Invention and Industry Across the World
Global reports note America producing 30 million barrels and rising coal output of 5 041 838 tons in August. England hosts a women’s guild of 18 600 members. Bavaria tests a new high explosive vigorite. Cotton trade in UK rises. American motor car dominance grows. new diamond-like crystals via arc heating. Molineux patents a cable laying device for mobile operations.
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America
Woman’s Cooperative Guild of
England
Bavaria
United Kingdom
France
United States
Edward Molineux
East Indian Service
Notable Foreign Figures and Remarkable Feats
Walter Rothschild MP returned from Cauterets with about 4000 butterfly specimens. Gen Luis Terrazas of Chihuahua is cited as possibly the world’s largest landowner and wealthiest Mexican, with an eight hour train journey across his estate. Lieut Gen Alexander Rodiger gains attention in Russia for military writings and wartime service. William Adams of Fort Gorleystone saved 74 lives and earned multiple medals. Admiral Rudestvensky’s daughter, once a Sister of Charity, travels with her father after marriage and later returns to St Petersburg.
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Walter Rothschild
Cauterets
France
Pyrenees
England
Luis Terrazas
Chituahua
Mexico
Russia
Alexander Rodiger
Turkey
William Adams
Gorleston
Royal Humane Society
Rudestvensky
Charity
St. Petersburg
Town Topics Notes On Income Awareness
Dyer doubts Rockeman’s grasp of his income while Dyer questions his reading of the papers, reflecting local chatter about earnings and awareness.
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Dyer
Rockeman
Grape Nuts Restores Health After Stomach Catarrh
A grateful man credits Grape Nuts with curing years of stomach catarrh after trying many foods. He reports severe digestion problems, headaches, and gas until adopting Grape Nuts, which he says is easily digested, renews health, and becomes his almost sole food. Trial offer: ten days.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
A Smokehouse Oven Plan With Underground Vent and Pipe System
A Rural New Yorker correspondent describes constructing a low heat smokehouse with a three foot square oven, ten inch glazed conduit, and a deflector to spread smoke. The brick building sits with three feet underground, uses dry hickory, adjustable pipe hooks, and a 12 inch ventilator. a thermometer stayed at 40 degrees during a 15 day smoke.
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New Yorker
Theie
Poultry House Plan Promises Profitable Flock Increase
J G Graham of Cook County Illinois describes buildable plans for a 100 hen house that is frost and rat proof. The featured design uses a 12 by 25 foot site with a cement foundation and timber frame, sawed hemlock siding, four sliding windows, and a dirt floor layered with coal ashes and a whitewashed interior. The article lists materials and costs for foundation frame siding and roofing totaling several dollars.
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J. G. Graham
Cook County
Illinois
Ezes
Graham
Bee and Hen Lore on Feeding and Trade Values
The piece notes heavy melting conditions and suggests feeding chicks red clover if alfalfa is unavailable. It argues a private family trade is more valuable than sending goods to the open market.
Largest Reservoir Holds Vast Freshwater Before Tidal Changes
The article notes the world's largest fresh water reservoir is the ancient masonry dam at Udaipur in Rajputana. The artificial lake spans over 20 square miles and the dam reaches about 90 feet deep. It contrasts with modern expanding trade as traveling agents push American meat products to South America and Asia, exchanging goods for cowries or elephant tusks in a bid to turn items into money.
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Udaipur
Rajputana
Chicago Packers
Sahara
Zanzibar
Brazil
London Cemeteries Listed in County Report
A county survey notes 28 cemeteries within London. The document catalogs sites, their boundaries, and potential preservation considerations for local governance.
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London’s
County of
London
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Poultry House
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California Fig Syrup Co
California
FIC
San Francisco
Louisville, Ky
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Putnam
Monroe Drug CO
Unionville
Missouri
Tra
Mark
St.Jacobs Oil
Price
St. Louis
DE Laval
DE Laval Separator Co
Randolph & Canal Sts
Cortlandt Street
Chicago
New York
Paxtine
R. Paxton Company
Boston
Macser
Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Albany Street
Mass
Moline
Avenandith Street
Peterson
J. M. Auld
M. D
Dearborn St
Ill
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