Sailor Captain Drake Spares Life for Solo 35-Foot Pilgrim
Captain Thomas Drake, 63, of Seattle, sails alone aboard his 35 foot schooner The Pilgrim built by his hands. Born in Gravesend England, he survived a Mexican bandit capture after his previous craft The Sir Francis wrecked on a reef. He plans Atlantic and Mediterranean sails before winter and aging.
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Portland
Maine
Thomas Drake
Seattle
Wash
Rover
Captain Drake
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Pacific
Indies
Golden Port
England
Gravesend
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Thames
London
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Sir Francis
Mexico
Frisco
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West Indies
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Drake
Joker Sends Hungry Mob to Strike Union Leader
New York cloak makers union tension escalates as a motley crowd invades the office of Louis Hyman, drafts a denunciation of Morris Sigman, and demands free lodging and food at a union building. Hyman blasts the intrusion and directs the mob toward Sigman, while authorities search for the unknown instigator.
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New York
Louis Hyman
Cloakmakers’ Union
Morris Sigman
Board
Sigman
Vigilantes Thwart Iowa Bank Bandits in Modale
The Modale bank robbery ends with Vigilantes and police pursuit across Iowa and into Omaha. Dave and Bray Harding, ages 44 and 23, grab 4500 dollars, shoot two men, and flee before being captured. a statewide system of alerts and a $1000 reward operate to corral criminals.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Dave
Bray Harding
Modale
Harding Brothers
Iowa Penitentiary
Dave Harding
Missouri River
Omaha
Iowa Vigilance Committee
Pat Carroll
Kansas
Little Sioux
Air Fatalities Reach Seventy Three in Eleven Months
The air force reports 73 deaths in eleven months with the air ministry attributing most to pilots errors in judgment.
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London
Air Ministry
Dormant season sprays guard orchards against scale insects
Colorado agricultural expert G M List notes dormant spraying safely uses oils and emulsions that mix with water to target scale insects such as San Jose European elm and cottony maple. Most spraying occurs in spring with some fall work. survey orchards, plan supplies, and use ready prepared oil sprays for best results.
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G. M. List
Colorado Agricultural College
Colorado
San Jose
Putnam
Control of scale insects by winter spray advised
The article warns that a past year’s purple scale setback does not guarantee safety. Even 1 or 2 percent live scale in June could lead to heavy infestation by harvest time. Orchardists should monitor Satsuma and orange trees and spray with oil emulsion promptly to protect fruit and maintain tree health.
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Satsuma
Winter Lime Sulphur Spray Gains Favor For Orchards
Winter spraying with lime sulphur is recommended to guard against San Jose scale fungus diseases and many bark inhabiting insects. The spray is inexpensive and easy to apply when other work allows. San Jose scale threatens trees, spreading slowly between trees but rapidly within a tree, with mites moving in the spring and birds and winds spreading them. Progeny from a single female can exceed 3,000,000 in one summer.
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San Jose
Horticultural Tips for Orchard Care and Cropping
Practical advice on tree pest control with borers and mice, pruning after leaf shed, choosing buckwheat as orchard cover, and noting the hardiness of red raspberries currants and gooseberries for farm use.
Volcanic Zones Across Oceans
Volcanic activity concentrates along major belts near the Pacific and Mediterranean regions. The Pacific margin hosts the strongest zone while a broad belt along the Mediterranean extends into the Atlantic. Narrower bands occur at the Caribbean margins and where mountains align with oceanic trenches.
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Atlantic
Pacific Basin
Pacific Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Dandelion Butter Color Sold Wide for 50 Years
The harmless vegetable butter color known as Dandelion has sold in drug stores and general stores for 85 cents per bottle. The product has been popular for half a century.
Whale stops liner by entangled propeller rescue
A French liner near Havana halted overnight as a sixty foot whale jammed in its propellers. At dawn the engines were reversed and the whale surfaced, having prevented a collision by blocking the ship’s advance.
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Havana
Politeness Quip Recalled from Stray Stories
A quotation from Stray Stories frames politeness as concealing true thoughts from others. The line features a father asking what politeness is and a reply that it is the art of hiding one’s opinions.
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