Word: coaling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...century. His father made him responsible for loans in the Mellon bank while he was still in his 'teens. Before he was 30, he was charged with administering his father's whole considerable estate. Thereafter he ruled and expanded an industrial empire constructed of steel, railways, oil, coal, electricity, insurance, ships, bridges, plate glass, aluminum. In 1920, this empire of Mellonia was dominant in a sphere of industries with some...
Precisely to what extent the Church of God should influence the affairs of man is a question that can be answered easily in theory; in practice, the solution presents more complexities. Last week, the Federal Council of Churches published a critical report upon the coal controversy in Western Pennsylvania. The report, with equal severity, censured striking miners for their belligerence to non-strikers, the operators for ejecting strikers from their homes. Constructive suggestions were clearly expressed but not striking in their novelty...
More at ease, relaxing after the strenuous day, the Baron continued, speaking of the possibility of establishing lighter-than-air service between the two continents. "Just as electricity is superseding petrol and coal, so will the airplane outlast the Zeppelin. These craft are too unwieldy...
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad...
...material, increasing cleaning costs, injuring merchandise, injuring health by screening off the ultra violet rays of the sun, and corroding the lungs with sulphur fumes. He dubbed the domestic chimney more dangerous than the factory smoke stack. The inadequate supply of anthracite has been the argument for burning bituminous coal, but bituminous coal can now be perfectly converted into gas and coke which do not smoke. After 25 years research on this problem at the University of Illinois, Professor Parr propagandizes for their proper place in the home...