New Ultra Large Airship Aims Atlantic Crossing in 30 Hours
Rodman Wanamaker announces a Curtiss built craft for the America Trans Ocean company. The airship will be the largest yet, with six 300 horsepower engines totaling 1800 hp, capable of 100 mph and carrying a six person crew plus fuel and provisions. It is designed for rough seas and transatlantic flights, testing at Newport News aeronautical station.
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New York
America
Atlantic Ocean
Focal Aeronautical
Rodman Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Aero Club of America
Curtiss Aeroplane Company
America Trans-Ocean Company
Wanamaker
Newfoundland
England
John C. Porte
Hngland
Great Britain
Mauretania
Hawley
Atlantic
America Trans-Oceanic Company
Atlantic Coast ‘Aeronautical Station
Newport News
Curtiss
Government declares end of foot and mouth outbreak
The secretary of agriculture removes all foot and mouth quarantines and restrictions on livestock movement in the United States. The last area under suspicion, Christian county Illinois, is cleared and federal orders are rescinded allowing resumed cattle shipments. Officials warn vigilance remains and urge reporting of suspicious sore mouth with lameness in livestock.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Christian County
Ill
United States
District of Columbia
Denmark
England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
OFFICES FOR ALL IN TOWN AT CORAM CALIFORNIA ELECTION
Coram in Shasta county the smallest incorporated city in California with a population of 24 has eight offices to fill at the municipal election. One candidate C W Barker is a current city trustee and justice of the peace. he will not seek re election. Every resident may become an officeholder unless women accept municipal honors.
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Coram
Cal
Shasta County
California
C.W. Barker
Redheads Urged to Seize Quick Matrimonial Chances
Denver reports Dr Edward T Lazelle, an eugenic expert, warns red hair reduces marriage prospects. He says redheaded women see others with darker hair marrying, while they remain single, and claims redheaded people are weaklings if paired with fair skin.
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Denver
Edward T. Lazelle
Lazelle
One man in two hundred eight exceeds six feet tall
A terse statistic notes that only about one man in every 208 people stands taller than six feet, illustrating rarity of extreme height.
War drains prisons as Britain cuts crime estimates
London reports a 500000 dollar reduction in next year’s prison budget about 12 percent and the closure of about twenty prisons. Eleven closed completely in towns like Chelmsford Hereford and St Albans with more wings shut and five more set to close. Experts credit a war era mix of army defection, labor demand, and alcohol restrictions as key factors with liquor controls likely most influential.
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London
Chelmsford
Hereford
Stafford
St. Albans
Devizes
Commissioners of Prisons
Horse Fall From Mountain Sides Delays Traveler
Hank Weber of Truckee arrived after a hair raising descent with his snowshoe horse from the summit snowsheds. The path down was nearly straight and drifted with fifty foot piles. A drift caused the horse to slip and fall almost a hundred feet, narrowly avoiding injury.
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Truckee
Cal
Hank Weber
Cave Dweller Found in Callaway County Bluff
Deputy state highway commissioner H B Bode reports Callaway county residents spotted a cave dweller in a bluff northwest of Cedar City. Curious children found the man asleep near a cave mouth with a smoldering fire and primitive stone cooking utensils nearby. The man, described as kind looking with a long beard, reportedly hauls fngots and logs to sustain the fire during the day.
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Fulton
H. B. Bode
Callaway County
Cedar City
Treasure in Old House Reveals Hidden Vault Cash
Clifford J. Wade, a Lawrenceburg contractor, found a secret door in a George Street house leading to a vault with an iron box. Inside was $121.98 in gold silver and currency, largely minted in 1869 and 1870.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Clifford J. Wade
George Street
Columbia River Highway Opens Through Gorge For Automobiles
The Columbia River highway through the gorge near Portland offers a 24 foot wide, 5 percent grade road with concrete bridges and dry masonry walls. It features switchbacks near Crown Point, a 100 foot tunnel at Oneonta, and view-rich segments extending toward Multnomah Falls and Bonneville. The project cost over two million dollars and is hailed as a premier modern road, boosting tourism and regional pride.
