500 Biography Blanks Fill the Congressional Directory Tale
The article chronicles Ansen Wold and F L Fridley completing a Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774 1927. It notes 500 biographical blanks for birth death and personal details and traces the directory’s history from 1809 through 1865 and its use in libraries and by scholars.
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Anson Wold
American Congress
Wold
Washington
Minnesota
Knute Nelson
Census Bureau
Congressional Joint Committee On Printing
Moses
New Hampshire
F. L. Fridley
William Wilson
Wilson
William
Pennsylvania
New York City
Alexander Wilson
Virginia
Asaniah Boody
New York
Alfred Moore Gatlin
North Carolina
Florida
Francis Scott Key
Congress
Union
Rh. C. Weightman
J. & G. S. Gideon
House of Representatives
Joint Committee On Public Printing
House of Commons
London
Snake Bite Fatal to Reptile Expert
Charles E. Snyder former head keeper of mammals and reptiles at the Bronx Zoo died after a rattlesnake bite in the Ramapo mountains He was fifty seven. Snyder was bitten on the left hand and died about 24 hours later despite serum treatment and hospital care.
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New York
Charles E. Snyder
New York Zoological Garden
Bronx Park
Ramapo Mountains
Snyder
Raymond L. Ditmars
Bronx Zoo
Good Samaritan Hospital
Suffern
N. Y
Ramapo Woods
Paul Snyder
Little Tor Mountain
Australian dairy man eyes cheaper butter shipping
A Australian industry representative tours the world seeking freight savings for butter to England and Canada. He notes possible water extraction would cut costs by over 1 million dollars yearly and reduce bacterial risk, while Australia exports 40 000 tons to England and consumes 80 000 tons domestically.
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Canada
England
Australia
Naval Observatory Time Signals Provide Correct Daily Time
The United States Naval Observatory runs three precision clocks in temperature controlled vaults. Meridian circle observations fix clock errors and the observatory broadcasts correct time over radio networks as an advertising device.
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United States Naval Observatory
Observatory
Fish Worm Ranching Is New Western Industry
In Bishop California a high school student owner runs a worm ranch turning out thousands of earthworms daily. The operation uses a 2000 square foot plot beneath straw and compost with a damp nest and a four foot square pit for breeding. Worms emerge from cocoons and are raised in a protected, well managed system for rapid market packing.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Bishop
Sierra Nevadas
California
John Ll. von Blow
Reform School Lads Escape Sewing Lesson
Sacramento Calif Sewing was ordered removed from the Preston reform school at Ione by EB BE Jensen state director of institutions All sewing equipment moves to San Quentin women's ward where Jensen says the boys never took to sewing and see no future in it.
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Sacramento
Calif
Preston Reform School
Ione
EB BE. Jensen
Reformatory
San Quentin Prison
Jensen
Narcotic addicts turn to chloroform in Butte homes
In Butte Montana a veteran physician reports that increased obstacles for narcotic users drive many to chloroform. He says residents often use a few drops at home to ease excitement and quiet nerves after parties.
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Butte
Mont
Court grants girl eighteen new freedoms in youth case
In Yonkers New York Judge C W Boote rules Josephine Papica may stay out later until 11 allow keeping some earnings visit other girls at night choose clothes and accept a respectable young man The court’s light touch frees her from parental controls and marks a playful win for girlhood.
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New York
Josephine Papica
Yonkers
Bar of Justice
C. W. Boote
Josephine
Stern Court
Iron Messenger of Space Arrives in Grootfontein South Africa
Report describes a massive iron block found in the Grootfontein district of southwest Africa. A meteorite fragment weighing about 50 tons plunged through limestone, creating a fireball and crater before leaving a flat upper surface and steep sides. A specimen shown required two hours of sawing for a two square inch surface.
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Bloemfontein
South Africa
Southwest Africa
Grootfontein
Child marriage in India revealed by official statistics
Official figures show 8,500,000 wives and 3,000,000 husbands under fifteen. The abstract lists 110,684 husbands and 218,463 wives under five. 575,405 husbands and 2,016,687 wives between five and ten. 2,334,066 husbands and 6,330,267 wives between ten and fifteen. Also 400,000 Indian girls are widows before fifteen, including 15,139 baby widows under five.
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London
India
Secretary of State For India
To Show Auto Speed Lights Bill in Massachusetts
Massachusetts legislators consider a law to require varicolored lights on automobiles to indicate speed. The measure aims to provide a visible speed display on cars to inform other drivers and improve road safety.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Jail Explorer Inmate Says He Is Looking For Matches
In New Orleans a landlady rented a room to Edward White, fifty three, who called himself an explorer. She heard a floor creak and found him in her room with a flashlight claiming he was exploring while searching for matches. White was taken to the city jail.
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Keyes
Maryland
Congress
John Hanson
Continental Congress
United States
Hanson
Oxon Hill
Prince Georges County
Wold
New Orleans
Edward White
White
Old Folks Say Dr Caldwell Was Right
Older remedy claims support for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative based on herbs and pepsin. The ad touts safety and long lasting use for constipation and indigestion, noting availability in drug stores and a free trial offer by mail from Monticello Illinois.
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DR. Caldwell
Caldwell
Medical College
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsement
A Pratt West Virginia reader testifies that after three doses she felt weak and bedridden no longer and, following two doses, could work again. She claims the product did all it claims and more and would recommend it to friends.
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B. Sixx
Pratt
W.va
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Push- Ma-Ta-Ha
Scarlet Crow
William Wirt
Abel P. Upshur
Navy
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Abel Parker Upshur
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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