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Middletown transcript., 1916-10-14
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Cnder the auspices of the British
meteorological Office q profeasorshiI
of meteOrOl0gy has been established
for the purpose of giving instruction
and conducting researches in that
science in the interests of the royal
flying corps of the British army. The
incumbent of this post is G. |. Taylor
late Sbuster reader in meteorolOgy
at the University of Cambridge. who
receives the temporary rank of major
by virtue of his new duties.
Though battleship is u "she," an
airship is "he." After some discus
sion the English war office settled the
the sex of the Zeppelin. Hereafter
the war Office will refer to the German
dirigible as 'he" or him" In official
statements.
New York state has 100000 aliens.
What is believed to be the only mul.
berry forest in the wOrid is in India,
covering about 10000 acres and being
used only for fuel and timber.
Gladys Palmer Of Oak Park. ILL.,, who
recently set an official record for Won
en- by thr'wing a baseball PIT feet 6
Inches. has unOfiieially heaYed the
EpherOid 240 feet, 1t Is said.
To one end of a new pocket knife
Is Fastened an opener for bottle caps.
Cuba has the largest orange grove
in the world, covering 1000 acres.
What ia claimed to be satisfactory
method for plating aluminium upon
Iron has been invented in France.
Mayors salaries in the United States
vary between the 500 year paid to
the mayor of Flint, Mich, to the $1S-
Oe0 received by the mayor of Chicago.
who is the highest paid municipal Off
I:ial In the world.
An adiustahly mounted lens has
been invented to be attached to cam
leras to enlarge the images seen In the
finders.
A powerful machine has been built
In Germany for compressing scrap
1netai into more easily handled bales.
Nigeria has been added to the lands
in which valuable deposits of, coal
have been discovered in recent years.
Arrangements are being made for a
direct steamship service between ports
In South Africa and South America.
A Burlington IN J.) Baptist church
has celebrated its one hundred and ff.
teenth anniversary.
European bacteriologists think they
iave discovered the bacillus Of whoop-
ing cough.
Producers of aniline dyes in japan
Aate lOElHeU tIuSt t6 e6iatf9il tt4aaaee
market.
More than 10 per cent Of the exports
Ssf Jamaica come TO the United States.
Uruguay has an area of72.17S square
7iles and l,sas mllsR Of railroad.
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ONE SUBMARINE
DID THE WORK
All On TOrpedOed Ships Had
Time to Leave.
NO MORE SHIPS SUNK
Submarine Able To submerge and Bob
Up So Quickly AS To Give the
Impression There Were
More Than One.

Newport, r. 1.-The wholesale raid
on foreign shipping south of Nantucket
hghtship Sunday was the work of one
submarine, according to reports OF
American naval officers. Rear Admiral
Albert Gleaves, commanding the tor
pedo-boat destroyer fotilla, which did
such remarkably speedy rescue work
said that the reports of all his officers
agreed that, to the best of their obser-
walton, one raider only was concerned.
This boat presumably was the German
U-53, which called at Newport to mail
q letter to Ambassador Bernstorff, and
then put to sea, without taking on an
ounce of supplies, although she was II
days from her base, according to the
statement of her officers.
Admiral GleaVes said he could easily
understand the positive statements Of
the captain of the Nantucket lightship
and of sailors Of the torpedoed vessels
that more than one submerSible was
concerned. The U-boat, he said, was
very fast and appeared to have been
handled cleverly. 1t was easy, he
pointed out, for her to disappear on
one side of ship and then show up
Unexpectedly at another spot Doubt
less he believed she had submerged
and reappeared often enough to mis-
lead any but a keen professional OBJ
server and to create the impression
that more than one sea terror was
operating.
This opinion would seem to be borne
out by the statement of many of the
refugees that the submarine had more
business on hand than she could take
care of at once and was obliged to re-
quest one steamer to wait her turn
while another was being put out of
commission. Lieutenant Commander
Miller, of the destroyer Ericsson, who
witnessed the destruction of the
Stephano, said he was positive that
only one submarine was in the vicinity
at the time.
Crew Still Missing.
The known list of the victims of
the U-boat's Sunday exploits remains
at six, Notwithstanding reports from
the Nantucket lightship that three
other ships, the identity of which could
not be learned, were sent to the bot
tom. There also was a persistent
rumOr, without veriication, that Brit
ish cruiser, one Of the allied patrol
feet sent to the submarine zone, had
been attacked.
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Florence Boyles, six years old,
daughter of Ruhlie Boy1es, near Starr,
Queen Anne's county, while returning
home from school was struck and
killed by an automobile driven by DR..
Roe, Of Caroline county. The accident
occurred near the chiId's home. The
girl and small boy were walking
along the road at the time. AS the
machine came close to them they be-
came frightened. The girl darted in
front of the automibi'e and her life
was crushed out. DR.. Roe placed the
body in the machine and took 1t to
her home.
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Some so listing clerks appointed to
carry on the general reass essment for
Frederick county were told by Arthur
P. German, chairman of the State Tax
Commission, to ignore all instructions
given them by the County Commission
ers about week ago relative to their
work, and to carry out to the letter
those given by the State Tax Commits
sion. The entire Board of County
Commissioners were present when
Chairman German, in explaining the
instruction sheets and cards sent out
to the listing clerks, said he was ready
to receive the resignation of any clerk
who refused to obey these orders.
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U. s. WILL NOT ACT.
Teutons Complain Of American Air
men With the Allies.

