Des Moines Plan Expenditures Compare Under City Plan
Figures from the Des Moines city auditor show per capita costs declined by 2.52 under the new plan. For the year ending April 1, 1909, expenditures reached 9050,540.01 with a population around 100,006, yielding a 9.56 per capita tax before debt adjustments. After deducting 175,616.07 of old council debts, actual per capita costs dropped to 7.80, while under the old plan the last year showed 10.32 per capita. The analysis argues most debt funded permanent improvements and disputes charging the debt to the old council.
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Des Moines
W. W. Wise
Board of Public Works
Longevity highest in nations with low birth rates and other notes
A collection of terse notes reports longevity clustering in low birth rate countries. English taxes on advertisements. cider yield from apples. a Paris shop for aerial flight accessories. rising insanity rates in the UK and Ireland. lightened ambulance sides for air flow. Charcot cites 24 microbes in Antarctic animals. a tactile watch for the blind. British women granted about 600 patents yearly. Panama canal lock gear chain withstanding 153000 psi tests in government trials.
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England
Paris
Scotland
Ireland
Charcot
Europe
Antarctic
Washington
Panama Canal
Remove an obstinate cork from old corkscrew design
A Philadelphia inventor improves the corkscrew by adding a wedge and lever method. The cork can be withdrawn easily without risk to clothes, even for tightly wedged corks. The device folds into the handle when not in use.
French scientist estimates Earth's interior density as iron
A London Globe report cites a French scientist claiming Earth's mean density exceeds five times water, implying an inner iron core. He estimates the crust at about 920 miles thick and introduces the bary sphere as the interior crust.
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London Globe
Roek
Ile
United States Wearing Away at Slow Rate
The United States is wearing down at about one inch in 760 years. This result comes from 20 years of stream gauging and water analysis by the geological survey, the engineer corps of the army and the weather bureau with state and municipal aid. Streams remove roughly 87 tons of dissolved material and 166 tons of suspended matter per square mile each year, totaling 270 million tons dissolved and 618 million tons suspended annually.
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United States
Geological Survey
Engineer Corps of the Army
Weather Bureau
Orbit of Halley's Comet Returns in a Few Weeks
The famous Halley's comet will again appear after 75 years, seen in the evening sky within reach of observers. While the exact sighting date remains uncertain, astronomers worldwide anticipate study of the rare visitor as it completes its 75 year orbital cycle.
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Halley
Alarm clock rattles and rattling wakeful devices
A German inventor creates a rattling alarm clock that uses a phone mouthpiece-like hammer on a spring to beat the diaphragm. The device delivers a continual piercing rattle aimed to wake the wearer and neighbors without disturbing others in the house.
Porosity of Solids Reveals Holey Nature of Matter
A Royal Institution lecture by Sir James Thomson declares solids are full of holes, not dense continuous matter. He demonstrates hydrogen passing into a vacuum tube through a platinum window and sodium through glass, illustrating high vacuum tube manufacture absorbing trace oxygen. An Italian physicist also shows hydrogen can pass through iron at cold temperatures.
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Royal Institution
James Thomson
Life of a Big Gun Estimated by Naval Official
Rear Admiral Mason testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee that an eight inch gun can fire about 200 rounds. The 12 inch gun, initially deteriorating after 80 rounds, lasts about 150 rounds after velocity reduction and a broader copper rise band. After 140 rounds it would need relining at $12,000, about one fourth the gun’s firing cost.
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United States House Committee On Naval Affairs
Mason
Pauls Last Words and Victory in Faith
A devotional study on Pauls final exhortations to Timothy from Second Timothy. It outlines inner battles, external foes, and dangers within the church, urging steadfastness, preaching the word, and enduring to receive the crown of righteousness in Christ. He faces imminent martyrdom with faith and calls others to faithful living.
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Paul
Timothy
Southey
Inchcape
Aberbrotheck
God
R. V
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Nero
Wilson
Pindar
Pytheas
Lampo
Hervey
Statue Found in Anzio Cave Sparks Government Purchase
Rome reports the Greek priestess statue recovered from Nero era ruins near Anzio was bought by Italy for 90 000 dollars after a near sale to a foreign buyer. The find, called the Girl of Anzio, was discovered during a storm in 1878 when sea erosion revealed the cave figure. Debate centers on rightful ownership as law may deem it state property. Parliament may decide and Prince Aldobrandini could face repayment.
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Rome
Italy
Aldobrandini
Nero
Anzio
Aldoebrandini
Prince Aldobrandini
London Welcomes Sir John Knit as New Lord Mayor
London sources describe Sir John Knit’s induction ceremony as a shift from pomp to a military and naval parade. He rode in the historic private chariot, with Stedoln noted as second title holder, reflecting his long service as master of the Plumbers’ Company and as sheriff and alderman of the city.
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Sir John Konidl
London
John Knit
Ardentyar
Stedoln
Atbis
Plumbus’ Company
Sherif
City of
Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
A damaged OCR snippet shows garbled dialogue about a girl and a request to avoid entering a nearby area. The legible portions imply a local public sale notice but details are unreadable. The readable names or entities cannot be confirmed.
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Missouri River Navigation Congress
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W. C
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George C. Call
John L Kennedy
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Mra
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Iowa City
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B. F. Carrol
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
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Hugh M. Schuler
Sophia Bates
Frank Vorge
Pleasant Street
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First Street
Easton Boulevard
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Press Club
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Board of Control
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W. H. Pod
Stata
Elgin
Ill
Illinois Northern Hospital For
Florence Wilcoxson
School For the Deaf
Iowa
B. R. McAllaster
Cherokee State Hospital
Cherokee
V. H. Podstata
Northern Hospital For Insane
Ora ‘Williams
Jesse Cole
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Shrine Temple
Frances
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Kenneth Freburg
Richard Lyon
C. J
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Wersingman
Alma Curtz
William Reeves
West Fourth Street
P. C. Over
Galloway
Laura McConkey
J. W. Bain
Kansas
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John McD
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State Board of Railway Commissioners
John A. Kasson
East Thirteenth and
Bishop Morrison
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Henry Wallace
Walace’s
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Niel Pierce
Post Ofice
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Hugh T. Patrick
Northwestern University Medical School
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Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Ballet Corps
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