Throop fortune heir and local town centennial plans
Benjamin H. Throop, 24, heir to a second $5,000,000 fortune from aunt Mary Throop Phelps, lives in Scranton. Kutztown marks its 100th anniversary with July events and committees named. Local injuries include Paul Groy, 14, of Palmyra, hospitalized after a skull fracture from a moving freight train incident at Reading railway yards.
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Benjamin H. Throop
Benjamin H. Troop
Mary Throop Phelps
Phelps
Throop
Scranton
Paul Groy
Moses Groy
Palmyra
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon
Reading Railway Company
Extra Crew Law Burdens Railroads Across Northeast
Excess brakemen required by Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York laws add about 2600 dollars yearly per through train between New York and Pittsburgh and New York and Buffalo. The Broadway Limited between New York and Chicago costs 2066 dollars extra annually due to extra crews. Even tiny rural lines with 2 to 5 cars need five men per trip, illustrating the law’s burden on operations and costs.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Public Service Commissioners
Broadway Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Chester
Lancaster
Greatest Terror of War Destruction of Shrapnel Artillery
The article argues artillery dominance in modern war, focusing on shrapnel shells. It explains shrapnel design, fuzes, and how steel casings break into fragments to inflict wide injuries and damage. It notes improvements increasing lethality against infantry and buildings.
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H. Shrapnel
German wartime moral code echoes decalog in chilling injunctions
A historical note quotes Dr. Karl Wolff invoking a German wartime code based on sweeping duties and rival claims of blood and soil. It warns of disastrous generations if defeated and praises conquest and cultural spread while stressing restraint and national renewal. The piece ends with a bizarre rate conversion line.
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Karl Wolff
Mathar
German general lauds American army lessons from Mexico to typhoid vaccine
General Zoellner praises U S forces noting the rapid mobilization at Vera Cruz, the Texas cavalry division, and American typhoid vaccination as key lessons. He compares German and American practices, observes volunteer automobile corps influence, and credits General Wood’s medical background.
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Zoellner
America
Atlantic
Vera Cruz
Texas Cavalry Division
Mexico
Texas Cavalry
Wood
Automobile Corps
Dogs in the War
A report from Harrow England notes the War Office first formally adopted military dogs for scouting and sentry duty. Dogs will accompany outposts and pickets, trained to growl, some muzzled, and used to alert camps, reflecting lessons from the Boer and other wars.
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Richardson
Harrow
England
War Office
Haldane
Pretoria
Major Richardson
South Africa
Hal
Alcodale
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Senate
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Coffeetown
Gravel Hill
Chemical Fire Company of
Peter Hoffsmith
Kansas
Mr. Hoffsmith
David Long
Brunner
Pike
Campbelltown
Morris Lane
Long
Clayton Lehman
N. WA. Rhodes
Mount Penn
Young Women's Christian Association
Tanncaster
Evangelist Stough
Fred. B. Shreve
Philadelphia
Lebanon County
Joseph Davidson
Wilmington
Del
Fair Association
Palmyra Homes
Middletown
Sherlock Holmes
Royalton
Daniel Koch
Jonestown
Paxtonia
Mr. Koch
Bellefonte
Associated Daily Newspapers
E. J. Stackpole
Harrisburg Telegraph
Robert H. Thomas
Mechanicsburg
State Editorial Association
L. V. Rauch
State Arsenal
Mt. Gretna
R. L. O’donnel
Paca
Wph
Shrapnel
Trenton
Samuel Rea
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Theodore Voorhees
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
R. L. O'Donnel
Associated Railroads of
Pennsylvania and
Commercial Trust Building
Maxwell
Ream & Son
Palmyra, Pa
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