Astronomer Wilder Barred From Sidewalk Skywatch
Seattle resident James Wilder studies stars from his front steps using field glasses and a map, but patrolmen mistake his stargazing for burglary. Wilder explains he seeks Vega and Andromeda while identifying Cygnus and Antares, then retires indoors. The note ends with a quip about mosquito nets.
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James Wilder
East Denny Way
Seattle
St. Louis
Stanley
Mr. Wilder
Antares
Scorpion
Castor
Polyx
Pennyweighters Quit After New Brunswick Run Exposed
A New York jewel thief swindle known as the pennyweight game targets rings and watches. Two young men cheat in stores as Otto O Sullivan pursues them. a $500 ring is stolen while a $25 diamond is swapped. The crooks brag they earned about $10,000 in two months and vow to start a new cafe business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Koontz
West 125Th Street
New York Times
Mr. Koontz
New York
Otto O. Sullivan
New Brunswick
N. J
Sullivan
Jewelers
Road House
Chattanooga
Tenn
Brotherhood of Pennyweighters
Cary
Koontz
125Th — Street
New York City
Pennyweighter
Bill & Jim
Cotton Products Worth Nearly a Million in Missouri 1910
In 1910 Missouri ranked not among the top cotton states yet its total cotton outputs including cottonseed oil meal hulls linters and grabbers neared one million dollars in value. The reported figures reflect a significant but understated role for Missouri in the cotton product market of that era.
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Missouri
Domestic graphite output rises while imports lag in 1910 report
Government geologic survey notes two graphite forms crystalline and amorphous. In 1910 crystalline production fell slightly due to lower Pennsylvania and Alabama output, while Georgia led amorphous production for fertilizer filler. Imports totaled 1.87 million dollars, domestic product value 1.32 million.
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United States
Alabama
New York
Pennsylvania
Edson S. Bastin
United States Geological Survey
Georgia
Colorado
Michigan
Nevada
Wisconsin
Bastin
Germany
Niagara Falls
Permits to Work Issued for Chicago School Children
Sixteen hundred Chicago school children appeared before G J Bransfield, labor officer, to obtain age and school certificates for vacation work. Illinois law bans under 14 from working. 14 to 16 may work eight hours daily with limits, while over 16 has no restrictions. Certificates cover scholarship and age, with methods to verify age including birth records or parental affidavits. Children are weighed and measured for identification. foreign children may receive certificates if literate in their language.
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Chicago
G. J. Bransfield
Chicago Board of Education
Jones
West Harrison Street
Plymouth Court
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Amanda Jones Blocks Fifth Divorce Bid in Kokomo
Mrs Amanda Jones who has four prior divorces defeats her fifth husband Frank Jones in a Kokomo Indiana court effort. Judge Purdue refuses to read a letter calling Jones “the boy with laughing eyes and cunning ways” and denies the divorce. The case is withdrawn to be refiled.
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Amanda Jones
Frank Jones
Kokomo
Ind
Cat Escapes Both Dog and Mariner in Apple Tree Rescue
A New York American report tells how a boy David Wilson Sullivan watched a cat climb an apple tree on old Detroit street East Rockport now Lakewood while a pursuing dog waited below. Frank Sullivan a sailor scaled the tree with rosin and ammonia used by George Randerson city superintendent of markets to coax the cat down as it nimbly eyed apples and robins.
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New York American
Detroit Street
East Rockport
Lakewood
Tommy
David Wilson Sullivan
Uncle Randerson
Frank Sullivan
Great Lakes
Sullivan Sr
Davie
George Randerson
Sullivan
Randerson
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Tackard
Sherlocko
Monk
National News Association
Watsowe
Watso
Henpeko
Marvelous
Alamo Street
Wolfson
Panamas
Bangkoks
Milans
Saul Wolfson Day Goods CO
France
No, Five
Cat
Dog
Mariner
Sailor
S. S.S
Swiet Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
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