Caution on Drug Crop Gains and Domestic Production
The article notes interruptions in importations of drugs spices and oils from plants raising such crops in the United States faces market and knowledge barriers for inexperienced growers. It discusses belladonna and camphor trees as potential domestic sources while warning of limited annual demand and price uncertainty if imports resume.
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Washington
Anc. F
United States
United States Department of Sriculture
Dros
Mits Enuntey
Leon
South
Carolin US
Florida
Charleston
Border Town Strife as Jersey Troops Arrive Amid Price Fury
The article describes border town turmoil as New Jersey troops arrive boosting business yet inflaming prices. Merchants demand high prices while residents fear a price gouge scheme if soldiers stay long. Local leaders and generals discuss dispersing units to ease tensions before further detachment.
Suppose Note From Husband Wing Divorce
Chicago August. Mrs Dorothy McCormick of 5485 Kinbark avenue is granted a divorce from Glen McConnick by Judge Oxour Meard in circuit court on statutory charges. The filing cites an alleged letter written February 5 urging the wife to consider various hypothetical scenarios about a child and a supposed mistress. McCormick of Detroit failed to support her. she states she will not return.
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Chicago
Dorothy McCormick
Kinbark Avenue
Glen McConnick
Oxour Meard
Kentucky
Detroit
D. McCormick
Dorothy
Niko
Sippone
Pwoule
Liuise
Unsolved murder mystery grips St Joseph Mo
Inquest into the death of Mrs. Oscar McDaniel deepens the case as police admit no clear theory. Chief William J. Hetherington testified he has no suspects or motive after investigating for over a week, leaving the community in suspense.
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ST. Josep. Mo
Joseph
Erie
Oscar Mebantel
W Snvey
Suohanin
Issie
William
Saloons and a fatal drive by shooting in a city incident
The man claimed he returned home about midnight and was shot at near his garage. After firing four shots in self defense he found his wife dead in the bedroom as he and police tended to her in the house and ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Sal
McDaniel
Darth
Waukegan Nurse Bride’s Public Letters Spark Scandal
In Waukegan Illinois Robert Fi Spoor mechanical head of Minanay Motion Picture Company courts Miss Lettia Hornet nurse and rejected fiancée. Miss Hornet released letters detailing alleged love and planned marriage, prompting family backlash, a thwarted wedding, and Miss Hornet’s collapse under public scrutiny. The episode centers on romance, revenge, and social fallout from the letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Ill
Robert Fi. Spoor
Minanay Motion Picture Company
Lotty
Lettia Hornet
Spoor
Miss Hurnett
Diay
Cupid
Trout Breaks Free On Lake Bite At Fulmerton
Accompanying Fulmerton tale recounts Gregory fishing on a lake when a four and a half pound trout leaped from the water. He played the line sixty feet before the fish burst the boat and landed at Alherman’s feet. In Springfield Missouri Jesse Hartley marks his 11th birthday with a family reunion over 200 descendants attend.
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Fulmerton
Calif
S. Gregory
Pullerro
Alherman
Springfield
Jesse Hartley
Hartley
World’s Largest Ship Built and Under Construction
Hamburg officials reveal Germany’s shipbuilding program. Hamburg American Line aims for the Blemarck of 60,000 tons plus nine vessels at Vulcan Yards and several more at other yards including three 22,000 ton ships and liners Columbus and Hindenburg designed for faster New York sailing.
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Hague
Germany
Harry Pallin
Harm-burg-American Line
Hamburg
Prinkfurter Zeiung
Blemarck
Aldo
Tirpitz
Vulcan Yards
Bremen
Ballin
Flenity Yard
Panama Canal
Tycklenburg
Geostewuonde
Llosdty
Dantgif
Seo
Columbus
Continent
New York
Munchen
Swallow Outpaces Officer in Aerial Chase Near London
An aviation officer aboard a flying machine chased a swallow over London in a test of speed claiming the bird outran the machine briefly. The chase lasted about fifteen minutes of diving and rising before a wire struck the swallow and it fell, ending the pursuit.
