Hermit Indian Knife Thrower Of Osage Nation
In Pawhuska Oklahoma John Silak known as John Stink lives with a tribe of seventeen dogs after being shunned by his people and the town. A town marshal fires on his dogs prompting John to stay away forever. He camps beside a flat stone, survives on guardian and government aid, and spends days practicing knife throwing to kill a bird in flight.
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Osage
John Silak
John
Mabel Abbott
The
Chicago Post
John Stink
Pawhuska
Okla
Bilnk
Insect Torture Flyer Battle Comes to Light
A badly garbled noon item recounts Lieut C O Siergruth of Battle Creek Michigan crash landing in the Everglades near Fort Myers Florida after flying from Arcadia Fin. He was stranded six days as mosquitoes and insects swarmed his burning aircraft. His gasoline failed and he battled mud and water for three days before rescue.
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Laat
Fort Myers
Fla
Arcadia Fin
Lient
C. O. Siergruth
Battle Creek
Mich
Everglades
Niergrith
Made Wife Do Farm Work Lazy Farmer Attracted City Girl
A flawed report describes a man Balmes winning Kathryn Schumacher from Chicago with entrancing stories and moving her to his farm. She ends up bearing most farm labor while he remains distant. The piece also notes a labor union forming among pallbearers and a petition for a charter in Payette County. Details are garbled but the core event centers on marriage drive and unequal work load.
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Barrie A
Balmes
Kathryn Schumacher
Chicago
Balmesenye
Deabe
Sto
de Raytig
New Strain of Botulinus Found in Olives
Dr Robert Graham of the University of Minnesota reports isolating a distinct type of bacillus botulinus from olives linked to food poisoning deaths in Detroit months ago. Stanford and Belgian scientists confirm similar findings while a protective serum is in preparation. the bacillus is notably deadly to chickens and raises human risk concerns.
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Champaign
Detroit
Robert Graham
Department of
Animal Pathology
University of
Mississippi Valley
University of Animal Pathology
Man
Department of Animal Pathology
Trousers for Paris Women in Summer Styles
Paris modistes preview daring summer outfits featuring gold and silver trousers with jeweled embroidery, worn over tights and secured by ankle straps. Corseting may be unnecessary for most, while hem lengths stay near fall styles and bright patterns, jade underdresses, and embroidered jackets gain approval from top houses.
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Paris
France
Too Young to Marry Margaret Dicello Refuses Bids
Bradford Pennsylvania story recounts 17 year old Margaret Dicello who saved her father by confessing to a fatal shooting. She says she fired the bullet to let him flee and refuses suitors while her community praises her courage and defends her choice amid legal scrutiny.
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Bradford
Margaret Dicello
Propriala Priore
Margaret
Fils Dughter
Tin
Soviets Enforce 12 Hour Workday and Seven Day Week
A Tinland dispatch reports Bolsheviks impose a 12 hour daily workday seven days a week across all classes. The policy is to be enforced with utmost severity, affecting the entire working population and signaling tight control.
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Tinland
Russia
Mexico to Make Own Guns
Mexico City reports the nation plans to manufacture its artillery locally. Two Mexican army engineers have devised a tempering formula for steel used in cannon, and with three electric furnaces installed, the first guns will be produced in the national arsenal.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Austrian Children to Stay in Italy and Other Countries
Ten thousand Austrian children will visit Tiely as guests of municipalities for the winter. Many more are in Switzerland, Germany, Holland and the Nordic countries.
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Italy
Vienna
Switzerland
Germany
Holland
British experts at work as wireless aids open air routes
London expert Holt Thormas says the London Paris air link will operate with new organization and wireless tools. A directional wireless network and airborne telephone will allow pilots to communicate weather and position, enabling rapid relief and safer, on schedule flights even in fog and mist.
