Hawaiian Race Reborn From Alien Blood Infusion
Analysis by Louis R. Sullivan shows intermarriage in the Hawaiian Islands rebuilds the native stock. American men marry women of foreign blood. Koreans mostly stay within their race. Japanese and Chinese mix at varying rates. Data imply a revived part-Hawaiian group with greater disease resistance and higher birth rates, though pure Hawaiian mortality remains high.
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Honolulu
T. H
Louis R. Sullivan
New York Museum of Natural History
Bishop Museum
Sullivan
Islands
Korea
One Bullet Strikes Two Deer in Swanzey
Swanzey New Hampshire Marshal Hill fired at a large buck and believed he missed. He later learned the single bullet had passed through the buck and entered the head of a doe, killing both with one shot.
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Swanzey
N. H
Marshal Hill
Gold Alchemy Hoax of Bacon and Cipher
Philadelphia scholars debunk William Romaine Newbold's claim that Roger Bacon hid a vast scientific knowledge in a cipher. The presentation describes Bacon’s multi syllable cipher method with examples and discusses why the alleged universal code cannot reliably yield new scientific breakthroughs.
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Philadelphia
Roger Bacon
William Romaine Newbold
University of Pennsylvania
American Philosophical Society
Bacon
Nebraska farmers voice crop and tax worries
Clarks and Custer county farmers report cutworm damage while government forecasts peg winter wheat at 56,548,000 bushels. Nebraska advances include 100 consolidated schools, a summer school for rural teachers starting June 6 at Curtis, and a push to expand rail and capitol projects.
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Nebraska
Nebraska School of Agriculture
Curtis
Wisconsin Senator Esch Confirmed Interstate Commerce Commissioner
John J. Esch of Wisconsin is confirmed as an Interstate Commerce Commissioner by a 52 to 0 Senate vote after being originally appointed in recess. His term runs to December 31, 1927. Esch served in Congress from 1899 to 1921 and shaped the Esch Cummins railroad act, with party leaders noting his influence on the commission’s expansion from five to nine members.
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John Jacob Esch
Wisconsin
John J. Esch
Esch
Congress
Pressed Boy's Trousers While They Were on Him
Covington Kentucky tailor Tony Volpona was fined 50 dollars and costs by Judge Munson after being accused of assault and disorderly conduct by the mother of twelve year old How ard Barber. The boy asked to have his trousers pressed. Volpona says he caught the boy and pressed on an ironing board, causing pain as the iron was warmer than he thought. The judge found no malice but careless conduct. the case was appealed.
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Tony Volpona
Covington
Munson
Howard Barber
Volpona
Jude Munson
Turkish Women Find New Freedom After World War
In Constantinople Turkish women ignore the Sheik-ul-Islam ban on appearing on stage. Occupations by German Austrian and allied forces, loss of male relatives, and poverty push freedom in dress and demeanor. Veils tied back, blue fabrics replace black, homespun brown dress favored. they mix with Americans at the Constantinople college for girls, showing confidence and sociability.
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Constantinople
Sheik-ul-Islam
Halide Hanum
Constantinople College
$30 Horse Blocks Trains On Madison Bridge
Henry the horse wandered onto Merchants Bridge en route to St Louis causing a standstill for five passenger and six freight trains. Worker Wilbert Matthewes of Madison Illinois retrieved the animal after a boardwalk cost 75 to remove it. Pedestrians and riders watched as the scene drew a crowd of about 1000. The horse owner’s address and the bridge location are noted.
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St. Louis
Henry
Wilbert Matthewes
Madison
Ill
Merchants’ Bridge
Franklin Avenue
John Moore
Farrar Street
Quits pulpit for movies Toronto pastor plans acting career
Rev Dr Millar of Bond Street Congregational church resigns his Canadian pastorate and intends to enter the motion picture business as an actor if no U S pastorate is found. He says his Shakespeare portrayals are sermons and he sees strong ties between Bible and Shakespeare in his work. Millar, a Chicago University graduate, has received a U S film firm offer but has not accepted.
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State
Omaha
State Board of Pardons
Lincoln
Scottsbluff
Methodist Church
R. B. Howell
United States Senate
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
State Railway Commission
State Board of Control
Nebraska Free Masons Veterans Association
J. L. Jacobs
Chicago
McKelvie
Code Department
Marsh
Toronto
Canada
Bond Street
United States
Millar
Shakespeare
Chicago University
Mummy 3,000 Years Old Found in Denmark Field
The mummified woman, dating about 3000 years, was unearthed in a Jutland field and is being unwrapped by National Museum staff. Her hollow oak coffin held a cowhide wrapped body. She seems of high status with a short jacket petticoat two belts two bronze bracelets and sleeves.
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Copenhagen
Jutland
Denmark
National Museum
Burke Named Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Charles H. Burke, longtime South Dakota congressman and ally of Sioux Nation, has been appointed commissioner of Indian affairs in the U S Department of the Interior. He chaired the Indian affairs committee in the Sixty first Congress and served as ranking minority member in the following sessions. Burke also sat on the joint Indian commission and on commissions examining Yakima irrigation and the New Mexico tubercular sanitarium.
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Charles H. Burke
Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Irving
South Dakota
Congress
Sherman
Jie
Joint Indian Commission
Yakima
Edwards Made Major General after Twenty sixth division removal
Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, once commander of the New England National Guard Twenty sixth division, was removed from command at the front and sent home amid controversy. The Harding administration moved to promote him, while the Senate committee voted 12 to 3 to confirm his promotion to major general, with Democratic senators expressing doubts about his fitness. Senator Weeks noted the events leading to his relief began the previous July.
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Clarence R. Edwards
New England National Guard
War Department
Edwards
New England
Harding
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Weeks
Depew Seeks Century Mark On His Eighty Seventh Birthday
Chauncey M. Depew celebrated turning eighty seven with a formal birthday dinner at his New York Central offices. He spoke of shedding eccentricities, maintaining good habits, and plans to live to one hundred, while a constant stream of telegrams and visitors interrupted his workday.
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Nebraska Plains
Nebraska Capitol
Capitol Commission
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central Board of Directors
Depew
William Spry Confirmed as General Land Office Commissioner
William Spry of Salt Lake City is confirmed as commissioner of the General Land Office within the Interior Department, succeeding Clay Tallman. Born in Berkshire England in 1864, Spry moved to America in 1875 and has held multiple public roles including U S marshal for Utah, governor of Utah for two terms, and president of the Farmers' and Stockgrowers' Bank.
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William Spry
Salt Lake City
General Land Office
Department of the Interior
Clay Tallman
Mr. Spry
Berkshire
England
America
Z M. GC
Lake Lake
Farmers’ and Stockgrowers’ Bank
Tooele County
State Board of Land Commissioners
Utah
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