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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1912

Page

7

Letters Reveal Bribery Plot Behind School Heating Bid

A Burns agency investigator traces anonymous letters threatening a heating contract to a New York treasurer and a local political ring. He exposes a bribery scheme tying Holman Haney and Garver to corrupt politicians and a bid aimed at steering school contracts toward an inferior heating system.

New York Burns Agency Carlin Blank Heating Blake Continental Heating Company Haney Cornell Taney Garver Continental Healing Company Cluffer Doheny Levee Handy Honey

Heating contractor case ends in reputational downfall

A narrator exposes a graft setup involving a heating contractor and a politician through letters. Garver, the town leader, confronts the scheme, fires Haney, and ruins the contractor’s reputation, avoiding a public court case while shaming the corrupt.

Gearver Haney Garver Brock

Man and Bird in Storms Test of Flight and Perception

The article compares human and avian flight in turbulent air, noting birds sense and react far faster than humans. It describes rapid bird perception seconds before action, examples of grouse and terns alighting for shelter, and a Hebrides storm where seabirds seek cover while a peregrine and doves occupy a sea cave.

Richard Kearton Yorkshire Hebrides Eivery Head Peregrine Falcop

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