Warervid Need Labor for Perry County Farms
Perry County fruit growers report labor shortages as native workers drift to cities and war industries. Potatoes, berries, and other crops risk loss. foreign ore cuts worsen immigration restrictions. Wage demands rise as rural labor becomes scarce, prompting calls for workers from distant states to harvest in Pennsylvania.
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Arcity
Perry County
Delmar Ni Sul
Deland
Maryland
Congress
United States
Pennsylvania
Kansas
First Indiana County Teachers Conference Program
The document outlines the First Teachers Conference of Indiana County to be held at the Court House on August 15 and 16. It lists opening exercises by H Porter Miller and Debert L Merick and sessions on country school methods, reading, arithmetic, and high school requirements. Notable speakers include J E Weaver and D Lester Winger with topics on classroom factors and teaching methods. A wartime news snippet notes a July 25 bulletin about a southwest bandit incident linked to General Contreras and Villa.
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Indiana
Ing. H. Porter Miller
H. Porter
Millyst
Debert L.merick
J. E, Weaver
Kinsey
Reading
Mawe Ewing
R. C
Ptos
C. A
Bats and tobacco gifts brighten camp diaries in Texas
A fragment from a wartime diary notes cheerful moments at a Texas camp. Indiana donors sent a box weighing 150 pounds with cigarets and tobacco supplies. Soldiers mention Gold Coulter’s reviews, express gratitude for the gifts, and recall the high cost of express shipment.
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Aladin
Gold Coulter
Texas
Indiana
Paso
French Gains Push Through German Lines in Transylvania
Paris reports renewed French pressure south of the Sommeriver with powerful attacks and bombardment. The War Office communique notes breakthroughs on several points and progress against German positions. The raid-like advance caused alarm among Hungarians as French forces penetrated toward a 90 mile stretch of the Transylvanian plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transylvania
Enue
Paris
River men protest at new shipping bill in Memphis
Memphis shippers began a protest movement over a federal shipping bill and its clause to regulate water carriers in foreign and interstate commerce. Shipping bureaus conclude the bill would favor river development but reward railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
United States
Colored Troopers Shot by White Troops Near Fort Sam Houston
Three members of the Eighth Illinois Infantry colored were shot and injured by a military patrol of white troopers from Fort Sam Houston. The shooting happened last night in a saloon near the fort.
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International News Service
Washington
Eighth Ilinois Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Increase in Epidemic Cases
New York July 25 infantile paralysis shows a new rise with 31 deaths and 9 cases yesterday and 15 new cases and 1 death today. The latest daily tally reflects a persistent surge in reported cases and fatalities across the region.
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New York
Umbrella and ego clash over a returned theft
A fragmentary cartoon style exchange plays on honesty and a returned umbrella. A passerby calls the act a terrible slight to the umbrella, while a philosopher quips about easy ways to save money next month.
Women Voters Prep In Cheyenne For National Meet
In Cheyenne Wyoming on July 25 women voters from thirteen enfranchised states gathered ahead of the National Council of Women Voters convention opening tomorrow for a three day session. Cheyenne also hosts the Frontier Days celebration with cowboys and Indians expected to attend riding exhibitions bronca busting rope throwing and steer-tying events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
National Council of Women Voters
Trade Treaties Tension Sparks U S Britain Dispute
Washington reports Britain violated trade treaties by blocking American commerce and creating a blacklist of over 80 U S firms. State Department rejects London claims of sovereign trade rights and notes British detention tactics aid exporters. Administration plans protests but moves cautiously to obtain reliable facts from Britain.
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International News Service
Washington
Great Britain
United States
State Department
London
England
Wallers
Workmen's Compensation Board Denies Claim After Stair Accident
The case before the Workmen's Compensation Board concerns John Brosky and Goldie Pearlman. The agreed facts show Brosky, employed and living with his employer, was injured after lunch on February 7 1916 when he fell descending stairs on the employer's premises. The board held the injury occurred outside the course of employment and disallowed compensation.
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Workmen's Compensation Board
Sale of Murray County Jail and Courthouse Auctioned
Atlanta dated notes report the old Murray County courthouse and jail sold at auction for 35 each to satisfy county dues. The piece recalls Jail Wilich Teld Home Sweet Home author Julias Lioward Payne, once jailed in Spring Place, now linked to the song’s origin and Cherokee removal history.
