Rebate plan seeks to boost Pennsylvania voting
Harrisburg March 11 Pennsylvanians would face a $3 annual poll tax under a house bill by Rep Snyder Westmoreland. A rebate feature would pay $1 to any voter who casts a ballot at a primary or general election, effectively penalizing nonvoters with fines. County tax would be $3 if a voter misses any election, $2 for voting in one election, and $1 for voting in both primaries and general election.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Snyder
Westmoreland County
Liquid fire repels czar's troops in North Poland battle
Petrograd reports fierce fighting in Poland north of the Pillen and Vistula rivers. German troops use liquid fire against Russian assaults, causing severe burns. Russians claim some success with air attacks on Szec sucyn and Stawiski. In the Carpathians Russians capture Austrian battalion commander, eight officers, and three companies. Germans regroup at Avugustowo as heavy fighting continues.
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Poland
Petrograd
Pillen
Vistula
Szecsucyn
Stawiski
Bohr River
East Prussian
Carpathians
War Office
Avugustowo
Slayer Kills Priest Linked to Double Crime Case
Wilmington detectives press New Britain authorities to connect Peter Krokas and Bernard Momeld to the February murder of Rev. Joseph Zabroys and a housekeeper. Investigators note a hat, Krakas notebook, and a demand letter for 10000 dollars tied to the priest’s death as they pursue ties to the Patrolman Tierney killings and shootings of three others.
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Wilmington
Krakas
Tierney
Hag Teceive
Zebroys
Mayo, the Third, Appears in Scranton Connections Revealed
In Scranton Virginias J Mayo a wealthy New Haven manufacturer linked to the death of Miss Lilian Mayo Cook in Brooklyn is identified as a former Scranton resident. His first wife Florence Weeks and three daughters Carlotta Dorothy and Marion reside at 818 Sunset Ave. Mrs Mayo plans likely divorce proceedings and support for her daughters. The man came to Scranton circa 1888 working with a local hardware dealers firm and later lived a double life with another wife in New Haven and a stenographer in Brooklyn.
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Scranton
Pap
J. Mayo
New Haven
Mayo
Carlotta
Dorothy
Marion
William Fress
Brooklyn
Germany Seizes Barley Stock Under Grain Order
Berlin March 11 Expropriation of all barley stocks above a metric ton has been ordered by the hundesrath with exceptions for farmers stock owners and those who plan to use grain for seed purposes.
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Germany
Berlin
Hundesrath
Sailor Jack Haversham’s Tokyo Marriage Saga
Sailor Jack Haversham, a robust, popular seaman, meets a geisha in Tokyo and is persuaded by a Japan-based broker to marry Apple Blossom. He pays a marriage portion to her family, but soon returns to sea, leaving her behind as he resumes life abroad. On returning to Long Island he reunites with Maggie Pixley, his childhood love, complicating the tale of past vows and present temptations.
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Jack Haversham
Jack
Morniinog
New York
Tokyo
Haversham
Jack Havershaiw
Japan
Jim
Ilverty
Apple Blossom
Jack Hawgersham
Thisheen
America
Long Island
Maggie Pixley
Maggie
Sailor Jack and Apple Blossom in a Japanese Marriage Law Tale
In a coastal tale of a sailor named Jack Waversham and his mistress Maggie, Jack falls for Maggie while married to an earlier partner in a remote voyage. A broker explains Japan’s婚 laws, prompting comic misunderstandings as Jack navigates marriage, bigamy fears, and a resolved plan to stay ashore with Maggie. The piece interweaves flirtation, deception, and a comic legal twist set against seafaring life. The second item notes steel industry data: United States Steel unfilled tonnage on Feb 28, 1915 stood at 4,345,371 tons, up 496,800 from Jan 30 1915, with prior years listed for context.
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Maggie
Jack
Gelsha
Tokyo
Tfe
Waversham
Satan
Japan
Scott
Apple Blossom
Sailorman
Jack Waversham
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Four Dead In Motor Crash In Dryden New York
Dryden New York March 11 Henry Hunter a wealthy mill owner his wife their daughter in law Mrs Vail Hunter and their three month old granddaughter were killed within a block of their home when a motor car driven by Mr Hunter was struck by a Lohizh Valley freight Sympathetic remark ends with a judge line about sleep on an empty stomach and back for a little while.
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Dryden
N. Y
Henry Hunter
Vail Hunter
Woman shoots, then dies by own hand in Harrisburg
Harrisburg report states Mrs Irene Hosle, 24, is hospitalized with a flesh wound to the cheek after a man named Samuel SK Keyes, a chauffeur, shoots at her on a street. Keyes is dead from self-inflicted gunfire. No motive or explanation is given as the woman cannot speak.
