New F rays claimed to explode powder and aid war and industry
The article reports Signor Ulivi's discovery of electrical oscillations named F rays that can detonate gunpowder in metal casings, enabling portable devices to trigger explosions at sea or in fortresses. Experiments at Havre allegedly prove deep underwater and distant detonations, suggesting potential to end costly warfare while offering peaceful uses like ore locating and industrial advances. It contrasts with emerging futurist music trends and forecasts an upcoming shift in cultural tastes.
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Signor Ulivi
Frays
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Havre
Europe
Mayer and the blood study leading to energy conservation
The text recounts Julius Robert Mayer's discovery of the conservation of energy. While serving as a ship's surgeon in the tropics he noted brighter venom blood in patients compared with temperate regions. He linked chemical action in blood to the body's work and heat, concluding that total energy in a system remains constant and energy is conserved, not created or destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Robert Mayer
Mayer
Tropics
Red Milk Bottles May Keep Milk Fresher Longer
Researchers report that milk stored in red bottles stays sweet and pure longer than in plain glass or other colors. Experiments with light spectra show violet rays harm milk while red rays are stronger and may neutralize lactic microbes. If confirmed, red bottles could replace current containers, creating new milk bottle fortunes.
Tea parties in the air stir fears of ground-level mess
A lighthearted line about airships dropping tea grounds to harass pedestrians hints at public unease over airborne antics potentially causing discomfort on the streets.
King Alfonso Proves American Spirit and Resolve
The king shows strong loyalty to Spain and hints he would fight if Spain became a republic. He also demonstrates a good sporting nature, despite breaching royal etiquette in remarks and affirming his pledge to defend the nation.
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Alfonso Gaya Ha
Spain
Judge’s Egg Thief Sentence Sets Questionable Precedent
A judge’s five day diet on eggs for a local egg thief raises concern about punitive precedent. The remark hints at potential harsher treatment for future thefts such as steak, prompting discussion on proportional sentencing.
Rebels Close On Mexico City as Huerta Flees Capital
News from Mexico reports 10,000 rebels marching toward Mexico City while President Huerta and his family evacuate. Federal troops retreat. rebels seize Cuernavaca and threaten Guadalajara as Villa and American volunteers aid rebel forces. Thousands of refugees flee toward the border amid mounting violence and looting.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Zapata
Manzanillo
Vera Cruz
Aguilas
Tuspem
Guadalajari
Zapaia
Cuernardea
Sfexico City
Monterey
Cleo
Villa
Ayutla
Tenaenastian
Jalisco
Alarsquillo
State of Mexico
Coquimatlan
Colima
U. S
FE Paso
Tex
el Paso
Chihuahua
Guadaloupe
United States
Tierra Blanca
United States Cavalry
Marfa
Ojinaga
Louis Terrazas
Mexico
Curtis
Falomir
Paris Adviser Warns on U S Interference in Guatemala
Jose Lardizabal Gibate, the Guatemalan minister to Paris, warns that U S meddling in Guatemala’s finances and economy could trigger war across Central America. He says a partial protectorate might be acceptable, but any extension into internal affairs would provoke a reaction.
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Paris
Guatemala
United States
Jose Lardizabel Gibatemalan
Wilson
Central America
President to Spend Xmas South
President Wilson plans to spend the Christmas holiday at a southern resort. He expects the currency bill to pass before Christmas and does not intend to deliver his annual address to Congress until late January.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Woman Forty Gives Birth to Twenty First Child in Emporia
Dec 4 reports Mrs. Alpheus P. Moslander of Emporia Kan has a 21st child, a son. The mother is forty years old.
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Emporia
Kan
Alpheus P. Moslander
Women in Chicago Celebrate Victory Launch Cooperation With Farmers
Chicago club women hailed the egg price drop as the defeat of the egg trust and moved to form a state cooperative with farm and city women. Leaders from Western and Union cold storage firms were called by federal grand jury to present data on egg costs under Sherman anti trust inquiry. Express company reps showed supplies for direct farmer purchases of butter eggs poultry and related goods.
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Chicago
Federal
Grand Jury
Western Cold Storage Company
Union Cold Storage Company
Egg Trust
United States
Wilkerson
Chicago Club
Woman's City Club
Ergs Trust
Mexican Slayer Lopez Said Alive in Utah Mine
A large posse searches Utah Apex mines in Upper Wingham for Raphael Lopez the Mexican killer of six men. A Greek miner William Kuros says Lopez held him up for gear and warned of killing if exposed. Sheriff Smith orders extra guards as Lopez is reported weak and barely able to talk.
