Impeachment Fails as Iowa House Censures Harding
In Des Moines on April 17 the Iowa house voted 70 to 34 to substitute a minority report for a majority impeachment recommendation, censuring Governor W L Harding over the Rathbun pardon case after twelve hours of debate. The motion followed illness and a sickroom statement from Harding praising supporters and friends.
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Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Rathbun
Iowa House of Representatives
House
Judicial Committee
Harding
Ernest Rathbun
Ida County
Judiciary Committee
H. M. Havner
Reformatory
Hayner
House of Representatives
McFarlane
House Judiciary Committee
Adkins
Alderman
Beeman
Clark
Durbin
Edson
Mayne
Sayers
Keokuk child wonder seeks remarriage after divorce
In Keokuk on April 17 a girl known as Mrs. Elizabeth Pap pas, married at 11, mother at 12, divorced at 15, sought to remarry after a divorce decree. The court balked at immediate remarriage but hinted the decree might be amended to grant permission later.
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Keokuk
Elizabeth Pappas
Infantry Bears Heavier Losses in Army
Washington reports a war department statistical study showing infantry deaths run 173 per 1000 among commissioned officers and 189.7 per 1000 for officers and men, far above the army average of 61.2 for officers and 6.16 for both officers and men.
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Washington
War Department
Infantry
Moroccan Charm Recipe for Widow’s Revenge
A Moroccan wife uses a ritual involving honey drawn from her brow, fig leaf bleeding, and seven grains of salt mixed into a poison like paste to be added to her husband’s food as a means to win back affection through fear and retribution.
Lightning flash could light two mile square area
An Indianapolis News report notes that a single lightning flash can illuminate a two mile square area with about one candle of brightness. An eminent electrician estimates the power required for such illumination at 13 000 horsepower for one second.
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Indianapolis News
Silence vs Speech in Social Advantage
The passage weighs value of talking versus silence, arguing speech can aid advancement while reserved or mute behavior hinders interaction. emphasizes that excessive talkers exist but are preferable to self absorbed silence.
Aluminum Solder Formulas from French Manufacturers
Soldering aluminum uses aluminum solder with zinc 80 parts copper 8 parts and aluminm 12 parts. For ordinary soldering iron work 95 to 9 parts tin are recommended to 5 to 8 parts bismuth to form a soft solder.
Making Conversation Gem Quote
A trimmed aphorism notes that many inquire after health more to appear caring than from true concern. Jameson Gem offers a worldly bite on social vibes and polite pretense.
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Jameson Gem
Sun Power Engine Aims To Match World Coal Output
A Philadelphia inventor claims a sun power engine now operating in Egypt could equal the world coal supply of 1909 if 20 250 square miles of the Sahara desert were covered with the engines.
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Sun Power
Philadelphia
Egypt
Sahara
Baltimore American
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