Prospector Leaves Large Estate For Orphans Widows
Oklahoma magnate Charles Page heir to a vast fortune leaves most of his wealth to his religious charity work in Sand Springs Tulsa. He set up an orphanage hospital and widow's colony and promised his wife a life annuity of 2000 a month. His daughter will receive 50 a month when she reaches 21.
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Okin
Strad
Tate
Charles Page
Sand Springs
Tulsa
Band Springs
Pace
Page
God
Mary
Hydrogen Returns to Favor for Balloons in Air Travel
Hydrogen, once common in balloons, is regaining favor due to lifting power and recent tests. Helium remains scarce and costly, while engineers pursue safer hydrogen use by reducing engine fumes. A British dirigible incident during a storm influenced renewed interest in hydrogen’s potential.
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Washington
Lelium
Sim
Hydrogen
Elium
Hechlling
Decoyed Cobra From Her Ankle Rescues Dinner Guests
A British dockyard official hosted a dinner in Trincomallee Ceylon when a cobra appeared near the hostess. She ordered a servant to place milk on the floor. The cobra slid from under the table toward the milk bowl, the hostess fainted, and the guests were saved by the hostess’s quick action.
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Trincomall
Ceylon
Butterfly Survives 4000 Mile Mail Journey
A blue and white butterfly arrived in Winnipeg from Honolulu via newspaper mail. Col Thomas Combs, Salvation Army field secretary, and Capt A Mitchell noted the insect fluttering around the room unscathed after a 4000 mile postal trek.
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Winnipeg
Honolulu
Thomas Combs
Greenwood Place
The
Salvation Army
A. Mitchell
New School of Art in America Emerges in New York
Eminent American artist William Yan Dresser asserts charcoal and pastel will form a new school to replace the old portrait tradition in America, as a movement rooted in New York takes shape.
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New York
Willam Yan Dresser
Out of Prison He is Man Without Country
Baltimore Maryland reports Lawrence Walter Sheahan, just released from Maryland Penitentiary after six years of a ten year term for hotel thefts, is a man without a country. He must leave the United States at once or risk returning to prison. British authorities warn he cannot reside in Ireland and he claims estates there awaiting him. Paroled by Governor Albert Ritchie, he must depart immediately.
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Baltimore
Lawrence Walter Sheahan
Maryland
Ireland
Sheahan
Albert Ritchie
United States
Rum Cache From 1594 Told By New York Sun
A New York Sun piece relays Robert H. Davis tale of nine bottles of Barents rum cached in 1594 by Dutch explorer Durents. The stash survived ice and journeys until 1904 when found in a chest at Cape Flora, most bottles burst but one four ounce vial remained intact. Doctor Vaughan and Pierre le Roya later drank the four ounces together.
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New York
Durents
Robert H. Davis
New York Sun
Mr. Davis
John €. Vaughan
New York City
Anthony Fiala
Barents
Davis
Ice Raven
Spitzbergen
Lapland
Old Parents
Leigh Smith
Smith
Mia Tris
Frana Josef Land
England
Aegler
Cape Flora
Teplitz Bay
Pierre le Roya
Barent
Doctor Vaughan
Ruby Stolen Years Ago Found Hidden in Slipper
Police traced a square-cut Conde ruby stolen over a year ago to a cavity in the heel of a dancing slipper after detectives and a policeman searched the apartment of a woman known as the sweetheart of a burglar. The gem reportedly hid inside an apple during a Paris fete before.
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Conde
Paris
Berlin
Sehoneberg
Nonsinking Torpedo Developed by Navy
The annual report of the chief of naval ordinance details a new torpedo that floats high and rises vertically if it misses, intended to recover spent torpedoes. A new periscope target was also invented, rising to the surface before submerging, to improve submarine warfare efficiency.
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Washington
Chief of Naval
Bureau
Navy
Russia to Send Moslems on Pilgrimage to Mecca
The Soviet government, though atheistic, will facilitate pilgrimages of Muslim residents to Mecca and Jeddah. Aimed at winning favor with about 15 million followers, the first group sails in March with capacity for 1,000 pilgrims monthly.
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Russia
Mecca
Odessa
Mussulman
Jeddah
Wise Judge Camden N J Says Wives Should Talk
Judge Samuel Shaw of Camden expresses that wives would be better off if they talked, thus dismissing a separation suit. The opinion emphasizes communication in marriage as reason to end the case.
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Camden
N. J
Jess
Samuel Shaw
Hunters Fail to Thin Out Wildcats Launch in Northwest
An Oregon Washington Canada and Montana survey notes the cougar or wildcat thrives despite bounties. In Whatcom County 129 culled for bounties, Wasco 135 slain, Skagit hunter claims 187. Canada reports 1,087 destroyed in 12 months. The animal, variously named cougar mountain lion catamount puma, stalks domestic herds and game across rugged forests. Wildlife perspectives vary but the cougar persists on the border of farms and ranges.
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Northwest
Stiles
Whatcom County
Washington
Wasco County
Oregon
British Columbia
Muarles County
Hathaven Jones
Lester Wagner
Skagit County
Qoregon
California
New Mexico
Canada
Colorado
Texas
Montana
Idaho
Paris Uses Blood Test as Gauge for Drunkard
Paris courts accept a blood test to prove drunkenness in a case where a driver struck a pedestrian and killed him. Chemist Leon Bonn analyzed the victim’s blood, finding alcohol levels implying substantial wine consumption, enough to impair judgment and traffic compliance.
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Paris
Grannto
Bato
Pras Poe
Leon Bonn
Expo
Cquift
Standardizing Utensils Hope of German Woman
Berlin asserts housekeeping employs the largest share of workers in Germany and urges utensil standardization as efficiency. Dr Marie Elizabeth Tend ers leads a campaign for six universal coffee mills to cut drudgery and reduce prices.
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Berlin
Germany
Marie-Elizabeth Tenders
Democratic Releasing
Lueders
Monopoly on Emeralds Held by Soviet Russia
Moscow reports Russia control of the world emerald supply with Kasatkin of the state trust stating a Ural emerald mine, once French owned and flooded after the revolution, has been reopened by Soviet workers. The mine is one of the only two such mines in existence and is now back in operation.
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Moscow
Russia
Kasatkin
Ural Mountains
Sncch
Wheelbarrow trekker aims world tour in three years
Dennis McGrenery travels on foot and with a wheelbarrow, planning to visit every continent and complete the journey in about three and one half years. He previously pushed a wheelbarrow chained from Philadelphia to San Francisco, a 189 day cross country trip completed three years ago.
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New York
Dennis McGrenery
McGrenery
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Catif
Cat from Turkish palace enters Washington cat show
Mrs Martin K Metcalf wife of Commander Metcalf U S N introduces Pansy a thoroughbred Turkish cat eight years old in the Wardman Park hotel show. The former sultan's pet was noted among interesting entrants in the event.
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Martin K. Metcalf
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Siberia
Milton J. Foreman
Chicago
One Hundred Twenty-second
Iield Artillery
France
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Bigamist
William N. Coffey
Satesman
Manston
Wis
Hardy Sherman Hales
Madison
Lydia Was
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Lydia Bellach
Attila N. Bellach
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S. S
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