Mount Rushmore Project and National Ideals Referenced
The text discusses a 1051 deadline for completing figures of Washington and Lincoln and finishing the granite memorial group with inscriptions by 1033. It notes congressional funding of $260,000 with remainder from donations, praising Mount Rushmore as a sublime elevation of granite between the Atlantic and Pacific and detailing monument dimensions and proportions.
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Torglum
Washington
Lincolln
Atlantic
Wenle
Mer
Snow Drives Narrow Rail Travel and Deep Snow Drifts
Snow swept across multiple states blocking rail travel and causing delays. Northern roads were nearly impassable while Montana saw below freezing temperatures and strong winds creating large drifts. Infrared cold and clear skies varied by locale with several towns reporting heavy snowfall in early November.
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Nouthern
Montana
Neraila
Wea
Salt Lake City
Italy Imposes New Lottery Tax by Council of Ministers
Rome November 20 Italy imposes a new tax of 10 per cent on public lotteries and bans private lotteries until December 31 1911. The measure approved by the council of ministers aims to regulate gambling and raise state revenue. Public lotteries will be taxed while private ones are abolished until the end of December.
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Italy
Rome
Council of Ministers
Caave Believes His Own Mother of Neuritis Cure
An Irish German marketed remedy claims to heal neuritis and restore energy. The advertisement reports a 80 year old woman improving daily with the product Norte, noting others also recovered after use. It urges readers to visit drug stores and request Morita for a free at home test.
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Caave
Nurite
Bani Delaiia
Shieuaeaemm
Peuralria
Tumbiga
Sxniicats Sich
Thia
Sion
Pine-O-Pine Co Cleanser Ad for Hotels Hospitals
An old advertisement pitches Pine-O-Pine as a cleanser for bathrooms and lavatories in hotels hospitals and rooming houses. It claims the product removes yellow staining from porcelain and disinfects while smelling like a pine forest and keeping pests away. Manufactured solely by Pine-O-Pine Co at 1003 Cleburns Ave Houston Texas.
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Uae
Pine-O-Pine CO
Cleburns Ave
Houston
Texas
Why Walk Miles Why Walk Miles
A fragment notes the paradox of seeking a home by long wandering versus instantly finding a place where habit fits, implying a critique of searching habits and dwelling.
Hiccough Patient Cured After Ten-day Attack
Detroit report details Joseph Daskin ending an 11 or 13 day hiccough spell at a hospital after routine treatment. Readers had proposed over 60 home remedies from potato poultice to various odd cures. The patient began recovering after the procedure, with relatives referencing personal tragedy during the episode.
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Detroit
Joseph Daskin
Perons
Bia Jlimres
Daukin
Hiccough
San Antonio to Start Emergency Fund for Poor Helpers
Mayor Chambers and city officials backed a plan to raise an emergency fund for the needy through voluntary payroll donations. About 200 department workers earn under $100 monthly, with no compulsory pay deduction. Montgomery Ward and others contributed small sums as donation boxes opened Wednesday.
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Jess
San Antonio
Chambers
Paul E. Stetiler
Sanonia
Wright
Chambers Cai
Jacob Rubiola
Montgomery Ward
Tomes KR. Denny
Denny
Aviator Marries Flier in Washington Honeymoon Begins
Lieutenant Leonard C. McAllister, returning from Hartford, marries Miss Generose Dickens, 24, who arrived from Long Beach, California. The ceremony by Reverend Joseph Huckley takes place at 260 Pennsylvania Avenue. They plan to reside at 358 Ridge Place.
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Washington
D. C
Hartford
Conn
Leonard C. McAllister
Generose Dickens
Long Beach
Cell
Dickens
MedAllister
Joseph ¥. Huckley
Pennsylvania Avenue
McAllister
Jersey City Heights
N. J
Swiss City Plans to Aid Its Jobless
MURICEH Switzersoool Nov. 6 With rising unemployment the city moves to protect itself by a municipal compulsory unemployment insurance scheme. It covers about 70,000 workers and costs 1,880,000 Swiss francs per year. Benefits range from four to a maximum of 1.60 francs a day based on insured status.
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Muriceh
Switzersoool
Inventor Gives Prize to Air Society in Moscow
Alexander Yevler, who won a 60,000 ruble government prize for aviation improvement, donates the entire sum to the Chemical and Aviation Defense Society. He earmarks 25,000 rubles to aid inventors, amid uncertain support and recognition in the field.
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Moscow
Alexander Yevler
Chemical and
Yeyler
British Scientists Show Impossible Achievement in Watch Crystal
British scientists at Leeds Wool Industries Research Association claim to have glued guinea pig hair to a watch crystal and stretched it with a special extension until the hair lengthened and thinned. A female scientist described the process and results in a public demonstration.
