New Armor Piercing Bullet Tested by U S Army
United States Army ordnance corps reports a new 30 caliber armor piercing bullet with a lead casing that will penetrate three quarter inch steel and multiple targets at 50 yards, but not at 100 yards. Tests at Sandy Hook involved coast artillery and ordnance personnel, with limited production and applicability mainly for attacking fortified positions rather than open field combat.
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New York
Somme
Ordinance Corps
United States Army
Sandy Hook
Ordnance Corps
Ordnance and Engineer Corps
Coast Artillery and
Electric Shock at Organ in Woodland Church
While playing the organ at a Woodland Catholic church Byron Derr received an electric shock that rendered him unconscious. His head touched the switch powering the organ blower, but he recovered quickly without the congregation realizing the incident.
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Woodland
Cal
Byron Derr
Derr
China Faces Hard Task of Disbanding Revolutionary Army
Peking struggles to disband the army raised during the revolution as it seeks at least 30 million dollars to pay 800,000 under arms. unpaid troops may riot or turn bandit if not compensated. Provincial governors operate with de facto independence, forcing cautious diplomacy from the central government.
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Peking
China
Harvard Man Foils Sun With Invention
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard senior Henry R. Guild of Boston rigs a bedside curtain system to block sunrise at 7 a.m. each day. He built a motor with a curtain string and wired it to his bed to press a button and keep from waking early. He jokes about future devices to remove annoyances from campus life.
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Cambridge
Mass
Henry R. Guild
Boston
Harvard
Mr. Guild
Yale
Henry Guild
Fireman Saves Baby From Train In La Crosse Area
Fireman Peter Hensgen of the La Crosse and Southeastern climbed from a freight engine cab onto the pilot and lifted a sleeping infant from the track. The child, daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Jacobson, had wandered away and dozed between the rails. Locals plan to consider a Carnegie medal for Hensgen.
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la Crosse
Wis
Coon Valley
Peter Hensgen
Southeastern
Hensgen
Elmer Jacobson
New Dimes in Circulation with Liberty Portrait
The Philadelphia mint began distributing about 180000 in new ten cent coins to banks and trust companies while the Denver mint issues accompany the west. The obverse features Liberty in profile and the reverse shows a bundle of rods with a protruding battleaxe symbols of unity surrounded by an olive wreath signaling peace. General circulation is expected within days.
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Philadelphia
Denver
Liberty
Child Escapes Coyote Near Bend Turkeys Draw Rabid Animal
Mrs. Thomas Merchant of east Bend heard an unusual turkey flock noise and saw a coyote approach the yard. The animal, frothing at the mouth, appeared rabid as it neared the child playing outside. Mrs. Merchant quickly pulled her daughter indoors to safety.
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Bend
Ore
Thomas Merchant
Bees, ants battle on Fruitvale Avenue property
Dr. J. H. Callen of Oakland reports two hives on his Fruitvale avenue lot are being cleared after ants swarmed in a coordinated attack. The insects overran bee trenches and overwhelmed the hives, leaving many dead bees in the wake of the assault.
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Oakland
Cal
J. H. Callen
Fruitvale Avenue
Verdun
Printer in Mount Pleasant Confounds Coroner’s Dept
Harry Daugherty a Mount Pleasant printer was reported dead by his household. The coroner notified his parents and arranged an inquiry, but a worker returning home found Dougherty alive and heading to work, revealing a mistaken death report after a long day.
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Mount Pleasant
N. Y
Harry Daugherty
Dougherty
Hale
Hearty
Daugherty
Jaws Freed After Two Decades of Rigidity
In Philadelphia a patient with jaws fixed for twenty years and nourishment via tube underwent surgery at a clinic during the clinical congress of surgeons of North America. Dr W Wayne Babcock opened the joints, removed a hard covering, and inserted fat cushions from the patient’s body.
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Philadelphia
Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America
W. Wayne Babcock
Auto Aids Gunners In Adirondack Hunts
Utica reports widespread use of automobiles by hunters accessing forest grounds across the Adirondacks. Despite a new law prohibiting gunning from a car the machines still carry many to secluded spots, expanding weekend gunning trips for small game and proving hard to police.
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Utica
N. Y
Adirondacks
Fly Saves Boy’s Life in Wisconsin Woods
In La Crosse Wisconsin thirteen year old Carl Kaeppler narrowly escaped harm when a fly irritated his forehead prompting him to raise his arm. Seconds later fifteen year old companion William Stellick discharged a rifle nearby the bullet passed through Carl’s flesh but did not cause fatal injuries.
Boy survives bullet strike after arm shields head
A fragment notes a bullet struck a youth’s head but his arm absorbed most of the impact, preventing likely fatal injury. Physicians said without the arm’s position the boy would have died.
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Kaeppler
Coyote Attacks Autoist on Lakeview Hill
Reno resident P. Y. Gillson recounted a coyote that charged a moving thirty mile per hour car and then attacked the halted driver near Carson on Lakeview hill. Gillson was joined by County Commissioner Henrich as the animal was badly cut up and driven off with rocks without injuring anyone.
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Reno
Nev
P. Y. Gillson
Lakeview Hill
Carson
Gillson
Henrich
Penny Shortage Prompts Round-the-Clock Mint Work
Washington reports a penny shortage with the treasury citing copper use. Philadelphia and San Francisco mints run 24 hours and Denver 16 hours. In New York, estate disputes unfold as Katherine Haas testifies in a $2,000,000 will contest before Surrogate Cohalan, noting a change in the dying brewer Ernest G Woerz.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Denver
New York
Ernest G. Woerz
Giants
Katherine Haas
Cohalan
Old Woman Starts Ranch in New Mexico
Salina Kansas Mrs finerva Conway seventy years old has gone to New Mexico to settle on a civil war veteran widow claim. She takes 820 acres adjoining a claim her son settled on two years ago and plans a stock ranch.
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Salina
Kan
Love and a Ring from a Jeweler
A young man buys an imperfect engagement diamond and the fiancee, after inspecting it, asks for a replacement with a first class diamond. She pays the bill and shows off the new ring, defending her partner for doing his best. The tale highlights pride and devotion in love.
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New York Times
Prize Promised to Aid Inland Empire Women's Societies
A $100 prize is offered for the best apple based display by women's clubs or aid societies at the ninth National Apple Show in Spokane from November 20 to 25. The show emphasizes home use of apples with 60 contests awarding $500 in cash prizes and several larger group prizes for apple dishes. A corps of expert cooks will demonstrate apple uses.
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Inland Empire
Spokane
Kickapoo Worm Killer Promotes Child Health
The ad claims thousands of children suffer from worms causing listlessness irritability and disturbed sleep. Kickapoo Worm Killer is advertised as a pleasant remedy with a tonic effect and is available from druggists for 25 cents.
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