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...Safe Deposit. In Peoria, Ill., at the depth of the coal strike, truckmen delivering a load of precious coal to the William H. Friedrick house aimed at what they thought was the cellar chute, learned too late that they had dumped it all into an abandoned cistern...
Besides the money raised for the foster child, the freshmen hope to make their first annual $100 deposit in their savings account...
...sliver) is suspended near the top. When the bottom of the bomb is heated to 750°F., and the pressure raised to 15,000 Ibs. per sq. in., the ground quartz dissolves. Its molecules diffuse through the solution. When they reach the cooler top of the chamber, they deposit one by one on the "seed," building it into a perfect, transparent crystal which is more uniform, and therefore more useful, than any made by nature...
...returning officer, the candidate presents his nominating papers containing a brief description of himself and the signatures of his sponsors, but no reference whatever to his party affiliation (in Britain not even the ballots carry a candidate's party affiliation). To discourage frivolous candidacies, each candidate must deposit ?150 ($420), which is returned to him if he polls more than one-eighth of the total vote cast; otherwise, it is forfeited to the Crown...
...South and the Pacific Coast need central deposit libraries at this time, Metcalf says, since 80 percent of the research volumes in the country are in the Northeast and Midwest...