Tiny craft for coast defense proposed by professor
June 12 report quotes Prof Herschel Clifford Parker proposing a fleet of small high powered motorboats, each manned, to sail just below the surface and launch torpedoes. He argues 1 000 such craft distributed along the coast could deter ships, with five acting together likely sinking a battleship. He envisions municipal and state use and notes a patent filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Clifford Parker
Parker
Janes
Bar Hebip
Jilted Bride Marries In Front Of Involved Guests
In Cestile Indiana Jennie Josephine Deep, under pressure from her mother, agreed to marry Francis Ind. A staged wedding plan unraveled as Francis appeared with cash in his wallet and later escorted by authorities. Guests arrived as Jennie, in wedding attire and new jewelry, led Samuel Abraham to Alderman John H. Cross for the knot tying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cestile
Jennie Josephine Deep
Ais
Jennie
Janarry Eysaocis
Indiana
Francis
Deep Home
Samuel Abraham
John H. Cross
Turtle Strikes Toe At Gratz Pond NahER Herndon Pa
A party of young women at a Gratz mill pond near Herndon Pennsylvania was startled when a large snapping turtle seized and injured the toe of 15 year old Mee Leeser. The frightened group initially sought help but did not call a man. The turtle released its grip and the injury was sustained during the bathing incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
Gratz
Leeser
Miss Leer
Poison Deaths On Two Babies Spark City Inquiry
In Los Angeles a sudden death of Doris Grace Hamlett age 3 and Florence Edna Hamlett 29 months prompts doctors to suspect poisoning. Police investigate pellets tossed toward neighborhood dogs as motive, with parents and neighbors believing children were harmed while playing.
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Tos Angeles
Cal
Srant
Joseph J. Hamlett
Aitte
Doris Grace
Florence Edna
Somnambulist Dies in Fall From Hotel Window
From Philadelphia June 12 Jesse Riramer aged six died at Jefferson hospital from injuries after wandering in sleep at Hotel Cresson in Perkasie. He fell from a second floor window and survived only a short time before being moved to Philadelphia by first train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Jesse Riramer
Jefferson Hospital
Hotel Cresson Im Perkasie
Lusitania Crew Widow Returns to Cast Ashes
Mrs. J. Harvey Pare widow of Birminham businessman arrived aboard the American liner St Louis from Liverpool. She took a special voyage to bury her husband’s memory, aligning with the Lusitania disaster era mourning as the ship neared St Louis.
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York
St. Louis
Liverpool
J. Harvey Pare
Birminsaza
Jana
Lusitenia
St Louis
Foreigners Fear Military Service Speech Sparks Census Row
TiN June 32 Four arraigned before a raid on and on. Andrew of South Park Street was fined after refusing to answer census questions. Former Judge James P. Kelley director of census in Elizabeth says many foreign districts resist providing information. He cites fear of possible disclosures about residence and risk of military service in European countries.
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Tin. J
Andrew
South Park ‘Street
James P. Kelley
Elizabeth
Arany
Horse Has a Wooden Leg in North Adams Tale
North Adams Massachusetts June 12 A farmer from Pownal Vermont says his horse lost a leg to infection and a village carpenter fashioned a wooden leg with a thick pad. The horse returned to work though it walks with a lumbering gait.
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North Adams
Mass
Fred Harris
Pownal
Winsted
Conn
Dada
Sid Harris
Gether
Course Of Love Is Rocky In New York
John Jester, 45, pursued Miss May Sutton in a violent incident at her home. Police report show Jester threatened to kill them both when rejected, and he attacked Sutton in the vestibule while being restrained. He previously cut his wrists three months earlier and faces charges of attempted felonious assault.
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New York
John Jester
Miss May Sutton
Miss Sutton
Board of Education Rejects Renewal for Mob Yama State President
In Helexa Montana on June 1 the state board by a 2 vote refused to renew Dr B Craighead as president of Mob Yama State University. The action follows Craighead being called before the board and accused of threatening faculty to write letters endorsing his work. His connection with the university ends next September.
