British Explorers Scale Mount Kinchinjunga Gap
Manchester Guardian reports Harold Raeburn and C. G. Crawford attempting Kinchinjunga ascent. Heavy rains and shifting ice halted progress after trekking along the Talung river, crossing washed out bridges, and passing impenetrable forests before reaching a view near the summit. The party then returned to Darjeeling.
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Manchester
England
Manchester Guardian
Calcutta
Kinchinjunga
Himalayas
Harold Raeburn
C. G. Crawford
Assam
Pamionghi
Giuchu Pass
Talung Glacier
Darjeeling
Danzigs New Flag and Expedition to Kinchin Junga
The expedition led by Danzig and Superintendent faced severe ruins delaying departure until September 2. They moved via the Singalila ridge to Kinchin Junga's southwest side, pushing glaciers, reaching 20,000 feet, then climbing another thousand feet before abandoning the attempt amid worsening weather.
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Singalila
Kinchinjunga
Iit
Douglas W. Freshfield
Mr. Freshfield
Sikkhim
Sir Joseph Hooker
Freshfield
Human Fly Helps Anchor Strathmore Wall Collapse
A crane of a work crew used a "human fly" to anchor the tilting Strathmore building at Broadway and Fifty second Street as a nine story section collapsed. Firemen tunneled through brick and plaster while searchlights illuminated the wreckage in a bid to recover seven presumed victims.
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New York
Strathmore
Broadway
Gambling Orgy Sweeps Nation Treasury Officials Deeply Concerned
Treasury officials fear widespread gambling across the United States, estimating about 2 billion dollars changed hands last year. A general public appeal through ministers and civic groups may be tried to curb the mania.
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Treasury
Washington
D. C
United States
Secretary of Treasury - Houston
William Mather Lewis
Savings Division
Grandfather clock completed after 25 years in Delaware
C. C. Cregmile finished a hand carved eight foot six inch grandfather clock displayed in a local store window. Made from black walnut from a pulpit of the old William Street Methodist church, it features original cutting and panels. He offers to sell it to the church for a modest sum. the clock houses cathedral tubular chimes.
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Delaware
C. C. Cregmile
Old William Street
Cregmile
Willams Street
Indians Population and Lands in Wisconsin Report
Commissioner Cato Sells shows Wisconsin Indians number 10 319 statewide with Oneida at 2657 and Keshena reservation at 231660 acres. Population gains over ten years total 31387 with religious affiliations and marriages noted. Paper flywheels and tuberculosis sanitation efforts highlighted.
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Green Bay
Wis
United States
Cato Sells
Indian Affairs
Oneida Indian
Sells
Keshena School
Oneida Res
Ervation
Laona Agency
Winnebago
Menominee
Wisconsin
Commissioner Sells
Keshena Reservation
Fuel solution via wind and water power for homes
Paris reports wind and water power as the cure for fuel shortages. H Colardeau showed a kitchen faucet turbine driving a dynamo to charge batteries and provide home lighting. In rural areas windmills could lift water to elevated tanks and power a turbine for charging. Camp Sherman update notes James G. Barney becoming a noncommissioned officer after commanding the regiment in war.
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Paris
France
H. Colardeau
Academy of Sciences
Wie
M. Colardeau
Camp Sherman
James G. Barney
Tenth Infantry
Consumers Back Textile Mills at Gera Thuringia
A large consumers' association formed in Gera to buy products from the local textile mills. The aim is to push prices downward and relieve unemployment in the manufacturing center.
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Consumers Back
Gera
Germany
Consumers’ Association
Thuringia
Weasel Sparks Incredible Escape From Alligator
In Fascagoula Mississippi a hunting party reports a weasel leaped into an alligator's jaws to escape, then slid into its stomach. The hunters watched as the weasel reportedly pecked through the entrails within fifteen minutes, driven by a craving for eggs.
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Fascagoula
Miss
Bayou Casotte
Rolling chair side car for bicycles proposed
A new rolling chair for invalids can be attached as a side car to a bicycle, either motor or foot driven.
Nebraska items mix of industry, crime and education
Nebraska notes report a Norfolk store closure a Scottsbluff packing plant possibility Omaha grain market claims large scale, Hoptins York judge marriages, Arapahoe parsonage, Hebron civil exam results, and Omaha police gun allowance. Other items include taxes, school funds, bank failures, oil prospects, and farm bureau activity.
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Norfolk
Scottsbluff
Omaha
United States
Comstock
South Omaha
Hopkins
York
Episcopal Church
Arapahoe
Hebron
Catholic Workmen’s National Bohemian Society
Bloomfield
Alliance Packing Company
Monoah Reese
Law College
Law
University
North Platte
Orthodox Greeks of
A. K. Evans
Columbus
West Point
Ross Wickershap
Fremont
Nickerson
Lodgepole
Geneva
QO. A. Rystrom
Stromsburg
Midwest Implement Dealers Association
Frank Delbridge
State
State Farm
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Lincoln
Register-Champion Printing Company
James Burton
Maywood
Ruth Towne
Ruth
Nebraska
State Superintendent of Schools
Marsh
Loup Valley Fair
E. D. Hunter
Elwood
Masonic Hall
Evelyn Preiss McElhaney
Alliance
Earl B. Anderson
Carmen
Tekamah
Beatrice
Sam Wickline
Neal McIntyre
Nebraska City
Condit
Brenner
Prison Admission Surges in 1920 at Nebraska Penitentiary
Lincoln reports a record 357 prisoners admitted in 1920 at the Nebraska state penitentiary, 67 more than 1916’s prior peak. Warden W. T. Fenton cites war, strict law enforcement, and automobile theft as drivers, with most new inmates charged for stealing cars. The facility now houses 550 inmates, nearly all men, as the state considers funding a first-offender reformatory.
