Man With No Hands Keeps Bread Running at 76 in Palmer
Michael Laford, a Palmer resident, lost both arms in a sawmill accident but has supported a seven member family for 42 years. He cannot mow with a scythe nor milk a cow, yet he drives, loads logs, and handles daily tasks using his teeth and toes.
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Michael Laford
Laford
Montreal
Michael
Canadian
New York State
Stafford
Conn
Palmer
Navy ship magazines rise aboard battleships and beyond
Sailors publish onboard papers like the Kentucky Budget on the battleship Kentucky, blending journalism with naval life. Printers serve as editors, censored by ship officers, while issues feature vivid illustrations and host debates on enlistment conditions and meals.
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Uncle Sam
Navy Department
Navy
Wisconsin Pane
Washington
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
San Francisco Bay
South America
Louis Kline
W. R. McLeod
Kline
Russia
Tyre
Mnavy
Jack
Bargain Counter Encounters A Man Waiting For Wife
Jinks notes a cheap find at a bargain counter a man waiting for his wife catches Blake's curiosity. The brief exchange centers on a mundane scene in a shopping setting.
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Jinks
Blake
The Aerophone promises wireless voice in two-box system
The Grindell-Matthews aerophone claims two people can converse over distance without wires. Each user holds a twin box with a bell alert, then speaks and listens through a graphophone-like horn and a telephone style transmitter.
Well Guarded Against Fire and Alarms Coverage
More than 90 percent of U S cities with populations over ten thousand have electric fire alarms installed reflecting widespread adoption and emphasis on urban fire safety measures.
Vivisection is aid in medical progress defense
An American Medical Association pamphlet series from Chicago argues animal experiments save lives and reduce death rates. Prof James R Angell defends ethics, says anesthesia is used and suffering is minimized, urging calm public judgment amid anti vivisection debate.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
James R. Angell
University of Chicago
Angell
University of Michigan
Angeli
English Photographer Offered $25000 for Marriage
John E. Mason, a young English photographer in Boston, learned he will inherit $25000 from England only if he marries within a year. He has not found a suitable bride and faces financial hardship after arriving from New Orleans. He recalls meeting Admiral Higginson but plans no help from him.
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Boston
John E. Mason
New Orleans
England
Mason
Admiral Higginson
United States Navy
An Obliging Senator Map Sends United States Request
Members of Congress receive unusual requests. A Maine constituent asked Senator Hale to send him the United States, and a map of the country was mailed in reply, after a similar earlier request for the congressional library.
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Washington
Congress
Frye
Maine
Congressional Library
Hale
United States
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