Distribution of Germs in Air Reveals Local Variations
The article reports experiments by Gaston Boumier and colleagues on distributing microscopic germs in air using an aspirator and nutrient solutions. It notes temperature effects on colonies, regional differences in fungal counts, and rapid decline of organisms with altitude, with measurements from Fontainebleau forests and alpine points up to 2860 meters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston Boumier
Metruchot
Combes
Umechsu
Fontainebleau
Pasteur
Alps
Dauphine
Misnamed Halifax Causes Justice's Gaffe in Trustees List
A friend sought to file trustees names with Justice Haclan, noting the list was prepared by the president’s social secretary. The justice, mishearing “Halifax” as a living official, erupts that Halifax has been dead for over thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haclan
Halifax
Hairfax
Hal
Schools Adopt Film Shows in Public and Private Sectors
Private schools already want moving picture machines and a Connecticut public school adds a special motion picture ballet to its building. Educators nationwide turn seriously to this new weapon. The University of Wisconsin has taken definite steps to incorporate moving pictures into its educational extension work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
University of Wisconsin
Munney's
Him and Her Stamps in a Little Flat Tale
An Anita, aunt to a newborn, rushes to the post office to buy stamps to announce the birth. The clerk asks how many stamps and what kind. She joyfully replies two stamps, one boy and one girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anitia
Living Well Versus Profuseness in Epictetus
The text contrasts living well with living profusely. One stems from contentment, order, decency, and frugality. The other from dissolute luxury and disorder, inviting censure rather than praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epictetus
Barometer Quip Sparks Civic Banter Among Officials
A clipped exchange shows Eugenie’s friendship not flattering the cynic statesman who notes it only fuels his resolve. The dialogue hints at a broader nonchalance among leaders toward whom they deem unworthy of affability and public polish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie
Burdened by Alt Text Puzzlement in Historic Ledger
A mangled OCR fragment hints at a street dispute or debt prompt, with missing names and places. The readable bits suggest someone asking another to recall a $5 owed and complaining about being dodged into a hallway.
Packers Denied Knowledge of Beef Test Cost Exposed
Chicago on January 26 testimony revealed hidden profits of Chicago packers. William B. Weber admitted 1909 and 1910 hide sales around four million dollars and that hide allowances were paused in 1907 and resumed in 1910. He stated margins flowed through branch managers and mirrored practices of Armour Morris and Swift.
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Chicago
William B. Weber
National Packing Company
Wit Neaa
Weber
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Edward Tilden
The
Nations Packing Company
Tilden
Duke Unnoticed in New York City Royal Visit
The vice regal party including the duke and duchess of Connaught and their daughter Patricia enjoy a varied social program and sightseeing in New York. The uncle of King George of Taglang visits Ambassador Reid’s home, then tours Pitt Avenue and Central Park while crowds greet the royal party. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt hosts a luncheon for them before the duke heads to Washington to visit President Taft.
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New York
Duchess of
Connnaught
Patricia
King George of
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Washington
President Taft
Fire in Black Hand War Hits Macaroni Factory
A fire of incendiary origin partially destroys the Salvator Viviana Macaroni Manufacturing Co factory in St Louis. The blaze is tied to the ongoing Black Hand outrages that have kept police busy since Friday. The plant sits in the Black Rand district, near the site where the Italian man with a decapitated head was discovered Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Salvator Viviana Macaroni Manufacturing Company
Hero
Black Rand
Am Itelian
Suit Filed for 37 Million Against Bank of Montreal
Mexico City reports a 37 million dollar suit filed in New York by Henry De Kay reegger for the Mexican National Packlog company against the Bank of Montreal over damages from the failure of the United States Baniing company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Daily Mexican Gays
New York
Henry DeKay
Mexican National Packlog Company
Bank of Montreal
United States Baniing Company
Webster is Sentenced for Life in Joliet Prison
Dixon Jan 23 Dr Harry Elgin Webster was given life in prison for the murder of his wife Hensie Kent near Oregon. Judge Richard Farrand ordered solitary confinement for the duration and urged remorse as the crowd faced a grim verdict. Webster asked to be sent to Joliet immediately and the court adjourned.
