Code Adopted By Electrical Engineers At NY Meeting
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers adopted a Code of Principles of Professional Conduct at its recent New York meeting. A committee including George F Sever H W Buck Col Samuel Reber C P Steinmetz Henry Ga Stott and Dr Schuyler S Wheeler prepared the document outlining engineer client relations ownership of records public duty and fraternity cooperation. The code emphasizes frankness in professional relations and aims to promote public understanding and technical discourse. It was initiated by Dr Wheeler, former AIEE president, following his 1906 Milwaukee address on Engineering Honor.
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New-York
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
George F. Sever
H.W. Buck
Col
Samuel Reber
Signal Corps
U. S
Dy. Chas
P. Steinmetz
Milwsaukee
Wisconsin
Encentaticn
KF of
Syerlit
Local Social Notes From Independence Area
Independence residents share visits and family updates detailing guests at multiple homes. Freddi e Rockhold and others report illness, while neighbors like Leota Jardon, Mrs Ashby, and Miss McMaster visit relatives. James Gale and Alvy Rockhold are noted in brief calls and meals over the weekend.
High Record in Exports for February 1912
Manufactures exported in February 1912 reached a record value surpassing all earlier Februaries. For eight months ending February, totals also set new highs compared with previous years. February exports totaled 2.6 million dollars, beating 1.7 million in 1913 and earlier years. February 1911 and 1910 figures are cited for comparison. If growth continued, the year ending June 30, 1912 could exceed 1 billion dollars in manufactures exports.
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Wis
Growth in manufactures exports to foreign nations rises
A 1912 trade report projects total foreign shipments of manufacture goods surpassing 1 billion dollars for the year ending June 30, 1912, with February gains of 101 million and eight months to February up 63 million. Iron and steel exports drive much of the increase, while imports show a slight decline. The note also reports a 7 million February rise in consumer-ready goods and 30 million for further manufacturing use.
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United States
Bridge accident and animal disease hit Tongano xie area
A Tongano xie Mirror report details Josep Bishop's fall from a Missouri Pacific bridge near the Kaw river in Kansas resulting in serious injuries and another man’s death. Bishop's family expects days of prognostic updates as doctors assess his condition. In nearby news, William O'Brien reports six horses dying from a contagious disease, with four more sick. veterinarians suspect staggers or spinal meningitis and a brain sample sent to Manhattan for analysis.
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Tonganoxie
Josep Bishop
Tongt- Jnoxie
Missowi Pacific
Kaw River
Kansas
Joe
St. Joseph's Hospital
Bishop
Joe Bishop
Missouri Pacific Bridge
Niamed
Clint Bishop
Clint
William O'Brien
Binder Farm
Veterinary’ Experiment Station
Manhattan
O'Brien
Crancer
First Kansas Printing Press Preserved in Guymon History
A Franklin press, the first printing device used for a Kansas newspaper, sits in the Guymon Herald office. Owner Warren Zimmerman refuses to part with the relic, a near 100 unit hand press once used by Benjamin Franklin’s era printers and linked to multiple Kansas papers across Johnson, Douglas, Lecompton, Cottonwood Falls, and Edgerton communities.
