Sweet
Chicago Wholesale and Mail Order House
Lake St
Chicago
Devitt
Dr. Shoops
Carrie Nation
Pittsburg
Mr. Pacer
Ces
S. D. Bland
Brewton
Lake Street
Washburn Printing Co
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