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Portland
Multnomah
Columbia River
Crown Point
Columbia
California
Columbia River Highway
Latourelle
Oneonta Gorge
United States
Oregon National Forest
Conta Gorge
Horsetail Falls
Cathedral Point
St. Peter's Home
Bonneville
Mitchell’s Point
Tanner’s Creek
Bridge of Gods
Hood River
Mount Hood
Pacific Ocean
Oregon
Guidebook in Demand by Caxton Guides Pilgrims
The Information for Pylgrymes Unto the Holy Londe is prized for light on fifteenth century travel and its Caxton printing. Caxton aimed to meet demand with affordable guides, detailing two Venice routes to Jerusalem pilgrims and a fourteen day Palestine itinerary from Venice to Jaffa by galley.
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Holy Londe
Caxton
Venice
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Little Marys Suggestion Foreshadows Mischief
A country walk with Mary and her father near a pasture of bulls ends with Mary proposing a prank. After mocking bull sounds, Mary suggests hiding behind a tree and father using his voice to frighten unsuspecting passersby as a joke. The exchange captures a child's playful mischief and a parent’s amused consideration.
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Mary
What has become of fine old names like Prudence and Patience
An old grouch in the Louisville Courier-Journal laments changing names and jokes that, if he had daughters, he would name them Heixtravagance and Hysteria reflecting dated humor on naming trends.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Editor Tries A Fresh Spark For Unpaid Writer
The Bugle editor hints a Walter Scott anecdote to inspire the broke author Wrightly as he hands over a manuscript. The author dares to hope while the editor softly regrets the burden of the suggestion.
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the Bugle
Wrightly
Walter Scott
London Sketch Excerpt Watchful Boys at the Table
A London Sketch scene shows Bobby and Uncle Ernest debating how to deal with a whale's flesh and bones. Bobby suggests eating the flesh while keeping the bones on the plate edge, with Uncle Ernest replying sarcastically.
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Uncle Ernest
Bobby
London
Far Northland Items on Denmark Sweden War Traffic
Denmark rapid motor ship expansion with 12 000 ton vessels and 6 000 hp engines amid wartime losses. Sweden faces wood labor shortages, rail electrification, sinking losses, and emigration growth as anthro geography grant and oceanic expeditions unfold. The East Coast railway digging begun near Kubikenberg on March 6.
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Kubikenberg
Sundsvail
Norway Saga Shows 1915 Stavanger Trade Decline and Nordic Shifts
Export from Stavanger to America dropped 50 percent in 1915 after a similar fall in late 1914, with sardine ships hit hardest. Norway’s total exports to the United States fell from 11,976,758 in 1914 to 6,982,000 in 1916 while Christiania reports broad prosperity and currency growth.
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Stavanger
America
Norway
Christiania
Exchange’ and Commerce Committee of Norway
Bank of Norway
High Tide Sailor Quip Sparks Harbor Debate
A fragment from Sailors' Magazine recalls a young woman's amused question about why a boat lies bow in during high tide. The anecdote captures nautical humor through a brief exchange with an escort as the vessel rests in harbor.
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Sailors’ Magazine
Boston
Farmers Show It at Seg 8 Where Agriculture Counts
The piece argues farmers demonstrate agriculture in practice beyond words, highlighting Seg 8 as a focal point where farming skills and sustainability meet real-world output. It emphasizes hands-on work, testing soils, crops, and methods in a living display.
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Mist Falls
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Germany
Swedish Society For the Advancement of the Study of Anthropology
Vega
Carl Stottsberg
Upsala
Juan Fernandez
Robinson Crusoe
Valparaiso
Mecklenburg
Nynas
Goteborg
Malmodus
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Lillehammer
Erik Vallum
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John Stuart Mill
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