Comet Earth Impact Question and Answers From Observa
The Naval Observatory notes comets have low mass and tenuous material so a Earth strike would likely yield a meteoric shower with minimal explosion. A portrait by Sir William Orphan is cited for the throne room, and Iron money entered after Taunton’s 1653 works. Little Rock’s name derives from Le Petit Roche on a rocky Arkansas peninsula.
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Naval Observatory
Wimbledon
William Orphan
R. A
America
Taunton
Massachusetts
Little Rock
Arkansas
M. L
le Petit Roche
A Thought for Today and Reader's Reflection Fragment
A reader reflects on life and death noting a friend’s death in his fifties and the elderly in an infirmary. The piece ponders meaning in suffering and the limits of human judgment against divine mystery.
The Endo Defense and Gland Theory in Crime
A fragment argues endocrinologists will excuse youths by labeling glands as the source of thrill driven crime. It claims criminals are normal youths with good homes and money and suggests endocrinology will absolve responsibility by diagnosing gland disease rather than criminal intent.
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Chicago
Jury Hanging Resurfaces as Defense Strategy
A historically noted tactic reemerges as juries face high scrutiny. Legal experts describe the approach as a controversial line of defense revived to challenge verdicts without involving murder charges.
Blood Poison Scare. Doctors Urge Calm and First Aid
In response to a rumored blood poisoning scare following the President's son's death, doctors warn against panic. They advise immediate antiseptic application for skin breaks, warn that common drugstore solutions are scarce, and suggest alcohol for now. Iodine is favored. inflammation signals danger, and healthy habits bolster immunity.
Lawlessness criticized by Missouri Bar group
A Missouri Bar Association committee reports defects in criminal law and urges simpler procedure to curb crime. It warns the United States is the most lawless civilized nation and notes crime rises in major cities, urging public moral reform and youth education. The commentary ends by highlighting the cost of building projects.
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Missouri Bar Association
United States
Soci
Pity For The Criminal Causes Rise Of Gland Brain Theories
Washington notes a shift toward viewing crime as a result of physical brain and gland defects. Experts like Davenport and Hickson advocate endrocrine and lower brain theories, suggesting morality tests in schools and greater use of medical testimony in trials. They argue criminal intent may hinge on bodily disorders, potentially weakening responsibility.
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Municipal Court of
Chicago
William Hickson
Municipal Court
Doctors of Medicine
Doctors of Mental Therapy
Doctors
Sant
Lombroso
Italy
The Criminologist Lombroso Reconsidered In Light Of Thyroid Findings
The text notes Lombroso proposed physical-criminal types based on body features and glandular differences. Later scrutiny by police officials declared these views discredited, yet revived claims link thyroid gland architecture to criminality, arguing a defective thyroid makes a person criminal.
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Lombroso
Modern visions and historic echoes in Ford's era
The column muses on Ford and Edison proposing large scale low cost housing, poured concrete homes, and all metal flying machines, contrasting ancient Rome and Gaul with modern progress, while noting the Paris Olympics and American aviators completing a long world flight.
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Ford
Edison
England
Paris
LeBourget
Owt
Unete Gam
Labor banks praised by financiers amid market talk
Charles E. Mitchell of National City Bank extols labor banks and unions in The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers column, predicting stabilizing impacts on business. Wheat rises to 1.26 as prices influence political fortunes for Coolidge amid farm harvest hopes.
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Charles E. Mitchell
New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer
Locomotive Union
Coolidge
Answers for readers from The Messenger Information service
A late 19th century reader aid offering seven questions and answers. Frederic J. Haskin directs the Washington information service. Instructions describe how to write for plain answers and return postage stamps.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Direc
Washington, D
First National Conventions Radio Tie Across Nation
Questions discuss the 1924 Republican and Democratic conventions in Cleveland and New York, the state vote method under the Fifteenth Amendment, and definitions of overseas service. The piece notes broadcasting links from coast to coast and the constitutional rules for electing representatives.
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Cleveland
Atlantic Coast
Kansas ‘City
New York
Pecartaans
Covene
Te Howes
Bate
Europe
Asia
China
Japan
Philippine Islands
Questions and Answers on Hawaii Annexation and Other Facts
The text discusses Hawaii annexation by Joint Resolution on July 7, 1898, and statehood steps via a 1900 act, noting a public debt of four million dollars upon American acquisition. It also mentions bear statistics in New York for 1920, and lists Confederate generals buried in New Orleans.
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Hawaii
Congress
United States
Hawaiian Islands
New York
N. Y
State Conservation Commission
New Orleans
Boy 11. Owns Hawaii Estate Worth Over 2 Million
Territorial Supreme Court upholds Tax Appeal Court ruling valuing Parker Ranch at 2 136 000. The vast Hawaii holding, between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, belongs to Richard Parker Smart an 11 year old who resides in California but visits yearly to inspect his birthright.
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Territorial Supreme Court
Parker Ranch
Hawaii
Mauna Kea
Mauna Loa
Richard Parker Smart
California
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Sudbury
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Prince of Wales
London
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New York State
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