New Georgetown bridge memorial to Francis Scott Key
Charleston era reminiscences recall Georgetown’s bounds and the Watomac crossing that links Virginia to Washington. The new reinforced concrete bridge, begun in 1917 and due in 1922, rises eighty four feet above the river and will carry foot traffic vehicles and trolleys.
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Watomac River
Virginia
Little Falls
Csvaetuywn Corporation
Georgetown
Thial
Mylyfax
Shenandoah
Europe
New York
Pearl
Spilman
Jamestown
Henry Maleete
England
Amos Claud
George Washington
Brown
Water Street
John Lawrence
Apri
Key
Hopkins
Francis Scott Key
Marine Band
Union Hotel
Bridge Street
John Quincy Adams
United States
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Freeman Rawdon
Cumberland
Elizabeth
Southampton
Delaware
Ohio
Columbia
Rock Creek
K_ Street Bridge
Little Talis
Army Engineers
Maj. L'infant
Ei’ D
J. N. Southworth
Potomac
Washington
Arlington
Woman poacher tied to hunter in Styrian mountains
In southern Styria a story of romance and tragedy unfolds as police arrest Jang Lengger for four murders in remote mountain homes. A letter from Lengger reveals his accomplice is a young, married woman described as a born poacher trained to hunt by him. He claims she brought down six chamois one stag and two roebuck in August while claiming alibi vanishing into high pastures.
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Styria
Europe
Jang Lengger
Lengger
Wave Returns Man Swept Overboard Near Cape Charles
Gordon Woodbury former assistant secretary of the navy was swept from his yacht during rough weather off Cape Charles Virginia and was brought back by the same wave. Several crew members were rescued after being thrown overboard as the ship suffered heavy damage in the storm.
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Gordon Woodbury
Cape Charles
Treasure Hunters Seek Sunken War Loot Across Oceans
War and Navy Department officials report many requests for aid from treasure hunting firms aiming to recover gold valued at up to 5 million dollars lost from steamships sunk in the great war. Interest spreads to the United States England and Europe as companies form to salvage wrecks with new diving bells and suction pumps amid skepticism about success.
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War and Navy Department
Washington
United States
England
War
Navy Departments
Customs Service
France
Lusitania
Scotla
Escapes go back to jail in Point Pleasant tale
Strother Colley, a Mason county inmate who escaped months ago, returns to the Point Pleasant jail saying he came back to eat. Sheriff John F. Lewis answered the door to find Colley outside after wandering several states. He had three months left to serve and chose confinement over roaming.
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Point Pleasant
Strother Colley
Mason County
John F. Lewis
Colley
Dog Guides Sixteen-Year-Olds To Safety In Blizzard
In Fresno, Cal Floyd Johnson and Alton Self, both sixteen, were led to safety by clinging to a dog’s tail after getting lost in a mountain blizzard thirty miles east of town. A rescue party shortly found two additional youths, also lost, exhausted in the snow.
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Fresno
Cal
Floyd Johnson
Alton Self
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