Prodigious Cost of European War Prompts Historic Warning
The piece recounts Rev. Dr. J Henry Smythes Knoxville prophecy on European war costs through Aug 1 1915. It cites a total toll of 46 billion dollars, compares it with US western property value, German assets, Russian Empire value, and UK debt, and highlights the magnitude of the conflict and its aftermath.
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Philadelphia
J. Henry Smythe
American University
Tennessee
Knoxville
Napoleon
France
Russia
England
Spain
Europe
Tiber
Thames
Nelson
Wellington
Elba
Waterloo
St. Helena
Tientsin
Port Arthur
Havana Harbor
Manila Bay
Smythe
New York
Pacific Ocean
Vladivostok
Petrograd
Belgium
Turkey
America
United States
Mississippi River
Germany
Russian Empire
Italy
Japan
Holland
Portugal
Atlantic
Pacific
Ohio Bride and James Wessel Wed in Lockup Cell
A Sandusky bride Luella Martin and Detroit groom James Edward Wessel married in a Put in Bay village lockup cell officiated by Justice Homer Ramey. The bride sought an out of the ordinary ceremony, and the jail cell wedding delivered. In Harbor Springs Michigan residents report a snow white crow among local flocks at the Thomas Kneale farm.
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Ohio
Sandusky
Luella Martin
Iloledo
James Edward Wessel
Detroit
Putin Bay Village
Harbor Springs
Mich
Thomas Kneale
Italian engineer claims device to hold objects motionless in air
Louis Rota of Italy is credited by Petit Parisien for an apparatus that uses electric currents to lift and suspend items at 2000 to 3000 feet or travel over 100 miles per hour. The spindle shaped 12 by 2 foot craft carries 90 pounds and rises in strong winds to calmer air.
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Paris
Louis Rota
Marseilles
Petit Parisien
Rota
Humorous Scene Ends With Emergency Aid
At Riverview station Kansas City Betsy Green laughs beside a heavy man whose hat is blown off by a gust. The hat sails up Central Avenue as onlookers smile. Betsy laughs for nearly two hours until an ambulance surgeon administers morphine to stop the laughter.
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Kansas City
Betsy Green
Riverview Station
Central Avenue
Snake and farmer catch thief in a six foot snake
Sunbury Pennsylvania farmer Charles R. Johnson, overheating while cutting wood, hung his vest on a sapling. After discovering his watch missing and later killing a large black snake, he opened the serpent and recovered the undamaged watch. He nailed the snake to his barn as an affidavit to doubting friends.
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Sunbury
Kline’s Grove
Charles R. Johnson
Johnson
More Piers Needed for Canal Traffic
At Cristobal port, Panama, two 1,000 foot piers priced at 2.5 million each cannot handle rising cargo since the canal opened. A third pier is under construction with plans for a fourth. Ships wait for docking, delaying cargo reshipments to Central and South America. Balboa’s docks were thought to dominate, but decisions by South American lines favor Cristobal due to tolls and rail rates, plus high Balboa tides.
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Panama
Cristobal
Central
South America
Balboa
Panama Railroad
Brother of Austrian ambassador works as railroad laborer in Montana
Alex Dumba, brother of the Austrian ambassador in Washington, is a section hand for the Northern Pacific at St. Regis, Montana. He says he was denied the advantages and education his famous brother received and complains after learning of the ambassador's recent trouble.
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Dumba
Missoula
Mont
Alex Dumba
Washington
St. Regis
Northern Pacific
Alex
Army expansion plans seek 250 million for defense
Washington reports the Garrison plan would raise the army to 500000 trained men in five years, with 125000 in service and 375000 ready to join at a moment's notice. Congress may approve about 250 million for initial needs, with a 350 million reduction from an earlier 600 million estimate. The strategy emphasizes defense, coast fortifications, ordnance, and militia standardization.
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Washington
White House
Senate
House
Garrison
Con
War Department
Wilson
Women’s Hose Used to Fix Tire in Elkhart Trip
In Elkhart Indiana several pairs of women’s hosiery were used to repair a tire on a tourist party’s car. A traveler explained they could not dismount due to lack of tape and insufficient handkerchiefs until new stockings could be bought.
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Elkhart
Ind
Dog Warns by Telephone in French Regiment
A Gazette de France report describes a French regiment using a dog fitted with a mouth telephonic device linked to an outpost. The animal barks softly into the phone when it detects approaching German troops, signaling sentries at night.
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Paris
Gazette de France
Notice of Sheriffs Sale of Real Property Foreclosure
Public auction on October 28 1915 at 10 am at Wenatchee Courthouse for Lots 31 and 32 in Block 37 Great Northern Plat Wenatchee Chelan County Washington. Charles Kenyon Sheriff forecloses the mortgage against Charles O Livingston Minnie Livingston and others to satisfy judgment fees costs and interest.
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Charles C. Livingston
Minnie Livingston
Lorne Tice
Connie F. Tice
James E. Keane
Wenatchee & Rock Island Warehouse Company
Wenatchee Lumber Company
State of Washington
County of Chelan
Superior Court
Chelan County
Charles O. Livingston
Washington
Charles QC
Livingston
Towit
Great Northern
Wenatchee
Chas. Kenyon
Wash
A. V. Huff
Summons for Absolute Divorce in Chelan County
The Superior Court of Washington Chelan County issues a summons to Samuel V. Behan to answer a complaint by Cornelia J. Behan within sixty days of the first publication dated September 17, 1915. The action seeks an absolute divorce and a decree that the described real estate remains plaintiff's separate property. costs and attorney fees requested.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Chelan County
Cornelia J. Behan
Samuel V. Behan
Chelan
Washington
A. D
L. J. Nelson
P.O
Leavenworth, Chelan Co
Wash
Notice of Private Sale of Real Estate in Gordon Estate
Notice of private sale of real estate to satisfy an estate, under a court order dated August 11 1915. Property lies in King County Washington Lot 15 Block 2 C B Bagley’s First Addition Seattle. Sealed bids in writing accepted until October 29 1915 at 9 am at L J Nelson Leavenworth Washington. Administrator L J Nelson signs September 1915.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Chelan County
Charles L. Gordon
Towlt
County of
King
C. B. Bagley
Seattle
Washington
L.J. Nelson
Leavenworth
Oberon
A. D
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