Alexander the Great conquers Asia and dies at thirty-two
The article chronicles Alexander by twenty two, his bold invasion with 4000 troops against Darius’s millions, his capture of Gordium and the Gordian knot, Issus, Arbela, Syria, Egypt, and India. It notes his swift conquests, cultural spread, and eventual self-deification followed by paranoia, murder of Callisthenes and Clitus, heavy drinking, and death after Babylonian fever at age thirty-two.
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Alexander the Great
Alexander
Macedonia
Marathon
Persia
Asia
Greece
Philip
Darius
Hellespont
B. C
Gordium
Issus
Syria
Egypt
Arbela
India
Porus
Jupiter
Callisthenes
Aristotle
Clitus
Babylon
Forecasting Happiness by Weather the Key to June Seventeen
New York weather veteran James H. Scarr explains why predicting a wedding day soon after a call can shape joy. He notes the value of anticipation over exact forecast and cites widespread demand for weather data from brides, vacationers, officials and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James H. Scarr
Weather Bureau
Lsts
Firemen Free Trapped Girl From Drain Pipe in Cleveland
A three year old girl named Eleanor Banas became trapped in a drain pipe after stepping onto a sidewalk. Firemen and neighbors worked nearly an hour, tearing up the cement and breaking into the pipe with axes and picks to free her. Battalion Chief James Flynn helped calm and guide the child during the rescue.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Eleanor Banas
Helen
Eleanor
Fire Department
James Flynn
Snakeskin Jackets Arrive As Paris Fashion Radicals
Snakeskin spats and pocket books headline style shows on the Champs-Elysees and at Longchamp races. These coats extend to jacket length with fur trims at neck and hem, patterned to resemble rattlesnake skin in light brown tones, with a glazed snakeskin effect.
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Paris
Champs-Elysees
Longchamp
Bureau cleans up war frauds units shifted to other branches
Washington reports that the war transaction section created in 1923 to prosecute war frauds has been disbanded. Clean up costs are estimated at 3 million dollars with 770 cases handled and 10.9 million dollars collected plus over 400 thousand dollars due. About 250 cases remain, with 50 more to close this year and 50 to be transferred for prosecution.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Weds Girl Who Found 2500 Wallet Ragone Lost
Andrew Ragone married Miss Rose DiConco after she found a wallet containing 2500 dollars Ragone lost at a bank. He offered an 800 dollar reward she refused the money and agreed to a dinner which led to friendship and marriage.
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New York
Andrew Ragone
Rose DiConco
Ragone
Spring Street
Chatham and Phenix Bank
Broadway
Private William Jensen Pleads Guilty in Prewedding Burglary
In San Francisco Private William Jensen of the U S A medical corps admitted guilt in police court for burglarizing the home of his fiancee Helen Hoenig and her parents the night before his wedding plans. He claimed he recovered part of the loot after overpowering a burglar during a dramatic sequence.
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San Francisco
William Jensen
Presidio
Helen Hoenig
Jensen
Giant flashlights rock whole cities in aerial test
Dayton and Rochester are scenes in a new aerial photography test as Lieut. George W. Goddard uses gigantic flash bombs to illuminate cities from airships. Each bomb contains multiple explosive chambers timed to produce a bright flare and is dropped from 3,000 feet with cameras capturing the moment.
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Dayton
Ohio
George W. Goddard
Rochester
N. Y
College Girl Writes With Pencil in Teeth
Henrietta Eidelsheim, unable to use her hands, writes all exercises with a pencil gripped in her teeth while studying at Hunter College. She aims to become a designer or journalist and says she sees nothing remarkable in her achievement.
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New York
Henrietta Eidelsheim
Hunter College
Henrietta
Fever-Laden Skeeters Bite Army Volunteers
Twenty percent of Philippine soldiers contracted dengue as 70 enlisted men were cited for exemplary duty while bitten by infected mosquitoes. Army doctors report the disease declined to about 20 per 1000 from 80 per 1000 in 1924, aiding treatment and prevention.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Back Seat Driving Cited as Ground for Divorce
California Supreme Court rules in Harman case that a husband may obtain a divorce when his wife in the back seat belittles his driving and directs his handling of dangerous curves. Lower court ruling overturned. divorce granted.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court of California
Claude H. Harman
Jessie
Harman
Supreme Court
Feed Guidelines For Heifers And Calving Cows
Guidance on proper feeding for heifers to maximize growth and bone development, recommending alfalfa hay and silage, with oats and corn for smaller animals. It covers feeding in the second year, preparation before calving, and maintaining body condition to ease calving and support milk production, including watchful management of afterbirth and weight changes.
Clean Milk Pays Off With Proper Sanitation And Timed Feeding
Dairymen learn clean milk is profitable through sanitary measures such as clean bedding and udder care. The Agriculture Department finds feeding green alfalfa and green corn affects milk flavor. green alfalfa causes stronger off flavors. Reducing taints depends on timing. five hours before milking eliminates most off flavors and odors.
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Department of Agriculture
Dairymen Waste Leaves of Alfalfa and Clover
New York state dairymen waste valuable alfalfa and clover leaves by sweeping them from cow mangers. W. T. Crandall of the Ithaca state agricultural college says legume hay needs only 15 to 18 percent protein in grain mixes. High protein grains suppress appetite for leaves, which are very protein rich. alfalfa leaves contain 22.5 percent protein while stems are much lower. He urges reducing high protein grain and feeding more home grown hay to utilize leaves fully.
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New York State
W.T. Crandall
State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N. Y
Mr. Crandall
Changes in Cow Tests Reflect Temperament and Feeding
The test of a cow’s milk depends more on temperament than other factors. Quiet cows milked regularly yield more uniform test results. Off feed or fever raises test results. Longer intervals between milkings generally lower the test results.
Interpreter error frees Newark man after eight years in prison
Raffaelo Morello, once serving life for his wife’s murder, was paroled after a New Jersey court found an interpreter’s misreading of his Italian dialect skewed the at request to war draft and trial. Morello later learned English and argued self defense and his wife’s suicide.
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Newark
N. J
Raffaelo Morello
New Jersey State Court of Pardons
Morello
Annette
Francesco
Arditi
National Army
Joseph Frederici
Hesex County
Martin
Harold Simandl
Frederici
Court of Pardons
Surgeon Performs Third Operation for Stomach Ulcers
In Berlin at the Cologne Hospital a male patient, after three stomach ulcer operations, suffered severe pain. An X ray showed a pair of surgical shears in his stomach. The instrument now lies in two parts and a complex operation is needed to remove it.
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Berlin
Cologne
Germany
Hens as Alimony Suit Filed in Tennessee Divorce
Mary Jesse Douglas of Knoxville sues for divorce alleging cruel treatment. She requests alimony in kind consisting of 18 hens plus a rooster and a motor truck valued at 300 dollars.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Jesse Douglas
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