Bears Kill Salmon in Alaska Only Meal Worth the Risk
KM Lester Jones deputy commissioner of the bureau of fisheries reports Alaska salmon supplies are waning due to predators. Bears gulls and terns devastate spawning runs in shallow waters with bears stalking shores and tearing fish for sport. On Kodiak island a fullgrown bear can eat a third of its weight in a day, while numerous fish are discarded as gulls and terns plunder the water.
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Lester Jones
Bureau of Fisheries
Alaska
Black Bear Creek
Cleveland Peninsula
Kodiak Island
Mr. Jones
Twilight Sleep Twins Born In Brooklyn Amid Controversy
Mrs Bessie McCann of Brooklyn presented the Twilight Sleep method to the public at the Brooklyn Academy of Music where her two newborn sons were born a month ago while she used the new German method. The Twilight Sleep association plans a tour to educate women on the advantages of the procedure and ensure physicians use the approved Acopotamia morphin treatment. Twilight mothers will be principal lecturers.
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America
Bessie McCann
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Twilight Sleep Association
Kings County
Presburg
Germany
United States
Mrs S W Grote Leaves New York for Riga to End Honeymoon
Mrs S W Grote known as Doctor Grote, Swedish born, after sailing on the Hong Olan to Riga will, twelve days after adding Grote, end her honeymoon by suicide. Her husband was brother to the czar's imperial physician. In a separate note, Mr Jones suggests removing obstructions from spawning streams to aid salmon, proposing blasting falls or building fish ladders, arguing a few thousand dollars could open vast spawning grounds and boost future returns.
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W. Grote
New York
Riga
Russia
Jones
Filmon
Saving Baby Amid War Chaos In Village Raid
A West Prussian battalion adjutant recounts German soldiers rescuing a starving French baby after storming a village. They found milk by milking a cow kept for coffee, carried it to a cellar where six women and eight children hid, and the infant stopped crying as milk arrived. A soldier, moved to tears, scolded the loud thanks from the grateful mothers.
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Berlin
Farewell to White Bread in Berlin Banquet Featured Last Meal
The proprietor of a notable Berlin restaurant hosted a farewell banquet with white bread served for the final time and consumption forbidden. The event marked the end of an era as this staple bread was retired from the menu.
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Berlin
Germans Confiscate Copper in Belgian Cities
German forces in Belgium are reported to seize copper and brass fixtures across cities including doorknobs chandeliers and other brass and bronze items as part of wartime measures in Germanys campaign against Agaiost.
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Amsterdam
Agaiost
Germany
Girl Fights In Many Battles in Poland
Olga Krasilnikoff, a nineteen year old girl, fought in 19 battles in Poland before she was wounded in the foot and her sex was discovered. A fourth degree St. George's cross was awarded her at the Moscow hospital.
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Petrograd
Olga Krasilnikoff
Poland
Moscow
New Shield on Wheels Guards Six Men In Battle
The Russians employ a new shield on wheels that covers six men abreast and stops rifle and Maxim bullets, marking a novel defensive tactic in the field.
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Petrograd
Feathers for Retief, a Bach South African ostrich farmer
Retief, a South African ostrich farmer from Bach, gains notoriety as feathers become a scarce market item. Local industry reports note rising demand and evolving farm practices amid global supply shifts.
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Retief
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