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London
Flying Corps
Canadians Parade Bandsmen In London Tribute
Londoners saluted Canadian expeditionary force musicians in a tribute concert and parade. From 15 000 bandsmen the musicians were selected for three bands and performed a promenade concert at the Royal Opera House to back Women’s Tribute Week. The parade moved along the Strand Pall Mall and Trafalgar Square drawing enthusiastic cheers.
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London
Aug
Dominion
Royal Opera House
Strand
Pleea~ Dilly
Pall Mall
Trafalgar Square
Modern Foot Atrocity Spotlighted By Asia And America
In Peking August 5 31 graduates from Tsing Hua College prepared to study in the United States as leaders urged to serve China willingly. American officials urged firmness and public service while a New York commentary condemns modern footwear and warns of foot poison unless proper care is taken.
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Peking
Tsing Hua College
China
United States
America
Feinser
Wang
New York
Svory
Louise Qunze
Far East
Mary Inez Maynard
Wild West Race Fatal At Omaha Fairgrounds
Jim Kennedy of the Irwin Brothers show died after a Ronin race mishap at the Frontier Days contests held at Douglas County Fair Grounds. Kennedy, balancing with a foot on each stirrup, toppled and was trampled. he suffered spine injuries and, despite bravado, did not survive.
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Omaha
New German Railwaymen's Union Formed In Hague
In The Hague the General German Railwaymen's Union formed to unite all ranks on state and private railways. It grew from the replacement of wartime volunteers with workers from other unions such as engineers and metal workers joining to preserve union status and reinforce the railway workers' position.
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Hague
Aug
Hailwaymen's Union
One Arm and Leged Men Common as War Exits
Paris reports a rise in one armed and one legged men due to modern warfare. Dr Auguste Hroca notes more survivors with amputation thanks to medical advances, increasing demand for artificial limbs. He cites prior wars and evolving prosthetics, with American systems popular but not universally adaptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Auguste Hroca
West Haddonfield improvuses mosquito pools by dynamite
Citizens in West Haddonfield New Jersey drilled twenty foot deep holes in stagnant pools between the railroad and Haddon Avenue and blew them up to drain surface water. The method destroyed subsurface veins allowing water to disappear into the earth reducing local mosquito breeding. Canada appoints a trade commission to study opportunities in the United Kingdom France and Belgium.
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West Haddonfield
N. J
Railroad
Haddon Avenue
Canada
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Pugilist killed in deadly chest stab boast gone wrong
John Anderson a 29 year old pugilist from 82 Palmetto street Brooklyn bragged of chest and neck muscles so strong he could not feel a knife. He invited Thomas Walsh a 25 year old truck driver to stab him and Walsh complied stabbing Anderson in the chest. Anderson died six hours later at German hospital and Walsh is jailed for homicide.
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New York
John Anderson
Palmetto Street
Brooklyn
Thomas Walsh
Cemtral Avenue
Hooklyn
Walsh
Anderson
P Gilist
Frank Beer
Bare legs spark shark scare at Atlantic resorts
Aug. 5. Howard Elliott claims the trend of stockingless bathers at Atlantic seashore resorts increases shark sightings. He asserts it is a scientific fact that this shark will not attack a person wearing clothes and stresses his knowledge of deep monsters.
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Saracosta
Mia
Atlantic Seashore Resorts
Howard Elliott
Heiress enticement of married men fuels probate case
In Hartfort Conn a grandma testifies Miss Marion Pomeroy Smith heiress to 50400 was a social lure for married men in Hyannis and some planned divorces. The plan involved appointing Charles Paine as conservator of her property as letters reveal romantic ties a magazine writer Maurice Phinney is named and an England cheese trade note follows.
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Hartfort
Conn
Aug. O
Marion Pomeroy Smith
Salt Hyannis
Cape Cod
Mass
Ruenm Pomeroy
Miss Smith
Git
Jim Flanagan
Maurice Phinney
Phinney
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