Steel Ribbons Build Big Gun Tubes With Precision
The St Paul Pioneer Press notes that steel ribbon reinforcement on large gun tubes improves accuracy. Ribbons 1/16 inch thick and 1/4 inch wide wrap the 12 inch bore, totaling about 130 miles and 15 tons. The process includes trepanning, 10,005 ton hydraulic forging, long machine shops, oil tempering, and giant cranes to assemble and radially rifling the bore for gyratory fire.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Golaith
Roads and McAdam's rise shaped modern travel
The article details how better roads save time and money, credits John Loudon MacAdam with the great roadbuilding idea using small stones. It notes his birth in 1756, early work in Maybole, Scotland, and later roles. also includes a long social vignette about Grace and a coming marriage to a minister, contrasting public duties with private life.
Fragments Highlight Critique and Weather Fire Dust
Comedic praise critiquing a singer cites a terrible cheery voice and liquid notes while shifting to cultural remarks about Japanese brightness. A weather note mentions cinders from a forest fire in northern Washington carried twenty miles last fall.
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Washington
New Device to Insure Safety of Parcel Post
Washington man IP W Edwards unveils a fiber car wheel box that protects farm eggs and other produce in parcel post shipments. The Post Office approves leasing boxes with return tags and stamps, projecting savings and direct farmer shipments, reducing middleman involvement.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Post Office
Parcel Post Service
IP. W. Edwards
Department of Agriculture
Sach
Giving Her a Part One Saturday War Play
A yard full of children staged a make believe war with English French and German roles. A little girl cried despite warnings, until a bright ten year old urged allowing her to tend to widows and orphans.
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Bacic Yard
Vaudeville Auto Assembly Stunt Tops Busy Stage
A New York paper reports a vaudeville act assembling an auto with a stopwatch. Two crews race to complete chassis and engine on stage using tools in a fast synchronized routine. A Jersey team once beat the champs by a half second, best time 1 minute 22 seconds.
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New York
Joe Longweather
Argentina Reports Iron Field Near No cochea coast
Government officials announce a sizable iron field along the coast from Patagones to Cape San Antonio in Buenos Aires province. The discovery, in sand dunes near the southern area, could reduce reliance on foreign iron, with simultaneous petroleum indications prompting concession requests for both resources.
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Nocochea
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Republic
Patagones
Cape San Antonio
Inventions Aim to Aid Fish Lifts and Rail Travel
A Canadian fisheries official unveils an automatic elevator to help fish bypass waterfalls dams and obstructions in streams. An engineer can open a patented switch from his cab to enter a siding without stopping the train. Other ideas include a bag with a flat address tag a combined scraper mat and dirt remover and a high energy electric torch using acetylene gas. Experiments claim rapid growth in young chickens through high frequency high voltage treatment.
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Illinois
Hughes Lead to Go Under 3,000 in Final Count
Early returns and corrected errors show the Richards primary leading in several counties. Norbeck and Snehes top the Republican and Prohibition tallies, while suffrage support lingers under half the total, with alleged county shifts and protest votes shaping the late-night tally.
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Norbeck
Reyuilican
Bank Guar- Cup Lua Stellars I
Coffey’ Att Bank Puaranty
Harsh November Cold Sets New City Record
The city endured a brutal November cold snap with eight degrees below zero, the coldest November reading in years. The temperature plunged after 5 PM, Kyoto-like relief by noon, and overall the day set new frigid records for the season. Weather forecasters expect warmer air to return and a pleasant fall spell may follow. A second note says Cheyenne West and Grand Junction reported subzero readings, reinforcing the harsh regional chill.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Wyn
Grand Junction
Sheridan
Wyo
Taft Among Least Excited figures on Election Day
The report notes Professor Taft was likely among the least enthusiastic figures nationwide as election day arrived, suggesting a reserved reaction amid the political mood.
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Wasi
Binninghamere-Herald
Taft
Burglary a Game Says Woman on Trial
Mrs. Hantz of Unicere charged with burglary and wilful theft of 2600 in jewels. Police say she claimed burglary was a game she played, while her husband was away and her 12 year old daughter at home.
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Unicere
Bays
Hantz
College Athletes Fight Hard For State Title In Snow
Dakota Vresleven's academy leads at the park as Methodists edge Wesleyan in a muddy clash. Ill weather limited handling and several punts were recovered, with Spear scoring for the Methodists and Pugh guiding Wesleyan in a hard fought battle.
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Mone
Academik of
South Dakota
Winnine
Wanlklous
Rens
Collage Athletic Park
Ase Waite
Michell
Halle
Methodists
Spear
Ferguson
Kotrba
Helma
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Springfield Normal
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Wesleyin-Hiren
Academy
Mitchell High Schol
Clitehcenes Park
Seyversity
Saturda
Ahereé
Cath
Notré Dame
McCormack
Duncan
Coral
Sterling: Tide too late in election defeat analysis
Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota said the seemingly Republican defeat stemmed from Americans not examining the Democratic peace and prosperity appeal. He warned a delayed vote might have changed the outcome and urged strength to face the coming four years.
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Thomas Sterling
United States
South Dakota
Mitchell
Howehes
Brusselle cashier disappearance sparks financial probe
James Brusselle a cashier at Toes Omsta station vanished after a surge of company funds. Auditors traced missing cash of 483.08 dollars with an estimated 475 dollars taken the night of October 51. The crime drew wide attention as investigators searched for clues.
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James
Brusselle
Deteau
Incre
Srehiest
Bruselle
Republican
Lowrie Grady Race Ends In Tie In Second District
The county board finds a dead heat in the Second district commissioner race between Lowrie and Grady, each with five votes, after last Tuesday's election. J Jo Waw rie and others are named as involved in the contested results.
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Charles , Grady
J. Jo .Wawrie
County Board of
Wresser
Meirae
Lowrie
Lyman County Boundaries Prompt Legal Review In South Dakota
Pierre South Dakota the division of Lyman county has asked the state attorney general to rule on rights of the Lyman county office as it now stands after a boundary change. The state legal department cites a Supreme Court decision in the Stanley Haakon Jackson case and says the division occurs when the vote supports the division, not at the time of the organization election. Those residing in the new territory must prove to the old county seats as officials of that county. The issue of drawing juries for the De Sather term in Lyman county is raised and the jury list may need revision to include only residents of Lyman county under its new boundaries.
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Lyman County
Local Notes Record Mitchell Visitors and Events
Mitchell notes list visitors and personal moves including J J Gray Highmore W L Wing Radherd. Several families from Laverne Eaton Alpena and Woonsocket visited friends while others traveled to Minneapolis Des Moines and Sioux City. Also reports patents granted to South Dakotans and local births and illnesses.
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J. W. Shelby
Minneapolis
Florence Samuels
J. Wilde
Carolyn
Woonsacket
Laverne Eaton
Alpena
Florence Wg. Johnston
Alionaspolis
Milton S. Crandall
Sioux City
South
Indian Wedding Boisterous Affair Turns Violent on River
Report of a chaotic wedding celebration on the Moreau river country end with Charles Maupin, former Ziebach County sheriff, struck with an axe and left unconscious. Felix LeBeau tied to the incident amid the boisterous mix of alcohol and celebration.
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Pierre
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Moreau River
Charles Maupin
Ziebach
Felix LeBeau
Maupin
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