The Romance and Risks of Diving Work Across Oceans
A veteran diver describes the dangers and skills of underwater work. He details depths reached, from 180 to 204 feet, the life of helpers above, and close calls with a hammer and a tangled air hose. The piece notes equipment limits, eel and seal encounters, and advances like pneumatic tools and navy diver training.
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Cape Colony
Hooper
Cape Horn
South America
A. Brostarbe
Cape Finisterre
Sapothesae A
Lambert
Alfonso XII
Donovan
Baltimore Harbor
Halifax
United States Navy
Coming Bankers Convention Sets Early Omaha Dates
All Nebraska bankers schedule the annual Nebrask a Bankers association convention in Omaha for August 26 and 27 with an elaborate program and entertainment. Committees from Franklin Alliance Justis and Omaha will join regional delegates in Minneapolis August 7 to plan a year of concerted action promoting scientific agricultural methods and productive farming.
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Bankers
Douglas County
Nebrawska Bankers’ Association
Omaha
Bankers of
Northwest
Carson Hildreth
Franklin
S. Karrick
Alliance
L. P. Sommon
Justis
Association
C. I. McGrew
W.T. Graham
Waurel
C.F. Gund
Blue Hill
W. A Bucklin
Long Pine
J. R. Cain, Jr
Chinese Brides in Hawaii Stir Okinawa Labor Debate
A Baltimore American excerpt reports Kauai sugar planter W P Harcourt complaining about Chinese exclusion in Hawaii. He notes Chinese workers old age, few wives, and Japanese brides brought over via consuls to Hawaii. The piece describes picture brides from Yokohama and a deported Japanese maid with trachoma.
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Kauai
Hawaii
W .P. Harcourt
Honolulu
Yokohama
Baltimore American
Splendid Outlook for Western Canada Crops
The article surveys crop prospects across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It notes 16 million acres of wheat oats barley and flax with 6 million acres likely wheat, suggesting a record harvest potential. Reports from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba indicate good rains and strong yields, with expectations of a 250 million bushel wheat crop and a historically large harvest if weather holds.
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Thias
Central
Canada
Manitoba
Sas ‘Katchewan
Alberta
Staten “the Union
Saskatchewan
West
Gold Fish Tales Capture May's Political Whimsy
A whimsical account parodies political lore as Congressman Plumley recalls losing a watch and a $20 gold piece to a fish, later claiming a catch yielded the pieces plus 30 cents in interest, while Fish Commissioner Bowers jokes about thrift propaganda and the fish story season.
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Congressman Plumley
Vermont
Mnien
Bowers
Washington
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Joe Chapple
Not Fitting Military Music Chords Debate
A comment on harmony contrasts minor chords with a military music preference for majors, noting an effective minor chord does not fit the military music rule. The exchange highlights tonal expectations in uniform tunes.
Navy Enlistee Dies in Accidental Self Inflicted Wound
Orville White an 18 year old navy recruit died at his mother Mrs T B Carrell s home in University Place after a pistol misfire. Witnesses say White and a younger brother were shooting at a target when a shell stuck in the Army pistol exploded as White turned the barrel toward his heart.
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Lancaster County
Orville White
T. B. Carrell
University Place
United States Navy
White
Fatal Runaway Accident Claims Rural Mail Carrier
Johnson County records a fatal runaway crash involving Crab Orchard post office carrier Harry Walrod. His team spooked by a bicycle and threw him from the carriage, fracturing his skull. Rescued by farmer O F Hunt, Walrod continued delivering mail until he succumbed to his injuries Monday evening despite surgery.
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Johnson County
Harry Walrod
Crab Orchard
Walrod
O. F Hunt
Notable Auburn Doctor Dies Suddenly in Office
Nemaha County physician I N Houston a longtime Auburn medical figure collapsed and died of heart failure in his office after an evening meal and brief work at the telephone. He was in good health prior to the incident and had supped with his family.
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Nemaha County
I. N. Houston
Auburn
Franklin County Bonds Backed Railroad Plan by Wide Margin
A Franklin County special election approved bonds to aid the Dakota Kansas and Gulf railroad. The vote was 197 in favor to 33 against, a margin of roughly six to one.
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Franklin County
Franklin
Dakota-Kansas & Gulf Railroad
Four Year Old Killed by Timber in Platte County
Claude Howard aged four died after a heavy timber rolled onto him while workers raised the German Reformed church in Platte County. The incident occurred during construction and prompted an investigation into the accident.
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Platte County
Claude Howard
Clerk Follows Mother's Call to England After 31 Years
W H Field district court clerk of Madison county sailed to England to visit his aged mother whom he has not seen since leaving England thirty one years ago. She is over eighty and in declining health.
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England
Madison County
W. H. Field
Pioneer Burt County settler dies in runaway at Lyons
Nels Hanson one of Burk county's first settlers was instantly killed at his Lyons home when a runaway team crashed. His wife and grandson were seriously injured and not expected to survive.
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Burt County
Nels Hanson
Burk County
Lyons
Auto wreck injures four occupants in Phelps County crash
Four people were thrown from an automobile when driver Jay Roberts tried to pass a team and ditched the car. Minor injuries were reported. Secretary Whitten of the Commercial Club asked Governor Woodrow Wilson to start his national campaign in the city. Separately in Douglas County Reed Fairbanks aged three fell from a moving Union Pacific passenger train four miles west of Fremont and escaped with only slight injuries.
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Phelps County
Jay Roberts
Whitten
Commercial Club
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Douglas County
Reed
Fairbanks
L.R. Fairbanks
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Fremont
Newark Man Reclaims Lost Broadway Ten Dollar Bill
A ten dollar bill lost on Broadway October 11 returned to owner John F J Sheehan of Newark after eight months with Police Commissioner Waldo. Over 1,000 applicants sought the money, which William Flen ger of Berlin Germany turned in after it blew into his face at Forty second street and Broadway. Sheehan provided witnesses to support his claim.
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New York
Broadway
Waldo
John F. J. Sheehan
Newark
N. J
William Flenger
Berlin
Germany
Forty-second Street
Sheehan
City Enriched by Raid on Coin Machines
Pittsburg detectives seized hundreds of slot machines during a raid described as a decisive action to enforce law. Officials reportedly gathered nickels with a dishpan as machines were destroyed and the county gained hundreds of dollars in the process.
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County
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Wind Carries Girl Ten Miles In Storm
A ten year old girl was swept ten miles by a wind during a Nebraska storm and was dropped unharmed in a grove. Her father carried her to safety after the incident.
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Carriles
O'Neil
Neb
L. Ge Carley
Sliding plate prevents mice entering planos
A simple sliding plate mounted on a pedal seals the opening to planos to keep mice out. The device covers the entry as the pedal is operated, providing a practical trapdoor style safeguard.
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Planos
Married man ponders heaven despite wash days at home
The remark suggests a humorous view that domestic chores like wash days and house cleaning seasons affect a man’s perception of heaven, highlighting household life as a defining daily burden.
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Tigo
Florida
Mr. Eel
Nebraska
Bend
New York Police
Hostetter
Teresi
Lawtey
Weason
Earold Somers
DeKalb Ave
Brockiyn
Lincoln, NO
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