New York’s Noted Houses Lived by Presidents Past
A New York correspondent highlights four former presidential residences still standing in Manhattan. Monroe’s Prince Street house, Grant’s Sixth Avenue area, Arthur’s Lexington Avenue home, and Roosevelt’s East Twenty-first Street site show enduring traces of Ulysses Grant, James Monroe, Chester A. Arthur, and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Charleston
Philadelphia
Boston
Salem
Portsmouth
Virginies
White House
New York
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Hiram Grant
Sixty-sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Chester A. Arthur
Lexington Avenue
March of Trade
Theodore Roosevelt
East Twentieth Street
Roosevalt
Roosevelt
Delayed Burial Delays Hearse Driver King
George I. King a long time Nashville Helmsburg stage coach and hearse driver faced a four hour burial delay when he forgot to load the coffin on the return trip to Story cemetery twelve miles south of Nashville. He retrieved the coffin and completed the service.
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George I. King
Brown County
Nashville
Helmsburg
Story Cemetery
King
Indianapolis
Identifying Him In a Coined Phrase
A Kansas City Star snippet quotes a man from Jimpson Jusetion asking to locate a Lazzenberry who vanished in a street shuffle. The description mentions a white eyed felief seen at Twelfth and Grand and life behaving as a toad on a hot griddle.
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Jimpson Jusetion
Felief
Twelfth
Grand
Kansas City Star
Not a Question of Height in County Records
Lawrence Orr of the state board of accounts visited Jackson County to audit courthouse departments. He noted Simeon L. Henderson, the recorder, a very tall man. Henderson replied that the important measure is not height but accuracy, as his books matched to the penny.
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Lawrence Orr
State Board of Accounts
Jackson County
Simeon L. Henderson
Mr. Henderson
Orr
Only Man is Vile at the Quai dOrsay Delegation Hall
Describes the Quai dOrsay where peace delegates meet with luxurious carpets and chairs. Connoisseurs suggest covering carpets so delegates can smoke during tense sonata debates.
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Quai d'Orsay
Clearing Up After War On Thames Bank Town
The article describes an American war material depot near London on the Thames with over 200 white men and 150 black workers. Twenty five acres, huts and sheds, electric lights, a hedge surround, armed sentries, and constant activity loading and sorting war materiel from Russia and dismantled hospitals.
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Thames
London
California
Russia
England
War Bond Advertisers Targeted by Newspapers
Newspapers nationwide crack down on ads by unscrupulous operators who buy War Savings and Liberty Bonds, banning their entries from columns as part of a broader campaign against fraudulent financial schemes. The notices reflect growing vigilance in financial advertising and consumer protection.
Removing Spilled Paint from Wood Surfaces
Instructions describe mixing a strong potash solution to wash wood after a spill. Soak the area until the paint softens, then wash with soap and water followed by cold water to finish cleaning.
Unexpected Success Leads to Hat Maker Demand
An artist famed for comic pictures drew a caricature of a woman's hat that he found funny. His wife did not smile and instead offered seven pounds. She then bought a hat maker to create a copy of the design, showing a shift from humor to appreciation.
ALL IN ONE GLASS And Bourgeois as a Term of Honor
The essay argues that bourgeois, once a pejorative in English usage, now signals a high honor in American society. It traces the term’s meanings from medieval and European usage to its misreadings by Bolshevik and Spartaist rhetoric. It asserts Americans broadly are bourgeois, from Wilson to Rockefeller, celebrating the class as society’s triumph over nature.
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Spartacus
Tegen
Bourgeoia
Moliere
America
New York
Wilson
Morgan
Rockefeller
Multiplies Capacity of Phone Wires
Popular Mechanics reports a breakthrough that doubles the use of a single wire pair by enabling five conversations at once and sending 40 telegraph messages simultaneously. The system, tested on a Baltimore to Pittsburgh line, uses phantom circuits to carry two pairs of wires for greater capacity.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Peart
Baltimore-Pittsburg
Industrial plants converted for peace basis face value losses
A high official notes large declines in plant values from wartime design to peacetime use. Some facilities not adaptable to conversion have seen steep depreciation, with one example dropping from 100 million to six million. Journal of Industrial Engineering Chemistry.
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Journal of Industrial Engineering Chemistry
Captain Rene Fonck’s Record in World War I Air War
The article notes Captain Rene Fonck of the French army as holder of the highest official score for shooting down enemy aircraft. Credited with 75 Boche planes before the armistice, he reportedly downed six machines in minutes on several occasions. Fonck is praised as a superb pilot and an early adopter of the “barrel roll” maneuver. the French government honored him with nearly every decoration.
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Rene Fonck
Fonck
Scientific American
Iron Filtration Substitute Reduces Moisture in Air Streams
A novel substitute uses iron in long crooked passages to filter dust and moisture from air for compressors and electrical gear. The device relies on sharp turns and friction to trap particles, allowing air to remain relatively dry with little pressure and effective cleaning.
Ashland Schedule Notice with Departure Signals
The schedule lists times 8 30 A M 10 00 A M 1 15 P M 3 00 P M with two whistles indicating 15 minutes before leaving and three whistles indicating 5 minutes before leaving. Capt John E Doherty owner reserves right to change schedule without notice.
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John E. Doherty
Submerged target aids U boat defense in WW II training
A 30 by 5 foot waterborne training frame with a conning tower and periscope propelled by dual cables allowed crews to simulate rising and submerging targets. Officers remote controlled range by adjusting the upper and lower cables, improving gunnery practice against U boat attacks.
Getting Rid of Marble Waste in Vermont Quarry
The Vermont marble quarry waste is crushed to half inch fragments and burned in an 8 by 20 foot inclined rotary kiln driven by an 80 horsepower motor. Producer gas raises temperature to 2200 degrees Fahrenheit to convert rock to quicklime, with the hot product cooled in a rotating ogling cylinder before storage.
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Vermont
New Work for Disabled Soldiers in British Diamond Trade
A British diamond company opens a Brighton factory and sets up training centers across the country to teach ex-soldiers to cut diamonds. They employ several hundred veterans and assert they can match European polisher quality, shifting postwar output from the continent.
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Brighton
England
Europe
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Army expands candy production for expeditionary forces
Ten candy factories were transferred to the United States expeditionary forces recently. The army will continue manufacturing jam, cookies and candies at forty factories under the quartermaster's corps.
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United States Expeditionary Forces
Quartermaster’s Corps
Army
Sacred Ark of the Covenant
The Ark was a sacred chest Moses made to hold the tables of the law given on Sinai. It measured about 4.5 by 2.25 by 2.25 feet and was gilded inside and out. Carried by rings on staves, it rested in the holy of holies in the tabernacle and later in Solomon's temple as Israel's most sacred possession.
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Moses
Mt. Sinai
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