Desert water finds in Nevada prompt irrigation idea
Nevada receives reports of shallow underground water near the surface in arid regions enabling irrigation through pumped wells. A Warwick Advertiser note traces the origin of the term to English coffee houses, while a Tecoma Washington man rents a Caterpillar tractor to move his house away from Camp Lewis artillery range. A Lafayette descendant earns French artillery honor and a Bronx City couple ends up married after discovering a note in a bakery cake box.
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Nevada
Sahara
Warwick
England
Colina
Walter
James Hargrave
Tecoma
Wash
Camp Lewis
Hargrave
Curious facts and figures span science and world notes
A collage of brief items. Cherapunji in Assam is noted as the wettest place with 600 inches of rain yearly. Innovations include a bee hive foundation machine by Frances A Dunham and a silks and agriculture note from La cre India. Various odds and ends cover stamps, beards, and early tech curiosities.
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India
Cherapunji
Assam
Frances A. Dunham
Sacking of Tabriz Hospital Sparks War Talk
The American hospital at Tabriz Persia was looted by Turkish troops amid consulate seizures. If confirmed by the state department the incident may trigger a war with the Ottoman alliance. The Colton Memorial Hospital was identified as the sacked Presbyterian mission facility in New York reports.
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Tabriz
Persia
Washington, D.C
State Department
Teheran
Germany
America
Congress
United States
Turkey
Bulgaria
Wilson
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Colton Memorial Hospital
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Board
Austria
Bolshivists Overthrown in Western Siberia
Copenhagen reports a counterrevolutionary government backed by the Czecho Slovaks now controls Omsk Samara and Nova Nikolayevsk after depictions in German papers. Lenine mobilizes bolshivist forces along the Volga and Ural regions.
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Copenhagen
Siberia
Petrograd
Omsk
Samara
Nova-Nika-lavsk
Fremier Lenine
Volga River
Ural Mountains
Andre Tardeau Named General Commissioner for War Affairs
Paris reports Andre Tardeau former head of the French mission to the United States has been appointed general commissioner of Franco American war affairs in the newly created post.
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Paris
Andre Tardeau
United States
Brigadier General Johnson and Draft Controversy
Brig. Gen. Hugh B. Johnson faced censure for aiding a draft method before a law was enacted. The article notes he printed 90 million draft guards and spent vast sums, while arguing the purchases saved numerous lives and aided the war effort.
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Johnson
Hugh
Penn Te
War Department
Nurses urged for military training and uncrowded profession
Miss Jane A. Delano of the American Red Cross calls women to join nurse training, arguing nursing is an uncrowded field and vital for war service. A nationwide push seeks 25 000 graduate nurses for army and navy, with an army school of nursing attached to major military hospitals to prevent civilian hospital drain.
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U. S
Jane A. Delano
Department of Nursing
The
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
W. C. Gorgas
Bas & Ran
Army School of Nursing
Red Croes Nurses
nur#e
Hindenburg Trying to Pry Way Through North Lanes to City
German forces push along the Oise and Montdidier axis toward Paris as Allied defenders hold the north. The offensive aims to seize routes to the capital, threaten Paris with siege guns, and force a center retreat while French forts and high ground resist. The clash mirrors Verdun in stakes and tempers the Allied resolve to defend Paris to the limit.
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Hindenburg
Frank H. Simonds
The
New York Tribune
Montdidier
Paris
Germany
Somme
Sea
Russia
France
Thore
Verdun
Champagne
Nancy
Moselle
Marne
Belfort
Seine
Toul
Aisne
Oixe
Laon
Hheima
Paria
Nivelle
St. Gotwin
Rheilma
Oise
Alane
Muris
Themin Des Dames
Aullette
Oine
la Pere
Boarpe
Arran
Olne
Noyon
Kluck
Deana Bel
Amiens
Ile-de-France
Olse
Soissons
Rheims
Calais
Chemin Des Dames
Vesle
Soissong
Chateau Thierry
Montdidier-Noyon
Soissons- Chateau Thierry
Compiegne
Soissons-Chateauhierry
Flanders
Picardy
Laat
Nonette
Paris O
Solasons-Chateau Thierry
Maunou
Urges Less Hysteria On Language Question
Chicago reports Prof. Thomas G. Masa of Sovereity of Prague once Austrian parliament urges calmer view of foreign speech and questions hysteria surrounding language issues.
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Chicago
Thomas G. Masa
Prague
Higher Education for Japanese Women Opens in Tokio
The Woman's Christian College of Japan begins as the first higher education effort for Japanese women. Six mission boards plus Canadian and American partners back the college near Tokio. Ambassador Morris spoke at opening as 40 students begin the first class amid fundraising challenges. Authorities expect a 16 to 20 acre site with new buildings within three years.
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Tokio
Japan
Woman's Christian College of
Wasps Use Tools in Remarkable Nest-Building Behavior
In a People’s Home Journal note, a rare sphex wasp is described as using tools to aid nest building. The mother digs a tunnel, stings a caterpillar for her larva, then hammers dirt and pebbles into the tunnel mouth, a singular example of intelligent tool use among insects.
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People's Home Journal
Sphex
Slacker Marriages Fail In Chicago Court Ruling
Attorney Michiel L. Moning cites a Chicago court of domestic relations report on wartime marriages. He says nine tenths of observed marriages reappear in court with a fifth of husbands drafted, reflecting the predicted disasters of slacker marriages linked to national entering the war.
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United States
Michiel L. Moning
Court of Domestic Relations
Chicago
Roulns
California Native Weeping Trees Quercus and Picea
The text notes two native trees with weeping habits in California. The valley oak Quercus to near its southern range by Ph and Picea breweriana named wapruce occurs only in isolated high mountain areas in the northwest.
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California
Final German Offensive Expected Near Paris
United Press report from June 20 notes German high command planning repeated attacks from the North Sea to Champagne to wear down Allied reserves. The goal is a decisive strike before Paris aided by fresh divisions once Allied manpower is exhausted. Possible targets include routes toward Calais and the Paris region with renewed British raids reported near Hebuterne and Vieux Berquin.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Hindenburg
North Sea
Champagne
Paria
Marne
Oise
Paris
London
Hebuterne
Albert
War Office
Vieux Berquin
Iya Ealient
Union Labor Assures Aid at AFL Convention
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson reported President Wilson’s thanks to organized labor for industrial war readiness at the AFL convention in St. Paul. Samuel Gompers stressed labor’s support, noting about 3 million workers stand with the president as wage and condition improvements from union action are highlighted.
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St. Paul
Minn
Secretary of Labor
William B. Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
United Efforts
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Aaller
Would Repay Greeks for Soma riots
Unclear report notes a June recommendation by Washington on delation for the government of Bay 40 and property losses amid rioting at Soma. Senate reaction described as favorable though details are garbled.
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Washington
Bay 40
Senate
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Hulett
Crook County
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William H. Manchester
Bronx City
Clara Salverda
Packer
Mr. Manchester
Miss Salverda
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
Grover Cleveland
National Security League
Women of America
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Tieton
Salvation Army
Lacre
Italy
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Sweden
Garden of Olives
Jerusalem
Ces
Joon Trotzky
St. Louis
Rudyard Kipling
Europe
Eeukia
Cilia
Ka City
Cerrier Haw
Bolshevists
Pye
Havas
Julia Fightits
Petit Journal
Echo de Paris
Somaha
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