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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1914
Page
6
In a crowded wardroom senior engineers grapple with understaffing and worn machinery as tensions rise over who will command the engines. A sudden crash shakes the vessel while Captain Widdrington orders action and Tarshell collapses from stress, amid blame for insufficient repairs.
Amid storm and wreck, the senior engineer fights to keep the battleship alive. Despite grievous wounds his orders save the 700 crew as enemy cannons peel and starboard engines strain. He is hailed for pluck and duty before perishing in the line of duty.
George Heilman of York dies near Oregon while inspecting blasting on the state road. One of two dynamite cartridges failed to explode. he bent over the cartridge to investigate and it exploded, killing him instantly.
In Foula of the Shetland Islands locals rear skull gulls to drive away eagles that prey on farms and fishermen. Eagles haunt the red sandstone cliffs where they multiply, terrorizing the community. skull gulls, though fierce in battle, are tame with people.
The London Tatler notes Weymouth grew as a health and pleasure resort after a 1763 doctor’s odd suggestion to bathe in the open sea. Ralph Allen followed the tip, Weymouth’s first wooden bathing machine appeared, crowds watched, and the patient recovered. The story spread to the Duke of Gloucester, cementing Weymouth’s status.
Washington moves to tax amusements and life insurance as part of a broadened revenue bill. It proposes levies on banks, stock brokers, pawnbrokers, circuses, theaters, tobacco dealers, and numerous stamp taxes on checks, drafts, notes, money orders, and telegraph and telephone messages. The measure, with taxes effective upon passage, aims for enactment before October 15. In Harrisburg a gasoline tank explodes in a garage injuring Morris Brehm fatally and four others gravely.
Philadelphia market notes show flour at 4.75 to 5.50 per barrel for rye flour and No 2 yellow corn steady around 88 to 89 cents. Wheat lower at 1.05 10, butter firm at 34 0 cents, eggs steady at 35 to 37 cents, poultry live steady with hens 17 to 18 cents and dressed fowls 20 to 14 cents depending on quality.
Chicago hogs show mixed prices with bulk sales around 8.30 to 8.80 and heavy at 8.59 while cattle stay steady with beeves near 6.90 to 11.00 and calves 8 to 12. Sheep rise with sheep 5.40 to 6.25 and lambs 7 to 8.75.
Cape Town Sept. 17 General De La Rey, famed for his Boer war strategy against the British, was accidentally shot dead near Johannesburg on Tuesday. He was sixty eight years old.
In St Louis, St Louis defeats Chicago 2 1 in the first game and 7 3 in the second. Cleveland defeats Detroit 8 3. Standings show Chicago tied with Boston for first, St Louis and Detroit mid pack, with New York and Washington trailing.
At Philadelphia, Philadelphia 63 Pittsburgh 2. Batteries Rixey El fer Cooper Conzelman Gibson. At Boston 6 St. Louis it Batteries Tyler Whaling Perritt Griner Snyder. At Brooklyn 7 Chicago 2 Batteries Allen McCarty Lavender Pierce Smith Archer. At New York 8 Cincinnati J Batteries Demaree Meyery Ames littery Gonzales. W L PC Boston 76 54 580 Pittsburgh 62 69 473 N York 73 59 553 Philadelphia 62 71 466 St Louis 71 63 520 Breckin 59 738 447 Chicago 71 64 526 Cincinnati 56 76 424
Brooklyn defeats Indianapolis 2 to 0 with batteries Moseley Rar iden Lafitte Owens. Pittsburgh beats Chicago 7 to 4 with Johnson Lahre Wilson Knetzer Weclaire Adams Berry. Baltimore hosts Kansas City 3 to 2 with Sages Jack litsch Adams Easterly. Buffalo over St Louis 7 to 3 with Moore Allen Lavigne Keupper Simon.
Banking figures show overdrafts secured and unsecured, notes and securities for circulation, machinery for cresting house, and due from banks and bankers. Currency, specie, local notes, and a redemption fund are itemized with totals for the period.
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