men with the Allies.
Washington. - The United States
will take no action as result of the
various complaints from Teutonic
sources that American aviators are at
the front with the French Flying
Corps.
These protests have been coming
into the State Department through
both diplomatic and consular officers
and will be the subject of full discus
sion when Ambassador Gerard, now
en- route from Berlin, reaches Wash
ington. But officials declared today
that exhaustive consideration of all
complaints from the Central Powers
has convinced them that American
aviators have kept strictly within tie
bounds of international law.
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LINER FRANcoNIA SUNK.
:unarder, Used By British AS a Trans.

cunarder, Used BY British AS a Trans.
port, Sent Down BY U-5oat.
Lordon.-H'ive ships-the Cunard
Line steamer Franconia, the Russian
steamer TOurgai and three Norwe-
gian steamers, Brink, Knut Carl and
Nesjar-haVe been sunk, according to
reports here.
The British Admiralty announces
the loss of the Franconia, which was
employed for transport duty. The
steamer was sunk in the Mediter-
nean BY an enemy submarine.
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According to unofficial firures now
available, the Province of Alberta pro
duced approximately 100000 pounds
of wool during the current year. South
ern Alberta is reported to have ship
ped, in all, about 1,31S,OCO pounds, the
district centering on Calgary. about
285,OC0 pounds, and the remainder of
the province approximately 267,OOO
pounds.
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October 1s. 1915.

sulgarians attacked Serbia at
three points.
Russians repulsed Teutons
near DVinsk and in GaIicia.
Furious German bombardment
forced French back near Sou.
chez.
British submarines sank Ger
man steamers in the Baltic.
ZeppeIins made night raid on
London, killing SIS.
French Foreign Minister Del.
easse resigned.
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DR.. William Preston Miller, 46 years
old, a son of the late DR.. Victor D.
Miller, ST., of Mason and Dixon, died
at his home in. Hagerstown of pneu-
monia after long illness.
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A Pittsfeld (Mass.) woman went
1shing at Onota Lake recently and tied
the hsh line to her leg. After she had
gone, short distance in a boat she
1elt jerk and pulled in a large
pickerel.
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Crew Still Missing.
TROOP SHIP ToRPEDoEp.
1852 Of 1000 Serbian and French Sol.
diers On GaIIia Rescued.

Paris.-The steamship Gallia, an
auxiliary cruiser carrying 1000 Serbian
and French soldiers, was torpedOed
and sunk on October by a submarine.
Thirteen hundred and sixty-two men,
picked up by French cruiser and
landed in boats on the southern coast
Of Sardinia, have been accounted for
thus far.
Phe torpedo caused the explosion of
ammunition in the hold of the Galfia
and also destroyed the wireless ap-
paratus, making it impossible to send
out calls for help.
The crew and troops took to RATS
and small boats, number of which
were picked up by the French cruiser.
Others reached the Sandman shore.
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October u, 1915.

