Time Is Money Aims to Boost Business Efficiency
A Western Union district agent urges faster turnover in commerce by replacing mail with telegraph for money making correspondence. He argues that telegraphing saves time, cuts two weekly transactions to 100 annual opportunities, and touts cost efficiency through faster, direct communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chartere Ttudeon
Omaha
Western Union Telegraph Company
Washington
Uncle Sam
Western Union
Wright
Hudson
Evolution of the calendar romance from ancient times to modern systems
The piece surveys calendar history from day by day counting to modern time systems. It cites Moses B. Coteworth arguing Egyptian pyramids served as sundials for measuring solstices and equinoxes and notes Washington Monument shadow measurements to fix the fall equinox on September 22 rather than the 21st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer
Stonehenge
England
Jacob
Borneo
Cotsworth
Cayp
Central
South America
Mexico City
Associated Press
Washington
Moses B. Cotsworth
Pan American Union
Coteworth
Washington Monument
Washington Nm. C
Grandpaw
Grandpaw Spud
Sam
Ames
Jackson
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Examiner
Heniy Scull
Los Angeles Times
Long Beach
Iowa
Baby on the Farm Hears of Feet for First Time
On a hot summer day children played on the farm barefoot. A baby sees them and trots to the house asking mudder to let them wear their feet for the first time and be allowed to walk.
Invisible Inks and How They Are Revealed
The article lists several substances claimed as invisible inks including lemon juice nitrate of copper equatic potash nickel chloride and nickel nitrate and mercury nitrate. It notes these can be made visible with heat and describes simple preparations for each.
Grandpaw Spud’s Long Beach Trip Tour Tales
Narrator recounts a Sunday excursion with Bert Smith through Wilmington, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, Venice, and Hollywood from Long Beach, detailing motor trips, palm-lined roads, a large oil refinery, studios, and beach attractions. Grandpaw Spud jokes with the Heck Boys, faces an overbearing day, and ends with a humorous quip and a published note.
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Long Beach
Cal
Spud
Bert Smith
Bert
Wilmington
Anheim Houlevard
Alas Verdes
San Pedro
Huntington
U. S. Weather Bureau
Satlineys Saxon
John Barle
Barton Hill
State of
California
el Segundo
Whiting
Ind
Sahara Desert
Goldwyn
Redondo Beach
Venice
Italy
Hert
al Barnes
Hare
Halrlywood
Doug Fairbanks
Exposition Park
Compton
Grandpaw Spud
Young Heck
Plarce
National Vacation Land Plans Mountain Resort Cabins
A promotional note outlines a project offering cabins at Mountain resorts and invites outsiders to enjoy the vacation experience across numerous states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Vacation Land
Coloride
Potential Energy Defined In Historical Gloss
A historical snippet explains potential energy as energy stored by position rather than motion. It uses water in elevated reservoirs as an example to illustrate how height can be converted to work.
Little Brother Incident in Dark Veranda
A fragment describes two brothers on a veranda where one, Bi, unexpectedly shines a sheathlight toward the other and guests, interrupting a fond embrace. The text hints at secrecy or mischief and a tense moment amid dim lighting.
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Littl Brother Bi
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Baby
Spud and
the Heck Boys
Frank Sage
Heck
Underwood
Scot
Rick
Thos. W. Jackson Author
Little Brother” Again
Coats
Sali
Clark & Enslin
West Side
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