Emaciated man found in straw stack in Michigan
Emaciated German Polish immigrant Kowbowski, missing six weeks, is nursing back to health at Delta county almshouse after farm workers near Gladstone uncovered him in a straw stack. He traveled from Isabella and survived by drinking water three times daily, with no food during his confinement.
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Michigan
Iscanaba
Mich
Charles Kowbowski
Delta County
Kowbowski
Gladstone
Upper Peninsula
Isabella
Lie
Goosebone Prophecies Foretell Harsh Winter and 1918 Climax
Passadumkeag Maine professor C M Anderson known as the goosebone meteorologist predicts a cold winter with frequent storms and late spring snow. He forecasts a hot summer with electrical storms and mentions great earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. He adds the real music will peak in 1918.
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Passadumkeag
C. M. Anderson
Ancient seed yields massive Verde squash discovery
In Arizona along the Verde River a seed from a cliff dwelling extinct culture grew into a large green warty squash named the Aztec. Discovered by John G Allen while exploring ruins, the seed is believed a thousand years old and produced a single plant with a 25 pound fruit after planting last spring.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
Verde River
Verde
John G Allen
Cherry
Aziz
Allen
Flies Know Dinner Bell in Midwest Market Tale
In Kansas City a traveling salesman asked a landlord to serve him before dinner. The landlord warned of flies and joked a dinner bell would summon more in the stable. In Indiana a trapper, Ren Wood, caught a red fox with bare hands after approaching bogs to surprise it.
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Kansas City
Scott
Attica
Ind
Ren Wood
Snouch
Bia
Armament of Merchant Ship Sparks Legal Debate
Debated is if armed merchant ships, especially British vessels, violate international law when used defensively or offensively. The U S stance limits arms to defense and requires proof of defensive use in sinking cases, while nations dispute definitions and proof amid possible diplomatic fallout.
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Germany
United States
State Department
St Louis Globe-Democrat
A Plain Heroine in the Louisville Commentary
A Louisville Courier Journal note mocks the heroine trope and contrasts literary taste with real life. The piece discusses a second mortgage for a motor car and warns against widening debts to fund gas. It critiques opponents in business and comments on household culture versus frugal living.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Malne
Gev Dunne
Chicago
Mississippi River
Dan C Kingman
United States Army
Kingman
Dunne
War Department
State of Illinois
Congress
Illinois
Sullins’ Hospital
A. Atden
Goodrich
Booth & Handy
Universal
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Detroit
Marshall Motor Co
Marshall, Ill
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Boys
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Epec
All Ladies
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Shaw
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