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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1902
Page
6
Japanese burial and room compass diagrams for guests
In Japan the dead are buried with the head to the north and many homes and hotels display a ceiling diagram of the compass for guests. The practice explains why sleeping rooms include the north pointing orientation to guide rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Philadelphia medical journal doubts Rhodes sanity over secret millionaire unity plan
A Philadelphia medical journal questions Cecil Rhodes sanity based on his idea to found a world unity through a secret society of millionaires. The paper argues such a nation possesses an insane quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cecil Rhodes
Janssen Finds Snow Insulates Wires On Mont Blanc
Experiments by H Janssen show no poles are needed for stringing telephone and telegraph lines in snow covered regions. If snow reaches several inches, it acts as a natural insulator and wires can be laid directly for message transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Janssen
Mont Blanc
French Becomes Official Language in Quebec Legislature
The Quebec Legislature City Council and Board of Trade adopt French as the official language. English speakers may use their language verbally but all records must be in French due to the growing French element in these bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Board of Trade
Senatorial Elections Across States Expire in 1903
Terms expiring in March 1903 include Senators Platt of New York Jones of Arkansas Teller of Colorado Orville H Platt of Connecticut Mason of Illinois Fairbanks of Indiana Allison of Iowa Gallagher of New Hampshire Penrose of Pennsylvania McLaurin of South Carolina and Spooner of Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Platt
New York
Jones
Arkansas
Teller
Colorado
Orville H. Platt
Connecticut
Mason
Illinois
Fairbanks
Indiana
Allison
Iowa
Gallagher
New Hampshire
Penrose
Pennsylvania
McLaurin
South Carolina
Spooner
Wisconsin
New Death Diagnostic Method Tested in Marseilles
Dr Icard of Marseilles has devised a dye test to distinguish death from catalepsy. He injects fluorescin into veins. a living body's circulation turns the skin grass green within two minutes, coloring about 45 000 litres of water per gramme of dye. The color fades in a few hours and causes no harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Icard
Marseilles
Academie Des Sciences
Smallest European Soldier Stood Out in French Army
Francois Finas of Montmellan France, barely over three feet tall, was drafted as a conscript but soon barred from service after his officer found him unable to keep step or carry the regimental flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Finas
Montmellan
France
Europe
Migration Trends by Nationality in Early US Cities
The article notes a pattern where foreign groups cluster by region: two thirds of the Irish stay east, two thirds of Germans go west, and 870,000 of 1,000,000 Scandinavians settle in the west and northwest. Russians Poles Hungarians and Italians concentrate in New England New York and Pennsylvania with Bohemians and Hollanders in the central west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Dowager Empress Orders Ivory Valkyre Reproduction
The Dowager Empress of Russia orders Danish sculptor Stephen Sinding to reproduce the Paris sensation Valkyre in ivory for the figure and gold bronze for the horse and ornamentation. The work will cost greatly and may take a year to secure enough ivory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Stephen Sinding
Valkyre
Paris
X ray treated chicken eggs fail to hatch in study
In Dr. Elmer E. Prescott's lab six eggs were exposed to Roentgen rays for 20 minutes daily for a week. Afterward they were placed under a setting hen with seven ordinary eggs. Only one marked egg hatched, and the chick died after breaking the shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer EB. Prescott
First convict in Parramatta gold discovery 1789
An old Australian document claims gold was found near Parramatta by a convict in 1789. He was immediately charged with stealing a watch and boiling it down, punished with 150 lashes after a harsh early court trial. A later competent authority doubted the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Parramatta
Air tabloids advertised in Paris claim portable oxygen supply
Advertisement boasts oxygen tabs for continuous air, claimed to work in submarines and airships. The items are presented as practical use of newly studied sodium peroxide and potassium peroxide under specific compression conditions, with sensational claims toned down to sober facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Murder and suicide shock New York novelist household
Paul Leicester Ford, 37, novelist of Janice Meredith and The True George Washington, was shot by his brother Malcolm Webster Ford in their East 77th Street home. Malcolm then killed himself. Miss Elizabeth R. Hall and Mrs Ford were present as police noted possible financial strain led to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Leicester Ford
Malcolm Webster Ford
East 77Th Street
Elizabeth R. Hall
Miss Hall
Mr. Ford
Malcolm Ford
Miss. Hall
Paul
Paul Ford
Brown
Capt. Brown
Janice Meredith
Grace Kidder
Eward H. Kidder
Brooklyn
Gordon Lester Ford
Malcolm W
Mre. Ford
Peter Stirling
K. and A
George Washington
Cupid
Bookman
Thomas Jefferson
John Dickinson
Mrs Denison Elected President of General Federation Clubs
Mrs Dimes T S Denison wins the presidency of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in Los Angeles by a ballot of 667 to 258 over Mrs Sarah Platt Decker. She is greeted with applause and a floral welcome as she takes her seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Los Angeles
Cal
Dimies T
Denison
Sarah Platt-Decker
Hamilton freed in Wisconsin conspiracy case
Eau Claire Wisconsin May 9 Judge Gilberton discharged W N Hamilton national organizer of the Brotherhood of Paper makers after ruling insufficient evidence for conspiracy charge against the Dells Paper and Pulp Co He had been arrested on the charge and was released Thursday Opposes Oleomargarine Bill Washington May 9 Representative Wooten met with the White House presenting a protest from the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association against executive approval of the oleomargarine bill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wis
W. N. Hamilton
Brotherhood of Paper Makers
Dells Paper and Pulp Co
Gilberton
Hamilton
Washington
Wooten
White House
