Betsy Ross Flag Tale Declared Fake by Philadelphia
Special Dispatch reports that Betsy Ross did not sew the first American flag nor oversee George Washington, per the Philadelphia Committee on Marking Historic Places. The Betsy Ross house once claimed a seamstress of that name, but the committee dismisses the scene as a century old fake.
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Wreck on Mountain Line Kills Engineer and Injures Twenty
Hazleton Pennsylvania June 27 One man was killed and twenty passengers injured when a Pennsylvania train derailed on Lofty Mountain Pass near Pottsville The engineer Aaron Raub died The injured include S Balban Toledo Ohio with ribs and knee injuries William Ball Defiance Ohio with leg injuries Tracks shown with two spikes placed to wreck the train Lehigh Valley detectives and county authorities investigate but identify of wreckers not yet found
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Erie Railroad wreck blamed on train wreckers near Garrettsville
Officials returning from the scene report that a derailment was caused by train wreckers. Investigation found all spikes pulled and splice bars removed from a rail, which lay loose from the ties. Tools used were found near the track.
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Bees Hive Found in Cable Box By Ohio Crew
Ohio telephone workers discovered a hive of bees in a cable box thirty feet above ground. They found the swarm inside the box after the box was opened and reported that the bees had made a considerable quantity of honey.
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Rabies Claims Another Victim in New Orleans
Joseph E. Harding, 38, a New Orleans street car conductor, died after rabies symptoms returned sixty three days after a bulldog bite. Despite treatment the hydrophobia germ eluded cure and six men had to restrain him as convulsions seized his limbs.
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Rabbi Friedman Suffering Rabies After Dog Bite
In Cleveland on June 27 Rabbi L. Friedman lies at home awaiting his fate as doctors monitor his rabies infection. He remains calm, says he is ready if God calls, and notes no pain yet while doctors grow discouraged about treatment prospects.
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National Credit Men elect officers at Denver meeting
The National Association of Credit Men concluded its Denver convention by electing officers: President Frank M. Gettys of Louisville. First Vice President T. H. McAdow of Chicago. Secretary-Treasurer Charles E. Heck. Directors A. C. Foster Denver F R Salisbury Minneapolis J W Spangler Jr Seattle H G Moore Kansas City George K Smith New Orleans and David S Ludlam Philadelphia. The next meeting will be in Philadelphia.
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Garfield in Honolulu Opens Republican Campaign
Secretary of the Interior Garfield spent the day inspecting Pearl Harbor defenses and government works then addressed 5,900 people at Aala Park marking the start of the Republican campaign in Hawaii. He then sailed to Kauai and will return aboard the St. Louis.
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Ohio Valley Folks Visit New York Ahead of Europe
Ohio Valley visitors fill Manhattan hotels en route to Europe and summer retreats. Notables include Lazard Kahn, Charles Sohngen, Julius Fleischmann, and Mrs. Sohngen, with talks of business improving and taft dessert at Buckingham amid bustling hospitality and cross Atlantic departures.
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Law of Average in Advertising Persuades Six-Town Test
A persuasive advertising pitch explains the law of average across six towns or six magazines and argues that proven results justify aggressive spending. It promotes a test campaign costing little relative to potential returns, showcases Claude C. Hopkins’s copy leadership, and urges readers to request a sample book to judge the agency’s power.
Lord and Thomas Am Tract Soc Blog New York
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New River Dam Located in Ohio River at Teens Run
Government officials from Wheeling locate Dam 26 on the Ohio River at Teens Run eleven miles south of Gallipolis. The dam will create the longest water pool on the river and enable year round coal shipments from the Great Kanawha Valley and Pomeroy mines to Cincinnati and Louisville. One and a half million dollars is appropriated for the project, which will take five years and employ five hundred men.
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Cleveland Men In Balloon Rise Over Seven Thousand Feet
A. Hi. Morgan and J. T. Wade of Cleveland Ohio soared in the Sky Pilot balloon with Alan R. Hawley piloting. They ascended in calm air to more than seven thousand feet and stayed aloft over an hour and a half before landing at Monroe Bridge about ten miles northeast of North Adams Massachusetts after crossing the Hoosic Mountains.
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