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Dixon, al
Harry Elgin Webster
Richard
Farrand
Joliet
Hessie Kent
Oregon
Dia
Webster
Juéga Farrand Bald
Heslane
Uwat
Jollet
Ima
Bard Isbvor
Returns Loot Plus $600 From Express Package
Boulder, Jan 23. Charles W Howland manager of the Boulder Elevator and Mill company found $600 in twenty dollar bills inside an express package from St Paul Minnesota. The note accompanying the money said it was a token taken years ago from the company and returned with interest. The sender asked Rev Moynahan of St Thomas college to acknowledge receipt. The office safe had been brown open and several hundred dollars taken in 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder, Cole
Charles W. Howland
Boulder Elevator & Mill Company
St Paul, Minn
Moynahan
St. Thomas’ College
St. Penk Mine
Divorce Ends Henry Clay King and His Want Ad Wife
Fairfield records show Henry Clay King age sixty divorcing from Bea sie Southard age twenty eight after her refusal to return from a visit. King, chief orchardist for Senator 4 M Dunlap at Savoy, had advertised for a wife in late summer and received about six hundred responses nationwide. He married Miss Southard in September, and she later refused to come back.
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Pontiac, Ll
Henry Clay King
Fairfield
Klong
4. M. Dunlap
Savoy
United States
King
Beasie Southard
Centertown
Death warrant served for Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson
Heston January 23 death warrant ordering execution of Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson for AV Linnel murder served on Governor Foss Warren Bridges of the state prison and Sheriff Quinn of Sut talk County. Warrant directs Richeson held at Charles Street Jail until May then to the death chamber. Execution set for week beginning May 15.
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Heston
Clarence V. T. Richesop
Avis Linnel
Foss
Warren Bridges
State Prison
Sherif Quinn
Suttalk County
Hicheson
Charles Street
Wickersham Targets Tobacco Trust After Supreme Court Ruling
Washington January 28 Attorney General Wickersham announced public interests have been safeguarded and competition will be restored under the tobacco trust reorganization following the Supreme Court decision dissolving the corporation. He testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for over two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickersham
Auvseryond
Umder
Tobaacco Trust
United States Supreme Court
Senate Committee On Jud Siary
Woman Burned To Death At Indiana University Bonfire
At Bloomington Indiana University a guest Mrs Anna Blew Dufty of Wabash died after her dress caught fire at a bonfire behind a Phi Beta Kappa chapter house. She fainted and fell into fumes, was dragged out by students, taken to a hospital, and died a few hours later. Her son Michael is a university freshman.
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Bloomington
Ind
Phi Pat
Indiana University
Anna
Michael
Lodge Art Bite Compromise In Congress Reintroduced
Henry Cabot Lodge KIII bill proposing the American academy of arts and letters was reintroduced in Congress by Representative Glay den of Texas. It was referred to the committee on Abrary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
NO STEEL MONOPOLY FEARS DENIED BY FARRELL
Washington January 24 J J Farrell head of the United States Steel corporation denied a monopoly aim to gobble the export trade of the world He said exports rose from 200000 tons annually before the Steel corporation to about 2090000 tons last year and that the firm operates on a safe basis not aimed at excluding others The article notes a 1400000 fund for employees and outlines a stock subscription method with bonuses for workers including a dumping mechanism invention by a brake man and a bonus dividend system
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Washington
United States
Stanley Investigating Committee of the
House
J. J. Farrell
Steel Corporation
Germany
Belgium
England
United States Steel Corporation
Farrell
Stanley
Toth
Foramen
Theo
Frozen man dies after three days lost in Blue Mountains
Rey Crandall once of Kirkwood, Illinois, perished from cold and exposure after being lost in the foothills of the Blue Mountains for three days. A posse recovered his body 20 miles back along Five Point Creek and brought it to state city.
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Legrand
Ore
Blue Mountains
Rey Crandall
Kirkwood
Five Pointe Creek
Tate City
France Urges Italy to Yield on Demands Amid Mediterranean Tensions
Paris reports France will recall its ambassador from Rome and deploy warships to protect French steamers if Italy refuses to grant access to its demands concerning the Hanoubs steamer. Camille Harrerg arrives in Rome to reiterate France's position as ships move for Mediterranean maneuvers.
