Soil scars from war yield deep plowing in France
A Long Island railroad agricultural director reports that trench and shellhole upheaval has exposed deep soil rich in minerals and organic matter, aiding fertility. French farmers adopt tractors, shared syndicates, and careful cultivation to restore fields, with resilience and industrious households shaping recovery.
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New York
France
Belgium
American Committee For
Hall, Fullerton
Long Island Railroad
America
England
Fullerton
US government spending for year totals over six trillion dollars
Treasury preliminary figures show ordinary expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30 at 6.403 trillion dollars. Public debt payments push the grand total to 23.441 trillion, with War Department leading ordinary outlays at 1.611 trillion and railroads under federal control accounting for 1.087 trillion. Navy and Shipping Board follow, while July proves the heaviest month and February the lightest for outlays.
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Washington
Treasury
War Department
Navy
Shipping Board
Movies for Schools Plan Aims at National Program
Washington A movie machine in every public school aims to aid education for children nationwide. The Visual Educational Association has opened headquarters and will seek congressional funds to match state spending, with costs shared equally by federal and state governments. Estimated total cost around 19,600,000 dollars, to be funded in installments.
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Washington
Im of the Visual Educational Association
Congress
Hen at Washington station sets long egg laying record
A hen at the Western Washington experiment station in Puyallup, Washington, reportedly laid one egg daily for 78 consecutive days. On the seventy-ninth day she produced a double egg of unusual size, described as a record.
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Tacoma
Wash
Western Washington Experiment Station
Puyallup
Writ-Server Strips Horse From Bucyrus Junk Dealer
Sam Page, a Bucyrus junk dealer, found his horse harness missing after leaving his wagon outside a butcher shop. Constable Adolph Rinker had served a replevin while the owner was away buying meat, the horse standing calmly between the shafts.
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Bucyrus
Sam Page
Adolph Rinker
English and American shirt habits clash in a lively London note
A London haverdashery tale contrasts English clothing customs with American coat shirts. Shoppers debate collar button placement and coat shirt practicality while a group discusses habits, manners, and speech. The piece blends humor with observations of wartime fashion and social norms.
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London
Find Petrified Monster in Utah Rocks
A petrified monster fish about fifty feet long was discovered encased in rocks in Garfield county Utah about seventy miles from Panguitch Salt Lake City report.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Garfield County
Pangultch
Rail commissions rejects one way ticket rule request
The New Jersey utilities commission denied a committee proposal by railroad representatives from Erie Jersey Central and Pennsylvania to limit one way tickets to the day of issue. It upheld statutory rule that passenger tickets, except excursion and reduced price tickets, remain valid until used.
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Trenton
Fihile Utilities Commission
Erie, Jersey Central
Pennsylvania
United States
New Jersey
BRIDES MUST GO TO SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA
Sacramento official says no law prevents under sixteen brides from marrying but they must attend school full time unless a physician certifies disability or no local school is reachable.
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Sacramento
Cal
WM C. Woods
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wood
Aviator Seasick Over Pacific and Korean Air Turbulence
Tokyo-Lieutenant Ferrarin, one of two Italian airmen flying from Home to Tokyo, endured severe air turbulence over Korea that left him seasick the first time in his flying career. He recalled the craft pitching like a boat in a heavy swell and noted a later moment near Asia Minor, about 100 miles from Aleppo, where Arab rebels subjected him to heavy gunfire.
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Tokyo
Ferrarin
Korea
Asia Minor
Aleppo
Wife Nagged on Trolley Conductor Wins Divorce
William L. Stockfleth obtained a divorce from Alice V. Stockfleth in San Francisco Superior Court. He testified that his wife would board his street car and berate him for answering passenger questions, and that she never paid fares during her alleged nagging expeditions.
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William L. Stockfleth
Alice V. Stockfleth
Morgan's Court
San Francisco
Stockfleth
Paria to London Flights Grow in June
Paris France reports a rise in aerial navigation noting 872 flights between Paria and London during June. The Mafin highlights expanding air routes and increased travel demand, reflecting broader growth in international air service.
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Paria
London
Paris
France
Parable of a Prodigal Father
An unnamed author retells a modern moral parable in the form of a father and his two sons. The younger seeks time, counsel, and companionship while the father funds prep school, dance classes, and college, then pursues a life in business and politics. After misadventure and isolation, the father seeks reconciliation, but the son laments wasted chances and declares it too late.
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House
Congress
Tent School Brings Hope to Albanian Children
In Tirana Albania over 3200 Junior Red Cross students attend a large tent school many are orphans and hungry. the American Red Cross support helps provide books pencils and aid. A new vocational training building will reopen soon to teach trades and enable education after years of war.
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Tirana
Albania
Red Cross
American Red Cross
America
Bishop Sumner Says Prohibition Cut Bridewell Prisoners
Bishop Walter T. Sumner of Oregon returned to Chicago and preached at the Bridewell. He told the Chicago Herald-Examiner that prohibition reduced Sunday prison attendance from 1500–2000 to about 600, and attributed the drop to prohibition.
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Walter T. Sumner
Oregon
Chicago
Chicago House of Correction
Bridewell
Chicago Herald-Examiner
A Worthwhile Job Do It Better World Talk
A pessimist argues he could improve the world but the optimist says that is exactly why they are here. They decide to start work immediately to make a better world.
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London
Walter Hagen
W. Pett Ridge
John Hay
Hay
England
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