Ancient City Found on Isle Royale by Ferguson
Archaeologist William P. Ferguson of Franklin Pennsylvania announced the discovery of ruins on Isle Royale Michigan, dating 1000 to 2000 years old. He plans a summer expedition to explore semi underground dwellings and copper mining traces on the southern island.
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Duluth
Minn
William P. Ferguson
Franklin
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
Michigan
Ferguson
Gilman
Man Traces 300 Mile Journey With Family
Ralph de Witt of Sparta Missouri and his wife towed a small cart with a dog as they traveled over 300 miles to reach Arkansas river cotton fields. They left home with only six dollars in their pockets while hauling all belongings themselves.
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Ralph de Witt
Sparta
Arkansas River
Young woman defends taxi license in quirky encounter
A tall woman at Seventh Avenue and Thirteenth Street in New York challenges a taxi driver over a traffic complaint. The driver accuses her of lying and questions her license. She produces the license from her stocking after a tense exchange.
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Seventh Avenue
Thirteenth Street
New York
Air Mail Expansion Promises New York to San Francisco Route
The article notes a twenty eight hour air mail service promised between New York and San Francisco, with plans to extend to interior Alaska. It states air routes are being mapped and that 2,000,000 miles have been flown without a fatality in postal service operations.
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New York
San Francisco
Alaska
Aged Woman in County Home Made Own Wine
An eighty one year old woman at the Muskogee county old folks home in Oklahoma was found to have a complete wine making setup hidden under her bed and several quarts of finished wine. Officials kept her name private but alleged she stole the grapes from the county farm.
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Mr. Ferguson
Siskiwitt Lake
Gilman
Muskogee
Okla
Mute Boy Gains Speech After Tent Revival Prayers
Ten year old Clarence Mee Atee, mute since birth, reportedly spoke for the first time after praying at an altar during Pentecostal revival services conducted by evangelist Mrs. Ida Tribet of Sturgis Michigan in Clarksburg West Virginia. Local observers say the boy had never spoken before.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Clarence Mee- Atee
Ida Tribet
Sturgis
Mich
Danish King Grants Austrian Girl Wish To Stay
In Copenhagen Mitzi Wolf Shickinger, nine, daughter of an Austrian colonel killed on the Italian frontier, wished to stay in Denmark. Foster parents pleaded adoption. King Christian granted a royal reprieve, promising she may become a Danish girl when she wishes.
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Mitzi Wolf-Shickinger
Mitzi
Denmark
Vienna
Copenhagen
Christian
Australian War Loss 58850 Deaths Abroad
The Commonwealth statistician reports mortality among soldiers absent from Australia in World War I at about 7 percent per year, with 58,850 total deaths abroad. Comparisons are given to South Africa 1899 1902 and Crimea 1854 55 campaigns, illustrating higher wartime death rates than earlier British forces.
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Europe
Sydney
Australia
Commonwealth Statistician
Squirrel Causes Power Outage Across Eight Towns
In Marlboro Massachusetts a gray squirrel was electrocuted by a high voltage wire causing a short circuit. Electric plants serving Marlboro and seven nearby towns including Southboro Northboro and Westboro shut down for three hours.
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Marlboro
Mass
Southboro
Northboro
Westboro
Packerville Cloud Digger Predicts Harsh Winter Ahead
A Packerville weather prophet known as the Cloud Digger predicts a cold winter from December 1922 into March 1923 with many gales storms and heavy snows and floods. He cites animal activity nuts and planetary conditions as indications and warns those who mocked last year’s mild winter. A separate note tells of a wedding ring lost 27 years ago found and returned in Trenton by a neighbor during porch construction.
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Packerville
Conn
Galveston
California
Jamaica
French West Indies
America
Trenton
N. J
Conrad Margraf
Genesee Street
George Schroeder
Beatty Street
Schroeder
Margraf
Monster devil fish captured by local fishermen
Gulfport, Mississippi observers watched a giant devil fish hauled in by Charles Swanson and Harold Oscinach during a shrimp trawl. The creature spans 18 feet across and 13 feet long with estimated weight between 2,000 and 8,500 pounds.
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Gulfport
Miss
Charles Swanson
Harold Oscinach
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Dane King
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Adelaide Durant
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Spirin
Ccept
Bayer
Jud Tunkins
Washington Star
Lumbago
Wang
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