Interesting Briefs From Inventions And Oddities
A double snow plow for front attachment speeds wheel clearance. Martin Nelson, who died recently in Provincetown Harbor, was father of eight, including four sets of twins. A device on four tiny wheels helps invalids walk without danger of falling. A Pittsfield boy claims five eggs for breakfast daily for his family of four. A British bill aims to train and employ all blind persons over 16. A Seattle inventor adds a rocking chair mounted revolving fan. An Austrian scientist boosts microscopes with ultraviolet light. France’s wood preservation uses borax and rosin under electricity. Jack Carroll in Middlebury Vermont recovered a full grown bat from clay. heat revived it to fly. Canada remains mostly agricultural with 50 plus percent livelihoods from farming and 114,646 farmers in census.
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Martin Nelson
Provincetown Harbor
Seattle
France
Prominent guide Bonnin in navy pageant honors
Mrs Gertrude Bonnin acted as guide for Lewis and Clark during their expedition. She is noted as a prominent contributor to community work among her people and a granddaughter of Chief Little Doll. Bonnin visited Washington for Lincoln's birthday pageant and plans to return to South Dakota soon.
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Gertrude Bonniht
Lewis and Clark
Navy League
Washington
Watches and certification set British timekeeping standard
Britain leads in clocks and watches relative to population and insists on high quality. Greenwich and Kew observatories test submitted watches, issuing certificates of perfection to prove a watch passes strict, multi part examinations.
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Observatories
Greenwich
Kew
Fisherman's Philosophy Exchange
In a brief dialogue Brown asks why the speaker stopped fishing. The reply notes that every bite pulled the line and woke them, interrupting sleep, and they preferred uninterrupted rest on their fishing trips.
Widow Receives Painter Proposal Claiming Sea Nymph Pose
A West Dallas widow reports a canvassing art student from Oak CH proposed marriage after presenting a sea nymph themed painting idea. He said he needed a wife to pose for him in the Trinity River, a claim noted by the Dallas News.
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West Dallas
Dallas News
Education’s Havoc Warns of Social Decay
Eric Harrison in 1904 warned Lady Dorothy Nevill that chaos in education makes women conceited and unkind while turning men dull and pedantic, citing social decline.
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Treqeric Harrison
Dorothy Nevill
Right and Wrong Argument Makes a Better Case
The excerpt argues that true argument aims to reveal facts not chase tawdry glory. It warns that such rhetoric is like a desert wind offering neither healing for the heart nor relief for the traveler.
Sirus and the fixed star motion claim
A historical note states that Sirius the brightest star is fixed yet appears to move about an inch per century. It argues the great distance makes this seem to yield a motion of about 1,000,000 miles per day.
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Sirus
Sirius
League Meets Without U S Members Draws Disappointment
London and Washington report the League of Nations council opened with eight nations represented. American absence is noted as marring the original plan while Britain and France exchange regret. Ambassador Davis refrains from attending allied meetings in London until Switzerland status is settled. The United States, not yet a member, watches reparations and the planned league court with interest.
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London
Council of the
League of Nations
Arthur J. Balfour
Great Britain
Leon Bourgeois
France
Balfour
United States
M. Thourgeois
Versaiiles
Armerica
Mr. Balfour
Couneil
Tie
St. James’ Polace
Henry VI
Belgium
Brazil
Greece
Italy
Japan
Spain
Washington
Davis
Council
Parls
Switzerland
Loigne
Geneva
Wallace
Supreme Council
Marts
Teague Council
League
League Council
State Department
Landam
International Supreme Court
Hus
Senate
Robello
Indian Units Proposed as North American Indian Division
Washington reports a plan to organize one or more full divisions of Indian troops within the reorganized army. The North American Indian division would be created as part of army reorganization legislation now pending in Congress.
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Congress
Washington
Reorganized Army
Army
Parliament Debates Drink Question in London
In London on February 18 the drink question was briefly discussed in both houses. Lord Curzon told the Lords that the forthcoming bill on this subject would include provisions for shorter hours of sale.
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London
Karl Curzon
Lords
Benjamin Gitlow Is Sentenced In Anarchy Case
In New York on February 13 the supreme court sentenced former Bronx assemblyman Benjamin Gitlow to five to ten years in state prison for violating the state's criminal anarchy statute.
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New York
Supreme Court
Benjamin Gitlow
Bronx
Taxpayers can deduct casualty losses in the year incurred
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Roper ruled that losses from fires storms shipwreck or other casualty or theft are fully deductible if they occurred during the taxable year.
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Washington
Lech
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Memphis Woman Dies After Botulism Olives Luncheon
In Memphis Tennessee on February 12 Mrs Uzell K Ivy died marking the seventh fatality from a luncheon where olives were served. Lab analysis confirmed botulinus germs in the olives, prompting a botulism investigation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Uzell K
Ivy Ded
Profiteers to Prison Tightens Maine Law
Augusta Maine Feb 10 a new Maine law targets profiteering in essential goods authorizing fines imprisonment or both for those found guilty of exploiting shortages.
