Parachute Failure Kills Woman Near Los Angeles
The week’s summary notes Mrs Ethel Broadwick died after tangled ropes prevented a pack parachute from opening near Los Angeles. Other items include Ruth Searcy elected president of Stanford Organized Women, Idaho ratifying the suffrage amendment, Miss Spitz and Joe Pargen arrested in Los Angeles, calls for El Paso action against vice, Paul Hopping located in Los Angeles, a San Francisco hotel robbery, and Jackson Barnett donating 1.5 million dollars to Oklahoma charities with a hospital for Indian blood at Henryetta.
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Ethel Broadwick
Los Angeles
Ruth Searcy
Durango
Colo
Organized Women
Stanford University
Women’s Conference
Idaho
Davis
Senate
Jessie L. Spitz
Joe Pargen
el Paso
United States Army
Robert L. Howze
el Paso Military District
Ad Club
Paul Hopping
Batavia
Ohio
Charles Hopping
Calif
Apollo Belvedere Murphy
United States
Arno
San Francisco
Mission District
James Kirby
Henry Roots
Jackson Barnett
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Henryetta
Poland seeks 400000 tons American grain to avert famine
Stanilas J. Arnot arrives from Warsaw to act as plenipotentiary of the Polish government on food matters. President Wilson names Robert Underwood Johnson as ambassador to Rome and Frank Polk as interim secretary of state. Other notes include proposed road funding, air mail expansion, and international diplomacy developments.
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Poland
Stanilas J. Arnot
New York
Warsaw
Robert Underwood, Johnson
League To Enforce Peace
Wilson
Rome
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Frank L. Polk
Robert Lansing
Western oil hopes spark regional prospecting push
Western Socorro county attracts national attention as an early prospecting zone in New Mexico. Montezuma University is named for a Baptist college in Las Vegas with Lee A. Woodford as vice president and field agent earning 3000 dollars annually.
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Socorro County
N. M
Montezuma University
Baptist College
Las Vegas
Lee A. Woodford
New Mexico Normal University
Arizona
Thomas FE. Campbell
James H. McClintock
Arizona Campaign Committee
Germany to Try Own Offenders in Separate Courts
Germany plans to prosecute its own offenders in dedicated national courts to handle crimes within the country. The approach aims to streamline proceedings and reinforce domestic judicial authority.
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Germany
Allies Send New Note on German Extradradial Trial
London reports the Allied reply to Germany’s January 25 note proposes trial at Leipsic under Article 228. The allies deny intervention, reserve judgment on Germany’s guilt, and urge a mixed interallied commission to collect and communicate charges after investigations.
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London
Leipsic
Germany
Supreme Court
Leipsig
Dalton Farmer Claims Green Cotton Discovery
C F O Briant of Dalton Georgia reports a green cotton variety resulting from years of experiments. Samples described as a beautiful green color with fine fibre are cited as evidence of the breakthrough by the farmer near Dalton.
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Dalton
C. F. O'Briant
Here
Gossip on Secretary Lansing Resignation Tops Washington Talk
In Washington talk swirls around Secretary of State Lansing’s forced resignation and the strained relation with President Wilson. Congress and officials discuss possible successors as the sensational fallout dominates official attention.
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Washington
Lansing
Congress
Wilson
Cemetery of the Future: A Civic Dream for Burial Grounds
Dr. David Fairchild proposes a reforming cemetery design featuring a library like hall with alcoves and quiet nooks. Vaults would store family records, photographs, phonographic voices, and moving pictures to let the dead “come alive” and preserve ties between generations.
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David Fairchild
Dr. Fairchild
Christmas Dinner Poisoning Rumor Clarified
A London family gathers for Christmas Eve. Dorothy cries out, then fainting and a sister-in-law weeps. Mr Brown recalls a sudden facial spasm and pain after dinner. Mrs Brown fears poisoning, but the husband reveals horseradish caused the distress, per London Tit Bits.
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London
Brown
Dorothy
John
Mrs. Brown
Mr. Brown
Physical gains from three and a half months in camps observed
A study of national army recruits reports gains of 6.4 pounds per man in muscle mainly, a 23 percent rise in chest expansion, with navy figures showing similar increases and gains up to 33 pounds per man. The medical chief notes the physique improvement is so evident that detailed statistics seem unnecessary.
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National Army
Navy
Snow doughnuts among winter phenomena observed
W A Price of the West Virginia geological survey notes that during a heavy 1916 17 snowstorm roadside fences were buried by steep drift tops. Snow rings two to four inches in diameter and half an inch thick formed as rings detached from drift tops and rolled down, leaving tracks. Some fragments rolled on their sides without forming rings.
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W. A. Price
West Virginia Geological Survey
The Way of It: A Married Life Story
Alame recalls harmony with her husband throughout their marriage. He left for abroad just a week after their wedding, marking the end of their time together in person.
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Alame
Colorado settlement metals prices report
Bar silver priced at 1.33 per ounce with copper at 18 19 cents per pound lead at 8.00 spelter at 8.88 and tungsten ranging from 6.50 to 12.00 per unit reflecting market quotes.
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Colorado
FASTERN LIVE STOCK PRICE REPORT AT CHICAGO
At Chicago market notes, hogs ranged from $13.00 to $15.00 with various weights and qualities. Cattle prices show beef steers at $9.00 to $17.00 and butcher cattle cows and heifers between $5.25 and $12.50. Sheep and lambs list bids from $6.60 to $21.00 across several grades.
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Denver
Colo
Pinto Seeee
Lima
South Park
Chicago
Chicago Roduce Prices Reported By Butte Creamery
Chicago Roduce notes from Butte Creamery show regular firsts at 52 percent and 58 cents, ordinary at 50 cents, with cases included and prices near the mark.
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Chicago
Butte — Creamery
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