Wilson pleads for peace from European leaders
President Wilson sends a Hague convention appeal to the German emperor, the Russian czar, the Austrian emperor, the French president, and the king of England. He states it is his duty to seek European peace and to act in the interest of all parties. He promptly moves to stop the war and will use his influence to bring peace.
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Wilson
Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
France
England
Europe
Philadelphia
Showers factory in Bloomington defies calamity claims
Representative William Cullop of Indiana quotes Showers Manufacturing Co manager Oscar Cravens denying widespread business collapse. Cravens says factory closed only for July 4 week, resumes with 1,900 workers, orders strong, Bloomington expanding with three new stone mills and $300,000 in new buildings. He notes full factory capacity and booming local business despite Republican calamity talk.
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Washington
Humphreys
Showers Manufacturing Co
Bloomington
Ind
Showers Company
Oscar Cravens
Showers
Wilson
Indiana
Wm. Cullop
House
Death of Mrs Woodrow Wilson in Washington
Washington dispatch reports the death at five o clock Thursday afternoon of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the President. The nation mourns, with the President and three daughters at her bedside. Senate and House adjourned in respect, and condolences flooded in from officials. The piece also notes Virginia’s upcoming statewide prohibition vote, predicts dry success, and mentions temperance advances in Congress tied to the broader war context. It closes with a brief note on a hygiene lecture about heart strain and its prevention.
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Washington Dispatch
Woodrow Wilson
Nation
Francis B. Sayre
Tumulty
Wilson
Senate
Senator Kern
Underwood
Virginia
Richmond
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Alexandria
Congress
Friends of Temperance
Institute of Hygiene
J. Strickland Goodall
Heart strain and work of the heart in daily life
The piece explains how everyday actions raise heart work, cites experiments showing heart rate and foot-pound work rising with exertion, and notes potential dangers when the heart is weakened. It discusses how rest reduces work, and concludes with a call for patience in policy amid European war.
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Atrai N
The Watermelon Fine by Bentztown Bard
A fragmentary poem celebrating a watermelon as it ripens through May and June. The speaker casts the fruit in lush, sensuous imagery, likening sweetness, color, and sunlit fullness to seasonal abundance. Subtly evokes rural Maryland imagery and agrarian pleasure.
Accident injures Federalsburg man in wagon incident
Albert Cannon was seriously hurt Monday when a wagon loaded with two tons of steel girders rolled over his feet. He guided the wagon downhill, missed his footing, and the wheels crushed both feet.
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Albert Cannon
Cannon
Big Smash in Automobiles Big Smash in Automobiles
ROMAN AUTO CO., INC. crows about annual stock clearance with 600 plus slightly used cars and trucks from 1913 and 1914 models. Offers include three Ford cars $176 to $300, a Cadillac $200, six E. M. F. $176 to $350, plus Buicks Internationals and Macks $200 up. Located at Broad and Cherry in Philadelphia. Closed Sundays.
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Ford
Cadillac
Roman Auto Co., Inc
Broad and
Cherry Streets
Philadelphia
Executors Sale of Real Estate in Denton Maryland
Executors of Mary Virginia Stevens deceased offer real property at public sale in front of the Court House door Denton Maryland following an Orphans Court order dated August 4 1914. Sale confor ms to the will and dated February 8 1905 with records in Liber R J folio 204. Highest bidders to be determined in Caroline County.
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Mary Virginia Stevens
Caroline County
R. J
Orphans’ Court
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Howard Pritchett
Charles Sparks
Williston Properties in Assignees' Sale in September 1914
Assignees announce a multi parcel sale in Caroline county Maryland on a Tuesday in September 1914 from 2 to 4 PM. Parcels include riverfront wharf, warehouses, and several dwelling houses with varying frontages and improvements. Parcels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 offered separately or in combination. possession January 1 1915. rents for 1914 reserved.
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Caroline County
Maryland
Williston
M. E
Potter’s Landing Wharf
William Schwaninger Farm Public Sale in Caroline MD
The 7514 acre farm with buildings and improvements in Caroline County will be sold at public auction in front of the Denton Court House door. The sale follows a mortgage from William F. Schwaniper and wife to Harvey L. Cooper dated December 28, 1912, assigned to W. Brewster Deen, recorded in Caroline County land records.
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Caroline County
American Corner
Federalsburg
William S*. Schwaninger
Win. F. Schwaniper
Harvey L. Cooper
W. Brewster Deen
Liber J. K
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Land conveyance to Daniel Sparks by Robert Jarrell
The deed dated April 10 1897 conveys the land from Robert Jarrell to Daniel Sparks. It is recorded in Liber E. C. F. No 63 folio 249 a Land Record Book for Caroline county. The improvements consist of a
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Daniel Sparks
Robert Jarrell
Caroline County
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsements From Cambridge Reader
Mrs Roland H Bassett of 816 Henry St Cambridge Maryland credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief from backache and longstanding kidney discomfort after cold or overwork. She reports no symptoms since using the product and urges continued publication of her endorsement. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Roland H. Bassett
Henry St. Cambridge
Dean
Doan
Dan
Bassett
Foster-Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo
N. Y
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Dover
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J. Harry Rose
Family Story
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New York
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Maryland Trust
Bikton
I. M. Parrot
Preston, Md
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William Jones
Mary Scribner
Julia A. McGonigal
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Smithville
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