Plans for a United States Industrial Museum Exhibit
Smithsonian officials dream of a world class industrial museum in Washington to rival Munich. A $7.5 million building would house transportation engineering and industry with rare models from telegraph to space flight. Supports include war and navy secretaries, Baltimore and Ohio’s Willard, and the New York National Museum of Engineering and Industry leaders.
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Washington
Munich
Smithsonian
C. G. Abbott
Doctor Abbott
Fear of Jail Term Kills Practical Joker
Atlantic City hreatened by fear of a long jail sentence Robert Young aged forty nine died of a heart attack in a city jail cell. He had been arrested on a charge of atrocious assault and battery after dis infectant was thrown on Joseph Sephus at a cafe. Police described Young as an inveterate practical joker and said his fear of possible penalties drove him to collapse. He trembled moaned and grew quiet before turning up dead in his cell.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Robert Young
City
Young
Joseph Sephus
Sephus
Exhibition of American Industry and Science Concept
Doctor Abbott envisions a vast display of large-scale working exhibits spanning mining to paper making. It would show progress in land sea and air transportation and model major American industries like farming lumbering and manufacturing. A science section would feature telephone telegraph photography electric light and more for students and sightseers.
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Doctor Abbott
America
Munich
California Pioneer Carey Votes at Fifteen in 1850
William Carey of Paso Robles California died at ninety three. He was believed to be the last survivor who voted to adopt California’s 1850 constitution. Carey was fifteen but wore man size boots, which the polling officials allowed to cast a ballot.
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Paso Robles
Calif
William Carey
California
Carey
Congress
Empress Ventures Into Silk Wearing Cocoons
The empress of Japan has begun silk production and plans clothing for the emperor and the empress dowager. She travels in cocoons as part of the display of the new venture, signaling royal endorsement of the silk industry.
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Tokyo
Japan
Delayed Letter Reaches NYC Address After 28 Years
A letter mailed 28 years ago finally arrived in New York City to an address less than 300 feet from its original recipient. The long wait has residents puzzled by the postal delay and curious about the letter’s contents and journey.
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New York
Indian Tribes Plan Fight for Freedom Led by Chief Thunderwater
Chief Thunderwater of the Sauk and Fox leads delegates from many tribes in Cleveland to press a legal battle for independence. They demand the government show cause why treaty provisions granting self rule and land rights should not be respected, urge vast western lands as a new nation, and seek relief from 97 years of exploitation by the Indian bureau.
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Thunderwater
Cleveland
Ohio
Supreme Council of the Indian Tribes
United States
Canada
Six Nations
Brantford
Ont
Cana
Dian
Texas
Indian Bureau
Costs Him a Tooth Foiled Dentist Drug Sale Arrest
Detective G. H. Ferguson caused the arrest of Dr. Henry Steinmetz a local dentist for selling narcotics. Ferguson had a tooth pulled and then arranged to be offered narcotics to ease pain leading to Steinmetz’s capture.
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Oakland
Callf
G. H. Ferguson
Henry Steinmetz
Ferguson
Steinmetz
Hagerty Confesses Robbery After Jail Preference
Mike Hagerty twenty four confesses to robbing a filling station choosing jail over his mother in law. The incident centers on his stated preference for jail life and led to the admission of the crime.
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Los Angeles
Society of Jailbirds
Mike Hagerty
Unearth Great Aztec Pyramid at Tenayuca Near Mexico City
Mexican archaeologists led by Jose Reygadas Vertiz excavate Tenayuca pyramid six miles northwest of Mexico City. The site reveals coiled stone serpent borders along three sides and a twin stairway on the west, with a tomb like platform, skulls, and frescoes. The find will be presented at the Congress of Americanists in New York on September 17.
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Mexico City
Tenayuca
Manuel Gamio
Gamio
Jose Reygadas Vertiz
Ministry of Education
Mexico
Congress of Americanists
New York City
Tailor Returns 1400 to Forgetful Customer
Atlantic City, N J Lee Schiff of Kansas City sent his suit to a local tailor to be pressed forgetting a 1400 payday envelope was in a pocket Joseph Bucel found the money while sorting the suit and returned it Schiff later rewarded him with 200 for the honest act.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Lee Schiff
Kansas City
Joseph T. Bucel
Schiff
Bucci
Hobby Turned 85 Cents Into a $5000 Vacation Fund
Kansas City, Mo. R K Wattson built radio hobby profits from a spider web receiving set made in 1921. He reinvested earnings from 85 cent materials, scaling sales from 5 to 50 dollars and finally to 5 000 dollars. Wattson, formerly a Bethany College music faculty member, planned family vacations with the proceeds.
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Kansas City
R. K. Wattson
Wattson
Bethany College
High Hopes of Michael End in New York Hospital
Michael Dunn born in Kilkenny Ireland came to New York four years earlier with a dream to earn money for his family. He worked at construction sites and other odd jobs, but long periods of unemployment, poverty, and hunger followed. He collapsed in Central Park and was taken to Bellevue hospital where doctors treated him as he lamented pride over begging and his fading aspirations.
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New York
Michael Dunn
Kilkenny
Ireland
Bridget
Michael
Lower East Side
West Side
Win
Coney Island
Belmont Park
West Sixty-fifth Street
Central Park
Columbus Circle
Ziman
Knickerbocker Hospital
Bellevue Hospital
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