Mushrooms as Food and Waste Across the United States
Professor F Clements Minnesota state botanist cites a bulletin estimating that mushroom waste equals the value of the nation’s entire agricultural output. Mushrooms grow from summer to fall in woods and pastures, many edible and nourishing, but collecting costs and hazards limit use and some species are deadly.
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F. ©. Clements
Minnesota
United States
Manchester Union
Clements
Multiplied Europe Tourists Spend Big in a Single Season
The estimate holds 300 000 American tourists travel to Europe each season and spend about 750 dollars each totaling roughly 225 million dollars, not including steamship tickets. Bankers report that letters of credit average 3000 dollars, with wealthy travelers leaving 25 000 to 75 000 and drawing two thirds, underscoring the large overseas sum leaving the U S in one season.
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Europe
The
Manchester Union
Farmer Dresses Scarecrows in Hobble Skirts to Fend Off Crows
An New Jersey farmer outfits his scarecrows with hobble skirts and basket hats claiming the fashion frightens crows away from his fields. He jokes that many men will rethink bird intelligence after witnessing the display.
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New Jersey
Chicago teamster jailed for stabbing horse to death
A Chicago teamster received a one year penitentiary term for stabbing a horse to death after it refused to stand by a hitching post. The remark riffed on the severity of animal cruelty versus potential bail outcomes for killing a man.
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Chicago
Ninety five year old New Yorker learns to smoke
The papers report a New Yorker aged ninety five has just learned to smoke, a surprising late-life milestone that drew attention across headlines.
Man who cuts nose outfaces self to toothache cure
A dark humorous note details a Brooklynite who killed himself to end a toothache while another man’s vanity leads to a self harming act. The report reflects sensational crime and tragic irony from the period.
All dogs that walk abroad in the hot months should be adorned with a muzz le
A guideline notes that dogs outdoors in hot months deserve muzzles to curb heat stress and prevent incidents. It emphasizes humane restraint while in public and advises owners to provide shade and water.
Kansas Skunk Farm Draws Sniffing Neighbor States
Kansas touts a skunk farm as a novelty but neighboring states are skeptical. The feature notes the venture's novelty, regional reactions, and potential market interest amid turf rivalry.
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Kansas
Doctor questions cleanliness as enemy of health
An English doctor argues that excessive cleanliness harms health, suggesting good hygiene may be overemphasized. He questions whether the obsession is protective or merely an alibi for broader social changes.
Aviation Dangers Highlighted in Present Illustrated
The piece notes that aviation appears to be a dangerous occupation with many accidents as shown in the current illustrated feature.
Americans in German Wreck at Mullheim Station
An express from Basel to Berlin wrecked at Mullheim Baden. Eleven people were killed with many injured including possible Americans. Locomotive derailed, four cars telescoped, other cars piled against a standing train. No escape for passengers in the first three coaches.
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Mullheim
Baden
Germany
Basel
Switzerland
Berlin
Cost Of Election Publicity Bill Enacted By Senate
Washington DC The senate passed a sweeping publicity bill requiring disclosure of all primary election expenses and pledges of jobs or favors. The measure caps campaign spending and forbids making political pledges, passing with near unanimous support after extended debate.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
House
Smelting Company Sued for 2.5 Million in Fraud Suit
A federal civil suit seeks 2,500,000 damages from American Smelting and Refining for alleged conspiracy and fraud in acquiring 2,415 acres of Trinidad coal lands. The action aims to recover damages rather than invalidate patents, noting the case against the so called smelter trust linked to the Guggenheim family. The Interior Department has investigated land acquisitions by various firms for years.
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Denver
Col
American Smelting and Refining Company
Trinidad Coal Fields
Smelter Trust
Guggenheim
Interior Department
Rebels Capture Cape Haitien Revolt Reaches Haitian Port
Rebels seize Cape Haitian as generals opposed to the revolution seek refuge in foreign consulates. The French consul is slightly wounded protecting local authorities. An American yacht offers refuge to women and children while awaiting a U S warship.
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Cape Haitien
Haitii
United States
Receiver for Lewis Affairs Granted in St Louis Court
In St Louis the petition of 233 creditors for a blanket receiver over FE G Lewis properties and enterprises was granted by Judge Mc Pherson and James Dyer. The St Louis Union Trust Co is named receiver, shifting control from the reorganization syndicate in charge for about three months.
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St. Louis
FE. G. Lewis
United States Circuit Court
James Dyer
McPherson
St. Louis Union Trust Company
JAPAN WAR SCARE HUBBUB IN WASHINGTON
In Washington predictions rise that Japan will soon seek an arbitration treaty with the United States similar to the Britain agreement. Proponents cite Japan England accords limiting use of England’s aid in war with the Eastern empire. The revised Anglo Japanese alliance is hailed as a potential three way pact including the United States, England, and Japan.
