High Seas Brutality Faces New York Trial
The captain and mate of a California sailing vessel are to stand trial in federal district court in New York for the murder of seaman Alex Hansen. They allegedly manhandled Hansen until he fell overboard and perished. The case tests seaman protection and echoes the era of brutal maritime discipline once described by Dana.
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California
Federal District Court of
New York
Alex Hansen
Hansen
Alert
Dana
Living Wages for Teachers in Prosperous Times
The piece argues teachers deserve higher salaries amid rising living costs and slow wage growth. It notes Superintendent Gill faces many applicants asking for hundreds more than Quincy can pay and questions why educators should earn the same as unskilled labor. It calls for fair wages during prosperity and reconstruction.
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Gill
Quincy
City
Elise Bartlett
Fulton Theatre
Union City
Tenn
Paris
S. J. Kaufman
Flo
Grateful to All of Them for Homecoming Honor
Quincy voices gratitude to all veterans of the war, stressing that homecomings honored both the 33rd boys and naval reserve units. The community says the invitation to “soldiers and sailors” includes every unit, avoiding implied partiality and emphasizing shared glory and service to a grateful nation.
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Uincy
Quincy
Naval Reserve
Tenth Division
What is the United States population in 1919 quiz
The Quincy Whig Information Bureau provides a Q A page with varied questions and answers. It states the U S population on July 1 1919 excluding insular possessions as 106871294 with 10735900 in the islands. It covers topics from railroad length to Roosevelt riding miles and other misc trivia.
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United States
Bureau of Census
Insular
Islands
Indiana and Northern Railroad
Myler
South Bend
Roosevelt
Washington
Warrenton
Teeter the Spotted Sandpiper Guards Nest Beside Laughing Brook
Peter Rabbit nearly steps on four white eggs marked with dark blotches as Teeter the Spotted Sandpiper explains the pebbly sand nest is camouflaged from predators. Mrs. Teeter positions herself to protect the clutch, noting the danger only comes when someone inadvertently steps nearby.
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Peter
Peter Rabbit
Longbill
Teeter
Mrs. Teeter
Redwing's Secret Four More Deaths Revive Toll
Wilkes Barre Pa June 7 Four more deaths among injured miners push the Baltimore tunnel disaster death toll to seven. Fifty others burned or maimed are in hospitals or at home. nine are in practically hopeless condition.
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Wilkes Barre
Baltimore
German peace delegate leaves Versailles for Germany
By Associated Press Count Von Brockdorff Rantzau head of the German peace delegation departs Versailles this evening for Germany signaling a shift in the peace talks amid the postwar process.
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Associated Press
Versailles
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Germany
Eighth of June Through Historic Monarchs and Mutinies
A historical digest dated June eighth covers Mohammed death in 632 and the Black Prince in 1376, the little dauphin in 1795, the Jhansi mutiny of 1857, and the 1793 British orders that escalated tensions with the United States and France, nearly igniting war.
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Mohammed
Edward Prince of Wales
Black Prince
France
Dauphin
Louis XVI
Paris
Jhansi
India
Great Britain
America
United States
Electrical Workers Strike Called Off
Springfield I June 7 The secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says the big strike is off after Postmaster General Burleson freed telegraph and telephone systems. Fifteen locals would have agreed with companies a month ago. now local strikes may occur as companies are free.
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Springfield
Charles P. Ford
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Burleson
Ford
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