by Bill Doyle
BANDS IN A BOX
NEWYORK—The Automatic Entertainer is here! The first jukebox that lets you preselect What you want to heart in now being produced in the UnitedStates.
SCIENCE
BLOODY GENIUSES
Add Clemens von parquet to the list of Austrians Who have transformed the world!This year,he introduced the term allergyto describe the physical reaction(which can range from sneezing to death)caused by different substances that only affect certain people.parquet joins Karl Landsteiner,who discovered each person has one of at least three different blood types:A,B, or O,and Dr.Sigmund Freud,Who invented psychoanalysis.
HOW NOBEL!
Marie Curie,the first women to a win a Nobel prize,was spoted at a recent dinner to in honor of physicist Albert Einstein's 27th birthday on March 14.
1906 Edition
THE INSPECTOR
5C We Have an “EYE” for News
“THE BIG ONE STRIKES SAN FRANCISCO!
EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE LEAVES CITY IN RUINS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—A massive 30-second-long earthquake struck San Francisco at 5:13 AM on April 18,1906. This powerful quake and its after-shocks destroyed much of the city. Broken gas lines helped feed a raging fire that burned for four days, reducing the center of San Francisco to ashess. More than 1,000 people lost their lives.
WILL DREYFUS GO FREE?
PARIS—It's been twelve years since French army captain Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason for spying. Today, thanks to handwriting comparison and other detective work,he might be cleared of all wrongdoing.
TRANSPORTATION
TRAIN ROBBERS STEAL STATION!
Yes, there are now hundreds of miles of track running across this great land of ours, but the trains that run along them do not interest a certain group of mysterious figures. About a year ago, they stole an entire station building from the Central Railroad of New Jersey and no trace has been found. Recently, yet another building was crected — and has disappeared just as mysteriously!
PEOPLE
KELLER SPEAKS OUT
At a recent rally,Helen Keller demanded rights for those less fortunate. In 1882, an illness struck Miss Keller, making her deaf and blind before the age of two. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, also taught the deaf, and he introduced Annie Sullivan to Miss Keller. Miss Sullivan became Miss Keller's teacher, lifelong friend, and interpreter while she attended college, Miss Keller graduated from Radeliffe in 1904, and has become a leader in the fight for the rights of the disabled.
PEACE OF MIND
Lawyer Mohandas K. Gandhi began a campaign of non-violent resistance to protest the treatment of Indians in South Africa.
FOOD
MISTAKE OR FLAKE
BATTLE CREEK, Mich.— This year, W.K. Kellogg opened the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company. Toasted cereal flakes were an accidental invention at the health spa run by W.K.'s brother, J. H. Kellogg. Word has it the two brothers are no longer speaking because J. H. doesn't approve of W. K's adding sugar to the product.
Unravel the mystery with real historical crime-solving methods!
Welcome to the crime-solving world of the famous Fitzmorgan and Moorie detective families! Each of the books in the Crime Through Time series is hosted by a young sleuth who must work against all odds to unravel a compelling mystery. Every few pages, you can take a break from the suspense and learn about real-life investigative techniques so that you, too, can become a detective!
In Nabbed!,G. Codd Fitzmorgan is invited to a stormy, secluded island for a Roaring Twenties celebration. When a ghost plane lands near the mansion, it's up to G. codd to use his skills as an illusionist to track down the missing pilot. His journey takes him through the creepy mansion's hidden passages and secret towers, and ultimately into the deep, dark dungeons below.
