Bottles Drift Across Oceans Reveal Ocean Currents
Hydrographic bureau notes bottles from ships drift across seas, carrying papers that trace currents and routes. Many reach shores after months or years, revealing westward European sprawl toward the Caribbean and northward American paths. The findings spark debates on youth freedom and school games as social progress.
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Hydrographic Bureau
Bary Department
Veessis Fnd
Ees
United States
England
Spain
Africa
West India Islands
Josey
Eres Boards of Education
Publis
Conan
Columbes
That Made Them Pay
A mall trader posted a sign denying credit to shoppers who did not pay. He tried a plan to expose debtors by requiring names and addresses of all buyers who default. The credit book was eliminated as a result, ending the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Teeoegh
Deanton
Coce
Fragmented OCR tale: wall repair and a wedding plea
Fragmentary text describes a method to reinforce a plaster wall using glue and wadding, then shifts to a garbled dialogue about marriage and a widow. The readable portions hint at a domestic scene with a marriage proposal and a cautionary tone. The overall piece remains incoherent and mosaic-like.
Happenings of the week from distant conflicts and crimes
A chaotic roundup reports Perry in Wyoming killing a woman and wounding her sister before a self-inflicted death near Fort Hell Idaho. Other items include Libel sentences for Paul Haffer in Tacoma, a Salt Lake highway robbery by two colored women, and Heber Burch’s murder trial for the Ogden case. International, domestic, and political notes fill the page with wars, arrests, and diplomatic moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermountains
Perry
Hiv Fe
Porntelia
Idaho
Fort Hell
Himsell
Paul H. Haffer
Tacoma
George Washington
Henry F. Avery
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
Heber Burch
C.F. Ongood
Ogden
Utah
Hureh
President Hints At Peace In Europe
President Wilson spoke in Charlotte at the Mecklenberg declaration of independence anniversary. He compared Europe’s war to America’s peace era, saying Europe grapples with national standards and policies while war’s processes pause, suggesting restraint and counsel as paths toward ending the conflict.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wilson
America
Europe
Tornado Rips Kemp City Oklahoma Killing Nine
A tornado swept Kemp City Oklahoma eight miles east of Denison Texas killing nine people and injuring thirty eight. The path was three quarters of a mile wide and five miles long damaging twelve businesses a two story hotel and several residences. One child died in Texas across the Red River in a collapsed home.
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Denison
Texas
Kemp City
Okla
Red River
Carranza Grows Friendly On Border Situation
Washington reports the War Department may receive a note from General Carranza soon. Indications point to a friendly tone and a possible proposal for a detailed understanding akin to the unwritten El Paso agreement among Generals Scott Funston and Obregon. A withdrawal request could then close the incident.
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Washington
Mare Department
Carrensa
Carrants
el Paso
Scott
Funston
Obregon
Carransa
Shipping Bill Passed For Fifty Million Merchant Ships
The administration shipping bill appropriating $50,000,000 for purchase of merchant ships by the federal government to build an American merchant marine was passed by the House on Saturday by a party vote. It goes to the Senate where a similar measure failed last year. Pershing’s army well fed. since March 14, 31,760,060 pounds of rations have been shipped to the expedition from Columbus, New Mexico.
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Sibley Langhorne
Mexico
Lake Mohonk
United States
League
Francisco Rodrigues
Florence
Arizona
Brownsville
Texas
F. W. Sibbey
Glenn Springs
Fred T. Dubois
Idaho
Hochester
Minn
Hirwingham
Washington
South
Sophia Gertrude Cheslew
Winfeld Scot Stratton
Onehalf
Stratton
Cobwads Springs Delegatre
National Caners’ Association
Chivego
David Caplan
Los Angeles Times
Repaume
Une du Post Powder Company
Gilroy Town
Cavan
explo +e le wakeown
Daniele
Wilson
Navy
California
Congress
House Committee
Daniela
Taft
Cary T. Grayson
Alice Gertrude Gordon
New York
Adriatic
Albania
Page
London
State Department
Jeremiah C. Lynch
Dublin
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Federal
Mira
Mediterranean
Rimlof
Placedo Villaneuva
Villa
Telestoro Domingues
Ojinaga
Jose Chaves
Erese
Chen Chi Nei
Chinese Revolutionary Party
Yuan Gi Kai
Shanghai
Landsort Island
Baltic
Lundeo
Tyrol
Natlal
Trent
Batavier V
Nevis
Great Yarmouth
Ameren
Gormas
House
Senate
Pershing
Paso
Tesan
United States Quartermasters Department
Columbus
N. M
Daddies Girlie Castor Oil and War time Valor
A wartime profile notes a widow aged eighty three who has given seventeen sons to the army. Fourteen served in active duty with the colors since September 16 1914. Sixteen grandsons are in the army or navy and four granddaughters’ husbands are in service. Two more grandsons died in the navy.
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Atx
England
Bow
Fragmented Text Sketches on Diet and Life
A garbled OCR fragment discusses fruits dietary benefits and unclear topics about raising chickens and children. It mentions Europe and daily life imagery, with nonsensical phrases and misspelled terms. No coherent events or names can be confirmed.
Last Their Opportunity in New Mexico Standoff
A fragmentary report recalls a smoking compartment discussion as two men seek drinks then claim they crossed the line into Art runs or Artruns. The blurred dialogue hints at a travel or jurisdictional slip and a plan to obtain liquor where prohibited.
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New Mexico
Pigeons as Photographers in Modern Warfare
Pigeons serve as aerial photographers in war, bearing tiny cameras fastened beneath their bodies. The devices shutter automatically and allow recording of enemy positions. Trained carrier pigeons act as scouts, aided by pigeon houses as part of army equipment.
Mrs Gould Warns On Romantic Marriages In New York Dinner
After the Honeymen, Mrs George Jay Gould defended at a dinner in New York a marriage of a rational rather than romantic nature. These romantic and improvident marriages are fine to begin but later on she warned that love laughs at locks but the wolf at the door follows.
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George Jay Gould
New York
Mrs. Gould
Bue
Efforts on Glans Macinature Face War Time Setbacks
The piece outlines failed attempts over decades to develop a certain optical device or glass making process. Experimental work by Rochester began a decade ago, spurred by wartime needs, but a supply cut from belligerent countries halted progress. The text hints at domestic industry efforts and mixed social distractions amid technical ambitions.
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Salt Lake Photo Supply Co
Laine City
Chek
Willie Woo
Gease
Coast Guard
Theta
Dumber
Scotland
Priscilla Dodd
Levi A. Deiat
Mary B Surratt
Baltimore
A. L. Mohler
Union Pacific Rail Road
Omaha
Willam Hi. Taft
Oklahoma
Carranza
Herittle
Treasure
Mamma
Castor
Iback East
Magers Falls
Sessa Galt Lake City
Detpe
Tomas Pew Tne
Ms Mae le
Gremkir Eivajs
A Las Beee
Uard
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