Curie Radium Discovery and U S Visit Highlight Gift and Mining
Article details Marie Curie’s acclaim in the United States including a gram of radium presented by American women, President Harding, and a White House ceremony. It explains radium’s sources from Colorado carnotite ore, refining in Canonsburg, and the global supply, with Curie’s work, radiative rays, and medical uses outlined.
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Marie Curie
United States
Warding
White House
Wamain
Curie Institute
Paris
Mme. Curie
Europe
New York
Joseph M. Flannery
Pittsburgh
Colorado
Flannery
Standard Chemical Company
Hamilton Foley
Pan American Union
Compavny
Mme
Wilds
Placerville
Colo
Salidae
Canonsburg
Radium Research Laboratories
Nevada to Use Lethal Gas for Executions
Nevada debates a new law permitting lethal gas executions in the state penitentiary. Governor Boyle defends the measure as constitutional and feasible, while critics call it cruel. The death chamber design faces technical and ethical questions as Nevada weighs a future form of capital punishment.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Mircovich
Iaimmet Dol. Boyle
Wung
Nowall
Emmet D. Boyle
Arnald Kruekman
New York World
Pacific A-D Questions on Postwar Treaties and Mandates
The discussion outlines effects of the Versailles treaty on Pacific mandates. It notes Japan’s control of Shantung, Sakhalin, Yap, and New Guinea. U S reservations and non-signature by China. Guam and Hawaii as key bases. the Philippines’ vulnerability without a strong Pacific fleet. Samoa and Wake Island assignments to Australia and the United States.
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Shantung
Japan
United States Senate
China
Siberian
Sakhalin
Yap
Allied Supreme Council
Wilson
United States
Germany
Guam
Pacific
Hawaii
Middle Pacific
Philippines
Far East
New Guinea
Australia
Samoa
Islands
New Zealand
Wake Island
Poisonous Flowers Warn of Poppies Hidden Dangers
The article warns that poppies carry opium and cause drowsiness and violent headaches in sensitive individuals after walking through fields. Asian Minor experiences frequent incapacitation among tourists inspecting poppy plantations, with deaths linked to this cause. It cautions against picking petals from delicate flowers and notes irritation from other blooms.
Avoid Staleness through Nature Driven Fitness
A Grit quotation urges asserting oneself to regain strength after setbacks. It champions returning to earth and open spaces to refresh body and spirit. It describes streams, hills, and forests as catalysts for endurance and vivid air, inviting primal exertion to cultivate broader fitness.
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Mother Earth
Lightning Strikes Boy and Sparks Tree Photo
In Kastinin Georgia Travis Grimsley’s son was struck by lightning while on a front porch. The bolt passed through his body, knocked him unconscious, but he recovered after minutes. A photographic plate on his back captured an image of a cedar tree. Another boy, Jackie Burch aged fifteen, was struck similarly with a round hole burned in his cap.
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Kastinin
Travis
da. J
Jakie Burch
C. CG. Burch
Hghtning
Lie
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John Dickinson Sherman
Curie
State of
Colorado Headguarlers
Worlds
Supree
New Prison
Caroline and
Marshall Islands
Majestic
Hamburg
Boy
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