Bromine at Last Gets Its Revenge
A National Geographic bulletin discusses bromine’s long history from a defensive element in defense of bromides to a fuel additive in engines. It notes bromine’s sources in Michigan and Strassfurt, its extraction from brine, and its use in medicine photography and dye.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
High Seas
United States
Germany
Michigan
Stassfurt
Strassfurt
North Germany
Hen Becomes Foster Mother to Orphaned Pups
A Rhode Island red hen on James W. Cesan’s Agawam farm feeds four orphaned beagle pups after the mother dog deserted them. The pups snuggle beneath the hen, who provides worms and morsels, though the pups scorn her offerings.
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Springfield
Mass
James W. Cesan
Agawam
Rhode Island
Mr. Cesan
River of Gold Is to Be Drained
In Wellington New Zealand plans to dam the Kararau river source at Lake Wakatipu to trap water and drain the river for mining. The river known as the River of Gold has yielded vast gold in tributaries and is now proposed to be worked from pockets near flood level after seasonal damming and storage.
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Wellington
N. Z
Kararau
New Zealand
Tsef
Wakatipa
Four-Cycle Engine Strokes Defined
The term four cycle in relation to an internal combustion engine refers to four piston strokes that accomplish intake compression power and exhaust. The strokes are the intake compression power and exhaust strokes.
Electricity Digs the Coal Here at Gillespie TI Mine
The West Virginia Coal company at Gillespie TI operates the world’s only electrically dug coal mine. All aspects from the electrical drill to hoisting and hauling are powered by electricity. The mine hoists 2,000 tons of coal daily.
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West Virginia Coal Company
Gillespie
State Prohibition Bureau Bill Moves in House Action
The judiciary committee favors passage of the bill creating a state prohibition commissioner and a 25-agent field force to enforce the Illinois prohibition act. The house also passes measures on Chicago’s bonding power, jury service for women, and a state auto license requirement.
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House Committee
Springfield
House
Judiciary Committee
O'Grady
Chicago
Weber
Congress
Anti-Saloon League
Senate
Scholes
Attorney
State Senate
John Dalley
Henry M. Dunlap
Thon
Upper
Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish
Booth
Dailey
Sadler
Justices of the Peace
Houlston Senate
John P. McGoorty
Secretary of State
Illinois State News Highlights From Urbana and Chicago
Thirteen hundred University of Illinois seniors will receive degrees at Urbana on June 15. A Chicago health survey tallies 4 609 cripples under twenty one in that city, with statewide implications. Wabash line wreck near Forrest injures three and claims a broken rail. Dr M P Parrish, Wabash chief surgeon, dies of pneumonia in Decatur hospital. David Shanahan, longtime Illinois House speaker, returns to roll call after health-related absence and says he is ready to work.
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University of Illinois
Urbana
Chicago
State Health Department
Springfield
Minois
M. P. Parrish
Wabash System
Wabash Employees’ Hospital
Decatur
David Shanahan
House of
Shanatan
Stephen R. Pietrowicz
Hospital For the
Dunning
Fullerton Parkway
Mark J. Devine
Illinois
Granville, H. Sherwood, Jr
Sherwood
Colorado
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Furniture Mart
Proposals to create a separate state of Northern Illinois
Senator Denvir of Chicago revived resolutions in Springfield proposing to separate Chicago area counties into a new state of Northern Illinois. The plan would include Cook Will DuPage Kane Lake McHenry DeKalb and Boone counties and asks Congress to amend the 1819 Illinois state act.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ilinois
State Senate
Springfield
Denvir
Congress
Senate Executive Committee
Cook
Will
DuPage
Kane
Lake
McHenry
DeKalb
Boone
Union school board to teach Bible next fall
The Tuscola Union school board approved adding Bible study for one period daily next fall with a credit offered, not mandatory, funded by local district residents. The report also lists several local obituaries and notable deeds from the area.
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Tuscola Union School Board
Realty chief Dennis E Colbert found dead amid canal
Dennis E Colbert head of a Chicago realty company bearing his name was found dead in a drainage canal. He faced trial in a big month for an indictment charging 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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Sixty-second Coast Artillery
Fort Totten
N. Y
Rock
Galt
Caspian Sea
Illinois State News
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Forrest
Amos Bethke
Groton
S. D
Val Hayes
Moberly
Mae Evestigan
Cass Avenue
St. Louis
Northern
Margaret Fink
Lake Zurich
Wauconda Township High School
Joachim Gotsche Giaver
Beacon Street
Mr. Giaver
Norway
Ilinois Structural Engineers’ Association
Northwestern University
Rock Island
Evanston
Hazel Irene Miller
W. Austin Elimore
Waukegan
Cook County
Board of
Cook County Commissioners
Patrick J. Carr
E. M. Bemis
Mrr. Carr
Hahd
Phillip Ebert
Pana
Uskide Soles
Mears Guice
Stewardhia Os Council
Biuffa
Iowa
Ohio
Leon PN
Cardins
York
Billings
Mont
Montana
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