Scientist Outlines Plan to Shift Gulf Stream and Climate
A deep sea scientist proposes building a 20 mile jetty from Newfoundland to divert the Labrador current eastward. The change would boost the Gulf Stream, melt Arctic ice, and create milder winters from Labrador to Scotland, at a cost under 190 million dollars.
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Siberia
Labrador
Scotland
Japan
Atlantic
California
North Pole
Panama Canal
Newfoundland
Cape Race
Gulf Stream
Crandebanks
Arctic
Equator
Pole
British Isles
Europe
Scandinavia
England
North America
Garden of Paradise
Riker
Cape Splatteras
Jersey
Secotland
Arctic Brotherhood Lodges Northward Above Fifty-Eighth Parallel
The Arctic Brotherhood based in Skagway Alaska requires extended residence above the fifty-eighth parallel for membership. it operates lodges in Skagway Dawson Nome Fairbanks Cordoba and Seward. The group settles disputes by lodge vote and runs charitable events for underprivileged children at Christmas.
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Skagway
Alaska
Arctic Brotherhood
Klondike
United States
Brotherhood
Northwest
Dawson
Nome
Fairbanks
Cordoba
Seward
A. B
A. B. Mountain
Brieger Explains Poisons And African Arrow Poison
German physician Dr. Ludwig Brieger warns against calling him the discoverer of the ptomaine bacillus and explains ptomaines as chemical bodies. He discusses toxins from bacteria and African arrow poison made from local plants, noting limited antidote progress and his work on sleeping sickness and tsetse fly tests. He suggests a possible link to the horse plague in Kansas and Nebraska but calls for further testing.
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Ludwig Brieger
University of Berlin
Washington
Brieger
Professor Brieger
Africa
Koch
Dr. Brieger
Kansas
Nebraska
High Prices in Babylon Letters on Bricks Unearthed
Translations by Dr. IF C Eislen of Chicago University reveal cuneiform love letters from 400 B C and 100 B C. A Babylon youth notes high costs for boarding and food while stationed along the Dur Sin canal. The messages seek sustenance and convey longing for family and news from distant places.
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IF. C. Eislen
Chicago University
Babylon
B. C
Zimri- Eramma
Shamash
Marduk
Dur-Sin
Bitmiskirim
Ribera
Wdkrhvleon
Pin Jackets For Suffragettes Warn of Safety Risks
Fragmentary report notes suffragette jacket pins embedded in pegs and garters, described as dangerous to handle and potentially causing harm. The text implies demonstrators and safety concerns without clear dates or locations.
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London
Adini
Hiandle
Foreign Names for Forts for Panama Canal Defenses
The War Department considers naming Panama Canal fortifications after Latin American figures to reflect regional interest. While most forts will honor American generals, two are set for foreigners: Dr Amador the first Panama president and Fort De Lesseps after the French canal engineer who supervised early excavation work.
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War Department
Panama Canal
United States
Amador
Panama Republic
Fort de Lesseps
Maps Alive in Glass Windows at Newark Exhibit
A display titled Windows Make of Maps gathers eighty two historic world maps reproduced as glass transparencies. The exhibit traces mapmaking from the last to the seventeenth century, shown in the American Geographical Society building Newark.
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Geographical Society
Newark
Society For
Jews to Settle in Utah with Plute Colony Expansion
Fifty more Jewish families from the east will join the Clarion Plute project in Utah, announced by Dr. Isaac Lundmann of Philadelphia, director of the Jewish Agricultural and Colonial association. He spoke at Clarion’s harvest festival honoring initial settlers. about 150 Jewish families reside there, and over 1,000 visitors attended the feast.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Clarion
Plute Project
Isaac Lundmann
Philadelphia
Jewish Agricultural and Colonial Association
United States
Lundman
Recluse Richard Whalen Dies Hidden Wealth in Fargo
Richard Whalen died in a Fargo hospital after living in a cheap lodging house. Found sewn in his clothes were 3380 in currency and he owned Michigan property valued at 30000. Whalen had worked as a sheep herder in North Dakota for 25 years and had relatives in Howell, Michigan.
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Fargo
N. D
Richard Whalen
Michigan
Whalen
North Dakota
Howell
Mich
Perfect Girls to Get Prizes in Chanbury France
Garrét, former chamber of deputies member, has drafted a will granting a yearly prize of $2000 to the most perfect girl morally and physically. The will specifies the gift is to be given every year in France.
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Chanbury
France
Garrét
Herut
Chambr of Deputies
Phistealius
Dog's Funeral Costs in New York City
A Boston bulldog named Blonty owned by the late John W. Giles died in New York. The funeral cost totaled $1,004.
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New York
Famous Ship Lancaster Leaves Navy for Public Health Detention Service
The wooden Civil War frigate Lancaster, longtime flagship of Rear Admiral George S. Pearson’s Pacific fleet, is retired from active duty and reassigned as a detention ship for the Public Health Service. Once feared on California patrols in 1864 and later sent to Peru and Mexico during revolutions, the 3,200 ton screw vessel carried twenty two guns in its war days.
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Public Health Service
George S. Pearson
California
Thomas E. Hogg
Maximilian
Mexico
Acapulco
Callao
Lancaster
Crabs and Health Risk Questioned by Exchange
The exchange notes that crabs can cause illness despite freshness and taste. It claims crabs have been known to feed on decaying animals in the ocean and suggests cleaning steps or feeding practices to reduce germs before consumption. The piece encourages eating crabs while accepting potential doctor bills.
Apples to boost complexion and apple crops rise in US
Grant Border of Baltimore told the International Shippers Association in Chicago that apples will improve women's complexions more than cosmetics. He forecast US apple production will top 106,600,000 barrels in five years, enabling affordable, steady color.
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Jennie
Grant Border
Baltimore
International Shippers’ Association
Chicago
United States
Plans for Harrison grave monument in Ohio
A memorial association in Cincinnati has secured state incorporation to buy the grave of former President William Henry Harrison at North Bend on the Ohio River. The plan calls for transferring the grave to the government and building a park around it.
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William Henry Harrison
Ohio
Cincinnati
North Bend
Oho River
Indiana Boundary Line
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Tle
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Havana
Greatbank
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Grand Bank
Queer Brotherhood
de Lesseps
Clarion Colony
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Titusville
Warren
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Atlantic City
David Todd
Williamsport
Harrison
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