Radio piloting cables eyed to guide ships at Golden Gate
Washington outlines a plan for a double track radio piloting system to steer vessels entering San Francisco Bay. Commander H W McCormick says funding could be available by July with operations possibly by next January. The scheme uses two insulated cables with signaling on each side of the channel to direct ships safely through fog and clear weather.
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Golden Gate
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Washington
San Francisco
McCormick
United States
New York
Radio pilot cables to guide ships through fog at harbor
Commander McCormick argues for radio pilot cables to steer vessels directly above a pilot line, enabling harbor entry in dense fog. He says initial costs are small compared to gains and expects most harbors and San Francisco to adopt soon, with a single cable costing the first appropriation.
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McCormick
San Francisco
Navy
Wellington Women Transform Swamp to Community Park
In Wellington Kansas women are credited with turning a 30 acre swampy tract into a scenic park named Community Park. The area features trees shrubs and flower beds. A park house with reception dining and kitchen facilities accommodates about 250 people for banquets and events.
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Wellington
Kan
Bull Runs Rampage After Morning Bender in Knorville
A bull owned by Frank L. West, Knox County tax assessor, went on a rampage after drinking from a still. It knocked down fences, the still was destroyed, and the animal was restrained for meditation.
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Knorville
Tenn
Frank L. West
Name Mistakes Faithful Judge Lets Free Suspect
In Tulsa Judge Maxey released Lewis Bible on his own recognizance after arraignment for passing a bad check. Bible failed to appear at trial with witnesses present. Later it was revealed no bad check had been passed and the judge criticized his own judgment before discharging Bible.
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Tulsa
Okla
Maxey
Lewis Bible
Bible
Cometa
Plutocrat Emerges After War Whisky Sale
A Coeburn youth who bought and buried a barrel of whisky before enlisting reappears post discharge $1,200 wealthier. Revenue officers may want to learn who purchased the liquor and how the sale was conducted.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Coeburn
The Fall of Berzy and the Marne Salient Battle
Joseph Mills Hanson describes the Twenty-eighth Infantry, First Division, driving Germans from Berzy near the plateau south of Soissons during a battle at the Marne salient. General Beaumont Buck leads an assault through ruined streets as artillery and rifle fire explode around the Crise valley.
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Soissons
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
Twenty-eighth Infantry
First
Berzy
Paris
Jesse James
Beaumont B. Buck
Buck
Crise
Joseph Mills Hanson
Apostrophe Mix Up Sparks Schoolyard Incident
A neighboring spinster complained after boys wrote an apology note for sitting on the woman’s henhouse roof during a ball game. The principal found the note insulting and outrage causing the conflict. The boys blamed a misplaced apostrophe and the teacher's wisdom was noted by the Indianapolis News.
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N— School
Indianapolis News
Costly Austro Marriage Customs Reported in Vienna
A Vienna based report received in New York cites the high cost of marriage in Austria. The bride alone costs 240000 crowns about 6000 dollars with crowns valued at two and a half cents. The bride is expected to furnish the house including dresses linen and furniture.
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Austria
Vienna
New York
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