608 Moments and the Art of Making Time Count
The passage cites Luther Melancthon Cicero Raleigh Burney and Burritt to illustrate how notable figures used brief intervals to accomplish major tasks. It highlights daily effort during odd moments and extended periods of work amid imprisonment or travel, underscoring disciplined time use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Luther
Cicero
Sir Walter Raleigh
Tower of London
Doctor Burney
Elihu Burritt
House the Sown Save the Pigs
Feature on housing hogs details a modern gable-roof barn with concrete foundation and bedding kept pigs warm and dry. It highlights a feeding alley, roof windows for sun and ventilation, guard rails, and the aim to reduce piglet losses through proper farrowing housing and care.
Printer adds an N to dam in ad causes profane turn
An advertisement about a flour and water dam used to prevent solder from running during a scam was misread by printers. The writer, understanding the device, referred to the dam, while the printer, unfamiliar with the term, added the letter n turning the text into a profane word and altering the meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park (Wash
Deer Park Hardware Company
Columbia River
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Imperial
Ikin
Inc
Baltimore, MD
Washington, D. C
Glaize & Brother
Winchester
Berryville
Vonor
Carl Kaufmann
Santa Ana
Cal
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Comedy Theater
London Daily Chronicle
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Wett & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Peng
Sei
H. K. Green, & Bro
Virginia
Virginia and
Burley Tobacco
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