Flightless nights may return around September first
Garfield forecasts lightless nights returning about September 1. The fuel administration considers closing nonessential industries soon. Edgar A. Strause of Peoria found guilty of murdering Berne M. Mead and sentenced to 25 years. Floyd Gibbons, Chicago newspaper man, wounded in France.
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Garfield
Edgar A. Strause
Peoria
Berne M. Mead
Floyd Gibbons
France
Chicago
Fire in Constantinople Leaves Fifty Thousand Homeless
A great blaze in Constantinople destroys housing, leaving about fifty thousand people homeless and forcing evacuations as authorities combat the flames and assess damages.
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Constantinople
Kansas Man Arrested on Felony Charge in Spring Green
Frank Cole of Emporia Kansas was arrested at Spring Green on a felony charge and placed in the county jail by Deputy Sheriff F P Christman. Sheriff William Welk will have Cole transferred to Kansas custody at a later time.
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Frank Cole
Emporia
Kansas
Spring Green
William Welk
F. P. Christman
Cole
Fleer sets 109-loop flying record at Miami school
Lieut. F. L. Fleer of the marine flying school in Miami Florida completed 109 successive loops on Friday. The feat is reported to establish a new military aviation record.
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F. L. Fleer
Marine Flying School
Miami, Fla
Wheat price dispute stalls agricultural bill talks
Conferees from the house and senate in Washington failed to agree on the 2.50 wheat amendment to the agricultural bill and adjourned with plans to reconvene later.
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House
Senate
Washington
Balloon Fish of the Nile Inflates to Escape Predators
A fahak or Tetrodon fahaka in the Nile upper waters inflates by rapidly drawing air into a gullet extension. The distended abdomen turns the fish over, spines erect, deterring predators. It can also try to suck in more air if grasped. Once danger passes the air escapes and the fish returns to normal.
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River Nile
Spider Threads Aid Astronomers In Precise Measurements
Harper's Weekly notes spiders are cultivated for threads used to bisect the micrometer screw in star position work. The ultrafine lines resist heat and temperature changes, outperform silkworm threads in durability, aiding sunspot measurements before lens damage. A joke about Adam and Eve follows the scientific anecdote.
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Harper’s Weekly
Alien Women 10 Register in County During June
Chief of Police S A Pelton and county officials prepare to register enemy alien women from June 17 to 26. Women over fourteen must provide photographs fingerprints and ages. American wives of German subjects also must register. The rule enforces national status through marriage with jail as penalty for noncompliance.
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S. A. Pelton
Welk
The Laziest Man In Sight Of Streetcar
A passenger on a Pennsylvania avenue streetcar nominated a man seen at street level with a lit cigarette. The man held a match to the car as it passed, using the car's speed to strike the spark and light the match without effort.
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Washington Times
Wheat yield near record forecast by agriculture department
The Washington agriculture department projects a combined winter and spring wheat harvest of 981 million bushels, nearing the 1 billion target. Winter wheat is seen at 587 million and spring at 344 million. conditions could push toward the higher figure.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Madison Man Takes His Life in Nervous Breakdown
William L. Potter of Madison died by suicide on Friday in a self-inflicted gunshot. He suffered from a nervous breakdown prior to the act.
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Madison
William L. Potter
Ringling Circus Tour Through Eastern States
Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows announces route dates in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic. Stops include York Harrisburg Lebanon Pottsville Reading Norristown Easton Plainfield Allentown Wilkes-Barre Scranton Carbondale Oneonta Binghamton Elmira Waverly Ithaca Cortland Gloversville Herkimer Watertown Auburn Cortland Gloversville Herkimer Watertown Auburn Cortland Hornell.
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York
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Pottsville
Reading
Norristown
Easton
Plainfield
N. J
Allentown
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Carbondale
Oneonta
N. Y
Binghamton
Pound man charged with seditious task in Marinette trial
Herman Heim of Pound faced a seditious task charge after allegedly saying an army should be formed and a march on the White House to “clean it out.” His Marinette court appearance set for trial.
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White House
Herman Heim
Pound
Marinette
Grasshoppers Travel 1200 Miles at Sea in Migratory Flights
Reports describe migratory Schistocerca versarti grasshoppers crossing seas 1200 miles from land. These four inch insects carry air sacs to stay aloft for days and drift on waves, with flight speeds from three to twenty miles per hour.
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Red
Mediterranean
Canary Islands
Interrupted Ferns Teach a Lesson on Life Interruption
Aunt Lucy recalls a childhood lesson about interrupted fern spores and how interruptions can enrich life. Marion Foss learns that brief moments with others may yield lasting value, more than completing tasks or baking.
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Aunt Lucy
Marion Foss
Mr. Rand
Harry
Lucy
Marion
Mrs. Foss
A Peace Appetite
Mrs Jones argues perishables should be eaten as a patriotic duty. Mrs Nelson riffs that everything is perish able when Jack sits at the table.
American boy wins record youngest Italian Army major
A 23 year old American born in Boston becomes Major Amilcare Paolucci the youngest officer in the Italian Army. He volunteered at the Hub City at the war’s start and rose from the ranks on merit of war.
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Boston
Mass
Amilcare Paolucci
Germany Mobilizes 17-Year-Old Boys Amid Crisis
Reports indicate Germany has issued mobilization orders targeting youths as young as 17 amid ongoing crisis. Authorities emphasize rapid conscription and training to bolster defense capacity despite international scrutiny.
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Germany
Movement to Change Crews at Baraboo On Rail Line
A plan to switch train crews at Baraboo is under discussion as in years past. Company officials have visited, and if union members approve the change will be implemented.
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Baraboo
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