Casement Treason Trial Ends With Death Sentence
Sir Roger Casement, who led the Irish revolt and faced treason charges, was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging after proceedings in London. The case drew international interest with petitions for mercy from British and Irish figures and papal intercession. Casement’s past as a colonial investigator and wartime diplomat framed a complex verdict amid wartime politics.
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Roger Casément
Pentonville
London
George
Great Britain
Roger Casement
Casement
Berlin
Germany
Ireland
Kiel
Court of Criminal Appeal
America
England
Manchester Guardian
John Redmond
Asquith
Pope Benedict
Congo
Roger
Irish National Volunteers
United States
Norway
Africa
South America
Card of thanks and notices on death of member
A card of thanks appears with a 25 cent charge. Obituary poetry is not published. Resolutions by lodges or societies on a member’s death cost 3 for the notice and 1 for the entertainments listings. Admission notices charge six cents per line and communications are subject to editorial revision.
Hughes Fairbanks Ticket and County Race Announcements
The article lists presidential and vice presidential selections with Charles Evans Hughes and Charles Warren Fairbanks. It also announces Republican primary candidates for Clark County offices including County Coroner Dr. R. B. Boyd Casey, Circuit Clerk Harry Prast West Union, and State’s Attorney Arthur Poorman Marshall.
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Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Charles Warren Fairbanks
R. B. Boyd
Casey
Harry Prast
West Union
Arthur Poorman
Marshall
Clark County
He Kept Us Out of War Analysis of Democratic Campaign
The piece argues the claim of keeping the nation out of war is a failure as four years of drift left the U S at risk with impaired credit and weak defenses. It criticizes delayed reforms and urges decisive action before an uncertain future and looming electoral accountability.
Threatened Railway Strike Vote Returns Large Support
Months of wage demands and hours reforms prompted railroads to seek arbitration. Workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize their representatives to call a strike at any time, risking widespread transportation disruption across the United States.
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Workpien
Tor
Un‘sons
United States
Ita
President Should Intervene To Avert National Railroad Crisis
The writer warns that a nationwide railroad shutdown would paralyze business and farming, worse than past crises, and urges swift presidential intervention, citing Roosevelt and Wilson as precedents to prevent a strike that harms the public.
Submarines Cornered by British Net Bouy System
British coast near Kent uses a line of 100 yard spaced barrel floats with a submerged net to entangle submarines. American built patrol boats fire 6 pound guns to force subs to surface, where divers work to free the craft amid heavy return fire.
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English Channel
Kent
England
A. M. Rnd
Bridgeport Oil Worker Dies by Jumping Into Boiling Tank
Herbert Woodard 35, of Bridgeport, reportedly mentally unbalanced, disappeared Tuesday night leading to a search of ponds and streams. His body surfaced from a 325 barrel oil tank on Wm. Applegate farm after workers dragged the tank with poles. The oil had cooked flesh. he leaves a widow and two children.
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Herbert Woodard
Bridgeport
Wm. Applegate
Woodard
Awful Cost of War Highlighted in Debate
A fragment quotes claims that Europe’s war costs the United States 100 million dollars daily, spanning per person estimates and domestic spending. It questions whether such funds could be used to support American families instead of ongoing conflict.
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United
Backache warning urges kidney health and Dean's Pills
A health notice warns back pain may signal kidney disorders and urges prompt treatment. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a trusted remedy, citing Mrs. Re. W. Jeffords of Marshall and Fosterillburn Co. as endorsers, with price 50c.
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Marshall
Bright
United States
Usq
Dean’s
Re. W." Jeffords
Dean
Jeffords
Fosteriillburn Co
Buffalo
Graveyard Dog Guards Baker's Grave Five Years In Fultenham
A stray dog keeps vigil at the grave of George Baker in a Fultenham cemetery. The dog first appeared five years ago after Baker's funeral and now sleeps on the mound daily, leaving only to search for food. Villagers and trustees accept the canine sentinel, and it is unlikely to be moved.
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Fultenham
George Baker
Baker
Aloay
Maine Salmon King says fish reason and have opinions
Bangor resident Stephen Decatur Bridges of Verona known as the Penobscot salmon king asserts fish possess brains and can reason. He claims salmon dislike unfavorable waters and reveal opinions to each other, blaming hatchery catching near East Orland for harming their condition and prompting avoidance.
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Maine
Bangor
Stéphen Decatur Bridges
Verona
Penobscot
Bridges
Orland
Mr _ Bridges
Bristol man recovers after 66000 volt shock
Francis Penin of Bristol is said to be recovering from a lightning related accident in Hartford after touching a high tension frame feeding 66 000 volts. Physicians call his case one of the most remarkable on record as his body was severely burned and his skin turned jet black from the electric discharge.
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Toyd's
Lloyd’s
Lloyd's
Edward
London
Edward Lloyd
Tower Street
Lloyd
Royal Exchange
Bristol
Hartford
Conn
Francis “Penin
Terre Haute Star and Marshall Herald Advertising Offer
An advertisement extols The Terre Haute Star as a metropolitan daily with full news and AP content and praises The Marshall Herald as Clark County’s leading paper. It markets a liberal subscription club offering combined rates for daily and county weekly delivery, urging current Herald subscribers to upgrade.
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Marshall Herald
Terre Haute Daily
Star
Terre Haute
Associated Press
Daily Market
Marshall- Herald
Clark County
Clark Sounty
Parper
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Sloan
James
United States Hay Fever Association
Bethlehem
N. E
White Mountains
Mecca
P. I. Jerome
Hay Fever Association
Jerome
New York State
American Press Association
George H. Wilson
Quincy
Uiois
Ge United States
Roosevelt
Wilson
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Ambrose
Foley
Graven
Ohio Cemetery
Sullins’ Hospital
Maiden Lane
Bubeck & Gallagher "Funeral Directors Co
M. Bubeck
J. E. Gallagher
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