Simon Lake’s new salvaging submarine meets presidents
President Wilson shakes hands with Mrs. H. W. Somers at the White House. She has long attended presidential functions since the era ofWilliam Henry Harrison and first met Daniel Webster. Washington resident, devoted to charity, remains active in civic aid.
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Wilson
H. W. Somers
General Somers
United States
Somers
White House
Daniel Webster
William Harrison
Indy
Washington
Highland Jewish Exiles of the Caucasus Ancestry and Customs
A historical note describes the Caucasus Highlanders of Jewish descent as strict traditionalists who live in rural settlements, preserving ancient laws and customs. They speak a Pars-Tartar language, keep Mosaic rituals, and practice unique marriage, household, and social rules without rabbis or synagogues.
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London
Israel
Caucasus
Caucasus Highlands
India
Scotland
Persia
Cyrus the Great
Darius
Caueansus
Palestine
Mount
Ararat
Tabernacles
Dwarfs’ Burial Ground Found Near Grand Canyon
Prospector H. L. Loomis reports uncovering portions of 19 skeletons at Squaw Creek Mesa 15 miles east of Prescott. He asserts the remains are of a diminutive ancient dwarf tribe, with turquoise, pottery fragments, some sent to the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Institution.
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Prescott
Ariz
Squaw Creek
Grand Canyon
H. L. Loomis
University of Arizona
Smithsonian Institution
Loomis
Storm Brings Hoped Cure as Paralytic Walks
During a Vermont storm at Worth Adams Mrs William Paddock of Jacksonville who had been a paralytic for over a year jumped from her chair in the kitchen and walked across the floor after a crash of thunder and a bolt of lightning.
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Boston
Worth Adams
William Paddock
Jacksonville
Lazy Husband Roundup Reported in Yakima Wash
Yakima officials threaten a lazy husband roundup under a Washington law that compels work and assigns earnings to the family. The county reports growing cases of neglect, with one example where a husband rode in an automobile while his wife hauled a hay rake for a laborer’s wage.
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Yakima
Wash
Washington State
Attempt to Be Cave Man Leads to Arrest
In Portland Ernest Mix, seventeen, attempted a diveman stunt to win Polly Bogie’s hand. Polly testified he sat on her porch with a gun threatening to kill her unless they married. He is held under $2000 for grand jury investigation.
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Portland
Ore
John Lang
Ernest Mix
Polly Bogie
Ernest
Suit to claim Indian oil lands in Oklahoma City
United States district attorney John A. Fain files a suit for fifteen sections of Indian oil lands extending to the old Stedl river bank, valued at 800 million dollars. The action, decided in Washington with Attorney General Palmer and a Texas representative, seeks to determine the old river bed border with Texas Oklahoma. The properties span sixteen miles and include thirty two Indian holdings opposite Burkburnett field.
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Oklahoma City
United States District Court
John A. Fain
United States
Stedl River
Washington
Palmer
Fain
Texas
Oklahoma
Burkburnett Field
Hickory Nuts on Grapevine in Missouri Farm Tale
In Dunklin county Missouri Luther Burbank is credited with an unlikely plant cross on the farm of F M McNeil. A wild grapevine is said to entwine a hickory tree bearing hickory nuts in several seasons. J P W Winters observed the vine growing on the tree and residents debate whether the nuts are truly from the vine and hear talk of grape tree crossbreeding.
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J. P. W. Winters
Sarajevo Razed Monument Remains of Archduke Assassination Site
Demobilized soldiers say Sarajevo has torn down the granite and bronze memorials to Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie while the city moves toward business as usual. The razed monument stood at the bridge corner marking the assassination that sparked the war.
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Franz Ferdinand
Sophia
Hohenberg
Ferdinand
Soplin
Sarajevo
Bosa
Bron Trians
Indian Gives Girl Saddle
One of the Northwest’s finest bead saddle pieces is presented to Miss Anna Kirk of this city by an old Indian friend. The saddle, covered with red white and blue beads, shows years of use and months of beadwork, and Miss Kirk refused $150 for it.
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Tyndall
Northwest
Anna Kirk
Police Band Weighs Three and a Half Tons
In Los Angeles the city police band of 82 members averages about 200 pounds per musician. The ensemble weighs roughly three and a half tons in total, touting itself as the heaviest band in the world.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lghtest
Heard at Longwood on Gq Blank’s life change
A Longwood gossip note reports that longtime hard hitter Gq Blank no longer plays and may be reconciled to married life. The column humorously recalls seeing him sifting ashes with his old tennis racket.
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Longwood
Gq Blank
On the Beach Seaside Reverie
A fragment recalls a quiet shore scene with distant laughter and a seaside crowd. Vague phrases hint at social chatter and a calm morning near a resort by the sea.
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Pis Seashore Resort
Pondal
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