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Paris
Italy
France
Hat the Turke
Rome
Mediterranean
Camille Harrerg
Misinformed Congress on Railway Mail Car Dangers
Urban A. Walters editor of the Denver Harpoon testified before the house post office committee that Postmaster General Hitchcock misinformed Congress about railway mail car conditions. He cited deaths and injuries among clerks from 1901 to 1910 and 1996 figures, and presented 6000 letters from clerks opposing the cars, saying fear of discharge silences complaints.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Congress
Urban A. Walters
Denver
Colo
Harpoon
House
Post Office Committee
United States
Walters
Matl
Captured Turks Freed by Italian Government
Rome reports the Italian government ordered the immediate repatriation of 29 Turks detained aboard the French mail steamer Manouba. The group, later at Cagliari in Sardinia, includes four physicians and the remaining as Red Crescent hospital attendants. The move followed talks among Marquis di San Giuliano and French ambassador Camille Barbé, who voiced regret over the incident.
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Rome
Cagliari
Sardinia
Red Crescent Society
Marquis di San Giuliano
Camlle Barre
Italy
Argentina May Break With Paraguay Over Damages Demands
Buenos Aires reports that Argentina will sever diplomatic ties with Paraguay unless the Paraguayan government meets Argentina’s demands for compensation for attacks on shipping and other property. In Wisconsin, a national commission decision holds that a hastily paid basketball player may skip charges if unfit to play and club owners cannot be compelled to pay him.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Paraguay
la Crosse
Wis
Granite Menace Exhibit Building Tops Wisconsin Convention
The Wisconsin Retail Granite and Marble association elected Louis Mueller of Portage as president for the coming year at Milwaukee, with officers including H Wiumerthal of Columbus Herman Lueloff of Sheboygan and others. A plan to erect a granite and marble exhibit building in the state was approved, with a resolution sent to the governor urging action to explore deposits and maintain a permanent specimen display. The group voted to hold the next summer meeting in Madison, and discussed liability law.
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Milwaukee
Louis Musiler
Portnge
Meect
Madison
Wisconsin Retail Granite and Marbie Association
Syadciation
Louia Mueller
Portage
H. Wiumerthal
Columbus
Herman Lueloff
Sheboygan
F. Luecksinger
Monroe
G. G.kigier
Plymouth
H. Schal
Stevens Point
St. Cloud
Cash road tax favored by Madison counties
About half the counties have adopted the cash highway tax system under the new law. At recent board meetings, affirmative action was reported by Ashland Barron Buffalo Chippewa Columbia Dane Douglas Eau Claire Florence Grant Green Green Lake Juneau Kenosha Lafayette Lincoln Marinette Pierce Portage Price Racine Richland Waupoosa Waushara Vernon Trempealeau Walworth Waukesha Winnebago. The highway commission notes the old system of working out road taxes is inefficient.
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Madison
Laet
County Boards of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
Ashland
Barron
Buffalo
Chippewa
Columbia
Dane
Douglan
Eau Claire
Florence
Grant
Green
Green Lake
Jumeau
Kenoshe
Lafayette
Lincoln
Marinette
Pierce
Wisconsin railways taxed for 1912 totals rise
The Wisconsin state tax commission sets the 1912 assessment for railway properties at 325,085,006 with taxes totaling 2,004,185.59. Compare 1911 values of 297,936,000 and taxes of 3,330,819.61. Taxes due in two installments, February and August.
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Madison
Wisconam State Tax Commission
Wisconsin
Farm Home Destroyed by Fire In Washburn County
Oscar A Morton and wife escaped a blaze that gutted their log farmhouse northwest of Cumberland. A year-old infant and a two-year-old boy perished as the family tried to recover clothing in a kitchen area after the home’s interior became engulfed. The fire started from the stove while the family slept in the early hours. The two children were found in the kitchen as flames overtook the escape route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Oscar A. Morton
Washburn County
Here
Mr. Morton
Morton
Fire Threats Shawana Business District Fire Destroys Store
A blaze threatened Shawana and Shawana area businesses, destroying the general store of M. Chemison. The structure and contents, valued at $10,000, are a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawana
M. Chemison
Want McKay for Appointment as Pension Clerk
Circulating petition seeks Capt. W J McKay to fill the state pension clerk post after the resignation of Gen. C H Russell. J Madison Peticiona urges the move as the best choice for the office and the state administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
J Madison
Peticiona
W. J. McKay
C. H. Russell
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