Word: specials
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hoover special for Brule left Washington on Saturday evening. Newsgatherers joked about some "lively and impressive impromptu ovations" which National Committeeman C. Bascom Slemp had been overheard to say should be arranged at station platforms across the land. When the train reached Baltimore, this sly, Slempish suggestion was proved superfluous. Some 200 quite distinguished Baltimoreans were there with a really spontaneous demonstration. At York, Pa., and Harrisburg it was the same...
Oceanographer Iselin knows what he wants. He wants to see, touch, examine the Globigerina ooze of the ocean bottom, the volcanic debris of the ridge top. To this end he has designed special apparatus: an enormous dredge with bulldog teeth which, lowered to the bottom will take greedy bites of the ocean floor; three miles of cable to take it down and bring it up again...
...take more food than they need for growth. He has therefore, experimented with balanced rations, which led to a method of growing floral plants in water solutions containing only the essential growth elements. He has also developed a method of growing young tomato plants in cold frames; feeding them special fertilizers; producing a greater crop than the untreated controls...
...good iron masters in the U. S.; the best known is Hunt Diederich whose works are popular in the homes of millionaires. The technique of iron work is exceedingly complicated: every expert has his own preferences in melting, moulding, dry-casting, wet-casting, as every etcher has his special tricks. Edgar Brandt keeps his methods secret and will not let his workmen find out more about his processes than he can help. No one will ever know just how he made Rodman Wanamaker...
Public school sight saving classes have been established in 80 cities in 18 states. Large type books, ideal lighting, movable desks, special teaching methods save the sight of children hampered by defective vision...