Uncle Sam to Run Air Mail From New York to San Francisco
Congress approves a 1920 21 aerial appropriation of 1415000 to establish a coast to coast air mail route. Letters could move from New York to San Francisco in about 38 hours with 2 cent postage, via a straight flight plan. Existing segments include New York Philadelphia and Cleveland Chicago Omaha with stops, with expansion toward Reno Sacramento and San Francisco and later New Orleans. Twin and single motor De Haviland planes are ordered for the service.
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Washington
Sam
Congress
Uncle Sam
Air Mall
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Bellefonte
Chicago
Bryan
Ohio
Omaha
Iowa City
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
New Orleans
South Omaha
Ogallala
John Johnson
Wakefield
Kearney
Lincoln Highway
Nebraska
Osborne
Board of Equalization
Onaria
Nebraska Pharmaceutical Association
Totel Rome
Dodge County
Dan Cupid
Bross
Strode
Joseph H. Presson
Ewing
Croesus
Kansas
Beatrice
Pender
Thurston
L. H. Earhart
Federal Reserve Bank
Russell Sage Foundation
Montana
Pullman Co
State Railway Commission
Lincoln
Wilson
Thomas L. Matters
First National Bank of
Sutton
Emma Heimers
Howe
Bank of
Air mail grows as planes replace coaches on major routes
The post office expands air service using 650 and 400 pound moose mail planes and 1,500 pound Morse and Martin craft on New York Cleveland and Cleveland Chicago routes. Since starting May 15 1918 the system adds routes and planes, with pilots lost and rapid delivery touted for higher revenue.
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Martin
Thomas Morse
New York
Cleveland
Washington
Chicago
Chicago-St. Louis
Post Office Department
Uncle Sam
Italian Prince Blasts Canal Using Vast Explosives
Rome reports Prince Caetani directed a daring project to create a canal by blasting from Lake Caprolace to the Mediterranean. The operation used fifty tons of explosives and twelve hundred bombs to connect Fogliano and Caprolace with the sea, expanding fishing access for the Roman market.
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Gelasio Caetani
Prince Caetani
Col di Lana
Lake
Caprolace
Mediterranean Sea
Sermoneta
Campagna
Terracina
Monaci
Fogliano
Mediterranean
Concrete Bird Home Aims To Shelter Wildlife In West Chester
Dr. B H Warren builds a concrete tree on his lawn in West Chester Pennsylvania to house birds. A 15 foot high wire frame supports holes of various sizes to attract nests and rests. A large concrete bath at the base provides running water and imitation limbs offer perches.
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Philadelphia
B. H. Warren
West Chester
Brown names dominate Stockdale school roll in Pike County
In Stockdale Ohio Pike County the commencement at the Stockdale school will feature five of eight graduates named Brown Hazel Robert John Ethel and Margaret.
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Portsmouth, O
Stockdale
Pike County
Brown
Hazel
Robert
John
Ethel
Margaret
Thieves Stripped Distillery in Maryland Warehouse
Thieves on their sixteenth visit raided the Fair Chance distillery warehouse in Gansville Maryland taking 45 barrels of liquor. The theft valued between 30000 and 40000 dollars, with the distillery cited as one of the most robbed whisky warehouses in the United States.
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Gansville
United States
Stradivari Violin Found in Tennessee Attic
Parrottsville resident H C Blazer discovered a 1719 Stradivari violin in his attic after dusting away fifty years of neglect. The instrument bears a faded internal inscription and its origin remains a mystery to the family.
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Parrottsville
Tenn
H. C. Blazer
Blazer
Crocodile Eggs Hoax Triggers Peppermint Rush
In Newcastle a prankster spread a tale that eggs sold for five cents were crocodile eggs from Egypt and poisonous. A citywide panic followed with many women rushing to drugstores seeking peppermint cures. The eggs, it was later said, came from Denmark.
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London
Newcastle
Egypt
Denmark
England Opens First Artificial Silk Factory Near Derby
England inaugurates its first factory for artificial silk production near Derby, marking a milestone in textile manufacturing. The facility aims to expand synthetic textile output and boost regional industry.
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England
Derby
Giant Italian seaplane aims for Atlantic crossing
Gianni Caproni unveils a vast 100 passenger seaplane in New York powered by eight Liberty engines totaling nearly 3000 horsepower. Finishing touches near completion in Italy with tests planned on Lake Maggiore. Caproni expects experimental flights in about six weeks and notes safety improvements from redundant engines.
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New York
Gianni Caproni
Caproni
Lake Maggiore
Milan
Liberty
Mine in His Back Yard in Webb City
Webb City residents discover a mine behind Joseph Lewis’s Liberty Street home. An 80 foot shaft reveals lead and zinc deposits with the lead covering expenses. In the past week Lewis shipped a carload of zinc ore from the site.
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Webb City
Joseph Lewis
Liberty Street
Lewis
Talk May Be Cheap But Parrots Cost a Lot
A brief item notes that while talk is cheap, good parrots are expensive, highlighting the contrast between rhetoric and rare, high quality birds. The piece mentions buyers seeking valued birds and price sensitivity in the market.
Moments With Mark Twain editor on turnips and trees
An anecdote from Albert Bigelow Paine recounts a skeptical reader testing Paine’s editorial authority. The man questions an agricultural column, misinterprets the line about shaking a tree for turnips, and storms out in frustration, revealing tensions over editorial intent.
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Albert Bigelow Paine
Mark Twain
Forest Resources Threatened by Overcutting
The United States cuts about 80 billion cubic feet of lumber annually valued near 2 billion dollars. Growth cannot keep pace, forests shrinking westward toward Washington and the Pacific, with railroad ties driving demand. About 200 million acres are national forest land, and the government spends over 5 million yearly to protect and cultivate them.
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United States
Washington
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Porto Rico
Giving to Get and the paradox of cooperative work
A Murray Springer quote from Forbes Magazine contrasts the "nose to grindstone" mindset with giving to get. It argues many men are narrow selfish in business yet become intelligent selfishness when taught to delegate, discovering that true cooperation yields more for all involved.
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Onder
Murray Springer
Forbes Magazine
Four graves with real grass on display in Commons tea room
In the British House of Commons tea room four graves with real grass are shown as an exhibit. Models of war graves prepared for the war graves commission are displayed so members can view the intended cemetery designs and memorials for battlefield plots in France.
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House of Commons
War Graves Commission
France
Peculiar Conduct In A Train Stop
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet shows a exchanged quip about naming a town. The visitor teases the native while the local questions the traveller’s purpose and ticket, noting a mistaken stop on a train. The exchange captures comic face saving over travel.
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Sam Hill
Birmingham Age-Herald
Fainting and Dizziness Claims Woman’s Recovery
Syracuse resident Mrs. R. E. Deming credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with easing fainting spells during the Change of Life. She reports improved health after about twelve bottles and urges others to try the remedy, noting its lack of narcotics and reliance on native roots and herbs.
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Syracuse
Lydia E. Pinkham
R. E. Deming
Lafayette Ave
N. Y
Igus E. Pinkham
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