Birds Flock to Washington Parks in Summer Singers
The article describes summer visitors to Washington parks including warblers thrushes vireos tanagers swallows and orioles. It notes the colorful plumage the distinct songs and the conspicuous mating and nesting habits of species such as the wood thrush and vireos while highlighting the Smithsonian grounds as a favored area for bird activity and observation.
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Jet & the City
District of Columbia Becomes 125 Years Old This Year
District of Columbia celebrates 125 years since Congress established it as the federal capital by act in 1791. Key debates within states and leaders solidified a Potomac location with Washington selecting the site and boundaries. Major figures and engineers contributed to planning the federal district.
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United States
Congress
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Virginia
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Atlantic
Maryland
Harry
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Delaware
Georgetown
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Aide
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Potomac
Pistre Charbantant
Andrew Elliott
Album of Escaped Federal Convicts Prepared for Publication
The FBI and state officials distribute a photo album of escaped federal prisoners from the last six years. The booklet lists each convict, crimes, and escape details to aid capture, highlighting the rarity of federal escapes and noting about 150 convicts remain at large.
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Sheriffa
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Eles
Cranks Gather at Washington as Mecca for Delusions
Report outlines how cranks from across the nation assemble in Washington with fantasies of presidential backing. It notes self styled inventors, threats, and imagined orders from leaders, highlighting danger and the persistence of their schemes around the capital.
Flood Ravages Erie City Killing Dozens and Wrecking Homes
Erie records a devastating cloudburst Tuesday night causing about fifty drownings and millions in damage as fifty to a hundred buildings collapse or wash away. Rescue crews led by Mayor Stern worked to save families in flooded districts while eastern Erie remained cut off and in darkness.
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Stern
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Buginese
British Munitions Factory Planned for Ireland
London reports the ministry of munitions will establish large scale production in Ireland with a representative stationed in Dublin to oversee the organization of Ireland as a munitions producer. The Portia and Castella ships were sunk by German submarines. Crew saved from Portia. one Castella sailor drowned.
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Ministry of Munitions
Ireland
Dublin
Portia
Russians in flight as Grand Duke Nicholas withdraws forces
Reports from war offices show Grand Duke Nicholas methodically pulling back his armies and bluntly failing to hold key positions. Ivangorod and Warsaw fell or were abandoned causing panic in Petrograd. Copenhagen says Russians evacuating Koyno as governor and staff depart. Novo Georgievsk fortress position on the Vistula is pierced by German forces.
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Ivangorod
War Office
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Vistula
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Mall
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Alaft
Berlin
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Nicholas
Wilson to Make National Defense Focus of Message
President Wilson plans to elevate national defense as a principal topic in his upcoming address to Congress. He will seek preliminary approval pending reports from Secretaries Garrison and Delano, with defense likely to dominate the preparations.
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Denlols
Penrose to introduce tariff bill cutting duties
Parisian style telegraphic copy reports that Penrose will in the next Congress session introduce a tariff bill carrying reductions of 15 to 20 percent on many duties in the Payne Aldrich bill. Sonny Bates of Philadelphia is noted in the dispatch.
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Belgian Miners on Strike Sparks European Protests
Belgian miners begin a strike disrupting coal production as workers in Antwerp and Charleroi protest against wage cuts. Officials warn of possible government intervention while unions call for broader solidarity actions.
Heavy fighting reported between Britons and Germans near Hooge
Telegrams from Courtrai via Amsterdam describe heavy fighting in West London area near Hooge south of Ypres with many wounded flowing into Belgium from German lines. Paris says British have not recaptured ground recently won by Germans at Hoge. New French commander Maurice Serall appointed. A Turkish offensive at the Dardanelles expected. Murderer Bernard Montyvid hanged in Hartford for killing Father Zebris of St. Andrew Lithuanian Catholic Church in New Britain and another murder case noted.
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Conn
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Joseph Zebris
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Wetherait
Conference on Mexico peace plans at State Department
The A D G conference at the State Department with Secretary Lansing discussed no new efforts to unify Carranza Villa Zapata and other leaders under a central government along the Niagara Falls protocol. Formal action was deferred with decisions to be unanimous and confidential among Latin American diplomats and allied governments.
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Cuba
GENERAL TRACY S DEAD
New York Aug 6 Benjamin F Tracy former secretary of the navy and general died here on Friday in his eighty sixth year after nine days of unconsciousness. He previously suffered a paralytic shock three years earlier and survived an automobile accident last generation day with only a slight recovery.
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F. Tracy
Harrigon
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Ian
Warden resigns Joliet Prison post in face of law
Warden B M Allan of Joliet penitentiary resigns after receiving a governor letter stating the Mitness law requires him to reside inside the prison. He sends a telegram to Governor Dunne giving up his office. Messages of sympathy come to President Wilson on the first anniversary of his wife’s death as he spends time at golf. In London a war cost update notes funds to remove Warsaw mills and factories to aid empire defense.
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Chambermaids Minimum Wage Set by Washington Body
The Washington industrial welfare commission has fixed wages at a low weekly rate for chambermaids and other workers in the state. The action establishes the minimum wage floor for these roles and related service positions.
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Washington Industrial Welfare Commission
Resinol Promises Clear Skin and Fast Relief
An advertisement touts Resinol ointment and resinol soap as quick easy cures for skin eruptions including eczema and ringworm at low cost. A parson’s joke follows a punctual churchgoer whose horse spooked and who says she put her trust in Heaven after a dash to town.
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Slalar
Too Much Trouble Hymn Incident at School
A Sunday echolong afternoon the superintendent announced a hymn "I Want to Be an Angel" but Attie Jessia refuses to sing. The teacher asks why and Jessie replies she does not want to be an angel, saying others love to play the harp and she has had trouble with piano lessons.
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Jessie
No Idea What Caused the Trouble Coffee Letter
An patient writes about heart trouble linked to coffee and reports relief after stopping coffee and using Postum. The note promotes Postum cereal and Instant Postum as tasty coffee substitutes, claiming many friends switched and felt better. The letter lists the Postum Company address in Battle Creek Michigan and prices for both forms.
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