Echo devices to warn ships of hidden icebergs
Baltimore reports plans by the naval hydrographic office to use echo sounding gear in the iceberg season starting May. The system will detect ice, emitting a signal and listening for a return from solid mass, reducing iceberg collisions in foggy northern lanes.
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Baltimore
Naval Hydrographic Office
Mystery of Widespread Disease Solved by Government Worker
Washington December 13 Dr Edward Francis of the United States Public Health Service is credited with identifying tularemia or rabbit fever the sole disease fully analyzed in the United States He traced its spread to uncooked rabbits and various animal vectors and noted its wide reach and often long lasting effects.
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Myster
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Edward Prancis
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Tulare County
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G. W. McCoy
Public Health Service
Utah
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Iceberg danger near Labrador Gulf Stream region discussed
In fog and eddy conditions near the meeting point of the Labrador and Gulf streams, ships lurk for unsuspecting steamers. After the Titanic tragedy, nations assigned the US Coast Guard to monitor ice hazards. Echo-sounding gear may be added to cutters to detect icebergs, improving safety for regional shipping.
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United States Coast Guard
Real Estate Transfers Reported in La Porte City
H C Goodwin transfers lot 7 block 3 Fox Forsyths add La Porte City to William A Wilg non. William A Wilson to Henry W Frank et al lot 7 block 3 Fox Forsyths add La Porte City. 5600 R N Gowin transfers Tob 3 block 14 Linden Place to Peter Erpelding. BO.
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H.C. Goodwin
William A. Wilg
Fox& Foresyth
la Porte City
William A. Wilsom
Henry
W. Frank
Fox & Forsyth
R. N. Cgowin
Peter Erpelding
Linden Place
Riveting Gun Fights for Light Air and City Expansion
A historic outline lauds riveting guns as essential to skyscrapers bridges ships and urban growth. It notes riveted steel’s role in New York Chicago and Japan quake resilience and recalls early riveting with hand hammers and the 1875 adoption of the riveting gun.
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I' Peoine
New York City
New York
Chicago
Lon
United Brit
Japan
Piano Tax Sparks International Teacher Protests
Paris reports piano teachers from several nations organize to oppose a tax on instruments. They argue the piano is a tool of trade for musicians and deserves exemption like other workers’ tools. The slogan itide ro piano became a popular chorus as the movement grows.
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Iieders
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