Bromine at Last Gets Its Revenge
The article explains bromine’s changing roles from a wartime poison to a key component in automotive engines. It describes the Ethyl ship’s seawater processing to extract bromine, notes sources in Michigan and Strassfurt, and touches on bromine’s medical, photographic, and dye uses along with historical geology.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Civilization
High Seas
United States
Germany
Michigan
Stassfurt
Strassfurt
North Germany
Hen's 4 Adopted Pups Scorn Her Worm Diet
A Rhode Island red hen adopts four abandoned beagle pups on James W. Cesan's Agawam farm after the mother beagle deserts them. The pups snuggle beneath a bench as the hen supplies worms and morsels, though they ignore her offerings. The scene is unusual and heartwarming in Springfield area headlines.
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Springfield
Mass
James W. Cesan
Agawam
Rhode Island
Mr. Cesan
River of Gold Is to Be Drained
Wellington plans to dam the headwaters of New Zealand's Kararau river, the River of Gold, to trap gold-bearing gravel. Experts expect the dry season dam and summer mining to yield millions, with 122 claims divided among individuals and firms under a 20 percent royalty to the parent company. Government approval received.
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Wellington
N. Z
Kararau
New Zealand
Itsel
Wakatipa
Four-Cycle Engine Strokes Defined
The term four cycle describes an internal combustion engine with four piston strokes: intake, compression, power, and exhaust. These stages complete the engine’s operating cycle in sequence.
Electricity Digs the Coal Here at Gillespie
The only coal mine dug by electricity, at Gillespie TI, is owned by West Virginia Coal Company. Every aspect from the electrical drilling along the coal face to the hoist uses electricity. The mine hoists about 2,000 tons of coal daily.
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West Virginia Coal Company
Gillespie
State lawmakers debate prohibition and tax overhaul measures
The House advanced a bill to create a state prohibition commission and 25 agent field force while Senate proposals seek tax restructuring with real estate class changes and an income tax option. Other actions include women serving on juries approval and a state auto operator license bill.
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Chicago
State Senate
John Dalley
Henry M. Dunlap
House
Thon
Upper
Mississippi River
Booth
Dailey
Sadler
Justices of the Peace
Judiciary Committee
Houlston Senate
John P. McGoorty
Secretary of State
Illinois Headlines: Degrees, Wreck, and Political Return
Thirteen hundred University of Illinois seniors will graduate in Urbana on June 15. A Chicago survey reports 4609 cripples under 21, implying higher state totals. A Wabash train wreck near Forrest injured three travelers. a broken rail blamed. Dr. M P Parrish, Wabash chief surgeon, died of pneumonia. Rep David Shanahan, five times House speaker, returns to the Springfield chamber and says he is ready to work.
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University of Illinois
Urbana
Chicago
State Health Department
Springfield
Minois
Wabash Railway
Forrest
Amos Bethke
Groton
S. D
Val Hayes
Moberly
Mae Evestigan
Cass Avenue
St. Louis
M. P. Parrish
Wabash System
Wabash Employees’ Hospital
Decatur
David Shanahan
House of
Shanatan
Illinois
Granville, H. Sherwood, Jr
Sherwood
Proposals to Create a Separate State of Northern Illinois
Senator Denvir of Chicago revived resolutions in the Springfield Senate to split from Illinois and form a new state of Northern Illinois. The proposal would include Cook Will DuPage Kane Lake McHenry DeKalb and Boone counties and asks Congress to amend the 1819 Illinois act.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ilinois
State Senate
Springfield
Denvir
Congress
Senate Executive Committee
Cook
Will
DuPage
Kane
Lake
McHenry
DeKalb
Boone
Bible course approved by Tuscola Union board
The Tuscola Union school board agreed to offer one daily period for Bible study next fall with credit given, not compulsory, funded by local residents. Also reported: Margaret Fink of Lake Zurich graduated perfect attendance from Wauconda Township High. nurse saves Dr Pietro wicz. Mark Devine arrested. engineer Giaver dies in Chicago. Episcopal chapel groundbreaking in Urbana. Northwestern professor marries Rock Island home girl. Illinois minerals claim vs Colorado. Illinois Products Exposition planned. Cook County denies state taxation and withholds funds. Phillip Ebert dies at 95 near Pana after 76 years in the U.S.
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Tuscola Union School Board
Margaret Fink
Lake Zurich
Wauconda Township High School
Stephen R. Pietrowicz
Hospital For the
Dunning
Fullerton Parkway
Chicago
Mark J. Devine
Cook County
Board of
Cook County Commissioners
Patrick J. Carr
Springfield
E. M. Bemis
Mrr. Carr
Hahd
Realty head Dennis Colbert found dead in canal
Dennis E. Colbert, head of a Chicago realty firm bearing his name, was found dead in a drainage canal. He faced a trial calendar, linked to an indictment accusing him of complicity in the 1921 Union Station mail robbery worth about $1,500,000.
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Dennis E. Colbert
Magnolia, Avenue
Chicago
Union Station
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Weber
Bil
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Senate
Scholes
Attorney’ General
Illinois State News
Northern
Joachim Gotsche Giaver
Beacon Street
Mr. Giaver
Norway
Ilinois Structural Engineers’ Association
Northwestern University
Rock Island
Evanston
Hazel Irene Miller
W. Austin Elimore
Waukegan
Colorado
Ilinois Chamber of Commerce
Furniture Mart
Phillip Ebert
Pana
Uskide Soles
Mears Guice
Stewardhia Os Council
Biuffa
Iowa
Ohio
Leon PN
Cardins
York
Billings
Mont
Montana
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