Poison Gas Frog Captured Alive and Other Reptiles Brought to Museum
Dr and Mrs G Kingley Noble returned from a Santo Domingo expedition with remarkable specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. The collection includes a poison gas frog ten pounds, a barking dog like frog, a giant lizard rhino iguana, and forty large lizards. The expedition, funded by the Angelo Heilprin Fund, produced 200 live specimens and many skins and jars of alcohol for display in the hall of reptiles.
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Santo Domingo
Mrs. G. Kingsley
American Museum of Natural History
New York
American Museum of History
G. Kingley Noble
Doctor Noble
Angelo Heilprin
Porter Is Unharmed After Japanning Oven Explosion
Eugene Porter thirty eight was blown fifteen feet into the air by a japanning oven blast in Cleveland and escaped with a slight headache. He grabbed a fire extinguisher and helped extinguish most of the ensuing fire before fire companies arrived. He said he was not hurt.
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Cleveland
Eugene Porter
Porter
Mean Man Steals Village's Only Pair of Handcuffs
North Lima villagers report their only handcuffs stolen. The nippers were last seen clamped on the wrists of a mysterious intoxicated stranger who, with a companion, sped south in a 12 cylinder car.
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Mean Man
Youngstown
North Lima
Psychological Tests Gain Ground in U S Commerce
A National Personnel association report shows 70 of 102 companies use psychological tests or rating scales. The study covers industry, banks, railroads and utilities, with 27 firms proving value and 19 percent contemplating use. The committee urges broader adoption backed by statistical evidence.
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Pittsburgh
National Personnel Association
EB. K. Strong, Jr
Bureau of Educational Research
Carnegie Institute of Technology
New York
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Campaign to Protect Pacific Sea Life Urges State Action
A conservation committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science urges the U.S. State Department to negotiate treaties with Pacific-bordering nations to prevent extinction of species such as the California gray whale, walrus, elephant seal, sea otter, and southern whales amid historic declines.
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San Francisco
South Pacific
California
Heerman Gulf
State Department
Pacific
Steller
Committee On Conservation of Marine Life of the Pacific
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dentist Finds War Bullet in Veteran’s Gum at Gettysburg
Seatoria Mississippi resident and Confederate veteran M. Evanston displayed a Gettysburg souvenir he spent fifty years seeking. Wounded three times at Gettysburg, a minie ball initially struck his head and surgeons could not locate it. After a tooth removal, a dentist later found the bullet protruding from the gum.
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Seatoria
G. M. Evanston
Battle of
Gettysburg
Postal Cards Stretch Across Earth Four Times Over
A single year of United States postal cards laid end to end would form a line of 110,417 miles, enough to circle the globe at the equator four times. This striking measure highlights the volume of mail carried in a given year.
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United States
Notable Iowa figures and events fill statewide pages
Charles D. Crookham and other prominent Iowans are noted for court cases, deaths, and public duties. A 1,000-person peace pageant in Sac City marks regional devotion. Iowa State College prepares a $425,000 library. Monticello oil prospects spark test drilling. Community leaders push jobs in Sioux City and public notices from Dysart to Des Moines.
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Charles D. Crookham
EK. L. Andrews
Galt
Cal
Marion County
Sac City
Iowa State College
Ames
Buffalo Packers
Midland Packing Company
Sioux City
William Theophilus
Davenport
District Court
Monticello
Church of Christ, Scientist
Iowa
Maquoketa
Sabula
Cyrenus Cole
Fifth
Grace Storey
Dysart
W. B. Seeley
Mount Pleasant
J. H. Lankin
Oelwein
Third Iowa Infantry
Salt Lake
John Cope
Carlisle
R. F. Bellaire
J. J. Clark
Mason City
University of Iowa
Ralph
Arthur Dusenberry
Jasper County
Riddell Jones
T. H. Jones
Columbus Junction
Warren
Lone Oak
Ervin Jenkins
Chillicoth
Jenkins
Bloomfield Fairgrounds
A. Broaden
Essex
W. A. Leonard
United States
Stockholm
Gus McGauge
Shell Rock
Farmers Institute
Ferdinand Pickey
Wilton
Government Hospital
Knoxville
Lakeside Presbyterian Church
Storm Lake
M. 0. Miller
Buena Vista County
Boone
Melvin Henry Leomer
Waterloo
Celia M. Herring
Piedmont
Calif
Z. B. Dunlap
Perry
Dunlap
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Daniel O. Nelson
Des Moines
Nelson
Raccon
The Kitchen Cabinet Returns to Worldly Tales
A brief note notes a character turning from inner life to the external sphere. It hints at a shift as he plunges his fingers into a salad bowl, signaling a playful return to ordinary affairs.
More Good Things From A Cold Ride To The Table
A collection of winter treats including Marshmallow Grape Juice and Codfish a la Mode. Recipes cover spiced grape juice with lemon and cinnamon, baked codfish with mashed potatoes and eggs, apples with sausages, a layered Cream Torte with dates and walnuts, and Fig Pudding with graham flour dates figs and walnut meats.
Quote on creativity and burial in Potter's Field
The line notes a man who shuns creative labor ends poor, dying in Potter's field regardless of tombs or mausoleums. It laments lack of craft, linking poverty to unmade work and a grave in a common burial ground.
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Dalias Lore Sharp
Business Woman Credits Tanlae For Health Recovery
Mrs. J W Pickins of Los Angeles owner of a Mercantile Place bookstore says persistent indigestion nervousness and perceived heart trouble improved after using Tanlae She reports better appetite sleep and energy and endorses Tanlae as widely available at druggists.
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Taniac
J.W. Pickins
15Th St
Los Angeles
Mercantile Place
Tanlae
Gold From the Sea Sands of Australia
The article notes attempts in Queensland and New South Wales to recover gold platinum and uranium from beach sands. It suggests metals reach the shore from submerged rocks broken by strong coastal waves, with some promise of success in treatment.
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Queensland
New South Wales
Diamond Dyes promise easy home dyeing for all fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use on wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics. It claims no streaking spots fading or running and urges readers to tell their druggist fabric type for best results.
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Doan
Iowa
W. Co. Hagus
Carpenter
Willard
Ottumwa
Dean
After the Wedding Jones-What did you do with that old typewriter
Brown remarks on marriage and learning from a humorous exchange about an old typewriter. The quote frames a lighthearted view of change and getting wiser through life.
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Jones
Brown
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Louvain
Belgium
Whitney Warren
C. D. Wetmore
Committee On
Pacific Coast
Hawkeye
State News
Benjamin Franklin
Najol
Hesligellis
Chemisis
Memphis
Tenn
Marine Nakes
Harmlee
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