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Augusta
State of
Maine
Ripe Olives Linked to Memphis Poisoning Toll
Memphis Tennessee February 10. Death of Max T. Vankannon raises toll of ptomaine poisoning from canned ripe olives eaten at luncheon to six. Local officials continue investigations into food contamination and public safety measures.
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Memphis
Tenn
Max T. Vankannon
Former crown prince offers to be extradited in place of 900 Germans
Frederick William Hohenzollern declares from The Hague that he will surrender for trial by allied governments if required, offering himself as a substitute for about 900 Germans demanded for extradition. Berlin plans a counter list of allied soldiers and officials spared from extradition amid domestic opposition.
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Washington
Frederick William Hohenzolern
Germany
Na Cablegrim
Wilson
al- Hed
Wieringen Ishind
Holland
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Japan
France
United States of North America
Europe
All
Wilerlingen Island
Berne
Hich
Berlin
Committee On Foreign Relations of
The
National Assembly
Wilson Opposes Universal Military Training Issue
President Wilson opposes making universal military training a Democratic caucus issue. In a letter to Secretary Baker he urges against a party line on the subject, noting the party will soon convene to define its national election principles and warning the world’s instability makes such a choice risky if framed solely as a military matter.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Baker
America
General strike halts Solingen iron and steel works
Berlin reports a general strike in Solingen the iron and steel center of Rhenish Prussia has halted all works across the district according to officials and local reports.
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Berlin
Solingen
Rhenish Prussia
Tobacco monopoly lease to U S in France for 25 years
Paris reports on the stock exchange basis that France will lease its tobacco monopoly to the United States for twenty five years. The Journal notes the plan as current market talk and describes potential implications for both nations.
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Paris
America
France
United States
Journal
Marshal Foch to Poland to confer with Warsaw leaders
Warsaw reports definite decision that Marshal Foch, commander in chief of the allied armies, will visit Warsaw to confer with Polish authorities on the Bolshevist menace.
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Foch
Poland
Warsaw
Marshal Och
Evacuation Claim as Korean Forces Aid Push
A wireless Moscow dispatch cites an Omsk message claiming Northern Korea has been evacuated by Japanese forces. The report notes Korean population steps to aid forces from Chinese territory amid the upheaval.
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London
Korea
Moscow
Omsk
Reds Invade Sakhalin Island Territory
A party of 200 Japanese prospectors on Sakhalin Island is reported cut off by Bolshevik forces amid upheaval. A Japanese relief expedition has been dispatched to aid the missing group.
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Tokyo
Tsland
Sakchallen
Ibolshevik
Virginia Senate Defeats Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment
The Virginia state senate voted 24 to 10 to reject the federal woman suffrage amendment marking the second defeat in the Virginia legislature.
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Virginia
Richmond
State Senate
War fund for H C L Farm Bureau to curb food costs
Chicago in February reports a war fund near two million dollars to aid farm organizations nationwide against high flying costs. The plan, linked to the American Farm Bureau Federation, aims to study food pricing and unite farmer and consumer while preserving farmer profits. Plans call for 14 of 88 state groups to ratify a constitution and contribute about 10 percent of funds to the national treasury.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Howard Leonard
Eureka
Til Inois Association
Leonard
Egypt Wealth Boom Sparks Cairo Millionaires
A London Daily Express correspondent reports Egypt is bursting with wealth from cotton. Natives in mud huts have earned substantial sums, land is bought at high prices, mortgages are paid off, and new millionaires surge into Cairo driving demand for cars jewelry and luxury goods while provincial living standards remain unchanged.
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London
Egypt
Daily Express
Cairo
Sinn Fein prisoners shipped from Queenstown to England
Seventy Sinn Fein prisoners were removed from Queenstown under heavy guard aboard two naval ships with an accompanying airplane until out of sight to prevent escapes. In Paris a council resolution seeks a conference of France Britain Italy and Belgium ministers to discuss measures of relief for the European economy. In Berlin the advance guard of a British battalion destined for Dan zig has reached the city as German troops depart.
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Queenstown
Sinn Fein
England
Paris
Supreme Economic Council
France
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Berlin
Danzig
Seed Wheat Price Soars in Montana and Alberta
Montana farmers pay 8.25 dollars a bushel for seed wheat, said to be the year's highest price in Alberta as well. Between 100000 and 150000 bushels are being shipped.
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Montana
Calgary
Alberta
Strike Hits Italy Chemical Sector Sparks Wages Crisis
In Milan on February 13 a massive labor stoppage paralyzed chemical factories with about 200000 workers striking for higher pay and a seven day annual vacation. 60000 of them are in pharmaceutical plants amid the sweep.
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Italy
Milan
Chicago Candy Man Dies at 83 in City
Charles Frederick Gunther, age eighty three, renowned art collector and founder of a major Western candy company, died of flu pneumonia in Chicago on February 12.
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Chicago
Charles Frederick Gunther
West
Senate Gets Treaty With Lodge Reservations
Senator Lodge reported the peace treaty to the senate from the foreign relations committee with the 14 original Lodge reservations attached as the condition of ratification.