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Washington, D. C
Japan
United States
Great Britain
England
Tokio
Kingland
Profit in City Water Plant
Kansas City Kansas reports a profit of 77,270.41 for the first six months of the year after all operating expenses. The Water Department uses the earnings to pay interest on bonds, establish a sinking fund, and finance extensions while delivering improved service.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Kan
Water Department
Water Works
No Income Tax Law This Year
Washington notes that despite New York endorsing the income tax, the constitutional amendment cannot take effect this year. Required state approvals are lacking, with action pending next year as 31 of 46 states have endorsed it. The threshold remains thirty five endorsements to become operative.
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Washington
New York
Arson Ring Claimed by Illinois Fire Marshal
Illinois state fire marshal C. J. Doyle told a Chicago audience that an organized arson ring operates from Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas with cells in Illinois Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee. Local police say they have no knowledge of such a group in this city.
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Arson Trust
Kansas City
Ilinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
C. J. Doyle
Illinois
Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago
Heavy Shipment of Stamps From Washington Arrives
Live trucks carried a mail shipment valued at 400000 dollars from the Union depot to the post office in Kansas City Missouri. The load consists of stamps in packages of 200000 with eleven Taion poreeke stamps 7000000 ones 150000 other denominations and 15000 stamp books.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Union
Post Office
Washington
Fast Horse Saved Negro in Oklahoma Stabbing Incident
In McAlester Oklahoma an 18 year old white boy Dor sey was stabbed and killed in a quarrel by Jamie Gibson a black youth also 18 years old. A mob gathered but officers escorted the suspect to jail.
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McAlester
Oklahoma
Dorsey
Jamie Gibson
Savannah
Sedalia Y M C A Receives 10000 Gift Toward Building
Sedalia Missouri Mrs Sarah E Cotton has given the Young Men's Christian Association here a check for 16000. The subscription is contingent upon others subscribing 40000 toward the erection of a 50000 building. The total subscriptions now are 500000.
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Sedalia
Fire damages Sforza castle in Milan archives loss
A fire partially burned the Sforza castle at Saint Angelo in Milan. The tower and armory remain standing but the archival records were destroyed, wiping out important documents from the historic site.
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Milan
Italy
Sforza
Saint Angelo' l Ledinano
Reduction of maneuver division completes at San Antonio
Washington reports that the mass detachment of troops from General Carter's command has nearly finished. All soldiers ordered home have departed San Antonio, Texas, except a battalion of the Third Field Artillery from Fort Myer, Virginia, held for target practice.
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Washington, DD
San Antonio
Tex
Carter
War Department
Third Field Artillery
Fort Myer
Navy Vaccination Effort Targets Typhoid at Norfolk
The Norfolk recruiting station reports 44 sailors stricken with typhoid and orders vaccination for all 1,200 men to prevent further spread.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Norfolk
Officer Kills Grocer in Kansas City Robbery Attempt
Armourdale grocer G. Crumpley was killed after firing four shots at Sergeant James T. Lowe who went to the store to enforce an injunction. Lowe returned fire and killed Crumpley in the Kansas City Kansas incident.
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Kansas City
Kansas
G. Crumpley
Armourdale
James T. Lowe
Lowe
Robbery on Santa Fe Train Leads to Lost Jewelry
Mrs. Harry G. Seymour of the New York apartments occupied a lower berth on a Santa Fe train bound for Colorado and woke to find her jewelry, valued at $2,000, missing from her belongings.
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Santa Fe
Kansas City
Harry G. Seymour
New York
Colorado
Diamond Heist at Franklin Jewelry in Kansas City
Two men robbed Franklin Jewelry at 17 West Ninth Street seizing owner B J Franklin. They choked him dragged him to the back room fired a shot and attempted chloroform. They escaped with a safe drawer containing diamonds valued at 4500 dollars. one robber was later captured.
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Kansas City
Franklin Jewelry Company
West Ninth — Street
B. J. Franklin
Motor champion Lewis Strang dies in Wisconsin crash
Lewis Strang famed motor car racer loses his life at Blue River Wisconsin when his Case car on the state reliability tour jumps an embankment and crashes.
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Lewis Strang
Milwaukee
Wis
r.Lewis Strang
Blue River
Plot to Assassinate De La Barra
Police in Mexico City report an alleged plot to kill President de la Barra. The president dismisses the claim while detectives continue the investigation.
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de la Barra
City
Mexico
President de la Marra
Sarsaparilla tonic marketed as blood purifier and energizer
A promotional note extols Hoods Sarsaparilla for directly affecting the blood to purify enrich and revitalize the system. It offers the beverage in liquid form or chocolate coated Sarsatabs for convenient use.
Clever scheme to dodge car theft and accident records
Goofer Speedleigh hides his car’s grease stained plate to defeat identification after a crash. Shoofer applauds the plan and Jie allows the grease buildup to obscure the number. The dialogue suggests a negligent scheme to avoid law enforcement tracing vehicles.
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Speedleigh
Jie
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills Free Trial Offer
A historic ad invites readers to request a trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw Pills by writing to Professor Munyon at 58d and Jefferson Streets in Philadelphia. The copy extols liver stimulation, argues against harsh cathartics, and claims benefits for digestion, blood, and complexion. A regular bottle contains 45 pills for 25 cents.
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Munyon
Professor Munyon
Munron’s Laboratory
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