Palmas Island Dispute Between U S and Netherlands Aired
A tiny Philippine island Palmas also Miangas with Dutch links sparks a U S Netherlands arbitration. The 1906 visit by Leonard Wood and later flag incidents highlighted competing claims and Spain's stance. Palmas remains a small coconut island with a Dutch tied history and unclear ownership.
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United States
Philippines
Palmas
Leonard Wood
Mindanao
State Department
Netherlands
Spain
Dutch East India Company
Nanoesa
Sanguirs
Celebes
Slate with John family legacy from 1766 in Arkansas
A slate kept by the John family since 1766 is now owned by Dr. M. G. John of Stuttgart Arkansas. The slate measures about 8 inches wide and 12 inches long a quarter of an inch thick and was long used in school service by the John family for roughly 150 years until about two decades ago.
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Stuttgart
Ark
John
M. G. John
Lotus Seed Grows After 400 Years Unearthed at Yonkers
At the Thompson Institute for Botanical Research in Yonkers scientists report lotus seeds possibly 200 to 400 years old from a dried Manchurian lake bed have germinated in water tanks. The seeds may take two to three years to flower with dating based on silt layers.
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New York
Thompson Institute For Botanical Research
Yonkers
Darien
Manchuria
Gobi Desert
Tom Parr
Fight Cane Pest With Bombs From Airplanes
Honolulu negotiations between the Hawaii army and the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association discuss using army airplanes to dust sugar cane fields in the eye spot pest fight. Initial tests may begin within months as in Texas cotton dusting efforts. Estimated annual loss on Oahu from the disease is $100,000.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Hawaiian Department of the Army
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
Texas
Oahu
Lincoln and Roosevelt Linked to Mark Antony Claim
Dr. David Starr Jordan told Commonwealth Club eugenics members that most Americans of Puritan stock including Washington Lincoln and Roosevelt are descendants of Mark Antony. He traced English American ancestry to the Warren family and noted Warrens to the Roman orator.
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Lincoln
T. R
Mark Antony
San Francisco
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Commonwealth Club
Washington
Roosevelt
Jordan
Warren
Warrens
Capitol inspectors target crossword fans on work time
Harrisburg employees in several departments on a state Capitol bill have been told not to play cross word puzzles during office hours. Inspectors are patrolling to catch any workers engaged in the pastime.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
First Saxophonist Antoine Sax Traced to Belgian Maker
The article explains Antoine Joseph Sax born in Dinant Belgium November 6 1814 as the inventor of the saxophone. It notes his studies at Brussels Conservatoire and skills on flute and clarinet before moving to Paris in 1842 where he produced the first saxhorn in 1843 and a soprano saxophone in 1846 followed by the alto tenor and baritone kinds. Sax died penniless at eighty two and forgotten in many musical circles.
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London
Antoine Joseph Sax
Dinant
Belgium
Brussels Conservatoire of Music
Sax
Paris
Coconut bombs found in library in Honolulu archives
A new Honolulu librarian, Albert Pierce Taylor, discovered three old coconuts containing dynamite in a chest of archives tied to anti monarchy claims. Army officers opened them at Fort Shafter and confirmed they were home made bombs capable of destroying the archives building.
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Honoluluu
Albert Pierce Taylor
Taylor
Liliuokalani
Fort Shafter
Punchbowl
Osage Oil Revenue Brings Large Incomes to Tribe
Interior Department reports Osage Indians receive quarterly oil and gas revenues from 1.4 million acres reserved to the tribe. Average income is about 12,000 per person annually, with logan family totals reaching 70,000 including inherited shares and royalties. Mary Elkins, guardianed Osage woman, inherits seven and a half shares for about 102,000 yearly.
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Ashington
Logan
Interior Department
Logans
Indian Office
Mary Elkins
Radium Shown to Kill or Isolate Microbes
Paris reports conclusive proof by Professor Lacassagne that radium can destroy or isolate microbes. He isolated streptococci by killing staphylococci in one mixture and used varying ray strengths to kill or separate microbes. This breakthrough addresses prior limits on dosing radium without harming patients and marks a major advance in infectious disease treatment.
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Paris
Biological Society
Lacassagne
Cat Weather Prophet May Reach White House
Louis James of East Hampton says his cat Weather Vane has accurately predicted every storm this winter twenty four hours in advance. He plans to offer the famed feline to President Coolidge in the near future, a claim gaining local interest.
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East Hampton
Conn
Coolidge
Louis James
Brain Sharpest at 16 Says British Professor
British professor Godfrey H Thomson of Armstrong College Newcastle argues from statistics that human intelligence peaks at age sixteen. He notes most people were intelligent as children and that later learning widens knowledge but not peak problem solving ability. He credits teaching methods for any school performance gaps.