Russians strengthened posi-
tons in DVinsk region and Cali.
cia.
Sernians repuIsed BuIgarians
on River NischaVa.
British captured trenches near
Ioos and most Of HohenzoIIern
redoubt.
Bulgaria formally declared
war on Serbia.
PozareVatz stormed by Teu.
tons.
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FRANCE LIFTS EMBARGO.
Makes Change That win Aid Amcri.
can Manufacturers.

Washington. = Amendments to the
French export embargo that will
materially aid American manufacture
ers were announced in a cablegram
from American Consul-General Thack.
ara at Paris. The changes lift the en-
barge on the export to allied and
American countries ON fatty acids,
borax and boracic acid, metallic chlor-
ides, gelatines and CLUES, starches, lead
manufactures, sodium and paint. The
embargo was found to embarrass neu-
trail and friendly commerce unneces-
sarily.
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October II. 1915

Teutons completed crossing Of
Danube in force.
Greek government declined to
help Serbia.
italians won victory in Carnia.
Edith CaVeII, English nurse,
executed by Germans in 6rUs-
sells.
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Professor Julie del Toro, teacher of
Spanish at Washington College, has
resigned and left to accept similar
chair at the University of Michigan.
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James Sproule and Thomas sproule
brothers, of Sparta, ILL.,, married sisters
IS and Sc Years aeo rasroo.,,,.,-.
are now living in the town in whicb
tney started business in 1866.
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George, the four-year-old son of Geo.
H. Camp, of Kent county, was badly
burned when he upset a kerosene
lamp which ignited his clothing.
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BIG SHORTAGE IN BANK.
Assets OF Chicago Private Concern
Show $65o,Ooo shrinkaae.

ChicagO.-A shrinkage of $650,00e in
the assets of the Industrial Savings
Bank, a private concern, which recent
ly went into liquidation, was shown at
the examination Of the affairs of the
bank before Referee Eastman. Assets
had been estimated at $1,OOO,OOO, but
a two-week search by the receiver, it
was said, failed to disclose more than
$3.50 900.
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NEW DANsuRY CASE APPEAL
Payment Of Interest On judgment Con
tested.

Washington.-Payment of $4,000
interest on the N$252,OO Judgment in
the Danbury hatters' case against
members of the Hatters' Union for
boycotting the firm of d. E. Loewe &
20. was contested in an appeal to tie
Supreme Court by the Savings Bank
Of Danbury, Conn, which holds savings
Of union members attached to satisfy
the judgment.
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William J.. Price, ST., one of the
wealthiest men on the Eastern Shore,
died at his home in Centreville. He
was born in Queen Anne's county Oc-
tober 1, 1881. and for so years had
been prominent in the business world
of the county. He was one of the
founders of the Queen Anne's National
Bank of CentreVille and later its presi-
dent.
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Harry Legg, farmer of Worton sec
ton, in a runaway accident, sustained
a crushed knee and broke small
bone in one of his legs.
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October is, 1915.

Great Britain declared war
on Bulgaria.
Russians drove back Teutons
west Of TarnopoI.
Russians held offensive south
and southwest of OVlnsk.
British submarines sank Ger
man destroyer and torpedo boat
near entrance to the Baltic.
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October II, 1915.

October IT, 1875.
German right wing forced
back acress the Drina with
heavy loss.
Main invading force Of Teu-
tons pushed on in Serbia.
BuIgarians crossed Serbian
frontier.
semendrIa captured by Teu-,
tons.
IVancff broke Austrc- German
tine on the Strypa.
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cARRANzA MAY DROP OUT.
Reported That He Will Not BE a Can.
didate For Preeidencv

didate For Presidency.
Ell Paso, Texas.-Gen. Venustiano
Carranza may not be candidate for
the Presidency Of Mexico at the first
election to be held by the de facto Gov.
ernmentt. J. J. JesQuiera Carranza,
consul at Los Angeles, Cal, declared
upon his arrival from Mexico City en-
route to Los Angeles.
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STEAMER SUNK IN CHESAPEAKE.
British Vessel Run Down BY City OF
Norfolk.

Norfolk, Va-The British steamer
Hawkhead. at anchor in Hampton
Roads, off Sewalls Point, was run
down and sunk by the Chesapeake
Steamship Company's Bay line steam
from this port for Baltimore with a
number Of passengers. The City of
Norfolk was badly damaged about the
bow, but there was no luss of life so
far as is known.
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NOT WARNED, SAYS CAPTAIN.
Thirteen Shots Fired, But None Hit the
strathdene. Master Renorts.