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Senate
Washington
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Swedish Prince to Visit Panama on Scientific Expedition
Panama February 11 Prince William second son of King Guntave of Sweden arrived aboard the Hner Kron prinsessin Margareta. He will board the Swedish cruiser Wylgia for a scientific expedition to Central America.
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Panama
William
Guntave
Sweden
Margareta
Wylgia
Central America
Influenza Spreads Across Kansas With Rising Case Count
Topeka reports influenza activity increasing with 2,741 cases received Monday compared to 2,560 on Sunday, indicating widespread spread across parts of the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Martial law in Kentucky as mob violence leaves multiple dead
Lexington Kentucky February 11 martial law remains in effect with six hundred federal and state troops patrolling the streets after rioting left five dead and fourteen wounded. Additional US troops en route from Camp Taylor were sent to restore order following a mob attempt to lynch William Lockett the confessed murderer of Geneva Hardman.
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Lexington
Camp Taylor
Fayette County
F.C. Marshall
William Lockett
Geneva Hardman
Payette County
Lockett
Deweese
J. W. Stansell
W. J. Rees
Otis Sharp
Emmett Dozier
Irwin Gwinn
Emmett Danziger
Fred Sanders
H. G. Weathers
E. I. Coss
James Massergault
Farmers Reject AFL Political Campaign Backing
T C Atkeson of the National Grange announces the 700000 member group will not back organized labor's nonpartisan effort this election. Several farming groups met to draft a platform but keep members free to vote their personal preferences. The Grange says farmers will watch legislators on bills affecting their interests.
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Washington
Farmers’ Organizations
American Federation of Labor
Friends of
Trades Union Movement
T. C. Atkeson
National Grange
Atkeson
Organized Labor
The
Grange
National Farmers’ Union
International Farm Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers’ National Congress
National Milk Producers’ Federation
No Mutinies on Transports Denied by Baker
Secretary Baker denied mutiny on any War Department transport in a letter to House Military Committee Chairman Kahn. He called Rep Britten's resolution alleging inefficient unsafe and mutinous transport operation unjust.
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Washington
War Department
Baker
Kahn
House Military Committee
Britten
Illinois
Italian Troops Sail for Dalmatian Ports from Trieste
Two regiments of Italian soldiers with light artillery have sailed from Trieste for Dalmatian ports, aboard transports escorted by a flotilla of destroyers.
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Trieste
Istria
Armistice Declared Between Letts and Bolsheviks
Riga dispatch reports an armistice between the Letts and Bolsheviks. The war office says Bolsheviks have crossed the Sea of Azov in southern Russia.
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London
Riga
War Office
Russia
Sea of Azov
Senate Renews Treaty Fight in Senate Return
Washington February 11 The senate granted a reprieve to the peace treaty by unanimous vote returning it to the foreign relations committee on motion of Senator Lodge Republican leader.
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Senate
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Lodge
Sister-in-Law of John D Rockefeller Dies in New York
Miss Lacey Mori Spelman sister of the late Mrs. John D Rockefeller Sr died at Pocantico Hills New York after a long illness due to old age.
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John D
New York
Lacey Mori] Spelman
John. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Government assures 5% rail return for two years
Washington February 10 senate and house conferees reach an agreement guaranteeing 5 percent on the aggregate value of railroads for two years under the railroad bill. Sir James Grant dies at eighty nine in Ottawa a noted physician and survivor of the first Canadian federal parliament.
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Washington
Senate
House
James Grant
Ottawa
Sir James Grant
Dodd’s Kidney Pills touted as wonderful remedy
Mrs Della Olson of New London Wisconsin credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with quick relief from rheumatic pain urinary issues and fatigue. The notice urges readers to start kidney toning early to avoid Bright’s disease and death and offers mail order if out of stock.
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Della Olson
New London
Wia
Dodd
Bright
Dodd's
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo, N
Danderine Hair Tonic Promises Gloss and Growth
A vintage ad touts Danderine as a quick fix for dull hair. It claims the tonic Moistens with a cloth strand by strand method and promises soft lustrous hair, removed dust and oil, dandruff control and hair growth.
Cascarets Ad Claims Quick Cleanse for Purity
An old newspaper ad touts Cascarets as a thorough bowel cleanser that purges undigested food and foul gases, reduces bile, and cleanses the stomach and liver while you sleep. It contrasts Cascarets with salts and purgatives, claiming no griping or inconvenience and promising morning relief.
Boschee's Syrup Advertised For Coughs And Colds
A vintage advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup as a remedy for coughs bronchitis colds throat irritation and lung troubles. It claims the syrup helps sleep and easy morning expectoration and notes it is made in America and used in thousands of homes worldwide.
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America
Adv
Mother Gray
Mother Gray CO
le Ray
Average girl noted for lifelong love of sweetness
The remark highlights a perception of girls as naturally fond of ice cream and treats, depicting a cultural stereotype about childhood indulgence. It suggests social norms about gender and appetite in a lighthearted tone.
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