Raw Food Theories And Early Panama Canal Rumors
An essay cites a Halling skeleton suggesting a non ancestral human branch and possible extinction due to raw food habits. The piece also recounts grand plans for the Panama Canal with rumors that Captain Amundsen's ship Fram may be the first to pass, highlighting international interest in the canal’s opening.
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Halling
England
Keith
Oregon
Panama Canal
Cape Horn
Santiago
Colonel Goethals
Amundsen
Washington
Canal
Fram
New binnacle uses oil lamps and electric light in compass housing
A novel binnacle combines oil lamps and electric lighting beneath the compass to illuminate night bearings. Oil lamps are hurricane proof to prevent smoke from entering the compass chamber, while electric lights are inside the binnacle with an accessible regulating switch. The device houses a modern light card compass by Sir William Thompson, widely used in the British navy and merchant marine.
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William Thompson
Funeral in New Jersey Preserves Dead Friend’s Voice
A church funeral in New Jersey featured the dead man’s favorite hymn sung via phonograph by a friend who had died two years earlier. The event celebrated a living voice preserved beyond the tomb, contrasting with ancient Egyptian burial secrets.
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New Jersey
Multiple Crises Mark Week Across Cities and States
A string of violent and shocking incidents unfolds: a street car collision near Chicago injures twenty, with two men losing legs. a Missouri-Illinois line sees a surge of vigilance posters warning girls. James Quick shoots his wife in Marshaltown Iowa then kills himself. A faulty pier girder collapses in Long Beach California killing many. Chicago bans smutty songs in public places. Pred B Kolb, a wealthy Yang arrest in Los Angeles for shooting his fiancée Irene Noble amid hysteria. Federal Mann Act cases target Sioux City. D Montgomery, a church worker and farmer, is arrested in Huron SD by a deputy marshal.
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Akron, Bedford & Cleveland
Chicago
Olinois Vigilance Association
Pred B. Kolb
W&ub
Los Angeles
Irene Noble
Sioux City
D. Montgomery
Huron
United States
Montgomery
Thompson Named Colombian Minister in Place of Du Bois
Thad Thompson of Austin Texas is appointed minister to Colombia succeeding Du Bois. Secretary Bryan displays a private seal modeled on a coin from Alexander the Great’s era, featuring a man with a bird aloft. The White House mint patch becomes a talked about public symbol amid libel suit testimony by Roosevelt and Bryan signs the seventeenth amendment for direct senate elections.
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Thad Thompson
Austin
Tex
Colombia
du Bois
Bryan
Himeelf
Alexander the Great
White House
Roosevelt
Marquette
Mich
Washington Monument
Congress
Federal funds to be distributed to Colorado banks
Secretary McAdoo announced the distribution by states of an additional 10 million dollars that the treasury will deposit in national banks. Colorado receives 163000 across ten banks in nine cities. The House met at noon Thursday and adjourned until noon Monday in respect to the late Rep. Forrest Goodwin of Maine.
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McAdoo
Treasury Department
Colorado
Forrest Goodwin
Maine
Notable 1920s Headlines Mix of Memorial Day and Political Figures
Ten thousand gathered at Gettysburg for Memorial Day observances while a young woman’s dismembered body was found in Bloomfield New Jersey. Senator John H Yrady of Idaho married Irene Moore. Rep George Konig of Maryland died of pneumonia in Baltimore. The New York Education Board’s ban on teachers marrying to be tested in court. Secretary Bryan praised democracy at a New Rochelle graduation. J B Maling honored Gen William W Old Jr in Chattanooga. Vermont Ill postmaster appointment sparks wage debate. Mrs Katherine Edgell has birthed a son after leave to bear a child. Theodore Roosevelt won a libel suit in Marquette with six cents nominal damages. Maine monument dedi cation in New York recalled the Maine tragedy. Stimson urged presidential budget and broader liberal legislation at Law Academy of Philadelphia.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. B Maling
Denver
William W. Old, Jr
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Forest of
Memphis
Tennessee
Virginia
Arkansas
Georgia
Vermont
George Kirkbride
Wilson
Kirkbride
Katherine Campbell Edgell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Marquette
Mich
George A. Newett
Michigan
Maine
Havana Harbor
New York
Congress
Henry L Stimson
Taft
Philadelphia
Stimson
Law Academy of
Auto Hits Horse Injuring Driver and Rider
A collision between an automobile and a horse near Meeker badly bruised driver A. P. Hubbard and horseman Albert Warner. Hubbard and Warner were injured. the horse sustained minor injuries.
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Meeker
A. P. Hubbard
Albert Warner
Hubbard
Warner
Congressional actions mix suffrage probe and committee picks
A suffrage parade investigation attributed disorder on March 3 to unusual crowds and praised police. The House Ways and Means Committee approved assignments for Colorado members in the Sixty-third Congress while Democratic leaders seek a currency reform bill from three drafts by Senator Owen, Representative Glass, and Secretary McAdoo.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Colorado
Taylor
District of Columbia
Congress
Wilson
Owen
Representative Glass
Congressional
Banking and Currency
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Keio Defeats Leland Stanford in Tokio Baseball Match
Keio University baseball team beat Leland Stanford University in Tokyo. Boston’s Jimmy Walsh accepts Queen City club offer to box Johnny Ruilbane in Cincinnati on July 4. Jules Goux wins Indy 500 in 6 hours 31 minutes 43.45 seconds. French aviator Lieutenant Kreyder dies after plane fall at Bourges. George Carpenter wins European heavyweight title in Ghent by KOing Bombardier Wells in fourth. Adélaide Ferris wins Colorado University tennis title at Boulder over Hester Fernald.
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Jimmy Walsh
Boston
Queen City Club
Cincinnati
Johnny Ruilbane
Jean Ferdinand Kreyder
Bourges
France
George Carpenter
Europe
Ghent
Belgium
Bombardier Wells
Adélaide Ferris
Carthage
Ill
University of Colorado At Boulder
Hester Fernald
Women’s Athletic Association
Ambassador Walter Hines Page Receives U K Credence
The United States envoy to London presented his letters of credence to King George. In Bucharest the chamber of deputies backed Russia mediation with Bulgaria by 127 to 17. Three thousand attended the pope’s audience in Rome as he imparted apostolic benediction. The pontiff, 78, received countless congratulations from around the world.
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Chamber of Deputies
Bucharest
Russia
Bulgaria
Walter Hines Page
United States
Court of St. James
King George
San Damas
Rome
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John H Yrady
Idaho
Irene Moore
George M Moore
George Konig
Maryland
Baltimore
New York Board of Education
Bridget M. F. Peixette
William Jennings Bryan
Merrill
New Rochelle
SPORT
Keio University
Leland Stanford University
Tokio
Japan
Jules Goux
Indianapolis
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Lincoln
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Wichita
Duke of Connaught
Canada
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