First Transatlantic Air Flight Sparks World Change Vision
A speculative essay celebrates the first air crossing as a turning point for commerce and culture. It foresees ocean airlines shrinking distances, Anglicizing tongues, and a future of cities in the sky aided by sun powerhouses and magnetic transport, with humanity embracing new ways to travel, live, and exchange news.
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Neptune
Sahara
Ocean Airlines
Julies Vérne
Airbus
Aburban
Lion Miles
Jupiter
Earth
Marenail Plant
International Rayroad
Wil
Zanzibar
Saturn
Reds plan July 4 spectacle prompts security sweep
Washington reports circulated that a July 4 demonstration by "Reds" follows May-day and June 2 bomb outrages, with officials tightening measures. Immigration officials discuss a federal registration system to track aliens as Congress moves to bolster anti menace actions. Surveillance targets suspected Reds houses nationwide amid heightened precaution.
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Washington
United Press
Congress
Caminetti
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
A. Mitchell Palmer
New York
Philadelphia
Earthquakes Shake Seattle City Area
Two distinct shocks lasting about ten seconds rattled King County with the second stronger. The tremors were felt around 10 30 p m in Seattle and reached Snoqualmie Falls North Bend and Buckley about 40 miles away. Furniture glass and windows were shaken. police and stations saw crowds seeking information as the seismograph at the University of Washington did not record the temblor.
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King County
Seattle
Snoqualmie Falls
North Bend
Buckley
University of Washington
Boy Scout Drive Planned to Boost Membership
Sunday marks the start of a Seattle campaign led by Reginald H. Parsons and C. Beck to lift local Boy Scout membership from 400000 to 1000000. Each member pays $1 to fund the movement with Seattle aiming for 4000 new members and a series of exhibitions and stunts to showcase Scout work.
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Reginald H. Parsons
Boy Scout Council
C. Beck
Seattle
Bouck Named Head of Washington Grange Reelected
In Port Angeles on June 6 William Bouck appears to be reelected master of the Washington state grange as the 1919 convention nears its close. Aberdeen won the bid to host the 1920 convention, defeating King County Pullman and Vancouver by a large margin.
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Port Angeles
William Bouck
Washington State Grange
Aberdeen
King County
Pullman
Vancouver
Man With Bee In His Bonnet Promises Busy Life
A proverb suggests a person with a persistent idea or obsession is likely to keep a busy, active livelihood. It frames ambition as a driver of ongoing work and enterprise.
Defies Hoodoo in the Spy's Jewels
Mrs Frances Thorn of San Francisco wears $10,000 worth of jewels linked to Mata Hari the dancer spy executed by France. Thorn bought the pieces from an Armenian woman who acquired them from the dancer.
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Frances Thorn
San Francisco
Mata Hari
Germany
Mra
Thorn
Clements Receives Osamarine Decoration from Turkey
Colin C. Clements, university graduate and American Committee for Relief in the Near East member, is awarded the Osamarine for services to Turkey. He is an authority on Oriental literature and a noted magazine writer.
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Colin C. Clements
American Committee For Relief In the
Near East
Turkey
Comittee
Southeast telegraph strike claims 95 percent out
United Press reports strike leaders say at least 95 percent of Western Union workers in the Southeast have followed President Rennekamp's order. Rail operators refuse to handle Western Union business at way stations as reports of out activity flood in from Winston-Salem, New Orleans, Tampa, Knoxville, Spartansburg, Moultrie, Rome, Birmingham, and Savannah.
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Atlanta
United Press
Western Union
J. Renenkamp
Charles F. Mann
International Third
Postal Telegraph Company
Mann
Winston-Salem
N. C
New Orleans
Tampa
Knoxville
Spartansburg
Watchman Found Dead at Brace and Hergert Mill
W. J. Spooner, nightwatchman at Brace and Hergert mill, was found dead on a conveyor to the boiler room early Friday by worker James McGrath. It was his first day on the job. police suspect heart failure. The body lies at the morgue as authorities search for his brother F. H. Spooner.
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W. J. Spooner
Brace and Hergert
James McGrath
Spooner
F. H. Spooner
Belief in Nothing or Understandable Only
The quote suggests some people dismiss faith or unseen forces, equating belief with understanding. It contrasts epistemic limits with confidence in what can be grasped, implying skepticism toward metaphysical claims.
Burleson Wires Return Sparkes Flimflam Debate
Washington June 6. Senate Interstate Commerce panel probes Burleson order returning wire operations to private owners while retaining control. Kingsbury argues the postmaster general still holds authority via the wire control board and that the order is merely operational. Kellogg and others press for legislation to reassign physical properties and set rate terms, with talks of a fixed adjustment period from 60 days to six months.
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Washington
United Press
Burleson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
N.C. Kingsbury
American Telegraph and Telephone Co
Wire Control Board
Senator Kelloge
Senator Watson
Kingsbury
Post Office Department
Publicity Bureau
Kellogg
Postmaster General
Fernald
Maine
Saleury
House
Senate Inter-State Commerce
Congress
Cummins
Representative Beck
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committees
Esch
Fiest
Koons
Last Concert Next Thursday by City Orchestra
The Seattley Symphony marks its final spring concert at the Masonic Temple Auditorium next Thursday night. Baritone Kirk Towns delivered selections with solid finish and the program opened with Goldmark Rustic Wedding Suite. Rhapsodie by Lalo and Carnival by Dvorak followed, with Towns performing the Vision Fugitive from Heredidade, plus three songs and an encore to close.
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Seattley Symphony
Masonic Temple
Kirk Towns
New York
Fulljtein
Goldmark
Lalo
Dvorak
Towns
Red Transport Taken by British in Gulf Encounter
Stockholm dispatch reports a Russian transport captured after clashes in the Gulf of Finland between Russian and British warships. The following day six Russian warships reportedly fled after a half hour encounter with British naval forces.
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London
Stockholm Today
Gulf of Finland
Beating After Shooting Ends With Injuries at Brown Home
James Burns, 40, engineer on the steamer Teko, is in a hospital with skull fracture and head injuries after a late Thursday confrontation at Everard Brown’s 1 E Spring St home. Brown, 21, has a bullet wound to the cheek and neck and beat Burns after a dispute over a $2 loan. Police and detectives investigate as Brown is released after treatment.
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James Burns
Teko
Everard Brown
Spring St
Brown
Burns
Taft Apartments
E. Springst
Walter BE. Brown
Everard
W. BE. Goodewin
Poice
Coal Dealers Convention Address Set by Seattle Engineer
George Watkin Eive ans of Seattle, engineer for the United States Bureau of Mines, will address the coal dealers at their convention on Friday about the different kinds of coal.
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George Watkin Eiveans
Seattle
United States Bureau of Mines
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