Monticello Founders Day Reenacts Jefferson Visit
Charlottesville dispatch recounts Founders Day events at Monticello marking Thomas Jefferson birth anniversary. Jefferson impersonator greets visitors with Marquis de Lafayette lookalikes, then tours grounds and a colonial stage coach to the University of Virginia.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Himsel
Monticello
Marquis de Lafayette
Jefferson
University of Virginia
Old Institution
William S. Morton
Charlottesville and Albemarle
William H. Goodwin
University
Department of Medicine
Lafayette
Summer aircraft trials planned by U.S. Navy in 1916
Washington May 17 The Navy outlines a large season of air maneuvers starting June 15 with joint army navy bombing tests off the Atlantic coast. The British ZR-2 airship will tour American cities, be moored at Lakehurst, N J, and cross country cruises may extend to Chicago and beyond. Pacific coast drills will mirror Atlantic operations and a possible circumnavigation from Washington to nine ports is discussed.
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Pacific Fleet Air Forces
William A. Moffatt
Naval Aviation
Army
Navy
Atlantic
Great Britain
Chicago
Great Lakes
Lakehurst
Pacific Coast
Pacific Fleet
Washington State
San Diego
Cal
H. C. Mustin
Pacific Fleet Air Force
Pacific Air Forces
Eruption Rumbles At Long-Extinct Colin Volcano In Jalisco
May 11 report from Mexico City notes Colin volcano in Jalisco erupting with smoke and ashes rising from the crater and strong underground rumblings. Natives flee near the foot of the volcano amid the spectacle. An earthquake lasting about twenty seconds was felt across the state Saturday evening with no damage reported. Erminio Spalla, Italian heavyweight champion, wins in inter allied boxing tourney after arrival in America.
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Colin
Jalisco
Jaliseco
Erminio Spalla
Italy
America
Swedish Tabernacle Mission Adopts Dismissal Resolutions
In Duluth Minnesota on May 17 the Swedish Tabernacle Mission church adopted resolutions outlining sufficient grounds for dismissal from church membership. The action establishes criteria for removing members who fail to meet church standards.
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Duluth, Milns
Swedish Tabernacle Mission Church
Sunday Offense Prohibition Sparks Church Resolutions
The Rev. John J. Daniels, pastor, introduced resolutions prohibiting fishing hunting or berry picking on Sunday and forbidding work at home joyful riding or speaking against the pastor on Sundays.
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John J. Daniels
Weird Light Alarm in Boston Park
In Salton Massachusetts on May 17 frightened crowds at Boston Park observed a west block storm with rain and lightning while a yellow glow with long streaks radiated overhead toward the horizon causing alarm among many colored residents who believed the world might end.
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Boston Park
Salton, Mad
Russians Get Jolt In Baltic Deportees Return
Russians leaving America for Soviet Russia face hard labor as they are turned over to Bolshevik mission in Libau Estonia. Officials arrange transport to Moscow while many sign papers expressing desire to go to Russia and meet American consular and Red Cross staff.
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Libau
Esthenia
America
Russia
Moscow
Asperi
Red Cross
Bolsheviks Use Passengers to Fund Cause on Trip to Moscow
Reports describe Bolshevik staff of about 15 aboard a ship arriving from Russia who question Russians onboard and press willing travelers to surrender excess money and clothes. In exchange they receive coupons for meals in Russia, while those who refuse are reportedly coerced into exchanging foreign currency for rubles with little purchasing power.
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United States
Russia
Moscow
Trains Use Own Current On Swiss Mountain Lines
Electrically powered trains on the Gotthard and Loetschberg mountain routes generate part of their own current on downhill grades where gravity acts as the motive force. This results in an estimated saving of 25 to 30 percent in electricity.
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Berne
Gotthard
Loetschberg
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