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London
Paris
London ‘Times
Holt Thormas
McMullin
Wit
Woman Sheriff of Red Bank Dominates Local Crime Scene
Mrs Georgeman Duer acts as deputy sheriff mayor and chief of police in Red Bank New Jersey. For 38 years she knows every crook and shortcut on the trolley lines and roads and has driven away many petty thieves. Sheriff Duer, mother of 15 children, organized a local baseball team for the boys and collects prizes for costumes at home.
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Teed Aank
N. J
Georgemnan Duer
Short
Red Bank
Duer
Ted Bank
Duer J
Sheriff
Berlin Robberies Rise Amid Turmoil and Looted Goods
Berlin crime reports spike as robberies and burglaries increase during unsettled times. Notices warn burglars away from shop fronts while stores display warnings. residents fear looting, with a man found left half naked on a sidewalk. Houses, churches, cemeteries, and museums suffer thefts of gold, jewelry, and artifacts.
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Berlin
Germany
Aunt and Nephew Tell All in Salina Poison Plot
County Attorney Healy prepared warrants for murder based on statements from Miss Stella Hyman and her nephew Lee Bunch. They allege a conspiracy to kill Mr and Mrs Bunch over a marriage dispute, with Hyman poisoning Mr and Mrs Bunch and giving poison to Nancy Bunch, an invalid sister.
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Salina
Stella Hyman
Lee Bunch
Bunch
Edward
Miss Hyman
Healy
Henry
Lincoln Center
Here
Educated Mine Rat Haunts Dinner Pails at Mount Carmel
Workmen at the Richardy col lery omlite at Mount Carmel Pa report a clever mine rat has been stealing meals. According to milners the rat drops into the dinner bucket, fills its head with a jump, and causes the lids to pop. When the meal time arrives, workers find their lunch boxes empty.
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Richardy Collery Omlite
Mount Carmel
Pao
Bull Runs Wild in Knoxville County. West Bull Spree
A bull belonging to Frank L. West, a county tax assessor, escaped in Knoxville area and caused property damage before being restrained. The incident led to multiple disruptions and an eventual capture under oversight.
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Knoxville
Tony
Frank L. West
Tanks and Tactics in the Argonne Offensive History
In Washington a detailed recounting explains the development and use of American tanks in World War I. It covers deceptive maneuvers, the 334th tank battalion’s night reconnaissance, and five tanks on sept 19 moving behind St Mihiel to test crossing and supporting fire. The article notes German air and artillery pressure, and mentions two German divisions withdrawn to the Argonne front. It also highlights new Mark VIM tanks shipped to Camp Meade, designed to breach heavy defenses with greater crossable obstacles and heavier armament, built on the Liberty engine with British and American technical collaboration.
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Washington
Argonne
Department
Pershing
St. Michiel
Meuse-Argonne
Wiggins
Tank Corps
Unervis Barrow
St. Millet
Mintatare
No Man's Land
Helrie
Jist
Iittle -Band
Germany
Tank
Camp Meade
Rock Island Arsenal
Britain Has Big New Shell for Navy
The article notes a large caliber shell capable of piercing heavy armor, hailed as potentially valuable for the British fleet. It mentions engineers Robert Hadfield and Andeeldg Ltd steel manufacturers, with references to wartime value and potential future use.
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London
Sofia’s Balkan outlet must aim at Aegean sea port
Bulgarian statesman Ivan E. Gueshoff, formerly premier and now deputy, told a Associated Press correspondent that Bulgaria will not accept a mere economic outlet. He argued a port on the Aegean is vitally important, more so than Fiume to Yugoslavia, and urged a strategic outlet on the Aegean.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Bulsezia
Ivan E. Gueshoff
Partiment
Associated Preas
Balkan Peninsula
Aegean
Fiume Ia
Jugo-Slavia
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Mae Tin
Britain
Pierze
Washington’s
Frederickaburg
War Watling
Latang
Bante
Rout
Miss Mary
Ljodnay
Bow
Wakebeld
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George
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Atlastic
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Hansen Electric Co
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van Camp
Snider
Atlantic
PATHE
Yee
CPA
Romito
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