Mrs. Vincent Astor Tours Devastated French Front
Mrs. Vincent Astor returned from a two day trip to the devastated region evacuated by German retreat near the Hindenburg line. She and her party faced air battles and near shelling while observing German lines from an underground dugout. At Noyon she saw Prince Eitel Friedrich’s post and gathered souvenirs from German units left behind.
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Paris
Vincent Astor
Hindenburg Line
Coucy la Fere
St. Quentin
Mrs. Astor
Prince Eitel Friedrich
Noyon
Record duck kill on Klondike flats near Jackson gulch
South Dawson hunter Y T Ed Doran fired 26 ducks from 12 shots after a dawn flight. Starting with seventeen shells he missed some early, then bagged 19 birds with last five shots and wounded several more in darkness. He claims it was the greatest flight seen and would have broken a previous 52 duck hour record with more shells.
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Dawson
Y. T
Ed Doran
South Dawson
Klondike Flats
Jackson Gulch
Doran
Jack Lee
Jack
Seeds labor damages for loss of his dog
Los Angeles workers seeks compensation for the death of a family pet dog worth £90,000. Harry Marks claims the dog’s loss leaves him as sole support for his invalid wife and children, urging pay under the compensation law.
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Seeds Labor
Los Angeles
Cal
Hero
Harry Marks
Los Angeles Labor Board
Marks
Gamages
Man Walks From Miami to San Antonio to Enlist in Cavalry
Rover C Weems, 21, of Company M Second Florida National Guard, walked from Miami to San Antonio to obtain final discharge and join the regular army. He was arrested four times on the route, once for visiting a father-in-law he offended, and twice on deserter suspicions while still in uniform. Locals aided him with rides and meals.
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San Antonio
Tex
Rover C. Weems
Florida Regiment
National Guard
Miami
Fla
Lie
Monroe
Jewett
Gulfport
Miss
Pascagoula
Ister
Second Florida Infantry
Auto Ists
Soldier Risks Life Wins Nurse as Bride
A Canadian soldier saved a fellow nurse during a hospital fire then fell in love. Leo Heck, a member of the Ry guards, married Miss Helen Maud Lymer, a Toronto nurse, in Hamilton Ontario after she left to serve wounded British soldiers. Heck rushed to Hamilton on furlough, they wed, and he returned for medical tests at Bellevue.
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Causine
Heck
Hamilton
W. B. Figle
Hamilton Baptist Church
Cowbells Save Cherries Near Redding
W A Bull of Igo saved his cherry crop on the South Fork by a water wheel tied to cowbells in the treetops. After birds swiped ripening fruit, he tried scarecrows, then rigged a churn dasher to a water wheel so the cowbells rang all day, keeping the birds away and preserving the crop.
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Redding
Cal
W. A
Bull
Igo
South Fork Creek
Coal Mine in Back Yard Discovery in Bluefield
Roanoke news reports P H Rover of Bluefield found a coal seam four feet thick on the opposite ridge side and contemplates mining in his backyard as winter coal nears ten dollars a ton. The find could mean reduced costs for Rover amid rising fuel prices.
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Roanoke
Rover
Bluefield
Old Man Climbs Windmill for Repairs
Hiawatha resident Henry Adams aged eighty two climbed a forty foot windmill to perform needed repairs without seeking assistance. He completed the task despite his age and the risk involved.
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Hiawatha, An
Henry Adams
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First National Bank
Warren, Penna
Avings
Man
Warren Trust Company
Citizens National Bank
Warren
Pennsylvania
Merchant’s Gaigiing
American Press Association
Yukon
Cavalry
Brele
Davis
Alaska
North Pole
S. R
U.S. R
N. P
Durham
Pickett Hardware CO
Third Avenue
Hickory Street
Warren National Bank
Raving & EC Ae
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