Dust Peril in Mills Warns of Hazards and Prevention
A U S Department of Agriculture report contrasts dust explosions in 1916 17 with fewer incidents through 1919. It cites tragic losses from flour cereal mills and elevators and credits preventive devices grounding static and reducing dust to avert further disasters.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Northwest
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Nose Sewed on After Being Off One Hour
William Robertson, a stable boy at Windsor, had his nose torn off by a falling skylight while preparing a horse for a race. The nose was found in straw at the stables, brought to King Edward VII hospital, reattached after an hour, and Robertson was discharged days later claiming a miracle.
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London
King Edward VII Hospital
Windsor
William Robertson
Robertson
Red Ink Not Blood Scare at Harbor Emergency Hospital
Albert Msimo burst into Harbor Emergency hospital claiming his arm was bleeding after scratching it while loading boxes. Dr A Friedman laughed and confirmed the red streaks were ink, not blood, caused by mistaken iodine for red ink in the first aid box.
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San Francisco
Cal
Albert Msimo
Harbor Emergency
A. Friedman
Yank Weds Escape Plotter in Minneapolis License Filing
James W. Shea of Grand Forks North Dakota a US soldier and Mrs Margaret Gentzke convicted of treason in Germany for aiding allied fighters to escape Hun prisons obtained a marriage license in the city clerk office Gentzke 31 Shea 28 Gentzke reached the United States weeks after completing her sentence for aiding the escape Her husband in Germany secured a divorce after her treason conviction.
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Minneapolis
James W. Shea
Grand Forks
N. D
United States
Margaret Gentzke
Germany
Shea
Gentzke
Kaiser’s Kitchen Added to Smithsonian War Trophies
The field kitchen of Wilhelm II, late German Kaiser, will join Smithsonian war trophies in Washington. The kitchen accompanied the Kaiser to various fronts, survived undamaged, and was shipped from St Nazaire to the United States along with a large amount of wet material.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
William Hohenzollern
Germany
St. Nazaire
France
Doctor Finds Rubber Tube and Pin Near Child’s Heart
In Anderson Indiana a rubber tube one and a half inches long with a large safety pin attached was found lodged near five year old Richard Lynch’s heart during surgery for chest pains following a prior double pneumonia and earlier operation. An X ray revealed the foreign object and the surgeons removed it. A nurse recalled a drained tube missing after the first operation.
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Anderson
Ind
Richard Lynch
Thomas Lynch
Summitville
No Homes Try Workhouse In London After Death Sparks Demand
Notice of one vacancy at Chertsey workhouse follows the death of a man who was raised there as a baby seventy years ago. He and another man requested admission for his wife and children as paying guests, but no housing could be found.
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Middle West
Chicago
South
London
Chertsey Workhouse
Ron Odlos
John
Jrla
Aoi
Drugeatoran
Kuhn Remedy Company
Milwaukee Avenue
Youngest Major Claim disputed by Illinois officer
Maj. David W. Shand of Illinois contests Maj. Alexander Stark Jr of New York City as the youngest major of the late war. Shand says he was commissioned Sept 30 1918 at age 21 years 8 months in the Sixty first infantry. Bloomington reports his assertion from the commission records.
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Bloomington
Alexander Stark, Jr
New York City
David W. Shand
Illinois
Cow devours girls clothes in Shiloh incident
Report from St Louis notes four young women in Shiloh Missouri suffer clothing loss after a cow eats their garments left on a bank near a swimming hole. They must walk home in bathing suits, prompting warnings to hang clothes higher in the future.
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St. Louis
Shiloh
John Rable
Various World Facts Tidbits From A New York Letter
A collection of miscellaneous items reports on wills leaving modest sums in New York, a wireless station in Iceland receiving European bulletins, a home steam bath invention, a telegraph printing attachment for phones, Viscomtesse de la Pannouse receiving a British honor, infant head shaving in China, and a royal Egyptian mummy rite. It also notes Fishmongers Hall treasures, a closed American consulate in Almeria, centipede leg counts, Pacific sand coverage, Cincinnati steeplejack Myrtle Kennett, Confu cius virtues on Chinese coats, a patented Arkansas swimming pool, Great Lakes areas, a Russian freight record, and a Swiss chronometer accuracy record.
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New York
Iceland
Viscomtesse de la Pannouse
French Red Cross
King George
London
William Wahworth
Wat Tyler
Department of State
Almeria
Spain
Pacific Ocean
Cincinnati
Myrtle Kennett
Arkansan
Great Lakes
Superior
Michigan
Huron
Erie
Ontario
Switzerland
Edison Leads Generous Salvation Army Collection
Henry Ford John Burroughs and Thomas A Edison visited a Salvation Army meeting on vacation. Edison took the tambourine, then Ford Burroughs and Edison contributed from their pockets and hats. The amount given was not announced.
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Henry Ford
John Burroughs
Thomas A. Edison
Salvation Army
Mr. Edison
Mr. Word
Tlenry
Ford
Burroughs
Mr. Wilson
Arson
Solar Power Engines Face Cost and Efficiency Hurdles
Charles C. Abbot notes efforts to use sun heat for engines with solar pump plants in California New Mexico and Egypt. Mirrors focus rays on steam boilers or sun heated pools powering low pressure engines. High initial cost and low engine efficiency at narrow temperature ranges hinder solar plants against other power sources.
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Charles C. Abbot
Calfornia
New Mexico
Egypt
Remarkable Tattooing Surpasses All Others
A French coachman during the Dreyfus trial had his body tattooed with 120 illustrations of the case. The portraits of key figures are among the images, and the work took nearly two years to complete.
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Dreyfus
Old Greeks Had Small Heads
The article asserts that ancient Greeks were distinguished for their small heads, describing them as intellectual and notable among nations. It presents a dated decorative claim about physical traits associated with cultural identity.
Cobblers Dozen and Witty Vittles From Louisville Courier-Journal
An odd note on Italian language where 45 is called a cobbler's dozen and a folk tale links nails on a boot heel to luck. A humorous exchange about taking a wife for a change contrasts wit with the promise of no change.
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Italy
Value of Special Training for Christian Work
A sermon urges studying Bible use and practical training to empower Christian service. It cites lessons in first aid drawing and personal work, sharing stories of individuals moved to ministry, mission, or nursing after training. It argues for church programs to cultivate skilled workers now.
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Anittle
Savelor
Torfore Jong
Mirage
Jnon
Maghiad
Feld
Twe
Rele
God
Lord Jesus Christ
Men of High Ideals Needed by J H Jowett
A religious exhortation calling for elevated, heavenward souls to guide social life and public discourse. It urges the Witag ministry as a defining trait of true followers of the Lord and warns against degrading teachings that betray heavenly citizenship.
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Witag
J. H. Jowett
D. D
Confidence in Self and Christ in Emerson Text
The excerpt argues that true sufficiency comes from union with Christ rather than the natural self. It cites Paul and Tige 10 to claim Christ dwelling within yields genuine confidence and humility, contrasting worldly civility with moral depth.
Boschee's Syrup Endorsed for Colds in Unsettled Weather
An advertisement urges readers to use Boschee's Syrup to ward off influenza and treat coughs bronchitis and lung troubles. It notes fifty three years of nationwide use and promises a good night’s rest with easy morning expectoration. Also mentions snakes and varied eye shapes in embryos and a cryptic line about seizing today.
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Boschee
United States
America
Civilized World
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