Meredith to chase world quarter mile record at Harvard stadium
Philadelphia June 21. Ted Meredith University of Pennsylvania track captain will attempt the world's quarter mile record at the Harvard stadium next Saturday if the Eastern team trial management consents. He already holds the world half mile and 2,800 meters titles and shares the intercollegiate quarter mile mark.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco Exposition
Ted Meredith
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard Stadium
Quaker
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
Results span National and American Leagues with multiple games. Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 2 to 1, Chicago defeated Brooklyn 6 to 1, St. Louis topped Boston 8 to 2, and in a second Chicago win over Cleveland 3 to 0. Other games include Newark and Pittsburgh in the Federal League and numerous International and minor leagues results. The report closes with war dispatches from Berlin noting Emperor William’s presence at Beskid for Grodek line contention.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Newark
Jersey City
Montreal
Rochester
New York
Washington
Phillies
Baltimore
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Buffalo
International League
Richmond
Providence
Toronto
Berlin
London
Emperor William
German War Department
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Grodek
Lemberg
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W. F.C
Chicago O* Wee
St Louis
Philadelphia Eo
Wwee
Cicago
Pittsby
Brooks
Newark Oe
Esceers
Providence Eee
Ae P.C. Buffalo
Sees
Rochester Oe
Central Pennsylvania Teague
P.C. Middletown
New Cumberland
Lebanon Oo
Steelton Ue
Highspre
Hershey
Dauphin-Perry Teague
P.C. Millersburg
Marysville
Dauphin
Duncannon
MEN DRIVE OPIKES IN LABOR CONTEST AT Bailey STATION
Middle division officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad presided over a Saturday outing at Bailey station where track crews competed in tasks like placing rail plates driving spikes gathering scrap iron and laying a new rail. Supervisors Hanley and Baker hosted the picnic with trackhands and families present as officials from Altoona oversaw the contests.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Bailey
W. T. Hanley
J. B. Baker, Jr
Middle Division
N. W. Smith
W. Brooke Moore
W. C. Copely
Rhoades
Frank Delo
Altoona
Railroad Leaders Call for Fair Treatment to Grow Service
In a Washington symposium organized by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, railroad presidents say business is improving and railroads need fair, just, and reasonable treatment by the public and regulators to expand and improve service, with A H Smith of the New York Central stressing essential prosperity.
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Telegraph
Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
T Nation
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Big Engine Orders Continue Surge for Locomotives
The American Locomotive Company inks orders totaling six locomotives for Brazil, twenty for Belgium, and one hundred for Russia, while Baldwin works in Philadelphia secures sixty thousand car wheels for Russia. Six ships are chartered to carry the shipments as demand rises. An obituary notes engineer J. S. Moorehead, 64, formerly of Harrisburg, died of paralysis in Newville with funeral set for tomorrow at 2 p.m.
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American Locomotive Company
Belgium
Russia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
United States
J. S. Moorehead
Harrisburg
Middle Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newville
Capture Insane Man Terror to Railroaders
Jacob Savage, an insane man who menaced thousands of Coal Castle division passengers for months, was captured by State policeman Corporal Curtis Davies at Pottsville on June 21. He blocked rails, destroyed electric signal bonds and telephone boxes, removed red signals, and injured Michael Zink by biting off an ear during a detainment attempt.
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Pottsville
Jacob Savage
Coal Castle Division
Eastern Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Curtis Davies
Savage
Michael Zink
Mount Laffe
City Playground Season Opens With One Big Whoop
The 1915 city playground season opened with a large crowd and a parade of instructors reporting to Supervisor George W. Hill at the park office. Photographs were taken and staff assigned to posts as the day extended with heavy attendance and citywide activity. A new Seventh Ward playground for colored children was under consideration, with a decision expected the next day.