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Helexa
Mont
State Board of Education
B. Craighead
Mob‘yama State University
Craighead
University
Wtll
Langley Declared to Die by June Seventh in Washington
A riotous scene formed outside Langley’s Third Street home as police struggled to control a crowd of thousands. Langley, feared to die at 2:00 am, gave a farewell address from his doorway before being moved to a patrol wagon and later to a rural home. Public attention swelled with weeks of interviews and hopeful revolts.
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Hinstoin
Secansa
Jerry Tanssey
Washington
Langley
Third Street
Lansley
Court
Couner
Soup Spill Sues Hotel Over Tuberculosis Link
In St Louis a social spill at Buckingham hotel leads Mrs Grace Hangen to sue hotel owners for 25000 alleging a waiter’s hot tomato bouillon caused burns and later tuberculosis. Rotary club witnesses and physicians testified as depositions proceed in circuit court.
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ST Louis
Buckingham Hotel
Grace
Aansen
Rotary Club
Hangen
Wheat crop forecast far surpasses prior records
Washington June 12 The 1919 federal crop bureau forecast predicts the coming wheat harvest will reach about 950,000,000 bushels, up 35,000,000 from last year’s crop and potentially swelling to two billion with favorable growing conditions. Oats are pegged at 1,258,600,000, corn at 157,060,000, the largest since 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Doard
Disabled student earns medical diploma at Academy of Music
In Philadelphia on June 12, James William Keath, crippled by a broken back and paralyzed leg, was rolled in an invalid chair to Jefferson Medical College where he received his diploma as a doctor of medicine. His courage since the skylight fall sustained cheers from the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James
William Keath
Academy of Music
Jefferson Medical College
Cant Stand Tickling Divorce Claim In Court
In Los Angeles on June 12 Mrs. Georgia Carlberg told a divorce court her husband Carl A L Carlberg a traffic officer tickled her. The court said the act did not constitute grounds for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Georgia Carlberg
Carl AL Carlberg
President Wilson's Tent and Mosquitoes Stir White House Grounds
Washington reports describe President Wilson approving a summer tent on the White House grounds to escape heat. Mosquitoes from the Potomac and a breeze disrupted papers. the tent drew visitors and office routine, but soon fell from favor as the president returned to work at the state desk.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Witt
White House
Roosevelt
Potomac
Wison
Patrick H McKenna
United States
Alon
Patrick
Greensward
Charles Swein
Joseph Tumulty
Tamulty
Charlie
Fragmentary Royal Succession Note From Aosta Region
The fragment mentions the Duke of Aosta and Humbert Gras in a line of succession, noting ages and a potential death of a cousin and the heir’s position. The garbled OCR obscures exact relations and dates, but references to the throne near Aosta indicate a dynastic context in northern Italy.
Bride's Snores Drive Husband to Divorce
In Hutchinson Kansas on June 12 a wealthy wholesale grocer testified on his Naples trip that his wife’s snoring ruined the honeymoon. The couple cut the trip short and quarrels continued. She sued for divorce.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Charles Menter
Naples
America
Twospera
Man jumps into Susquehanna from Walnut Street Bridge
George Shoemaker of Lancaster, sitting with Aaron Martin on River Park, jumped from the Walnut street bridge into the Susquehanna River forty feet below. Shoemaker, clothed except for a hat, swam to shore after the attempt and told police he wanted to cool off.
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Harrisburg
George Shoemaker
Love Grows a Jailbound Pact in New York Tale
North Bergen teen Marcel Ernst, 16, jailed in Hudson County for defying her father to meet Lawrence Eitzen, 13. She vows love as she tells Recorder Medina, I am glad to go to jail. He would go to jail for me too. I love him and will marry him when freed.
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New York
Marcelle Ernst
North Berzen
Hudsom
Lawrence Eitzenbeefer
Medina
Wisd
Lawrence
War of Races Seen by Missionary on Asia Europe Clash
Dr C Wilhelm Schelander, returning from twenty two years in India, warns that the yellow peril could bring war. He foresees Orient against Occident with Asia rising as white nations decline, predicting conflict across Asia and Europe and a global clash between East and West.
