The Mystery of Migelys Missing Machine and Marie
In Chicago two days ago William J. Migely reported his car stolen and later found damaged after a collision with a cow named Marie. The incident involved police at South Chicago station and a public uproar over who pays for the wrecked vehicle and Maries injuries.
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Migely
Marie
Garrity
Joseph Smith
Chicago
Municipal Law and Order Enforcement League
William J. Migely
Grand Crossing
Joseph Kartrikia
East Ninety-eighth Street
Torrance Avenue
Mrs. Kartrilla
Sergt
Michael Hastings
Eohéed Sergt. A. Wiseman
Chinese Student Visits Philadelphia Chamber in Transit
A Chinese student, a University of Illinois graduate, visited Philadelphia's chamber of commerce carrying a letter of introduction from a New England chamber. He sought connections with textile manufacturers, gave Boston as his home, and noted Bridgeport Connecticut as his residence. He paused to show the September 17 1917 date on the letter, explaining a stopover in New York en route.
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New York
University of Illinois
Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
New England
Boston
Bridgeport
Conn
Pet Carp Sparked Fishing Plan From Crawford County
A Pennsylvanian man keeps a pet carp and only goes fishing when the carp bites. If the carp declines, he stays home, claiming no day is right for fishing and he still returns with a string of fish. In Fayette City, workers found eggs eighty years old in a second floor nest, likely laid during construction. Milwaukee wife seeks divorce after finding unfamiliar powder puff and vanity items while cleaning her husband’s clothing.
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Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Fayette City
Edward Schribel
Milwaukee
Binder twine supply pursued with new regional sources
Washington reports the United States seeks new binder twine fibers beyond henequen from Yucatan. Encouraging results come from potential areas in Florida and the Florida keys for sisal and henequen. Cuba Haiti Santo Domingo Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands show promise with experimental plantings and modern fiber cleaning advances underway.
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Washington
United States
Yucatan
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Florida
Keys
Cuba
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Porto Rico
Yauco
Quebrandallas
Mona Island
Virgin Islands
St. Croix
Philippines
Swiss Smuggle Get Rich Allegations Near Vorarlberg
Swiss smugglers are said to have amassed sizable fortunes in contraband trade across the Swiss Austrian border. A Lustenau family near Vorarlberg is questioned by the Austrian government about wealth, with members linked to Bregenz Berlin and Vienna losses, including 170000 crowns, 125000 crowns, and Monte Carlo gambles. The family allegedly ran smuggling operations.
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Berne
Switzerland
Vorarlberg
Lustenau
Bregenz
Roulette
Vienna
Monte
Iron output drops in 1919 iron production decline
Iron output fell 13 percent in 1919 to 60,466,000 gross tons after blast furnace shutdowns during steel and coal strikes. Shipments totaled 203,274,000 dollars with a mine price of 3.60 a ton. Ore stocks at mines rose about 53 percent to 12,989,000 tons, led by Lake Superior district deposits shipping about 86 percent of national total.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Michigan
Minnesota
Lake Superior District
Company Restores Citizen After Embezzlement Term
C. R. Woodward of St. Louis regains U.S. citizenship after a two year penitentiary run. The Federal Lead Co. rehired him, placing him on its payroll again and sending him to South America as an agent for a fresh start.
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C. R. Woodward
St. Louis
United States
Federal Lead Company
South America
Family Trapped in Earth’s Chasm Near Barranca Nueva
Unique quake tale across Mexico reports Prof Francisco Riveros family trapped when their home sank into a vast underground chasm. For more than a week the clan has lived about 140 feet below ground as rescues risk rockfalls and fresh shocks threaten their fate.
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Mexico
Francisco Riveros
Barranca Nueva
Mex
Aerial Mail Service Promises Fewer Weather Delays
British experts outline a future system where wireless direction finding and airborne phones keep London Paris air mail on schedule. Pilots will call ground stations for weather and field status, with ground agents ready to relay mails from forced landings. The plan includes mast-mounted aerials, in-flight communications between planes, and rapid mail relays from relief points. In Alaska, the Quigillingok tribe suffers near extinction after a feast and famine, as 42 natives die and others are left impoverished, despite aid.
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London
Paris
London Times
Holt Thomas
McMullin
Air Mail
Hounslow
Lympne
Cordova
Alaska
John A. Kilbuck
Kuskokwim River
Mr. Kilbuck
Northwestern Profs Underpaid Say Faculty Questionnaire
A Northwestern University College of Liberal Arts survey of 52 faculty members reveals that those earning under 1500 dollars struggle to hire domestic help while even associate and assistant professors cannot afford maid services. Full professors earn 3000 to 4000 dollars yearly, prompting calls for more than the 25 percent raise recently announced by Campaign Chairman Dyche.
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Chicago
College of Liberal Arts
Northwestern University
Northwestern
Dyche
Arch for 100 year Peace Proposed at Boundary
Blaine Washington urges erection of a large memorial arch on the international boundary to celebrate a century of peace with Canada. Plans call for a park on the Pacific highway split between the two nations with Blaine buying the U.S. share if British Columbia funds the Canadian side. Samuel Hill of Seattle leads the drive, with Premier John Oliver of BC set to consider the proposal.
