News of a Week In Condensed Form
Happenings that are making history with items from many places. A $25,000 robbery on an eastbound North Pacific passenger train near Kanasket Washington. Congress approved transfer of 4000 editorial acres in the Colorado national forest to Boulder for a water plant. Grays Harbor salmon canneries shut down due to a fishermen strike at Aberdeen demanding pay. Packers say canned salmon prices weaken. Oregon moves to legalize cigarette sales after January 1 1921. Nearly 100 fire chiefs attended a Pacific northwest convention in Portland. Denver realty sales manager J Frank Renfro shot dead near Berkeley Park. Western Nebraska wheat rots risk as rail cars and shipments face embargo. National politics move to enforce prohibition with a big fund plan. Five thousand rich British women plan to find American husbands. Meat eating attacked at the New York conference of women physicians. Senator Johnson cancels Pacific coast trip to respond to Wilson. Philadelphia singer Miss Julia Heinrich killed by a baggage truck near Hammond Louisiana. Mexican transit through Nogales to Mexico City routes urged to relieve responsibility. Explosions in Chicago cut power and cause darkness. Bishop Nussbaum of Corpus Christi identified as storm victim. Korton police strike challenges U S constitution. Former secretary of state Hilla Root addresses Constitution Day. Grand Rapids bank robbers take several thousand dollars after shooting. Cancer curable in early stages says Dr Ottory. Steel strike delay and wages dispute noted. Food prices rise one percent in August. Pershing thanked by Congress for WWI leadership. No navy wage hikes. Pershing sword gift debated. German peace treaty discussion opens in Senate. Foreign items include executions in Munich, shipwrecks, and Baltic considerations.
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North Pacific
Kanasket
Wash
Boulder
Colo
Colorado National Forest
Congress
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen
Oregon
D. B. Frost
Portland
Pacific Northwest
J. Frank Renfro
Denver
Berkeley Park
Nebraska
Omaha
Kansas City
Anti-saloon League of America
Chicago
United States
Seynour
Camden
N. J
Europe
New York
Woman Physicians
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Hiram W. Johnson
Pacific Coast
Wilson
League of Nations
Americantaation
Julia Heinrich
Philadelphia
Metropolitan Opera Company
Minols Central
Hammond
Nosgales
Ariz
Mexico
Southern Pacific de Mexico
Mexica
Emilio Tones
Sten i
Paul d. Nussbaum
Corpus Chelsti
Dexas
Buenos Aires
Argentine Republic
Korton
Hilla Root
National Security Jemgie
Clemenceau
Fritz Seidl
Sparta Canvader
Munich
Valbanera
Spain
Havana
Aince
Half Moon Key
Key West
Fin
Parle
Zurich
Frederick William
Germany
Russia
Dyina River
Diana
Korohtenehtap
Petlura
Radomysl
Eley
State Department
Paris
Giermany
Supreme Council
Austria
Geremany
Council of the Realm
Renate
Harold G. Peterson
Paul Tf. Davis
Dexaion
Ign
Rossla
Vorwaerts
Baltic
Vosters
Courland
Wall Street's Modern Caravansary in Newsprint Echoes
The fragmentary item references an exchange about a grand opera season and a hotel dining hall, noting dissatisfaction with prices and variety. It hints at an architectural commission and a reporter's remarks on performances, while a Louisville Courier Journal line critiques language and contemporaneous theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Livuleville
Devastating Northwest Forest Fires Threaten Idaho and Montana
Reports from forest rangers describe the worst fire season in years across the Northwest with Idaho and western Montana under strain in the Missoula district. Firefighters face labor shortages and disruption from the IWW, while crews battle fires, rescue settlers, and endure losses of timber, horses, and provisions as fires press on through June.