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Orient
Occident
C. Wilhelm Schelander
India
Dr Schelander
Susust Schelander
Davis Avenue
East
Pere
Europe
Asia
Indis
China
Japan
Enziané
Germany
Russia
Coal company breaks single record for net tons mined
The Consolidation Coal Company reports a new historical high in net tons of coal mined in May, surpassing the prior 305 million-ton record. President Jerome Wheelwright notes daily output now runs around 00,10, tons with expectations for continued rise, aided by operations in Kentucky and the West Maryland area.
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Baltimore
Jeremo Wheelwright
Kentucky
Westerm Garstande Railway
Wheelwright
Curtis Fay
West Maryland
Port
Igovington
Copper Spoils Movie in Highland Park Scene
June 12 reports show Copper Rouse attempting a dramatic rescue at a depot. From the shady side he heard the whistle, rushed to the station, and spoiled 200 feet of film and two reels of a train robbery movie, hindering the production.
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Highland Park
Rouse
Sim
Rockies
Heroines Wiles Miss Grace Daugherty and Miss Ethel Tilman
Grace Daugherty aged 28 and Ethel Tilman aged 15, telephone operators at Kingston Exchange, prevented a disaster in Sweyersville when they alerted that the fire alarm was out of order. Flames had enveloped Philip Anerom’s store before discovery. They informed the exchange and acted to raise the alarm.
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Wilees
Taft Advocates Six or Seven Year Presidential Term
In Springfield Massachusetts on June 32 former President William Howard Taft urged a six or seven year presidential term with ineligibility for reelection. He spoke to the Connecticut Library Institute Suffield Connecticut outlining that a shorter presidency could shape and carry out policies effectively without overlong legislative burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
William HL Taft
Connecticut Library Institute
Ar Suffield
Destructive Storms Hit Azzi Norse Off Santa Rosa
Destruction from recent storms worsens as the Norwegian steamer Azzi Norse runs aground on the west end of Santa Rosa Island. Salvage crews recover 100 sacks of tarley and beans, while the remainder of the cargo is water-soaked and swelling the ship’s deck.
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SainTs Barbra Col
Bess
Berrey
Stround
Santa Rosa Island
Pecaldazis
Grater i
Welch and Futlerson Dreogaists Deliver City Parts
Welch and Futlerson send out all city parts by delivery crew. The note lists their services and breadth of coverage across municipalities. No further details available.
Hermit Digs Own Grave in Pacoima Section
A hermit known as Dutch Louie, who residents of Pacoima believed to be a loner, reportedly died while digging his own grave. The coroner is said to have found a grave inscription and contacted authorities, with locals recalling the man’s years of solitary life and prayers for a hidden bonanza.
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Che
Louie
Pacoima
Nont
White dove guides Shasta Limited locomotive in Tacoma
For two months a pure white dove has stood before the engine on the Shasta Limited as it departs Tacoma daily. The train crew believes the bird is a carrier pigeon and has seen it accompany no other trains. The crew views the dove as a good luck omen.
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Tacomea
Wash
Tacoma
Record Claim Of Longest Working Day On Record
An article fragment reports a man reportedly worked 450 hours in a 17 hour daily average over 176 days, earning about 5750 dollars for the month at 1 cent per hour during wartime conditions. It notes his wages near 22 dollars a day for ten hours in peacetime.
Skunk Adopted by Cats Stuns Michigan Farm Family
Skunks in Dowagiac stories unfold as a farm tale. A mother cat takes in two unfamiliar pups and even a pair of young skunks, washing and cuddling them as if they were her own. The scene delights neighbors and draws local attention to this unusual animal bond.
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Dowagiac
Mich
HL J. Bock
Michigan Farm
Trains Nos 1acd 2 on Present Schedule
Train numbers 1acd and 2 are listed on the current timetable with their present schedule.
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Wilses
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