Chost Proves to be Man Long Thought Dead
Ork April 2. Jack Ryan of Patchogue and his friend Henry Gill were believed drowned after a clam digging trip last July. A Patchogue obituary prompted a search but the pair appeared alive recounting their journey from South Carolina back toward Patchogue. Gill works in New Jersey and plans to return when the season opens.
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Ork
Jack” Ryan
Patchogue
L. L
Ryan
Henry Gill
Gill
South Carolina
New Jersey
Capt Alfred Welland reunites with wife after decades apart
New York reports Captain Alfred Welland of Osman Pasha’s army, believed dead after Plevna in 1877, found alive and living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He tracked his wife Mary and their son in Boston. she recognized him, and they planned to visit their son, now a successful Boston businessman.
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New York
Plevna
Alfred Welland
Osman Pasha
South Fourth Street
Williamsburg
Mary
Welland
Cairo
Osmand Pasha
Avife
Boston
Captain Welland
College girls advised not to be teachers
New York April 2 hearing a lecture and being lectured differ. At a New York School for Applied Design meeting nine leading women colleges' students heard advice for future work. Mrs. Gertrude S Martin Cornell adviser said many graduates struggle to report observations accurately. She warned teaching draws many due to salary, yet it may not fit. Miss Mary Snow urged stenography as a strong entry to business success.
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New York
New York School For Applied Design
Intercollegiate Bureau of Occupations
Gertrude S Martin
Cornell University
Mary Snow
Vocational Bureau
Dr. Americus Enfield Named Bedford Postmaster
Dr Americus Enfield has been appointed postmaster at Bedford on the recommendation of Congressman W W Bailey. He will assume duties after Senate confirmation. Enfield, a Civil War veteran of the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, succeeds Wm J Minnich whose term ends March 1915.
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W. W. Baily
Americus Enfield
Senate
Enfield
22Nd
Penna. Cavalry
Wm. J. Minnich
Plans for child welfare topic at Omaha Social Service meeting
Omaha officials outline a major discussion on recreation and welfare for kids at the Social Service board meeting. Representatives from juvenile groups Associated Charities and several leagues will contribute ideas. The board originated children's matinees and is praised by the National Board of Censorship for Motion Picture Films as advancing a national concept.
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Omaha
Neb
Social Service Board
Associated Charities
Ministerial Union
National Board of Censorship For
Coal Prices Rising In New York And Brooklyn
Coal dealers in Manhattan and Brooklyn advanced summer prices by twenty five cents a ton effective April one with an additional ten cent rise planned for May omitted this year. Manhattan retail rates run from 6.50 to 6.90 per ton through the season while Brooklyn prices are twenty five cents higher. Authorities cite a new mining tax, wage costs, and the recent settlement as factors. The higher scale is expected to cost New York about 2 million dollars.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooksyn
Brooklyn
Tidewater
Flagler to Pay 56000 Deficit for New York Symphony
Henry Harkness Flagler, president of the Symphony Society of New York, offers to cover the annual deficit to ensure continued high quality performances. The society faces a deficit of about 356,000 for the year ending next May after 100 concerts. Flagler plans to begin May 1, 1914 and provide funds akin to endowment support to sustain future expansion.
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New York
Symphony Society of
Henry Harkness Flager
Brooklyn
Flagler
Symphony Society
Bishop Murray Arrives to Confirm Classes in City
Rt. Rev. John Gardner Murray, Bishop of Maryland, arrives at 3:45 PM from Baltimore via Western Maryland Railroad to confirm classes at Holy Cross Chapel and Emmanuel Episcopal Church. He will preach at both chapels with choir music, and stay with Mrs. Lloyd Lowndes. He returns to Baltimore tonight.
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John Gardner Murray
Episcopal Diocese of
Board votes to issue final Shoemaker Act bonds
At yesterday’s Board of Road Directors meeting an order was passed asking the County Commissioners to issue the last 10000 dollars worth of bonds under the Shoemaker Act. Commissioners will meet next Tuesday to try to have the bonds ready by May 1.
