Notable Chicago Woman Funds Northwestern Law Institute
A prominent Chicago woman donates 600000 to Northwestern University for Levy Mayer Hall on Lake Michigan shore. The campus will feature a medical center, law and commerce schools, and a clinical legal clinic for the poor, plus laboratories linking medicine, prison practice, psychology, and sociology with law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern University
Lake Michigan
Rachel Mayer
Levy Mayer
Pus Dand
Alexander McKinlock
McKinnock
Harkness Memorial
Yale
Gary Law Library
Alte
Tremont House
Lincoln
Coe Freshmen Build Around Carrithers As Prospects Rise
Cedar Rapids Oct 24 Freshman aggregation under Coach Ira Carrithers at Coe College shows strong potential for a future varsity. Yearlings push the regulars in midweek scrimmages with several hopefuls vying for pilot and backfield spots. Key contenders include Kohawk Sid Hill and Reese at quarterback, Lam and Sylvester among top backs, Dusenbury at center, Chase ranking high among centers, with a wide group of hopefuls from Iowa and Illinois towns aiding Carrithers’ plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Coe
Ira T. Carrithere
Eby
Kohawk
Sid Hill
Osage
Reese
Marshaltown
Jones
Milford
Beall
W. Lam
Froone Sylvester
Fort Dodge
Hanft
Columbus Junction
Eddie Organ
Marengo
Carrithers
Favor Slinger
Charles City
Torstenson
Waymack
Washington H. Lamb
Boone
Makeover
Davenport
Brookmen
Center Point
Twetdle
Websterity
Wing men show earmarks of future promise in regional play
Tackles highlight line strengths while Brown and White from Charles City Tullie of Davenport and Sandelius of Boone display traits of upcoming standout wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown and White
Charles City
Tullie
Davenport
Sandelius
Boone
Harlequin Furniture Defined by Dual Uses
Towards the close of the eighteenth century furniture makers designed pieces with dual purposes. Harlequin furniture included beds that transform into mantelas or pianos, tables that double as dressers, and chairs that serve as stepladders.
Strange Mongolian Whisky Distilled From Mare Milk
A description of atrik, a Mongolian whisky made from mare milk. The milk is thicker and sour, then fermented in a barrel-like vessel with a suspended ves and a kettle of water on top. After boiling, the milk supposedly becomes pure spirit.
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Mongolia
Harrogate Spring Water Used For Domcaster Horses
A well known English horse trainer and his horses at Domcaster are supplied with Harrogate spring water despite friends’ laughter. The note draws a parallel to Epsom salts originating near the Ep som race course and questions the significance of that fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domcaster
Harrowgate
Epsom
Refrigeration Aids Deep Mining Through Water and Heat
Refrigeration is a science with many uses in mining. It overcomes water influx in porous formations and heat from deep shafts. By freezing surrounding earth miners can bore through water bearing strata and supply cool air to reach greater depths.
Americans and Grapefruit Demand in London Hotels
Unprecedented demand for grapefruit in London arises from American visitors to the metropolis. Covent Garden Importers cannot secure enough fruit to supply fashionable hotels as prices range from 16 to 25 cents each. Dealers note that U S visitors would pay $5 a dozen rather than forgo their favorite breakfast fruit.
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London
Covent Garden
United States
Who Was Prometheus In Mythology
Prometheus, son of Iapetus and Clymene, brothers Atlas Menoetius Epithemus. He stole fire from heaven and Zeus punished him by chaining him to Mount Caucasus where an eagle devoured his liver daily, only for it to regrow each night. Some legends name him creator of humans from earth and water after or before the flood.
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Iapetus
Clymene
Atlas
Menoetius
Epimetheus
Heaven
Zeus
Mount
Cancasus
Hercules
Prometheus
Preemetheus
Man
Merchants Sought Note About Seen Journal Ad
A brief advisory notes that the speaker saw the merchants' advertisement in the Journal. The message conveys recognition of an in-paper ad and invites response or follow up.
Ku Klux Leader Attacks Immigration and Racial Policy
Dr. H. W. Evans imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan outlines the group’s stance on immigration and targets for exclusion. He labels immigration as a threat to American unity and argues for selective admission and exclusion of uninvited groups.
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Ku Klux Leader
Dallas
Tex
Ku Klux Klan
H. W. Evans
Evans
Hounton
George B Kimbro, Jr
State District
Hiram Wesley Evans
Evolution of Whales From Land Animals
Article notes that whales likely evolved from terrestrial creatures. It mentions hind leg vestiges, lactation with single births, hair on snout jaws and skin, air breathing like land animals, contrasting with gills. It emphasizes transitional features in whales.
Mirror Scares Birdies in Orchard Claim
Report says mirrors hung in fruit trees reflect sunlight to scare birds away. Local farmers trial cladding to deter pests while noting unclear effectiveness.
Good Wife Goes to Market
A compact proverb style line recalling a wife who travels to market, likened to merchants’ ships bringing food from afar, echoing biblical phrasing and moral commentary.
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Solomon
Bats Use Vibrating Note to Detect Obstacles in Darkness
Researchers explain that bats avoid collisions in pitch darkness not by sight but by emitting a powerful vibrating note. The vibratory air wave interacts with objects, triggering an automatic warning to the bat about potential dangers.
Fragmented Note on Cleaning Watches with Paper and Gasoline
A damaged OCR passage describes using soaked white paper to clean watch parts and suggests placing it without inner case. It mentions a fevered workflow with paper threads and gasoline. It also hints substitutes for small cloths and medical-sized items.
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Dusenbury
Washington
Chase
Logan
Land of Nasha
Wagner
Elgin
Pratt
Traer
Weat
Letts
Holmes
Knoxville
McCormack
Lieser
Waukon
NEW Victor Dance Records
Fox
Paul Whiteman
The
Manhattan Merrymakers
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Little Butterfly—Fox
Little Miss Bluebeard
Brooke Johns
His Orchestra
Victor Records
McNamaras
First
America
Rome
Europe
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Siberia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Ift
Swift
Florida
Yellow
Cupid
Barclay’ Cash Grocery
Southwest Corner Square
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