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Kansas
Guymon
Oklahon
Herald
Franklin
Warren Zimmerman
Jamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Gjotham Meeker
Johnson Cnty
Shawnee Sun
King
George W. Brown
Lawrence
Herald of Freedom
Col. &.S. Prouty
Champion
Prarierty
Douglas County
Cowley County Censor
Edgerton. Journal
Local social notes from Pleasant Grove and nearby towns
Mrs Laura Winter left Wednesday for Nebraska for a visit. Everett Wood attended the funeral of Jess Vlory in Pleasant Grove Saturday and stayed with his brother W He Wao. Mrs Framt Gwin visited her sister Mrs James Barnett last week. Ethel Galbraith of Lawrence visited Sunday with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs W T Porter. T R Miller is quite sick at the Lawrence House and will visit his son Frank's once moved. Rev Thompson could not fill his Kanwaka appointment due to the show. Sunday school met at C T Lewy's with seven present. A FLAA dance in honor of Mr and Mrs W T Porter and family drew about fifty guests at the hall Tuesday evening. Paul and Cras Winter went to Kansas City Monday to work in an auto plant. Miss Beth Pontins hosted a Sunday dinner with Bila Conk, Laura Schellhorn, Foster Van Noste and Merman Schellhorn. Mrs Rainier Richard visits from cousin Mrs Blanch Valentine of Bonner Springs, who is also staying with uncle Roslin Skinner. A wolf was seen last Saturday. about 40 men rounded up one jack rabbit. Tuesday morning a dozen men went out and killed a wolf near Alex Anderson. Mrs Alice Armstrong and son Oswood spent Tuesday with sister Mrs Guy Bigsby. vine
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Laura Winter
Nebraska
Everett, Wood
Jess Vlory
Pleasant Grove
Framt Gwin
Janes
Barnett
Ethel Galbraith
Lawrence
W.T. Porter
T. R. Miller
Lawrence House
Frank
Thompson
Kanwaka
C. T. Lewy
W. T. Porter
Fraternal Aid
Paul
Cras
Winter
Kansas City
Beth Pontins
Bila Conk
Laura Schellhorn
Foster van Noste
Merman Schellhorn
Rainier Richard Is
Blanch Valentine
Bonner Springs
Valentine
Young Men's Christian Association Work En Route to India
Extract from a letter by Harry Herman written enroute to India dated February 14 1972 describes anchoring in Colombo Ceylon and plans to travel to Madras to meet Carter and learn more about the mission. He notes the fascination of the country and differences in ideals and standards compared with the United States.
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Madras
Carter
Bishop Quayle 15 Opposed 101 in Missouri Talk
Bishop W A Quayle of the Methodist Episcopal church spoke at the St Louis conference in Kansas City criticizing the Roosevelt primary stance and warning against hydrophobia toward politics. He argued preachers should freely express views and rejected the notion of a single honest man in America.
Fraternity Debate on University Subjects Nears Decision
The debate issue for university fraternities remains unsettled with one group favoring different subjects. Judges for the May 8 event are Prof. H.C. Thu Rev. N.S. Elderkin and George Innes. A widowed woman’s plan to remarry to a bachelor may end in tragedy if he dies.
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Charles Brook Loving Onp
H.C. Thu
N.S. Elderkin
George Innes
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Gond
Baker
Gady Gregory
Ireland
Fred Hindman
Fleshman
Snyder
Stafford
Caplain
Gleason
Wilber Black
Craig
Hindman
Moore
Trenton
Missouri
Christne Tucker
Earl Black
Jackson Home
Baldwin
Ted Haans
John Rockhold
Gale Home
Gale
David Geiffith
Davidriffith
A- M. S Jordan
Fd. Elm
Mattie Freitz
St. Joseph
Darkson
Henry, Swimley
Lorain
Independence
Alva Rockhold
Freddie
Misa
Leota Jardon
A. M. Jardon
Jerry ‘Curtin
James
Ashby
Hunt Home
George
Hardtaker
T. FP
Haas
Jordon
Baker Howe
Rockhold
Thomas Hurd
Katiwake
Wallace Jackson
McMaster
Taylor County
Yowa
Freeman Thompson
Nias Gertrude Black
Scott
Journal World
South Lawrence
Quincey
Ontario J Street
Massachusetts Street
Adams
Rhode Island
Harry Herman
Bishop Quayle
Roosevelt
W. A. Quayle
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Louis
Grand Avenue
Theodore Rouse
Atren
Jone
Quayle
Chicago
America
Amelia
Thas
Hostetter
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Frank Evanss
Beth
Victor
Victrola
Bell Bros
University
McCanles
Bell
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