Eyes On Aviators Amazing Progress Made In The War
London notes Europe's war fuels aviation fever as young pilots fight in the skies. Reports recall German ace Boelke Immelmann and French flyer Pegoud, describing early aerial warfare, perilous dives, and an era where death and daring define flight. A separate Oregon item reports deer slain in deep snow by wildcats, with a finder recounting carcasses and a deer trapped by twenty feet of snow.
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Cowdin
Thaw
Boelke
Immelmann
Guynemer
Bone
Vedrines
Beaumont and Garros
Forges Forest
Baron von Althaus
Lihons
Warneford
Needham
Mulhausen
Upper
Alsace
Adolphe Pegoud
Convicts to Plant Cotton on 1300 Acre Prison Farm
McAlester Oklahoma reports that thirteen hundred acres of the state prison farm will be planted to cotton this year. Prisoners will perform all labor except supervision as improvements turn rocky land into rolling drainage rich fields. Dams and riprap protect soil while Bermuda grass expands beef and dairy production for inmates.
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McAlester
Okla
Bermuda
Keeps Man's Auto By Paying Car Upkeep
Danville Illinois reports a new contract where Patrick Green agrees to pay Milt Brady thirty dollars monthly for farm work plus upkeep of Brady's automobile. Green will supply gasoline and oil for the season. Local farmers typically provide horse and buggy. this is the first noted case of covering auto maintenance for an employee.
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Danville
Ill
Patrick Green
Grant Township
Milt Brady
Green
Brady
Old Man Great Hunter in West Virginia
Berkeley Springs West Virginia Peter V B Whisner aged eighty is named West Virginia champion hunter. Over fifty years he has killed 330 deer 500 coons 500 turkeys and many foxes squirrels and other game using a muzzle loading rifle. Two deer were white and one black. The most he killed in a season was thirty five. He believes modern rifles could have increased his harvest. He recalls seeing fourteen deer in one drove with the white legs extending to the body.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Peter V. B. Whisner
West Virginia
Freed convicts leave prison with cash from wages
In Olympia Washington fifteen inmates of the Walla Walla state penitentiary were released with a total of 704 dollars earned on road work in Douglas county at fifty cents a day. The leading earner took 92.70 dollars and the next 85.10 dollars with six others holding between 60 and 80 dollars while the smallest amount was 15.80 dollars. A second group of thirty men is ordered to the honor camp and twenty prisoners are to be sent April 1 to the Meskill quarry in Lewis county.
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Olympia
Wash
Walla Walla
Douglas County
Meskill
Lewis County
Death in Empty Tin Cans Spurs Health Warning
The U S Health Service warns discarded tin cans with rainwater breed malaria mosquitoes. An official bulletin notes a hole in the bottom could save a life and prevent illness. The service urges placing a hole in cans to deter mosquito breeding.
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U. S. Health Service
Washington
United States Public Health Service
United States Health Service
Californian amputates own foot to escape dredger
L H Beck of Berkeley amputated his left foot with a pocketknife to stop fatal bleeding on a dredger near Redwood City. He directed tying arteries, rode to Dumbarton bridge, then a handcar to a section gang, staying conscious. He reached Huling hospital where doctors praised his grit.
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Beck
Redwood
Huling Hospital
Sloan's Liniment for Pain Relief
Old advertisement notes Sloan's Liniment eases neuralgia stiff neck and sore muscles when drafts cause pain. It claims quick relief by stimulating circulation and freeing blood flow, with one or two applications helping neuralgia or neuralgic headaches.
Pain Relief Ad for Neuritis and Comfort Capsule
An advertisement promises relief from agonizing pain by a tingling comfort sensation and quiet rest with a product priced at 25 cents at druggists. It notes usefulness for neuritis and emphasizes affordable availability.
U S Crop Report Shows Spring Wheat Outlook Review
The April 1916 federal crop report states winter wheat is 85 percent of normal, below the ten year average of 94 percent. Across the United States overall production sits 9 percent under the ten year average.
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United States
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Europe
London
Leutenant
Eugene
Ore
Ory
C. J. Hills
Oakridge
American Press Association
Boelee
Pegoud
Old Man Great Hunter
Whisner
C. W. Lancaster
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
U. S
Peach Blossom Flour
Wenatchee Milling Co
Wenatchee, Wash
Waldorf Hotel
Seventh Ave
Pike St
Seattle
E. R. Douglas
Rutherford Mercantile Co
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Leavenworth, Wash
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