Salvage Feats at Scapa Flow Amaze Britons
London dispatch cites remarkable salvage at Scapa Flow where the seventeenth destroyer of the scuttled German fleet has been raised. An ex German floating dock towed 700 miles enables lifting, cradling, refloating, and breaking ships into five-foot sections for sale. Plans include raising the two largest ships, the Hamburg and Seydlux, with a 48,000-ton docking unit to be built.
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Charles A. Smitie
London
Saivese
Scapa Flow
Orkney
Idlands Haa
Germany
North Sea
Hag Beers
Mill Bay
Isle of Hoy
Lyness
Orkty
Wagtiee
Raize
V&s
Hinburg
Seydlux
Surge in Legal Suits Involving Divorces Across Courts
A rush to file belated lawsuits has swelled records in the Circuit Clerk’s office with many divorces. Chancery actions include H A Wise versus Kf O Dell and others, while common pleas docket shows Hatley Company versus Austin Lowe for over 500 dollars. In the circuit, suits accuse A H and W R Mimors for substantial damages. Other chancery actions name Mike Strange, Dominic Gallo, Emma Kelton against Dewey Skelton.
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Clrebit
Common Pleas
Wilmer Price
H. A. Wise
Kf. O'Dell
Cincinnati Screen Company
Locust Plague Threatens Armenia
Locust swarms threaten Armenia and adjacent Russian regions prompting drastic measures. The government mobilizes peasants and frontier troops to protect crops. Authorities advise peasants to harvest green corn to save the harvest as swarms advance through Alexandropol and Stepanavan.
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Armenia
Russia
Eeri
Far Aenean
Alexandropol
Stepanavan
Estan
Woman of Paris Star Sails Across Atlantic
Edna Purviance, notable for The Woman of Paris, sails on her first transatlantic voyage to Paris. Reports claimed Charlie Chaplin would join her, but he stayed in New York.
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The
Paris
Edna Jurviance
theAtlantic
Chaplin
Miss Purviance
New York
Women and Men in Love Marriage Keeps Its Charm Says Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues that both sexes grow fickle and that wives must stay engaging after marriage. She notes men inadvertently undermine affection, while women pursue vitality and note that loyalty fades without effort. The piece examines changing romance norms and the pressure on husbands to remain appealing.
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Dorothy Dix
Autania
Man
UD & Woman
Public Ledger Co
Have to Work Now Eyes Bad Chief of All the Sioux
Dorothy Dix distills marriage advice through Chief Strong Tall of the Sioux, arguing a wife’s love fades without continued effort and flattery after marriage. The piece mocks male complacency, stressing sustained attentiveness, respect, and praise as fuel for enduring affection.
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Salt Lake Rodeo
Strong Tall
Strong Tal
Hal
Stoux
Byas
Stronw Tabele
Fa- Moua
Fa- Moua Sitttte Bull
Sitty Bulla Uideat
Wounded Knee
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Pine Ridge Reservation
Mutt dog show prizes planned at Kanawha fairgrounds
Miss Erma Silke announced a mutt dog show at the Dunbar fairgrounds October 8 to 10 for the Kanawha exposition and Four-H fair. Twelve classes award first to third prizes of 3 3 1 dollars, with an extra 10 in geld for the most attention in the parade. Entries due October 1. open to any boy or girl with a dog or able to borrow one. dogs must be without pedigree.
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Dunbar Fair Grounds
Erma Silke
Silke
Capitol
Capital
Charleston
Misa Stites
Clase
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Beckley
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Midland Trail Transit Co
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Gall’ Gap
Greama
Ares
Canterbury
Eng
Vilage
Venlee
Walker Dry Goops Co
Kearse
Globe Theatre
New York City
Virginia
Douglas
Fairbanks
Zorro
Douglas Fairbanks
Maia
Fleer
Gmc
Charileston
West Virginia
Capital City
AE Maneuvers Army Squadron
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