McNeely Fate Described as Hope Dims in State Talks
S. H. McNeely of Buffalo accompanied Senator Overman and Secretary Hubert H. Lamont into the State Department seeking word on Robert Ney McNeely, believed lost after the Persia torpedoing. Officials admitted little hope of survival but offered sympathy as the elderly mother awaits any news.
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Overman
Hubert Martin
State Department
Lansing
Carr
McNeely
Uonsus McNeely
S. H. McNeely
Bob McNeely
McNevry
Doneral McNeely
Malta
Electric trapshooter sign lights Atlantic City pier
The Sporting News highlights a giant 50 by 90 foot sign on Six Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City. The 21 foot tall display features a 18 foot 6 inch puller and a 15 inch diameter target, using 3004 electric bulbs to depict a “never misses” trapshooter.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jersey
George Frank Lord
R. C. Maxwell Company
Trenton
First Reformed Church reports good year amid depression
In Goldsboro and New Bern, annual church financials show solid overall activity despite economic downturn. Treasurer Hedrick steps down and is replaced by John W. Hedrick, while mid winter communion follows readings. Receiver appointed for local gas plants. H D Wood investigates affairs and notes months needed to fix operations.
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First Reformed Church
To Hedrick
Hedrick
John W. Hedrick
KK. T. Hedrick
Goldsboro,Jan. W
Goldsboro
New Bern
W. M. Crane Company
New York
Philadelphia
Financal Salvage
H. D. Wood
New Berm
Wood
Four Hundred Derricks Blown Down in California Oil Field
A severe wind swept the Westdale Oil fields in the San Joaquin valley on January 7 and 8, downing about four hundred derricks and causing an estimated 500000 in damage. Tanks were dismantled and a boiler exploded. no fatalities were reported. The Mehittrick field suffered the greatest impact with roughly ninety percent of derricks down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Calif
San Joaquim Valley
Westdale
Mebhittrick Field
Richmond Proclaims January 19 as Municipal Holiday
Richmond mayor proclaims January 1% as municipal holiday to honor General Robert E. Lee. The birthday is observed as a local holiday in Virginia and other southern states.
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Richmond
Ainslie
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Austrians Evacuate Ground Lost in Italian Front
Berlin reports Austrian troops evacuated trenches in the Oslava sector after Italian artillery fire. In New York, Guy Hamilton Clark Jr., machinist mate second class aboard the E-2, died in naval hospital from injuries, bringing the total casualty count to five.
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Berlin
Oslavia
Treamt
New York
Guy Hamilton Clark, Jr
Naval Hospital
Clark
Navy At
Buffalo
Frankfort
N.Y
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
Local disease catarrh requires internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken by mouth and acts through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces. Prescribed by top physicians, it combines tonics and blood purifiers to address constitutional conditions.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Coo
Props
Toledo
Montenegrin King Rejects Germany Peace Proposal
Berlin dispatch reports Montenegro의 king and government on January 13 asked for a halt to hostilities and start of peace talks. The request was announced by Austro Hungarian headquarters.
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Berlin
Montenegro
Lausanne Gazette reports Montenegro king rejects German peace offer
The Lausanne Gazette reports King Nicholas of Montenegro rejected formal peace proposals from Emperor William presented through Prince von Buelow, the former German chancellor, via London communications dated January 8.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Lomdon
Lausanne
Nicholas of
Montenegro
William Mate
Prince von Buelow
Train Wrecker Arrested in Mexican Rail Attack
Juarez January 18 Manuel Timitierrez the alleged bandit was placed under arrest here last night charged as the principal in the firing of the Cumbre tunnel on the Mexican Northwestern railroad between Casas Grandes and Pearson, Chihuahua. Two Americans aboard a train were killed on February 4, 1914.
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Juarez
Manuel ‘Imitierrez
Cumbre Tunnel
Merxican Northwestern
Casasirandes
Pearson
Chihuahua
Sunday School Board Meets This Evening
After Sunday afternoon meetings to plan a Sunday School Teachers Training school a board of council was appointed with representatives from each church. The appointed members include Dickens Earnhardt White Austin Pollock Barker Stone Conner Klemme Boyd and Tate. They are to meet at 7 30 pm in the Friends church ladies parlor to discuss the proposed organization with pastors in advisory capacity.
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Board of Council
R. T. Dickens
C. (. Earnhardt
H. A. White
J. Allen Austin
Minnie Pollock
Lottie Barker
G. Y. Stone
J. O. Conner
A. W. Klemme
R. C. Boyd
A. ©. Tate
Friends Church
Superintendent Haynes to Speak at Clemson College
Thornwell Haynes superintendent of city schools leaves tonight for Clemson South Carolina to address the John C. Calhoun chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy on the anniversary of General Robert E. Lee's birthday before the chapter faculty and students. This marks another Clemson college address by Haynes.
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Haynes
Clemson College
Thornwell Haynes
S. C
Robert E. Lee
No Modification of the Bill in Commons Debate
London January 18 parliament proceedings report no change to the military service bill. Government resisted extending the measure to married men and blocked a key amendment seeking Ireland. John Redmond led Irish nationalists in an eloquent but truncated argument.
Loyalist recruitment campaign faced with force threat
A fragment notes a plea to the house to avoid endangering Ire lama's loyalty amid a striking recruiting effort. It suggests an attempt to use force against or within the campaign context.
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Irelamas
Lifson verdict in Penn student’s bowl fight death
In Philadelphia on January 18 the coroner’s jury ruled accidental suffocation in the case of William Lifson a 17 year old University of Pennsylvania freshman who died in a bowl fight last week Lifson resided in Elizabeth New Jersey
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Philadelphia
William
Lifson
University Pennsylivaniareshman
Elimebeth
N. J
Diamond Dealers Smugglers
Herman J. Deitz and son Charles Deitz, bankrupt diamond dealers, pleaded guilty before Judge Hunt in federal court to smuggling meat for jewels worth half a million dollars across the Canadian border. The elder Deitz, 55, was sentenced to one year and one day in Atlanta federal prison. the son must pay a fine of 4,000.
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Deitz
Atlanta
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Persia
The
H. McNeely
Buffalo, N. Y
Robert Ney
Gan
Sporting News
High Point Friends of
R. C. Maxwell
William Riddle
Bildle
Vienna
Statement of
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
Pmts
Geo
A.matton
Wescott Roberson
J. H. Adams
W.C. Idol
Sec.-Treas
Germany
Cook’s Wood Yard
John C. Calhoun
Ter
London
Hermer J. Deitz
Charles Deitz
Dia
States District Court
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