Rare Birds on Laysan Island Threatened by Hunters
The Islands group faces danger as birds face extermination from fishermen pressure and habitat disturbance. Rare species include the Laysan teal Miller bird Hawaii honey eater and several terns and albatrosses, with only a few hundred individuals remaining in the world. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has control efforts and a bird reservation plan covering Laysan Island and surrounding reefs to protect nesting sites and prevent further losses.
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Ioland
Layaan
Falanda
I States Department
Hon Island
Honolula
Pilon
Bre
Elen
Henett
Islermen
Laysan Idland
Ocean Or Cure Inland
Pearl and Hermes Reef
Lyslanski
Pell Island
Mary Reef
Downett Reef
Gardiner Island
Two Brothers Reef
French Frigate Shoal
Necker Island
Frost Shoal
Bird Island
Undefined prompt fragment on music writer context
The readable text discusses a writer on music and a model named with references to Kansas and CNN. It mentions an 18 year old context but lacks clear events or entities to summarize into a coherent news item.
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Kansas
Children as bail in Colorado riot aftermath
In Pueblo during a steel workers strike riot Mayor Mike Studsinski was assaulted. Women offered to act as bail for husbands and even their children as surety. A man unable to post $200 bonded his three kids for his wife’s court appearance, but the offer was refused. The women later posted a $1,000 cash bond by the strike committee. The rioters had protested the Minnequa steel mills reopening after the plant was idle.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
Mike Studsinski
Minnequa
High heels cause death in Pittsburgh elevator accident
Mrs. Steffler, 42, dragged to death in North Park apartments when her high heel trapped between an elevator cage and shaft wall. Elevator operator John Gibson offered to assist after a phone call. She stepped into the car and became pinned as it descended, crushed beyond recognition.
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Pittsburgh
Steffler
North Park Apartments
Exust North Avenue
Stefer
John Gibson
Aegra
Stefler
Russians Sell Czar's Gems Through Germany to Holland
Amsterdam reports the Lenine government in Russia funds propaganda by trafficking confiscated jewels via Germany to Dutch markets. The Handelsblad cites a claim that Communist council member Lisser of Amsterdam offered the czar’s diamonds for sale.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Lenine
Russia
Thioney
Germany
Handelsblad
Lisser
Cache of McClintock camp items preserved since 1853 found
Stefansson reports he located the McClintock cache on Melville Island containing clothing and preserved food from 1853. Captain Bernier notes tablets and documents tied to Franklin’s search, with cairns and sledge journeys cited as key Arctic exploration milestones. A separate item from Hillsboro, Pennsylvania tells of James H. Houser staging his own funeral.
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New York
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Leopold MecClintock
Intrepid
Arctic
Leopold McClintock
John Franklin
Melville Island
Sir John Frank UN
Stefansson
McClintock
Arctle
Joseph J. Bernier
Dealy Island
Kellett
Bernier
Parry's Rock
Arctic Archipelago
Resolute
Henry Kellett, Esq
C. B
FP. L. McClintock
Melville Iland
Prince Patrick Island
Belcher
Dealy
Stand
Lady Franklin
Peel Sonni
Regent Inlet
Bellot Strait
King William Island
Montreal Island
Boothia Peninsula
Franklin
Clintock
Kellet
Ernistig
Arete
Hillsboro
James H. Houser
Houser
Women Workers Proved Their Value In War Effort
Analysis shows nearly 14.87 million women received pay for war work in 1917 18 with 1.7 million in core war industries. Volunteers added about 1 million more, while millions aided Red Cross and other drives. Bush Terminal and others quickly replaced men with women including 2 300 on railroads and 20 000 in a western plant.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
United War Drive
Red Cross
Bush Terminal Company of
New York
Massachusetts
Thirsty for Words as Bigamy Defense in Court
A London case features a woman charged with triple bigamy. The defense cites the defendant’s supposed “thirst for words” and her mother pleads that she cannot help it, claiming the girl has a “regular thirst.” The remark about trigamy adds a humorous note to a serious accusation.
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London
Bugland
Siberian Misery Blamed On Sanitation and Starvation
Col. R. B. Teusler, American Red Cross commissioner to Siberia, said recent army reverses stem from unsanitary conditions in the army and among civilians. He warned that famine and moral breakdown followed, with troops feeling unsupported while distribution lagged due to lack of transportation despite sufficient overall food.
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Tokyo
R. B. Teusler
American Red Cross
Siberia
Col. Teusler
Beetle Carves Through California Telephone Cables
California telephone service suffers outages as a wood-boring beetle bores through cables and alloyed materials, allowing water intrusion and failing connections. The U.S. Department of Agriculture entomology bureau says the control problem remains unsolved and difficult to fix.
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California
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Immortals Tackle Job They Will End in 2020
The French academy runs a dictionary revision begun in 1878 and expected to finish in 2020 or 2025. Two holidays in the year shifted work, as the Forty Immortals meet only on Thursdays.
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French Academy
Academy
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Pueblo Strikera
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
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Eigil
Liberty Loan Campaign
Alize
NEW Mormon
Honolulu
Gaderuoed
Underwood
Laie
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