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George W. Hill
Seventh Ward
M. Harvey ‘Taylor
Railroaders' Mutual Association
Paxtang
Park Theater
Marguerite Sawtelle
Vaudeville
Swallows Radium Worth Seven Thousand
Rochester report states James Cullen swallowed a radium tube worth seven thousand dollars while undergoing cancer treatment at Dr. Lees hospital. After a two day hunt doctors recovered the tube and he remains under care.
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Rochester
N. Y
James Cullen
William H Rand of Rand McNally Dies After Illness
William H Rand longtime head of Rand McNally & Co died at his daughter Mrs Henry W Cappell home in New Canaan Connecticut after a lengthy illness. He had been ill for some time and passed away last night.
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Associated Press
New Canaan, Conn
William H. Rand
Rand, McNally & Co
Henry W. Cappell
Nurses Gather in San Francisco for National Convention
More than 600 trained nurses from across the United States attend the joint convention of the American Nurses' Association the National League of Nursing Education and the National Organization for Public Health Nursing in San Francisco. The event opens with a joint session and brings together delegates from multiple states and organizations.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
American Nurses’ Association
National League of Nursing Education
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
United States
Rename Alsace Villages
Paris reports the French postal service will operate in ninety Alsace towns using their pre 1871 names, restoring historic place names that were in use forty five years ago.
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Associated Press
Paris
Alsace
Gems Found After Lusitania Shipment
Mrs John Moorhead Jr of the North Side learned yesterday that a package bearing a Tupac necklace sent aboard the Lusitania at sea off Kinsale Ireland weeks ago has been recovered, ending weeks of maritime mystery.
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Pittsburgh
John Moorhead, Jr
North Side
Kinsale
Ireland
Newark Transfer 19 Still Hanging Fire
Official action on the Newark team transfer to Harrisburg was not taken yesterday as Teague officials did not meet. Plans under consideration involve National and International League officials to finish the season with best finances. Reports of further squad curtailment and salary cuts were denied.
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Newark
Harrisburg
Teague
Edward Barrows
Colonial Theater Showcases Ocean Deep and A Leisure Double Bill
The Colonial Theater screens The Williamson Submarine Pictures a vivid travelogue of deep sea wonders with a lecturer, praised as an educational highlight. It follows Monday and Tuesday with A Gentleman of Leisure a farce driven photodrama starring Wallace Eddinger under Jesse L. Lasky.
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Williamson
Colonial Theater
Broadway
Walace Eddinger
Jesse L. Lasky
Rrosesalle
Phil
Wormwood at the Victoria Opens Today and Tomorrow
The Victoria screens Wormwood starring Marie Corelli’s famed novel adaptation for William Fox. Adults caution advised with absinthe controversy noted. children under 15 forbidden today and tomorrow due to dramatic content. Also featuring King Kelly’s balloon and parachute act at Paxtang Park this week with daily 7 45 p.m. and 4 p.m. shows.
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Marie Corelli
Wormwood
William Fox
United States
Dana Insists His Wife Carried Out Intentions
Edward Trowbridge Dana, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, says his wife Jessie Holliday chose to die by her own hand in the Nantucket sea rather than an accident. He notes she had previously attempted suicide but kept to a stoic view that dying by choice is more dignified than leaving death to circumstances.
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Boston
Edward Trowbridge Dana
University of Minnesota
Nantucket
Dana
Jessie Holliday
Chase Fugitive with Auto in Sibletown Arrest
Virgil Brown, wanted for assault and battery, was arrested yesterday afternoon in Sibletown after a chase through a field in which he allegedly cut Mary Brown during a fight on Saturday night.
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Virgil Brown
Sibletown
Mary Brown
John Harris Lodge to Confer Second and Third Ranks
John Harris Lodge No 193 will confer the second and third ranks upon several candidates at this evening’s meeting in Union Square hall. The lodge has bought the building housing the lodge and a report on planned alterations will be presented at the meeting.
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John Harris Lodge, No
K. of P
Union Square Hall
John Harris Lodge
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