Postal Cable Giant Lands At Far Rockaway For Transatlantic Link
The American segment of the world’s largest and fastest submarine cable was landed at Far Rockaway aboard the Faraday. The project aims to connect New York with Europe via a 1000 mile section to Canso, Nova Scotia, then from the Azores to London links, with a second major 1646 mile leg to Havre. Clarence H. Mackay touts the claim of a new high capacity system and describes heavy copper, gutta percha insulation, and armored conductors built for strength and future repairs. The ship Colonia sails to lay further sections toward the Azores as the John W. Mackey gathers a London cable.
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New York
Postal Telegraph
Far Rockaway
Faraday
United States
Europe
Gay
Canso
Nova Scotia
Colonia
Azores Islands
Azores
London
Waterville
Ireland
Havre
Postal Telegraph Commercial Cables
France
Continent
Mackey
North America
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Commercial Cables System
Harbor Hill
Roslyn
John W. Mackey
Weston
England
Mackay
Zemo Promise for Quick Eczema Relief from Druggists
Advertises Zemo as a quick cure for eczema and related skin troubles. Claims instant relief from itching and burning, with extra large bottle priced at 1.00 and smaller size at 0.35. Describes Zemo as penetrating and antiseptic, suitable for pimples rash and blackheads, and asserts it cleans and heals the skin.
Editors Ask to Outlaw War
The letter from Mr. Wellman urges nonpartisan press action to crystallize public opinion on America's international duty. He recalls conversations with President Harding about banishing war, lifting militaristic burdens, and moving toward a world court and a forthcoming world congress with a definite program.
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High Seas
Republic
America
Wellman
Harding
Mr. Wellman
Mr. Harding
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Thousands Arrive for International First Aid Meet
Thousands of visitors from around the world travel to Salt Lake City for the International First Aid and Mine Rescue meet opening tomorrow and running to next Wednesday. The event is organized by the Interior Department Bureau of Mines with partners including the American Red Cross, National Safety Council, American Mining Congress, Industrial Commission of Utah, Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute, Utah metal mine operators, and Utah coal mine operators.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines Division
American Red Cross
National Safety Council
American Mining Congress
The
Industrial Commission of Utah
Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute
Utah Metal Mine Operators
Utah Coal Mine
Mole’s daily feast of worms noted
A mole reportedly consumes its body weight in worms each day, highlighting its remarkable foraging efficiency and underground feeding habits observed by researchers. The finding underscores the mole’s role in soil aeration and insect population control in its habitat.
Spear-Jousting Foreigners and American Targets
A critic rails at Gibbs for poor journalism and misrepresentation of America. He recalls meeting financiers in New York and dismisses Gibbs as an inadequate authority on European politics. The writer notes Gibbs’s misstatements about Wilson and mocks his analyses as inferior.
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Gibbs
America
New York
Wilson
Charles Eb, Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Hughes
London
Asquith
Lloyd George
Mr. Barnum
Rioting After Klansmen Meeting at Carnegie Hill
After a large Ku Klux Klan gathering in Carnegie hundreds of automobiles flooded the hill and crowds filled streets. Police halted a parade at Charters Creek, violence erupted with bottles bricks and stones, a mine machinist Abbott was fatally shot, others injured, and order eventually returned with dawn surveillance.
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Evans
Carnegie
Charters Creek
Abbott
Turks in Control of Constantinople
Associated Press reports evacuation advances as inter allied naval control ends and Turkish authority takes over. Siren blasts mark the last allied departure day while non Turks hurry to leave, with police issuing up to 100 passports daily.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Poincare dedicates Y M C A plaque for American troops
Premier Poincare dedicates a Young Men's Christian Association plaque in Gondrecourt France praising the arrival of American troops. He cites lessons from the Ruhr and asserts the alliance shift serves liberty and civilized rights, while praising Allied cooperation and the US role in World War I.
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Associated Press
Gondrecourt
France
Poincare
Young Men's Christian Association
Ruhr
Chassey- Beaupre
George Hanson
Europe
T. Bentley Mott
United States
Belgium
Germany
America
Driver unhurt after taxi wreck near Butte
Taxicab driver E. Sabo escaped injury when his Hudson limousine overturned after hitting a sandy spot six miles south of Butte around 1 am. He had returned alone from transporting five picnickers from the Eagies picnic at the Nine Mile. car was badly wrecked. Batman canners of Alaska claim that the bald eagle catches many fish.
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Butte
E. Sabo
Sabo
Eagies
Nine Mile
Batman Canners
Alaska
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MY Heart
Mary O'Hara
J. Hartley Manners
King Victor
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Si Tucker
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Kathleen Barrett
New York City
Warner
Mr. Mitchell
National City Bank
Yellowstone Park
Via Hotels
Via
Montana
Gardiner Gateway
W. H. Merriman
D. F
D. E. Wilder
Northern Pacific
West Yellowstone
Henry Coulam
Rialto Building
Consolidated Ticket Office
North Main Street
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Teutong
Broadway
Rwwoo
Siselel
Blake
Boston
Chicago
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