Odd Corners at Capitol Building Show Hidden World
Washington March 20 The Capitol in Washington is a vast labyrinth with over 490 rooms. Bureaus, shops, post offices, libraries, barber shops, baths, and a host of support services operate beneath and around the House and Senate wings. A key room near the ground floor holds duplicate keys for the House, Senate, and emergency needs. The complex includes a lighting network of 20,000 bulbs, ventilating systems for fresh air, an air intake system, and a police guard force of 72 officers.
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Capitol
Washington
Yentionian
Uncle Joe
House of Representatives
Grémt Walla
Sone Jrust
Hagiett
Wal
Congress
Ledkhmith
Capitol i
Collin
Alorky
Senate
Taw-mike
Elli
United States
Wien
New Hampshire
Early Ballooning Discovery Sparks Airborne Experiments
In 1767 Dr Black of Edinburgh noted that a vowel filled with hydrogen would rise, as brothers Etienna and Joseph Montgolfier, paper makers, conducted early balloon experiments following the gas discovery.
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Dr. Black
Edinburgh
Etienna
Joseph Montgolfier
Chicago resident recalls gruesome Cooper treatment episode
Emil Winkler of 182 East Ohio Street Chicago recounts a nine inch long tapeworm delivered during T T Coopers visit. He suffered five years of headaches nausea bad dreams and fatigue before trying Cooper's preparation which allegedly cured him within days. Local firm McCloskey Graham 101 Broad Street promotes the Cooper remedies.
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T. T. Cooper
Chicago
Emil Winkler
Cooper
Jongth
Mr. Winkler
East Ohio Street
Tonia Waa
Winkler
Manny
McCloskey & Graham
Broad Street
Balloon Flights Pioneered by Montgolfier and Rozier Era
A fragment recounts early balloon experiments in 1784 with Montgolfier flames and hydrogen lifts. It notes Annonay launches, Versailles trials with animals, Rozier’s ascent in Paris, royal involvement, and the English Channel crossing by Blanchard and Jeffries in 1785.
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Priestley
Montgolfier
Louis XVI
Joseph Montgoltier
Pilatre de Rozier
Faubourg St. Antoine
Louis
Rozier
Great Britain
Jones ‘Tytler
Gomely Gardena
Edinburgh
England
Vincenzo Lonard
English
Blanchard
Dr. Jeffries
Dover
Calais
Chicago Daily News
Political turmoil grows over New York bank receiver cases
In New York the bank receivership saga intensifies as Attorney General and Grand Jury explore allegations. Frank White and Joseph Ford testified or were summoned, while Senator Saxe hints at a legislative inquiry into the Attorney General. Impeachment requires formal charges and Senate action.
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Telegraph
the Journal
York
Kk Wie
Terday
Frank White
Ormiston Bark
Grand Juty
Jackson
St. Deve Ne
White
Joseph Ford
Bufhalo
Mechanics and ‘Cyaders’ Bank
Geant
Albany
Saxe
State Senate
Quinine Pills Marketed For Quick Action
An advert describes quinine tablets as meeting world style yet easily crushed to powder with thumb pressure for rapid dissolution. Each pill contains 2 grains, sold at 100 for 19 cents, with claims of prompt drug action and palatability.
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Provena
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