New York.-Thirteen shots were
fred at the British steamship Strath-
dene, one of the vessels sunk by a
German submarine of Nantucket, be-
fore the SO members of the crew had
taken to their boats, according to Cap
tain Wilson, the Strathdene's com
mander, who was brought here with
his crew by the Uruguayan steamer P.
L. M. No. 4.
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Totals ........ 100000 $5O,OOO.OO
HIah Cost Hits Election.

The high cost of paper has hit the
Board Of Election Supervisors. The
board has an appropriation of 8 cents
a pound for the purchase of paper as
it needs it, and it needs considerable
amount. When it got ready to take
up the matter of having the ballots for
the. November election printed it was
found that the price of the paper it
uses had jumped to Is cents a pound.
President Marion Mckee baked at the
figures quoted, but it looks as if the
board will have to pay the price or
there will be no election ballots.
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1--we NOTES AND COMMENTS

Neal Grub, of Sudlersville, has taken
a position in the high school at Potts
town, Pa.
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BANDITS KILL AUTolsT.
Woman, Wounded, Drives Car Away
With $4,000 Payroll.

Hammonton, N. J.-No trace has
been discovered of the band Of foreign
ers who shot and killed Henry Rider,
of Howell, Mich, and wounded Mrs.
Elsie Smathers. James Rigby and A. ].
Rider, of Hammonton, in an attempt
to rob the party of $4,000, represent
ing the payroll for cranberry pickers
employed by A. J. Rider.
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A Vermont inventor has patented
blankets for cattle that cannot be dis.
lodged by animals rolling.
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AGED PRIESTS DEAD IN FIRE.
Christian Brothers College At St
Louis Wrecked

SS~ FNt OA
Louis Wrecked.
st. Louis.-Nine men are known to
have perished as the result Of a fire
that destroyed the central portion OF
the main building Of Christian
Brothers College here. Two of the
dead are aged members of the Chris.
tian Brothers Order. who were trap.
ped on the fifth floor of the flames.
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Experiments have indicated to Hon.
duras that it may become an important
cotton-raising nation.
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OSBORNE AGAIN QUITS.

Hands In Resignation AS Sing sihu
Warden.
Buffalo, N. Y.-Thomas Mott Os.
9orne's resignation as warden of Sing
Sing Prison was announced by James
M. Carter, state superintendent of
prisons.
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WIRELESS DIRECT TO JAPAN.
San Francisco "TaIks" with staticr
At ochi Ishi.

San Francisco. - Wireless waves
spanned the Pacific Ocean. The San
Francisco Marconi wireless station
was in direct communication with a
japanese Government wireless plant
at 0chi Ishi, Japan, $500 miles away.
The conversation" was a test pre-
liminary to Inauguration Of a wireless
commercial service.
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The tuR0P FAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK

October 9, 1915.
Hindenburo made progress Co
ward DVinsk.
Teutons attacked Belgrade.
General IVanoff advanced In
caIicla, driving the Austrians.
italian aeropIane squadrOns
bombarded several Austrian po-
sitions.
October 10, 1915.
Teutonic allies under Macken-
sen captured Belgrade. 80
Entente allies rushed troops
to aid of Serbians.-
Serbians retreattng along the
Danube.
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What is said to be a satisfactory
method for plating aluminium on iron
has been invented in France.
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War has seriously affected the pea
nut trade of Madras, India.
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Jesse T. Ringgold, colored, charged
with shooting Peter Berry, at Sassa
fras, and August Warwick, colored
charged with shooting Charles Lewis
and robbing him of SIS, are in Kent
county Jail.
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The cork oak of Spain is said 70
grow best in poorest soil.
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The second annual report of William
B. COckey, supervisor of assessments
for Baltimore county, shows that by
the activities of the Office $513, $40 has
been added to the taxable basis of the
county through increases in assess
ments of intangible personal property
and $31.760 in increases in assess
ments on real estate, making a total
of $545, ,43O
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December is the wheat harvest
month in New South Wales.
Middletown transcript., 1916-10-14

