Stranger Than Fiction Tales From A Gashed City Page
A collage of oddities and misfortunes from Junction City and beyond, including mass fish kills at a country club lake, a man surviving repeated mishaps on tracks and in jail, a mother saving her child from a fall, Canada’s conscription consent rule, a rat attack injuring a man, and bizarre animal fatalities blamed on plant leaves and wires.
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Country Club
Junction City
Kan
John Gorman
Redwood City
Southern Pacific
Gorman
Anna
O. Parker
Venereno Perrolo
Mechanic Street
Orange
N. J
Orange Memorial Hospital
Janes
Kanip
Foreman
Twilight Sleep gains traction in New York hospitals
New York Sun reports growing support for the twilight sleep method in childbirth. Hospitals like Long Island College and Jewish Maternity Hospital cite routine use and favorable results, while doctors emphasize technique and safety. A $50,000 corporation plans a sanitarium dedicated to twilight sleep.
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New York Sun
New York
Long Island College Hospital
Freiburg
John C. Polak
Irwin Arnow
Kronig
Buffalo
Dr. Arnow
Potash Feldspar Industry May Rise in North Carolina
The European war could spur a new local industry in North Carolina as potash feldspar, though present in the state, has not been exploited profitably. German supplies have dominated the potash trade, but with the war's disruption a domestic source may become viable. The state could see renewed mining activity if cheaper or reliable supplies emerge.
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Raleigh News and Observer
North Carolina
Germany
Potash and feldspar deposits noted by state geologist
Dr. J Hyde Pratt, state geologist, cites plentiful potash feldspar deposits in Mitchell and Ashe counties and elsewhere, producing over 10 percent potash. He has two inquiries from a New York man and a Northern railroad industrial agent seeking sources. Also mentions a Amsterdam telegraph about General Leman’s courteous treatment and sword return by General Von Emmich.
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J. Hyde Pratt
New York
Northern Railroad
Pratt
Mitchell
Ashe
Patten Poe
Amsterdam
Leman
Liege
Belgium
von Emmich
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Deering, Wood
HEATH
Monroe Journal
Stranger Than Fiction
Canada
Haywood County
Orie Wright
Canton
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan's Creek
Pearson's
Sam
Philadelphia Record
M. Waller
United States
England
France
South America
Europe
the Sikes Co
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