Nothing to Chance Ends in Bank Murder Plot
Charles Rankin murders Robert Knowels at the First National Bank of Colton then schemes to take the presidency. He destroys evidence, searches for a clue against him, and reads a self serving resignation note implicating Knowels and recommending Rankin as successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rankin
First National Bank of
Colton
Robert Knowels
First Na-tional Bank of
Rankin
Bia
Knowela
George Curtis
Bank
Knowels
Robert
Ulb
Cattalo: Hybrid Buffalo Cattle Supposedly Lends Hardiness
The cattalo, a buffalo cattle hybrid, lacks the hump yet preserves buffalo traits. It feeds on poorer pastures and endures northern climates with less shelter. Origin traces to 1804 experiments by Mosom Boyd and later Canadian government work since 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Mossom Boyd
Bobcaygeon
Opt
Tons of Chloroform Used to Relieve Sick Animals
A London Tit-Bits item reports that five tons of chloroform are used yearly by the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals of the Poor. It notes puppies swallowing odd objects and a dog named Dixie contributing to the bill through accidents and injuries, highlighting quirky canine misadventures at the dispensary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
London
Negro Pilot Alonzo Pietro Linked to Columbus Voyages
The Negro Year Book lists Alonzo Pietro, an 18 year old African man, as a pilot of the Ship Nina in Columbus fleet and possibly a participant in the second voyage. Some dispute his status, with notes he was not a slave. Earlier edicts note enslaved Africans transported to Hispaniola from Spain and that slavery appeared in Carolina by 1526.
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Columbus
Alonzo Pietro
Nina
America
Spain
Hispaniola
Haiti
The
United States
Carolina
Death Choice of Bride Follows Ancient Albanian Custom
The Montreal Herald reports Shkurta a bride in the Petch district of Jugoslavia chose death over living with her elderly landowner husband. Engaged to the man's son, she was paid $250 to wed but her fiancé was murdered before the wedding. An old custom forced her to wed a relative. after two months she fled and later died by poison per another inherited rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petch
Jugoslavia
Shkurta
Montreal Herald
Historical Sketch of Uruguay and its Economy
Uruguay covers 72 000 square miles with long rolling plains. Main industries are sheep and cattle raising and agriculture. Wine tobacco and olives are grown. Minerals include gold silver copper tin magnesia and lignite. Railways exceed 1 500 miles and river transport is extensive. Montevideo is the capital and chief seaport. Paysandu Salto are important river ports linked to meat packing and hides trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uruguay
Montevideo
Paysundy
Uruguay River
Salto
Crack in the Liberty Bell during tolling in 1885
The Liberty Bell cracked on July 8, 1885 while tolling the remains of Chief Justice John Marshall in Philadelphia two days after his death. The crack likely stems from a defect in the bell since casting. past attempts to modify the crack for Washington's Birthday in 1840 failed to improve the sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall
Philadelphia
George Washington
O'his
American Trade Dollars and Their Export Purpose
The trade dollar, minted 1873 to 1885, aimed at China and other oriental markets to promote American silver exports. Although not legally tender, a misstep made them usable for small sums until 1876, with legal tender status withdrawn later. They circulated widely on the Pacific coast and across states before retirement in 1887, with 1883 to 1885 issues rarer and more valuable in proof condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pacific Coast
Inter
Congress
Treasury Department
Pluto the Ninth Major Planet Revealed in 1930
The discovery of Pluto in March 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona stunned scientists. Predicted by Percival Lowell from Neptune’s irregularities, Pluto is 2.8 to 4.6 billion miles from Earth, inclined 17 degrees, smaller than Earth, and invisible to most telescopes due to its lack of self luminosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pluto
Earth
Green and Black Tea Processing Facts
Green tea comes from Thea Sinensis leaves dried immediately after harvest while black tea undergoes a brief fermentation before drying. Both teas derive from the same plant, closely related to camellia.
Apes Linked to Human Race, Expert Claims
An expert states that each anthropoid ape symbolizes a human race: orangutan as Oriental, gorilla as negroid type, gibbon recalling Alpine Europeans, and chimpanzee representing the Aryan family, noting the chimpanzee’s mimicking of humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Peter Cooper Pioneer of American Rail Era and Philanthropy
Peter Cooper built the first locomotive engine in America and later established a rolling mill and railroad trade ventures. He founded Cooper Union, the famed free Institute of Science and Art in New York City, and is remembered as a notable philanthropist and pathfinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Cooper
Orst
America
Cooper Union
Free Institute of Science and Art
New York City
Pathfinder
Porterhouse Steak Name Origin in Sandusky Hotel
A historical note claims the porterhouse steak got its name from the Porter House hotel in Sandusky Ohio. In 184% Charles Dickens visited the hotel and enjoyed its steaks, allegedly popularizing the cut nationwide as the Porter House steak adopted by leading hotels and cafes.
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Porterhouse
Sandusky
Ohio
Charles Dickens
United States
Largest Diamond Gift to King Edward Timeless Crown Jewels Tale
The largest diamond ever found reportedly weighed 3 024 carats and 1 000 pounds and was presented by the Transvaal government to King Edward of England. It was later cut up and added to the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. Diamond mining is noted in India and China as far back as the Bird century with world output once valued at about 80 million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
Edward
England
Tower of London
Todia
China
Milk and Metal Odors From Soluble Metals
A study by the University of California College of Agriculture reports that metals soluble in milk create noticeable odors and flavors. It notes copper and its alloys produce oxidized tastes, and recommends using chrome-nickel alloys, known as stainless steel, as much as possible.
