Prohibition Outlook in South America Five Years On
Miss Anna Gordon reports from a Latin American tour that South American republics brace for prohibition within five years. Governments and educators support the temperance cause, with science taught in public schools and officials exploring a shift from wine to raisin production. Enforcements needed to ensure a prohibitory law gains momentum and credibility.
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South America
Anna A. Gordon
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Chile
Argentine
Uruguay
Peru
Brazil
Basement Fire Hazard and Prevention Measures
Basements storing waste paper packing materials and rubbish pose a serious fire hazard. Experts urge regular inspection and strict housekeeping to prevent fires that can rise through stairs and elevators, threaten lives, and raise insurance costs. Owners should remove debris store flammable materials safely guard wiring and ban smoking while enforcing safe practices nationwide.
Ergot in durum wheat alarm Langdon farmers says agent
County Agent W L Johns of Cavalier reports unusually large ergot levels in durum fields near Langdon. He notes ergot, a fungus like rust or smut, rare in wheat but found in durum, can contaminate grain and cause miscarriage or poisoning in cattle. Inspect heads for purple kernels and dirty colors. discard affected heads. There is little that can be done this year to control it.
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Langdon and
W. L. Johns
Cavalier County
Mr. Johns
Young Chicago prodigy finishes quarter unseen
Wendell Barnett of 6051 Ellis Avenue Chicago the sole youth at the University in short trousers completed a quarter unseen He graduated Indiana high school at 14 then skipped a year before joining the University of Chicago arts and literature school at age 15 He has not chosen a life's work and interests first lie in donning long trousers.
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University of Chicago
Wendell Barnett
Ellis Avenue
Chicago
Indiana
Do Not Eat Rattlers Doctor Bryant Denies King Snakes Hunt
Doctor Bryant declares that the king snake does eat other snakes but does not deliberately hunt rattlers. Yosemite guides note the species beauty and historic fame among forty-niner era visitors, with myths of its hunting arising from cautions about rattlesnake dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Bryant
Yosemite National Park
Arizona
Auye Doctor Bryant
Fishermen Rowed 120 Miles After Fog Separation
Alf Doucette and Emile Mulse, fishermen, rowed 120 miles in an open boat after separating from their schooner in a fog. They finally reached Gabarus, Australia, as the schooner, absent days, sailed back to Sidney with its flag at half mast.
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Bast
Alf Doucette
Emile Mulse
Gabarus
Australia
Sidney
Birthplace of John Carlyle House near Alexandria Virginia
The article visits the John Carlyle House near the Potomac at Alexandria, built in 1752 on a 1600s fort site. It describes cut stone walls, preserved interiors, a grandfather clock, the canopy bed used by General Braddock, and the Council of Governors held in the blue room. Washington is said to have received his commission here.
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John Carlyle
America
Potomac River
Alexandria
Virginia
England
General Braddock
Colonies
Lnter
George Washington
Colonial Army
Marry in haste and repent at leisure warned by oil wise tale
A village horse doctor narrator recalls Sam who wed hastily after meeting his bride and the old saying about hurried marriages. A patriarch and others debate courtship, reforming appearance, and the idea that long contemplation can mislead, with a tale of personal disguise and eventual disillusion in marriage.
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Gn Owley
Sam
Arabella
Pinckney’s Declaration Millions for Defense Not Tribute
The 1797 US envoy Pinckney faced France over seized ships and trading privileges for England. Secret agents hinted at a bribe before talks could proceed, prompting Pinckney to declare the United States would pay millions for defense but not one cent for tribute.
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Charles
Pinckney
United States
France
England
Palleyrand
United
Photographers Comic Exchange Abridged Marriage Bet
A Tumuinville photographer jovially urges a wary Arkansas sitter to imagine marrying tomorrow. The sitter retorts with rough humor, declaring he will marry anyway. The exchange features bravado and a playful wager on a speculative deal.
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Tumuinville
Arkansas
Greek Tartar Preaches New Gospel of Health
Constantinople reports G I Gurdjieff, a Greek Tartar, promoting a three personality theory as the key to health. He blends Persian mosque dances and Indian temple practices, prescribes bread and water fasting with intense exercises, and aims to unify three minds before developing a fourth controlling consciousness. His followers plan to spread his ideas, some toward the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Middle East
G. I. Gurdjieff
Persia
India
Gurdilef
United States
Gurdjieff
Baths of London Relics Found Around the City
The article notes ancient bath relics in London, including a 2,000 year old bath at No 5 Strand near King's College. Water is supplied from Hampstead heights, once believed to come from St Clements hot well.
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London
No. 5
Strand
King’s College
Hampstead
St. Clements
United States Plans Census for Purebred Livestock
The USDA census bureau advances plans to complete tabulation of purebred livestock figures in ten states and hopes to release final census data on purebred stock with the general livestock figures this summer. Livestock experts value the data for production and breeding trends. Breeders express appreciation for early data. Also notes about vacant pulpits and theology graduates from the Reformed Church synod in Asbury Park New Jersey.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
Department
United States
Willard D. Brown
Synod of the Reformed Church of America
Asbury Park
N. J
Germany Punished Soldier for Cruelty with Six Months
Captain Mueller, a German officer, was tried in Leipzig and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for practicing cruelties on an Allied prisoner at a price office in the aide department during World War I.
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Germany
Mueller
Leipsic
Aide
Bride Shot Day After Wedding in Youngstown Tragedy
Anna Petro, eighteen, wed less than a day earlier in Youngstown, died while examining her husband’s revolver. He, frantic with grief, attempted suicide with the same weapon shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Petro
Youngstown
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