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Salt Lake City
Yea, Dee
Utah Apex
Upper Wingham
Raphael Lopez
William Kuros
Andy Tunnel
Lopes
Lopez
Andrew Smith
Road Builders In Session At Philadelphia Convention
Delegates from all states Canada and many cities and colleges attend the tenth annual American Road Builders Association convention opened by President Samuel Hill at the First Regiment armory. Col EL A Stevens and S Percy Hooker address the program as papers proceed, with the event running through Friday and pairing with the fifth annual good roads exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Samuel Hill
New Bike Record Set In Six Day Race At Madison Square Garden
New York reports the twenty first annual six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden opened at midnight and the 47 laps behind last year’s mark remain ahead. Riders Walthour of Georgia Applehouse of Germany and Garman of New York were thrown on the Madison Avenue turn in hour five with Garman knocked unconscious and initially thought to have a broken collar bone though later ruled a shoulder strain. White recovered from shock and resumed. Witsbick remained on his wheel within an hour. the other two were only slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square Garden
Walthour
Georgia
Applehouse
Germany
Garman
Madison Avenue
White
Wits Bick
Japan Adds Three Cruisers to Navy
The Japanese government announced by the minister of marine a plan to build three more powerful battle cruisers. Construction on one has already begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokio
Marine
Eats
David Gaillard Buried at Arlington Cemetery
The body of Lieut. Cole David Gaillard, an army engineer noted for his Panama Canal work, was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gaillard
Washington
Lieut
Cole David Gaillard
Panama
Arlington Cemetery
Indiana commission probes hours and wages of women
A conference of the Indiana commission appointed by the last legislature to study women's hours and wages, with Miss Marie Obenauer of the National Bureau of Statistics, was held in South Bend. The commission will meet in South Bend and includes several state and local officials. The purpose is to coordinate state and federal statistics to avoid wasteful spending and overlap.
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Indiana Commission
South Bend
Indiana
Marie Obenauer
National Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Harry E. Grubb
Plymouth
Cennellion
H. J. Conway
Lafayette
Obenauer
Federal Bureau
Duty Faithfully Fulfilled Shapes a Life Like God
A fragment from Phillips Brooks stresses that truth guides us to discover and faithfully perform our duty regardless of field, uniform, or status. The moral aims to nurture good, strong, happy, and useful men by living a life echoing the divine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brookes
Burglar Taken to Prison in Foster Robbery Case
Sheriff Recobs and Chief Beauchamp pursued leads after Reoscou Hayes confessed to robbing Foster jewelry store two weeks earlier. Hayes named two accomplices, and officers recovered bracelets and rings along the tracks near Hobbs. Clarence Floys and George Cosgrove of Muncie were arrested after bidding Hayes farewell. one allegedly admitted stealing clothes in Toledo.
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Tipton
Recebs
Jeffersonville
Reoscou Hayes
Foster
F Hayes
Reguchamp
Recobs
Beauchamp
Hobbs
Clarence Floys
George Cosgrove
Muncie
Hayest
Martin
Toledo
Boy Horse Thief Sentenced In Indiana Reform School
Kokomo police report Charles Hoager seventeen years old received a sentence to the state reformatory for one to fourteen years after stealing a farmer Charles Fran’s horse who employed him. He hoped to reach his mother in Mr Pleasant Michigan before an operation she feared she might not survive. Detective Veatch arrested him in Mr Pleasant where the mother had actually undergone the operation and was in a precarious condition. an effort will be made to obtain his release at once.
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Kokomo
Charles Hoager
State Reformatory
Charles Fran
Here
Mr. Pleasant
Veatch
Hoxger
Bouger
Easy Dishes for Quick Meals and Pantry Planning
Practical kitchen tips for fast meals emphasize canned tomatoes milk and seasonings. It outlines two column ingredient lists for rapid shopping quick soups tomato on toast cheese sprinkled dishes milk toast and ham white sauce add ins and prep habits to save motion. It also notes planning ahead with sugar cinnamon flour crumbs and ready jars for minimal waste and fish can be ready in about half an hour.
The Best Things Are Nearest Beneath Your Nostrils
A reflective line attributed to Lord Houghton urging focus on everyday duties and simple tasks as the true priorities of life. It contrasts grand tomes and distant stars with daily work and bread as essential.
