Franklin Kite Letter Reveals Franklin Experiment Details
Cincinnati historians uncover a 1752 Franklin letter in a library garage stash detailing a kite experiment to prove atmospheric electricity. The account explains a silk kite with a pointed wire and a key to draw electric fire, aiming to show the link to lightning and ignite experiments with a phial.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Cincinnati Public Library
Royal Scientific Society of London
Tower
Old Christ Church
Philadelphia
Relic of Civil War Exhibit in Carthage Holds Brass Key
In Carthage North Carolina October 3 a 70 year old Confederate veteran J C Monroe displays a large brass key to the Confederate arsenal in Fayetteville He says he never surrendered and locked the arsenal door with the key before Sherman s march A youthful Monroe had been sent to locate General Sherman and recalls leaving Fayetteville in a rush after breakfast with Colonel Childs and news of Sherman's approach He later joined Wheeler s Cavalry and ended the war with Johnson at Dur.
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J. C. Monoroe
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Southern Artillery Regiment
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Sherman
Colonel Childs
Colonel Child
Wheeler
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The Engineer
The excerpt urges concise clear speech avoiding platitudes and verbose flourish. It highlights preferring compact cogency and discourages pompous or obscure language in debate or writing.
Famous Atlanta Tree Becomes Log Pile After Cutting
The famed 65 foot tree at Peachtree Street and Porter Place, once the largest of its kind, was cut down at the First Methodist Church South site. Dead for about two years, the 78 year old tree may yield church furniture or souvenirs from the logs.
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National Geographic Society
Peachtree Street
Porter Place
First Methodist Episcopal Church
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Leetor Harrell
Convicts Escape From San Quentin Seized Clerk Then Captured
Six prisoners at San Quentin took B. O. Miller the prison shipping clerk as hostage and fled in a harbor launch. They were blasted at by guards from two towers, then tracked to Malate Point on the Contra Costa county shore about three miles away where they were recaptured.
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Malate Point
Contra Costa County
Will Undo Much Evil By Dr. W. M. Pierce
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce home remedy An uric Tablets for kidney trouble. It claims relief from backache irregular urination and uric acid symptoms and recommends hot water each morning and a meal tablet dosage. It offers a trial package by sending a request to Dr. Pierce's Clinic Buffalo NY for free advice.
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Invalids’ Hotel
Three Hold Up Men Reported Killed in St Louis County
In a roadhouse near Creve Coeur Lake St Louis County three men were shot and killed during an attempted holdup. James Quin a proprietor says he killed the three men single handed while under fire. He was unhurt and claimed two others escaped. The dead are Vincent Goedde 21 Don Jean Hoffman 24 and James Tully all alleged gangsters. Quin a 34 year old former Navy man said he had never fired a shot before.
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Parley Ends Without Action in Franco-American Talks
Washington reports a tentative funding plan for France's four billion dollar war debt failed to secure ratification. Caillaux declined to sign as plenipotentiary, noting provisional terms. Negotiations ended as American and French commissions parted ways without an agreement. Three Dead in Southern Ry Wreck
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Combined Debt Commission
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M. Caillaux
Lone Train Bandit Shot Near Amaha Neb
A lone bandit attempting a second robbery in 24 hours was shot by a Union Pacific special agent as he stepped from an observation car into Amaha Nebraska. He was hit in the head and leg and taken to a hospital in serious condition after holding up passengers.
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Union Pacific
Champion wall paper hanger aged eighty three in Waterville
William Petersen eighty three of Waterville Maine declares he is the champion wallpaper hanger of the region. He says he works daily and recently hung four rolls and maintains his age is a confidence trick to win business. He credits rest light meals and good luck rather than doctors for his health.
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Maine
William Petersen
Peterson
Tamm
Car Crash Restores Speech to Eight Year Old Harold Fair
In Lockport New York an auto accident helped eight year old Harold Fair recover speech and hearing. The boy who had been mute since paralytic illness three years earlier regained ability to speak in short sentences and can listen to a photograph.
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Tax Collections Rise Sharply in September
September tax collections show a strong gain across state and federal agencies. Internal Revenue collector Grissom notes a potential move toward a two hundred million dollar annual level if the trend continues, with federal receipts about two million higher than September 1924 and state receipts up roughly 457,900. The state breakdown cites income taxes 59,617, bus taxes 5,543, inheritance 37,314, schedule B 76,134, insurance 10,074, and other taxes 169,218. A separate note records Turner Battle of Edgecombe County paroled after a 60 day road sentence for liquor law violation. parole granted on recommendation of Pardon Commissioner H Hoyle Sink.
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State Revenue Department
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Internal Revenue
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Edgecombe
Turner Battle
Edgecombe County
H. Hoyle Sink
Battie
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Parade closes second day of 27th Spanish War Veterans session
In St Petersburg Florida about 5000 marchers ended the second day of the 27th annual United Spanish War Veterans session. The parade included Military Order of the Serpent degree teams, ten bands led by the U S Marine Band from Parris Island and drill teams from various camps. Election of officers is set. candidates Carm el Thompson Harvey Hanna and Richard Flynn loom as a three way race.
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Paris Island
James W. Murphy
Washington
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Carmel Thompson
Ohio
Harvey Hanna
Tennessee
Richard R. Flynn
Massachusetts
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