Revolutions of Earth Slowing Up in Ancient Eclipse Records
A 1925 World News Service piece by S A Mitchell outlines how ancient eclipses reveal shifts in Earth's rotation and the Moon's motion. It cites early eclipse records from Shu Ching, Nineveh, and Babylon, noting accelerations in lunar and solar motion and the impact on chronology and ephemerides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hsi
B.C
Learlier
Babylonia
Nineveh
Halley
Hansen
Simon Newcomb
Ernest W. Brown
Yale University
Brown
Earth
Taylor and Jeffreys
England
Behring Strait
English Channel
Irish Sea
Bay of Fundy
Porevenent
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Trio Bound Over To Jury On Burglar Tool Charge
Three prisoners Fred Clark 22 years Harry Burns 39 both of Detroit and Harry Williams 26 of Nicholasville Ky were held for the grand jury by Judge Yeatman on bonds totaling 22000 for possessing burglar tools The trio were convicted previously of possessing unguarded explosives A bottle of nitroglycerin two loaded revolvers and sixty seven extra cartridges were found in their room at 531 Clark Street The men claimed the tools and glycerin belonged to Clark Burns and Williams testified Williams worked as cook for the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Clark
Harry Burns
Detroit
Harry Williams
Nicholasville
Yeatman
Clark
Burns
Williams
Clark Street
Weatherly
Kenney, Karman
Grannan
Prohibition Chase Ends in Wreck as Two Men Arrested
Federal agents pursued a speeding car from the Central Bridge through the West End to Fifth and John streets where the vehicle crashed into a telephone pole. The fleeing occupants, identified as John Seal and Lonnie, dumped a bag containing two gallons of liquor during the pursuit.
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Central Bridge
Second and
Broadway
Second Street
West End
Fifth and
John Streets
Vine
Race Streets
John Seal
West
Fifth Street
Lonnie
Prohibition Agents Seize Whisky In Central Bridge Chase
Ware residents on Barr Street charged with possession of liquor conspiracy to evade prohibition laws and reckless driving after an automobile wreck. Earlier a chase resulted in Eugene Glaze and Sam B Purdon of Georgetown Ohio being arrested on Central Bridge with a small coupe and ten gallons of whisky. They were charged with possession and conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware
Barr Street
Eugene Glaze
Sam B. Purdon
Georgetown
Central Bridge
Anna Fitzui to sing La Tosca title role
Leading American dramatic soprano Anna Fitzui will perform the title role in Puccini’s La Tosca for the San Carlo Grand Opera Company at Emery Auditorium. A telegram from Fortune Gallo confirmed the engagement. Fitzui, familiar to local audiences, recently sang Mimi in La Boheme and has sung Tosca with the Metropolitan and Chicago Opera Companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Fitzui
Y W C A Board Approves Child Labor Amendment
The Y W C A board adopted a resolution urging ratification of the child labor amendment now before the Ohio General Assembly. The move aligns with the Girl Reserve and Industrial departments, then they named Co M Bookman an honorary esCAA member. Bertha Rogatsky travels to Chicago for a Y W C A conference and plans for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Girl Reserve Department
Industrial Department
Co. M. Bookman
Community Chest
Escaa
Bertha Rogatsky
Chicago
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China
S. A. Mitchell
University of Virginia
Leander McCormick Observatory
American Astronomical Society
Anna Fitzui
Y. W. C. A. Board
Beate Acess Ouareerly
Paris
Stylas
HE McCall
The
John Shillite Company
Alleghenies
Madame X
Carter Union
Shillito
Shillito’s
Seventh Street
John S. Brown & Sons, Ltd
Shamrock
Pepperell
Berkeley
Bries
taycHor
Dwight
MAOP
John Shillito
Cincimmnaty
KSA
Dame
Race Street
America
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