Massive Texas suit over log stumpage contracts involves Kirby Lumber
In Houston on Monday a civil action was filed in federal court by Kirby Lumber against Houston Oil tied to a long dispute over log measurement under a stumpage contract. Kirby seeks court construction of orders, appointment of sealers, and definition of duties as the matter questions past orders. The dispute, tied to receiverships of both companies, involves about six million to ten million dollars in potential liabilities.
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Texas
Kirby Lumber Company
Houston Oil Company
Oil Company
Lumber Company
Kirby Company
Cewt
Houston
Sharpe Arrested in Death of Man Found After Fire
John T. Sharpe, jailed in Brownwood Texas, faces murder charges in the death of Hi C Pride whose body was found after a residence fire on Sunday morning. Pride, a widower with relatives near Paris, formerly resided there. Sharpe claims to be eighty and a Confederate veteran. his wife, much younger, had recently left him.
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John T. Sharpe
Hi. C. Pride
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Pride
Paris
Vatican says Roosevelt did not press Ireland cardinalate
Rome December 11 The Vatican denies any official channel pressure from President Roosevelt to elevate Archbishop Ireland to cardinal and notes Roosevelt never made a formal request. Several Americans claimed authority to influence the matter, but Vatican sources say the president is not responsible for the recommendation.
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Rome
Bellamy Storer
United States
Austria-Hungary
Vatican
Roosevelt
Ireland
Early Genius Figures in Thermodynamics Pioneers Ages
The piece notes young ages at first discoveries by scientists such as Davy, Young, Fresnel, Arago, Forbes, Mour, Joule, Mayer, Helmholtz, Willard Thomson, Clausius, and Rankine. It highlights rapid early achievements in ice melting by friction, polarization of heat, and the undulatory theory. It ends with the idea that youth can coincide with great intellectual achievement.
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Davy
Young
Royal Society
Fresnel
Arago
Forbes
Mour
Joule
Mayer
Helmholtz
Williard Thomson
Clausius
Rankine
Thomson
Chinese carpenters use balanced small ax with skilled technique
The Engineering Magazine notes that Chinese workmen display keen perception of tool merit, using a balanced small ax with precise surfaces. On heavy work they work two on opposite sides, delivering rapid alternating blows with both hands, over the shoulder.
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Engineering Magaine
The Wailing Woman La Llorona Haunting the Night Streets
In Spanish legend La Llorona roams at night causing death to anyone who speaks to her. She appears at multiple city landmarks and vanishes in fearsome wails, as described by Thomas A. Janvier in Harper's.
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Senor
la Liorona
San Sebastian
Arcos de San Cosme
Salto del Angua
Belen
Thomas A. Janvier
Harper's
When Not to Kick A Bad Shave Or A Poor Haircut
A collection of maxims from Chicago News on avoiding hardship. It cites paying debts in dribs, a sick or healthy man dying alike, and a mean neighbor as risks. The piece notes a car accident in Chickasha I T where John Dellahunt lost a leg and died, plus a fire damaging about 500 bales of cotton.
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Chicago News
John Dellahunt
Chickasha
I. T
Chickasha,t
The Trade Rat and Its Peculiar Plunder
A curious study of the California wood rat, known as the trade rat, notes its habit of replacing stolen items with found odds and ends. Examples include a paste pot swapped for rope, glass, and wire, plus a nest of iron spikes and scattered tools and a watch. A South American viscacha mirrors this behavior, amassing portable objects in burrow piles.
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California
Lindsay
Pampas
Chicago News
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