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Board of Road Directors
Mermnbers
New Manager for C and P Telephone Company Arrives
J Brooke Boyle, formerly assistant manager at Hagerstown for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, has arrived in Cumberland to take over as manager of the local C and P Telephone Company. He succeeds H C Brown, who will report to Baltimore as special agent. Brown leaves after two and a half years, during which the company built the Union Street telephone building and improved service, earning him a large circle of friends.
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J. Brooke Boyle
Hagerstown
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Cumberland
C. and
H. C. Brown
Baltimore
Boyle
Brown
H. CC. Brown
Union Street
Suffragists Move to Defeat Unfavorable Gubernatorial and Senate Candidates
Harrisburg April 2 division leaders and chairmen of the Woman Suffrage Party will work to defeat candidates in the State Senate and House who oppose the referendum on woman suffrage. Vance McCormick and William Draper Lewis favor the measure along with J Benjamin Dimmick Gifford Pinchot and A Mitchell Palmer who support it.
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Harrisburg
Woman Suffrage Party
State Senate
House
Vance McCormick
William Draper Lewis
Washington
J. Benjamin Dimmick
United States
Gifford Pinchot
A. Mitchell Palmer
Gately and Bitzgerald Advertise House Furnishings
Rural notice advertises house furnishings clothing and related items in lowest terms. Contact at 121 N Centre street phone 1604 K. Agents wanted for sale and distribution of items.
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Centre Street
Doctor in Emergency Cabinet Offers Quick Relief
An advertisement by The Hamilton Drug Co of Hamilton Ohio promotes an emergency medicine cabinet with general purpose remedies. It claims relief for aches burns colds and more, with directions and safety under the pure food law. Introductory offer lists cabinets at one dollar each from a three dollar regular price.
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Hamilton Drug CO
Hamilton
Ohio
30 000 Majority Predicted for Mr Underwood
Birmingham April 2 A Birmingham Age Herald poll predicts Oscar W Underwood will win the U S Senate race by a 30000 vote majority Hobson supporters contest the result but provide no figure The survey shows Underwood leading in Petterson county by 4850 and in the Ninth district by 6375 with Hobson carrying four of nine counties in the Sixth district and Henry county backing Hobson by 75 votes The campaign ends Saturday night and Underwood may address a Birmingham rally regarded as a historic event for the state
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Birmingham
Ala
Oscar W. Underwood
Richmond P. Hobson
United States Senate
Birmingham Age-Herald
Underwood
Hobson
L. Th. Musgrove
Age-Herald
Petterson County
Mr. Underwood
Fayette
Hale
Marion
Walker
Henry
Sedgwick Bankruptcy Hearing Over Residence Dispute
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on April 2 a bankruptcy hearing for Robert Sedgwick addresses a creditor challenge that Sedgwick has no legal Lenox residence. Sedgwick argues Lenox has been his family home for two centuries, with a Congress seed package from representative Treadway offered as evidence.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Robert Sedgwick
Sedgwick
Lenox
Congressman Treadway
Senate cannot finish appropriation bills by adjournment
Trenton New Jersey April 2 The Senate has found it impossible to have the appropriation bills in shape in time for final adjournment today. It will likely take at least a week more before legislative business can be concluded.
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Trenton
N. J
Senate
Administrator's Notice of Estate in Allegany County
The Orphans' Court of Allegany County Maryland granted letters of administration on the estate of Michael E Hanitin deceased Allegany County Maryland All claimants must present vouchers by September 19 1914 to be eligible for any share Debtors should pay promptly Dated March 19 1914 Mars 1931 c J O Brien Administrator P O Box 437
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Orphans’ Court
Allegany County
Maryland
Michael E. Hanitin
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H. H. Flagler
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