Fire on New York elevated train injures many
A fire at the south ferry terminal of the City Elevated Railway destroyed one train and damaged part of another. Passengers, including many women, escaped with help from firemen using ladders. Rumors of fatalities circulated briefly as flames spread along the elevated structure, threatening the Interborough Rapid Transit Company office.
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New York
South Ferry
City
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Interborough Rpid Traction Company
Hgjers
Whiskey discovery at Bridgeport leads to jail
Sheriff and deputies uncover 144 quarts of concealed whiskey in an incoming shipment while hunting chicken thieves at Bridgeport Clarksburg. Value estimated at $1,000. Suspect Joseph Manderino jailed as liquor is confiscated and scuttled. Also notes local church events and a tuberculosis sanatorium film at the Opera House.
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Clarksburg
Lloyd
D. Griffin
Bridgeport
Joseph Manderino
French Likely to Resume Trade with Germans
Paris July 2 French are considering resuming commercial relations with Germany. Authorities reportedly favor commercial liberty and oppose protective tariffs that would block imports.
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Paris
Germany
Excelsior
Fourth of July Parade Meet At Loyal Moose Hall
Loyal Moose No 638 urged to assemble at Moose Hall Main Street Friday July 4 at 10 sharp for the Fourth of July parade. Street work led by Thomas Brad W N Dean with parade marshal duties. City street cleansing under Commissioner rank Cather amid big crowd expectations. Paris report notes Gen Pershing orders end of military censorship.
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Moose Hall
Main Street
Thomas Brad W. N. Deanford
Grafton
Cather
Palmer orders investigation of Atlantic City liquor sales
Washington July 2 attorney general Palmer ordered an investigation of liquor selling at Atlantic City and the immediate federal prosecution of dealers if conditions reported in newspapers are correct.
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Washington
Gen. Palmer
Atlantic City
Allied action to aid France in German crisis plan
Paris reports that Franco-British and Franco-American pacts bind Britain and the United States to intervene for France only through joint action. The move hinges on Rhine disarmament insufficiency against Germany. An accord on Kamerun and Togo is to be approved by France and Britain.
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Paris
Havas
le Journale
England
America
France
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Rhine
Kamerun
Togoland
Petit Parisian
Germans Expect Ratification Next Week Says Note
Paris July 2 The Germans expect to ratify the peace treaty early next week in a note to the Allies. The note acknowledges that the blockade will be raised once the treaty is ratified and expresses hope for release of German war prisoners.
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Paris
General Allen to command Forces on the Rhine
Paris dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Henry P. Allen will succeed Lt. Gen. Hunter Liggett as head of the Forces on the Rhine the army of occupation based at Coblenz.
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Paris
Henry P. Allen
Hunter Liggett
the Rhine
Army of Occupation
Coblbenz
New Concern Coming to Main and John Streets Store
The Kunst property corner at Main and John streets, vacated by W. W. Bush, is being renovated with shelves and counters. When finished it will house Goodwin Meat and Grocery, a new city enterprise. Open date depends on interior completion time.
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Kunst
1. John Streets
W. W. Bush
Goodwin Meat and Grocery Store
British Dirigibles Herald Atlantic Flight Progress Report
Reports from London and Washington describe the R‑24 and R‑34 attempting transatlantic crossings from East Fortune Scotland and Portland, with slow progress through fog and mist as naval officials anticipate a message tomorrow while crews endure long sea-level watches.
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London
Suty
East Fortune
Scotland
New York
Atlantic
Ireland
Air Ministry
Scott
Henry
America
North Sea
Washington
Bar Harbor
Maine
Navy Department
Rescue at Gratton Park Ends with Drowning Narrowly Averted
A 19 year old swimmer labeled Fast Flush nearly drowned at Gratton park river crossing as crowd watched. Comrades failed to aid, while Misses Warden and Cather and local canoeists attempted rescue. The victim was pulled from the water and revived with assistance from bystanders and cottage residents.
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Gratton Park
Agena Atechipt
Gratton
Tygarts
Foster Rush
Foster
WREST BREAKS SAILING RECORD IN ATLANTIC PORT
Brest reports a June month record with 177,000 American ships sailing homeward from this port. The feat marks the highest monthly tally at any Atlantic seaboard port since the armistice signing, reflecting a sustained surge in transatlantic movement.