Woman Purchases Smoke Persian Cat for 500 in South Bend
Mrs. Robin F. Dunbar of South Bend pays $500 to acquire a Smoke Persian cat from Mrs. William Finkins of Southampton England. The cat is a daughter of Champion Peter of Castle Thorpe and has blue ribbons from English shows this fall including Reading Sandy and Hunlows. Dunbar plans to show in Boston Mass and then travel to Chicago in February and Minneapolis later.
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South Bend
Robin FE. Dunbar
William Finkins
Southampton
England
Peter
Castle Thorpe
Reading
Sandy and
Hunslow
Dunbar
Hoston
Mass
Moston
Chicago
Minneapolis
Death by Own Action Found In Greencastie Barn
The body of Harvey Allee, 38, was found in a barn near Greencastie. A rope was tied to a beam and a noose placed around his neck, with a likely suicide note or act. Earlier, an Indianapolis resident attempted suicide a year ago but was prevented by police.
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Greencastie
Foese
Tharvey Allee
Ann
Indianapolis
Aller
Peru man charged with embezzlement and grand larceny
Dee Thomas Hackett of Peru is accused of embezzlement and grand larceny by Andrew Stemm ents of Peru who says he gave Hackett eight dollars to buy a saloon but the money was not returned and he failed to recover it Plachkett posted a five thousand dollar bond
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Peru
Dee Oo
Thomas Hackett
Andrew Stemments
Hackett
Steimments
Plachkett
Burglars Enter Drug Store. $400 Haul Reported
Burglars broke into the J. G. May drug store in Princeton and items valued at about 100 were stolen. Seventeen cameras, valued from 15 to 30 each, are listed among missing goods.
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Princeton, Dee
J. G. May
Hunter Chooses Jail Term in Hunting License Case
Shelbyville reports Walter Isgrigg fined eighteen dollars for hunting without a license. In Justice Webber's court, game warden Dennis Gleason swore the affidavit. Isgrigg elected jail time over payment of the fee.
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Shelbyville, Dees
Walter Isgrigg
Court of Justice
Toothesome Dishes From A Vintage Salad And Dessert List
A vintage cooking fragment presents a banana lettuce salad with lemon dressing and pecan bits, plus oil and boiled dressings like beaten egg and diluted vinegar. It describes Cherry and Date Gelatine Dessert, Date Torte with whipped cream, and Quaker Tea Cakes with rolled oats and vanilla.
Foggy London Visitors Joke About Fog in Elizabethan Era
In Foggy Old London visitors mocked the omnipresent fog as in modern times. Spanish ambassador Conda mara told a friend, greeting the sun he had not seen since arriving in England, reflecting the era’s weather quips.
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London
Condamara
Knickers Muttered Humor as Baby Shows Political Flair
In a lightop piece Mrs. Knickers asks why the baby may become a politician. Knicker quips that the child prefers throwing mud to making pies, a playful exchange highlighting domestic charm.
Care of Dairy Breeds Shows Milk Requires Special Attention
The article argues milk production depends on environment and feeding regardless of breed. It notes Ayrshire cows historically faced tougher, rougher conditions and hustling for feed, while Jerseys and Guernseys originate from milder climates. For top results, all dairy cows need similar care as work demands increase.
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Hoard
Jersey
Ayrshire
Guernsey
Holstein
Ayrshires
Guernseys
Jerseys
Cleanliness in Cow Stall by Hoard Model Implemented
R C Krueger of Coffey County Kansas a Guernsey breeder visited Wisconsin and saw a Hoard model dairy stall. The sloping manger forces the cow to stand back while eating and a rear crosspiece keeps the cow between it and the manger when lying down. Bedding stays clean and a large herd in such stalls remains orderly and sanitary.
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R. C. Krueger
Coffey County
Kansas
Wisconsin
Hoard
Curing Ringworm in Calves
Dr Lipp describes ringworm in calves a skin disease common in late winter and spring. Scabby spots vary in size, hair loss occurs, and a white scab forms. It spreads by rubbing against healthy cattle. heads and necks are often affected due to crowding at mangers. Iodine applied to scabs several times cures ordinary cases, careful to avoid eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ce. Lipp
University Farm
St. Paul
Mian
Be Careful of Fences in Milking Safety
Farmers warned to avoid low sagging fences as cows may jump them causing teat injury and milk spoilage. The notice emphasizes fence quality to protect dairy herds and maintain milk production.
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Coatesville Herald
H. E. Hathaway
Coatesville
Nosara
Ohio State Journal
Jouker
Wagner
Wexigo
U.S
Republic of Guatemala
Victor
TATE
Lord Houghton
T Hunter
Nettie
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