Lusitania sinking witnessed before disaster unfolds
Report from London describes the Lusitania launch on that side carrying women and children who were swept to their deaths as the ship plowed forward. Two stokers jumped in to rescue drifting passengers, pulling nearly 40 survivors from the sea. Alfred Vanderbilt was seen on deck removing his life belt to help a woman before vanishing as the liner sank.
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Slusitanta
Lusitania
Thomas Slidewell
New York
London
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Palmers Tied to Robbery. One in Jail
Pal mers, continued from page one, are in custody with a revolver linked to the crime. Miss Goldie Palmer was arrested but released on recognition, cleared of involvement. Warrants remain in effect as officers search for the suspects. most stolen items recovered. Blairsville officials lament a recent string of escapes.
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Chester Fry
Blairsville
Palmers
Bounty Act Provisions for Skin Claims and Fees
The article describes procedures for bounty claims on animal skins. A protector examines the skin, takes an affidavit without charge, and if legitimate, splits the skin and forwards the affidavit to the Game Commission for payment. Officials such as justices, magistrates, or aldermen may also verify claims and take the claimant's affidavit on Game Commission forms. Fees are 25 cents for a single animal and 50 cents for multiple animals, up to five, paid by the claimant.
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Game Commission
Skein
Harrisburg
The
Joseph Kalbfus
Sec. Game Commission
Bounty and sale notices from early 1915 court docket
The text covers bounty procedures for wild animals with a note from Joseph Kalkfus of the Game Commission, then details a trustee's sale of W. W. Dempsey’s real estate in Indiana County, including four lots in Homer City with precise boundaries and ownership history, to be auctioned May 21, 1915 at 1:30 PM with 10 percent down and 90 percent on court confirmation.
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District Court of the United States
Western District of Pennsylvania
W.W. Dempsey
Butler Planing Mill Company
Center Township
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
T. J. Brandon
A. H. Mikesells
Homer City
Brandon
Liberty Street
Brandon Plot
Lot No
Main Street
Caroline Davis
H. J. Brandon
Recorder's
W. W. Dempsey
J. Earl Ogle
First National Bank
Johnstown
An Oddity at the Dinner, as the Waiter Laughs
An exchange in a humorous fashion notes a man who does not dance or sing and claims he has no date with anyone's wife. The waiter muses the fellow may have only come to eat in a scene from Puck's playful catalog.
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Puck
Nervous Feud Over Tailor’s Mysterious Suit Arrives
In Heusten Post style, uncertainty grows as Tam shows nerves about a suit from a strange tailor and Thuy’s wary comment echoes fear of unfamiliar contacts. A terse exchange hints at hidden motives and uneasy trust between characters.
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Tam
Classification and Census Joke in Chicago Newspaper
A humorous item cites a census taker asking counts of Portuguese people in a “bunch of Portuguese.” The quip lists individuals in a playful way: a pie landlady, a Portuguese, a boarding helper, and four others described as Portugoslings, attributed to the Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Joke Was on Scotchman Story Told by Piper Hero
A young recruit questions whether the veteran hero Jock Chalmers, a Gordon Highlander piper with a long war record from Chitral to the Boer War, is a fool or not. The piper, adorned with medals and the Distinguished Service Order, recalls the soldier’s fascination as he stood open mouthed at the display. The Red Cross nurse Henrietta Koechlin has also brought home a book of notes from wounded soldiers.
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Henrietta Koechlin
Red Cross
Hugland
Jock Chalmers
Gordon Highlanders
Chitral
Tadhi
Hoag
Jock
Violin Net Sells For 19500 At Red Cross Sale
A Stradivarius presented by Lord Newhinds to the Red Cross sale in London realized 19500. It was first sold to Lady Wernher for 12500, then reoffered and bought by Mr Brandt after further bidding. The record surpassed the Messiah violin of 1718 that fetched 10600 fifty years ago from Count Cozio di Salabue.
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Lord Newand
Red Cross
Lord Newhinds
London
Lady Wernher
Mr. Brandt
Messiah
Cozio di Salabue
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Indiana Publishing CO
H. Ray
NE M. Smith
Indiana Post‘office
Ruby Manufacturing Co
Jackson
Mich
Inquire Gazette
Indiana Hospital
Pollock
Indiana Cycle Co
N. Carpenter Ave
Church Street
South Tenth Street
J.D. Lewis
Josephine
Kate Hitner
North Sixth Street
H. H .Steving
Relief Corps
Blara
Pablo Atrife
Land
Ours
Florence Goff, Schwarz
Great Suit Sale
Indiana
Gan
Rae eAi Ca Ay
Colonial Theatre
Gadge
Zonkers
Scotchman
Oxfords
Oak West
McKinstry
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