Brain weight ranks among eminent minds in Spitzka list
Dr. Anthony Spitzka reports Dr. W J McGee brain weighed 1,410 grams with a body to Jeffer son Medical School for study. The list shows 100 famous brains with averages across science, action, and arts, placing McGee among top minds though below Turgenev and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Riser
Geological Survey
W J McGee
Simon Newcomb
Anthony Spitzka
Philadelphia
McGee
Spitzka
Jefferson Medical School
Dr. Spitzka
Ivan Turgenev
G. Cuvier
E. H. Knight
Freiburg University
John Abercrombie
B. F. Butler
Edward Olney
Herman Levi
R. A. Harrison
Canada
F. B. W. V. Herman
J. I. Riebeck
Hans Buchner
K. Spurzheim
Javollay
Edward D. Cope
Chauncey Wright
M. Schleich
Thomas Chalmers
Garrick Mallory
Edward C. Seguin
Napoleon III
K. H. Fuchs
Louis Agassiz
C. Giacomini
de Morgan
K. F. Gauss
Letourneau
John W. Powell
IX. V. Pfeufer
Wulfert
Paul Broca
G. de Mortillet
P. Aylett
Lord Francis Jeffrey
L. Asseline
M. D. Skobelev
C. H. E. Bischoff
Hugo Gylden
la Marque
F. R. V. Kobell
Mihalovicz
H. V. Helmholtz
du Puytren
P. A. Siljestrom
Franz Schubert
A. T. Rice
J. E. Oliver
Melchior Meyr
Joseph Leidy
Philip Leidy
George Grote
Nussbaum
John Huber
C. Babbage
Jules Assezat
A. Bertillon
C. V. Kupffer
Fr. Goltz
Coudereau
William Whewell
Henry Wilson
Rudinger
S. Zilagyi
Statesman
H. T. V. Semid
Litterateur
A. A. Hovelacque
T. L. W. V. Bischoff
K. F. Hermann
Liebig
Robert Cory
Edouard Seguin
Benjamin F. Butler
Daniel Webster
Webster
Former Senator Hernando De Soto Money Dies in Biloxi
Blood poisoning caused the death of Hernando De Soto Money in Biloxi Mississippi. Money, born August 26 1839 in Holmes County, served as a lawyer, Confederate Army veteran, US House member from 1875 to 1885 and 1893 to 1897, then US Senator from October 1897 until 1912. Notable incidents include ink‑well fights with Hall in 1896 and a tussle with a trolley conductor in 1902.
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Biloxi
Miss
Hernando de Soto Money
United States Senate
Moretary Commission
Mr. Money
Holmes County
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
House Naval Committee
Hall
Missouri
Yale Receives Large Bequests From Three Wills
At Yale’s fall corpora tion meeting three probate wills could yield about three quarters of a million dollars for the year. Unrestricted 250 000 comes from Matthew C D Borden Yale 1864 of Fall River. Cyprian Brainerd Haddam Conn class of 1850 gives 25000 for the medical department with 40000 more after beneficiaries’ death. The McPherson fund near 500000 will aid worthy indigent students due to Aaron Baldwin’s death as executor. Mrs Arthur Ryerson widow of Yale 1913 presents 5000 tied to Titanic disaster notes.
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Yale Corporation
Matthew C. D. Borden
Fall River
Yale
Cyprian Brainerd
Haddam
Conn
Medical Department
McPherson
Aaron 8. Baldwin
Senator McPherson
New Jersey
Arthur Ryerson
Giant palm trees planted for Panama-Pacific expo project
Palm trees weighing 4500 pounds are planted in San Francisco under landscape engineer John McLaren for experimental purposes. The interiorsourced trees may be moved to esplanades or parks if they survive twelve months, with some trees up to twenty feet tall and thirty feet branches. After the 1915 world fair the trees would be moved to Golden Gate and other city parks.
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San Francisco
John McLaren
McLaren
Esplanade
Golden Gate
Death by Own Action Point Removed at Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls reservation workers removed the so called death by own action point a promontory above the falls once used to dump refuse. Many people have leapt from that spot over the years prompting Superintendent Eckert to eliminate the dangerous access.
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Niagara State Reservation
Niagara Falls
Eckert
Blind Men's Club Formed in Macon Georgia
A new all sightless men's club has organized in Macon with nineteen charter members and more joining. Led by Professor Cheatham and Judge Pennett, the group will combat street beggars and discuss issues of interest to the blind, aiming to aid mutual support. It is reported as the first such club in the South.
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Macon
Cheatham
Pennett
South
China Expands Ginger Exports to United States
Preserved and candied ginger is now being exported by China to the United States at about half a million pounds annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
Proposed constitutional amendment to issue bonds for highways
The General Assembly proposes a 50 million dollar bond authorization to improve and rebuild Pennsylvania highways. The amendment revises Article nine Section 4 to allow debt for highway funding, while preserving limits on other state debts. The secretary of the commonwealth certifies the true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1L.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Robert McAfee
The
Pennsylvania Joint Resolution Proposes Labor Regulation Amendment
A joint resolution proposes amending Pennsylvania Constitution Article Three to authorize special legislation regulating labor with the legislature retaining powers to set wages hours and safety. The measure lists consequential changes to section seven and outlines prohibitions on special local laws and repeals. The document notes official transmission and certification by Secretary Robert McAfer.
