Fire and accidents dot late dispatches from across the nation
A Venice California recreation pier fire injures several as a party in a dance hall is cut off by falling timbers. A San Pedro to San Diego air crew is rescued after a crash. Omaha nurses home burns with six dead or seriously injured and many narrowly escape. A thief steals 75,000 in checks and 30,300 cash from bank messengers on a crowded Los Angeles street. Mayor Merriam of Seward Nebraska is assassinated with his wife wounded. Ticket demand for the California Ohio State game nears 60,000 applications. Federal indictments, naval appointments, and a broad mix of international and domestic political events fill the day.
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Venice
Calif
San Pedro
San Diego
del Mar
University of Nebraska Hospital
Omaha
Los Angeles
California
George A. Merriam
Seward
Neb
Arthur Andrews
Patrick McParland
Meriam
Andrews
Pasadena
Tournament of Roses Association
United States
Mexico
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Leon J. Taurel
San Antonio
Texas
United State
John L. Bibrell
Arizona mining, irrigation, and law news sweep New Mexico
Arizona mining and irrigation developments dominate New Mexico coverage. Topics include extended mining assessment deadlines to 1924, a 12 percent Pullman fare cut, Farm Bureau turnout in Roswell, and cattle, copper, and zinc industry notes across the region. Legal and labor items cover Valencia murder acquittal, Roswell fire equipment upgrades, a Holbrook bank embezzlement arrest, and a mass Villista rearrest. New Mexico crop forecasts, wheat and rye conditions, and a Santa Fe post office project are also reported.
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Western
Union News Service
Arizona
Benson
Senate
Phoenix
Los Angeles
H. P. Clements
Pullman Company
Farm Bureau
Roswell
N.M
F. L. Shyder
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Albuquerque
N. M
American Legion
Tom G.trammel
Dep Partment
New Mexico
Peoria
Ariz
F. C. Hershaw
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
Chloride
Arizona Commercial Mining Company
Copper Hill
Globe
el Pasoans
Cebolieta Grant
Cubero
Santa Fé
Valencia County
Ben Johnson
Paul Legerski
Humboldt
Johnson
France
Henry Edwards
Prescott
Edwards
England
L. M. Reynolds
The
Holbrook, Ariz. State Bank
Reynolds
Department of Agriculture
Office of State Statistician
R. F. Hare
State Supreme Court of
J. O. Starr
Dwight Stephens
Lena County
Starr
United States Supreme Court
Santa Mé
J. A. Houchin
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Edward Toner
Eddy County
Pearlhunter Encounters Wild Woman By Moonlit Pool
A nameless Pearlhunter on the Wabash flats tracks elecampane to cure his dying mother on a houseboat. He discovers a hidden, sunlit pool where a barefoot girl sings and rests among wild roses, instantly drawing his gaze as a quiet connection blooms between them.
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Wabaah River
Pearlhunter
Pearhunter
Virginia
Freshwater Arthunter
Indiana Flats
Wabash Ver
Wild Rose and the woodsman move toward a new life
A woodsman retrieves three roses after a girl vanishes before his eyes and contemplates a name Wild Rose. He returns to his house boat with the Iron-Gray-Woman, who worries about moving into the old cabin while he exults in the view and spring water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Rose
Ike
The Iron Gray Woman and the Pearlhunter
A river cabin tale follows the Pearlhunter and his Iron Gray mother as a menacing intruder arrives. The intruder is forced back by maternal authority while a red mask reveals a dangerous link to the past, setting a perilous tone for what comes next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearlhunter
Elvis
Wabash
Birds with Various Names Across the Country
The article notes how birds gain nicknames from habits, plumage, or calls. It cites the cuckoo with two mates, meadow pipit as the cuckoo's mate, and the wryneck sharing a name for arriving early. It mentions Bread-and-no-cheese bunting for the yellow bunting, Yate for green woodpecker, rain bird for its laugh, and the whitethroat nicknamed nettle something due to hedge-side creeping.
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London
Racial Theory Examined in Historical Skin Color Concept
An old misconceived claim suggests all ancestors were black and links skin fairness to suprarenal gland virtue. The text cites John Hunter and argues humanity began with black skin, reflecting a now-debunked racial theory from historical scientific rhetoric.
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John Hunter
Common Sense on Ballast and Truth in Introductory Text
A compact quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes contrasts practical sense with science and fiction. It notes common sense on the ground floor while science stands in an upper chamber. The remark comments on readers' attitudes toward introductions and the value of honest framing in writing.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Mississippi
Daniels
Moffett
Thomas Craven
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Rio de Janeiro
Florida
Colby
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Southern Express
American Railway Express Company
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Justice Stafford
District Supreme Court
F. H. Prince & Co
Boston
Boston Company
Arkansas
Minnesota
Russia
United States Department of Agriculture
H. L. Shantz
Office of Foreign Seed
Smithsonian African Exploration
House
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Joseph Tumuity
Wilson
Court of Custom Appeals
Yap
Petrograd
Spain
House of Lords
House of Commons
Japan
Empire
Korea
Manila
Phillippine Constabulary
Lloyd George
Michael O'Flanagan
Irish Republic
Sinn Fein
Germany
Brussels
DuPont Powder Works
Moosic
Ccranton, Pa
House Appropriations Committee
Indiana National Bank
Indianapolis
Muster Plumbers’ Association
Justice McAvoy
New York
William H. McGainnon
Cleveland
Ohio
Harold S. Kagy
May B. Neely
George H. Hart
Margaret
Ohio River
Hart
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Arthur J. Devlin
Mahidel Songkia
Siam
Olympic
Census Bureau
Congress
House of Representatives
Chicago
Russell J. Poole
Fair Price Committee
Luna County
Calumet-New Mexico Mining and Milling Company
Pinos Altos
Silver City
Western Metals Company of Oklahoma
Carins
Flatwoods
Fallen Rock
Wolfrun
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