Radium Treasury Atop Skyscraper
New York houses the world’s sole radium reservoir hidden atop a high Broadway building near Fifty-seventh Street facing Central Park. The article tours the guarded lab where emanations are produced and measured for medical use, detailing safeguards, apparatus, and the ore sources powering this lifesaving element.
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New York
Broadway
Fifty-seventh Street
Central Park
United States Treasury
Fifty-ninth Street
Columbus Circle
Kenri Becquerel
Curle
Knoppelwelser
Vienna
Academy of Sciences of Austria
Department of Physics
University of Vienna
United States
Belgian Congo
New York Times
Man Accuses Husband of Delaying Court Appearance
Valentino Engessar of Brooklyn was arraigned on assault charges after his wife Helen claimed he tampered with a clock to make her late to court. The magistrate waited for her arrival at ten, she appeared an hour late at eleven, sparking the unusual defense in the courtroom.
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Valentino Engessar
Brooklyn
O'Neill
Helen
British Invent Stainless Alloy Revealed in Sheffield
Harold Varney announced at a meeting of the Institute of Metals that two years of laboratory research produced a stainless silver alloy resistant to ordinary atmospheric corrosion. The local discovery, termed stainless alloy, arose from work conducted at the Sheffield lab.
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Shefield
May
Deo
Institute of Metals
Harold Varney
Corsica’s Bandit Past vs Modern Peaceful Corsicans
The New York Tribune notes Corsican honor for vendetta fades as Corsicans, now agricul turists, live peaceably under law. It contrasts banditry with today’s rural life, dismissing fears of a revived Corsican banditry and mocking American frontier stereotypes.
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Rotanelli
Spain
America
Corsica
United States
Romanetti
New York Tribune
Ancient Graves Found Near Glasgow Reveals Neolithic Legacy
Archaeologists uncover twelve burials in a compact area near Glasgow. The graves include ornate incised pottery vases and relief work spanning late Stone Age to Bronze Age, dated roughly two thousand to seven hundred years before Christ. Personal items include flint tools, a bead necklace, and a bronze knife with leather remains.
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Glasgow
The Completed Village
A traveling man visits a small town and notes its changes. After claiming it has been 20 years since his last stop, he finds no new buildings or railroads. He asks about improvements and is told none exist, leading him to remark that the town appears actually finished.
Tracing Movements of Salmon in Alaska
In 1022 season four thousand aluminum tags were placed on red salmon in traps around the Alaska peninsula. A large share returned data on time and location. Doctor Gilbert of Stanford, a leading authority on salmon life histories, will join the effort in Alaska with Henry O Malley, commissioner of fisheries, to study the runs.
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Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Doctor Gilbert
Stanford University
Henry O'Malley
Tough Words at Rumpus Ridge Duel
Gap Johnson confronts Runt in a rough exchange at Rumpus Ridge as threats fly over a street fight. The boy and several neighbors clash, with crude bravado and warned self defense looming. Local readers sense escalating trouble in the Kansas City Star excerpt.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
Not Suitable for America Telephone Receiver
The European single stem receiver and transmitter type telephone, praised for compact design, was found unsuitable for United States usage due to long distance communication needs. American Telephone Company notes the mismatch with US infrastructure and usage patterns.
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America
Europe
United States
American Telephone Company
Direct Attack and Umpire Decisions in Tennis
The life article notes William Tilden and a sportsmanlike tennis player may misplay when an umpire’s call seems unfair while a professional ballplayer acts more directly. The piece contrasts deliberate misplays with harsher, blunt actions toward the umpire.
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William ‘T. ‘Tilden
Supervisor Forced to Quit After Illness and Tanlac Recovery
A retired tool supervisor from the Santi We T railroad shops in Albuquerque recounts chronic illness and a life changing recovery after using Tanlac. He credits the medicine with easing long standing side pains, restoring weight to 154 pounds, and restoring energy after decades of ailment. The ad promotes Tanlac and Tanlac Vegetable Pills as remedies.
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Taniae
Harry F. Williams
Walter St
Albuquerque
N. M
Santi We T
Tania
Tanlac
Colorado Winter Wheat Outlook For April Reports
Colorado crops show steady condition for winter wheat due to rain early in April. May 1 forecast places production at 15,741,000 bushels from 1,057,000 acres harvestable, with 33 percent of sown area abandoned. Last year yielded 18 bushels per acre on 1,262,000 acres. 119 years ago average yield was 13.2 bushels. Non irrigated lands account for about 3 percent. Northern regions have moisture but deep subsoil is deficient. east-central and southeastern counties suffer drought and wind damage.
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Denver
Colorado
East Central
International Bridge Closed Over Gambling Claims
International bridge traffic between El Paso and Juarez halted briefly after Mexican authorities ordered a suspension amid alleged gambling resumption with Juarez officials. U.S. and Mexican authorities reopened the bridges after the incident and federal action resumed normal crossings.
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el Paso
I Paso
Juarez
Mexico
Mexico City
Juares Municipol
Aimercans
Jiuarex
Tragic Brooklyn Death of 11YearOld Jamels Dunglers
The body of 11 year old Jamels Dunglers was found by his sister Flolen in their Brooklyn home. Police suspect murder as the boy appeared strangled with two neckties. Investigation underway with no arrests announced.
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New York
Jamels Dunglers
Flolen
Brooklyn
Mollee
Munsey Buys Globe in Commercial Advertiser
Frank A. Munsey purchased The Globe in Commercial Advertiser, a major New York evening paper. No purchase details or future plans are released, and Munsey’s broader strategy remains unclear amid his habit of acquiring papers.
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Munsey
New York
New York Sun
Frank A. Munsey
Globe Im Commercial Advertiser
Mr. Munsey
Globe
Jim
Resignation of Nebraska Labor Secretary Kennedy
Governor Bryan forced Prank A. Kennedy of Omaha to resign after Kennedy granted an interview to a newspaper den where he charged the governor with enticing more than 82,000 from the department. The action follows Kennedy's claim of wilful mismanagement and poor functioning under the governor, who is noted as Bryan’s brother.
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Labor
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Bate
A. Kennedy
Omaha
Kennedy
Den
Hryon Ie
Wullinin
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