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London
Leeds
Wool Industries Research
Ford Plans New China Plant Amid Inaugural Talks
Bitanghat November 20 Ford assembly plant may be built in Shanghai as result of investigations conducted by W C Coming of Detroit. Officials, contingent, and interviewed government leaders discussed potential site during the inquiry.
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Ford
China
Bitanghat
Shanghai
W. C. Coming
Detroit
Conting
Helium's Age to Broadened in New York Report
The American Chemical Society announces helium’s abundance may expand its use beyond airships to medicine metalurgy and food preservation. Helium could heat and cool living quarters aboard craft and be combined with oxygen for diving and caisson work. Sealed food in helium resists decay and shows promise as a preservative with many technical applications.
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New York
American Chemical Society
W. EB. Snyder
R. H. Bottoms
Louisville
Germany Tests New Railroad Signal At Grade Crossings
Experiments on a rail line near Berlin feature an automatic signaling system with white lights flashing 40 times per minute when clear and red lights flashing 30 times per minute as a train approaches. The light cycles on and off by a contact device buried in the rails.
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Bean
Ronl
B “Ng
Tmin
War on gangs enlarges federal push in Chicago
Attorney General Mitchell announced a broad mobilization of federal agencies to disrupt Kanes wloh and gangster activities in Chicago. Agencies including the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service have stationed forces since early summer, with coordination led by a DOJ agent assisting the U.S. attorney. The effort, billed as anti gangster pressure, will continue indefinitely.
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Mitchellane,n
Gil Cago
Kanes Wloh
Justice Deyarlment
Hureau
Internal Revenue and Immigration Authorities
Chicago
Auomer
Mitcell
Covartment of Justice
United States
Mitchell
Ava
Dr Cadman resigns from philanthropic chairmanships
ORK Nov 20 Dr S Parker Cadman resigns from the chairmanship of two philanthropic bodies the Golden Tale foundation and China Famine Relief incorporated. He says the move comes after pressure of other duties and on medical advice while noting his reluctant departure.
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ORK
S. Parker Calman
Golden Tale Foundation
China Famine Relief, Incorporated
Cadman Save
Child Welfare Topic at PTA Meeting Concludes Session
In San Angelo on November 20, delegates from the National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers associations passed resolutions urging health and safety measures for school children, thrift instruction as a regular course, and the establishment of a child welfare bureau.
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P.T.A
San Angeta
Lesng Congress of
Mathera
Parent*Teachera Associations
Death Threat From Gypsies Alleges Mail Warning
A San Francisco report describes a vague death threat mailed to Constable S A Lanting and police headquarters. The warning, tied to Gypsy encampments, mentions two gypsy women accused of robberies near the navy yard, matching descriptions from a Vallejo police circular.
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San Francisco
Bert
S. A. Lanting
Colma
W.T. Sanford
Vallejo
Navy Yard
Lan Nini
Huge Petrified Logs Found in Piedmont Forest
Piedmont South Dakota November 20 report says uncovering more petrified logs four miles north of town indicates the Piedmont forest will be the largest in the area when fully dug out. Excavations this summer uncovered a log 35 feet long and 16 feet in diameter, said to be the largest ever found.
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Piedmont
S. D
Piedmont Petrified Forest
Here
Arould
Urologista
Arizona
Army Orders Aniccran Bertleey WASHINGTON
Fragmented army orders listing officer transfers and stations in the Philippines and United States territories. Mentions Thomas J. Jackson, Fort Slocum, Fort Oynar, Fort Drege, Fort Wadsworth, and other postings with unclear spellings. Names include Charles Peyton and Arthur E. Wattsin among others.
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Thor M. Thorourkman
Tot
Philipines
Port Wadsworth
Hornate I
Robinson
C. Fore
Francisca
Arthur E .Watsin Irvan Frardera
Fort Winfield
Aged Indians Shun Houses for Teats Bann sea Now
Aged couple refuses government housing in favor of the shelter of their forefathers tent pit, living in a dooryard hut provided since 1870. They speak through an interpreter and endure cold, cooking over a camp fire, with makeshift bedding on the ground.
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Prants Horse
Monty Morse
Extraordinary Feet Bring Conviction
Ohio, Nov. 2. The fact that he wears a size shoe largely explains the prison term Charles Brown, 30, local Negro, is serving in Ohio penitentiary. A couple of heavy boilers were stolen from a Columbus industrial concern. They were found in the mud indicating one robber was unusually large. Brown, 6 feet tall and weighing 227 pounds, was arrested and convicted. He was sentenced to two years.
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Ohio
Charles Brown
Oho
Columbus
Brown
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