Leap Year Origins and Calendar Reforms Across Ages
Leap year arises from Julius Caesar's 46 B C calendar adjusting for 365 days and 6 hours. The Gregorian reform of 1582 corrected drift, skipping 10 days and omitting leap years on century years not divisible by 400, with adoption spread across Europe. In Britain and America, 1750 shifted dates. George Washington's birthday moved from February 11 to February 22.
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Drake Professor Claims Stutter Cure via Concentration
Dr E G Lockhart of Drake University reports a simple method to halt stuttering by diverting attention from speech. In a demonstrated test a 27 year old man spoke normally after lifting a 40 pound chair, then stuttered again once the chair was put down. Lockhart says 90 percent of stuttering cases are mental inhibition and reversible, while physical causes like tumors or injuries are ineligible.
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Sanderford Urges Special Session for Pension Funds
Texas Senator Roy Sanderford of Belton, a gubernatorial candidate, urges the Governor to call a special or lame duck session to fund old age pensions. He cites the current regular session and a proposed state income tax, arguing a timely session is needed to avoid economic disruption and ensure pension revenue. He urges immediate action by the Governor.
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Man Hanged Forty Years Ago Still Lives
New York story recounts William Isaac Purvis of Purvis Mississippi who survived a 1894 hanging after the rope slipped. He later describes his death experience and recounts appeals, political scandal, and a gubernatorial commutation that spared him after more than two years in confinement.
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Beard Family Memoir From Farm Life and Eleven Children
Joe Beard and Sarah married, lived on a farm for twenty years raising eleven children. In 1920, Beard, then residing in Col…
Purvis’s confession tied to Buckley killings in Mississippi
Beard admitted planning to kill the Buckley brothers but Louis Thornhill did the shooting. Beard died two months later, and Purvis received 5000 dollars from the Mississippi Legislature for state service during imprisonment. Thornhill was not indicted as Purvis had been executed for the crime. On his deathbed Thornhill admitted he shot Will Buckley.
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Challenges by Blanton About Court Called
Texas Representative Blanton accused the Supreme Court of being influenced by wealth while a Washington colleague countered that seven of the nine justices are akin to corporation lawyers. The exchange arose during a House debate sparked by an editor in Blanton’s state who called the justices nine old fossils. Four or five of the justices were labeled old fossils in response.
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Milk Deficient in Copper and Iron Metals
A report notes milk contains lower levels of essential metals including copper and iron. The finding highlights possible nutritional gaps and the need for dietary balance or supplementation through other foods or fortification.
Big State Vault Doors In Place
A 71,000 pound steel door was dropped into place completing the State treasury underground vault. It will hold a buried treasure of more than $100,90,000 in cash and securities. The door was dragged from a railroad siding to the Capitol Lawn site and cemented into the walls. Access comes only at fixed times and by officials with proper information. Grass will cover the excavated area once the vault is finished.
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Trial aid board shows how traffic accidents happen
A board displaying building and street lines with model vehicles is invented to illustrate accident scenarios for court juries. Materials include typewriter carbon, pencil carbon, and typewriter paper at Sun office.
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