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Harrisburg
Irene Hosle
Samuel SK Keyes
Keyes
Weather observations across major cities at 8 p.m yesterday
United States weather bureau reports six eight o clock observations: Atlantic City 40 clear Boston 36 clear Buffalo 34 clear Chicago 38 clear New Orleans 54 cloudy New York 38 cloudy Philadelphia 42 clear St Louis 36 cloudy Washington 46 clear. Forecast calls for fair weather today and tomorrow with northwest winds.
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Atlantic City
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Wonderful Vacuum Achieved By Ice Cold Charcoal Absorbing Gases
Scientists describe near perfect vacuums created by cooling air to liquid hydrogen and using cold charcoal to absorb residual gases. The method yields vacuums of about .0000058 millimeters, far beyond older suction pumps and mercury designs.
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Chicago Herald
Remember Your Age and Birth Year Test Humor Comment
A health service notice urges readers to know exact ages and birth years noting common gaps among students and adults. It stacks practical reasons from marriage, voting, and employment to prove birth dates, with humorous jingles to aid memory and a caution about missing birth registrations in some states.
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United States Public Health Service
Siates
Inurope
Johnnie
Little Susie
Remonstrances Stolen From Churches
Three remonstrances against liquor licenses in Blair county were stolen from the Third Presbyterian church and two from the Fifth Avenue Methodist church. The items had been left at the shore for signatures and had been slowed by about 800 persons.
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Altoona
Blair County
Third= Presbyterian church
Fifth Avenue
$117,000 Theft Charged in Chicago Railways Case
An indictment for embezzlement of 117000 was returned against Sidney Ossonki former general claim agent of the Chicago Railways company. The charges relate to alleged false death and accident claims filed against the railroad.
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Chicago
Sidney Ossonki
Chicago Railways Company
On the Right Track
A brief quip from Life magazine uses mock dialect to describe a correction or lesson. The line contrasts mispronounced English with a promise of guidance, implying a humorous or instructional moment about language or behavior. It highlights a playful exchange rather than a news event.
Carlyle Quote on Morality and Theft
A terse quotation from Thomas Carlyle reflects on stealing and oath breaking. The line contrasts moral duties with criminal acts, suggesting ruinous consequences for those who choose theft over lawful behavior.
Public Real Estate Sale in Caroline County Maryland
Under a Maryland mortgage from John W Garey et al to William H Garey and others the property in the Second Election District Caroline County will be sold at public sale at the Denton Court House door between two and four p m The parcel lies along the Greensboro Chapel Branch roads near D J Zacharias H C Rawlings and Rix R Garey and is described by bounds including Spring Branch and the road junction near Greensboro.
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John W. Garey
Alice S. Garey
William H. Garey
Reuben Garey
Matthew Garey
Rix R. Garey
Caroline County
State of
Maryland
J. K
Court House
Denton
Sheppard’s Chapel
Greensboro
D. J. Zacharias
H. C. Rawlings
Chapel Branch
Sheppard's Chapel
Henry C. Rawlings
Nathaniel Horsey
Spring Branch
Orphans’ Court
William Murphy
Land Offer Near Greensboro as Home Site
More or less the land conveyed to John W. Garey by John T. Carter and wife by deed dated November 6 1910 recorded in Caro line county. Improvements include a two story frame dwelling barn stable and outbuildings. Property lies near the Den ton Greensboro State road one and a half miles from Greensboro with churches schools and transport facilities nearby. Soil productive and well suited to crops of the region. Ideal for a family home to investigate.
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John W. Garey
John T. Carter
Caroline County
Jolia Sto
Denton
Greensboro
Public sale of farm chattel mortgage property at Garey farm
Under a 1913 1914 mortgage and bills of sale John W Garey consents to sale of personal property at the Garey residence in Caroline county on Wednesday March 17 1915 at 10 am. Items include a mule cow heifer brood sows stock equipment utensils and various household articles with cash terms for under 10 and six months credit for larger sums. No removal before sale completion.
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Purce
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Grippe
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A. G. Mever & CO
Baltimore
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Eevee
Ephraim Seese
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Iast
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F. P. Covey
Philadelphia Silos
Lansing
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Mortgagee
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Alonzo E. Gardner
Agnes H. Gardner
T. S. Slaughter
Eagle Mills
Federalsburg
Riche Oe
H. Bh, Messenger
W._H. JOPP
Denton, Md
I_am
T. L. Trice
Boy Scouts
R. R. Shull
J. Frank Wright
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Syracuse
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Smith & Walls
Law Building
Tom Barron
Australia
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Missouri
EDW
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General Commission Merchants
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