Interstate Cotton, Seed Crushers Association
Weavers Wage Increase Announced by Simpson and Kirkaldy
Woonsocket Rhode Island May 9 Simpson and Kirkaldy woolen manufacturers announce wage increases for weavers two cents per yard on all wool backs and one cent per yard at pill The move affects local textile workers and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
R. I
Simpson & Kirkaldy
Pill
General miners strike ordered in Lackawanna valley
Scranton reports a nationwide anthracite strike set for Monday with a reserve on permanence. Miners' executives meet in three districts, while firemen and pumpmen are exempt to safeguard operator properties. President Mitchell announced the plan to a packed St Charles crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Hazleton
St. Charles
Mitchell
Lackawanna Valley
State anti trust laws cited in Missouri action
Jefferson City May 10 The Attorney General filed in the supreme court ouster proceedings against Armour Packing Co Hammond Packing Co Cudahy Packing Co Armour Co and Krug Packing Co for alleged price fixing and supply control of dressed meats lard in Missouri An alternative writ was issued returnable May 30 Nelson Morris Co and Schwartzchild Sulsburger of Kansas City are named but as partnerships require separate action This will be filed immediately by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City, Mo
Crow
Supreme Court
Armour Packing Co
Hammond Packing Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Armour & Co
Krug Packing Co
Missouri
Nelson-Morris &Co
Kansas City
Schwartzchild & Sulsburger
Nicaragua Recognizes 1904 Olympian Games in Chicago
The International Olympian Games Association reports Nicaragua's government has officially recognized the 1904 Chicago games and will send delegates. Minister Louis F. Corea notified Volney W. Foster, commissioner general, of the recognition in line with Pan American congress urging support for the event. Other Central and South American nations are expected to follow Nicaragua's lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International Olympian Games Association
Nicaragua
Louis F. Corea
Washington
Volney W. Foster
Pan-American Congress
Mexico
Central
South America
Unknown Swindler Impersonates Newspaper Men
Washington May 10 Investigation shows an unknown man has swindled newspaper offices nationwide. He pretends to be A. H. Crandy R. E. Turner or Keville Glennan of the Norfolk Virginian Pilot and seeks loans claiming temporary financial trouble. Virginia Pilot suspects an ex employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Baltimore
Atlanta
Messrs
A. H. Crandy
R. E. Turner
Keville Glennan
Norfolk
German bishop honored with first class mandarin seal
An imperial edict from Peking dated May 10 confers first class mandarin rank on Rev. Dr. Anzer the German bishop of South Shantung for services in maintaining peace between Chinese Christians and non Christians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
South Shantung
Anzer
Rathbone seeks new Cuba trial as Rathbone memo urges clemency
Senator Hanna presented to the president a memorial in Rathbone's behalf urging a new trial and to set aside the Cuba sentence for alleged maladministration in Cuban postal affairs. Ambassador Meyer and Mrs Meyer left for Turin to attend the opening of the modern arts exposition and plan a long Northern Italy automobile tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbone
Washington
Hanna
Estes G. Rathbone
Lim
Cuba
American engineers hire 2000 laborers for 18 miles railroad
In Christiana on May 10 a group of American engineers arrived and hired 2000 workers to construct 18 miles of railroad to the Dunder landalan iron ore fields, using all American equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana
Dunderlandalan
Funeral of Admiral Sampson Fills Washington in Dignified Procession
A large crowd in Washington attended the Friday funeral for Admiral Sampson at the Church of the Covenant. Dignitaries including Lieut. Gen. Miles and Gen. Longstreet appeared. the procession to Arlington featured a 4th artillery salute and a Marine Band hymn before burial. The president and cabinet remained at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Church of the Covenant
Adm
Sampson
Miles
Longstreet
Loyal Legion
Ordnance Bureau
Navy Yard
United States
Arlington
Georgetown
Aqueduct Bridge
Fort Myer
4Th Artillery
Jesus
Interred in the Crypt
The body of Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan archbishop of New York was interred in the crypt of St Patrick's cathedral. The funeral drew eight archbishops eighteen bishops and over a thousand priests with solemn ceremony and ceremonial detail throughout the Mass and procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michael Augustine Corrigan
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Cardinal Gibbons
National Guard of
Cers
Clara Taylor Arrested in Italy for Kidnapping Niece
Clara Taylor of Cincinnati has been arrested in Bordighera on a kidnapping charge and is held for U.S. officers. The missing girl, Margaret, is with her aunt and in good health. Reading plant notices decline wage increase requests at the America Iron and Steel Co. plant with 1,600 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Taylor
Bordigheria
Italy
Cincinnati
United States
Little Margaret
Reading
The
America Iron and Steel Co
Peruna Medicine Advocation by Medical Men
A dated testimonial quotes Dr. Llewellyn Jordan and Geo C Havener M D praising Peruna as beneficial for catarrh and urging readers to report results to Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio for free medical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury
Llewellyn Jordan
U.S. Treasury Department
Columbia College
West Point
Peruna
Geo. C. Havener
M. D
Anacostia
D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
George C. Havener
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Denison
American Engineers
Arlington Cemetery
Corrigan
C.B. Chamberlin, M.D
Washington,d.c
C. B. Chamberlin
14Th and P Sts
Washington, D.C
Dr. L. Jordan
Corr
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island Sound
L Island
Sunbeer Homes
Long Island Railroad Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Howard M
Fay A
Baslilua and
Baumanant
Jeffer
Ginseng Chemical CO
Jefferson Avenue
ST. Louis
Mengel, JR
Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboa
Saskatchewan
Alberta
F. Pedley
Ottawa
Joseph Young
Eb.t. Holmes
Big Four
Indianapolis
Ind
A.N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
West Fifth Street
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