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Washington, D. C
Forest Rangers
Idaho
Wilfong
Crooked Creek
Selway River
Bug
Missouia
Montana
Missoula
Captures Shark With His Handkerchief In Saugus
Saugus Massachusetts John Hobbs a nineteen year old captured a mackerel shark three feet nine inches long by binding a handkerchief around its tail. He was walking home from a grocery store near Riverside cemetery when he heard splashing at the water’s edge. Investigating he found the shark struggling to reach the river and called his brother who wrapped the handkerchief further securing the tail and dragged the shark ashore.
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Saugus
Mass
John Hobbs
Hobbs
Riverside Cemetery
Man Listed Dead Repeats as McGuire Seeks Truth
Alfred McGuire of Wilmington Delaware wonders why the government keeps notifying his family he is dead after his return from service with the 312th Infantry 78th Division. Four death notices misstate his status with varying roles. He and his mother report the inaccuracy while officials repeat the fatal label.
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Wilmington
Del
Alfred McGuire
West Ninth Street
Three Hundred Twelfth Infantry
Seventy-eighth
Tam Dend
McGuire
Frank
War Department
Mark Twain
Kelling
Opens Wonder Place Tourists Access Alaska Valley
Cordova Alaska officials announce completion of an 18 mile road up the Painted Creek beds to the valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in the Mount Mat Mat region north of Kodiak Island. Tourists from around the world are expected to visit as explorers report strange volcanic formations and glowing caverns revealed by the eruption.
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Cordova
Alaska
Mount Matmat
Alanka
Kodiak Island
Katiool Volena
Wis
Berlin Cuts Gas Use To Cut Shortage
Berlin imposes a gas saving schedule with housewives risking jail up to one year and a 2000 mark fine for violations. The city regulator allocates gas by family size while landlords and tenants receive orders to ration supplies and cooperate with authorities.
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Berlin
Berlin Cou
Tennota
Helen Curry Relieved Of Hip Pain By Operation
Mrs Helen Curry of Cape Girardeau Missouri was freed from a long standing hip ailment by surgery. A needle and thread were removed from her hip after doctors confirmed their presence following months of pain. The unusual case involved surgical removal of the objects and relief of symptoms.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
Helen Curry
Amigetery
Fragmentary Mining Note Describes Sulphur and Arsenic Deposits
A damaged OCR fragment notes boulders, a valley rich in sulphur, arsenic and oil chemicals, and a mine with rare gems. It mentions Buck mand and a minetree ldoting, with undetermined location and unclear context.
Hermit on Victory Mountain Deserter Surrenders to Draft Board
Elmer H. Cox, who hid for a year on Victory Mountain to avoid the draft, surrendered after living as a hermit. He recounts eating bark and berries and sleeping in trees to escape capture, was arrested, passed a physical, and sent to Camp Devens before desertion charges and a $100 reward were noted.
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St. Johnsbury
Devena
Victory Mountain
Elmer H. Cox
Cox
Cam
Stedely
Wea
Parrot’s Reputation At Stake In San Francisco Case
Mrs. Bure He Matheson, thirty two, testified in an action to declare the parrot dead or to save its reputation. She said the bird once said Good night ma and later cursed, uttering blank phrases. She admitted killing it to avert reputational damage.
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San Francisco
Bure HE
Matheson
Theo
Unsafest bank report tied to Du Font Powder representative
Du Font Powder representative Rayner, staying at Hotel Baltimore, left his room and told a chauffeur he carried $174 could be robbed near a Walnut Street rooming house. Chauffeur contradicted, warning a guard may be at risk. Rayner spoke sharply before departure.
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Karuna
Rayner
du Font Powder Company
Baltimore
Walnut Street
Agned Keller
Raynor
Lillen Fox
Kayone
Lillies
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Intermountain
Grand Rapids
Mich
L. M. Ottory
St Louis
American Association For
Stoweworkers
Eteike
Charles A. McAlpine
National Committee of Northern Baptist
Senate
House
General Pershing
Navy Yard
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Navy Department
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Pub Herty
Hota Gazette
W. W
Forest
Great Falls
Billings
Anaconda
Butte
Spokane
LW. W
Shark
Mutch Aliva
Michel Grive
Traveler
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