Lincoln Tomb to Be 500 Feet High in Illinois
Lincoln tomb plans call for a 500 foot monument with a night beacon for aviators. Herbert Wells Fay proposes a 200 foot statue on a 300 foot base, nine acres for grounds, and a memorial hall. The design includes three circular display rooms showing Lincoln’s life, locations, and related artifacts for visitors.
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Springfield
Illinois
Herbert Wells Fay
Fay
Washington
Lincoln
Middle West
Cal
Kentucky
Indiana
Decatur
Thomas Lincoln
Coles County
New Salem
Blow Torch War on Fruit Pest Roils Michigan Orchards
Lansing reports the state orchard and nursery inspection department adopts oil burning blow torch to roguing cased raspberry plants. The method follows discoveries at Michigan State College and aims to kill infected plants.
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Lansing
Mich
State Orchard and Nursery Inspection Department
Michigan State College
Discover Anesthetic When Flowers Die
Chicago physicians report ethylene, a new anesthetic, derived from WI carnations wilting in Chicago illuminating gas. University of Chicago botanists William Crocker and L I Knight helped identify the gas as the source of the compound. Dr Arnold Luckhardt tested the anesthetic before bringing it to medicine.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
William Crocker
L. I. Knight
University of Chicago
Arnold Luckhardt
University
Luckhardt
Chipmunk Slays Rattler Then Dies From Snake Venom
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania a tiny chipmunk weighing under a half pound killed a 40 foot rattlesnake by biting it in two. The creature died soon after from venom as foresters watched the dramatic feeding in the rattler’s den.
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Bellefonte
State inspectors urge raspberries checked for aphid spread
Entomologists note aphids carry virus germs from diseased to healthy plants. Old roguing methods saw aphids migrate. torching plants kills insects before they move. B C Manderberg calls for state inspections by trained inspectors to guard plantations.
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B. C. Manderberg
Inspection Service
Leaping Scribe Lures Bear to Death in Pit
Robert Wilson, a Rock Springs reporter, recounts a bear chase in Wyoming. He escaped by leaping across a 100 foot canyon while the bear plunged to its death below. Wilson served steaks from the bear later.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Robert
Wilson
Wyoming
University of Wyoming
Slaves Freed in China After 550 Years of Bondage
Gen Chiang Kaishek issues edict freeing descendants of Mongol conquerors long kept in “inferior race” status in Chekiang province. About 20,000 in Ning-Po earn nickname lazy men and 180,000 more in Chu-Chow Wen-Chow called nine degenerate families. All trades opened, intermarriage bans lifted, education allowed for their children when warlords permit.
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China
Peking
Chekiang Province
Shanghai
Chiang Kaishek
Europe
Russia
Urga
Chekiang
Ning-Po
Chu-Chow
Wen-Chow
Where Women Rule Baku U8 8 R The Vassal Tribe
The piece notes that in Baku a tribe called the Vassal is the nearest real example to the Amazons. Women control local households and when they go out they lock husbands and sons at home.
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Baku
Autumn millinery blends felt and velvet in new sets
Fashion shifts toward matched sets with coats and accessories. Velvets and felts feature soleil finishes, skullcaps, and toques with earlap emphasis. Beavers, lynx, vicuna, and furs like wolf and fox shape opulent trims as pyrography adds leatherlike texture to felt hats.
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Paris
America
Right as Far as It Goes
A portly East side matron asks her five year old son how she looks in a new sleeveless gown. The boy quietly replies, Mother, don't you believe you could get into it a little bit farther. The moment captures a sly child’s blunt humor from an Indianapolis News page item.
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Sonny
Indianapolis News
Genuine Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safety and Value
An advertisement stresses the Bayer Cross as proof of genuineness. It touts safety proven by millions and by physicians over 25 years, listing uses such as colds neuritis toothache neuralgia headache lumbago rheumatism. It notes packaging options and low prices.
Statue of Washington Statue Welcomes Tourists in Washington
Prominent four road entrances to the commonwealth greet visitors with a 40 foot high pedestal statue of the first President. Washington state claims exclusive right to this emblem. Seattle sculptor Alonzo Victor Lewis is preparing the model for display.
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Washington
Commonwealth
Popular Mechanics
Union
Alonzo Victor Lewis
Seattle
Barbered Wealth Heiress Recounts Cut Off Inheritance
In Hardware Age a critic notes the social shift of a titled heiress nicknamed the bobbed heiress as she faces an abrupt reduction of fortune after her uncle’s withdrawal. The piece hints at class tensions and evolving fortunes in early 20th century society.
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Seadog
Crown Prince
Frederick
Copenhagen
Prince
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Doan's
Milburn Co
MigChem
Buffalo
Winslow
Earth
BAYER
G G. Green, Inc
Woodbury
N. J
Leonard
Pelco
Leonard, Inc
Ave
N.Y
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