Metapan Cripples in Fog After Grounding Near Sandy Hook
In thick fog off Sandy Hook the United Fruit steamship Metapan ran aground on the Great Dearway side of the Ambrose channel to avoid foundering with 76 passengers and a cargo including half a million in gold bars. The Iowan rammed the Metapan but stood by. all aboard were saved and later transferred to the Iowan in New York. Rescue ships and the British cruiser Lancaster aided, with no serious injuries reported.
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Sandy Hook
Ambrose Channel
United Fruit Company
Caribbean
Spencer
Great Fairway
New York
Metapan
M. R. Pickering
P. €. Heyworth
Lancaster
Buying Is Conservative Amid Mixed Trade Signals
Dun's Review reports trade uneven with cautious buying despite pockets of activity driven by wartime demand. Financial conditions improve in steadiness and ability, yet reduced wages and profits shrink immediate purchasing power. Iron and steel run at 3650 percent capacity, building drops over 30 percent, and capital stays conservative, signaling restrained consumption. Penholder kills Simatt Boy in Warwood incident while playing football, eight year old Earl Hemke dies from injury after hitting a telegraph pole with a penholder in his mouth.
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Dun
Iron and Steel
Penholder
Simatt
Earl Hemke
Howard Hemke
Warwood
W. Vit
Saloonkeeper Damages Won in Fayetteville Court
Mrs Nellie Dogiey was awarded 1000 damages against McK Nickell a former saloonkeeper in Fayetteville circuit court. She alleges he got her husband Aquor into trouble which led to his sentence to the penitentiary.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Nellie Dogiey
McK. Nickell
Aquor
Cherry Pri Town Notes Show Local Doings and Visits
In Cherry Pri the absence of the pastor left Presbyterian services to church session and Workers' League members. Local movers include Gifford Pinchot attendance at a political meeting and community growth with new homes under construction. Residents move, visit, and attend events while several names are listed among daily life in North Point and nearby towns.
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Clark
Davis
G. M. Byers
Warren Wells
John Cosgrove
Johnstown
P. Irwin
Cherry Tree Tron
Bellefonte
Delmont Notley
Ann Arbor
West Virginia
P. Rinports
John Auld
Pittsburg
J Hallen Burgan
Cresson
M. E. Stiffler
State Highways Report Challenges Mismanagement Claims
Governor Tener holds the Department of State Highway’s annual report for 1913 14, rebutting charges of $14.9 million turned over and $4.8 million overhead. The text breaks down appropriations to maintenance State aid and construction while noting restricted funds and trustee amounts, disputing alleged misallocation and noting prior practice with percentage contracts.
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Harrisburg
State Tahway Department
Ota
Tener
Bigelow
State Highway Department
State Treasury
State
Automobile Division
Shire
England's Cheese Production Push for French Varieties
England sees rising demand for soft cheeses and a Yorkshire agricultural college issues leaflets urging farmers to make Camembert Brie Pont l Eveque and Gervais styles as produced in France to boost local supply.
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England
Goft c Ceeses
Yorkshire Agricultural College
Gervais
France
Bishop Berry asserts Brumbaugh backs local option for Pennsylvania
In the Methodist Times Bishop Joseph Berry quotes Dr Martin Brumbaugh as pledging to support local option and to back any temperance bills if elected governor. Berry urges voters to focus on the next legislature and elect temperate representatives to advance local option and prohibition measures.
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Joseph Berry
Methodist Episcopal Church
The
Methodist Times
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Ling
Firmself
Berry
Dr. Brumbaugh
Franklin
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
United States
Senate
Assembly
Washington
Tarrisburg
American Brains in Demand Att. Ion Engagement Rise
A cryptic note indicates Midtarii recruited a rotor to drive a manpower push for a hyper eupgis project in a U.S. state. Aerie company and Ghd contract Tar work on an electric plant in a region recently counted as Lveh inten te.
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Ion
An Appeal to the People of Pennsylvania
A call to repeal the Extra Crew Law on Pennsylvania and other states books. It argues the law wastes money on unnecessary crews, harms safety, and should be redirected to grade crossings, tracks, signals, and bridges. urges Public Service Commission action and legislators to repeal the law for public and worker benefit.
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Pennnsylvania
Othe
Pontsylvanite Railroad Company
Scu
Public Service Commission
Health officials warn of contagion from apparently well children
Health authorities report that more disease spread occurs from children believed healthy than from those known to be ill, notably in scarlet fever and diphtheria. The apparently well child can harbor germs and pose a risk when mingling with truly healthy youngsters.
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Ansnstance
James Turnbull
Ernest
W. Kerr
Irene Hoeffelfinger
Indiana Zaller
J. M. Kerr
H. P. Miller
Gaye Rowe
Virginia Miller
Minnie Gibson
Kittanning
Charles Kerr
M. B. Miller
Norman Senvecengost
Creekside
M. BE. Hileman
Carrie Sharp
Kathryn Johns
Indiana
Martha Ree
Gastown
M. Wiggins
Presbyterian Church
Lawrence Robinson
Virginia
Twila Colbitt
Gaye. Rowe
Parkwood
Miler
Brute George
John Sell
Walker School
H.C. Marren
Charlotte Armstrong
Agent Sabbath
Mia
Lola Armstrong
David Fiscus
Sabbath
Lena Warner
Clarksburg
Bertha George
Mabel Wood
Marian
Blanche
Marvin Dinger
Phumville
Hlderton
R.S. Henry
William
Aspinwall
J. M. Rankin
Blair Smith
Susanna Smith
S. Neal
Mary Christy
Tugene
Ad Ralston
Florence Bovard
Averett BE. Heisman
North Point
North Point Schoohouse
W. W. Young
Louise
Luce
Lenore
Punxsutawney
Byron Anthony
John Neal
Penfield
Marthe McKillip
Echo
Harry Stear
T. S. Neal
Trade City
Nannie Wingrove
Smickyburg
Alice Beck
Dayton
Reed
June
Highland
Lawrence Hicks
Win
Lias
Martha. McKilip
Washington Star
Heport
Lewistown Narrows
Kace Leneth
Mater
Wen's
Sutil
Tories
Bishop Berry
U. K
Comforts
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