Logarithms of German Origin Rewritten in Cassel Talk
Doctor Breithaupt told the Liessian Historical association meeting in Cassel that Jobst Buergi a German watchmaker under Landgrave William IV originated logarithms not Lord Napier. He noted Kepler credited Buergi, born 1579, with the discovery as Napier published in 1614.
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Landgrave
William IV of Hess
Lord Napier
Doctor Breithaupt
Liessian Historical Association
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William the Wise
William
House of Hesse
Hesse-Crssel
Eberhard Baldewein
Marburg
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Buldewein
Iandgrave
Breitkaupt
Nuremberg
Baldewein
Justus Byrglus
Merchiston
Edinburg
Buergi
Napier
Brelithaupt
Johann Kepler
Wuerttemberg
Descendant of Columbus Admitted to English Bar
London report: Dr. O J Columbus, descendant of Christopher Columbus, was called to the English bar at the Middle Temple. Born in Malta he is a British subject. He studied law under D Campbell Lee and specializes in international law.
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London
O. J. Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Middle Temple
Diego
Christopher
Malta
D. Campbell Lee
England
Manet and Manufacturer of Celestial Globes Dies
A note records the death of a prominent celestial globe maker, Manet, who passed away here in 1682.
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Eet Manet
Taximeters for Planes Inch Toward Air Cab Fares
Airplanes for hire will be fitted with taximeters. At 50 cents a mile the meter would yield a fare a little over 35 dollars per person for three from London to Paris. An excuse nearly always goes lame in the home stretch.
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London
Paris
Ducks and geese aid British wartime tech discovery
In London Zoo experiments, two doctors using a stethoscope-like device heard a duck’s underwater bite during biscuit feeding. The incident helped evolve the hydrophone, enabling detection of submarines five miles away and guiding destroyers ten miles distant, shifting anti U boat efforts in World War I.
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London Zoo
London
Lhome
Livy
Britain
Zoo
Sir William
Richard
Nebraska News Briefs From 1923 State Coverage
Nebraska items report opposition to using state autos for Joyride, a coyote roundup shooting in Hitchcock County, a new Bible study course in Pawnee County schools, and a Fremont Boy Scouts troop. Also noted are social anniversaries, large Omaha Auto Show crowds, a fire destroying Wildcat hall near Comstock, and plans for the 1923 state high school tournament in Omaha.
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Sherman Spears
Stratton
Hitchcock County
Pawnee Cuy
Boy Scouts
Fremont
Henry Schere
Harry Webb
Myr
John Hardenbrook
Iremont
Beatrice
Omaha
Comstock
van Conet
Conet
New Bourough
Sarah Jane Stephanson
Edwin Z. Glass
College View
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Washington
Hubert Work
Frederick Nielsen
Lexington
Harley Fischer
P. Fischer
Clay Center
Custer County
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Plattsmouth
Grand Island School Board
Norfolk
Salvation Army
George Abion
Abe Abion
H. B. Alexander
Nebraska House
High Nebraska
Conner, Doane
Wesleyan
Midland
Grand Island
York and Hastings
Creighton University
Creighton Auditorium
Free Expert Building Advice for Any Home Style
William A Radford offers free answers on all building topics to readers. The feature showcases a gambrel roof home of 37 by 89 feet with eight rooms and potential for ten, designed for unfrequented streets, suburbs, or farms. The design includes a rear breakfast porch, built in ironing board, and a convenient kitchen to dining view, with thoughtful access and a winding driveway to the veranda.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Glasgow mill owners ban betting to curb female gambling
Scottish mill owners announce a new employment condition banning all forms of betting among workers. They claim women are bad losers and that the gambling spirit causes trouble, prompting drastic action to curb the craze.
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Glasgow
Wife Seeks Divorce From Wealthy Bootblack
Katherine Laprete of Brooklyn sues for separation from Nicholas Laprete a bootblack with a $75 weekly income who owns a home and saves at a bank He gambles at the race track and the wife asks for $35 weekly alimony and $250 counsel fees as part of the action.
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Nicholas Laprete
Brooklyn
N. Y
Katherine
Titled Women Working in Potsdam Bears
In a quiet Potsdam neighborhood a group of women once part of aristocratic social circles now labor daily stuffing teddy bears, toy elephants, dogs, and other animal figures.
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Potsdam
Officials trump 22 miles on snowshoes to attend council session
W. A. Kiersferd and Otty O. Black of Bruns wick join Queen's county council roll of honor after marching 22 miles on snowshoes through arctic weather to Petit codiac. Warden A. I. Barton of Waterborough previously held the meeting attendance record, never missing a council session for 40 years and once arriving on crutches with a dislocated hip.
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Gagetown
N. B
W. A. Kiersferd
Otty O. Black
Brunswick
Queen's County Council
Petitcodiac
A. I. Barton
Waterborough
Express Funds Vanish From Paris Office Safe
The Paris office of the American Express company reports the disappearance of 500000 francs from a safe in Paris. Le Matin notes no clues yet on the missing funds and ongoing investigations.
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Express
Paris
American Express Company
le Matin
Mobs Kill 83 Women Since 1889 in U S Reports
The Federal Council of Churches reports 88 women killed by mobs since 1889 with brutal punishments. It notes a statewide pattern of lynching, with only four states never having a lynching and 33 percent having none in the last decade.
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United States
Federal Council of Churches
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Iowa
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Eddie’s Quiet New York Wedding to Marie Coombs
Eddie wed Miss Marie Coombs of Dallas Texas in a quiet ceremony at Holy Cross Church New York. She is one third Cherokee and heiress to a large Oklahoma oil fortune. The service was conducted by Rev. Father Francis Duffy known as the Fighting Parson of the Sixty-ninth.
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Marie Coombs
Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Father Francis Duffy
Sixty-ninth Regiment
Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
New York
Such is Human Nature Colton Quote
A reflective snippet notes Colton’s view that pity for misfortune coexists with many who resent success. The quote contrasts compassion with envy as a universal human trait.
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Colton
Damages Awarded Over Horse Kick at New Hampshire Show
Federal court awards Andrew J. Craig of Bedford fourteen thousand eight hundred dollars for injuries alleged from a kick by Bawdsey Amber at a horse show in Concord New Hampshire. Wife of former ambassador Mrs Larg Anderson testified she knew the horse and disputes the kick claim.
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N. H
Larg Anderson
Washington
Boston
Belgium
Andrew J. Craig
Bedford
Tuberculosis Death Rates Vary by Native and Immigrant Groups
Native Americans show low tuberculosis deaths while Russians and Italian men have very low rates but Italian women higher. German and Irish men and women aged 45 to 64 have twice the native rate, and Black people show 2.5 to 3 times higher deaths. Tuberculosis groups focus on living conditions and early case discovery to curb spread.
An Overshadowing Personality in College Life
A Birmingham Age Herald quotation contrasts parental views on a student athlete. A father praises the football squad while wishing for more evidence of academic insight from professors rather than verbatim coach reports. The exchange highlights the tension between sports fame and scholarly achievement.
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Birmingham Age Herald
One of Life's Chief Lessons Expounded in A Quotation
A reflective note on patience and life’s brevity cites Nathaniel Hawthorne. The passage emphasizes that much of existence teaches the virtue of waiting, framing it as a fundamental lesson in living.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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