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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1921
Page
6
Detroit reports a vast stash of mahogany and walnut fixtures seized after prohibition raids. Officials debate whether the wood should be sold, used for pulpits or benches, or donated as firewood. Judge Heston orders the haul cut for the poor. others favor salvaging for display.
Reports from across Ireland indicate 80 to 90 percent favor ratification of the Irish Peace treaty. London dispatches note broad support in the twenty six counties, with Sinn Fein figures wary of defeat as Dal delegates prepare for the reassembly.
Washington dispatch reports cancer deaths in the U S death registration area rose in 1920 to about 73,000, with a national estimate around 99,000. The rate increased from 58.0 to 114 per 100 000 population, highest in New England and lowest in South Carolina, per Census Bureau figures.
Vera Cruz Mexico December 24 Dr Sieward B Gross of the Rockefeller Institute died here as a victim of yellow fever. He came to open a laboratory and after inspecting conditions at Tree temper center contracted the disease. He was the second American physician to die here of yellow fever within a year. New York December 28 Dr Howard Cross of Oklahoma, who died at Vera Cruz, sacrificed his life for science while working with the Rockefeller Institute staff to eradicate yellow fever in Mexico. Dr Cross, thirty two, married, had arrived November 23 from New York and was an epidemiologist and bacteriologist studying the Nile carrier of yellow fever under Dr Hideve Nogbi
A young wife escaped a rear-door intrusion by an assailant described as a large Black man. She grabbed a weapon, fought back, and fled the scene, aided by bystanders as the intruder pursued and then vanished. Police offer no further details.
Senator Lafollette charged a December 9 Washington meeting of railroad coal steel and lumber leaders sought farmer support to repeal section 15A and restore state control of interstate rates. He warned of a plan to perpetuate the Esch Cummins provision and grant railroads a higher fair return, potentially fueling inflated valuations and public exploitation.
A terse dialogue shows Edith and Madge arguing about a father’s will. Edith laments a shortfall of inheritance while Madge insists the daughter is thirty not ten and will not give up the claim.
Illinois researchers Drs. Charlotte Ward and Freq W. Tuker report that coins of lower denominations show only hardy spore forming bacteria, which cannot live long on metal. They caution against biting coins and note stamps pose less risk.
Passaic New Jersey December report details Thomas Brands age 28 and Matilda Rist age 17 who, unable to marry for financial reasons, took poison and died within hours after planning a Christmas tragedy. Both employed locally, details include their meeting, decision to end their lives, and the exact dosing and preparation steps recalled at the hospital.
Thales of Miletus, around 640 B C, credited with advancing the idea of a spherical Earth. He proposed the earth’s form as a globe and discussed the five zones and circle concepts related to the earth and other planets.
A report in the American Legion Weekly discusses ongoing corrosion tests on coated metal sheets at the Pittsburgh Waterway project. Early findings claim copper bearing metals show superior corrosion resistance and longer life under atmospheric exposure. A final report with key results is anticipated as tests continue nationwide. The inventor seeks funding amid financial pressures.
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