How the British brought down two mighty Zeppelins
London reports the largest air raid in history faltering as two Zeppelins were shot down and a third destroyed. Eyewitness accounts describe searchlights, anti air guns, and a dramatic crash near London with casualties, extensive property damage, and heroics by the British air corps.
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London
England
Thames
British Flying Corps
Savoy Hotel
Sir Sam Hughes
Militia
Cuffley
Staviens
The Rogues in High Places in Shanghai Opium Case
Chang Yao tseng the new minister of Justice is arrested in a vast opium smuggling scheme. He and several officials traveled from Yuunyo province toward Pekin for government reforms. In luggage seized at their hotel seven thousand pounds of opium were found valued at about one million Mexican dollars. Warrants issued for arrests by the mixed court, trials to be held before a foreign tribunal. The Chinese press calls it highly humiliating for officials to face foreign judgment.
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Shanghai
China
Chang Yao-tseng
Yuunyo
Parlianent
Pekin
Mr. Chang
Former Federal Judge Jokins Sends Unaddressed Book
Milwaukee report says former Judge Jokins parked at the federal building and often visits the office. He wrapped a book to send to a woman in Maine but left it unaddressed on a table in the court messengers room hoping the courier named John would retrieve it.
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Milwaukee
Pormer
Jokins Stilkes
Federal
Maine
John
Rochester football game injures returning trench veteran
John Whittaker, recently back from a year in the trenches in France, suffered a concussion of the brain during a local football game in Rochester.
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Rochester
John Whittaker
France
Judge Receives Cigars Mistaken for Book Package
A box of cigars was delivered to Judge Jenkins by a messenger who believed it was a book package. The judge directed it to Maine, and it was sent away. Later the cigar box returned from Maine.
Hunting Crows Goes Awry Injuring Farmer
Middletown New York George Neill a Jeffersonville farmer went out to shoot crows raiding his cornfield. As he raised his gun it discharged and struck his foot badly injuring him and a dog. He drove several miles to seek a surgeon for dressing.
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Middletown
N. Ye
George Neill
Jefersonville
Should Study Chemistry Sparks Fatal Bath Blast
In New York a chemistry student attempted to add calcium carbide to bath water for rheumatic relief. The gas ignited, causing an explosion that shattered the house windows and left Samuel Yacovitte severely injured and hospitalized.
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New York
Samuel Yacovitte
Samuel
Elk Basin Field Rapidly Gaining Oil Output
Elk Basin oil field on Wyoming Montana line is under one year old with 27 producing wells yielding 6000 barrels per day. Ownership split: 15 Ohio company wells and 12 Greybull Refining Midwest company wells. Illinois Pipe Line Co. builds 87500 barrel tanks at Frannie and expands loading racks for five car shipments. Oil is piped to Frannie then to refinery. Midwest drills three wells a month and Ohio two.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Casper
Elk Basin
Wyoming-Montana
Ohio Company
Greybull Refining Company
Midwest Company
Illinois Pipe Line Co
Frannie
Midwest
Ohio
Coal Miners Press Complaints Over Rail Car Shortage
The Acme Coal Carney Coal Monarch Coal Sheridan Coal and Kool mine operators protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission about using box cars for storage, saying it hinders coal delivery. They report many orders but limited car availability forces suspensions about a third of the time and warn of a coming coal famine.
Settlement of Famous Water Case in Wyoming
Cheyenne reports final settlement after ten years of litigation over the Wyoming Central Irrigation project in Fremont county. Settlers on the project will receive clear title to the Riverton ditch in exchange for an undisclosed consideration. About 230000 acres in the Riverton district are covered, with less than 20000 acres involved in the settled litigation.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Central Irrigation Project
Fremont County
Riverton Ditch
Riverton District
Eleven Apply for Naturalization in Cheyenne Court
Eleven candidates appeared for naturalization examinations in United States District Court in Cheyenne representing seven nationalities Italy Turkey Denmark Switzerland Russia Great Britain and Germany.
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Cheyenne
United States District Court
Italy
Turkey
Denmark
Switzerland
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Board Cuts Water Rate in Rock Springs Case
The Wyoming public service commission asserts its authority to regulate utilities by ordering a water rate reduction for Rock Springs residents served by Green River Water Company. The first 2,000 gallons fall from 2.50 dollars per thousand to 1.50, a drop of about 40 percent.
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Board
Cheyenne
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Rock Springs
Green River Water Company
Snow Halts Big Forest Fire Near Medicine Bow Reserve
Fire discovered seven miles south of Untain Home in Medicine Bow forest reserve. Snowfall slowed spread, crews battle flames. Damages reported to a canal or lane, with ongoing containment efforts.
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Laramie
Medicine Bow
Portraits of Washington Through the Artist’s Eye
A Beecher quotation reflects on how endurance and experience shaped views of Washington. It links climate and travels from the Alleghanies to Cambridge, including political struggles with Congress, as the stern school through which nobility is forged. The piece emphasizes the artist transmitting facts and noble character.
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Geome
Washington
Amien
Alleghanies
Jersey
Cambridge
Congress
Stern
H. W. Beecher
Flavor of Game Cooking Guide
Practical guidance on handling and cooking game and fish. Emphasizes cleanliness, proper dressing, and preserving natural flavors. Advises careful evisceration, plucking, singeing, washing giblets, and using hot, steaming service. Recommends doneness varies by meat type and stresses avoiding old game and torn birds.
Peaches In The Dumpling Pie Market And More
Peach recipes are described with steps for peach trifle sponge cake with cream, peach roly poly in a loaf pan, and a peach salad served on lettuce with cream cheese and nuts. Notes include chilling, slicing, and flavoring with fruit juices, sugar, and almond flavor.
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Zeppelin
Pine Bluffs
Flavor OF Game
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