Youth Kronenberger Observes Sunspot with Tin Scope
New York June report profiles 12 year old Kronenberger, a Hind school student in St. John’s College Fordham, who uses a homemade tin telescope from his Bronx home to sketch sunspots. He documents observations since May 19 with precise measurements and notes rapid changes as sunspots fade toward the sun’s edge.
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New York
Geo
F. A. Kronerberger
Hind School
St. John’ College
Fordham
Wok & Little Ume
Toston
Kronenberger
Tle
Westehentor Ave
Bronx
Vast Irrigation Projects Open Western Lands to Settlers
The National Magazine reports millions of acres in the west will be opened to farmers via government irrigation works under the reclamation act. Funds from public land sales, now about 200000000, will finance the giant works, with repayment to start after completion. Projects include Shoshone Wyoming 160000 acres and many others across Colorado, South Dakota, Arizona, Oregon, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, and California, totaling about 2600000 acres.
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Uncle Sam
National
Egypt
India
Wyoming
Tinvompahore Valley
Colorado
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Bali River
Arizona
Malheur
Oregon
New Mexico
Fort Tuford
Montana
North Datotna
California
Truckee-Carson
Nevada
Klamath
Sun Yeye
It Didn' Come Natural Thomas W Lawson Talks
Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson discusses a famous New York capitalist in a candid interview. He jokes that truth comes hard, recalling a Milan moujik tale about aging to dodge military service.
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Thoma W. Lawson
Boston
New York
Mr. Lawson
Moudik
Amdmal
Plato
Tom
Ploto
Georgia Passes Sweeping State Prohibition Law
Georgia enacts the most sweeping prohibition measure yet in any state, effective New Year. It bans manufacture and sale of all intoxicants except alcohol for medical use, restricts druggist sales to prescriptions, limits alcohol to one pint, and requires daily records. The law aims to curb crime linked to liquor and ends open saloons, with enforcement across counties and cities including Atlanta Savannah Macon Columbus and Augusta.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
Smith
Emich
State Senate
Senate
Hood
L. G. Hardman
Jackson County
House
Seaborn Weight
Floyd
W. A. Covington
Colquitt
Piedmont
Atlanta
Hiquor
Athinta Brewery
Macon
Augusta
Columbus
Savannah
Prunswick
Albany
Maker
United States
Bavannah
Augusta Lowe
Tirmawick
Chattanooga
Jacksonville
United States Revenue
Lost Coastal Cities of the German Ocean Legends
Retelling coast folklore of submerged towns along the German Ocean shores. Braveren and Stavoren near the Zuyder Zee, Wenningstedt on Sylt, and Vineta at Usedom recur as drowned wealth centers. The piece notes Viking and medieval legends, coastal ruins, and the strong belief these ships and towns once thrived before waves and storms swallowed them.
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Buckow Whicch
Schermuetzel
Brandenburg
Werbellin
Bozeman
Germany
Albert the Best
Frederick Barbarossa
German Ocean
Braveren
Zuyder Zee
Stavoren
Amsterdam
Leeuwarden
Groningen
North Sea
Wenningstedt
Wenningsted
Friesland
Holland
Rungaolt
Vineta
Usedom
Dameron Jow
Mele
Virehow
Wanderlust Boy Tries Flight Across Ocean to Chicago
A Liverpool youth Thomas Osborne age years old traveled alone from Liverpool to Chicago via Atlantic liner. He claimed to visit uncle J I McDonald at 6744 Aberdeen Street, Chicago. Osborne answered bravely when asked if he feared travel stating he has slept alone since infancy and planned to live with his relative.
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New York Globe
Thomas Osborne
Hilton Street
Liverpool
Thomas
Avantic
Ciploma
White Star Line
Chicago
United Biazon
England
J. i McDonald
Aberdeen Street
Bowen
English youth seeks life in America amid politics talk
An interview reveals a Liverpool born boy choosing to become an American citizen, planning schooling and business with political ambitions. He expresses preference for the United States over England, while noting his roots and a boast about future life in Chicago.
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America
England
Liverpool
King of
Mnglaund
United States
Pow
Azutes
Homus Osborne
Pennsylvania
Chipaygo
McDonald
Master Osborne
Weat Street
Button Hole Misfire Sparks Battle With Laundry
Private McGinnin argues with a laundress over missing buttons and repairs at home. He cuts a hole in a shirt neck with a fork after being warned to keep quiet, drawing a crowd as the incident unfolds. State Game Warden Stone notes rail shipments of 6,070 deer and 10,000 deer in autos during the season.
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McGinnin
Walten
Neil
Dutton
McHea
Hile Wiehing
Eel
Stone
Wisconsin
Aiuto
Powdered Eggs Move Toward Staple Status in Food Industry
An Australian inventor’s method for hermetically sealing and drying eggs at low temperature enables a shelf stable powder. Reconstitution with water yields indistinguishable fresh eggs. tests by the Victor Land agriculture department confirm purity and taste remain intact.
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Thomas AW
Norton
Yeni
Hiw
Hin
Che Latenst Viel
Australia
Victorland
Widow refuses to be known as Mrs Edson
The Late Mrs. William details Lucy Seaver’s struggle with being called Mrs Edson after her husband W Edson’s death. She resents the practice and insists on being referred to as the late Mrs Edson, preserving her late husband’s memory amid widowhood.
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William
Lucy Seaver
W Edson
William Edson
Lucy Ed
Mra Edson
Bad Company in London: Drunkard Brought Before Magistrate
A Scotsman, charged with drunkenness, tells the magistrate he was in bad company. He claims the company consisted of teetotallers, then confesses whisky was present, sparking a humorous exchange in the London court.
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San Francisco
London
Sis Hopkins Sayings and Odd Fragments From Ty Rose Melville
Fragmented notes feature odd phrases and garbled lines about moats paints and vines. A mix of names and place hints appears with unclear context and several misspellings. The result resembles a stray page of aphorisms and lyrics without a cohesive narrative.
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Sis Hopkins
Ty Rose Melville
Sitan
Utah
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Tulle
Hardman
Wright
Covington
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