Great Lakes to the Sea Route Promises National Gain
The piece urges expanding the St Lawrence and Great Lakes links to create an ocean-access waterway from Montreal to the Great Lakes. It argues deeper channels, new locks, and Welland canal work will boost U S and Canadian trade, cut freight costs, and connect midwestern industry to world markets.
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Congress
Washington
United States
St. Lawrence
Tidewater
Montress
Great Lakes
Seaboard
International Joint Commission
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Lake Ontario
Great Lakes Tidewater Association
Middlewest
Wmiddlewest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ilinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
John Darton Payne
U. S. Shipping Board
Chicago
Illinois
Duluth
Atlantic Ocean
wWoney
Detroit
Cleveland
Canada
St. Clair Flats
Detroit River
Sao
Niagara
Welland Canal
Oqkttawa
St Lawrence
Chas EB. Townsend
Senate
Atlantic
Doubter
Rockies
Alleghanies
Great Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Toledo
Clareland
Buffalo
St. Law
St. Regis
United States Senate
Fort William
Liverpool
L Ocean Service
Lexington class battleship to be built at Quincy
Quincy, Mass may witness the keel of the Lexington class battleship, the proposed queen of the US Navy. The ship aims for 35 knot speed, 874 foot length, 43 200 ton displacement, armed with eight 14 inch guns and sixteen 6 inch secondaries, plus anti aircraft and torpedo defenses. Sister ships Constellation Saratoga Ranger Constitution and United States also planned.
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Queen OF
United States Navy
Quincy
Mass
lLagton
Lexington
Queen
Uncle Sam
Constellation
Saratoga
Ranger
Constitution
United States
Tauel
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Navali
Hamburgh name change tale ends with delay
A traveler asked a Cleveland bank to forward money from Hamburg. After 10 days and a misinterpreted location, the bank failed to receive a reply from Hamburg, and the man waited four hours before eventually obtaining funds and planning a campaign to rename his hometown.
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Cleveland
Hamburg
Germany
Pigs Keep Mud Caked Tails Weaken Pigs and Die
In Chino California Mosby Perton kept Poland China pigs with tails left uncut. Mud piled on their tails as they wallowed causing skin to pull back and eyelids to stay open. Eleven pigs died from sleep deprivation, a veterinarian testified.
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Chino
Cal
Mosby Perton
How Jonathan and His Armor Bearer Overcame the Philistines
A Sunday School lesson outlines Jonathan's bold attack against the Philistines aided by his armor bearer. It details the decisive divine lead, the battlefield climb between Bozez and Seneh, and Saul's misguided pursuit after Israel's initial victory.
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Jonathan
Israel
Lother
Y. Saul
Fire Demo Drenches City Clerks In Mist and Beer
Two stout men in a doorway watch a high pressure fire department demonstration in San Francisco. A nozzle coughs, a brown stream with white foam shoots skyward, and the bystanders lament that it resembles beer, spoiling their day.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fire Department
Clubman No
No. 1
Soldier’s playful talk leads to window smashing act
In San Francisco Herman U Johnson a soldier asked to be locked up and then, claiming silliness, kicked in a shoe store plate glass window and stole shoes in view of passersby. He said he ran from Fort Riley and had been examined by a sanity board.
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San Francisco
Cal
Herman U. Johnson
Houpt
Johnson
Hount Johnson
Fort Riley
Topeka
Sanity Board
Japan seeks renewed trade with Germany after war
German and Japanese commerce eyes revive ties with Hamburg offices and regular steamship routes to Japanese ports. Copper silk exports from Japan to Germany and potash imports from Germany to Japan appear central. Japan may claim Shantung railway as private. if so it would revert to Japan under treaty terms with indemnities for war damages.
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Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
Japan
Tageblat
Shantung
Tageblatt Sers
Americans in Shanghai displaced by British orders in council
A British order in council requires firms already under British registration in Shanghai to be managed by British subjects. Many American and Japanese owned businesses must replace American executives with British nationals, altering ownership and control across extensive investments.
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Shanghai
China
Hongkong
Great Britain
Hammer Opens Way to Vault Locked Millions
In Topeka Kansas the time lock on the state treasurer’s office vault failed during a one week lapse of duties under a new anti strike law. $31,000,000 in securities ledgers and records rested inside as locksmiths tried and an expert used a hammer and rock to trigger the mechanism. The expert finally opened the lock after 45 minutes of tapping and turning the lever.
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Peka
Kan
State House
Kansas
Door left unclocked by treasurer’s assistant causes week’s delay
The door was found seven days after being closed by an assistant of State Treasurer Walter L. Payne who had forgotten to wind the clock. The office force spent nearly a week making up the backlog. Most working paraphernalia is stored in the vault.
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Learts
Bail
Jonathan
Saul
Israel
Bozez Ang Seneh
God
Jonnathan
Fogether
Christ
Walter L. Payne
Four MHWING Mascots Born During Night
In Nogales Arizona the Twelfth aero squadron gains four new mascots four kittens born during a high altitude flight. The squadron moved from El Paso and during transfer the cats were stowed in an airplane. The four newborns were born about five thousand feet above the Arizona plains while traveling at speeds between one hundred and one hundred twenty five miles per hour.
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Nogales
Ariz
Twelfth Aero Squadron
Twelfth
Hi Paso
Arizona
Consonince Refuses To Let Dom Keep Dime
Walter Simmons of Louisville received a letter with a thin dime and an explanation. The note apologizes for an unpaid ten cent debt on a baseball mitt bought seven years ago and seeks forgiveness, saying the sender will not be at peace until the debt is settled.
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Dom
Louisville
Walter Simmons
Panama limited to install snore-saver devices for passengers
A Minneapolis Journal note reports a plan by the Illinois Central general passenger agent to fit sleeping cars on the Panama Limited with devices to prevent snoring. The move follows complaints from travelers about loud snoring disturbing others on the train.
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Memphis
Panama Limited
Illinois Central Railroad
Demand for increased production remains firm amid shortages
The text argues that demand is firm and dependable but supply remains short in many lines. It concludes that increasing production is fundamental and imperative, with wages lagging behind production in the final analysis.
Veal Prices Listed in Local Advertisement
A local ad lists price quotes for veal cuts including roast at 30 cents per pound and chops at 35 cents, with veal stew and steak shown at 256 and 45 cents respectively per pound.
Local Laundry Goods and Soap Offerings Noted
A list itemizes washing powder and soap products including large packages of Washing Powder and five bars of White Soap. It mentions Goblin Soap, Gold Dust, White Line W powder, and 9 Oclock Washing Powder with quantities and prices in a compact catalog format.
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Leake Superior
Ontario
Sea
Superior
Huron
Soa
Atlantis Seaboard
The
International Syndicate
Org
RASKA
Pererteee
Siling
Goat
Stanley Dollar
John McClements
Tom
Sailor Dick
Sailor Harry
Samburg
PR. Fitzwater
Bible In the
Moony Bible Institute of Chicago
Tinlon
Jonxihim
Tabsson
Othem
Ives Hat Shop
Hammer
Mhwing
Clothespin
Minneapolis Journal
North Waterloo Market
Adama
Pinkerton
Asus
Veal
Oleo
Waterloo
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