Will of George De Wolf Deans Names Gifts and Ring Request
In New York a 1914 will filed in surrogate's court sets $20 to widow Gertrude Deans and $1,000 plus the wear of a diamond ring for stenographer Margaret Dorothee Klinger. The residuary estate goes to nurse Mary Susan Hill as executrix, cremation specified, ashes in a silver jar under $100 value.
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New York
George de Wolf Deans
New York Central Railroad
Edgecombe Avenue
Gertrude F Deans
Margaret Dorothee Klinger
Mary Susan Hill
Italian Commission Leader Sees Prolonged War and Coal Need
In Chicago General Guglielmotti of the Italian commission to the United States predicts a long, hard fight across Europe. He notes high altitude artillery, the war front spanning Belgium to the French and Austrian lines, and that outcomes depend on internal morale and American coal and iron supplies. He urges U.S. aid and coal for war factories.
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United States
Germany
America
Chicago
Italy
Guglielmotti
Belgium
England
Mario Prochet
Woman Captures Eagle at El Chivar Goat Ranch
In Live Oak canyon Redlands California Mrs Winthrop Howland wrestled a large golden eagle from a peach tree and kept it restrained in a pigeon corral after a strenuous struggle. She sustained a minor wound that is nearly healed.
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Redlands
Cal
Winthrop Howland
el Chivar
Live Oak Canyon
Pigs Drill Under Local Farm Master in Belchertown
Jack Newman of Belchertown Mass organized his piggery to infantry drill rules. From 100 pigs he selected 32 to train daily for two weeks marching along the field edge and crossing the center. He later observed the squad drilled without him appearing.
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Belchertown
Mass
Jack Newman
Newman
President Wilson Buys $10000 in Farm Loan Bonds
Washington report notes President Wilson invested ten thousand dollars in farm loan bonds and accepted ten thousand eighty dollars of the first issue of liberty bonds. The action underscores wartime finance support and public bond programs.
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Washington
Wilson
Adopt a Baby Wolf Near Naples Farm
The Proper brothers on a farm six miles west of Naples Ontario County found a baby gray wolf in a hollow log. They are raising it on a bottle and a search is under way for the rest of the family.
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Rochester
N. Y
Proper Brothers
Naples
Ontario County
Cork Leg as Security for Loan in Durham County
A chattel mortgage filed in Durham County registers records a $50 loan secured by an artificial leg valued at $100. R. O. Everett, a Durham lawyer, states he intends to reclaim the leg if the borrower fails to redeem. The debt is due within fifty two weeks to finance the cork leg.
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Raleigh
N. C
Office of the Register of Deeds
Durham County
R. O. Everett
Durham
Food bids show large needs for Texas troops
Fort Sam Houston and Mexican border troops require 4,395,000 pounds of potatoes and 549,500 pounds of onions for September and October. Distributions list Fort Sam Houston and nine Texas towns including Brownsville Corpus Christi Del Rio Eagle Pass McAllen Mercedes Sam Fordyce and San Benito with specified quantities.
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Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Texas
Chief Quartermaster
National Guard
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
del Rio
Eagle Pass
McAllen
Mercedes
Sam Fordyce
San Benito
End of War Seen Within a Year by Allied Officers
A British liner arriving in New York carried Sir Stephenson Kent and six others to assist Lord Northcliffe. British officers on the Western Front believe the war could end this winter or within a year, hampered by hunger in Germany and strong Allied blows. They praise the American export embargo and urge training airmen for overseas service. Lieutenant Ernest Hargett and Lieutenant S L M Metcalfe, veterans with Medals, joined the contingent.
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New York
England
Stephenson Kent
Lord Northcliffe
France
Ernest Hargett
Washington
S. L.M. Metcalfe
Hundred Candles On Cake A Fulton County Pioneer Turns 100
Lucius Palmer Taylor of Pike township near Wauseon Fulton county celebrated his 100th birthday at home with family. A noon basket dinner followed by a large cake with 100 candles. Born August 18 1817 in Buckland Massachusetts he moved to Fulton county seventy four years ago and helped found the first Fulton county fair while raising a large family and sending two sons to the Civil War.
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New York
Hudson
Englewood Country Club
Palisades
Edgewater Creche
Wauseon
Lucius Palmer Taylor
Fulton County
Pike Township
Winameg
Taylor
Buckland Township
Franklin County
Mass
Shooting range atop hotel to host rifle club next winter
The roof of a famous New York hotel will be converted into a shooting range for a mixed club of men women boys and girls next winter. Miss Martha Maynard will oversee the organization and Miss June Haughton world famous shooter will supervise firing. An architect will design an English shooting ground and lodge with safety measures against stray shots.
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New York
America
Martha Maynard
June Haughton
Fox Dog Returns Home From Grand Marais Find
Oscada Michigan resident Bill Biggerstaff reports his pet fox dog returned after disappearing in December. The animal arrived in a baggage car crate with a note from a man near Grand Marais 250 miles away stating the dog was found starving two weeks prior. Biggerstaff plans to send the dog out again this winter after the same fox.
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Oscada
Mich
Bill Biggerstaff
Grand Marais
Bill
Match at home ends in front line enlistment tale
Desmond a carpenter from Humington Lake Fresno county, above draft age, vows to enlist and bets with his wife on heads or tails. Tails wins, and Desmond ends up in field artillery. Spokane budget hike tops city agenda with tax rise.
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Fresno
Cal
Desmond
Hummington Lake
Fresno County
Tails
Field Artillery
Spokane
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