North River Bridge Plan Would Span From City to Weehawken
The Associated Press reports plans for a massive North River bridge linking New York City to Weehawken. The design features a 2000 foot span with immense towers, four cables, two decks, and capacity rivaling four highway bridges over the East River. It would carry twelve railroad tracks on the lower deck and four surface tracks on the upper, with the upper deck including promenades and a roadway.
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Associated Press
North River Bridge
Weehawken
New Tide
Panama Canals
Ernest
New Jersey
Ington Monument
Firth of Forth Bridge
Hudson River Bridge
Fifth Avenue
East River
North River
Largest Mastodon Tusk Discovered in Cincinnati Pit
Workmen unearthed the biggest mastodon tusk on record from a gravel pit in Cincinnati. The fossil weighs 75 pounds and stretches seven feet from tip to tip, located 40 feet below the surface.
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Cincinnati
New Light on Captain Cook Death Journal Shows Hawaii Killing
Manuscript from Lieut. James Burney aboard Discovery, connected to Captain Cook’s last voyage, is now in Sydney’s Mitchell Library. The journal describes Cook killed ashore while trying to discuss a cutter theft with King Kerrioboo, after provoking a group with a firearm and a spike.
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Fed Press
Mall
James Burney
H. E. M. S. Discovery
Resolution
James Cook
Hawaii
Mitchell Library of
Sydney
Captain Cook
King Kerrioboo
Goat Milk Production Noted For Efficiency
The report notes a goat yields more milk relative to its live weight than any other animal kept for dairy, highlighting its efficiency despite small size.
The Seven Modern Wonders
The present age is one of supremacy in science rather than art. The seven are wireless telegraph, telephone, flying machine, radium, antiseptics and antitoxins, the X ray, and spectrum analysis.
Cripples Seen as Prone to Crime Says Official
Dr. Erich Wulffen of the Saxon ministry of justice told a congress that cripples are highly prone to crime and should face careful scrutiny by authorities. He warned the forthcoming criminal code may show slight leniency in extenuating circumstances for them. He cited assaults, bodily injury, and property damage as common offenses and urged judges to study each case’s psychological background.
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Dresden
Erich Wulffen
Ministry of Justice
Wulffen
Republic
Walffen
Counterfeit German Stamps Warned by Danzig Expert
Stamp collectors are cautioned about fake German stamps alleged forged in London during the war for English spies in Germany. The fakes target 10 and 15 pfennig stamps, identifiable by edge teeth differences, duller back gum, thinner paper, and missing curved lines in the words Deutsches.
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Associated Press
Danzig
London
Germany
First Printed Newspaper Claim from Belgium Antwerps Neuve Tydingen
The article asserts Belgium produced the first printed newspaper Neuve Tydingen in Antwerp in 14, by Abraham Verhoeven, claiming it predates by 14 years the first English journal. It emphasizes this early printing milestone and its historical significance.
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Belgium
Neuve ‘Tydingen
Antwerp
Abraham Verhoeven
Annie Laurie Song Origins and Family Notes
The piece traces Annie Laurie to Mingland Scotland around 1705. Annie Laurie is said to be the daughter of Sir Robert Laurie of Maxwelton Dumfriesshire first baronet. Douglas failed in courtship as Annie Laurie married Fergusson of Craigdarroch in 1700. The tune is credited to Lady John Scott.
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Annie Laurie
William Douglass
Mingland
Scotland
Robert Laurie
Maxwelton
Dumfriesshire
Douglas
Fergusson
Craigdarroch
John Scott
Armistice Day Observance Planned in Newton
Newton will mark Armistice Day on November 11 with a 1 15 afternoon parade featuring veterans of three wars. A program of sports and dancing will follow, and Chaplain E H Bigelow of Adel will deliver the address.
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Newton
E. H. Bigelow
Adel
Catholics aim to fund foundations at Iowa and other universities
Rev. William P. Shannahan announces plans to establish Catholic foundations at the University of Iowa and other schools mirroring Illinois and California efforts. The Illinois project costs 100000 dollars, with endowment drives lagging but renewed energy. Over 3500 Catholics have attended Iowa in 12 years. many Catholic youths study in secular institutions.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University of Illinois
William P. Shannahan
St. Patrick's Church
Ilinois Foundation
University of California
Father Shannahan
Illinois Foundation
United States
John A. O'Brien
Floor finishes by thinning oils with solvents
The Scientific American notes that a mix of one part boiled linseed oil with three parts turpentine makes a good floor oil. It adds that one part light refined engine oil with four parts kerosene yields results similar to commercial finishes.
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Scientific American
Burros Run Wild on Sec Fall Ranch in New Mexico
On Secretary of the Interior A B Fall s ranch at Three Rivers New Mexico burros run wild like deer the ranchman C J Blanchard says during a reclamation service photo trip The secretary s hobbies include fine horses and Hereford cattle with trails winding through canyons and pine oak forests revealing desert and plains vistas.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
Blanchard
Kentucky
Physician Eyes Twilight Sleep Trials on Prisoners
Dr E F House of Ferris Texas told the Southwest Medical Association that he will seek federal approval to conduct scopolamine twilight sleep experiments on Leavenworth prisoners. He plans to test up to 1000 subjects to prove his theory that under the influence they will disclose crimes for which they are accused.
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Hot Springs
Ark
E. FE. House
Ferris
Texas
House
Musical Taste in a Village Cottage Violinist
A walking tourist pauses to hear an old man playing in a cottage doorway. When asked when he tunes the violin the man replies that he does not tune it because it never sounds right if he tunes it.
Total Marine War Losses Announced by German Citizen
German publicist Dr. Christian Toeche Mittler reports 19 900 000 tons of enemy mercantile shipping sunk by U boats in World War I with 14 300 000 tons in the unrestricted campaign since February 1917. He lists ships lost including Pommern Luetzow and many cruisers torpedo boats and submarines with Scapa Flow sinkings and calls the losses a noble fate.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Christian Siegfried Toeche-Nittler
Teec-Mittler
Pommern
Skagerrak
Luetzow
Tsingtau
Scapa Flow
Teedh-Mittler
Farmers struggle to find corn pickers in Webster County
Fort Dodge news reports corn harvests hindered by scarce labor. Fifty farmers sought help from the Farm Bureau and only three applicants appeared while wages rise to four cents per bushel.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County
Farm Bureau
How It Happened in a Bridge Crash
The victim describes the fatal accident saying it was their first time driving a car. They went fast and could not stop, saw a bridge approaching, tried to turn to avoid it, and that is all they recall.
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