Salvaging German Fleet Expensive Endeavor
London reports the 1919 salvage of the Scapa Flow German fleet led by D I Cox. He formed a European team to recover three battle cruisers, one battleship, one light cruiser and twenty five destroyers. The Hindenburg faced repeated sinking attempts before finally refloating with concrete blocks. Over six years and more than two million dollars have been spent with uncertain profits.
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London
Walley
Admiralty
Davy Jones
D. I. Cox
Cox
Europe
Hindenburg
Sun Fires Tar Barrel Worker Hurt In Blast
Clifford Palm, a sheet metal company employee in Minneapolis, suffered two broken legs when a tar barrel he stood on to reach a weld spot exploded. An empty barrel in sun heated fumes likely ignited by a welding torch caused the blast.
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Minneapolis
Mino
Clifford Palm
Palm
Outcrop of Gold Ore Found on Virginia Farm
A Staunton Virginia farm five miles east of Lexington owned by John A. Hensley yields an extensive high grade gold ore outcrop found about a year ago. Government chemists assay the sample as high grade paving the way for possible revival of Shenandoah valley mining if deposits prove profitable.
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Virginia
Staunton
Shenandoah Valley
Lkton
John A. Hensley
Fire Breaks Out During Arson Jury Selection
In Preston, Juano, as jurors gathered for the first arson trial here in 35 years, a fire started in the Preston Chamber of Commerce rooms serving as a temporary courtroom. Spectators and jurors were hurried out as flames burned for about an hour, forcing the court to relocate to a different venue.
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Preston
Juano
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Red Square Rebuilt Amid Glamour and History
Washington reports the National Geographic Society notes Red Square in Moscow is being rebuilt turning the temporary wooden mausoleum into a stone resting place. The square will feature smoothing stones new clock tower and arcaded Jalan Vos trading rows while crowds gather for open forums and revolutionary proclamations before the redesign is completed.
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Washington
Russia
Red Square
National Geographic Society
Kremen
Soviet Uses Dead Animals for Soap and Fur Trade
Soviet Pravda announces soap from cats and dogs with five ounces of fat per cat and over a pound per dog. Rats, mice, and marmots will fuel a new toilet brand My Grandmothers Bouquet. Annual fat yield reaches 5 000 tons, with workers mirroring fat and edible byproducts. Officials urge peasants to keep litters for fur syndicate use rather than drowning puppies.
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Moscow
Pravda
State Fur Syndicate
Natural Ice Well Found Near Black Hawk SD
A natural ice well 172 feet underground forms crystal clear blocks in summer. Located at a gypsum plaster mill in Black Hawk seven miles north of Rapid City, workers tapped a shaft during gypsum digging. Water filled the hole to eight feet depth and froze in heat, attracting wide attention.
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Rapid City
Black Hawk
Zions Valley Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Illness
Mrs Dehavens and others from near Indiana visited the walkers and Margon family. numerous Sabbath callers including Klingensmith Anderson and George families. Ina Matson returned from Vandergrift and Emma Matson recovered from illness. Ditching work by Mell Smeltger for Apollo Gag Co. and Zach Smith visiting relatives. A remark on women keeping up the illusion that men propose.
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Anna
Ida Scott
Frank Margon
Neille Togeer
Victor Stephenson
Anderson
Lee
Gas Company
Klingensmith
David Anderson
Thomas George
Edman
Matson
Elijah Shearer
Maysville
Ina Matson
Vandergrift
Martha Mosshaugher
Shady Plain
Emma Matson
Emma
Walker
Misa Scotts
Knox Long
Mell Smeltger
Harland
Apollo Gag Co
Zach Smith
Mack Anderson
Ralph Matson
Marion Center News Notes and Visits
Marion Center residents share church visits and family events. Rev S W Shane of Indiana calls on friends. Mr and Mrs Wetzel welcome a baby boy. Lockard family from Blinksville visits Horace Kinter. Rev R J Roberts of Indiana calls on friends. Mrs Clifford Brady and two children visit her Detroit parents. Charles Cooper Griffith funeral attended at J T Stewart’s home. Local attendees travel to Pittsburgh for a young people conference. Mary Streams returns from Pittsburg visit. W B Work attends James Wynkoop funeral. Leopold and Steale Stuchell return from Harrisburg for election. L H Mountain and family visit Indiana. Julia Barr visits H C Lake in Indiana. Steele and Geraldine Tate visit Pine Flats with grandparents R B Tate. Rev Joseph Clawson of Wisconsin preaches at Methodist church to greet friends. Liptak and Miss Susan Urda attend Indiana theatre. Arthur Henry family and Cribbs family host dinner. Fyock of Purchase Line visits. Mrs Edward Fisher remains hospitalized in Punxsutawney with limited improvement.
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Mich
John L. Simpson
Charles Cooper Griffith
J. T. Stewart
Indiana
Guy Ei. Terpe
Warle Kuntz
Pittsburgh
Mary ©. Streams
JD. Wystal
W. Work
Rochester Mills
James
Wynkoop
J. J. Leopold
Steale Stuchell
Harrisburg
L. H. Mountain
Julia Barr
Town
H. C. Lake
Edward
R. H. Cribbs
Henry
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French Academy of Medicine
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Zions Valley
Dehavens
Milt Dehavens
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Dixonville
Brown’s
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Blairsville
Indiana Progress
Country Home
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