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...final precursor of the CRIMSON'S straw vote on Thursday, the results of which will be announced on Friday morning, it is of especial interest. With the opportunity that wavering voters will have of hearing three debaters of national prominence argue on the issues of the campaign, it is probable that a great many men will reserve their final decision until after the debate has closed...
...from the gardens of the Tuileries in the presence of Louis XVI of France and of Benjamin Franklin. When Franklin, foremost scientist of the day, was asked what use the balloon was, he cautiously countered: "Of what use is a newborn infant?" And the balloon has indeed been the precursor of many mighty dirigibles. Per se its utility is small. Kite balloons, a variant ol the spherical balloons used for sporting purposes, are useful as observation posts for Army and Navy operations alike, and spherical balloons may serve to form a barrage by a network of suspension wires to intercept...
Harold Box, young Professor of Dental Pathology at the University of Toronto, has discovered a new disease and a treatment which cures it. The. disease is Rarifying Pericementitis Fibrosa. It is the precursor and virtual cause of pyorrhea...
...Otto Wiedfeldt, German Ambassador at Washington, inspected the Albert Ballin, Germany's largest merchant marine ship, before she sailed from New York to Hamburg. After saying goodbye to Frau Wiedfeldt, who is going to Germany for a visit, the Ambassador said the ship was " the precursor of a new German Merchant Marine to replace the one destroyed by the World...
...states rights in Russia. Precursor...