Varied early 20th century notes on science and society
The article surveys diverse topics from energy use in cooking with radiators and electricity to early film and training devices. It notes bird migration tagging success, church and suffrage milestones, tax resistance by women leaders, a New Jersey anniversary, and remarks by Dr. S Weir Mitchell on nurses’ wage earning prospects.
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Deckprey
Mies
Tegal Photographic Society of London
Smith
Teether
Europe
Germany
Unclear sentence on Guam station and officials
An experimental station for Guam's resources is planned under Dr W H Evans with local agents directing investigations. The text also mentions probate matters for deceased parents children and a municipal inquiry schedule largely obscured by damaged OCR.
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Guam
Mene
W. H. Evans
le Aud Suchad
Characteo
Land Commissioner Decision Questioned Amid Competing Interpretations
A lengthy discussion questions the Land Commissioner’s ruling on homestead entry law, focusing on commuting rights vs residence and cultivation. The text argues that the law permits entry with commuting intent and that home stead provisions allow entrymen to select paths after five years, asserting the commissioner's interpretation should not alter statutory language.
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Uti
Doe
Dughem
Oman
Ponthey
Pugs
Dleok
Desteoy Wie Traction
Dennis
Aily Ube
Talich
Low
Mr. Dennett
Griscom Resigns as Ambassador to Italy March 4
The State Department confirms Lloyd C. Griscom resigns as ambassador to Italy, effective March 4. Griscom has a long diplomatic career including posts in Great Britain, Constantinople, Persia, Japan, Brazil, and Italy under Roosevelt.
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Washington
Dee
Lloyd C. Griscom
Italy
State Department
Griscom
United States
Great Britain
Constantinople
Persia
Japan
Brazil
Roosevelt
Monetary Committee Visits New York
New York December 30. Senator Aldrich Senator Teller and Representative Vreeland make a visit as a sub committee of the national monetary commission to confer with statisticians and writers for the commission. They are not consulting Wall Street bankers about the comptroller of the currency’s actions. Arthur B. Shelton secretary of the commission explained the purpose. Shelton arrived with the delegation from Washington.
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New York
Aldrich
Teller
Vreeland
National Monetary Commission
Commission
Wall Street
Arthur B. Shelton
Messrs. Aldrich and Teller
Shelton
Washington
Mr. Vreeland
Scientist Brings Siberian Seeds Home From Siberia
Dr. Nila Hannan formerly of Des Moines and Ames now at Brookings agricultural school returns from months in Siberia as special agent for the agriculture department. He sent Secretary Wilson a cartend of seeds of jyrans wheat barley and legumes from central and northern Siberia. The seeds suit dry cold climates and aim to advance dry land farming. Hanson is well known in town and to Secretary Wilson. He has devoted much time to Siberian research.
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Weahington
Nila Hannan
Des Moines
Ames
Brookings
S. D
Siberia
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Hanson
Sno
Deserters Form Army Give Themselves Up
Two German youths aged 18 and 20 Gudwig Jaehl and Exwell Maecy surrendered after walking 409 miles to join the United States Army at Fort Mette. They had traded uniforms for shabby civilian clothes and lacked overcoats or mittens, reporting severe hunger.
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Alexandria
D. Dee
Tia
United States Army
Gudwig Jaehl
Exwell Maecy
Fort Mette
Mar
Untitled tragedy described in damaged text fragment
The readable portion reports a fatal domestic incident where a person harmed a child at a home, with garbled names and unclear timeline. The fragment mentions a sorrowful scene and involves a mother and an absent or unclear caretaker.
Inspector Approves State Oil Statute After Review
The South Dakota inspector endorses the state oil law, noting broad compliance and only minor issues. He reports receiving inquiries from 16 states about the statute and says 130 barrels were rejected out of many inspected. He suggests an amendment to require a warehouse in the state for any company shipping oil there.
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D. Tee
Tajilouny
Ciren State
South Dakota
Wile
Malla
Tat
French Servants Demand Right to Wear Beards
Den 28 report on gens de maison urging President Failieres household reform allowing beards and mustaches for male servants. If granted it may spread to other noble households, provoking resistance from traditional domestic staff and critics of republicanism.
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Failieres
Gens de Maison
Cafe Walters
God
Rich Men's Funds to Fight Graft
Pittsburg reports a graft scandal involving councilmen and businessmen, with the Voters' league planning 23 warrants to arrest suspects. Prosecution and defense gain momentum as court trials are anticipated by late February, amid calls for a clean-up and donations to bankroll the effort.
