War Dispatches Note French Front Skirmishes and Naval Actions
Western Union reports ongoing battles across Europe with German raiders off Santo Domingo, heavy artillery on the Austro Italian front, and Russian advances near Kalzen. Other items note Mexican deaths, Seattle banking crisis recovery, and family accidents.
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Union News Service
Monte Christ
Santo Domingo
France
London
Lake Dotran
Carso
Rome
Hammerfest
Bender
Christiania
Lake Garda
Gorizia
Corso
Persia
Berlin
Kut-El-Amara
Petrograd
Kalzem
Riga
Jacobeni
Naraguvka
Galicia
Kimpelung
Jacobent
Transformation to a two passenger racer from a touring car
The article explains a simple conversion using market patterns to convert a low priced touring car into a two passenger racer. It describes a rounded light body with converging lines, low seat, wind directing cowl, a 28x hollow oval gas tank behind the seat, a spacious tool box and spare tire, and a searchlight mounted above the cowl. It notes fuel and tire savings from light construction and mentions a rearward tool storage and front hood shaping for airflow. It also shares a malfunction case where exhaust valves in cylinders 1 and 4 stuck, causing misfires. after replacing bent stems, the issue disappeared.
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Popular Mechanics
Itwax
Oiling Valve Caps to Prevent Rust and Seizure
The article advises heating engines to loosen seized valve caps, then cooling with water and tapping the wrench. It stresses rust preventive coatings on threads with heavy oil and flake graphite. It also notes a Dominion campaign to require motorist examinations, starting with professional drivers and issuing operator certificates with a new badge and button.
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Rome
Dominion
Department of Highways
Toronto Mail
Empire
Self service garages invade auto repair realm
The self service idea has entered garages where owners can use separate compartments to handle repairs themselves. Tools are available for use for a fee and hours. compartments can be locked to finish later. Helpers can be provided at a specified rate.
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S Beatile
Texas Youth Builds Own Auto From Junk Toy
A Texas boy transformed an discarded toy car into a working motor vehicle. He attached a small bicycle motor, improvised a hood from old washboard parts, and crafted a steering mechanism, completing a usable car that could travel several miles to town. A second item recalls olive oil used to light a rear lamp after finding no oil, enabling a car to depart from a suburban inn.
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Popular Science Monthly
Iaw
Philadelphia
At Sea In a Car How to power a houseboat with a car
A Chicago man fitted spurred sprockets to rear car wheels and larger ones on boat paddle wheels connected by sink chain belts to move a houseboat. When the engine runs the boat is propelled at six miles per hour, with guiding grooved ramps from shore to deck. The piece also offers tips to reduce gas use and to start cars on cold mornings by using hot water or anti freeze and checking carburetors and gas lines.
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Chicago
Campbell Is Governor De Facto After Arizona Court Ruling
Arizona Supreme Court declares Thomas E. Campbell de facto governor, with Justice Cunningham dissenting on mandamus and Campbell’s dual offices. Majority says Campbell’s election certificate suffices and that tax commissioner status does not bar governorship, while Cunningham warns of two offices held. Separate dispatch reports Carranza garrison near Arivaca. 80 Mexicans fired on Americans at Stonehouse fled, no casualties found.
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Western
Union News Service
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Supreme Court
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
Franklin and
Ross
Cunningham
Campbell
Hunt
Justice Cunningham
Carranza
Jucson
Arivaca
Stonehouse
Attempt Jail Delivery by Five Prisoners
Five of eight prisoners at the branch county jail attempted an escape when they found Deputy Sheriff Charles Cross One noticed a sawed through opening. A brief window of opportunity nearly allowed the escape to succeed before capture or containment.
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Douglas
Branch County
Charles Cross
Rich Ore Head at Mascot Copper Property
Rich ore from Willcox-Ore valued at $140 per ton was broken on Mascot Copper Co property in the Dos Cabezas district last week. Ore assayed 28 percent copper, about 560 pounds per ton, and at 25 cents per pound copper value reaches $140 per ton. Phoenix reports drastic law measures introduced in the House. Prohibition amendments, election law reform, and an anti cigarette law are among bills. Compulsory education would cover all under 18 unless excused. present limit is 16. The bill is referred to the education committee.