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Crescent
General Assembly
Robert McAfer
The
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Justices of the Peace
Aldermen
Pennsylvania proposes amendment to judicial election schedule
A concurrent resolution proposes amending Section 3 of Article Eight to standardize judge elections to municipal or general elections in odd numbered years. The measure also adds a provision for ongoing terms for judges whose terms end in odd-numbered years to extend to January of the next even year. A true copy of Concurrent Resolution No. 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Senate
General Assembly
Proposing Pennsylvania Tax Amendment to Section One
The assembly met to propose a constitutional amendment modifying section one of article nine to allow graded or progressive taxes and to retain exemptions for public property used for public purposes religious worship burial sites and purely public charity. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Robert McAfer
The
Commonwealth
Amendment to Pennsylvania Constitution Proposal
A proposal for amending the Constitution of Pennsylvania is presented. The legislature in General Assembly, the Senate and House, resolves to amend the eighteenth article of the Constitution. The text outlines the process for proposing and adopting the amendment within state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Constitutional Provision on County and Municipal Debt Limits
The text exempts counties and municipalities except Philadelphia from debt limits for waterworks transit and related projects. It allows financing through property-derived revenue for five years, with interest and sinking fund coverage, or secured liens, without municipal liability. Additional bonds may cover interest for one year after project operation, with no tax levy until after operation begins. Three-fifths voter approval permits debt above seven to ten percent of assessed value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylva 1
Pennsylvania
Robert McAfee
The
Commonwealth
Street Railway Timetable With Hourly and Half-Hour Runs
The timetable lists Main Line, Grade Run, P and E station, Conewango avenue, and North Warren routes. It covers departure times from waiting rooms, end-of-line operations, special Warren to Jamestown services, and late-evening last cars, with detailed hourly patterns and station passes.
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Conewango Avenue
Main Line
Laurel Street Loop
Warren
Sheffield
Clarendon
Xpress
Official Directory of Taft Administration Roles Listed
A detailed roster of state and county officials including President Taft and Cabinet members with names and offices. Also lists Pennsylvania state education board members, county officers for Warren, and city and school district officials with titles and offices.
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DR. I’gee
Ben Butler
Olney
Thackeray
Schubert
Turgenev
Senator Money
Congress
Monetary Commission
Niagara
BLIND
Secretary OF the Commonwealth
Number
City Main
Conenango Line
North Warren Line
North Warren
Warren and
Jamestown
LO .m
Ariving
Official Directory
William H. Taft
Ohio
Agriculture
James Wilson
Iowa
Commerce and Labor
Uuares Nagel
U. S
Ed. R. Allen
Curtis M. Shawkey
Peter M. Speer
Oil City
Venango County
Karl H. Beshlin
State Government
John K. Tener
John M. Reynolds
Fnony
Liawurpion
Auditor General
A. E. Sisson
Erie
Chas. F. Wright
Henby Houck
Nathan S. Schaeffer
Thos. J. Stewart
Samuel A. RicCulloch
J. A. Berkey
John C. Delaney
State Board of Health
Samuel G. Dixon
E. M. Biglow
State Department of Health
C. W. Schmehl
Conewango
Farmington, Glade, Pleasant, Elk and
Pine Grove
M. W. Ball
State Education Board
M. G. Brumbaugh
David B. Oliver
Pittsburg
George M. Phillips
West Chester
John S. Billing
William M. Coughlin
Wilkes-Barre
N. C. Shaeffer
Warren County Officers
W. D. Hinckley
John Siggins
Joseph Walkerman
H. M. Putnam
L. M. Neely
Orphans’ Court
F. A. Wood
Daneila A. Wilder
Henry Park
W.G. Tate
Frank J. Lyons
W. B. Weed
S. G. Waid
Tipstaves
N. P. Belnap
W. T. Allison
C. A. Love
A. C. Mook
E. E. Thompson
S. A. Cramer
George F. Yates
C. C. Cooper
W. J. Parnsworth
Mac Alney
John Linstrum
J. H. Driscoll
Geo. A. DeForest
Sugar Grove
John Spencer
Chandlers Valley
Kinzua
Corydon
C. R. Morrison
Brokenstraw
R. O H. McDowell
Youngsville
Deerfield
Watson
Triumph
Limestone
KE. T. Morris
Tidioute
Eldred
South West
W. M. Maultby
Grand Valley
Mead
Cherry Grove
C. EK. Allen
Warren Boro
Burgess
Herbert G. Eaton
A. J. Hazeltine
John Smith
William Schnur
John Berdine
N. H. Spencer
de Forest A. Wheelock
J .E. Wheeler
A. W. Mumford
Edwin F. Baker
H. P. Stone
S. A. Orr
John Hepburn
A. Mintzer
George E. Maybank
Frank Clark
John Williams
R. I L. Kerr
John Schueltz
O. P. Nichols
S. Holmberg
T. O. Hazen
W. Oneil
Frank G. Schuler
Board OF Health
M. D
J. W. Wiggins
H. J. Bierce
Board of School Directors
George E. Colvin
Earl McDonald
M. M. Dunham
KE. L. Corah
EB. Ll. Corah
Earle McDonald
J. C. Russell
J. H. Alexander
Norman H. Spencer
Earl V. MacDonald
E. L. Corah
EB. IL. Corah
Geo. E. Colvin
Karl V. MacDonald
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