Harvard Finds Two Kinds Of Lead In Atomic Weights
Harvard chemists announce that atomic weights of about forty elements are well established and that lead exists in two forms. One lead, from radium minerals, has a lower weight of 206.1 while ordinary lead weighs 207.8, suggesting matter may be composed of mixtures and raising questions about elemental indivisibility.
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Mass
Harvard
Theodore W. Richards
Walcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory
International Committee of Scientists On
Regory.p. Baxter
Richards
International Committee On
Europe
Lake Superior
Baxter
Scientists Debate Atomic Weights Split In Lead
Prof. W. D. Harkins of Chicago argues ordinary chlorine is a mixture and F. W. Aston of Cambridge counters with evidence that multiple elements may consist of atoms of different weights. Harvard chemists pursue confirmation but face difficulty separating the two kinds once mixed.
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W. D. Harkins
Chicago
F. W. Aston
Cambridge
England
Harvard
Arkansas Farmer Buries Pets With His Body
Edward Seth a Walnut Ridge Arkansas farmer requested burial with his dog two chickens and a mule He was granted the request for the dog and chickens but the mule did not accompany him and the animal died before burial The animals were placed in a plain wooden box with the farmer as a memento of his last wishes
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Edward Seth
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Sea Captains Act as Mates on One Vessel
Four captains on a single ship, all licensed, serve with three acting as mates amid a postwar decline in world trade. Veterans accept reduced rank to support from the bridge to the engine room as many seafarers face idleness and turn to farms or unions for aid.
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New York
Indies
Furance
America
New England
Believe Native Indians Doomed By Winter Famine and Gambling
Seattle report warns Alaska natives face extinction as fishing collapses and prices fall. Epidemics, malnutrition, and alcohol plague tribes while missions and reindeer stations attempt rescues. census says net deaths exceed births by thousands over a decade.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Paroled St Louis Man Released Over Costly Prisoner Ration
Lang Milton, a colored man from St. Louis, had been jailed for several weeks and was paroled by Sheriff John Willmann of St Louis County. His return for prisoners was deemed unaffordable and he was released unconditionally despite his prior confinement.
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Lang Milton
St. Louis
Milton
John Willmann
St.Louis County
Maturity on the Farm: Right Care and Feeding for Pullets
The article advises poultry keepers to hatch early enough for pullets to mature in October, prevent overcrowding, and separate cockerels from pullets. It stresses clean housing to avoid mites and lice, regular roost-area checks, and spraying with approved solutions. It recommends high egg-laying mash, ample range, moist mash with milk, and buckwheat middlings as needed. It highlights corn and wheat as primary grains, noting oats and barley are less favorable.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Free range fowls need varied feed and secure housing
Advice for poultry farming stresses mixed diet not grain only, and urges colony or rat proof houses. Tight floored brood crops protect setting hens and reduce egg theft. Old hens can yield meat, but a flock should aim for both meat and eggs.
Household Hint Exchange Sparks Friendly Banter
A humorous snippet depicts Jones asking how to cook cabbage while Jenkins suggests airing the house with all windows open. The brief exchange ends with a woman revealing her age only when she tries to hide it.
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Jones
Jenkins
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