Blizzard Winter Breaks Across U S From Canada to Atlantic
A post Christmas cold wave grips the nation with record lows from Minnesota to New York. Cities report subzero temps and storms, while Chicago endures three deaths from the cold. Fire alarms top 300 with million-dollar losses from heating fires. Four surveyors were rescued from the mud flats in Staten Island after their boat ran aground.
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New York
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Minnesota
North Dakota
Paris
Manitoba
Mingle
N. C
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Canada
Middle-West
Atlanta
Great Lakes
Minneapolis
Duluth
Minn
Waterloo
Iowa
Milwaukee
Wis
Eastport
Maine
Waterville
New Jersey
Somerville
Ohio
Middle West
Mercury
Staten Island Bay
Minnesota records deep cold as Hibbing hits 30 below
St Paul reports Minnesota the coldest state with an official 30 below at Hibbing. North Dakota and Wisconsin see similar frigid conditions while South Dakota stays milder. Minot tops North Dakota with 23 below, other readings include Virginia 20 Duluth 17 Minneapolis 13 and St Paul 12 below.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Union
Northwest
Hibbing
North Dakota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Minot
Virginia
Duluth
Minneapolis
Cold Wave Grips Northern U S Killing Dozens
A severe cold snap across the northern United States causes over a dozen deaths in two days as winds drive sub zero readings from New Hampshire to Chicago. Exploding heaters and frozen infrastructure multiply hazards while relief remains unlikely.
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New York
United States
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
Cape Hatteras
Boston
Middle West
Ohio River
Chicago
Worcester
Mass
William Daly
Bowery Street
Rensselacer
N. Y
Otis T. Crane
Viola Crane
Bertrand Crane
Yonkers
Timothy Spillane
Philadelphia
Tupper Lake
Saranac Lake
New York City
Pennsylvania
Bellefonte
New England
West Stewartstown
New Hampshire
Vermont
Northfield
New Haven
Question Of Where He Came From Is Solved
Princeton scholars announce a final settlement in the debate over the Pithecanthropus skull and bones found in Java by Dr. Eugene Dubois. Dr. W B Scott says the brain cast shows a distinctly human brain, albeit very primitive, suggesting several ancient human species may have existed.
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Princeton
N. J
Dee
W. B. Scott
Princeton University
Eugene Dubois
Bengawan
Java
Scott
Dubois
Pithecanthropus
Lawman
Scientists Discuss Tornadoes Rivers Sun Spots At Kansas AAAS Meet
Kansаs City reports the annual AAAS convention covering tornado threats and sun spot cycles, with meteorologist S D Flora warning of rising Midwest tornado deaths and the need for stronger buildings. Geologist RC Moore discusses a vanished southward river in central Kansas and ancient megafauna. Astronomer Dinsmore Aller cautions against premature agricultural forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Gity
Kansas
Association For the Advancement of Science
Middle West
S. D. Flora
United States Weather Bureau
Topeka
Kan
American Meteorological Society
Illinois
Flora
RC. Moore
Department of Geology
University of Kansas
Moore
Smoky Hill Valley
Arkansas River
Plains
Nebraska
Dinsmore W. Aller
New Year Promises and a Debt to Family Ties
A New Year scene shows a department store clerk Alice receiving a substantial raise from Mr. Grell as he entrusts her with a new domain. In a separate vignette, a father and son face a life choice during a New Year talk about money, trust, and familial duty, ending with reconciliation and a pledge to carry on the family business.
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Alice
Mr. Grell
Grell
Western Newspaper Union
Sid Kyler
Chile
Robert
California
Tie
Rail Way Men To Ask For War Time Wage
Maxwell C. Byers of Western Maryland railway says within 60 days conductors trainmen engineers and firemen nationwide will demand wages above the war time peak. He cites information from railroad officers and Chicago conferences as groundwork for a likely wage scale raise after unions previously decided on higher pay.
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Baltimore
Maxwell C. Byers
Western Maryland Railway
Byers
Chicago
Order of Railway Conductors
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Angel of the Parting Year Poem Fragment
A reflective verse invokes the New Year and asks the Angel of the Parting Year to judge a life of wasted days and broken promises. The speaker seeks purification and forgiveness, bearing griefs and joys to lay at the Father’s feet for renewal.
Portrait of Battling Siki and a Legal Sketch
A lengthy World Magazine style portrait lampoons Battling Siki as a fierce primitive figure famed for a single fine of 85 dollars and wild behavior in Paris and Grand Central. The second segment covers Montana legal cases involving Campbell and associates with indictments, appeals, and a $300 contempt fine for attorney Ford.
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New York World
Siki
Mr. Bryan
Paris
Grand Central Station
Achilles
Siegfried
Boars
Beowulf
Lemminkainen
Thomas J. Riley Seeks Habeas Corpus for Unlawful Confinement
In Montana, life prisoner Thomas J. Riley plans to press a habeas corpus petition before Judge Winston in Deer Lodge on December 26 arguing he was unlawfully confined. He cites lack of preliminary hearing, fraudulent venue change, and missing commitment papers since his 1898 incarceration after shooting Butte banker P. A. Largey.
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Helena
Thomas J. Riley
Montana
A. Largey
Buttebanker
Supreme Court
Winston
Deer Lodge
State House
Butte
Riley
Largey
Pardon Board
Governor
Silver Bow
Lewis and Clark County
Federal Court Dismisses Indictments Against Montana Figures
In Great Falls on December 28 Judge Charles N. Pray signed two orders dismissing cases against L. C. Stevenson Edward J. Daily and Charles F. Bloomhuff, indicted with Gordon Campbell for using the mails to defraud. Campbell had been convicted May 6, 1925 in Great Falls federal court and sentenced to two years at Leavenworth plus a $1,000 fine and costs.
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K. Wheeler
Department of Interior
Montana
Campbell
Gordon Campbell
San Francisco
C. Ford
George M. Bourquin
Helena
Bourquin
Ford
Great Falls
L. C. Stevenson
Edward J. Daily
Charles IF. Bloomhuff
United States District Court
Charles N. Pray
United States
John L. Slattery
Leavenworth
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Bear Creek
Call Transfer Co
Motor Inn
Frank Herbert
By Susan Marr Spaulding
Billings Business College
C. J. Ellingson
J. J. Gallagher
Davies
Bear Creek Coal
R. A. Traver
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