What Shall We Do With the Dead in War and Earthquake
Vance Thompson argues that San Francisco must remove bodies and warns Europe will worsen due to war dead. He praises Western communal mausoleums as equitable, lasting burial, condemning earth burial as primitive and dangerous, and urges law to favor cremation or mausoleum burial to prevent contamination and decay.
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New York City
Upper Broadway
New York
Westchester
Richmond
Nassau
Rockland
Europe
Ethel Fearney
Red Cross
France
Belgium
Ife
Gen. Grant
Potomac Club to Meet All Stars in Exhibition Game
The Potomac Club of the City League hosts a YMCA gym exhibition against a squad of All Stars from the league. Four Potomac regulars also play for the YMCA first team, promising a close contest to gauge top team strength. A small admission funds league uniforms. tipoff is 8 15 p m.
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Potomac Club
All Stars
Lonaconing Five Set for Return Game at Firemen's Armory
Lonaconing five hosts Pittsburg Silent Five in a Firemen's Armory showdown. The visitors pushed the locals close in a recent meeting, signaling an exciting rematch this evening.
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Lonaconing
Lonaconing Five
Pittsburg Silent Five
Firemens Armory
Pittsburg
French Soldier Recounts Harsh Campaign in Essex Letter
A French soldier writes to friends in Essex about a grueling campaign. He notes his hair has turned almost white, he has slept in no bed for 112 days, and has not undressed in all that time. He describes days without meals or rest, yet says the campaign beats all past hardships.
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Essex
Taxi ad touts day meat fight and call 700 for details
A clipped classified style notice markets a taxi service with a bold call to action. It mentions a day meat fight event and urges readers to call 700 for further information.
Coal Race Looms in Eastern Kentucky Territory
A rivalry for coal land in Knott and Letcher counties pits Consolidation Coal Company tied to Baltimore and Ohio against Louisville and Nashville interests. B and O files a 5 million mortgage at Whiteburg to extend from West Virginia into Kentucky, building about 25 miles. L&N sends engineers to survey a north side spur near Hazards as both lines run parallel near the Knott Letcher boundary.
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Kentucky
Consolidation Coal Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Knott and Letcher Counties
Baltimore and Ohio
Whiteburg
West Virginia
Letcher County
Lexington and Eastern
Hazard
Central High Girls Protest Ringers Forfeit Beall Match
Lonaconing Maryland January 16 Beall High School Frostburg girls accused of fielding ringers against Central High School causing the game to be called off. Central’s Irving and Longfellow literary societies played instead with Longfellow winning and a large disappointed crowd watching.
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Lonaconing
Beall High School
Frostburg
Quint
Central High School
Central Girls
Beall Girls
Irving and Longfellow Literary Societies
Longfellow Society
Giants Buy Lobert To Strengthen 1915 Infield
The article notes Jawn J. McGraw acquires J Honus Lobert for the Phillies to plug holes left by Tillie Schafer and Herzog. It highlights expected impact at third base and pitching depth with Christy Matthewson and Jacob Marquard, plus recruits, as the Giants chase another National League pennant.
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United Press
New York
George Stallings
Jawn
J. McGraw
McGraw
J. Honus Lobert
Phillies
Jawn J
al Demaree
Demaree
Gotham
Maryguard
Boston
Stock
Lobert
Tillie Schafers
Adams
Philadelphia
Schafer
Herzog
Giants
Matthewson
Marquard
Moody and Sankey in Philadelphia Forty Years Ago
Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey toured Philadelphia forty years ago drawing about 10 000 souls to Christ in a wave of revival. The freight station at the old Pennsylvania Railroad yard, now Wanamaker’s site, seated 14 000 after remodeling. Thomas A. Scott then PRR president offered use of the station for the meetings.
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Dwight L. Moody
Ira D. Sankey
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wanamaker
Thomas A. Scott
Jacques Fournier Aims For White Sox First Base Job
Jacques Fournier declares he will beat Bunny Brief for the White Sox first base position. He did not perform well last season and manager Clarence Rowland is seeking a successor in the infield slot.
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Jacques Fournier
Bunny Brief
Chicago White Sox
Jacques
Clarence Rowland
McAdoo Felon? Not a Clear Path for 1916 Nomination
Washington dispatch notes growing belief that Treasury Secretary McAdoo seeks the Democratic nod, but most Washington Democrats doubt his fitness for national leadership. Bryan remains a latent possibility, Clark and Champ Clark debated, while Wilson’s continued presidency dominates dynamics.
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Washington
William Gibbs McAdoo
the Treasury
Baltimore
Barkis
Willin
Treasury
McAdoo
John Skelton Williams
Father Knickerbocker
Moceover
Mec-Adoo
Empire State
Wilson
Fresh Defsile Crabs at Brook's Opposity Hall Adver
Advertisement for fresh crabs at Brook's Opposity Hall featuring Jal3 4t promotion and dates. Read as a local retail notice with brief product and venue reference.
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Brook’s. Opposity Hall
Advertisement
Advertisement promotes war reading at Cumberland Press
An advertisement urges readers to buy a book about the war from The Cumberland Press office for ten cents. The promo emphasizes learning and signals wartime information efforts directed at the public.
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Cumberland Press
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