History notes and celestial events for December 29
The Elkhart Review lists notable dates in history including Archbishop Thomas a Becket and Andrew Johnson born years, William Gladstone birth and death years, plus Joachin Balvinero Espartero related dates. Astronomical events note Sun sets at 4 37, rises 7 20, moon sets 11 55 p m, 12 40 a m, first quarter moon in Pisces with sun in Sagittarius and a conjunction with Saturn seen tonight.
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Thomas A Becket al
Andrew Johnson
William Ewart Gladstone
Joachim Balvinero Espartero
Constellation Pisces
Sagittarius
Elkhart Labor Unions List Principal Officers
A roster of Elkhart labor organizations with principal officers includes the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers No. 248 and No. 162, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen No. 23, Order of Railway Conductors Elk hart Division No. 19, Central Labor Union, Non-Partisan Political Club, and various crafts. Meeting times and addresses are listed for each group, with officers and locations across the city.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
F. E. Smith
J. H. Watkins
Division Street
B. of L. E. Shall
Brotherhood of Railway
L. E. Blickenstaff
South Eleventh Street
G. E. Gardner
Fremont Street
B. N. Delee
South Main Street
R. T. Hail
Elkhart
A. C. Brown
Marion Street
William H. Darling
Vistula Street
H. Brown
LaPorte Avenue
South Bend
McKean Hall
J. F. Roser
H. D. Albers
C. L. U. Hall
Brownsville dispute and Smiths in Congress noted
Washington dispatch surveys the Brownsville affair and Senate tactics as President Roosevelt presses for support. It notes the rise in Smiths in the next House and the shrinking Brown and Thompson presence, along with history of Jones and Taylor families in Congress. It also covers Supreme Court retirement chances and coal discoveries in China with mining efficiency contrasts.
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Charles W. Arthur
Washington
Senate
House
Brownsville
Toraker
Roosevelt
White House
Maryland
Virginia
Congress
Arizona
Madison R. Smith
Missouri
William Alden Smith
Michigan
John Walter Smith
Smiths
California
Iowa
Texas
Smith
Brown
Thompson
Jones
Taylors
District of Columbia
Board of Commissioners
Shepherd
Taft
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court
Harlan
Brewer
Muller
Justice Brewer
Newberry Named Secretary of the Navy
Truman H. Newberry of Detroit becomes secretary of the navy succeeding Victor Metcalf. A Yale graduate at forty four he brings naval interest from Michigan reserves and prior three years as assistant secretary earning approval from line and staff officers. He is a director of multiple large corporations including banks and iron and steel firms.
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Truman H. Newberry
Detroit
Victor TH. Metcalf
Navy
Michigan
Yosemite
Newberry
Yale
Kellogg Probes Oil Magnates in Standard Oil Case
Famous trust buster Frank B Kellogg cross examines Rockefeller Archbold and William Rockefeller in New York as the United States seeks dissolution of Standard Oil of New Jersey. The government argues the 98 million dollar capitalization could not shield wrongdoing nor prevent penalties if convicted.
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Famous
Frank B. Kellogg
New York
United States
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
William Rockefeller
Mr. Kellogg
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
New Jersey Corporation
Legal figure Kellogg linked to trust breakup suit
The passage notes Kellogg, a St Paul resident esteemed in law, would gain recognition if the government wins its suit. It credits him with probing E H Harriman in the Pacific roads inquiry and serving as government counsel in the paper trust cases, as corporations form separate boards to end a trust.
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Kellogg
St. Paul
E. H. Harriman
How He Pronounced It in a Witty Exchange
A quip about pronouncing oleomargarine ends with a waiter hedging his response. The waiter jokes he must say butter to keep his job, in the Pathfinder style humor.
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Pathfinder
Mutton Birds Hold Island Economy On Australian Isles
The 400 residents of Australian Fur neaux islands rely on six autumn weeks catching fat young mutton birds. The birds hatch locally and migrate in vast flocks covering miles. The catch provides food and oil used for lubrication and as a cod liver oil substitute.
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Australian Furneaux Islands
Origin of the word winter tied to moisture roots
The New York Herald explains that winter derives from a root meaning to wet or moisten. Across Aryan languages the concept of moisture predated the division of the family, with cognates in Sanskrit udan, English water, Latin unda, and German winter. The Teutonic base wata meaning wet links the family terms.
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New York Herald
Curious Florida herb insectivorous plant found in south Florida
A tiny red annual herb in southern Florida feeds on ants and similar insects using a sticky fluid at leaf tips. When prey is captured the leaf folds, leaves a skeletal insect, and the plant returns to its original form. It grows on flat sandy lands and appears in late winter and early spring. Punta Gorda Herald reports the find.
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Florida
Punta Gorda
Fla
Normal human body temperature remains constant
The article asserts that the average normal body temperature is about 98.5 degrees Fahrenheit, nearly the same for Eskimos in the north or people in the tropics. It notes that health maintains this constancy, with any variation not exceeding one degree.