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Blaine
Wash
Canada
United States
Good Roads
Washington
British Columbia
Samuel Hill
Seattle
Pacific Highway Association
John Oliver
Lumberjacks to Tramp Over John Brown's Grave
James Hurley of Lake Placid bought 1200 acres of timber land in Essex county near Lake Placid for 60000 dollars. Lumbering will be carried on. The John Brown grave at North Elba Adirondacks, where his body was taken after 1859 execution, remains a notable landmark.
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Troy
N. Y
John Brown
North Elba
Adirondacks
Essex County
Lake Placid
James Hurley
Brown
Coal output in 1919 hits seven year low in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia reports 1919 coal production fell across sectors. Thrificite output totaled 86,200,000 tons versus 95,826,000 in 1918. Bituminous production dropped to 458,063,000 tons, about 21,000,000 tons below last year. January showings reached 107 percent of normal after the strike settlement.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Five American tanks stage one night stands during Meuse Argonne
The War Department details how five U S Army tanks led by Lieut Higgins conducted night reconnaissance beyond No Man's Land for six nights as part of the Meuse Argonne plan. Their deception prompted German alarms and two divisions were diverted to the Argonne front.
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St. Mihiel
Lieut
Higgins
Tank Corps
Heinie
Argonne
Argonne Front
Tank
Britain aims for unsupassed large caliber naval shell
Sir Robert Hadfield, head of Hadfields Ltd., announced Britain may soon possess a new large caliber shell that can pierce heavy armor without shattering. He suggested such a shell would have been invaluable to the British fleet during the war.
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London
Robert Hadfield
Hadfields, Ltd
Washington Birthplace Farm Sold to Latane Couple
Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Butte, Montana linked in a sale as William G. Latane and Mary Lindsay marry. Latane buys Wakefield farm in Westmoreland County, birthplace of George Washington, with plans to establish their home there.
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Washington
Fredericksburg
William G. Latane
Butte, Mont
Mary Lindsay
Wakefield Farm
Westmoreland County
George Washington
Bacillus botulinus linked to olives death cases
Champaign Illinois reports isolation of a new olive related bacillus botulinus by Robert Graham of the University of Illinois Animal Pathology Department. The organism caused Detroit food poisoning deaths months ago and is noted as a unique Mississippi Valley finding with parallels at Stanford and Belgian labs. A protective serum is being prepared. The strain shows high fatality in poultry.
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Champaign
Olives
Detroit
Robert Graham
Department of
University of Minois
Stanford University
California
Graham
Mississippi Valley
University of Animal Pathology
Department of Animal Pathology
Trousered Paris Fashions Tie Lustrous Orients to Summer
Paris modistes display daring summer models featuring gold and silver trousers held by straps to the shoetops, some veiled with filmy fabrics. Rumors of renewed tight lacing prove unfounded. corseting mostly unnecessary. Hemlines stay similar to fall, but narrower, with bright textures and patterned materials. A jade green undergarment accents a flounce ensemble, and embroidered linings on jackets win approval in exclusive shops.
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Paris
France
Her Rule Saves Father in Italian Village
Bradford Pennsylvania reports Margaret Cicello, 17, who can marry any man she chooses after she saved her father from a homicide case. Her admission and later recantation cleared him, but she says she is too young to marry and has rejected numerous proposals from local youths.
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Bradford
Margaret Cicello
Margaret
Italy
Russians order 12 hour day seven day week
A dispatch from Finland reports Bolsheviks push a compulsory 12 hour working day across Russia. All working classes are affected and enforcement is described as severe.
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Finland
Russia
Mexico to Make Its Own Guns Soon
Mexico City reports that Mexico plans to manufacture its own field pieces. Two Mexican army engineers have perfected a steel tempering process for cannon. Upon installing three electric furnaces in the national arsenal, the first guns will be produced locally.
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Mexico City
Mexico
National Arsenal
Austrian Children to Italy Guests of Municipalities
Vienna reports ten thousand Austrian children are sent to Italy as winter guests by various municipalities. Additional thousands are in Switzerland Germany Holland and the Scandinavian countries sharing similar arrangements.
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Italy
Vienna
Switzerland
Germany
Holland
Scandinavian Countries
Italy Faces Food Shortage as Prices Soar and Riots Rise
Italy’s food supply deteriorates with harvest shortfalls and heavy import needs. Food Controller Murialdi warns of price hikes to offset an $800 million annual grain loss, while perishable goods and staples surge in cost. Strikes and civil unrest grow from rising living costs, with no near remedy.
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Rome
Italy
Murialdi
Chamber of Deputies
Food Ministry
America
Food Control Office
Europe
Tiny Shakespeare volume valued at 75000 dollars arrives in New York
A 1599 edition of Venus and Adonis, two by three inches and weighing two ounces, arrived with George D. Smith on the Cunard liner Carmania from Liverpool. Smith said he paid 75000 dollars for the book, bought for Henry B. Huntington of New York.
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New York
George D. Smith
Carmania
Liverpool
Spain to Have Skyscrapers in Bilbao Conference
At a conference of property owners and architects in Bilbao it was decided that due to rising land values twenty and thirty story buildings will be constructed hereafter.
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Spain
Bilbao
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