Kansas Senators and the Fated Succession Recalled
The Topeka Capital reflects on Kansas United States senators from Lane to Burton, noting careers marked by resignations, suicides, defeats, and brief appointments. It recalls the fated succession and names Lane Ross Crozier Caldwell Harvey Plumb Perkins Martin Baker, with Burton the current figure.
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John T. Ingalls
Burton Finde
Atchison
Kansas United States
Genea HT
Lane
Topeka
James H. Lane
Edward G. Ross
Robert Crozier
Alexander Caldwell
Jamen M. Harvey
Preston B. Plumb
Black K. Perkins
John Martin
Lucien Huker
Ralph Burton
Ross
Andrew Johnson
Crozier
Caldwell
Harvey
Plumb
Washington
Perkins
Trecarcely
Martin
Senate
Baker
Burton
Kanasne
Whooping cough and scarlet fever seen as major threats
A medical notice stresses that whooping cough and scarlet fever are severe dangers. Citing 1909 US census deaths in New York Chicago and Philadelphia, it warns of pneumonia and heart failure as complications, possible brain and vision damage, and urges health authorities to enforce quarantine and preventive measures.
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Eilsa H. Root
Woman's Medical Journal
United States
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
No Day Off for a Judge in Early News Tales
The Westminster Gazette recalls a judge who paused a golf match to hear a barrister’s urgent injunction in Cardiff with a telegraming order. lighter anecdotes follow about a barrister seeking justice in Brighton and falconry in Turkestan. notes on telephony workers, headgear effects, and radium’s rise as a Paris monthly publication plans weekly progress reports.
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Westminster Gazette
Justice Bucknall
Cardiff
Brighton
Franks Army Humility Test Amid Mock Demoralization
A French general visits infantry barracks to address discipline after a drunken insult. A bugler, in mufti, steps forward and reveals himself, prompting reflection on past incidents such as a marshal and a grenadier who tried to fire on him but failed. The general cites four days in the guard for keeping arms in poor condition.
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Corpa
Nquor
Dangers of Civilization At Castle Rock Silver Lake Tale
A Silver Lake man visits a Castle Rock home and spends the evening with a girl. A storm forces him to stay, he is nervous and clumsy, forgets to comb his hair and spills coffee. He accidentally tugs a long tablecloth from his pants causing a chaotic crash as he flees, while the girl searches for him.
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Silver Lake
Castle Rock
Ore
Making Precious Stones and Portable Batteries
Rudolph Oblatt, chemist, claims a ruby waste fusion process to form 5 to 10 carat rubies from rough chips using a platinum tube and 800 pound pressure, with cooling by a resinantile process. Also describes improvements to a dry rechargeable battery with removable electrolyte paper between electrodes for immediate use.
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Rudolph Oblatt
New York
Pew Werman
Death by Own Action and Grasped Weapon Theory
In a London coroner lecture Dr. Waldo stated that a weapon in the hand of a man who has been murdered is always tightly grasped, sometimes requiring removal of fingers, while in other cases there is no grasp at all. The remark sparked debate on evidentiary interpretation in homicide cases.
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Waldo
City of London
The Wonders of Thermit Heat in Iron Work
The Brookyn Eagle notes thermit generates about 5400 degrees, far exceeding ordinary heat, welding iron castings and rails. Dr Hans Goldschmidt, German discoverer, explains a mix of aluminum and iron oxide yields temperatures comparable to electric arc light, with industrial and commercial value.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Hans Goldschmidt
Besen
Germany
Goldschmidt
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The Voracious Dogfish Threat to Maine Fisheries
Rockland fish warden N J Hanna cites expert Portland Press figures urging a government bounty on dogfish. He warns these scavengers have damaged fishing for five years, enter rivers, and now stay year round, threatening Maine’s lobster and cod industries with potential annihilation if action isn’t taken.
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N. J. Hanna
Rockland
Portland
Cape Cod
Maine
Monhegan
Patient’s Lucky Escape From Amputation Certain
An eccentric patient for blood poisoning faced knee amputation but vanished before surgery. Two days later he returned claiming a two legged future, and his condition had improved so doctors ruled out the operation.
Commercial Camphor and Japan’s War Power
Japan controls the camphor trade preventing export to Russia to ensure smokeless powder production. The restraint gives the Mikado leverage over other nations’ war efforts by limiting supplies from Formosa and Japan.
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Japan
Formosa
Russia
Family Hat in Corea Described By Philadelphia Man
A Philadelphia man in Corea explains a cherished family hat passed from father to elder son. Made from ancestral hair, the priceless heirloom is kept with extreme care to prevent wear, reflecting unique local customs amid wartime tensions between Russia and Japan.
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Corea
Philadelphia
Wanted trustworthy lady to manage business in county
Advert reads for a permanent position as Address Manager in Monon idx Chicago. The role offers a 2000 cash salary plus weekly expenses paid Mondays from Read Quarters with expanse money advanced.
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Chicago
Caxton
Cileano
Rentleman
House of Solid Tunnell
Mononidx
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Thedford
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Meenager
Institute
Contidential
Dwight
City Bakery
Mary G. Dorian
Challis, Idaho
Custer County
Pana
Alice Felkner
Challis
Idaho
U. S. Patent Office
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St. Lous Republic
St. Louis
Messenger
Salmon River
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Sheep Mountain
Stanley Basin
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Superior
Medical Properties
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