Diving armor pioneer claims deep sea salvage record
Brooklyn inventor Benjamin F. Leavitt discusses his self-contained diving suit and an 961-foot descent in Grand Traverse Bay for the deepest sea dive claimed. He insists his gear enables four-hour submergence with an air supply, nitrogen mix, and CO2 scrubbing.
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Seven Seas
Benjamin F Franklin Leavitt
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Leavitt
Boli
Grand Traverse Thuy
Michigan
John Morgan
Morgen Transportation Company
Inter. 1
Morgan
Turner
Urner
Graves Light
Massachusetts
Nia
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America Wins Indias Trade Lead During War
London reports that since the war began the United States and Japan have seized the major export ties with India. American competition has surged in iron, steel, machinery, while Japan dominates electricals, copper, pipe, glassware, textiles, and beer. British exporters falter due to wartime conditions.
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United States
Japan
India
Saya
Sava
Oldest Locomotive Placed on Exhibition in Sacramento
Sacramento notes the oldest locomotive, the O. P. Huntington No. 1, installed near the Southern Pacific station as a monument to West coast pioneer railway men. Built in the 1860s, it was the first locomotive operated in California and shipped from the East around Cape Horn. It arrived with the Central Pacific company led by GP Huntington and once ran between Sacramento and Folsom.
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California
O. P. Huntington
Plass
Southern Pacific
Cape Thorn
Central Pacific Company
GP. Huntington
Folsom
Disagreed Over Dog Color in City Suit
Mrs. Margaret P. Miller faced a $10,255 dog bite suit from Mrs. Bertla Wheeler. Witnesses disagreed on the bull dog's color, with black brown and white identifications. Judge Myers dismissed the case, and Wheeler's lawyers moved to retry to determine the dog's true color.
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New York
Margaret P. Miller
Miller
Bertla Wheeler
Wheeler
Painter Renoir Dies at Seventy Eight in Cagnes
Painters Fame Came Slowly. August Renoir, seventy eight, the famous French impressionist, died recently at Cagnes, France, marking the end of an era as a prized painter who often traded meals for his art and kept painting till the end.
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August Renoir
Cagnes
France
Pont Neff
Renoir Tran
Iast
Dressed Beef and Hemp Blankets Boost Cattle Milk
Sir Francis Webster, a hemp goods maker and Texas cattle range owner, outfits thousands of cows with hemp cloth blankets to shield them from cold and snow. The simple blankets reportedly raise milk yield by about 27 percent in winter, with about 2,000 blankets used weekly for 1,000 cows.
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Sir Francis Webster
Heptland
Texas
Sir Francis
Misstep Lyrics Excerpt Sparks Confusing Phrase
A fragmented line shows a misstep in dialogue, with garbled text about floor wonder and dancing. The readable portion hints at an exasperated speaker, but the source text remains largely unclear and incomplete.
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