Selenium oxychloride touted as universal solvent breakthrough
In Lincoln Nebraska a university chemistry demonstration reveals selenium oxychloride dissolves rubber glues enamels and several hard to dissolve substances once deemed resistant. Dr Victor Lender notes its power to remove paints from wood metals from car bodies and to activate coconut charcoal for gas masks and fuel gas extraction.
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Lincoln
Neb
Department of Chemistry
University of Nebraska
Victor Lender
University of Wisconsin
American Chemical Society
Lender
Dr. Lender
Dor. Lender
Corpse in Morgue Demands a Drink Shocks Deputies
An unidentified man believed dead woke during transport to the morgue in Pittsburgh and demanded a drink. Deputies redirected the morgue ambulance to a hospital where he later died. Neighbors reported wounds on the body and a strainer was found nearby in a creek.
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Pittsburgh
Nationwide plot to rob mail trains and post offices
Washington reports a nation wide gang is active in post office robberies following Toledo and Minneapolis actions. Postal Inspector Sutton says evidence shows a cradle to grave network with plans for more burglaries nationwide and expects bandits to be caught soon. Officials note a rise in mail and train robberies though banks remain most affected.
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Washington
George M. Sutton
Postal Inspection Service
Toledo
Northern Pacific Railroad
Minneapolis
Sutton
United States
Civilian Use Of Uniforms Advised By War Dept
World war veterans wearing parts of service uniforms or buying used uniforms can avoid legal issues by removing insignia and buttons and by dyeing or altering the coat or cut. The War department notes that any radical change achieves immunity, including rearranged collars and different cuffs or belts, as long as insignia are removed.
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Washington
War Department
Watch Won't Wake Dead Owner Jailed
In Miami Florida Joe Thomas was jailed after a plan to resurrect a dead husband failed. Laura Miller paid 315 and a gold watch to Thomas who buried the watch at the grave to arouse the deceased. Days of watchful waiting yielded no result and he was charged with embezzlement and bound over on a $600 bond.
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Miami
Fla
Laura Miller
Joe Thomas
Thomas
Opium Traffic Campaign Exposes U S Shortfalls
Federal investigators report rising use of morphine heroin cocaine and opium in New York Chicago San Francisco Philadelphia and Boston. Officials say smugglers cross borders unnoticed and legitimate use has grown since the Eighteenth Amendment. Opium mostly comes from London and Edinburgh with other sources in Turkey Persia and Syria. Narcotics raids target smugglers and addicts landing drugs on ships and in concealed items. A federal act restricting importation manufacture and export of habit forming drugs is urged with pharmacists as government agents.
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New York
United States
New York City
Chicago
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Boston
Canadian
Rio Grande
London
Edinburgh
Great Britain
India
Turkey
Persia
Syria
Internal Revenue Bureau
Royal S. Copeland
British Isles Census Plan Announced by Registrar General
London details of the decennial census were released by S. P. Vivian the new registrar general. The enumeration will start in April and cover about 2 000 000 to 2 500 000 people. It will use 38 000 enumeration districts with an enumerator for every 200 to 300 households. Vivian says the war disrupted population patterns, birth death rates and occupational structures, making last census comparisons largely useless.
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London
British Isles
S. P. Vivian
Vivian
Old Safe Held Treasure After Weathered Fort Yates Find
A weathered large safe found at Fort Yates in North Dakota yielded after a blacksmith’s chisel and hammer work. The safe’s combination remained unknown but the discovery included a pint of whisky.
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North Dakota
Yates
N. D
FIZZ London Sees West End Dining Slump
West End hotels and restaurants report a drop in receipts despite the same number of diners. Managers blame wine costs, noting champagne consumption fallen from cheap wartime prices to 16 to 20 shillings a bottle, while patrons opt for cheaper wines or avoid dining out.
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London
West End
Pall Mall
Monte Carlo's Oceanograph Museum Overseen by Prince
The text notes Monte Carlo's famed gambling casino and other sights including the Oceanograph museum. It mentions that much of the local construction was funded by taxes from gambling concessions and identifies the Prince of Monaco as the ruler maintaining the museum.
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Monte Carlo
Oceanograph Museum
Prince of
Monaco
Austrian physicians warn Vienna children face permanent growth stunting
Three renowned Austrian physicians Dr Hiselberg Dr Lorenz and Dr Pirquet warn that without immediate relief Austrian children will remain permanently stunted in growth. They cite that Vienna boys average four inches shorter and sixteen pounds lighter at end juvenile growth, with girls similarly affected, and predict lifelong short stature and weight.
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Vienna
Hiselberg
Cows Go On Strike Delays Milk in Paris Time Change
A quirky note from Paris reports cows striking during the daylight saving shift. The piece compares this year’s March 14 start to last year’s February launch, highlighting milkings disrupted as cows resist the clock change.
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Paris
Earning and Using Money in April Suny Lesson
An April 24 lesson outlines wealth in Amos and Luke, contrasting greed with compassion. It cites Jacob Kings, a Kind Woman, and topics for various ages, detailing avarice in land grasping and dishonest business, with outcomes in God’s judgment and the fate of a rich man and beggar.
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Hell
Abraham
From Singing in Birde to Gratitude in Joyful Night
A fragmented poem-like reflection cites Coleridge on gratitude and joy, contrasting sorrow with the bird that sings all night. The text weaves themes of wisdom foreseeing happiness and the idea that one should be thankful for abundant blessing, even in deepest gloom.
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Birde
Colveridge
Cancer Truths by Dr. O A Johnson Book Release
A new book “Cancer Truths” by Dr. O A Johnson, a prominent Kansas City cancer specialist, claims non surgical treatment using external cancer destruction and internal blood purification. The work, said to be read by every cancer patient, offers testimonials and free mailing to sufferers or friends.
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O. A. Johnson
Johnson
Kansas City
Johnson Laboratory
Step by Step to Success, From Poverty to Lincoln
The piece urges steady progress toward achievement, citing Lincoln’s rise from poverty to education and eventual success. It emphasizes not waiting for the future but using determined effort to climb life’s steps and avoid excuses.
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Lincoln
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