Maine Tide Power Vote May Change State’s Wealth
The Star Co reports Maine voters approved a 100 million dollar tidal power project at Passamaquoddy Bay promising 3.268 billion kilowatt hours yearly and 500000 horsepower. It would position Maine as a major industrial state while powering turbines with ocean tides. Also noted is Dr Knut Lundmark’s nebulae findings, with some moving away at 2000 miles per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Passamaquaday Bay
Dexter P. Cooper
Muscle Shoals
Union
Bay of Fundy
Knut Lundmark
R. Lundmark
Sweden
Space as crowded ether like an ocean of meteors
Dr Lundmark compares space to a crowded ocean of ether with meteors peppering the vast expanse. He claims every million cubic miles contains six thousand million meteors and notes a dense distribution in space, with shooting stars as meteors when they strike Earth atmosphere.
Vast Meteor Belts Between Earth and Sun Imagined
The text imagines a two column area 100 miles square spanning from Earth to the sun and estimates 5.58 quadrillion meteorites occupying the space in a year. It notes fragments of Broven’s old planets provide material for new worlds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Sun
Miss Amé pa contestant says marriage won’t harm career
The piece notes Wis FX Lanphier praising a young Californian girl who argues marriage should not interfere with her ambitions. It discusses gender, heredity, land ownership, and a New Jersey incident where Vail, owning a van and furniture, became a squatter after a fire and death, framing debates on property and taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
FX Lanphier
Vail
New Brunsww N. J
Weathered hints and scattered names in a rural note
Fragmentary forecast mentions a Saturday with fair conditions and a reference to Wey 51 a year ago. It also lists Cattle, Witherspoon, Kangyo, The Coffee Shop Hotel and Par n ons. The legible items point to a local snippet with uncertain context.
U S Leaders Apathetic In Booze War
A Federal Council of Churches review on prohibition enforcement criticizes the Mellon administration and Internal Revenue Bureau for weak leadership and underfunded, politically treated enforcement. It cites Wilson and Harding attitudes and notes underpaid agents and low seriousness in the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Associated Press
Washington
Research and Education Department
Federal Council of Churches
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Prohibition
Justice Department
Mellon
Congress
Wilson Wes
Harding
Treasury
Friends of Prohibition
Man On Trial In Connection With Theft Of Finklea Car
Henry Rashfeldt is on trial in district court accused of stealing C. G. Finklea’s motor car. The car allegedly was found in Rashfeldt’s possession at Panhandle after a night watchman detained him. Defense is given by O. D. Thompson and Fred Young, with Lloyd Fletcher opposing a suspended sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rashfeldt
C. G. Finklea
Finklea
Rashfeldt
Panhandle
Lloyd Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher
O. D
Thompson
Fred Young
Navy pilot sets unofficial speed record at 302.3 mph
Lieut. Alford J. Williams, a navy aviator, flew 302.3 miles per hour in a test run for the Pulitzer races. Officials from Curtiss confirmed the time, noting the previous world record stood at 278 mph, held by France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Mitchel Wield
N. Y
Lieut
Alford J. Williams
Williams
Curtiss Airplane Company
France
Refused to Salute Flag Lands Man Ten Days Jail
John Granetzer, a Lithuanian youth, is serving a ten day sentence in a Brooklyn jail for disorderly conduct after refusing to remove his hat during a Mardi Gras parade at Coney Island. A police sergeant said warnings were given before the flag passed again and Granetzer replied that his flag was the red flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
John Granetzer
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Granetzer
Amarillo booster vows era of industry growth
A. S. Stinnett tells the American Business club at the Amarillo hotel that Amarillo cannot be fenced out from industry. He forecasts the Rock Island railway permit for the North Plains line to Liberal and anticipates state dam projects with congressional support, signaling a booming metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
A. S. Stinnett
Amarillo Hotel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island Railway
North Plains
Liberal
Congress
Fort Worth Panthers poised to clinch pennant in third game
Fort Worth seeks its sixth straight pennant after a 10 to 5 playoff win in Dallas. Lefty Johns held Steers to seven hits while Panther bats mounted steady scoring. Tink Riviere pitched strongly for Dallas until the fifth when Fort Worth exploded for five runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Panthers
Sthers
Dallas
Panther
Lefty Johns
Panthers
Paul Wachtel
Tink Riviere
Bohemian youths shootout ends in deaths in Taylor
In Taylor Texas two Bohemian farmers Jan and Anton Chrastecky killed three people and wounded a baby before likely shooting themselves. Emil Merka died and Sam Camphlin and J K Wheeler’s infant were seriously injured, as townsfolk recount ongoing taunts toward the brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Taylor
Tex
Jan
Anton Chrastecky
J. K. Wheeler
Elvie Lee
Emil Merka
Sam Camphlin
Wheeler
Chrastecky Brothers
Irish General Mulcahy Hailed Amid Egg Barrage in New York
Gen Richard Mulcahy, former Irish Free State commander, and four companions faced a violent welcome in Hoboken as crowds hurled eggs and tomatoes. Police struggled to control the mob before reserves arrived and the group fled to New York. Three men and two women were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
United States
Richard Mulcahy
Irish Free State Army
Interparliamentary Union
Washington
Roosevelt
Hoboken
New Jersey
Mulcahy
George Washington
Eamonn de Valera
Benedict Arnold
Emmett
Michael Quilty
Jersey City
Thomas Reilly
Brooklyn
Patrick Keenan
Alice, Tennyson
Alice Skeller
Amarillo Hotel to Open with Grand September 25 Celebration
The Amarillo hotel is nearly finished with a major addition and redecorations. Col Ernest O Thompson announces a grand opening on Friday September 25 featuring dinners for 500, three orchestras, and dancing until midnight. The Round-up room on the first floor will host conventions and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amrillo
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas
Amarillo Hotel
Thompson
Fred Bone
Frank Lytle
Fred Bone Construction Company
Ray B. Carr
Amarillo
The
Globe
H. B. Sanborn
Glidden & Sanborn
West Texas Hospital
Bush
Sanborn
Citizens push Amarillo growth with Adkins talk
Jack Adkins told the Amarillo Real Estate board at Hotel Palo Duro that city growth hinges on citizen effort and manufacturing and distribution activity. Judge Adkins cited recent firm relocations and urged small manufacturing, while Ed Mayer described Panhandle geology and oil fields. The group planned a lunch program for the hotel opening in the Panhandle Round-Up room. Greta May Cayton, Claude, delivered a well received reading at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Jack Adkins
Palo Duro
Adkins
Ed. R. Mayer
Greta May Cayton
Claude
Baseball Today Detroit Tops Phillies in 9th Inning Scoring
In Philadelphia on September 18, Detroit defeated the Phillies 7 to 4 after a late rally. Stoner and Woodall pitched for Philadelphia while Baumgartner and Cochrane connected for Detroit. Essex Coach reports $935 and $311 down payment figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baseball Today
The
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Detroit
Stoner
Woodall
Baumgartner
Cochrane
Essex
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Star Co
Joe
Corporation
Witherspoon
Kangyo
Hotel
Wilson
Council
Panhanale
American Warehouse Co
Stinnett
City
Jullg
Shmyaed
Kansas City
Sovel
L. O. Thompson
N. Y.Y
Rete
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!