Woman advances to high post in interior department
Miss Mae A Schnurr has been appointed to fill the new assistant to the commissioner of reclamation. She becomes the first woman to hold such a high administrative post in the interior department. For five years she served as secretary to Dr Alwood Mead commissioner of reclamation and is also secretary to the international water commission.
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Mae A. Schnurr
Commissioner of Reclamation
Interior Department
Alwood Mead
English Honors for General Dawes in Sudbury Event
Sudbury plans a public luncheon and council meeting in October to honor General Charles Gates Dawes as American ambassador. The ceremony will recognize the Dawes family ties to America and reconstruct a full genealogical narrative of the founder William Dawes and his descendants in Boston and Sudbury Street.
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London
William Dawes
Sudbury
Suffolk
America
Charles Gates Dawes
England
Court of St. James
Dawes
United States
General Dawes
Planter
Winthrop
Boston
Salem
Ambrose
New World
William
Braintree
Mass
Susanna Mills
Sudbury Street
Wil
Liam Dawes
Henry W. Holland
New England Historical and Genealogical Society
Abraham Dawes
Putney
Cromwell
Aged Man Guards Pecos High Bridge at Del Rio
Old Bob Hutchins guards the Pecos high bridge four miles from Del Rio Texas ensuring the steel span remains safe for daily Southern Pacific trains. For five years he has watched flood waters rise to his doorstep and reels in massive catfish and garfish while guarding the 1521 foot long structure 82 feet above the river.
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del Rio
Texas
Grand Canyon
J. R. Nutchins
Pecos River
Rio Grande
Pecos High Bridge
Southern Pacific
Bob” Hutchins
Hutchins
Bob
Pecos
The Man From Home and the Stranger Abroad
A narrator recalls how people shed reserve when in unfamiliar surroundings. In Hawaii and Spain, a returning American and a Chicagoan meet old acquaintances with surprising warmth. The piece contrasts home restraint with overseas openness and chance recognitions far from familiarity.
Armour wins West Open at Ozaukee Milwaukee
Tommy Armour, the Scot from Tom o Shanter, ends a long eclipse by capturing the West Open title at Ozaukee Milwaukee. He shoots three under par in four rounds and clinches victory with a total of 2738, beating the next challenger.
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Tommy Armour
Tom O’ Shanter
Ozaukee
Milwaukee
Armour
Porcelain Memorial in Meissen Honors War Dead
In Meissen Germany the Nicolai church houses a eight year project the world s greatest porcelain monument. The walls bear 1 800 porcelain plates honoring citizens who died in World War I grouped around 380 life sized mourning mothers and eight giant figures keep vigil. A large porcelain arch sits between altar and nave and a porcelain shrine holds a golden book recording the dead soldiers.
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Meissen
Germany
Nicolai
Greenwood Mayor Sits as Judge in 2222 Police Court Cases
Greenwood Mississippi mayor John Ash holds a unique role as police court judge, hearing 2222 cases in two years with no jail waits. He claims most sentences are pronounced within an hour of arrest, with immediate disposition after each arrest.
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Swift Justice
Greenwood
Miss
John Ashcraft
Mexico Cracks Down on Pacific Piracy
In a government push led by Jose Lorenzo Sepulveda, piracy and contraband in Mexican Pacific waters, especially the Gulf of California, have declined. President Portes Gil ordered cleaner enforcement, ending illegal operations and licensing legal fisheries as lawful activity returns.
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Mexico City
Gulf of California
Jose Lorenzo Sepulveda
Los Angeles
Excelsior
Emilio Portes Gil
Senor Sepulveda
California Gulf
Direc
Mexican Pacific
Modern Harpoon Uses Electricity to Kill Whales
London reports a new harpooning method that attaches a metal fine to the harpoon and streams a strong current into the whale once embedded, electrocuting the animal and increasing kill certainty.
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London
Steam Power Stored for Off Hours at Charlottenburg
Germany builds a steam storage system at Charlottenburg state electrical works. Sixteen large steel condensers store high pressure steam generated during off hours for use when needed.
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Germany
State Electrical
Charlottenburg
Bayer Aspirin touted as universal headache antidote
An advertisement claims Bayer Aspirin provides quick complete relief for headaches and other ailments and should be kept at home and in the office. It emphasizes safe heart effects and frequent use by millions yearly.
Mathematician's Pun In Classroom Banter
A teacher remarks on a snake striking with mathematical precision, and a bright pupil suggests the term adder. The short exchange from Stray Stories captures a playful pun between math and biology.
Family Doctor Made Millions of Friends
Dr Caldwell rose to fame fifteen years after graduation for a single prescription. After forty years his Syrup Pepsin remains the world’s most popular laxative. Millions rely on its original herbal formula for constipation feverish illness and energy. It is pleasant tasting gentle effective and safe for women and children.
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United States
Hawiaki
Milwaukee
Peorit
George Morris
George
Herbert Johson
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
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