Hat History Ties to Power Freedom and Fashion
A Waring Hat Company pamphlet traces 6000 years of head coverings from Roman freedom symbolism to medieval insignia, religious duties, and revolutionary trappings. It notes felt origins with Kossuth era styles and Saint Clement as a patron saint, and ends by linking modern hats to efficiency and jaunty romance.
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Waring Hat Manufacturing Corporation of
Yonkers
Innocent IV
France
William Penn
Greece
Bolic
United States
Kossuth
New York
America
Europe
Chaucer
Flanders
St. Clement
Talk Of Napoleon Dictates Japan Policy
President Vinogradov of the anti socialist league warned in Vladivostok that Japan should recall Napoleon’s Russia debacle. He spoke amid reports of Japan’s decision to seize Nikolaievsk and Saghalien’s northern portion following massacres of Japanese in Nikolaievsk. Separately, the Yuma irrigation canal near completion irrigates 100000 acres and may become the world’s largest.
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Tokio
Japan
Napoleon
Russia
Vinogradov
Anti-Socialist League
National Assembly
Vladivostok
Nikolaievsk
Saghalien Island
Yuma
Ariz
New oil structure discovered in Carbon county Wyoming
Pro ducers and Refiners reports a new oil field in Carbon county Wyoming near Lost Soldier and Ferris fields. An uncompleted well at 8 200 feet yields over 200 barrels daily draining with a light rig, with further drilling planned to deepen tests.
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Carbon County
Wyo
Producers and Refiners Corporation
Wildcat
Lost Soldier
Ferris
Wertz R. EB
Wertz
Producers and Ref
Wyoming
Beaume
Muddy Creek
Coast Residents May Telephone to Friends at Sea
Wireless telephone equipment will let Pacific coast residents speak with passengers and officials on ships up to 500 miles at sea. ARRANGEMENTS are under way to install this on the White Star Red Star Holland American and American lines with China mail and Admiral line vessels to follow.
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San Francisco
Cal
Coast
Wise
trans-Pacific
Radio Corporation of America
International Mercantile Marine
White Star
Red Star
Holland-American
American Lines
Arthur Isbell
Pacific Coast
The
Wireless Company
China Mail
Admiral Line
Radio Corporation
Pacific Seaboard
Corporation
Montana Crevices Signal Earth Tremor Aftermath
Montana reports large crevices near Acton, 20 miles west of Billings, appearing during California quake shocks. Officials warn they threaten railway beds and may prompt new line construction. The connection between Montana geology and the California seismic belt has long been discussed but not scientifically stated.
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Billings Mont
California
Acton
Montana
Yellowstone Park
Japan Bargains for Merchant Marine
Tokio July 15. Nippon Yusen Kaisha has a 500000 ton ship building program. Thirteen vessels totaling over 110000 tons have already been ordered from Japanese and English dockyards or bought outright.
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Tokio
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Japan
England
Carrier Pigeons Replace Cables to Hachijo Island
Tokio reports the government abandons a cable plan to reach Hachijo Island 150 miles from the mainland. Carrier pigeons will transmit messages instead, in a project tied to Machiro in Izue prefecture known for camelia oil used in traditional hairdressing.
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Tokio
Hachijo
Machiro
Izue
Giant Zeppelin Designed to Attack New York
Aug 5 report from Norfolk says a German super Zeppelin L-71, 743 feet long and 72 mph, would have threatened New York and Boston. surrendered to Britain under peace terms, stored in a hangar at Putham, painted black with an iron cross, and compared to the British R-88 now being purchased by the U.S. government.
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Norwigh
Germany
Atlantic
New York
Boston
American
Putham
Great Britain
Broncho Buster Jim McKay Dies in Idaho
Pocatello Idaho August 6 Jim McKay Bannock Indian famed broncho buster dies widely known across the northwest for rides in Cheyenne Frontier contests. The popular rider appeared in frontier events and was well known among Cheyenne people.
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Broncho Buster
Idaho
Pocatello
Ida
Jim McKay
Northwest
McKey
Cost of Living in British Isles Surges Past 152 Percent
The text notes that the cost of living in the British Isles rose by about 152 percent relative to the 1914 level, signaling a dramatic postwar price increase.
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British Isles
Ollie Pecord Visits Circus With Rhino
Ollie Pecord, candidate for sheriff in Toledo, spent an afternoon at the circus with a horned rhino. Circus folk call the animal the dumbest, but Ollie insists the beast isn’t as dumb as claimed and vows to tell the world.
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Toledo
Ollie Pecord
Ollie
Lone Fireman Keeps Post Amid Memphis Strike
Memphis Tennessee reports one fireman, Leon Foltz, remained on duty as firemen struck. He refused to quit and joined volunteers to fight blazes.
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Memphis, Tenn
Leon Foltz
Appetite? He Sure Had One Excursion Boy’s Feast
Evansville report about an orphan excursion where a young colored boy seized many treats. He consumed seven ice cream cones five bottles of pop six boxes of popcorn two large watermelons and pockets full of other goodies.
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Evansville
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