Record Turnover in Congress Seen After November Vote
Washington reports indicate a large turnover in both houses after the next March 4 start, with 27 House members set to lose their seats due to reapportionment and many facing primary challenges. Some senators may face stiff reelection fights as 34 seek another term, while several incumbents consider moves to the Senate. Retirement plans include Aldrich, Wingo, Brand, and Hull, among others, with numerous losses already shown in primaries.
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Arkansas
Charles Brand
Ohio
Morton D. Hull
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W. E. Hull
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Kunz
Newton
Golden
Magrady
Chase and Sullivan
Dynamo and Faraday Sparked Modern Electricity
The dynamo powers lighting, factories, and transport by moving electric current. Michael Faraday discovered the induction effect, showing current can be induced in a nearby coil and by moving a coil in a magnetic field. He originally insulated wires with cotton or silk, unlike today’s insulated wire sold at shops.
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Never Ending Warfare Waged on Insect Pests
The death watch beetle damages old beams in this country while Brazil faces forests felled by a bark-eating beetle. A parasite bug now tackles the coffee crop pest, with millions shipped to Brazil for control.
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Origin of the slang phrase raise Cain traced to 1850s West
Pathfinder Magazine cites M Schele Ge Vere noting that raise Cain was used to describe causing a disturbance. The expression, of American origin, likely alludes to Cain who killed Abel, with no link to cultivating cane.
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Cain
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Pioneers Planted Many Trees on the Prairie
The United States forest service notes that pioneer farmers moving to the Middle West planted extensive tree belts for shelter and wood. Iowa led with about 210000 acres, followed by Illinois 40000, Ohio 14000, Missouri 100000, and smaller plantings across other central states with fewer native forests.
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Souvenir tale of Rainbow division station master incident
A Rainbow division conductor recalls a welcome at Mets when troops arrived. The station master appeared in full dress with buttons and epaulets, then, as the train pulled in, stood out of uniform with no buttons and no epaulets, his pants gone amid a playful huddle.
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Motion Pictures and Persistence of Vision Explained
The article explains that persistence of vision lasts about one sixteenth of a second. Projection shows pictures every similar interval, creating the illusion of movement rather than separate images.
Shakespeare Shown as Watcher of the Clock
The piece notes Shakespeare as a clock watcher with lines from Hamlet Comedy of Errors Julius Caesar and other plays delivering times from one to eleven o clock The fragment also reports a storm in Memphis Tenn with fatalities and widespread damage across surrounding states.
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Arkansas
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Republics in Europe Before United States
A 19th century essay notes two early European republics predating the United States. Venice and Holland rose as republics but faded amid French Revolutionary and Austrian wars. Venice was oligarchic yet socially democratic for the masses, with religious freedom and inquisitorial control. Venice fell to Austria in 1797 and remained under Austrian rule until 1866.
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Belgium
Campo Formio
Bismarck
Italy
Luxurious Chocolate Desserts For Frugal Kitchens
Readable fragments show chocolate infused desserts designed to stretch budgets. The text lists Chocolate Bread Pudding Berkshire Pudding and Chocolate Fruit Pudding with ingredients, steps, and serving ideas to impress guests while saving pennies. The tone promotes chocolate as an economical luxury in family desserts.
Lindbergh Case Sees New Underworld Help In Search
Hopewell N J May 2 Col Charles A Lindbergh is believed absent from his hilltop home as a new underworld unit joins the search for the kidnapped Lindbergh baby. Capone followers are said to be acting under a condition that success will be acknowledged as Capone aided. Col Lindbergh reportedly kept the mission secret from police chief Schwazkopf as fresh ransom notes and a three-man kidnapper team feature in the evolving case.
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Bronx Ad Writer Connected to Lindbergh Payment
A Bronx newspaper advertiser known as the Jassie allegedly inserted cryptic ads and received 50 000 dollars from Lindleigh via Dr. Con an. A man on a boat tried to reach Colonel Lindbergh independently, demanding the money and claiming the child was in his possession as negotiations continued with Lindbergh.
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Jassie
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Supreme Court Won't Review Capone Case
The Supreme Court refused to review Al Capone's conviction for income tax evasion and his 11 year prison term. Capone has 25 days to petition for reconsideration while officials plan to send him to a federal penitentiary within a few days, destination not disclosed. Capone's transfer aims to scatter his followers among facilities.
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al Capone
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Capone
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Scar Face Al Convicted of Tax Evasion in 1925 27 36 Case
Indicted June 5, 1931, Scar Face Al was convicted before Judge Wilkerson of evading income taxes for 1925 27 and 1927 and sentenced to six years in prison. Fines totaling 50 000 were imposed. The conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Seventh Circuit on February 27, 1932.
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Wilkerson
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Howell Calls For Help To Kill Grasshoppers In Agriculture
Senator Howell of Nebraska told the Senate the agrarian regions face acute hardship as farm prices in his state prove farmer returns have sunk below 1909 to 1914 levels while costs for goods have risen. He cited wheat 27 cents corn 19 cents butter fat 13 to 18 cents chickens 9 cents a pound eggs 6 cents a dozen and western Iowa hogs at 3 50 per hundred pounds. He urged constructive action by Congress.
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Iowa
Rival Queens play origin of famous saying cited
Pathfinder Magazine notes the line When Greeks joined Greeks comes from Nathaniel Lee 1677 tragedy The Rival Queens or the Death of Alexander the Great. The verse refers to Greek city resistance against Philip II and Alexander the Great and the phrase now signals two brave sides clashing fiercely.
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