Journal Installs Modern Press and Linotype for City Paper
The Journal announces completion of a new Duplex press and a No. 5 Morganthaler linotype, boosting capacity to 6 000 papers per hour. The upgrades, costing about 500 dollars, aim to meet rising local demand and enhance Washington county news production and circulation.
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New Press
Linotype
Washton County
Journal
Washington
Leadec & Counlry
Towa
Hng
Duplex Printing Press Demonstrates Advances at Journal Plant
The article describes a new electrically powered printing press capable of 6 000 red folded papers per hour. Weighing about 26 000 pounds, it sits on a special concrete foundation with access pits for maintenance and oiling. The installation marks a major step from hand presses to modern machinery, and the Journal expects improved delivery service and community patronage.
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Duplex
Battle Creek
Mich
Duplex Printing Press Co
George C. Dowsett
Tom McClean
Journal
Messrs. Dowsett and McClean
Good Stories About Birds and Their Odd Nests
A narrative on birds adapting to strange nesting sites such as wagon undercarriages and garden tool sheds. It highlights parrot affection and intelligence through Miss Virginia Pope and Polly Sheffield, noting parrots’ doll play, calling for attention, and nightly good byes.
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Virginia Pope
Polly Sheffield
Miss Pope
Polly
Bea
Wren
Simple treatment prolongs fence post life with creosote
A farmer named Kivery Starmer seeks durable fence posts as wood decays in eight to ten years. The article cites creosote injections as a cheap, effective preservative, extending life to twenty years or more even for cottonwood or pine posts, at about ten cents per post.
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Kivery Starmer
United States
Forest Service
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Morganthaler Linotype
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Lemmon's Pharmacy
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