Eclipse shadows captured in eclipse study from Arizona telescope
Tucson astronomer Dr. A. E. Douglass and Harvard physicists recorded the sun’s shadow bands during a total eclipse using a shadow-band camera. Exposures near totality were taken in perfect weather at Middletown and Arizona, with prints showing distinct bands aiding atmospheric density theory.
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Steward Observatory
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Conn
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Will Honor Dogs at Cincinnati National Dog Show
Cincinnati April 2 AP The American dog of the year April 15, 1924 to April 15, 1925 will be hunted and crowned by the Cincinnati Kennel Club in connection with the National Dog Show to be held April 17-19. The winning dog must be shown to receive the gold medal at Music Hall on April 19. Any county dog may enter without pedigree restrictions or entry fees. the dog does not bear any cost to the owner. A full description of the heroic deed is required. Filipinos Like Magazines Manila March 30 AP Filipinos read newspapers magazines and periodicals annually, per Bureau of Posts reports. Second-class mail weight and postage in 1924 more than doubled 1918. Railway Traffic Increases New York April 2 MP Traffic on Missouri Pacific in Q1 1925 rose 42.5 percent vs 1924. March 132,473 cars, up 13 percent from March last year and 9.6 percent from February. Dogs Flourish in Vienna Vienna March 25 AP Dogs in Vienna rose from 40,000 in 1919 to 96,203 in 1924 with daily dog-bite exams at the Vienna Pasteur Institute. Spain Will Import Wheat Madrid April 3 Spain to import small wheat quantities to ease shortage. customs duties may be adjusted. French Students Are Fined Paris April 3 Six students arraigned for violence.
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Spain
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Paris
London Adopts Bunks In Cramped Living Spaces
London reports a surge in compact living innovations. Cramped spaces drive new furniture designs including stacked bunks and a six in one unit with bed washstand chest mirror and shoe rack. A long polished table dining area and evening reading rooms aid residents in crowded city flats. Regular inmates have access to piano radio and children’s toys. In Brooklyn a church vote supports unification of the Methodist Episcopal church North and South.
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General Conference
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South
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Methodist- Episcopal Church Today
Methodist Church
Berlin actors join marks against theatre salary plan
A group of about 109 prominent Berlin actors and singers signed an agreement to refuse contracts with any theatre aligned to a four tier salary plan drafted by the managers association. They condemn labeling performers as first to fourth class and warn it insults the profession, while noting price hikes could push audiences away. In England, authorities convert a workhouse ward into a cheerful work mansion to deter tramping on the roads.
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Associated Press
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Nuneaton
England
New York Professor Urges Spanking When Needed
New York University sociology professor Rudolph M. Binder urges parents to spank children when necessary to guide them, cautioning against excessive or frequent punishment. He argues verbal correction can be more harmful and that brief spankings for wilful disobedience may restore parent child relations without lasting resentment.
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New York
Dr. Binder
Banker to Head Railroad in New York City
Jules S. Bache, New York banker, elected president of the Ann Arbor railroad to succeed Newman Erb who died recently. Wr. D. Hutton elected vice president. Bache had been vice president and general manager.
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Jules S. Bache
Ann Arbor Railroad Company
Newman Erb
Bache
the Road
Wr. D. Hutton
Doctor Charles Faiman Tied to Murder Plot with Shepherd
A new image links Dr Charles Faiman to a conspiracy with William Shepherd to kill William McClintock, a millionaire orphan, with a stated payoff of 100000 dollars. Faiman allegedly provided a detailed account of the plan and Shepherd supplied germ weaponry instructions.
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Inmates Build Half of New Reformatory at Hutchinson
Hutchinson Kansas April 3 One half of the new administration building at the State Industrial Reformatory here will be built by inmates using labor from the institution Some thirty skilled artisans are in the reformatory roster The legislature appropriated 100000 for the building which will replace the fire damaged structure and is expected to total about 200000 with prison labor An additional 50000 was allotted for improvements The new building will include administration quarters guard room and assembly hall A large refrigeration plant will be installed All barns and sheds will be razed and rebuilt on the farm outside the walls and concrete ceilings will fireproof the three cell blocks Superintendent Frizell will oversee vocational training for inmates with a 10000 appropriation to install new equipment and expand the program to prepare inmates for practical trades upon release
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Allphin
Home Furnishings and Local Social Notes
Simple cover ideas for a console table plus dining room layout tips. Local social and school happenings include visits by Moll, Lukan, and Gerstenberger families, a high school pageant by Loveless quartet, illness updates, and community events in Kansas City, Baldwin, and Eudora.
Eudora grade school contest honors listed
Eudora F Luttrell principal with Miss Becky of Weaver led the Eudora township contest in reading writing arithmetic and spelling at the Eudora grade school. Winners are named in spelling silent reading and writing with Doris Everley Goldie Combest Ruth Daugherty Jessie Marley Lucia Westerhouse Robert Cory Lily Ziegler Samson Snyder Clifford Eisele Cleo Grimes and others. Top finishers now eligible for the county event in Lawrence. Miss La Mont stayed with her grandmother in Lecompton and fell ill after visiting.
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Eudora
Miss. Becky of
Weaver
Eudora Township
Curtis
Doris Everley
Goldie Combest
Ruth Daugherty
Jessie Marley
Lucile
Westerhouse
Robert Cory
Lily Ziegler
Samson Snyder
Clifford Eisele
Cleo Grimes
Goldie Contbest
Cleo Grimes Bo
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Aid
Ruth James
Josephine Zoliner
Mildred White
Luttrell
Hobby of Duke of Sutherland Railroading Passion
A report notes the Duke of Sutherland’s hobby is railroading. He is described as an expert locomotive engineer with a miniature railroad on his Scottish estate, including engines, cars, stations, and full equipment.
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