Young aviator Owen Barber learns aviation on Yakima flight
An 11 year old from 1728 11th Ave joins aviation work at Aviator Rudolph Ehrlichman’s aerial station. He earned $1 a minute for flight time and instrument practice from Yakima to Corfu Washington with pilot Ehrlichman. He hoped to become an aviator and kept calm during a bumpy first trip despite engine trouble forcing a stop 100 miles from Yakima.
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Owen
Ehriichman
Hood River
Ore
Stunta
Yakima
Corfu
Wash
Macy
Owen Edwin Barber, Jr
Rudolph Ehrlichman
Rudolph L. Ehbrichman
11Th Ave
O. BE. Barber
Chilcott-Nash Motor Company
Prisoners in Carolina Town Create Legal Standoff
Richland county jail holds three prisoners who cannot be kept or released. The Atlanta federal prison seeks 40 more in the same limbo. A former New York judge, jailed in Atlanta, influenced a habeas order by Judge Sibley to return the men to Columbia for sentence review, but no facility can take them.
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Columbia
Richland County
Atlanta
New York
Samuel H. Sibley
Sibley
Georgia
History Professor Dr Hart Visits Chamber Luncheon
Dr Albert Bushnell Hart former Harvard history professor and Congressman John J Lentz Ohio joined the Chamber of Commerce luncheon guest program. They toured in support of the Moose educational campaign for children and spoke on the development of Moose lodge children's institutions.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
Chamber of Commerce
Hart
John J. Lentz
Ohio
Moose
Seattle
Moose Lodge
Three-Legged Dog Receives War Medal in Philadelphia
A three legged dog that served in France as a mascot for the 109th infantry was decorated in Philadelphia. The animal had a leg shot off and received a silver medal from the South Germantown Business Men's association.
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Philadelphia
France
109Th Infantry
South Germantown Business Men's Association
Mexican Soldiers Rob Americans
Eight American passengers on a Tampico to San Luis Potosi train were robbed of $200 and personal property. The robbery was carried out by about 60 Mexican federal soldiers, per the U.S. State Department via the San Luis Potosi consul.
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Washington
Tampico
San Luis Potosi
State Department
Indian Buries Daughter in His Back Yard
Mary Rain-in-the-Pace, daughter of Spoon Decorah a Winnebago Civil War veteran, is buried in her father's backyard in Tomah Wisconsin. Decorah known as John Sherman due to white naming, says he placed the grave at home rather than churchyard to keep her close on moonlit nights. The family, prominent among Winnebago Nebraska Wisconsin lines, traces ancestry to Glory-of-the-Morning.
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Tomah
Wis
Mary Rain-in-the-Pace
Spoon Decorah
John Sherman
Third
Wisconsin Regimental Infantry
Sherman
Mary-Rain In-The
Glory-of-the-Morning
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Indiana
Timber deal near Marshfield nets Hines large mill and timber tract
In Marshfield Oregon on July 28, reports say Edward A. Hines the Chicago lumber millionaire is close to purchasing the Buehner Lumber Companys large mill and a substantial adjacent timber tract. The deal would total several million dollars.
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Marshfield
Ore
Edward A. Hines
Chicago Lumberman
Buehner Lumber Company
Lagre
Hines
Buehner
Woman Drowns in Pail During Floor Scrub Incident
Liverpool coroner records Edith Murray a 39 year old woman who drowned after her head slipped into a pail of water while she scrubbed a floor. The inquest notes she was prone to fits and the accident occurred at her home.
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Liverpool
England
Edith Murray
Parisians Spend Heavily on Summer Dresses
Paris fashion houses report a surge in orders with wealthy customers fueling long hours. Postwar demand has Parisians buying lighter, more delicate gowns as shops struggle to keep up with the rush.
Brother-in-Law of President Wilson Rushed East
Dr Stockton Axton brother-in-law of President Wilson was rushed east from Los Angeles yesterday after a nervous breakdown that forced him to give up his work as a special lecturer at the Southern California branch of the University of California.
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Los Angeles
Stockton Axton
Wilson
Southern California
University of California
Washington Game Resources Strained by Growing Demand
The seventh annual report by State Game Warden L H H Darwin to Governor Hart shows rising hunting and fishing licenses from 96 350 in 1913 to 171 009 in 1919 an increase of 77 percent. It notes large fry plantings 24 508 835 trout fry and 12 000 120 steelhead fry plus 1 627 upland game birds released from the WalIa Walla farm. Counties King Skagit Snohomish Stevens plus others engaged in releases and 707 trappers licenses were issued in 1919, up 207 percent from 1918.
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Olympia
Washington
L. HH. Darwin
Louis F. Hart
Darwin
Walla Walla
King, Skagit
Snohomish
Stevens
King County
Rays Harbor
Island
Handball Keeps Hattie Dixon Entertained in Death Cell
OSSINING N Y July 23 Mrs Hattie Dixon condemned to die spends the day playing handball in the women s death house at Bing Sing bouncing the ball against the cell wall. She dismisses news of an appeal as funny and resumes her game.
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Ossining
N. Y
Hattie Dixon
Bing Sing
Lunde Backers Arrive With Film for Amundsen North Pole Quest
Ferdinand Lunde and Gustave Lunde arrive in New York with scientific instruments motion picture film and other supplies for Captain Roald Amundsen. They join the expedition bring 16 sacks of mail for the explorer as he renews his attempt to reach the North Pole.
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New York
Raald Amundsen
North Pole
Ferdinand Lunde
Gustave Lunde
Amundsen
Freckle-Face Remedy Promises Clear Complexion
Sun and wind bring out freckles and a guaranteed remedy claims to remove them at no cost if it fails. An ounce of Othine double strength from any druggist is said to quickly fade freckles with a money back guarantee. Rarely more than one ounce needed for severe cases.
If you value your watch let Haynes repair it
A terse classified like note reads repair services offered by Haynes located next to the Liberty Theatre. It positions a watch repair option near a known landmark and hints at local business presence.
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Haynes
Liberty Theatre
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Wanda Hawley
Carmen Phillips
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The
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U. S. Secret Service
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S. S. Whatcom
Colman Dock
Whatcom
San Juan Islands
S. S. Sioux
Puget Sound
Puget Sound Navigation Co
Carolina Town
Paris
Dasli
United Painless
Dentists
Third Ave
Me Grote
Brunswick
New Brunswick
Paul Bieses
Bernard
Kamplain
Gal
Wayside Cross
Criterion” Quartette
Theo Karle
Virginia Rea
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Union Street
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