Poems Behind Bars Inspire Judge in St Paul Case
Judge John W. Willis of St Paul reads a verse from a prison paper and visits inmate John Carter who hides his true name. Carter, jailed ten years for burglary after starving motive, shows no excuses, though he aided by a gifted organist and contributed poems including Ballad of Misery and Iron.
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St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul Penitentiary
Wills
Winnipeg
St. Paul
Carter
Judge Wills
United States
Canada
Prison poet Carter breaks five year silence
Reporters witness the release of a prisoner who wrote a poem upon leaving his cell. He hints at future contact while his lines reveal half ecstasy and half weariness. A South town Auntie seeks relief with a reformist remedy as other quips note revival crowds and bootlegger troubles in local chatter.
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Carter
Sarah
Philadelphia Ledger
Woman Watches Week's Feature Then Reacts to Film Adaptation
In a Chicago Journal inspired scene a woman sits through announcements after a film and overhears that the next week’s picture is a sensational adaptation of a popular war novel. A neighbor exclaims with shock that the book has become a movie, urging others to read it.
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Chicago Journal
Insects Destroy Poles Threaten Public Utility Lines
Ants and carpenter bees are damaging electric poles nationwide by tunneling from below ground to the top. The insects, blind by nature, avoid surface detection and hinder operation. Utilities seek methods to curb the destruction.
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Utihity Company
Rivets Shot Through Hose Brings Safer Riveting Method
Floyd W. Parsons reports a new system using a compressed air gun and metal hose to shoot red hot rivets from forge to work site. Rivets travel 125 feet in seven seconds with under four pounds pressure, arriving free of scale and with reduced accident risk and slight cost savings.
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Floyd W. Parsons
Saturday Evening Post
Saved in Jungle by Planes Rescues Panamanian Jungle Couple
Mrs Helen T Galge wife of Prof Frederick M Galge of the University of Michigan was rescued after being wounded by an accidental shotgun discharge. Three United States Army airplanes flew 320 miles into Panama jungles to reach the couple who had been studying reptiles and were near the Costa Rica border when the incident occurred. A native runner traveled over 75 miles to the nearest telegraph station to request help.
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United States Army
Helen T. Galge
Frederick M. Galge
University of Michigan
New York
Galge
Costa Rica
Guige
David
J. South
Panuomia
Panama City
South
France Field
Odor that serves purpose in perfume of flowers
A fragment notes that certain flowers emit perfume to attract pollen bearing insects. It mentions trilliums with three leaves and tri-partite structures, suggesting a botanical observation. The passage emphasizes the role of scent in pollination and describes defining floral features in a concise, early 20th century style.
Smell and Sight of Trilliums and Greek Canal Tales
A curious note on trilliums showing white and purple blooms, their scent attracting carrion flies, and a comic exchange about sniffing odors. Also a report on the Grand Canal of China, longest in the world, from Yangchow to Peking, navigable to the Yangtze’s 180 miles north, with a plan to reconstruct northern sections at seven million dollars, led by American engineers.
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China
Ching
Yangchow
Convenient Potato Masher by Dr Nehard P D Roderick
Dr Nehard P D Roderick of Littleton Pennsylvania devises a potato masher with a power shape and a cylindrical segment. A mashing screen sits across the bottom and the handle sits above it. The device conforms to the inner container's contour to mash potatoes without lifting them from the pot.
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Nehard PD. Roderick
Littleton
If We Didn't Have Machines in the Industrial Era
Floyd W. Parsons argues in the Saturday Evening Post that without power-driven machines the world could not supply enough workers to produce current commodities. He notes hand methods, like making wire walls, would require more daily labor than now fuels coal production, underscoring machine reliance.
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Floyd W. Parsons
Saturday Evening Post
Why We Perceive the Sky's Blue Light
A historical explainer cites Prof John Tyndall and The Book of Knowledge. It describes how sunlight scatters in the atmosphere, with tiny dust specks blocking other colors and scattering blue light to our eyes.
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John ‘Yndall
Book of Knowledge
Arthur Mee
Temple Chambers
London
Holland Thompson
College of the City of New York
Continent Names and Classifications In Historical Texts
The article discusses four widely recognized continents and the debated status of Australia. It notes continent and continentalist usage and mentions Antarctic as a landmass at the south. It also references traditional views that Europe and Asia were once not treated as separate continents.
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Eurasia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctic
Europe
Asia
Notice of Final Reports in Jones County Estates
Notice is given to all interested persons that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in listed estates have been filed in the Jones County District Court. A final hearing and approval is set for September 24, 1943, at which interested parties may appear and file exceptions. Names include S. G. Hatton administrator for Mrs. William T. Cameron and Theodore Bleniers administrator for Ben Buehrends. Filed at Anamosa Iowa September 10, 1923.
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District Court
Jones County
S. G. Hatton
Wiliam T. Cameron
Theodore Bleniers
Ben Buehrends
Anamosa
Towa
Ries
Merk
Jones Co
Celia Havlik
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County
The District Court of Jones County announces probate proceedings for the last will and testament of Tualke M Eden, filed September 12, 1923. A final proof and probate hearing is set for September 24, 1923, at the September term, where interested parties may appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted. Clerk RB Rees presides. Ta. Tioxsee and Coxsee represent the estate.
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Jones County
Taalke M. Eden
Said County
Tualke M. Nden
G. Rees
Tioxsee & Coxsee
Will of Mary Folkers Filed in Jones County Court
State of Iowa Jones county district court notes a document purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Folkers of the county was filed September 12, 1928 and opened October 15 in the clerk’s office.
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State of
Iowa
Jones County
Mary Folkers
Court appoints final proof for Mary Folkers probate
The document states that on September 12, 1923, in Jones County Iowa the district court clerk announces a final proof and probate for the deceased Mary Folkers. All interested persons may appear to show cause why the probate should not be admitted. Clerk B. G. Refs, Deputy Celia Havilk.
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Mary Folkers
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