Passage Through Kiel Canal Reveals Armistice Inspection
British battleship Hercules with destroyers Verdun and Viceroy completed a perilous voyage through the Kiel Canal inspecting German bases and airship stations under the armistice. The voyage exposed neglected ships, cited discipline issues, and confirmed efforts to render submarines and ports compliant while reporting on inland conditions and station quality.
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Kiel Canal
London
Hercules
Verdun
Norderney
France
England
Nordholz Zeppelin
Submarine Commission
Bower
Hamburg
Bremen
Goetto
Verdict by Lot in Hawaii Chinese Gambling Case
A Honolulu court drew lots to decide the fate of 12 Chinese men charged with gambling after jurors could not agree. The act was condemned as illegal and reprehensible, but the jurors chose a not guilty verdict by selecting 12 Not Guilty slips from 24 ballot papers.
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Honolulu
Courts of
Hawai
Mann Tests Batteries in Brewer Building
Mave Licoyd Mann conducts a test of batteries inside the Brewer Building as part of a local trial or demonstration. The event centers on battery performance and building usage, with Mann presenting observations to attendees.
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Brewer Building
Molly Wellington Declares World Champion Hen
Molly Wellington, a hen in a tale titled DADDY'S EVENING FAIRY TALE, proclaims pride in her name and status. She discusses names, cleverness, and happiness with Miss Gray Hen, boasting a silver cup and a world record of laying three hundred twenty five eggs in the past year as the master praises her.
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Joan Molly Wellington
Molly Wellington
Miss May Tell
Miss Hen
Miss Gray Hen
Moody Wellington
Miss Graysen
Miss Gray Ten
Kng
Imine
HURLS SEEDS LONG DISTANCE IN NATURE STUDY
Dr Edward S Bigelow notes the witch hazel shoots its seeds with extraordinary force. Experiments show distances of 30 to 40 feet possible. The seed pods burst loudly as seeds are expelled, presenting potential danger if handled.
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Edward S. Bigelow
Nature
Pratt
Buys Life Ile
Seine
No Reason for Monopoly in Whale Dairy Plan
An Oregon agricultural official proposes dairy whales to supply the U S milk. Puget Sound whales would monopolize, prompting a satirical call for every farmer to own a whale. The piece mocks central control and imagines farmers milking whales at dawn and springtime whalelets.
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State Agricultural Department of
Oregon
Thrift Magazine
Puget Sound
United States
Chan
Puget
Superstition and the Black Cat Quirk
A philosopher character muses that superstition about a black cat is hilariously unfounded. He argues the sight of a black cat at once may be mere pigment and timing, noting how a coal colored feline darts across the street as he attempts to outpace it.
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Hind
Indianapolis Star
Birds and Caterpillars Struggle in Spring Woods
Birds prey on caterpillars as broods emerge in spring, peering, fluttering, and hopping from twig to twig. By summer many broods dwindle from hundreds to a few dozen as caterpillars mature, with birds continuing to attack moths and hoverflies as they attempt to fly.
Blarney Stone Tradition Excerpt From Irish Lore
An OCR fragment recounts the Blarney Stone inscription dated A D 1449 and the legend of Cormach Me Dermoc Carthy resisting surrender to an English garrison. The tale frames how promises were used to delay the lord president, making the terms seem honeyed yet ultimately hollow.
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Carthy
Cormach Me Dermoc Carthy
Curthy
Bowman Junk & Hide Co Ad Promises A Square Deal
Bowman Junk and Hide Co advertises buying metal for all kinds and peddling in hides and furs. The note invites customers to ring their serap iron rigs rub ber and other metal and lists Phone 364.
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Bowman Junk & Hide CO
Osborn Battery Station Ad Promises Honest Service
An advertisement in The Telegraph touts Osborn Battery Station claiming reliable service and broad county reach, urging patrons to try it for satisfactory results.
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Osborn Battery Station
Telegraph
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Germany
Montague Browning
Goette
Havy
Mary Graham Bonner
Miss Gray
M. M Bowman
Ford Car
the ‘Telegraph
Norris, Haida
Cheyenne County
Hite Kershon
Gurley
W. E. Duncan
Dalton
Nebr
Orpington Rivesters
Jd. Schwartz
Route A
Sidney
Estray
Fred Rouse
Halter
Henry Schlueter
Proctor
Colorado
Frank Goodwin
Duroe Jersey
A. A. Reilman
Studt & Wink
Hink’s
Gapen
Perrott
Marcelis
Flivoni
Hahler Garage
John Deere Vuandem Dise
TF WU Doran
Hillsdale
Wyo
GHO
W. Puckett
Good Furnace
If, Hammer
U. Po
Phone Jr
Walter Richards
Colton
Sunol
Charlie Feytinger
Simol
Bert Allington
George Glidwell
Cook Shack
Oom Philson
Nebraska
FEM Flarms
Holyoke
Syxon
C. A Wright
AL A
Ahlman
Pred Bartels
Toute A Sidney
City Express
At & Po
Nora Braasfh
Peters Trust Company
Livoni & Son, Sidney, Nebr
Kirk
Nebraska State Bank
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