Air Mail Line Aims to Move Letters Coast to Coast Fast
Washington outlines a planned New York to San Francisco air mail route with a 1,415,000 dollar fiscal year 1920 21 appropriation and 2 cent postage. Plans include routes via Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago Omaha and future extensions to Cheyenne Salt Lake City Reno Sacramento and San Francisco. The postal service tests De Haviland and Morse planes with 650 to 1500 pound capacities and aims to carry first class mail by air, boosting efficiency and profits. Magpies attack cattle in Deadwood South Dakota, endangering livestock and prompting concern over wildlife behavior.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
New York
San Francisco
Congress
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Bellefonte
Chicago
Bryan
Ohio
Omaha
Town City
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louia
New Orleans
Thomas Morse
Cleveland-Chicago
Burleson
Martin
Chicago-St. Louis
Post Office Department
Monkey Faced Owl Killed After Crow Battle in Bardstown
A fine three foot monkey faced owl was slain in Bardstown Kentucky after a clash with crows. The bird showed bright golden plumage mottled with gray and its eyes framed by silky white feathers.
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Bardstown
Wealth in Detroit River Treasure Lurks in River Bottoms
Detroit river hides submerged wealth valued in the millions with copper ingots coal machinery salvaged vessels and money scattered from Windmill Point to Detroit River light. Reports cite lost jewelry and cash including a 7000 necklace and 500 from a rum run. Authorities note smugglers and burglars disposed of valuables in river with recoveries long delayed.
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Detroit
Detroit River
Windmill Point
Belle Isle
James McCabe
Focal Marine
Western Australia wiack Dog plant yields vast resin products
The Xan thorhorea grass trees of western Australia reach 7 to 10 feet with thick trunks and wiry leaf tufts. Henry Rowley studied extracts from these plants, devising methods to treat gum, pith, and fiber. A new company equips retorts and furnaces to commercially develop this vegetable waste, producing tar, lacquers, dyes, perfumes, and other substances with more products anticipated.
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Western Australia
Henry Rowley
Perth
Major Relieves Man From Hyar Job After Wife Issues
A steveuvre regiment major faces a crew matter as Sam asks to quit his yard work due to conflicts with the major’s wife. The major reveals he has lived with that woman for thirty years and will be the one to leave if anyone is relieved.
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Steveuvre
Sam
Swift Ships for Pacific Rivalry Boosts Pacific Run Times
Swift competition arises between Canadian Pacific and Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Canadian Pacific adds a 22,000 ton passenger steamer to two existing ships, trimming Vancouver to Yokohama to nine days and Hongkong to 17 days. Nippon Yusen Kaisha pursues three 30,000 ton vessels expected to shorten Yokohama to Seattle to eight days.
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Swift
Pacific
Canadian Pacific Ocean Services
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Trans- Pacific
Vancouver
Yokohama
Hongkong
Seattle
Weet Offers Rope for Profit Lynch Case
A brief exchange in Louisville prompts a purchase offer of rope at four and six dollars per pound to lynch a profiteer. The dialogue reflects a dark criminal intent as reported by the Courier-Journal.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Pepper the Meat Seller and the Clinton Escape
An excerpt from Popular Mechanics recounts Pepper the robber known for striking victims with a pepper filled pipe to blind them and steal valuables. It also details a daring Clinton prison escape plan where four inmates tunneled to freedom, sacrificing one man to save the others while one survivor blocked the slab with a plank.
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Pepper
Clinton
Canada
New York
F. T. Bronedon
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Guild Long in Service Dinner at Gresham Dublin
An ancient Irish guild, the Goldsmiths Corporation, held a dinner at the Gresham hotel in Dublin marking over 280 years since its 1637 charter by Charles I for hall marking gold and silver wares. The event displayed the charter seal and rotes, and featured antique silver bowls and potato rings on the table.
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Goldsmith's Corporation
Gresham Hotel
Dublin
He Comes No More
A friend visiting on a Saturday evening sits on a freshly painted porch that had not dried, ruining his new suit. He vows not to visit again, leaving the speaker embarrassed by the accident and the broken social link.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Sea Scavenger Friend of Man in Food Debate
A scientist argues sharks are not man eaters and mostly eat small fish. He notes their migratory patterns and proximity to ships, discusses meat potential and current canned shark products, and estimates a large annual fish yield with potential value if utilized.
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New York
Allen Rogers
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
American Chemical Society
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
West Todies
Bureau of Fisheries
New England
Boston
South
Swiss Peacetime Frontiersmen Face Monarchs At Border
Geneva reports an order allows former Bavarian and Württemberg kings and the former Grand Duke of Baden and their suites to enter Switzerland without normal frontier checks. Swiss newspapers debate if the government is democratic or monarchistic as criticism grows.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Bavaria
Wuerttemberg
Baden
Beneficent Work of the Flu Gives Voice Back to Man
Thirteen years after losing his speech during a witness, Charles Holcomb of Jackson Ohio was drafted but rejected for service due to being mute. Recently contracting influenza restored his speech. upon telling his mother she suffered a nervous breakdown from the shock, yet he can now speak again.
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Jackson
Charles Holcomb
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