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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1919
Page
3
A fragment from a Los Angeles regional column recounts heats, seaside views, and civic life in the city. It blends travel notes with local scenes of Navy celebrations, city transport strikes, and a mosaic of humorous vignettes about daily life and culture.
The article notes long standing use of artesian wells by the Chinese for over 7000 years. It mentions a famed well near Grenelle in Paris drawing water from about 7495 feet and yielding about 62 gallons per minute. It also references a Petsh well sunk to depths around 10,000 feet.
A fragment shows Marle and Helen playing house when Ruth appears and the exchange ends with a joking line about Nebraska. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or dates.
A fragment notes a local figure comparing Vermont to a flattened map and references Vermont Yankee. The speaker mentions annual spring shipments and hints at broader, unnamed comparisons without clear specifics. The passage reads as a casual, humorous aside rather than a formal report or event.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an early private telephone demonstration in England tied to Marlborough and a warship named Thunderersul. The text is garbled but points to an inaugural home telephone use and a connection to naval or military context.
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