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New York American
Salt makes sea water salty a simple question
In a classroom exchange a teacher asks Peters what makes sea water salty. Peters answers salt, then clarifies the idea with a technical line about chloride of sodium. The teacher repeats the prompt and moves Peters up one.
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Peters
Outcasts in Kaffir Kraals on Cape Colony Frontiers
The Johannesburg Progressive Monthly reports small bands of whites living on native reserve borders in Kaffir kraals within Zoutpansberg and Transkei. Descended from Britain, they are isolated for up to twenty years with no effective law or order. In a native uprising these outcasts face murder or complicity.
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Kaffir Kraals
Zoutpansberg
Transkei
Cape Colony
Johannesburg Progressive Monthly
The Finns of Sweden and Finland
The ancient inhabitants of Sweden were the Finns, now the modern inhabitants are in Finland. The text traces ethnic and geographic shifts from Finns in Sweden to Finns in Finland.
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Sweden
Finland
How to Make Cranberry Sauce
Cranberries boiling with water until broken. Sugar added and simmered until melted. Cook briefly to avoid bitterness. Remove from heat and cool.
How to Take Quinine Without Headaches
The article advises some readers cannot take quinine because it affects the head. It suggests a method using a quinine capsule with the cap removed filled with cayenne pepper, then restating the capsule and taking it as usual to prevent head ill effects.
Sulphur Test With Humans Begins in San Francisco
A campaign of experiments starts today to determine if sulphur dioxide used in California dried fruit harms the human system. Local doctors and chemists will serve sulphured fruit to the health squad at the daily luncheon to gauge effects amid a long-running dispute between pure food authorities and dried fruit packers.
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San Francisco
Washington
California
Weather forecast across Midwestern states
The forecast reports fair skies in Illinois and rain in Indiana. Lower Michigan and Iowa expect partly cloudy conditions, while Wisconsin will see increasing cloudiness.
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Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Wisconsin
Markets Report From Chicago and East Buffalo
Winter wheat and spring wheat prices listed by sample with No. 2 red at 1.0454 and No. 1 northern at 1.0854. Chicago live stock shows hogs, cattle, and sheep with varied quotations and receipts. East Buffalo reports cattle buys, hogs, lambs, and calves with price ranges. Elgin Butter Market notes creameries at 31 to 33 cents and various firsts and packing stock prices.
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Chicago
Perth
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Elgin
Man Seeks Full-Calf Loggings In Leavenworth Shop
A young society man entered a Leavenworth clothing store and asked to view loggins. He said he wanted something to cover the calf, prompting the merchant to quip about buying a full suit of clothes.
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Leavenworth Times
A& Young
Leavenworth
Loggins
Notice to fire insurance customers appoints agent
Notice states fire insurance books handed to Charles H. Field at 113 Lexington Avenue to attend to business until principal returns to office. Signed by Charles E. Frank.
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Charles H. Field
Lexington Avenue
Charles E. Frank
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Elkhart Review
Labor Organizations
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
W. H. Roose
Harry Meredith
Mulberry Street
B. of L. J. Hall
Carpenters Union
Frank Lape
Eugene May
Avondale Avenue
Typographical Union
F. W. Crisman
Cigarmakers Union
Barbers Union
Fred Waters
A. E. Loudenlager
East Middlebury Street
C. L. U. Thall
Bartenders Union
David Cole
Adolphus ‘Meise
Canton Street
Metal Polishers
E. L. Burns
Hugh Winterhoff
Jefferson Street
Red Men’s Hall
Musicians Union
Nelson Kemberling
North Sixth Street
Painters Union
C.H. Hackman
J. G. Shrock
Aspenwold Avenue
Painters Hall
Boilermakers Union
F. E. Seibert
Middlebury Street
OC. L. U. Hall
Electricians Union
Prest
Robert Sanford
Asa ‘Kintaler
Care Home Telephone Co
Ricklayers’and Masons No
G. W. Clark
Onidon
Union Street
Foraker
Joneses
Thompsons
Supreme Court On
China
Joseph A. Holmes
The
Geological Survey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Europe
Feane B. Kellogg
Cash Grain Market
Elkhart County
B. FE. Stultz & Co
Tom Tory
Heigl Morey
Japan
Nickel
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
Lexington Ave
Jackson Hill
West Virginia
Hocking Valley
Piney Fork
S. Main
Brusman
Holdeman
India
Ceylon
Aydelott Bros
Cedar
Boyer & Greiner
Kantz
C. W
W. Franklin
Kavanaugh & Pollard
Kegerreis
Middlebury, Lilly & Co
Lloyd Bros
Harrison & Sixth
Ludwig & Son
W. Lexington
Paul Bros
N. Main
Paul & Co
W. H
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