Lassen Eruption Sparks Flood Threat as Farms Devastated
Lava flows and a 10 foot dam formed by fallen timber divert Manzanita creek and flood risk grows for Lassen peak nearby farms. Witness George Roadman reported a dawn eruption with roaring sounds and falling boulders as trains en route to Oakland carried ash and mud.
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Lassen Peak
Manzanita Creek
Western Pacific Overland
Oakland
Calif
Winnemucca
Nev
Lassen
Postal Fund Shows $6.5 Million Deficit Midyear
The Post Office Department reports a deficit of about 6.5 million dollars for the first half of the fiscal year ending July 1. Expenses grew by over 9 million while receipts fell nearly 0.5 million amid the European war impact. Postmaster General Burleson links the shortfall to wartime disruption, noting busy days for President Wilson.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Burleson
Know Thy Country and America's Industrial Rise
A patriotic exhortation to study American progress in agriculture manufacturing mining and transportation. It praises innovators like McCormick Guttenberg and Morgan and warns that civic knowledge and Republican institutions sustain national greatness. The Agicultural and Commercial Press Service funds a series on America’s development with an upcoming transportation article.
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Por
Michael Angelo
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McCormick
Nelson
England
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Rock of Gibraltar
Agricultural and Commercial Press Service
Artesia Worker Drowns Near Dam Spillway
Roy Compton, a young government worker south of Artesia, fell from a spillway edge while removing rocks at a dam site. He was swept into the Pecos, recovered the next morning a mile downstream. He leaves a wife. his parents-in-law live in Oriental.
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Roy Compton
Artesia
Pecos
Compton
McMillan Dam
Oriental
Austria Strikes First Blow In War At Adriatic Coast
Italian official statements report Austrian warships bombarding the Adriatic coast until withdrawal. Aeroplanes attacked Venice Arsenal and eastern Italian coast up to Barletta, but anti-aircraft fire routed the Austrian flyers as Italy declared war and prepared for ongoing defense.
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Italy
Austria-Hungary
Adriatic
Venice
Barretta
Mexican Says He Was Beaten By Juarez Soldiers
Mexican Leopoldo Rosa said he was beaten by Juarez soldiers for refusing to buy a drink. He was jailed and badly treated, the report states, in a clash described from Vienna where the vivid tale was recorded.
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Juarez
Leopoldo Rosa
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