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John
Corfers
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Ciy
David E. McQueen
San Antonio
Tex
School of Aviation
G. D. McQueen
Canadian Records Office
London
Aviation Corps
Canadian Army
France
Wayne Richardson
Clay Center
North Lawrence
Yellowstone National Park
Washington
Army League of the United States
Joseph Leiter
Robert Shaw Oliver
Wilson
Harry McL. P. Huse
Robert S. Griffin
George W. Burd
James H. Oliver
John Hood
William 8
Lima
United States
Guantanamo
Panama Canal
Petrograd
Reuter
Constantinople
Amsterdam
Ottawa
Robert Borden
Greece
Eketrabladet
Copenhagen
Len
Bernard Iaruch
Wall Street
New York
United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund
United States Steel Corporation
Pan
Iowa
Des Moines
Senate
Willcox
Mascot Copper Company
Dos Cabezas
Phoenix
Arizona
Committee On Education
Representative Paires
Judiciary Committee
House
Supreme Court
Yuma Mess Bill Clears Congress Opening Citrus Lands
The measure passed both branches of Congress and will open about 22,000 acres of premier citrus lands near Yuma for settlement and development by the United States. The bill's passage is described as very important to Yuma.
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Sume
Congress
Yuma
United States
Clothing ignites as gasoline drenched youth panics store
Jacob Ballard 18, employed by an oil company, washed his clothes in gasoline half an hour earlier and stood in a confectionery when a lab cigar set his trousers alight. He mated to lab cigar as the flames erupted and he ran about the store, causing a panic in the main business district.
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Douglas
Jacob Ballard
Arizona State News Highlights Looming Events and Projects
Arizona report lists dates for upcoming events and major projects including a Tucson hotel, a bridge contract over the San Pedro river at Charleston, and a push to settle and reclaim 40 000 acres. It notes a state population of 277 210, compulsory education debate, and ongoing mining activity in Navajo Copper Company and Similkameen district with ore estimates and values. It also covers border tensions with Mexico, labor English language requirements, judicial salary proposals, and Western forest disease losses. Yuma Valley farm expansion and cotton planting plans are mentioned as well.
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Tucson
Flagstaff
Wilson
Congress
Arizona
State Tax Commission
San Pedro
Charleston
Navajo Copper Company
Duncanson
Douglas
Mexico
Carranza
Copper Mountain
Similkameen
New Mexico
U. S Department of Agriculture
Utah
Montana
Nevada
Idaho
Great Yuma Valley
Motherhood Woman's Joy Ad Promises Confidence and Health
An advertorial item urges women to contact the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential advice on motherhood and health. It suggests women gain strength and normalcy, implying personal empowerment through remedies while referencing a man facing the music as a metaphor.
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Irland
B. Hinsers
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Masa
Old prescription for weak kidneys sells itself
A vintage advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and liver ailments and rheumatism. The copy claims long testing, physician endorsement, and broad success, urging readers to buy a bottle or send ten cents for a sample from Dr Kilmer & Co.
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Dr. Eimer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
One Girl He Couldn't Fool
A county seat newspaper reporter visits a department store where a sharp eyed young worker refuses to share gossip. She scorches his attempt to solicit news saying stores feed the papers daily items then write them up, while others watch for his exit. The scene ends with a quip about eggs and price.
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Inggards
the Inquirer
Excape
Indianapolis News
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Cincinnati
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
Marvey Thorpe
Kansas City
Frankie Adams
Thorpe
George Moore
Charles McCourt
Cleveland
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Moore
Edward F. Sweeney
Raymond H. Keating
Bridgeport
Conn
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Keating
Colonel Ruppert
Huston
Roger Bresnahan
Toledo Maddens
American Association
Racer
Texas
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Rock House
Arizona State News
Stone House
Arivaea
Francisco & Jano
Sonora
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Alec
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