Woman Airship Builder Lillian Todd Eyes Practical Flight
In New York City Miss Lillian Todd, a rare woman airship builder, operates from a loft on Twenty third Street where cardboard models fly with rubber band motors. She envisions practical airships balancing like birds and serving as carriers within five years, aiding exploration and civil engineering, while lamenting American focus on showy flights and patent disputes. Todd notes long work hours and the potential for airships to transform travel and war, if not used destructively.
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Twenty-third Street
New York City
Lillian Todd
Lea
Miss Todd
Mineola
America
New Senator From Georgia Joseph Meriwether Terrell
Joseph Meriwether Terrell is named the new United States senator from Georgia. A former governor and attorney general, Terrell has long been associated with Georgia education and the establishment of eleven district agricultural schools. Born June 6, 1861 in Greenville, Meriwether County, he was admitted to the bar in 1882 and has since practiced law in Atlanta. His term ends when his successor is elected and qualifies, on the second Tuesday after next June.
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Joseph Meriwether Terrell
United States
Georgia
Terrell
Senator Terrell
Senate
Atlanta
Greenville
Meriwether
Winans New to His Country in Spite of Long Life Abroad
Walter Winans, American by birth but raised in England, lives largely as a sportsman and artist. He has 32 horses in Austrian stables and 16 shown in New York, plus 2,000 hunted stags and boars. He held the English revolver title for 12 years, is a Russian order chevalier, and speaks five languages.
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Walter Winans
Gedrie
New York
Mr. Winans
William L. Winans
Baltimore
Russia
America
Walter
St. Petersburg
England
Royal Academy
Winans
Order of St. Stanislas
California Governor-Elect Bars Inaugural Ball
Governor-elect H W Johnson of California, an insurgent ant graft leader, declines an inaugural ball citing a desire for a simple direct inauguration. Johnson rose with the Ruef case, was born 1866, UC Alumnus, practiced law in Sacramento, moved to San Francisco in 1902, and urged minimal ceremony in letters to supporters and friends.
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H. W. Johnnson
California
Abe Ruef
Francis J. Heney
Mr. Johnson
University of California
Sacramento
San Francisco
Washington
Johnson
Victor Hatfield
Beef Scrap for Hens Boosts Winter Eggs
A Wisconsin Farmer bulletin urges poultry keepers to diversify winter feed with prepared animal foods like beef scrap. It details proper preparation, storage, and feeding rates to avoid indigestion and ensure steady egg production, recommending small rations and gradual introduction.
TWO GOOD WATER FOUNTAINS FOR POULTRY
Simple farm invention shows two drinking fountains for fowl. Left uses an old can and pan hung in a frame with a cork valve to regulate water flow. Right variant uses a soldered receptacle. both rely on airtight canning to deliver water gradually as birds drink.
Tragedy at Western Canada Collieries Mine Belevue
Fifty three men entombed after a massive explosion at the Western Canada Collieries Belevue mine near Frank Alberta. Thirteen bodies recovered and sixty six rescued miners dying as flames and smoke hinder relief. Belevue residents gather in panic as rescuers struggle to reach the shaft while authorities suspect blasting powder caused the disaster.
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Calgary
Alberta
Western Canada Collieries Company
Belevue
Western Canada Collieries
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Bellevue
Frank
Side Hill Poultry House Described For Efficient Farming
A double story poultry house laid out with a ground level scratching room opening to the south, helping heat roosting space in winter and staying cool in summer. Lower room can serve as a dust bath with a sunlit glassed window. Water kept on second floor. Upper floor has removable roosts nests and a canvas front canyon screen. Overall width about ten feet and pens 8 to 10 feet long.
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Orange Judd
Simple device to guide poultry with palm-leaf fan
A simple palm-leaf fan on a long stick guides chickens without frightening them. Used gently, it can direct poultry in any direction and is especially effective for driving ducks, which are easily startled by shouting or arm waving.
Milk for Laying Hens
Milk in small quantities is readily taken by laying hens and excellent for them but if given too often or in large amounts they may tire of it or refuse it. Pure water should always be accessible since milk cannot replace water.
Good Roofing for Poultry Houses
Shingles or felt roofing provides a warmer and cooler roof than metal for poultry houses. Heavy felt roofing is especially effective, keeping out cold winds and improving insulation in poultry buildings.
Fix House and Yard In Fall Time
During the fall months is the time to fix the poultry house and yard for when cold weather comes we find the work disagreeable and often impossible.
Court Bars Third Degree
The state Supreme court set aside the King County Superior Court conviction of Peter Miller a man educated who was tried for burglary last year His sensational claims of police brutality sparked agitation against the police department The court sustains Miller's allegations that jail officers police detectives and the prosecuting attorney abused and threatened him and violated his rights
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Seattle
Wash
State Supreme Court
King County Superior Court
Peter Miller
Miller
Fine Eggs for Hatching Price and Stock Quality
Many aspiring poultry keepers balk at paying for fine stock for hatching. Quality costs money and initial purchases determine success. Beginners seek bargains, but premium birds are in demand and sellers rarely offer them at giveaway prices.
Poultry Management Tips From an Early Manual
Fresh eggs are cash and eggs never ungulable. Do not place roosts with sharp edges for young birds. Secure special customers for eggs and dressed poultry. Breed only from vigorous stock. Lice and mites appear where cleanliness fails. Pigeons need clean bathing water about three times weekly. Health in fowls underpins successful poultry keeping. Pure bred chickens are preferable on farms. A healthy growing chicken rarely has leg weakness. Beginners struggle to cull closely. Oats boost speed in mares and egg production in hens. Provide clean warm dry roosting quarters for ducks. In winter separate hens from pullets due to differing food needs. The largest incubator in the world reportedly sits in Australia. In winter success hinges on a dry warm hen house with light and ventilation.
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Australia
Japs Try 25 Conspirators in Public Trial
Tokyo reports the public trial of Denjoro Kotoku and 25 associates, including his wife, opened in the supreme court. The special court found all guilty of plotting against the emperor’s life and recommended capital punishment. The conspiracy was uncovered in September with Kotoku linked to a Tokyo newspaper and a past association in America.
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Tokyo
Denjoro Kotoku
Supreme Court
Kotoku
America
San Francisco
Milwaukee Police Chief Asked to Quit
Milwaukee mayor Emil Seidelhut asked for the resignation of Chief of Police John T. Janssen on the ground that the chief will not work in harmony with the city administration.
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Milwaukee
Emil Seidelhug
John T. Janssen
Dr Gamble Residence and Office Contact in Iowa
Brief listing shows Dr R A Gamble with an opera house block address at 317 Atlantic, Iowa. Office phone Musson 90 and residence phone Musson 121 indicate local contact details. Black Bell 3 appears as a stray or internal reference.
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DR. R. A. Gamble Opera House
Musson
Atlantic
Iowa
C. L. Campbell
Gillespie Building
Musion
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Wisconsin
Side-Hill
Yrough
Chas, A. Grubb
Chestnut Streets
T. B. Swan
J. B. Rockafellow
Towa
Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
BUN U. Wood Co
W. Savery
Sixth and Chestnut Sts
D, O. Herbert
East Fifth Street
Max Emmett
I. D
Bell
C. G. Clark
Ch.i. D. Finley
Chestnut Street
A. S. Mullins
W. C. Heers
Smiley
Music Store
Green
G. R. Miller
J. A. Giffen
C. Thurman Furniture Company
W. M. Bailey
Chestnut St. Atlantic
Butler
M. H. Butler
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