Burton of St. Louis and His Cheep Hotels
A profile of W. B. Burton who built nine up to date ten and twenty cent hotels in Saint Louis These dime lodgings shelter thousands of workers each night and sustain a local network of staff while Burton profits from a growing charity like enterprise He has run the business for 30 years amassing a substantial fortune from nightly lodgers and steady operations across decades.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
General Grant
Saint Louis
W. B. Burton
Gus
Fraternity of Strangers
Brotherhood of the Ten Cent
America
Burton
Marvin the quiet genius who weighs sunshine and wind
Charles Frederick Marvin, new head of the weather bureau replacing Willis Moore, is celebrated as the world’s leading meteorologist and seismologist. The Ohio native, 52, invented or improved key instruments like the Marvin graph and the seismograph, dedicating years to government service rather than profit.
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Charles Frederick Marvin
Willis Moore
Dame Nature
Weather Bureau
Marvin
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Mr. Houston
National Academy of Science
Academy
Civil Service
Ohio State University
Octave Chanute
Chicago
Chanute
Plan of Science Farm Lets Monkeys Become Human
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports scientists plan a monkey farm on the Canary Islands to study language learning color perception and double origin of man. Monkeys from Africa will be relocated four species including gorilla chimpanzee orangutan and gibbon will be studied for human-like traits and potential medical insights.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Canary Islands
Science and Medicine
Africa
Journal
Government Seeks Cooks for Indians in Minnesota
Uncle Sam advertises for two honest experienced cooks who can pass civil service tests. Test set for October 6 in Washington. Cooks to serve on the White Earth reservation in Minnesota as part of government efforts to provide prepared foods to Native communities.
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Uncle Sam
Civil Service
Washington
White Earth
Minnesota
Refugees seek home as voyage ends in haste
In a Baltimore American poem quoted by Josh Wink, refugees ask why they flee Mexico and crowd ships to reach a land where they know their place. They describe fear and the desire to be safe and certain, ending with a cry to return home.
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Mexico
Josh Wink
Baltimore American
Blue Lobster Trend Hits London Tables From German Note
The London fad colors food to pale blue with alkali boiled lobsters from Germany by Professor f Cornfeld. Rose colored soup and tinted bread join the menu as elites seek vivid hues. A medical opinion links color preference to character, yellow signaling vulgar tastes and brown indicating refinement.
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London
Germany
F Cornfeld
Hobson Proposes Government Publication Weekly Journal
Representative Hobson of Alabama urges a House bill to spend 75,000 for an eight and a half million weekly government journal. The plan: publish all department activities and maximize circulation with 25,000 copies per senator and 15,000 per member, delivered by the post office.
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R. P. Hobson
Alabama
Hobson
House
Frank
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