A literary man has counted 1,425
characters in the works of Charles
Dickens.
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Soap is SO cents a pound in Ger
many.
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German helmets are nearly as light
as straw hats.
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Oakland, Garrett county, will soon
have new city hall, the city officials
having decided to erect a municipal
building to occupy the site of the old
building razed some time ago. The
structure will include Council cham
bers, mayors Office, quarters for fire
department and lookup, and will be
constructed Of brick or concrete
blocks.
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In this country 80 to 40 per cent.
Of the cases requiring charitable re-.
lief are due to sickness.
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Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the
National City Bank, in New York City.
is machinist by trade.
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Graham, Clements & Sutton, of
Chestertown, against whom verdict
of $500 was given, in favor of Christ
AIeVetQs, who was injured in one of
the company's automobiles, have made
application for a new trial.
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An epidemic of anthrax has broken
out among cattle in Garrett county.
About 25 have died. The disease had
it's inception near Hutton, where the
herds of D. N. Sanders, Fred A. Thayer
and Bert c. Scott were attacked. Mr..
Sanders lost or 10 within few
hours. Several hundred cattle have
been quarantined and vaccinated.
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Must Use 21-Inch Tubs.

A statement was given out by the
Conservation Commission in which it
asserted that not only would it be COM
PEELED to refuse the request of those
persons who asked permission to use
a 211s-inch tub for measuring oysters.
hut that it. itproposes to prosecute those
who violate the State law by using
anything other than the 21-inch tub.
Governors Secretary In Hospital.
Arthur w. Lockard, private secre-
tary to Governor Harrington, was oper-
ated on for appendicitis at the Elmer.
gency Hospital in Annapolis. The
operation. which was a success, was
performed by DR.. Guy L. Hummer, of
Baltimore.
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Chilean Congress has under consid
Grafton a measure looking to the elec'
trifcation of the railway connecting
Valparaiso and Santiago.
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Mrs. Mary A. Landon-has been made
president Of the Woodstock-Sycamore
street railway in Illinois,
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n TIE early daxs of the American
colonies, creased paper was used IN
the windows in the absence OF glass
and candles were in use up to 1I0U
when lamps of whale oil were hrs1
used.
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The $5OO,0OO improvement bond
issue, contingent upon the passage of
which was the building in Cumberland
of the $2,OOO,eOO plant of the Kelly
Springfield Tire Company, Springfield,
Ohio, passed overwhelmingly, the vote
being 3,28S for and 153 against,
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eovernOr's secretary In HospitaI.
INTERESTING NOTES FOR ALL

| SbS @HS - bbNO W. - ~ VII nG6
Soap is SO cents a pound in Ger
many.
War has seriously affected the pea
nut trade of Madras. India.
A Vermont inventor has patented
blankets for cattle that cannot be dis.
lodged by animals rolling.
Experiments have indicated to Hon.
duras that it may become an important
cotton-raising nation.
What is said to be a satisfactory
method for plating aluminium on iron
has been invented in France.
A literary man has counted 1925
characters in the works of Charles
Dickens.
In this country 80 to 40 per cent.
Of the cases requiring charitable re.
lief are due to sickness.
Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the
National City Bank, in New York City.
is machinist by trade.
Mrs. Mary A. Landon-has been made
president of the Woodstock-Sycamore
street railway in Illinois.
Competition of American linoleum
factories is every year decreasing in
favor Of Scotland's export to this coun.
try.
Argentina and Brazil are experiment
ing in manufacture of dyes from
native woods and other sources, with
apparently good prospects of success.
An Englishman has invented a col
lapsible lifeboat with a rubber skin
that automatically closes punctures.
Chilean Congress has under consid
measure looking to the elec'
trifcation Of the railway connecting
and Santiago.
n The early davs of the American
colonies, creased paper was used IN
The windows in the absence OF glass
and candles were in use up to 1I9U
when lamps of whale oil were nrS'
used.
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An Englishman has invented a col
lapsible lifeboat with a rubber skin
that automatically closes punctures.
Middletown transcript., 1916-10-14

Competition of American linoleum
factories is every year decreasing in
favor of Scotland's export to this coun.
try.
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Argentina nd-Brazil are experiment.
ing In manufacture of dyes from
native woods and other sources, with
apparently good prospects of success.