Photographs Proposed for Congressional Directory
The Congressional Record notes a petition by 65 House members urging annual publication of member photos with autobiographies in the directory. An amendment to publish photographs was approved during Barnhart printing bill debate, with sponsors Edward of Georgia and Smith of Idaho.
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Ashington
Congressional Record
House
Congressional Directory
Barnhart
Edward
Georgia
Smith
Idaho
Ragsdale
Walsh
Monkey causes trouble at public health lab in Washington
A bewhiskered monkey escaped from a hygienic laboratory room where he had been kept for tests and caused extensive damage in a nearby home. The incident prompted talk of suing the United States for losses as the animal also complained about new trousers valued at $9.
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Public Health Service
Washington
United States
Mystery of the Missing Reindeer Delights Cabinet Washington
A cabinet dinner prank sparked by Alaska reindeer meat storage and removal. Stephen Mather and William Loop orchestrated import to impress officials. meat vanished by order of the secretary causing confusion at Secretary Lane's dinner with President Wilson. Alaska reindeer never appeared on the menu.
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Department of the Interior
Herbert Meyer
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Wilson
Alaska
Stephen T. Mather
William T. Loop
Alaska School and Reindeer Service
Seattle
Jane
West
Mother Hubbard
Lane
President Wilson and the Juggler on Pennsylvania Avenue
The president rode to Congress to address Germany over the submarine issue, amid a crowd of thousands. A suspended juggle performer outside a newspaper office drew bemused stares as the motorcade moved past, the president watching the act before continuing to the capitol.
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United States
Wilson
Congress
Germany
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Secret Service
Color Blind Bees Demonstrate Bee Color Sense
London correspondent reports Prof. E von Frisch of Berlin tested bee color perception. Bees trained to choose blue or gray and later yellow showed color discrimination for blue gray and yellow but were unable to distinguish red from black, indicating red color blindness.
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London
New York Sun
E von Frisch
Berlin
Judge’s sentence haunts killer now in Joliet life
Six years after Joseph Welcome confessed to murder and was sentenced to life for killing Mrs. Mary McLean, a reporter finds Welcome in Joliet pen as he studies mathematics and classics, teaches in the prison school, and hopes to write to the judge who promised hellish torment but left him with a tempered fate.
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Chicago
Joseph Welcome
Sarah Welcome
Joliet
Welcome
Hell On Earth
Joe Welcome
Burns
Tennyson
Chaucer
Confucius
Peter
Mary McLean
Souvenir Shell Incident in Wakefield Claims Two Lives
In Wakefield Massachusetts John N Busch handling a steel souvenir shell from the battleship Maine exploded killing Busch and fatally injuring his young son. The shell was taken from the Havana harbor wreck and triggered the tragedy.
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Wakefield
Mass
John N. Busch
Maine
Havana Harbor
Busch
Twenty Six Years on Wagon at Easter Mission
New York reports "'Uncele Rube' Johnson has spent twenty six years on the water wagon marking his ninety six birthday at the McAuley mission on Easter Sunday. A longtime drunkard, his milestone reflects a life of sobriety celebrated publicly.
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New York
Johnson
McAuley
Masters of Craft and Names of Composers
An artist contemplates mastery and self insight. A famed composer nicknamed Smithkins is praised by friends for his work and humorously notes that great composers mostly begin with the letter M. A jokey exchange underscores pride and perception in artistic circles.
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Smithkins
Ajozart
Mendelssohn
Meyerbeer
Moszkowski
Anemometers at Ports Measure Wind Speed for Vessels
The article explains wind measuring devices at ports, called anemometers, used on sailing ships. It describes their function as cups at the ends of arms that catch wind and rotate to indicate wind speed.
Mechanism gauges ship speed from turning shaft
A shaft drives a box of dials whose indicators move with the shaft revolutions. The dial readings correspond to miles per hour, allowing exact speed measurements from the cup’s rotation count.
Prosperity in Japan Reflects War Munitions Trade Surplus
Japan's February foreign trade shows exports valued at 11 117 500 dollars and imports at 8 953 500 dollars, yielding a 2 460 000 dollar surplus in favor of exports. Exports rise by 7 260 006 dollars vs the same period last year.
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Japan
The Family Favorite Dialogue Note
A fictional exchange features Senator Sorghum noting that a favorite son is expected to be polite and not greedy when the pie is passed. The quip frames political decorum and restraint in sharing rewards within a family or faction.
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Senator Sorghum
Hens Layed More Eggs After Alcohol Exposure, Say Scientists
At a convention the American Philosophical Society heard Raymond Pearl describe experiments where alcohol and ether were given to hens and roosters. The result showed increased egg production and weight gain in drinkers, with higher aggression and unfit meat in the intoxicated birds.
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Philadelphias
American Philosophical Society
Raymond Pearl
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Pearl
Bonehead divorce ground in Butte suit
Nonie Carl sues Herbert J. Carl for divorce in Butte Montana alleging cruelty after their 1915 marriage. She says he called her a bonehead and threw a box of matches that ignited a dress and scarf, prompting a fire and his taunt I wish you would burn up. She fainted and has suffered impaired health since. Attorney Charles F. Juttner drew the complaint.
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Butte, Mont
Nonie Carl
Herbert J. Carl
Carl
Charles F. Juttner
Hides hubby s false teeth in Pittsburgh divorce tale
Frank Jefferson testified in Pittsburgh divorce court that his wife hid his false teeth to extract money, refusing to return them even when angered. He noted only government money could compel the return of his molars.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Jefferson
Jefferson
Sam
Use Of Whip Is Legalized In Baltimore
Magistrate Schirm ruled a man acted justifiably when he used a horsewhip to defend himself after taunts about his goatee. Ernest Klug admitted carrying a whip and breaking it over youths’ backs when harassed at a street corner.
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Baltimore
Schirm
Ernest Klug
Sidelines Puzzle Sparks Indianapolis Man’s Dinner Dilemma
A Indianapolis professional with a frequent downtown sideline faces an odd kitchen riddle. He notes breakfast and lunch dishes are cleaned ahead of dinner on Monday, yet dinner dishes are only cleaned after Tuesday dinners, leaving colleagues baffled by the timing and routine.
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Indianapolis
Didn't Want Much Story Delivers Sudden Dinner Twist
A fruit and vegetable shopkeeper serves a final customer a verbose order a curious shopper asks for a pennyworth of vegetables and a piece of everything. She requests wrapping in paper tied with string prompting the shopkeeper to joke about fetching a bone from the butcher for Sunday dinner.
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Pennyworth
Money Moves The Mare And The Marriage
A witty note compares money and marriage as forces driving events. The quip suggests wealth influences decisions and life’s practical, domestic choices in a humorous frame.
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