Bank of Duchesne Failure Attributed to Bad Paper
Audit of the Bank of Duchesne cites frozen loans and large bad paper losses as the direct causes of its closure in 1920. The report, ordered to gauge grand jury action, covers 1917 to 1921 and names Willian Craver Ida Craver J M Dean and W G Dean among troubled loans.
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Bank of Duchesne
State Bank of Duchesne
Seth Pixton
State Bank
Elias Hanson
Fourth District Court
Duchesne County
Guy & Gary
Prove Nde
Will-ian
Ida Craver
J. 4
Dean
W.G. Dean
Craver
Flrer
J. S. Dean
Federal Reserve Bank
Pixton
C. S. Loveland
Bingham State Bank
Ank Ag
W. Johnson
Cammerer
Miles
Permanence of albumen in eggs and cooking limits
The article explains that egg albumen coagulates upon heating causing a permanent chemical change. It notes boiled eggs harden because the coagulation point is reached and that cooking at high altitude fails since atmospheric pressure lowers boiling temperature.
Lime Fertility Boosts Mouse Offspring in Study
German researchers Emmerich and Loew report in Umschau that three groups of mice fed normal, salt enriched, or calcium chloride enriched diets produced differing offspring. Group one bore 23 litters, group two 83, group three 43, with total young 116, 179, and 262 respectively over seven months.
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Emmerich
Loew
Umschau
Berlin
Observations on Flying Flakes by Dr Hankin
In the Arabian sea Dr E H Hankin notes flying flakes behavior. In calm weather a keel length near a meter shows lateral instability. In light wind length grows to 200 400 meters. He compares wing action of soaring vultures with fish fins noting similar upward inclination and outer parts higher than bases. Slow speed shows downward tilt in both.
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E. H. Hankin
Arabian Sea
Youth's Lucky Day as Corseted Evidence Burns to a Boy
A Philadelphia corset used as evidence across four trials was given to a boy to burn after a verdict. The garment had circulated through many lawyers and police during investigations, but the boy alone uncovered $128 hidden inside.
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Philadelphia
Why Storm Affects Milk During Thunder Storms
A historical note explains that electric charges in storms impact milk and cream. Moisture and warmth in the air during storms also influence dairy, causing milk to sour or turn.
Death of Dr. Re bekah Cowhick in Salt Lake City
News arrived of the death in Salt Lake City of Dr. Re bekah Cowhick mother of Mrs. Walter T. Walker. Dr. Cowhick was a familiar figure in Duchesne for her influenza epidemic work in 1920.
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Salt Lake City
Rebekah Cowhick
Walter T. Walker
Northcliffe and Family Honored in WWI Era Titles
The article notes Northcliffe and colleagues receiving knighthoods and titles after backing prime ministerial favors. It highlights the rise of his office boy to baronet, the knighting of dozen reporters, a Daily Mail editor earning C. B. E., and the Viscountess Northcliffe as Dame Grand Cross. It also mentions the influence of Northcliffe printing power on brothers becoming a viscount and baronets, with another brother serving as undersecretary of state for foreign affairs.
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Northcliffe
Delta
Rothermere
Frederic William Wile
Saturday Evening Post
New Talking Machine Innovation Claimed by Colorado Inventor
A Colorado man claims a new talking machine inspired by the human throat. The cabinet exterior resembles existing models while the interior departs from standard forms. Popular Mechanics describes a metal throat-like appliance at the horn apex, with tone enhanced by sound-absorbing and magnifying arrangements.
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Colorado
Popular Mechanics
Woman at rummage sale tries veil trade with color test
The Woman Who Sees, new at rummage sales, offers a gray veil to a Persian lamb coat wearer. The customer samples a taupe veil, praises its border, but returns after hesitating that the shade is too deep for her skin.
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Las
Learned Eagle Training Shocks Father Eagles
Herrick of Cleveland Ohio told the American Ornithologists union that young eagles are starved by parents to force screaming and flight. He described watching two eaglets hatch from a tree house and learn to fly under parental tutelage with fish carried aloft.
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St. Francis
Herrick
Cleveland
Ohio
American
Rum Fuel Powers Havana Cabs Cutting Taxi Rates
Scientific American reports Havana taxicabs run on denatured rum due to 30 percent cheaper price than gasoline. Blackstrap molasses byproduct overflows storage tanks as cabmen push this fuel and city cuts minimum fare to 20 cents at mayoral request. Jamaica plans a Kingston plant to convert rum into industrial alcohol with an initial 800000 gallon shipment to Canada and beyond.
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Scientific America
Havana
Nat
Jamaica
Kingston
Canada
Beebe Plain Post Office Straddles Two Nations
The Beebe Plain post office sits exactly on the boundary between Vermont and Quebec, functioning for both countries. A cellar connects the nations, and a large boundary stake marks the line, with a tale of a man moving a road to his property costing thousands to restore the line.
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Beebe Plain
Vermont
Quebec
United States
Canada
Causes of Climatic Change in Early Theories
The text discusses Tyndall's early idea that thin atmospheric gas canopies transmit solar heat while blocking Earth’s reemitted rays. Wheeler proposes external matter rings forming south canopy belts causing climatic zones, later descending as dust. He even imagines primitive man sowing cloud belts fueling myths of serpents around the earth.
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Tyndall
Wheeler
Notice on Ditch Interference at Lake Fork Milling
Notice warns that anyone blocking or damaging the mill ditch by cutting ice rolling rocks or other obstructions to water flow will be charged with a misdemeanor. Lake Fork Milling and Power Co.
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Lake Fork Milling & Power Co
Cat with Jewels Survives Soviet Transit Showdown
A dancer Xenia Makitzougs travels through Batum toward Trebizond avoiding confiscation of jewels she allegedly hid in a pet Angora cat. Officials threaten a search, but her husband manager offers a pistol duel over the jewels, ultimately allowing all three to proceed.
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Batum
Tiflis
Baku
Persia
Trebizond
Russia
Xenla
Mnaklitzona
Xenia
Bank plan aids University of Wisconsin students to verify checks
A Madison plan to curb bad checks by university students issues identification cards from the Mundi son bank. The card carries the student's signature as signed in the presence of a teller so merchants can compare it to checks, complicating forgeries and aiming to curb losses from 7,500 student temporary accounts.
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Mundison Bank
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Classics Running Behind in Modern Paris Theater Scene
The Comedie Francaise traces its 250 year lineage to Moliere and Hotel de Burgoyne origins. Actors receive a 12 000 franc retaining fee plus pension, with rolls limited to classic plays, while modern works draw Parisian crowds. Montreal Gazette notes rapid growth of the American LegionAuxiliary with 140 000 members across 49 states plus Alaska Hawaii Canal Zone Cuba and Mexico in 5 089 posts.
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Moliere
Comedie Francaise
Hotel de Burgoyne
Rollere
Montreal Gazette
Woman's Organization
The
American Legion
America
Alaska
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Cuba
Mexico
Comic Exchange Sparks Quiet Household Moment
A brief Louisville Courier Journal snippet captures a playful exchange about a husband, noting a calm, affectionate domestic moment with light humor and no quarrel.
A Taller Race
A brief from the Louisville Courier Journal notes remarks about growing height among girls. The exchange suggests taller girls required to reach streetcar straps, highlighting a social observation tied to urban transit.
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Louisville Courier Journal
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