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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1916
Page
39
Traders resort to a silent sign language in the loud theater of the market where seconds decide fortune or loss. Voices are smothered in the din as buyers and sellers communicate through quick gestures and practiced signals.
The piece describes the Chicago Board of Trade’s silent sign language for buying and selling grain futures amid din. It covers hand signals mapping to prices and quantities, then shifts to a forecast of auto growth, farmer ownership, and state production leaders with Michigan and Ohio as key examples.
A historical analysis details rapid U S auto ownership and production from 1916 into 1917, noting one car per 25 to 44 people, a $2 billion investment, and production momentum toward 1.5 million vehicles. It argues mass production lowered prices, democratizing cars and redefining consumer economics.
Louis G Bowden of Little Falls catches a mighty pickerel in Peckman river a fish hawk steals it then drops it near Jacob Gissing whose family plans a feast Bowden returns home furious as the tale ends with a dramatic night and turn of events
A long narrated anecdote blends war science with tall tales. It discusses bullets and shells killing rates, then shifts to a Southern storyteller recounting nine wildcat kittens bought for bounty, a wagon chase, and a humorous misfortune as snake encounters, ending with a note on a local legislator’s change and a forgotten tobacco remark.
Louisville Courier Journal reports scientists claim atoms can be broken into ions tiny units of matter and electricity. Professor Millikan of the University of Chicago advances methods using a oil droplet to trap and detect incoming ions, noting vast counts and ages of potential experiments.
In Simon's Eddy grocery a stranger claims township has found him $20, then argues the town must settle the matter. Simon, the town clerk, and Mud Pond Ezry share wary reactions as the visitor extols the colony as the “biggest, sassiest, most persistent” snakes and wildcats.
New York American describes a Yukagir maiden's birch bark love letter. The symbols depict a far apart couple, mourning, and unreturned affection for a Russian woman. The carved lines show a distant house, a dress attribute, and children born to the union, with the man away and thoughts crossing between F and G.
A Boston Common meeting with a former first mate sparks a wild yarn about training seals for pearl diving. The crew allegedly earned four million dollars over two years, feeding oysters to seals, recovering large shells, and investing profits in buildings including Woolworth. The tale mixes shipboard scheming with a quirky dream of wealth.
Automatic gas meters face theft scheming from clever users. A wife’s son used a wrench to interrupt gas during cooking, pocketing quarters deposited for 1000 feet. In Mexico a factory worker froze water into quarters to manipulate a meter, then melted them away.
National Geographic describes rural Peruvians still honoring Incas to safeguard crops and livestock. Burnt offerings and buried images accompany stone carvings called mula or piedras de Characani, valued in La Paz markets as cattle remedies.
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