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Pittsburg
Voters’ League of
Plana
Voters’ League
Pitte~ Burgers
Citiz
Conservation Commission urges water and resource safeguards
The state conservation commission reported to Governor Craigford on natural resource preservation. It calls strict dry farming, irrigation limits, tree planting, mine preservation, and action against private monopolies to safeguard water supply and soil fertility while outlining land use and irrigation potential across the state.
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Tierra
State Conservation Commission
Craigford Jal
Sonmter Gimab
Doone Rolinson
Pongreshman Martin
Dikken
Tordius Iseneltse
Fot Kow
Farmers Institutes
Robinson
South Dakota
Lee
Lea
Missouri
State
New System to Track Public Service Corporations Unveiled
New York on December 29 reports a fresh system for auditing gas and electric firms by order of the public service commission to start January 1. It targets overcapitalization and misallocation of funds, promising stricter public protection. The plan requires cash-only capital, separate franchise accounts, depreciation charges, and phased distribution of underwriting and related costs.
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New York
Public Service Commission
Peculiar assault on Miss Clara Kayser in Fort Wayne
Miss Clara Kayser, famed for her remarkable hair growth, was chloroformed during an unusual attack. She awoke to find her tresses on the floor beside the bed and two words near the window, with a masked man suspected in the mystery.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Clara Kayser
Crona
McClellan Heirs Battle for Estate in U S Court
Sioux Falls shows a federal suit over John McClellan estate with Johnny Jam Willan S. and Walter and Edmund McClellan claiming as surviving heirs. Names span Texas Arkansas Colorado Pennsylvania to prove rightful inheritance as Special Administrator Blackman faces accounting and distribution after prior state rulings. The case includes the South Dakota intervenor and the estate’s potential transfer if heirs prevail.
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Sioux Falls
John McClellan
Sioux Walls
State Supreme Court
United States
Thly City
Carland
Johnny Jam Willan S
Walter
Edmund McC
le Ptr Pers
Blackman
George Y. Blackman
South Dakota
Millers Protest Flour Transport Rates Across Regions
Forty two Minneapolis flour milling firms filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Great Northern and 27 other interstate carriers. They allege flour rates between Minneapolis and the Atlantic seaboard are excessive, unreasonable, and discriminatory. The petition seeks a fair rate to end what they call unjust discrimination favoring eastern mills.
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Washington
Minneapolis
Vicinity
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern Railway
Atlantic Seaboard
Marie Corelli Ill in Bed Yet Continues Writing
London dispatch reports novelist Marie Corelli is bedridden at Stratford-on-Avon due to illness. Despite a recent shooting attempt blamed on fanatical balance issues sparked by her books, she remains at work propped in bed and writing voluminously.
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London
Marie Corelli
Stratford-on- Tevon
Post Dispatch
Dispatches
Corelli
South seeks Taft invitations from Texas and the South
Augusta Georgia’s report notes Judge Taft’s growing appeal in the South as many Texas cities have sent cordial parchment invitations for his visit. The movement spreads to other Southern towns, reflecting increasing interest in hosting the president-elect.
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Augusta
Taft
South
Texas
Taft Cousin Missing After Hunting Trip
Berkeley reports Dr. Fred Wick D. Taft, cousin of President elect Taft, missing after hunting with Walter J. Watson on Boukin Island. Authorities and searchers scoured the area but had found no trace of the missing men by press time.
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Berkeley
Cal
Fredwick D. Taft
Taft
Walter J. Watson
Boukin Island
Gompers Sentenced In Contempt Case By Washington Court
Washington judge fined and jailed three labor leaders in a contempt ruling linked to boycott actions against the Buale Stove and Range Co. Gompers received 12 months, Mitchell nine months, Morrison six months. The decision cites coercion of union members and intimidation of customers in enforcing boycott lists.
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Washington
Buale Stove and Range Company
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gould
Buck Company
Lsta
Goimpers
Federationist
Messrs
Bucks
Bucks Company
American Federationist
Morgan Buys 15 Caxtons for 120000 in Auction
A Manchester paper reports that J Pierpont Morgan paid 120000 for 15 Caxtons from the 1% of Lord Amherst of Hackney's famed library, recently sold at public auction in Manchester.
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Manchester
England
A. Manchester
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lord Amherst
Hackney
Woman Rifle Expert Brings Down Wolf Near Farm
Yankton South Dakota December 25 Mrs Robert ONeill of James River a skilled rifle shot felled a wolf on her husband’s farm Wednesday morning She spotted the wolf while out with a .22 rifle and fired behind the shoulder The note mentions red lights seen at greater stance than green with unclear context.
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Yankton
Robert O'Neill
James River
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