Seventeen-year-old girl attempts suicide at Garry Run home
A nineteen year old girl shot herself at her Garry Run home yesterday afternoon. Neighbors heard screams and found her with a bullet wound to the chest and a revolver nearby. She was taken to Clearfield Hospital and is resting. a note to her mother was found but contents withheld. The girl says she intended death by her own action and will speak later.
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Ste Eilinger
Meneage
Adi
Victor Gearhart
Hereniis
Elinger
Miss Flinger
Clearfield Hospital
Pete
Wings
Dowager Empress of Rusia entertains on arrival in Petrograd
Vague report of the Dowager Empress of Russia hosting Czar Nicholas entourage for a half hour in Petrograd. Poor OCR yields scattered items on Mease's sale of hats priced from $2.50 to $8.00 and miscellaneous editor notes.
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Nicholas
Petrograd
Mease
Ediors
M. BE. Mersh
Reed Scity
Enthusiastic W.T.U. Meeting Held at Mrs Shony’s Home
An enthusiastic and well attended W T U meeting was held at the home of Mrs Shony on Fifth street last evening. The house was prettily decorated and refreshed after the business portion. Mrs Carrie Smith read a report on the Lee County convention held at Duboty. Work for the coming year was discussed. A program of music and vocal and instrumental pieces was enjoyed. Members expressed regret at Mrs Shonn’s upcoming move to Sayre Pa and noted her long service to the organization.
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Wlo. T. UL
Rs. Shomy
Fifth Street
Carrie Smith
Ilee County
DuBoty
Ween Yw
Shonn
Sayre Pa
Men to Hear Chas P Greer at Opera House Sunday
The Men’s organized Bible Classes plan a 3:30 pm Sunday meeting at the Opera House to recruit new members. Rev. Chas P Greer of Mt Zion M E church DuBois will speak on “Men wanted with iron in their blood.” Fifth Regiment Band will provide music. details include class-room seating and a marching body. All men invited.
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Opera House
Chas. P. Greer
Mt. Zion M. E
DuBois
Fifth Regiment
American Shot by Mexicans in Arizona and Sonora Clash
Noca Arizona reports a violent morning assault on Noca Sonora led by Yaqui Indians. An American trooper was fatally shot. The attack was repulsed by Carranza who fell back. A. C. Summerville of Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corp has rented the R. H. Thompson house at Turnpike and West Market streets for future occupancy.
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Noca
Arizona
Maypornia
Noca Sonora
Carranza
A. C. Summerville
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corporation
R. H. Thompson
Turnpike
West Market Streets
Heavy Snowfalls Halt Troops in the Mountains
Snowbound units in the Ardennes Regions face severe cold as heavy snow blocks supply lines and slows maneuvers. Reports note casualties and increasing fatigue among soldiers on both sides amid harsh winter conditions.
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Ardennes
Owim Arateusas
Crown
Frederick William
British cruisers Invincible and Terrible not sunk
London dispatch from International News Service reports the widely circulated rumor that the British cruisers Invincible and Terrible were sunk by a German submarine has been officially denied.
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Ibs International News
London
Qet
Horrible Tactics Attributed To Germans In Front Line Fighting
London reports from wounded British soldiers describe German tactics and Belgian civilian hardship. A Highland private recalls the Scots Greys decoying Germans into French machine guns, with 10 000 Germans killed. Bombardier Smith notes bombs reveal enemy range. many wounds are shrapnel. Lance-Corporal Spiers recounts crossing a river under fire after being cut off, marching 30 miles in drenched clothes.
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International News Service
London
France
Highland Regiment
Mons
Netley
Musselbaugh
Scots Greys
Bombardier A. E. Smith
Edinburgh
Spiers
King's Own
DuBois May Become City Of The Third Class
A petition asking DuBois borough to become a third class city has been presented to the council. The council passed favorably and will place the issue before voters at the coming general election. The petition was signed by hundreds of qualified electors and enthusiasm runs high. It is highly likely DuBois will become a city.
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DuBois Ehall
DuBois
Little Girl Seriously Injured by Motorist
Six year old Ralf Fullington of Daisy Street, returning from school, was seriously injured when struck by a Bellefonte motorist, Mrs. Johnson. The child crossed in front of the car and was startled as the vehicle approached. Mr Johnson attempted to brake but could not stop in time.
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Ralf
R. F. Fullington
Daisy Street
Former Ball Player Died in DuBois at 46
Jack of DuBois died yesterday morning at 7 at his mother's home in the Loeb addition after tuberculosis and a Memorial Day injury at Falls Creek. He was 46 and once a leading local ball player, belonging to the DuBois team in the old Mountain League, and with his brother Elmer won many games.
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Jack
DuBois
Loeb
Mgr
Falls Creek
Elmer
Former presidents tied unions with Margret Fisch
International News Services report on a marriage today involving Miss Mar firs Elsworth Margaret Ella and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Fisch of Airport. The couple returned with their families to Park Avenue after the ceremony.
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Today International
Miss Mar
Elsworth
Margaret Ella
Robert B. Fisch
Airport
Park Avenue
Tales Of Bravery Told By Wounded Private
A Royal Munster Fusiliers private tells of fighting alone against a German assault after his unit fell back. He describes bayonet charges, sword combat, and stubborn resistance as the Germans pressed forward, leaving many dead and wounded, yet his group did not surrender.
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International
Royal Munster Fusiliers
German Offensives Repulsed at Verdun and Aisne Fronts
International News Service reports Belgian forces under King Albert retreating into France to recuperate and renew. French troops press near Metz and Rheims while Austro-German offensives along the Aisne are repulsed. Soissons and Fleurbaix area fights end in Allied gains as British seize positions near Roye. Russian line repels a large German attack in Polish territory. Przemysl falls claimed by Russian and Italian sources.
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Albert
France
Verdun
Paris
Aisne
Metz
Rheims
Soissons
Lassignty
Roye
Fleurdaix
Armentaries
St. Michiel
Meuse
Belgium
Decree to Dissolve New Haven Railroad Suit Filed
Federal court filed a decree to dissolve the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad. The notice mentions Lewis Welty of Grampain and a continuation of authorities, with vague remarks about pursuing those who flee from officers.
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New Haven
International News Service
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Federal Cour
Dutch steamer grounds on Kentish coast
Dover dispatch reports the hotel steamer Whanatic from Buenos Ayres to Rotterdam went ashore on the Kentish coast. Assistance was sent but details are unavailable. Also notes a marriage license for Sharley Zielonski and Ida Novelski of DuBois and honors for Clearfield boy Emmett Ellenberger as honorary member of the Chemical Society of America.
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International News Service
Dover
England
Twhantic
Buenos Ayres
Rotterdam
Kentish
Sharley Zielonski
Ida Novelski
DuBois
Clearfield
State College
Emmett Ellenberger
Coe Ce
Chemical Society of America
Ellenberger
Italians Protest Airships Over Border
Italian government protests airship incursions along the border amid fears of military espionage. New reports note public agitation as authorities warn against Austrian airship activity near the frontier.
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