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Lincoln
Nebraska State Penitentiary
W.T. Fenton
Fenton
McKelvie
Morian Introduces $35,000 for Norfolk State Hospital Project
Representative Morian of Madison county proposes a $35,000 appropriation for a combined kitchen dining room and dormitory at Norfolk state hospital for the insane without awaiting the governor budget. If the budget includes the item it will prevail. The new constitution requires a three fifths vote to raise any budget item.
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McKelvie
Morian
Madison County
Norfolk State Hospital
Governor Invited to Harding Inauguration
Governor McKelvie received a personal invitation from A B McClean chairing the District of Columbia inaugural committee to attend Senator Harding's inauguration on March 4. The governor plans to accept.
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McKelvie
A. B. McClean
District of Columbia
Harding
Welfare Bills Introduced in Nebraska Legislature
The children’s code commission has proposed a movie censorship bill and 52 other measures. The package seeks $359,000 in appropriations and the creation of several new state jobs, now before the Nebraska legislature.
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Children’s Code Commission
Nebraska
Nebraska treasury receipts and disbursements for December
December receipts totaled 1 732 380.67 with disbursements of 1 415 240. Cropsey notes overdrawn accounts fell from 2 089 631 to 1 834 162 and the month ended with a cash balance of 998 370.
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Nebraska
Cropsey
Senate selects clerical force payroll figures
The senate committee announces that twenty nine workers have been placed on the clerical staff including women at salaries of five and six dollars a day, except the pages who will receive three dollars daily. The payroll would total one hundred fifty six dollars a day if all are employed.
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Senate
Senate Committee
Primary election attack by Douglas seeks convention nominee bar
Representative Douglas of Polk County introduces a bill to bar from the direct primary any nominees chosen by a state convention. Each party convention selects one preference ballot and the three leading nominees proceed to the next primary.
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Douglas
Polk County
Norfolk hospital bids rejected for kitchen and dining room
Bids on the proposed kitchen and dining room for the Norfolk hospital for the insane were opened by the board of control and ranged from 86000 to 111000 not including plumbing heating or equipment. All bids were rejected because the board had only 75000 appropriation for the building and equipment.
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Norfolk Hospital For
Board of Control
New Parole Regulations Create State Board of Pardons
A constitutional amendment establishes a board of pardons and paroles to govern parole releases. Parolees must receive a formal hearing and notice to the trial judge, sheriff, and county attorney of the conviction county. Secretary Annaberry notes the board includes Governor McKelvie and Attorney General Davis.
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Nebraska
Board of Pardons and Paroles
D.M
Annaberry
McKelvie
Clarence A. Davis
Prominent Holt County Farmer James P. Mullen Dies
James P. Mullen of ONeill dies after a short illness from pneumonia. A noted Holt county farmer and old-time populist leader, he chaired the Nebraska legislative committee that passed the Newberry maximum rate bill. He helped organize efforts that sent W. W. Allen to the U.S. Senate and served in the Nebraska House in 1891 and the Senate in 1893.
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James P. Mullen
O'Neill
Holt County
Mullen
Nebraska
W. W.allen
United States Senate
Nebraska House
Senate
Lions and Lexicons at the Literary Feast
Syulph and Stanley, famed for vast knowledge, mock Buckle with precise witch history then duel over dictionaries. Buckle’s blunt claim to have read many dictionaries aloud shocks guests and shifts the dinner mood.
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Syulph
Stanley
Lowell
Buckle
Noises Made by Elephants
The article describes how elephants use trunk and lungs to produce sounds for calling anger fear and pleasure. It notes trumpeting during attack or danger and shrill roars when wounded, with squeaks when pleased, and describes trunk actions for intimidation and protection.
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Charles Mayer
Asian Magazine
Beetle Hurts Pulp Industry In Papermaking Region
A gray green beetle, the adult form of the aspen borer, is linked to a paper shortage. It attacks poplar and aspen, key fast growing trees for pulp, boring into bark to lay eggs and weakening heartwood. Lombardy poplar and Mississippi cottonwood are less affected. In some areas, over half the trees stand dead or dying.
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Mississippi Valley
Ostrich Feather Trade Shrinks to Six Power Brokers
In 1914 South Africa housed 1.5 million ostriches but now has about 300,000. Germany and Austria withdraw from feathers, England buys sparingly, France faces high costs. Six men control world trade with London HQs, holding about 9 to 10 million dollars in feathers. The United States dominates demand and sets prices from 60 to 100 dollars a pound, far below potential 160 to 200 in active markets.
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South Africa
Germany
Austria
England
France
London
United States
Chess and Checkers as Mental Exercises Across Ages
The article notes chess appeals to mature minds and uses ebony and boxwood gear, though plainer woods like yellow poplar and walnut suffice. Checkers rate slightly lower in science points, yet Edgar Allan Poe praised it as a supreme mental exercise, rivaling chess.
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American Forestry Magazine
Edgar Allan Poe
Oriental Peculiarities and Chinese Glue Traditions
A 19th century account notes Chinese medicine using fossilized dragon bones from extinct herbivores and dragon teeth from fossil shells. In Shantung a glue made from asses skins is famed. a town there has a well whose water supposedly improves donkey hides for glue, making it a sought after tonic product.
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Shantung
China
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