Pencils Lead Myth Explored At Mineral Exhibit
A young investigator visits a lead pencil maker to study consumer fears about lead. The piece reviews graphite origins, naming sources from Maine to Texas, including Ticonderoga and Canada, and notes graphite supply shifts from Cerlon to other mines in Sonora and Montana.
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Frexb
Teegher
National
Meseuare Division
Appalachian
Maine
Texas
Ticonderoga
York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Canada
T.conderose Mines
Cerlon
Tunkinsk
Siveria
Dmexico
Sonora
Montana
German Capital Readies Six Race Series As Horse Racing Returns
Berlin plans six races near Hopperarten starting May 16 with Berlin Grand Prix and Hamburg Derby leading the lineup. The season faces trainer and jockey shortages as wartime sentiment returns and former English suspects remain detained. Owners like King of Württemberg and Bavaria may back efforts, and German tracks from Berlin to Munich aim to reopen with international talent anticipated.
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sWesscimted Press
Berlin
Mari
Hopperar
Germany
Hampers
Frankfart
Cologne
Dresden
Teipsi
Stuttsart
Munic
Wurttermburg
Bavaria
Rubleben
Serrin
Grunewald
Moustache Saves Life in Tar Vat Accident
LOS ANGELES May 45 Carlos Campos a laborer 26 owes his life to a thick moustache which prevented suffocation when he fell into a hot asphaltum vat at 1 Seventh street and the Santa Fe tracks. He was burned from head to foot and suffered hours of agony before help arrived and he was finally treated at a receiving hospital after more than three hours to remove tar from his body.
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Los Angeles
Carlos Campos
Seventh Street
Santa Fe Trmcks
Campos Mar
Largest Sale Of Oil Tanks Reported In Cushing
A record sale was reported as the largest oil tank sale ever made. White Similar sold seventy two tanks of oil in the Cushing area to Prairie CHEE Ges. The tanks held about four million gallons, with price including tanks.
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Silangsi
Olin
Simelar
Prarie
Koran
Tankese
Stam
Penitentiary sentences for ten convicted felons
The term court at Grafton sentenced ten felons for crimes including burglary horse stealing and arson with penalties ranging from three to five years in state penitentiaries Oliver Minor Creed Bartlett Marion Robinson Ray Tucker Steve England and others were named along with details of a minor’s parole under new statute England pleaded guilty to burglary and was paroled for five years under a $1 020 bond.
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J Grafton
Creuit
Ray “Tucker
Oliver Minor
Creed Bartlett
Marion Robinson
Steve England
England
Prison revival ends as inmates convert many inmates
Rev Walker and Mrs Walker led a week long revival at the state penitentiary in Moundsville. Authorities report over 12000 inmates converted or pledged to Christian living with more than 400 professing on Friday night. Warden White praised reforms that eased discipline and allowed inmate fellowship. The couple credit divine guidance and plan further prison evangelical work nationwide.
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Walker
Stats
Ait Moundsville
Antic
Parkerssars
Steen
God
Christian Hves
Sreat
Govert
HD. Hafield
Anderson
Goo
Warden White
White
Jesus
Prson
Wardens
Ai Sours
Soxverner
Mystery in Palm Springs Ranch Foreman Death
A coroner's jury returns a non committal verdict on the death of Peter Glennon, ranch foreman, near Palm Springs. They say he died from a gunshot wound in a cabin during an alleged attempt to murder Clara Scherrer and Paul Heinfereis, leaving it unresolved whether the shot was fired by Paul Reinfeld or by Glennon.
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Banning. Cal
Peter Glennon
Paul Reinfeld
Clara’ Scherrer
Palm Springs
Glennon
Clara Scherrer
Panl Heinfereis
First Wagon Buelt Counts in Hanson County
fragmentary notes recount a 1904 reference to Harrison Counts and Michael in Glarksboro and Monongalan, describing a four horse wagon and a German lineage, with unclear chronology and garbled names.
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Harrison
Michael “Cries
Glarksboro
Monongalan Counts
Hanson County
See
White Dove ISAF Emblem of Peace Embraced Worldwide
A field report highlights Bliss Winans, designer of the white dove emblem for ISAF, praised for its symbolism of world peace. The image, adopted by peace advocates, cards, badges, and spoons, spreads across America and beyond, with praise from Carnesie and other peace exponents. The piece ties earlier omens to the emblem’s destined role in promoting pacifism.
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Clube
Societica
Déiss Winans
Johnstown
Mission Sinplife
Carnesie
Bliss Winans
Visions
Duttons
America
Jetter
Miss Jeinan
Mormons Report Rise in Membership and Welfare Costs
A fragmented report notes increasing church membership and rising expenditures. It cites rates such as marriage and death, plus church operations totaling hundreds of thousands, including hospital and medical system costs, with references to Lake City and related church activities.
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Hospital
Imjsal Lake
City
Fred Systocmne Poor
Ancient swindle case in Denver exposed by street con artists
In Denver, a trio of banco-artists posed as strangers, deceiving a man named Alinde and others to hand over money. They displayed a pocketbook loaded with a roll of money, then vanished after promising to return. One suspect dropped the money in view, revealing the ruse as they fled.
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Denver
Colo
3Iax
Seventeenth Street
Banco
Alinde
Saine
Akron Brief Note on Death by Own Action
An Akron item notes a death by the person’s own action with sparse readable fragments indicating cause and context. The fragmentary text centers on self-inflicted death but provides limited specifics or names due to the damaged OCR.
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