Weather Bureau records aid courts and trials through proof
Weather Bureau records have aided civil and criminal cases for years, with wind and lightning data shaping damages and insurance outcomes. Notable uses include a Connecticut burglary trial and a court dispute over a streetcar accident in which wet shoes failed to prove the intruder’s identity. Weather data also influenced murder trial narratives and general liability cases.
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Weather Bureau
Yorecasta
Ec Bureau
Hke
Failway
Lino
Connecticut
Trials of Turkey Raiser Landis Amid House Jest
A humorous report says Indiana Representative Charles D Landis tried modern turkey raising with bronze turkeys, heated pens, and literature on wealth. One brood died after weather and diet mishaps, prompting Landis to abandon some methods as officials hail macaroni wheat potential for farmers nationwide.
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House of Representatives
Charles D Landis
Indiana
Landis
Turkey
Indus
Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
North Dakota
Texas
Representtative Landis
The Vegetable Vonder
A fragmented notice traces historical trade figures and fashion notes. It mentions 1904 US cattle exports of 593000 head with United Kingdom receiving 387000, and other destinations. It cites early frozen meat shipments from Australia in 1880 and rising exports by 1890. Also notes shoe fashion changes for fat women and fruit blossom colors.
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Australia
Melbourne
Automatic Watering Pot Described by German Publications
German publications describe an automatic watering can for houseplants. A five foot wick runs through a three foot tube with a U bend, drawing water from a pail overnight to saturate the wick. In the morning the pot is set and water seeps slowly by suction to the soil.
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Wien
Fragmentary bill notes for 15 minutes work on pump
A damaged text fragment shows a bill for 15 minutes work on a pump priced at 5.00 dollars, with 4.50 for skill and common sense as part of the total, and a request to remit payment. The passage contains garbled phrases and names.
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Job
Jsccecen
More Eggs Than Kings Inn Tale
An innkeeper recalls entertaining a sovereign who ate eggs and was charged guinea apiece. The king asks if eggs are scarce here and the host replies that coins are scarce, but kings are plentiful.
Representative Longworth’s violin collection includes famed instruments
Representative Longworth is a violiner and owns a collection of violins featuring a Stradivarius, a Guidissimo, and an Amato. Seoul, capital of Korea, has a population of 22 000.
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Longworth
Seoul
Korea
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