Women Rule Jackson Wyoming Shifts City Leadership
In Jackson Wyoming a year of women led governance produced clean moral and physical upkeep and street improvements. Mayor Grace Miller and councilwomen Genevieve Van Vleck Faustina Haight Rose Crabtree and W De Laney won reappointment bids as Pearl Williams, 22, declined to seek reappointment after a tranquil year.
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Jackson
Wyo
United States
Wyoming
Grace Miller
L. W. Spicer
Genevieve van Vleck
G. R. Blaine
Faustina Haight
Almer Nelson
Tetons
Jackson's Hole
Rose Crabtree
Miller
Teton National Forest Reserve
Crabtree
van Vieck
Haight
W. ©. DeLaney
Cat Catches Two Trout in New Hampshire Tale
A cat owned by A. B. Eaton in Hollis New Hampshire brought in twelve six inch trout. The source notes the cat’s secret talent and humorously links the scene to local life. It also mentions five hundred New York valets out of work due to employers cutting expenses.
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Hollis
N. H
Isaak Waltons
A. B. Eaton
Eaton
New York
Gold Mine Lure for 300 Years
Mexico’s Sierra Madre region allegedly guards a fabulously rich old gold mine with a hidden tunnel. Prospector reports claim ruins near Old Tuopa but access has never been achieved amid Indian threats and outlaws. Major figures like Jack Dunn and Max Covita are linked to the quest.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Sierra Madre
Sonora
Chihuahua
Mexico
Mexico City
Jack Dunn
Warren
Old Tuopa
Auga Fria
Faqui
Max Covita
Naco
Casa Blanca
Bert Grover
Tuopa
Sharks Bring New Industry to Pacific Coast on Parker Island
Victoria reports a growing shark catching industry on Parker Island between Galiano and Mayne Island in the Gulf of Georgia. A week’s May catch totals about 80 sharks averaging over a ton, with diverse products from meat and fertilizer to glue and fins sold as delicacies. American firms invest in hides as researchers explore applications, including waterproof hip boots in Seattle.
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Victoria
Parker Island
Galiano
Mayne Island
Gulf of Georgia
Nelson MacDonald
Alaska
Ing
MacDonald
Norway
Seattle
California Peaks and Death Valley Lowest Point Noted
A Geological Survey bulletin places Mount Whitney at 14 501 feet above sea level and Death Valley 276 feet below, with Asia showing far greater height and depth extremes. Everest rises 29 002 feet while the Dead Sea shores are 1 290 feet below. Ocean depth near Mindanao reaches 32 088 feet.
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Washington
United States
California
Geological Survey
Mount Whitney
Death Valley
Asia
Mount Everest
Dead Sea
Mindanao
Philippines
Surgeon Bartz Regains Sanity After Teeth Extraction
Duquoin Illinois physicians report a Campbell Hill surgeon named Bartz was delirious and committed to the Southern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Anna. After defective teeth were removed he recovered within two days and was allowed to return home.
Depths Measured Far Below Mount Everest Summit
The record notes depths exceeding 1144 miles beneath the Everest summit, describing an extraordinary extreme of the oceanic or subterranean depths as part of a technical observation.
Merced River Lacks Fish Above Falls in California
The Merced river in California is devoid of fish above the falls, signaling ecological disruption or barriers to migration. Local authorities and researchers may study the impact on downstream habitats and native species.
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Merced River
California
Lightning Deafens Horses at Jones Farm Near Columbia City
A lightning bolt struck the west side of a barn on Frank Jones’s farm five miles southwest of Columbia City, killing four horses by deafening them and tearing off the side and part of the roof. Seven hens on eggs survived. eggs under five hens were crushed. Mr Jones and his son left moments before the strike. the barn did not burn.
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Columbia City
Ind
Frank Jones
Man Hauls Nine Wolf Pups for County Bounty
George Berg of near Verdon followed a fleeing she wolf in his car to her den and recovered nine cubs. He delivered the hides to the Brown County auditor, earning county bounty one dollar per scalp and two dollars from the state.
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Aberdeen
S. D
George Berg
Brown County
Berg
Verdon
Sutherland Forms New Band With Sixteen Pieces
Nebraska items note Sutherland organizing a sixteen piece band while Havelock nears completion on a $30,000 school building. Other highlights include Lincoln reformatory site chosen, Kanred wheat expansion in Webster and Platte counties, and Pioneer potato crop concerns in Hay Springs.
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Havelock
State Board of Control
Quberlies
Paul Green
Grand Island
Red Oak
Donald Seefelt
McCook
Denver
Nebraska National Guardsmen
Camp Dodge
Iowa National Guard
Paul
Lincoln
Lincoln Auto
Hebron
L. O. Secrist
Philanthrophist
Myron H. Swenk
Nebraska
Kansas Wheat Belt
Hay Springs
Hebb Motors Co
Hayward
Capital
Beatrice
Dickson
Fremont
College of Agriculture At
Henry Burrows
England
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Burrows
Jim Sayles
Plattsmouth
Maynard Military Academy
Board of Control
Platte County
Honeymoon bungalow ideal for young couples housing need
Feature promoting small affordable bungalows as solutions to housing shortages. Editor William A. Radford offers free building advice. The article argues modern low cost homes, especially the two bedroom bungalow, reduce drudgery and fighting rents and encourage independence.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Half a Million Pound Refusal for Austin Friars Dutch Church
The Dutch Church of Austin Friars in London refused a half million pounds amid its long storied past. The nave remains with charity income supporting an almshouse at Charlton, and records over four centuries reveal letters from Prince William of Orange offering aid.
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Austin Friars
London
Crosby Hall
Humphrey Bohun
Hereford
Essex
Edward I
Henry VIII
William Paulet
Winchester
Exeter Cathedral
Edward VI
Elizabeth
Church of Austin Friars
Aberdeen
Palestine
Charlton
Prince William of Orange
Christian Science Monitor
Golden Plover Travels From Labrador to Brazil
The golden plover travels farther than any other bird. It breeds as far north as Labrador and winters as far south as Brazil, showcasing remarkable migratory reach across the Americas.
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Labrador
Brazil
Record Sugar Crop Sets New 1917 High
The Department of Agriculture reports the largest sugar crop in the country last year at 1,266,148 tons, up 12 percent from 1916. Cane sugar comes mainly from Louisiana while beet sugar is produced from Michigan and Ohio to California.
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J. R. McCarl
Harding
United States
McCook
Minatare
Aurora
R. C. King
Bank of Graf
Bureau of Banking
State Department of Trade and Commerce
Alexander Long
Ord
State Reformatory
Lincoln
Board of Control
Webster County
Box Butte County
State Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Michigan
Ohio
California
Artful Antics Are Awful Adam Ate An Apple
A quirky report notes Adam ate an apple and faced a fraught reaction from an angry author. Allah’s approval is briefly referenced as an odd moral aside. Adam admits art and accountability, while the scene ends with a whimsical, rambling blizzard of alliteration and names.
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Adam
Allah
Cleveland
Eloquence Amid Slurred Racial Remarks From Southern Gentlemen
A fragment from a Birmingham Age-Herald piece quotes a southern gentleman scoffing at Black voices and mockingly addressing a pair of unruly dice, reflecting racial prejudice in a terse public remark.
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Boothlack
Birmingham
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