Oklahoma State Flower Contenders Stir Debate Over Mistletoe Choice
A Guthrie dispatch notes Oklahoma favors mistletoe as state emblem, arguing its native rare quality and wide cultural appeal. Debates consider goldenrod and alfalfa, with supporters highlighting mistletoe’s Christmas symbolism and deep roots in Oklahoma, contrasting national prominence of goldenrod.
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Oklahoms
Chickasaw
Oklahoma
United States
Guthrie
China
St. Louis Republic
Moser
Alabama
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
John Gobble
Guthrie State Register
Kansas
Oklahoma Territory
Tme
Calgary
Armada of Peace Afloat In Ocean of Nations
Chicago Record-Herald reports an illustrated tribute of a peaceful naval display. The piece describes ships saluting, flags waving, and gun crews ready, as nations watch with heightened dread and hope for peaceful haven across the globe.
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Isdergland
S. EL Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Improving the Violin String Prop Sparks Harmony Breakthrough
New device by Lester J. Sargent of Washington adds a small ridge wood prop on the violin bridge to lift the G string, enabling simultaneous tones from G, D and A strings. This allows sustained three note chords on the violin, a historic shift from two note harmony, with easy attachment and removal.
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Vielin
Lester J. Sargent
Washington
Ole Bull
de Berlot
New Orleans Times-Democrit
Wind Plucks Turkeys by Air in Feasibility Test
The foreman reports six turkeys slain that morning as winds from electrically driven air spin on a spit. Feathers peel slowly and a gray air fills the room. the experiment is not yet a commercial success. The trial aims to pluck turkeys quickly and cheaply, but progress remains slow with much work ahead.
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Thorne
Butt
New York
Mars Canal Photographs Impress with Details
An observer describes three direct photographs of Mars taken last July by Professor Lowell. The tiny four millimeter images reveal snow caps and shading, with thirty six perfectly straight canals visible, including one double.
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Mars
Weiter
Lowell
Lily
China toying toward constitutional government via noble school
Shanghai reports Pao Wisi, vice president of the education ministry, advised the throne to establish a peerage school for political economy and civil laws. It would admit daily sons of princes and dukes and other nobles to train for future membership in a Chinese house of lords.
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China
Shanghai Daily
Pao Wisi
Ministry of Education
House of Lords
The Caspian Sink Submerges Krasnovodsk if Water Rises
Measurements by Lieutenant Colonel Parlisky on the Transcaspian railway indicate the Caspian Sea sits eighty three feet below ocean level. If filled to ocean level, Krasnovodsk, a town on its shore, would be submerged as its mean elevation lies between sixty three and sixty four feet below sea level.
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Caspian Sink
Parlisky
Caspian Sea
Krasnovodsk
Fencing a Continent in Western Australia Completed
After five years of work the transcontinental rabbit proof fence is finished in West Australia. It spans 2,036 wiles and cost about $1,230,000 to erect. The fence is equipped at five lakes with trap systems that capture and destroy hundreds of rabbits daily.
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West
Australia
Lloyd's Weekly
Sea Serpent Chase Plan by Norwegian Seaman
Carl Olssen of Christiania Norway proposes a deep sea hunt using a bomb-tipped harpoon dragged along the ocean floor. He seeks backers willing to risk 2900 to finance the expedition. Olssen claims many sea serpent witnesses would support his method over landlubbers.
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Carl Olsen
Christiania
Norway
Kau
Cat
London
Helina
Olssen
Hogs to pay church debt through hog donations
Thomas Winnedge of Mope Church near Columbus Indiana asks the nation for one hog from each donor to wipe out church debt. Mayor Johnson of Cleveland is among early contributors. Donors receive half the hog sale proceeds, with the rest applied to debt or returned to hog donors as funds. About a thousand hogs expected.
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Mayor Johnson
Cleveland
Thomas Winnedge
Baptist Church of
Mope
Columbus
Ind
United States
Washington Post
White Horses Excluded From German Army Tactics
A report notes that white horses are now excluded from German army tactics as smoke free powder renders their visibility a liability. The change aims to reduce conspicuity in battlefield communications and cavalry operations.
All Hall to Oklahoma Here’s hurrah for Oklahoma
A jubilant verse extols Oklahoma as a fine addition to the U S syndicate praising its wealth health and neighbors. It celebrates the state with seasonal cheer and gratitude and references Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Weekly as the source.
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All Hall
Oklahoma
Sammy
Newent
U. B
Kendrick
Harper'd Weekly
Long Swimming Venture From Niagara To Montreal
Captain Carlisle D. Graham of Wilmington Delaware plans a 360 mile swim from Niagara Falls through the Niagara whirlpool plus four rapids to Montreal. He aims to average ten hours in water daily with a rough lake crossing of twenty hours across Lake Ontario. He intends to begin training in June at age 57 and will travel by boat for support after Lewiston.
