Gulf Floods and Dikes Reach Across Gulf Coast
A National Geographic bulletin explains how dikes and sea walls at Galveston after the 1900 flood averted further disaster and traces subsidence patterns along the Gulf Coast and other coasts. It notes subsidence rates from New Jersey and Holland and conservatively estimates Gulf Coast subsidence near Mobile Bay and Galveston at about one foot per century.
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Galveston
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Tex
Gulf
Washington
National Geographic Society
L'Isle Derniere
New Orleans
Bulletin
Atlantic and Gulf
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Hydrographic Office
Our Navy
New Jersey
Florida
Keys
Mobile Bay
Lake Borgne
Ship Island
Horn Island
Cat Island
Mississippi Sound
Chandeleur Islands
Atchafalaya Bay
Missiselonl Seond
Sabine Bank
Trinity Shoal
Ship Shoal
Mississippi
Eastern
Texas
Galveston Island
West Coast
Holland
Batavia
Zuyder Zee
Netherlands
Cook
Galveston Harbor
New Tomato Varieties Under Study Developments
Research teams are testing a new species of tomato plants aimed at expanding yield and disease resistance. Trials, led by agricultural scientists, are evaluating growth, flavor, and adaptation in controlled and field environments for potential commercial use.
St Louis Girls Outwit Spooners with Bold Driving
In St Louis county a rule requiring men to keep both hands on the wheel challenged spooning couples. The constables then saw girls driving with young men beside them hands free. Constable George Roth praised the clever workaround as “beating the law.”
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St. Louis
George Roth
Bait Run Ends In Crash Near Chagin Falls
Woodward and a companion started a fishing trip when they could not get bait. A rollover left Woodward uninjured while the other man was pinned under the wreck but later freed. The driver reportedly kept fishing worm bait as rescuers worked.
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Woodward
Chagin Falls
Strange Vegetable Growth At Lawrenceburg Home
A freak growth at George Motheral’s Lawrenceburg Indiana home expanded from baseball size to resemble a small watermelon in about two hours. Development was visibly active with alternating motions. Hundreds of visitors observed and could not classify the strange formation.
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George Motheral
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Dust Dangers in Mills Prompt Tightening Safety Rules
A government roundup shows dust explosions in 1916 17 killed 24 and damaged $6 million in food and buildings, while 1917 19 saw only one fatal elevator blast due to strict preventive devices. Reports describe fires from smoking millers pipes and foreign material sparks prompting safety upgrades and grounding to prevent disasters.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Northwest
Red Ink Scare In San Francisco Hospital
Albert Fisimo burst into Harbor Emergency with a bloody arm claiming he bled. Dr. A Friedman identified the streaks as red ink from spilled ink while loading boxes, not wounds, and laughed at the mistaken iodine mix up.
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San Francisco
Cal
Albert Fisimo
Harbor Emergency Hospital
A. Friedman
Fisimo
Claims disputed over youngest major in WWI era
Bloomington reports dispute over Maj. Alexander Stark Jr. of New York City as the youngest major of the late war. Maj. David W. Shand of Illinois, commissioned Sept 30, 1918 at twenty two years three months, argues the claim. Shand served in France with the Thirty third division and helped organize the Twelfth division at Camp Devens. He later returned to his studies at Ann Arbor.
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Bloomington
Alexander Stark, Jr
New York City
David W. Shand
Iinois
New York
Shand
Richard Shand
France
Camp Devens
Mass
Ann Arbor University
Does Not Fear Ghosts in London Graveyard Tale
Miss Janie Beeching Lewer, a weary grave digger in London, works sometimes by candle light at night, unfazed by spectral rumors surrounding the old burial grounds.
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London
Janie Beeching Lewer
Narcolepsy linked to digestive troubles in reported cases
The Rocky Mountain News notes that unavoidable sleep after meals can occur in normal, dyspeptic, and alcoholic patients, forming brief narcoleptic attacks. Attacks end quickly with renewed alertness, helping distinguish narcolepsy from epilepsy. Digestive relief may lead to recovery.
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Rocky Mountain News
Gull With Exceptional Appetite Captures Fifteen Smelt
A Portland Journal item notes a sea gull that fed on fifteen smelt in one event near the Cowlitz River. The bird appeared remarkable in color and possibly in other traits, singled out by a Kelso naturalist as different from the flock.
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Cowlitz
Lewis
Portland
Ove
Obituary of Granny the jellyfish in Scotsman tribute
An obituary honors Granny a jellyfish aged sixty seven who lived in refined society under five protectors. Sir John Graham Dalyell kept her in sea water fed her mussels and she produced many offspring. After his death she passed to an arctic explorer then to another scientist and finally perished from neglect by a botanist.
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Scotsman
John Graham Dalyell
John
Granny
Sir John
How Much Is Enough to Eat
Science weighs a growing child’s hunger by age size and activity. A 12-year-old boy who exercises may need more food than a quiet sibling. growth is strenuous and requires ample bread butter milk fruit and energy. Watch a child’s weight as a guide to intake and ensure building materials and fuel for ceaseless activity.
Center of Sponge Industry in Nassau
Nassau the capital of the Patramets lands thrives on the sponge trade. Coral streets funnel to the sponge market as carts with sponge-filled cages traverse Bay Street. Sponge boats come and go from the harbor and sponge wharf while sponge brokers and yards hum with activity and labor.
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Nassau
Patrametslands
Bay Street
Anehhor
Ensign Keyes Recalls Long Aerial Sea Battle
Ensign R B Keyes of the US Naval Flying Corps reports a multi hour fight off the Dutch coast involving four American and Royal planes against ten German seaplanes. Lieutenant Galvayne of the Royal Air Force was fatally wounded. the engagement ended with wrecked craft, a late rescue, and a seven hour ten minute night.
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Washington
Navy News Bureau
Navy Department
Fnsign
R. B. Keyes
United States Naval Flying Corps
Admiral Sims
Ensign Keyes
Galvayne
Royal Air Force
Noor
Yarmouth
Texolt
Vileland
Terschelling
Eaton's
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Stilesville, Indiana
A. J. Duff
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LEE
Free Air—Free Water
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Kemp
Dr. R. HB. Richards
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Dhone
Chichester S
Nester
Florida Keys
Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Burbank
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Illinois
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