Woman Held Over Assault on Sister in New York
Mrs. Mary Jane Tatum, wife of cotton broker John C Tatum, was held for the Delaware county grand jury on second degree assault charges for beating her sister Kathryn MacArthur after she refused to marry Peters son of a New York manufacturer. Bail set at 2000. Case to be heard at October jury session.
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Tatum
Mr. Peters
Miss MacArthur
Peters
Friends
Grand
New York
Weather Forecast System Based on Sun Radiation
Chicago reports Professor Frost of Yerkes observatory claims discoveries enable accurate weather forecasting for a season. He says solar radiation is variable and, with other findings, could create a new forecasting method that helps agriculture prepare for droughts and floods.
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Chicago
Professor Frost
Yerkes Observatory
Frost
Convict Advertises Body For Sale In Savannah
Thomas A. McCullough a Monroe county convict advertises his body for sale to the highest bidder in Savannah. The 40 year old white man serving an 18 year sentence for killing a man in Griffin in 1911 says he fears his relatives will claim his remains after death. He notes heart disease and a desire to prevent reconciliation with his family.
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Savannah
Thomas A. McCullough
Monroe County
Griffin
Millionaire Day Worker Yale Man Puts In Long Hours
Yale student Elisha S Converse and son of Col Harry B Converse travels from Beacon Street to a Malden rubber shoe factory each weekday. He works nine hours in a room kept near 100 degrees to learn his father's business from the bottom up, cutting heel corners and handling hot heels with big shears.
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Yale
Boston
Elisha S. Converse
Beacon Street
Malden
Converse
Harry BH. Converse
Marion
Experts halt vast natural gas waste in Oklahoma
Van H Manning notes a bureau of mines demonstration saving 150 million cubic feet daily in Oklahoma. Pollard of Bakersfield and Heggen of Pittsburgh devised a drilling system that stopped waste worth 62 thousand dollars daily and 23 million yearly, with operators now preparing to implement the method.
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Washington
van H. Manning
United States Bureau of Mines
Oklahoma
Bureau of Mines
A. J. Pollard
Bakersfield
Cal
A. G. Heggen
Pittsburgh
Bureau
Joseph A. Holmes
Pollard
Heggen
Manning
Conscience Fund Receipts Fall to Historic Low
Washington reports the conscience fund brought in only $2,814.44 for the year ending June 30, the lowest since 1901 and far below its 100 year average of $4,200. Since 1811 the fund has taken in $434,615.69. The largest year total was $35,868 in 1902 and the top known gift was $18,669.60 to the New York customs collector by an anonymous donor.
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Washington
Sam
Madison
New York
Icebergs Real Terrors Warn Patrol Captains
Captains Co E Johnston and A S Gamble report iceberg dangers along the trans Atlantic route from April to July patrolling to prevent a Titanic repeat. They advise stopping in thick fog and proceeding slowly on dark nights to stay safe.
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Washington
Co. E Johnston
A. S. Gamble
Cnitters
Seneca
Miami
Johnston
Postal service plans raise parcel weight and cut rates
Postmaster General Burleson announced changes to parcel post effective August 15, increasing the maximum weight from eleven to twenty pounds and cutting rates in the first and second zones. A rate chart will replace the parcel post map, with automobiles to be used for delivery, and a long term goal of expanding weight limits toward 100 pounds and wider service.
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Washington
Parcel Post
Burleson
United States
Squirrel Causes Citywide Pause In Atlantic City
A gray squirrel escaped from a store, ran a pole to pole wire route along the main thoroughfare, drawing police reserves and suspending business as two men narrowly avoided death. The animal camped on the boardwalk pole at night and was electrocuted the next day during a return crossing of the route. Hard cider found in a cistern near Bonner Springs ends a county mystery about illicit liquor.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Bonner Springs
Kan
Wyandotte County
Revived Baby With Lips Defies Doctors
In a remarkable case Mrs. J. H. Spaulding of Oklahoma City revived her newborn son Everett Spaulding for ten days with artificial respiration by mouth. Three doctors had declared the infant could not live forty eight hours. The mother, traveling toward Los Angeles, preserved life in a Bible-less journey until arrival, but the child died four hours after hospital admission.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. H. Spaulding
Oklahoma City
Everet Spaulding
California
Tucson
Ariz
Experts on intoxication in Washington
Under the new excise law in the District of Columbia, any person suspected of being intoxicated will be taken to a hospital for examination by a physician. The doctor may testify in police court if the prisoner protests innocence, while obviously drunk individuals are not examined and are moved to the police station.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Stabling the Horse: stall length and safety guidelines
Guidance on stall dimensions for horses warns that partitions should not be too short to prevent kicking and bolting. Prefer stalls that are a little longer than necessary and avoid wide stalls which risk the horse lying down and getting cast. Five feet is suggested as an ideal stall length.
Calf Water Milestone After Three Months
After the calf reaches three months, it will start needing more water. Some water may be mixed with milk during this transition to support its growing intake.
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John C. Tatum
U. S
Icebergs
Real Terrors
Garry
Erican
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Stanton’s Insurance Office
General Electric
Pacific Power & Light Co
Holland Shoes
Kennewick Harness Co
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