Lab near Pittsburg turns out seven twelfths of world radium
In Pittsburg a lab operating since 1912 has produced 8.6 grams of radium valued at $10.65 million. Radium costs about $3.5 million per ounce, with refining consuming large ore and coal inputs. The article traces Curie discoveries and a local effort led by Joseph M. Flannery to boost U.S. radium production from carnolite.
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Austria
Susan A Flannery
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Flannery
Joseph M. Flannery
Europe
Colorado
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Mining of carnolite by Standard Chemical Co begins
Medical men buy most of the radium some used in making luminous articles. The Standard Chemical Co starts mining carnolite with ra dium market activity noted among buyers.
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Standard Chemical Co
Denver Printers Talk Strike Over 44Hour Week
Denver union leaders say five printing crafts will strike unless employers grant a 44 hour week. Workers now clock 45 hours weekly affecting about two thousand printers. Hearings before the state industrial commission were to continue today.
Youngest Civil War drummer boy claimed for Davenport
The Davenport family of Pontiac Michigan claims H D Davenport was the youngest drummer boy in the Civil War. He joined Company H Sixth Vermont under Major August 14 1861 at age ten.
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Pontiac, Mich
H. D. Davenport
Co H
Vermont
Prohibition a Joke Says English Observers in Detroit
A pithy remark from the Detroit Free Press mocks prohibition as a joke with a jab at those who have never faced hardship. The quote underscores a wary public mood about enforcement and social attitudes during the era.
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Detroit
Free Free
Blind author Lindsy Incas earns success in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis a young writer known as Lindsy Incas, blind since his teens and deaf later, has built a career by selling stories and poems to magazines. At 23 he supports himself via writing, reading through braille systems, and enjoys swimming and skating between composing works such as Circus Time and The Adventures of the Keenants.
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Imena
Altho
Minneapolis
Wensela
New York
Northland
Real Hen Party for Minister Is Staged
BRAMAN OK April 22 church members brought baskets for Rev M I Kelly then filled his home with full grown chickens the next morning the event staged as a surprise visit by parishioners
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Braman
Okla
Courtship Promise Off in California Divorce Case
In San Francisco Judge K G Cabanian denies the divorce petition of Selma Butler a 19 year old former UC student married to a wealthy broker 20 years her senior. Butler claimed he promised to treat her as his daughter until she could decide if she loved him as a wife and said she slept on the kitchen floor during their courtship. The judge says pre marriage promises are overridden by the marriage oath and attributes the haste to the husband’s eagerness to win her.
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Cal
K. G. Cabanian
Selma Butler
University of California
You Can Live on 25 Cents a Day There
A London dispatch notes that Latvia as the new Baltic state offers a living on 25 cents a day. Depreciated money makes the English pound worth a small fortune in that country.
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London
Latvia
First Road Book Published in America 1789 Survey
A survey of United States roads published in 1789 marks the first road book produced in the country. The work details routes, distances, and practical travel guidance for early travelers and mapmakers.
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United States of America
Longtime Bedbound Farmer Dies After 45 Years
London reports William Precon, 82, farmer, refused to leave his bed for decades, dying from alleged spinal trouble that may have been unfounded. No romance influenced his stay as his former sweetheart could not persuade him out. Meanwhile in Jacksonville, the Japanese steamer Eric Maru released on $10,000 bonds after booze seizure. crew fined $20 each. A train at 60 mph would circle the globe in 17 days.
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William Precon
Jacksonville
Kia
Eric Maru
Hooch Runners Face Highjackers On Montana Roads
Helena April 22. Bootleggers and prohibition officers patrol the highways at night in unlighted cars. Highjackers steal abandoned autos and illicit cargoes, raising risks of mistaken identity and dangerous confrontations on the road.
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Helena
Mont
Aus
Inmates of Zoo Die as Men Take Food
Starvation has killed eighty percent of the animals at the Budapest zoo as food needed for people is diverted. The shortage follows a period of neglected care and dwindling supplies within the facility.
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London
Budapest
Negro Shot to Death With Hairpin in Memphis
In Memphis on April 22, John Frown a Black man was shot and killed by a revolver. Doctors recovered a hairpin from the wound and believe the weapon’s barrel bore the hairpin at the moment of firing.
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Negro
Memphis
Tenn
John Frown
Sepol Hair and Scalp Tonic Promises Dandruff Cure
Deodorized sheep dip shampoo alternative claims to kill scalp germs, prevent dandruff, itching, and hair loss. Research praises odorless formula and hair growth boost, marketed as Hepol style shampoo tonic available at Bartell Drug Co and other drug stores.
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Bartell Drug Cea
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