Farm Boy Finds Two Big Comets in Wisconsin
J. E. Mellish, a Cottage Grove farm boy, discovered two comets this year using a homemade telescope. The latest sighting prompted Prof. G. S. Comstock and Harvard officials to seek details, with one comet described as eighth magnitude and potentially periodic after verification by multiple observatories. Mellish, 40 acre farm manager, has drawn support from university professors Comstock and Flint.
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Madison, Wis
J. E. Mellish
Cottage Grove
G. S. Comstock
Washburn Observatory
Harvard University
Madison
Mellish
University Observatory
Finkle Takes Own Life in Warren Massage Shop
Sylvanus Finkle former Warren Indiana massage practitioner killed himself yesterday in his Columbus Ohio store at 223 East Town Street by shooting. He had married Mrs. A L Bartle of Warren recently. authorities cite business despair though bank records show substantial deposits.
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Columbus, CO
Sylvanus Finkle
Warren
Ind
E. Townst
Finkle
A. L. Bartle
Tragic Elevator Shaft Fall Claims Local Man
Alexander Sachs died in Evansville after falling down an elevator shaft several days earlier. He succumbed to his injuries yesterday in the local hospital.
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Evansville
Ind
Alexander Sachs
Mrs Weymire Accuses Portland Mayor of Coercion
Rose Weymire 22 testifies Mayor Harry Lane pressured her in his private office over custody of a daughter. She is held to the grand jury on an attempted extortion charge. Radding and Mandelay fled the scene with her. all three later found in Vancouver.
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Weymire
Mayor Lane
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Sun
Portland
Ore
Rose Weymire
Harry K. Lane
Kansas City
E. E. Radding
I. L. Mandelay
Vancouver
Lane
Crushed by Timber in Mill Race Tragedy
Ray D. Stockton formerly of Galesburg Michigan was killed instantly when a timber fell during the lowering of an iron gate into a mill race in South Bend Indiana yesterday.
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South Bend
Ind
Ray D. Stockton
Galesburg
Mich
Oracle Amos Cummings Seeks Boundaries Of Faith In Vermont Debate
In Slab City Vermont on October 24 Oracle Amos Cummings avoids stating firm beliefs on religion until Jedidiah Turner attacks Elder Luke Winslow over faith healing. The exchange explores imagination’s role in curing illness with humor and fable examples including a bear and a parable of Job Parker.
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Slab City
Amos Cummings
Jedidiah Turner
Luke Winslow
Thaint
Jedidiah
Mabbe
Americans Send Bumblebees to Philippines for Clover Crops
A United States report details a 500 bee shipment to the Philippines to aid clover cultivation. Two Filipino students will escort the two baskets on a November transport, with bees hibernating en route.
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Bureau of Entomology
Agricultural Department
Bureau
Ohio
Kansas
Cincinnati
Manhattan
Kaw
San Francisco
State Pension Urged for This Remarkable Family
Chicago women urge a state pension for the Ormsby national family of eight including quadruplets and triplets. The quads Theodore and Alice were once exhibited for the public, then placed in a juvenile home after the father deserted. settlement workers describe dire hunger and exposure. They call for education and family preservation rather than institutional care.
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Sun
Chicago
Ormsby
Pacific Coast
Germany
Bear Meets Bitter End From Clever Bee Sting Tale
A hunter recalls a bear killed by a bee sting after a bumblebee attack. The bear panicked, leapt into the water, and failed to swim, sinking to the bottom as Job calmly directs the plan to secure the carcass. The narrator reflects on animals and imagination and jokes about calomel medicines.
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Job
Woman sentenced in South Bend court contempt
Mrs. Carrie Eders, longtime interpreter in South Bend courts, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $23 for contempt. Subpoenaed to testify in the Kurtz disbarment proceedings, she did not respond, saying fear of a nervous breakdown.
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South Bend
Ind
Carrie Eders
Kurtz
Vail
Roller-Skate Races Begin Friday at Washington Rink
The second in a series of roller skating races will be held at the Washington rink Friday night. Novices only may enter the preliminaries. By about December 1, winners of preliminaries will race in finals. Races continue every Friday evening through winter.
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Washington
Petition Circulates to End Interscholastic Athletics
Students at M. T. H. and are circulating a petition to request school authorities abolish interscholastic athletics. The movement will begin at Shortridge and is described as an effort to end inter class sports viewed as little more exciting than a funeral.
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Wellville
Shortridge
Indians Granted Licenses to Wed in Newport Kentucky
Two Indian couples were issued marriage licenses in Newport Kentucky. Thomas Carr and Mary Hughbanks of Richmond together with James C Ayres and Etta Woodall of Morgantown were named in the licenses.
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Newport
Thomas Carr
Mary Hughbanks
Richmond
James C. Ayres
Etta Woodall
Morgan
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