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Iesearch
University of California College of Agriculture
Community Social Roundup Near Kittanning
Numerous local residents from Cochran's Mills Dutch Run and nearby towns are listed visiting friends and relatives in households across Indiana, Heilwood, Brushvalley and Kittanning. Calls, visits, and weekend stays include McIntire Chivers Blystone Rosborough and Gressley families with frequent travel to Johnstown and Pittsburgh areas. Sunday church services are announced for March 19 at 2 30 p m with 1 30 p m Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Union
Albert Rigeli
Cochran's Mills
Helena McIntire
Dorothy Chivers
Clair Kough
Carl Fleming
Leonard Miller
Dutch Run
Irwin Sheasley
Clark Kough
Gon
Wayne
Arthur
Lloyd Blystone
C. G. Roshbro
Kittanning
Shetler
Green Oak
James Blystone
Arthur Blystone
Rosborough
John Rough Home
Elders Ridge Community Notes and Local Calls
Elders Ridge Sabbath school at 10 00 am church at 11 00 and C B at 7 20 Leader Mary Henry Mr and Mrs R E B Fassett were Saltsburg callers Saturday evening Miss Betty Montgomery spending the week at her patient home Mrs Ross Wilson and daughter Evelyn are visiting Mrs Mabel Ewing Mrs Frank Thompson and Anna Ewing visited Mrs Mabel Ewing Thursday evening Mrs Elmer Painter visited I B Passett's home Thursday night Genevieve Manners spent Saturday night in Salisbury Wedding bells are ringing in this community
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Rehhurch
C. B
Mary Henry
R. EB. Fassett
Saltsburg
Betty Montgomery
Ross Wilson
Evelyn
Mabel Ewing
Frank Thompson
Annathe Ewing
Elmer Painter
I. B. Passett
Genevieve Manners
Salisbury
The Reading of Jack London Shapes a Young Reader
A boy in Oakland Public Library discovers a hound volume story about a runaway rat leader and learns from the heroism and adventures of Jack London. The piece argues literature deeply influences children, shaping conduct through admired models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Bay
Oakland Public Library
Jack London
Local residents make daily calls and visits around town
A long list of Heilwood and surrounding area residents are noted for Monday to Sunday town calls. Names include Michael McQueeney, Wm Parry, T F Mellon, Mr and Mrs Skorja, Axel Carlson, Dave Martin, Arlene McQuillan, and many others visiting or stopping in towns such as Grisemore Johnstown Ebensburg and Indiana. Rev Nimrod Park conducts revival at Pentecostal church. Several are ill or in hospital, with quinsy and surgical treatment noted. A basketball tournament in Indiana drew many from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Parry
Grisemore
T. F. Mellon
Patton
Mike Skorja
Thomas Williams
Joe Bakeveak
Pittsburgh
Axel Carlson
W. W. Williams
Clymer
R.D
Tony Burkhart
Beaver Falls
Edith More
Heilwood
Arlene McQuillan
Ebensburg
JE. M. Davis
Andrew Lindsay
Spangler Hospital
Nimrod Park
New York
Pentecostal Church
Frank Tomasko
Robert Graham
Quinsy
Joseph Vozer
George Fleming
Edwin
Barnesboro
Alma Vazer
Lon Balas
Hollwood
Andy Pinter
John Salmary
John M. Williams
George
Johnstown
Wmn. Nelson
John J
Williama
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J. W. Taff
McClure
WNU Service
Maple Grove
A. F. Taffle
Buddy Jacobs
Jesse Ober
Ruth Detwiler
Wm. Gresgley
Charles Mitchell
Brushvalley Township
Rezza
Wava McCullough
Gressley
Tommy Adams
Wilford
Loyd Myers
Victor Brown
Alvin Coy
Stanley
Fannie
Mary Wuray
Conrad Sleppy
Carl Ganoe
Mary Jane
Roy Ganoe
Albert Coy
Henry Jones
Glenn Coy
Zack Thompson
Detwiler
Uniontown
Paul Buterbaugh
Pine Grove
Robert Winten
Irwin
Alex Beringer
Dow Johns
Breigh
James Langham
C. A. Wright
Jeffrey
Paul, Buterhaugh
William Crossman
Hazlett
Max Fleming
Ivan Beringer
Samuel Biss
Verlo Beringer
Patty
Benedict
Maynard Lemmon
Dorothy
Catherine
Commodore
Burnie Beringer
Lucy Somerville
Cherry Tree
Allison Buterbaugh
Ollie Coble
Bessie Pittman
Indiana
Rochester Mills
Panny Elder
Jane Melee
Donald
L. A. Elder
Elders Ridge
Marjorie Barrows
Alverda
Michael McQueeney
Cherryhilil
Thomas and
Holwhard An
Rayne Township
Walter Atkina
Robert Pyle
Wagle
Saturine
J &. Holmes
Thomas Martin
Martintown
Hailwood
John Engle
Wesley
Twile
Viciny
Norris Nleewonger
Treilwood
Milton Wualtermire
Chester Stephens
Pine Flats
de Prefontaine
Walter
Laverne Donahue
Hetlwood
Cornal
Engle
Mdna
Sara Stephens
Nay Lunn
John Shurella
Tethwood
Cherryhill
Brown
Phila
Penna
R.W. Wehrle
Enn
Indiana, Pa
Silas C. Streams
Larrow and
Edelmans
Wingold
Goldenrod
Millers Dog
Hetrick & Wilson
P.R.R
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