Berlin Weather PuskER Seeks U S Aid For Weather Control Theory
Richard Rodrian of Berlin, dubbed the weather pusker, plans to come to America to win support from the U S Department of Agriculture for his theory that electrical activity controls weather. He claims success in Germany and says large disasters could be avoided with funding for instruments. He seeks vindication, not fortune, and has faced ridicule for years.
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Richard Rodrian
Berlin
Germany
America
United States Agricultural Department
Herr Rodman
Europe
Ameren
Panama Canal
Lan
France
Wit and Weird News From The Reel And Court
A collage of oddities and legal notes: a Pennsylvanian judge rules a father may spank his twenty year old married daughter with a shingle. Kansas City jurors excused for stork expectations. Luray Virginia couples wed after diving in caverns. Melvin Lane ten earns ninth grade honor from Mahwah NJ. UPenn Museum buys 362 pieces of ancient opalescent glassware from Palestine and Syria tombs.
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Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Palestine
Syria
Millionaire’s Estate Leaves Doctor Higley in Bequest
Dr K S Higley of Wellston Ohio receives a $1,000,000 bequest from Charles Froelich a farmer once aided to educate as a mining engineer Froelich moved to Australia and vanished years ago A Melbourne lawyer recently informed the doctor that Froelich died childless and left his estate to Higley at age seventy
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K&s. Highey
Wellston
Chelona
Charles Froelich
Froelich
Australia
Mroctich
Dr. Maighey
South Africa
Melbourne
Higtoy
Higley
Harvard doctors attempt to read late Dr Richardson brain
Scientists at Harvard Medical School conduct secret exams in the neuro pathological department under Dr B B Southard to test Dr Maurice Howe Richardson's idea that thoughts leave visible traces on the brain's outer walls. He believed thoughts could be recorded and located to guide brain surgery.
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Harvard Medical School
Maurice Howe Richardson
B. B. Southard
Richardson
Cerebrum
Surgeons Claim Heart May Be Stopped Safely for Minutes
In Paris Dr. Alexis Carrel announced chest surgeries can access the lungs heart and aorta with risks limited by oxygen supply. He said the heart may be stopped five to ten minutes safely while the brain limit is four minutes, and that extensive work remains on heart surgeries and aneurysm treatments. The lecture drew enthusiastic reception.
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Paris
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Paul Benuion Hospital
Fortune in baby's names and payout across years
The article details a baby born in Poughkeepsie to George G Maines and Mae Alimmermin. He is to receive progressively named additions to his name and a total $20,000 plus interest by age twenty-one, with successive name additions at ages five, ten, fifteen, and twenty.
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Charles Durant Hearst
Lbert Hubbard Sague Maines
Poughkeepsie
George G. Maines
Progressive Party
Mae Alimmermin
Flint
Mich
Glen Bien Seminary
Poughkeepale
Charles
Durant
Ebearst
Nae Ebert
Hubbard
Sague
Elbert Hubbard Sague
Franklin's Will Restored by Pennsylvania Historical Society
The manuscript of Benjamin Franklin's will has been restored after deterioration and rejoined with an office copy. The document, found in a vault under Philadelphia City Hall, preserves Franklin's voice including a land grant to William Franklin and a note on prior conflicts during the war.
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Benjamin Franklin
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fils
William
New Jersey
Nova Scotia
Tim
Gettysburg Hundredth Anniversary Remembrance
An extensive reminiscence recalls the Civil War clash at Gettysburg fifty years past. Descriptions highlight 70 000 Confederate gray and 80 000 Union blue soldiers gathering around a small Pennsylvania hamlet, banners fluttering as cannon and saber filled the air.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Reunion Brings Veterans From Across Nation
The 1913 reunion gathers 40 000 to 50 000 veterans from 17 Northern and 10 Southern states. Their ages range from sixty five to near a hundred as they recall the 1863 battle. Government arrangements include tents, hospital facilities, mail tags, and a vast commissary operation for four days of commemoration.
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Gettysburg
Meade
Sickles
Hancock
Lee
Longstreet
Pickett
Stirmionel
1918
Pennsylvania
Department of the East
The
Red Cross
Uncle Sam
Sharpe
Cost of Living Figures From 1913 City Prices
Government study shows 39 cities had price increases for nearly all staple foods from 1890 to 1913 with an overall 8.2 percent rise over 1912. Meat eggs dairy and grains lead the jumps, while sugar and potatoes vary by city.
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Government Bureau of Labor
United States
Indians Seek Freedom in Minnesota Chippewa Move
The Chippewa Indians of Minnesota organize to gain independence from federal wards status and achieve self support. Leaders cite two conventions this year and aim for full citizenship and freedom as a separate race with modern living, agriculture, industry, and unified state supervision.
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Minnesota
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Blue
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Gray
American Press Association
Wells Corps
Army of the Potomac
George G. Meade
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Southland
Richard 8. Ewell
Keystone
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Carlisle
York
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Elde
Susquehanna
Joseph Hooker
Virginia
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Chancellorsville
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Frederick
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Labor Bureau
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