Tornado Theories and Signs From a Weather Bureau Study
The piece surveys theories on tornado origins and contrasts scientific and public ideas. It explains how cold and hot air collide to form the storm center, describes the funnel cloud, and discusses misbeliefs about interior vacuums. It cites seven years of U S tornado data and warns warnings are generally impossible in advance.
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Weather Bureau
United States
New York State
New England
Kansas
Illinois
Missouri
Massachusetts
Indiana
Georgia
Iowa
New Jersey
Ohio
Michigan
Alabama
Connecticut
Louisiana
Texas
Sherman
Tex
Antarctic Explorer Dr Cook Reveals Canal in Palmer Land
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, returning from the Belgica expedition, describes a 200 mile long canal through Palmer Land linking the Magellan Strait to the Pacific. He notes 40 to 50 previously unseen islands, diverse life, and a year spent drifting 2,000 miles in the westward ice pack with limited danger.
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Ice
Palmer Land
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Antarctic
Buffon
Rio Janeiro
South Pole
Cape Horn
Staten Land
South Shetland Islands
Strait of Magellan
Barnfield Strait
Pacific Ocean
Zoological Department
Terra del Fuego
Strait
Pacific
Alexander Land
Graham Land
Belgica
Punta Arenas
Patagonia
Cook
Adrian de Gerlache
Antwerp
de Gerlache
Melbourne
Fireproof Sheathing Demonstrated At Brooklyn Invention Test
A demonstration near inventor W Leonard Foote’s Brooklyn home showed a 214g inch thick fireproof and armor sheathing stopping rifle fire at muzzle velocity. Tests used 50 feet distance with .45 Springfield and Krag bullets flattened on its surface. Trials immersed spruce oak and Foote’s material in water and heated in a brick furnace. the Foote compound remained intact while others burned away. The material reportedly self seals after penetration and costs about double steel.
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W. Leonard Foote
Brooklyn
New York Sun
Woman owner wins Suburban Handicap with filly Imp
Miss Harness, daughter of breeder D. R. Harness, owns Imp the Suburban Handicap winner. Imp, trained to win, triumphed over favorites before about 35,000 in attendance, earning a share of the $10,000 purse. Miss Harness plans to push Imp toward further high profile races with no limit on her earnings.
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Miss Harness
Imp
D. R. Harness
Chillicothe
To All Appearances Though Earthquakes Roar in Philippines
A Detroit Free Press note argues the Philippines earthquakes signal the archipelago will be further shaken before being taken, implying a cautionary view on colonial prospects.
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Philippines
Detroit
Ree Press
Girls Win Shirt Rule Change in Tin Mills Victory at Bridgeport
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that female workers in Bridgeport Ohio and Martin's Ferry tin plate mills led a successful campaign for dress reform. After secret meetings a committee delivered an ultimatum requiring men to wear shirts in the furnaces area, prompting management orders. The workers celebrate the win and anticipate further reforms.
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Bridgeport
Martin’s Ferry
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Death of Joe Juneau Daw son Alaska Prospector
Joe Juneau died Saturday May 13 in Dawson after pneumonia. The veteran prospector spent about 25 years in Alaska and Yukon fields and helped found Juneau town. He was buried in Dawson Catholic cemetery with Father Jordean officiating.
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Joe Juneau
Dawson
Yukon
San Francisco Examiner
Juneau
Alaska
Dawson’s Catholic
Father Jordean
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