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Wilmington
Del
Niagara
Montreal
Carlisle D. Graham
Great Falls
New York Evening Sun
Niagara Valle
St. Lawrence
Lake Ontario
Graham
Wade
Falls
Niagara Whirlpool
Long Sou
Cornwall
Ont
Racine
Lewiston
Youngstown
Toronto
Kingston
Thousand Islands
English Channel
Economy Course for Girls Woman Advocates School Instruction
Professor Mary Schenck Woolman of the Teachers' College in New York urges school instruction in household finance for women. She says men often cannot itemize family expenses, and women lack training to manage budgets, track annual costs, and plan wardrobes, prompting calls for financial education for girls.
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Mary Schenck Woolman
Teachers' College
New York
City Mothers’ Club
New York Times
Iis
Double Holidays in Sight With Three Saturdays Ahead
The Boston Transcript notes that Washington's birthday Memorial day and the Fourth of July all fall on Saturday next year creating three doubly holidays. Observance shifts and calendar quirks may lead to Monday observances and a full weekend holiday pattern across years.
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Washington
Boston Transcript
A Mere Man's Prayer for Santa in New York
A humorous verse by Miina Irving from the New York Press pleads for Christmas gifts of whimsical items. It lists dressing yawns and unsuitable goods like books never read, unnecessary pens, festive calendars, and odd pipes as a playful plea to Santa Claus.
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Santa Claus
Miina Irving
New York Press
ELOTIONS OF BIRDS EXHIBITS EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTION
Clinton G Abbott, a New York scientist, told the twenty fifth annual American Ornithologists Congress in Philadelphia that birds display anticipation surprise and satisfaction in their faces. He described photographs of sparrows mother birds feeding and youngsters reactions, including a catbird confronted by a stuffed owl, showing attention and self satisfaction in the bird faces.
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Clinton G. Abbott
Mother Catbird
New York
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia
Novel Wager of Gates: Plunger Wins $500 on Rain Drop
John W. Gates, financier, bet $500 on which rain drop would reach the bottom of a Pullman car window first. Riding with a friend, Gates watched two drops race down the pane as rain streamed by, the wager signaling a curious contest in a passing moment.
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John W. Gates
New York World
Gates
Falls and Drops Decide Handfuls in Quick Contest
Two drops shaped the outcome as one lead changed hands. Gates made a final water spurt, glistening on the bottom, while Twin and John W. pocketed the yellow backs that had been hurriedly counted as the drops fell.
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Gates
John W
Thirty Meals From One Turnip Item Turns Up Giant Klondike Nugget
Mrs. Robert Henderson, wife of the Klondike discoverer, digs up a twenty five pound nugget described as a giant turnip. The oddly large root from the Henderson garden in South Dawson is tender and delicious, with plans to send it to the coast to astonish people in Puallup Chillbrack Seattle and Gotham.
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Robert Henderson
Antigrafters Lose Cities Landslide Triumph in SF
San Francisco voters delivered a sweeping Good Government win with Mayor Taylor leading by about 11,000 votes and District Attorney Langdon ahead of McGowan by roughly 16,000. Polls closed quietly with no riotous demonstrations.
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San Francisco
Antigraft
Good Government
Taylor
William Langdon
McGowan
Anti-Mormon Victory: Bransford Wins Salt Lake City Mayoral Race
Salt Lake City votes to keep the American party in control for two years as John D. Bransford wins the mayoralty. Cransford leads with 141,774 votes, Morris 6,882 for Democrat and Plummer 6,340 for Republican. City council lands Americans six seats, Democrats four, Republicans two. Compared to last year’s county vote, Democrats gain while Republicans falter.
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Salt Lake City
John D. Bransford
Morton Church
Cransford
Morris
Plummer
Then Weds the Girl, Asheville NC Nov 14 Killing of William Franklin
Reports detail the shooting at White Rock North Carolina where Clarke Norton killed William Franklin, rival for Elizabeth Gentry. Norton then married Miss Gentry with a marriage license and revolver on hand, then fled with her to a nearby minister and wed within half an hour. Norton arrested next morning in Marshall with his seventeen year old bride begging to accompany him.
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Asheville
N.C
William Franklin
White Rock
N. Q
Clarke Norton
Norton
George Franklin
Elizabeth Gentry
Franklin
Miss Gentry
Marshall
N. C
Corn Crop Yield Estimate From September Condition
The official September corn condition yields an estimated total crop of 2,716,018,000 bushels, about 60 million bushels above the pre-high water mark. Iowa and other states plan fall sowing with light wheat or rye, then next spring seed clover and broad east, relying on spring rains.
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Iowa
Oras
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New State
Aleo
Carl Olssen
Finer Foods
Kingsford
Prateek
Oswego
T. Kingsford
Dewood
Successone
Langdon
American Party
North Carolina
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