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Brest
Bars
Atlantic
Airship Flights Planned for Victory Celebration
Local agent Dorsey Hamilton reports airship arrivals by No. 29 express from Baltimore for the Victory Celebration. Doubts about flights fade as two airship flights are set for tomorrow and the event promises the biggest series of activities yet in West Virginia. Rail service adds ten coaches and four special trains to handle expected crowds.
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Daily Sentinel
Dorsey Hamilton
American Railway Express Company
Baltimore
Whetler
Grafton
West Virginia
Fire crackers banned in city July 3 4 5
Mayor Dilworth announces strict enforcement of ordinance prohibiting explosives and firecrackers during the July 3 4 and 5 celebration. Crowds and many teams expected on streets. city at committee request enforces ban.
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B.S. Dilworth
Ladies' Aid to Meet After Prayer Service
Change of meeting time and place announced by the Ladies' Aid society of the First Baptist church. Meet immediately after the Wednesday evening prayer service on July 2. MLS W C Byers. Also notes on fate tonight and Friday and warmer weather.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Baptist Church
MLS. W. C
Byers
No definite steps for German ratification on peace treaty
Berlin dispatch reports the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung stating Germany has taken no definite steps toward ratifying the peace treaty. The delay is attributed to unsettled preliminary questions, especially frontier boundaries in regions to be ceded.
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Germany
Berlin
Deutche Allgemeine Zeitung
Doctor Keene Wilkins Dies by Own Action in Jail
Dr Walter Keene Wilkins aged physician in Nassau county hanged himself in the jail after a first degree murder conviction for his wife Julia Wilkins at their Long Beach home No one has claimed the body funds for burial are lacking coroner holds cash and jewelry and may arrange burial at public expense cremation was requested in a note by the deceased
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Mineola
N. Y
Walter ‘Keene Wilkins
Nassau County
Julia
Long Beach
Wilkins
State Banks Report Decrease in Deposits in WV
West Virginia state banks show a period March 4 to May 12 where deposits fall by 31.66 million while savings deposits rise by 290 thousand. Accounts subject to check drop by 2.12 million and loans increase by 2.61 million. Bank reserves and undivided profits also rise modestly. Commissioner Hill cites heavy Victory bond payments and income tax settlements as reasons.
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Ene
West Virginia
Joseph 8. Hill
Savings Despogits
Floans Avidis
Hill
Italian Quiz Up Again Paris Crisis And River Rescue
The article notes Italy's potential colonial concessions in Africa tied to peace conference support. It then narrates a near-drowning incident at a local river resort where Mr Moran and young ladies in a canoe rescued a drowning youth, emphasizing the danger of deep swift currents and urging bathers to stay in safe waters and seek help.
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Paris
Italy
Africa
George Jolliffs, Jr
Mr Moran
Mother and 3 Children Cremated in Cincinnati Fire
A mother Mrs Gore Abbott aged 86 and her three children Estella 13 Orville age unknown perished when a fire swept their home in St Bernard a Cincinnati suburb early today Fire unknown origin The mother reportedly escaped to her room then perished as floors collapsed before dawn
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Cincinnati
St. Bernard
Ace
Gore Abbott
Edward
Estella
Orville
Clever crooks clean Chicago of gold coin
Chicago police announce the arrest of Nicholas Sarno ending a three year search for a top swindler known as seven tongues. Two victims identified him as a foreigner led gang master whose operations in Chicago netted about $20 000 and who heads a eastern based confidence gang.
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Chicago
Nicholas Sarno
Sarno
England Abandons Plan to Nationalize Rail System
London July 1 Premier Lloyd George faces revolt by about 200 coalition MPs wary of nationalizing industries. Cabinet members caution against nationalization of railways, with transport bill broad powers for transport, docks excluded from the bill, and no current plan to nationalize railways. The government aims to calm opposition by establishing an advisory committee. In another note, Dr Charles B Hobe will reopen his office in the city next Monday after a temporary closure due to his mother's illness.
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Lize
London
J Lloyd George
England
Iris Geddes
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
House
Daily Mail
Lloyd George
Charles B. Hobe
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