Submarine Mine Layer UC 5 Captured and Exhibited in Thames
A German U-boat called UC 5, built for mine laying and captured near the East Coast, is displayed in the Thames. British divers neutralized two live mines by removing detonators, preventing a disaster to a battleship. The craft displaces 195 tons, length 110 feet, carries 12 mines, and is crewed by 16.
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London
Thames
Gune
Snfe
Germiny
Zevbrugge
Orn Electon
Tragedy in North Dakota Cavern Discovered by Hunters
Hunters exploring a secluded cavern in Velva North Dakota uncovered the skeletal remains of a man a woman and a child behind a hidden slab in a cave entrance. Investigators believe the trio was sealed inside and starved to death possibly long ago.
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Velva
N. D
Northwest
Indiana
Mule Feasts on Chicken in La Habra
A mule owned by Claude Ridgway of La Habra was found making off with a half grown chicken, a departure from its usual hay diet and a notable local incident.
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la Habra
Cal
Claude Ridgway
Child's Skeleton Found in Utah Cave With Ancient Glyphs
A cave on John W. Weist’s Dry Rock canyon farm eight miles northwest of Vernal contains a child’s skeleton wrapped in dark bark, with a rock wall imprint and various hieroglyphic markings. Ash heaps yielded corncobs and cane fibers. an arrow was kept and the skeleton buried in a one gallon can.
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Vernal
Uteah
Bilion Hood
John W. Weist
Dry Rock Canyon
Welst
Clouds the Most Deadly Things Airmen Fear
London reports on wartime airmen describing the danger of low clouds and losing orientation in a cloud filled sky. The piece notes pilots can fly hours with minimal lever use yet face peril from shrapnel, wires, and sudden weather.
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London
Perhips
Thiat
Barite Mine Found Near Llano Boosting Poker Chip Supply
Llano Texas reports a new barite deposit ten miles north of town discovered during wartime chip shortages. With open gambling revived after years of restriction the poker chip supply has fallen short, prompting a mining search that will replenish chips from this mineral source.
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Llano
Tex
Texas
Train Wreck Delights Children in Eldred Pa
In Eldred Pennsylvania a fruit train wreck near Bullylown caused a break in the rail and a car collapse. Despite the mishap, local children for miles around enjoyed a day of amusement and relief as crews cleared the scene.
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Eldred
Bullylown
Thelittle Town
Jelly Making Notes From Miss Addle DD Missouri College of Agriculture
Instructions on using tartaric or citric acid to improve juice for jelly. Suitable fruits include apples quinces pears and berries. Steps cover washing heating juicing boiling times sugar quantities and proper canning technique for home jelly with pectin considerations.
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Addle DD
Root
Missouri College of Agriculture
Household Hints For Gentle Home Care And Cleaning
The note offers practical tips on removing stains and preserving items. Tips include softening old purty with a hot iron for removal, avoiding water from stone reservoirs for cooking, keeping lemons dry and separated, drying salt to remove silver stains, polishing bricks and marble with olive oil, and avoiding vinegar and yeast in stone crooks or rugs due to glazing damage.
Mint Ices Instructions From A Historic Recipe
Rinse fresh mint leaves through several waters then bruise and steep in a cupful of tenon and orange juice mixed for an hour. Prepare a syrup from one pound sugar and one pint water, add mint, and mix in juice of two oranges and four lemons with sugar syrup. Pour over crushed ice, garnish with mint sprigs and serve with water.
Steamed Peach Roll
A recipe describing mixing two cups of four with silt and baking powder and butter, then adding milk to make a dough. Roll on a floured board into a rectangle, wrap, dust with flour, steam for an hour, and serve with peach syrup thickened with arrowroot.
Cream Cake Recipe Steps From Faded Text
A fragmented old recipe describes beating eggs with cream and dissolved sugar. It lists one and a half cups pastry flour and two teaspoons baking powder with malt. The batter is baked covered for twenty minutes at a hot oven.
Clam Frappe Steam Cleaning Steps
The text describes steam cleaning a device or area and guiding the drainage. It mentions letting water stand, pouring sediment, and straining through linen to remove solids, aiming for a clear result after washing and drying.
Western mining and oil market notes from Denver to New York
Market items list metal prices and concentrates with rough figures. Spelter and tungsten values show varied unit rates. silver and rude ore percentages hint at fluctuation. Boulder Colorado notes tungsten concentrate ranges $15 to $23 per unit with divisive percentages cited.
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Denver
New York
Boulder
Colo
Oatman District Mines Show Strong Gold Yields
Reports from the Oatman district push mining forward with ore yields in the dollars per ton range. The Arkansas & Arizona shaft near Jerome nears unwatering completion while Cliff tunnel ore work proceeds. United Eastern expands holdings and output plans at Oatman with new ore bin work as 110 feet depth reaches 30 inches of ore averaging 13.50 per ton.
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Lexington-Arizona
Oatman
United Eastern
Little Daisy
Bull Hill
Isabella Mines Company
Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company
Colorado mining notes show new plants and big ore finds
Colorado mining activity expands with Pueblo incorporation of Colorado Alunite Mining and new Continental Oil plant at Cripple Creek. Crisman Logan mill uses oil flotation. Ouray Delia capitalists plan to reopen smelter. Black Cloud mill at Salina rebuilt as oil flotation plant. Lake City district builds 650 ton mill for local miners. Silverton reports rich Queen City lead silver discovery at Ohio Gulch. Florence W mine assay from Durango shows 120 dollars. Modoc shaft in Cripple Creek runs at about 100 tons weekly. Leadville Prospect Mountain area unveils oxidized iron with silver and manganese values.
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Logan
Crisman
Ouray
Delia
We Ouray
Black Cloud
Salina
C. A. Newell
J. G. Blake
Denver
Lake City
Silverton
Queen City
Ohio Gulch
C. A. Roessler
Mancos
Florence W
Durango
Cripple Creek
Modoc Mining and Milling Company
Battle Mountain
Bull Bill
Leadville
Prospect Mountain
Fryer
Wyoming Lands Leases Set for Drilling West of Meetectae
W A Pierce of Chicago has secured leases on thousands of acres eight miles west of Meetectae and plans immediate drilling. Rawlins buzzes over the new Lost Boldler field as a third well strike pushes drilling values higher.
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W. A. Pierce
Chicago
Meetectae
Rawlins
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