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Atlanta
Murray County
County Board of Dues
Fiv
University of Georgia
Spring Place
Georgia
Chatsworth
Julas Lioward Payne
Hoe
Sweet Home
Payne
Ross Landing
Chat-tancovu
Springs Place
Home, Sweet Home
Sweatheart
Athens
A Widow Makes a Bargain for a Husband and Home
A farmer, widowed and alone, agrees to a plan proposed by Widow Sparks to match him with a housekeeper wife. She orchestrates a courtship, and after one dinner scene and enjoying a homelike atmosphere, he agrees to move into her house and share farming duties, keeping the home tidy while he handles plowing harvests and livestock care.
Boston Woman Aids Red Cross Border Guard Prep
In Boston a 76 year old woman joins Red Cross efforts for border guard prep. She sews and pulls basting threads for pajamas with red cross tags noting Boston origin. Cambridge donors supplied nearly a million handkerchiefs. bags include talcum, gum, iodine, and oil skin letter cases for Pershing era troops in Mexico.
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International
Nawe Jasvica
Boston
Cambridge
John Pearson
Pearson
Pershing
Mexico
Rattlesnake Fatality Ties Man to Snake Wound
In Bainbridge Georgia a turpentine camp dispute ended in a death as a local worker and a rattlesnake killed each other. A South Carolina crew recruited to work faced danger. one man vanished after night shift and was found dead with a rattlesnake clinging to his body and nineteen rattles noted.
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Iuternations
Bainbridge
Turpentine Company
South Carolina
Woman Scatters Husband’s Ashes Over Atlantic After English Ban
Mrs. George Starr formerly of Elizabeth Mississippi, living in Liverpool, recalls scattering her husband’s ashes at sea after he asked her to. He died ten months earlier, a Free Mason of the 32nd degree, and she kept his ashes in London then aboard a ship bound for America. On July 5 she cast the ashes into the sea from the deck amid a gale.
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International News Service
Greenville
Miss
George Starr
Elizabeth
Here
Liverpool
England
Atlantic Ocean
Starr
America
Flo
Nowood Cemetery
Crystal Palua
London
Slevk
Points on People Guest in Morgan Town Home
George Schertzinger of Morgan Town West Virginia visits his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Joseph Schertzinger at their home on the date given.
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George Schertzinger
Morgantown
W. Va
Mrs
Joseph Schertzinger
Fifer arrest and social notices from West B West Water Street
Fifer arrest, Mia G Shen of West B ft to have Ahoht ituestay Mr and Mrs Nf A Ganbit of Surrimerville. Miss Mary Gilchrist of West Water street otto to Marmingbor We Va where she avidl visit her aigtery Mrs Wya Sneddon formerly Miss Lena Gilchrist. Miss Marguérite Woodburn of Wa ter street has gone to Pittsburgh where she will be joined by Miss Myre McKendrick formerly of Indiana and together they will depart for Mackinac Island for a three weeks visit. Mrs D I Rinn and her daughter Mise Minnie Rinn of Phildelphia street have returned from a sojourn at Atlantic City.
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Mia G. Shen
West B Ft
Nf. A. Ganbit
Surrimerville
Mary Gilchrist
West Water Street
Otto
Marmingbor We Va
Wya, Sneddon
Lena Gilchrist
Marguérite Woodburn
Wa+ter-street
Pittsburgh
Myre McKendrick
Indiana
Mackinac Island
Mra. D. I Rinn
Mise Minnie, Rinn
Phildelphia Street
Atlantic City
Prarful Marriage Rate War Rages in Greenville
In Greenville Mississippi two magistrates Judge Edward Keenan and Judge HHIL O Bannon wage a marriage rate war. They outbid each other for approving marriages with fees dropping from one dollar to ninety five and then seventy five cents. Each judge uses spotters to lure couples to wed.
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Greenville
Miss
Hreanville
Mississippi Delta
Edward Keenan
Hhil O'Bannon
Keenan
O'Bannon
US to Purchase Danish West Indies for 25 Million
Washington officials confirmed reports the United States will buy the Danish West Indies for about 25,090,000 dollars. The announcement pins a valuation on the sale and marks a major expansion of American possessions in the Caribbean.
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International
Washington
White House
United States
Danish West Indies
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