Government document division sees sales rise in 1925
The Government Printing Office document division reported 1925 sales of 7,770,782 copies and revenue of 487,922.63 dollars, up from 1924. Most orders came by letter. over the counter sales and a large stock keeping program support distribution. The report calls for selling more to offset printing costs and notes space and staffing limits.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
Superintendent of
Congress
George H. Carter
United States Public Printer
Carter
Docnrement
Joint Committee On Printing
Safety in Tornado: Building core tips from science
Harrisburg Illinois report outlines safer choices during tornadoes based on tri state event data. Experts advise staying indoors, avoiding stoves, taking cover under sturdy furniture or in basements especially in corners, and moving northward to escape the funnel’s center if sighted.
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Harrisburg
Illinois State Academy of Science
Frank H. Colyer
Southern Illinoia State Normal University
Colyer
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Indian Gobbled So He Shot Murder Defense Heard
Okmulgee Oklahoma testimony revolved around a murder case where Jim Crowell, a wealthy rancher, said he shot Willie Brunner after Brunner gobbled three times and attempted to shoot Crowell. The defense invoked Judge Parker’s decision that shooting an Indian who gobbles constitutes justifiable homicide.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Jim Crowell
Willie Brunner
Brunner
Parker
Indian Territory
Pinch Hitter for Royal Ball Team Named
American hotel men are named as pinch hitters for the duke of York when the prince of Wales recovers from an ear condition by golf at Biarritz. The duke urged visitors to lift spirits and foster world happiness.
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London
Duke of York
Prince of Wales
Biarritz
Divorce Over Table Manners In New Jersey Couple Parts
Marie vonn Mouret Hart in Jersey City is divorced from her husband who objected to her refusal to adopt American customs. The couple’s dispute centered on social etiquette and dining manners reflecting cultural tensions of the era.
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Jersey City
N. J
Marie
Vonn
Mouret Hart
Earth faults in great oil field danger low say Wyoming ecologist
A. B. Bartlett Wyoming state ecologist says Salt Creek and Teapot Dome oil fields lie in dead fault zones with little earthquake risk. He notes nine small faults near Salt Creek, three between Teapot Dome, and three on Teapot Dome, while Casper Mountain holds Wyoming's largest dead fault with 10 000 to 11 000 feet displacement.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United States
Salt Creek Field
Teapot Dome
Naval Oil Reserve
A. B. Bartlett
Wyoming
Salt Creek
Teapot
Bartlett
Casper Mountain
Casper
Kemmerer
Teton Mountains
Gros Ventre
Russian Student Fund Aids 150 in Colleges
The Russian Student Fund, started in 1919, now aids 150 Russian men and women across fifty American colleges. Loans are repaid after graduation, with $16,000 already collected. Students study business, architecture, civil, electrical, chemical and mechanical engineering, medicine and applied agriculture.
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New York
Boston Tech
World’s first crankshaftless airplane engine flies in New York
A new cam engine, the first aircraft motor without crankshaft, connecting rods or timing gears, was demonstrated at Farmingdale L I. The four cylinder, air cooled engine weighs 360 pounds and delivers 150 horsepower at 1200 rpm for commercial production by Fairchild-Camines Engine corporation.
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New York
Farmingdale
L. L
Fairchild-Camines Engine Corporation
Salt Lake City Elephant Resumes Eating After Hunger Strike
Princess Alice the elephant at Salt Lake City Zoo began eating again after a ten day hunger strike aimed at reinstating keeper Gred. The animal had refused food until the keeper returned to his post, restoring routine care.
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Salt Lake City
Alice
Mafia Bosses Tide Turns as Sicilian Bandits Surrender
Rome reports Ce sare Mori Palermo prefect leads campaign against the Mafia in Sicily. After weeks of clashes around Palermo and the siege of Gangi, Gaetano Ferrarello and 130 men surrendered to the town mayor. Mori said government support turned the tide against brigandage that long preyed on villages and farms.
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Rome
Italy
Cesare Mori
Palermo
Sicily
Mafia
United Kingdom
Gaetano Ferrarello
Gangi
Cagnacci
Mori
Ferrarello
Gangli
Ferrarrello
Phonetic Spelling Beginnings Traced to 300 Years Ago
English advocates for simplified spelling push parliament as they trace roots to 17th century rector Thomas Gatacre who used reform spellings like question try ded and believ In Milton era Comus text words such as dwell believe limms and dred cited as authority
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London
Rotherhithe
Thomas Gatacre
Milton
Dred
Has Three Sundays Oujda Morocco
A historic note from Oujda Morocco states three Sundays exist weekly for different faiths. Muslims observe Friday, Jews hold Saturday, Christians Sunday. Jewish retailers control trade and stay open on Friday but close on Saturday and Sunday.
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Oujda
Morocco
Submarine V-1 Fights 58-Foot Whale in First Marine Clash
Portsmouth New Hampshire reports a historic encounter as the V-1, a giant submarine, battles a 58 foot whale near Provincetown, Massachusetts. After refueling at Provincetown the vessel surfaced to discover the whale wrapped around its bow. crew used improvised harpoons to end the whale’s suffering and no damage was sustained to the submarine.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Sherwood Picking
Key West
Fla
Provincetown Mass
Medicine men to compete for rain at Custer battle site
Sheridan Wyoming feature recalls the semi centennial observance of Custer's Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Six tribal medicine men from Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming will perform rain-making rites, each with 30 minutes to mix the medicine. Bear Tail of the Crow tribe is cited as an example of predicted storms aligning with events.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Montana
South Dakota
Wyoming
Little Big Horn River
Bear Tail
Pryor Reservation
Bear Talk
Telephoning From Train In Germany Proves Feasible
A Berlin Hamburg express enables passengers to call a resident in Berlin or Hamburg via a train telephony service. A uniformed operator on board connects travelers at speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour. Calls are charged similarly to long distance, with three minutes costing 94 cents to $1.30 depending on distance.
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Berlin
Mr. Browne
Hamburg
Browne
Town Bars Persons Under 65 Years Old
In Copenhagen's Old People's Town a 23 acre enclave provides church home gardens a theater and assembly hall funded by the city. Citizens must be 65 or older and have never been paupers to reside there with full civil rights and a weekly pocket money allowance.
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Philadelphia
Denmark
Copenhagen
American Scandinavian Review
New England Preacher Founds Radio Parish
Reverend Howard O Hough of Portland Maine, resigning a regular pastorate, starts the first radio parish in New England The Sunday services will be broadcast beginning at 1 30 o clock with a violinist pianist and quartet assisting The station aims at a church like service to business men and others in New England and the Middle Atlantic states.
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Portland
Maine
Howard O. Hough
Hough
Skuting
New England
Middle Atlantic
Novellet Chronicle Opens with Crane and Duchess Tale
In a fragment from a York newspaper, Nathalie Crane and a five year old Brook feature as faces in a playful fictional sketch. The snippet hints at a forthcoming chapter about a duchess and a tale of prodigy and poetry.
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Tyne York
Nathalila
Crane
Brook
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