Airplanes speed firefighting in California blaze
Washington reports air patrols reached a Lassen forest fire forty five hours sooner than train and pack mule. An aerial observer spotted the blaze as foresters battled at Merced. Planes lifted firefighters to Lassen in three hours, versus forty eight by land routes, with future ideas of airships carrying gear and dropping extinguishing chemicals.
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Washington
California
Army Air Service
Lassen
Merced
Lassen Re
Sleeping motorcyclist killed in accident
Harold Arntzen twenty four fell asleep at the handlebars on a motorcycle returning from a Saturday night dance in the hills. The machine plunged twenty feet into a rocky arroyo and Arntzen was instantly killed. Herbert Salebrewer, riding in a sidecar, jumped clear and escaped serious injury.
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la Junta
Col
Harold Arntzen
Herbert Salebrewer
Arntzen
Sage Tea Dandy to Darken Hair
Advertises Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a quick remedy to darken gray faded hair. Claims natural even color, with one or two applications making gray hair vanish. Notes millions of bottles sold annually and urges buy at drug stores for a youthful look.
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Wyeth
When Yank Meets Yank In England at the Savoy Bar
In London a scene unfolds with two Americans, one a newly named vice consul, the other a T M officer, who bond over avoiding drinking while an American in the bar. The tale shifts to Ipswich and Essex County, where the house of correction is leased to shoe manufacturers as prisons empty due to prohibition, with consolidation of jails discussed.
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International News Service
London
Yank
England
Savoy
Milgly
Europe
Ipswich
Mass
Essex County House of Correction
Essex County
Houses of Correction
Irecenty
House of Correction
Mexico plans world exposition for 1922 in Mexico City
Plans for Mexico International Exposition take concrete shape with the event moved to 1922 to allow building and prep work. Mexico seeks exhibitors from around the world, notably the United States, to mark anniversaries of independence and history.
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Spain
Mexico
United States
Louis P. Kirby
International News Service
Mexico City
Mex
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