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London
Godfrey H. Thorson
Armstrong College
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Thomson
Carelessness and Arson Tied to Fire Losses
New York reports say eliminating carelessness and moral hazard could cut U S fire losses by about 75 percent from 500 million to 125 million annually. Insurance groups monitor risks, maintain arson squads, and analyze daily fire lists to deter incendiary or criminal fires.
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New York
United States
Anti Marriage League in Italy Attracts Men
A bachelor association formed near Salerno in Rutino gathers several hundred young men. The group called The Bachelors League resembles Italy’s historic League of the Spesatti. The league opened with a banquet and a hymn as statutes were read. The president urged vows of bachelorhood and announced funds to publish a review named The Bachelor.
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Italy
Rome
Rutino
Salerno
Bachelors’ League
League of the Possessed
la Lega Delgi Spiritat
Venice
Antique Wallpaper Chosen for South Kensington Room
London scholars report a 200 year old wallpaper will adorn a newly built room in the English furniture galleries at South Kensington museum. The replica of an eighteenth century apartment will feature furniture dating to around the time of Queen Anne's death.
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London
England
South Kensington Museum
Hairy sea monster kills two whales in Durban sighting
Durban observer H C Ballance watches a 47 foot snow haired creature combat two whales. The strange beast, with an elephantlike trunk and pig snout, later strands ashore unconscious then refloats and swims away southeast.
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Durban
South Africa
H. C. Balance
Margate
Ballance
New American Church in Paris Will Be Built
Sufficient funds to build an American interdenominational church in Paris have been obtained and work will start forthwith. Dr Joseph Wilson Cochran, former Detroit Presbyterian minister, will lead the project on his way to France. Backing comes from the Presbyterian general assembly and the American and Foreign Christian Union led by Dr George Alexander. The facility will cost over 400000 dollars for lot church and parish house on Quai d Orsay opposite the Grand Palais on the Seine.
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New York
Paris
Joseph Wilson Cochran
Detroit
Pas
Cochran
France
Presbyterian General Assembly
American and Foreign Christian Union
George Alexander
First Presbyterian Church
Quai d'Orsay
Seine
Grand Palais
Danes Build Seven Ports in Faroe Isles
In Copenhagen it is reported that seven harbors are under construction in the Faroe Islands. Major work at Thorshavn includes a two quay harbor with a 600 foot breakwater, nearing completion by year end. Skopen on Sundoe offers outer and inner toles for fishing craft, lifeboat station and emergency anchorage. Additional harbors are planned at Midvaag Soervaag Vangoe Tveruu Kvig and Lov.
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Copenhagen
Faroe Islands
Thorshavn
Skopen
Sundee
Midvaag
Soervaag
Vangoe
Tveruu
Kvigig
Lov
Serlio Script Found at Columbia After 387 Years Missing
At Columbia University a long lost Serlio manuscript, unfinished as Sebastiano Serlio’s Sixteenth century guide to architecture, was found in an unpublished draft. Librarian Prof. W B Dinsmoor announced the discovery as historically significant and likely to revise views of the French Renaissance. Internal paper analysis dated the work to 1541 1551.
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New York
Sebastiano Serlio
Columbia University
University
School of Architecture
W. B. Dinsmoor
Dinsmoor
Serlio
Sharp Tongue Cuts Off Wife's Allowance
Mrs Mary Flynn of Hamilton Beach Queens charged her husband John with nonsupport in Jamaica police court. Magistrate Doyle dismissed the complaint after twenty minutes praising his own stamina and noting Mrs Flynn's temper, suggesting the fault lay with her, not the husband.
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New York
Mary Flynn
Hamilton Beach
Queens
John
Jamaica
Doyle
Hair Care Costs Dominate As Barber Industry Booms
New York reports annual beauty product consumption including rouge and cold creams reaching hundreds of millions of boxes and dollars. Barber shops alone amount to about 750 million dollars yearly, with men spending on facials, tonics, and hair care as prosperity rises and personal appearance grows in importance.
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New York
Washington
Joseph Byrne
Barbers’ Journal
Byrne
United States
Henry VIII
Dublin Debates Lord Mayor Status Amid Council Suspension
Dublin faces a clash over whether it has a lord mayor as the Free State government suspends the municipal council and installs commissioners. Lord Mayor O Neill argues he remains in office since no successor is appointed, while the corporation is dissolved and no aldermen or councillors exist. Supreme Court may decide the issue.
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Dublin
O'Neill
Free State
Supreme Court
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