Mystery Deepens On Cause Of Black Tom Explosion
Casualties mount from the Black Tom explosion as injured and missing totals rise. Investigators probe whether nitrocellulose or other explosives caused the blast, with studies hampered by widespread debris. Officials from railroads Jersey City and state and federal authorities rush to inspect the scene and assess property damage across Jersey City Brooklyn Manhattan and nearby towns.
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New York
Black Tom
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Fadine Glass
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Houm
Fitts Island
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Jersey
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Chile
Tents Torn as Cyclone Strikes Camp Grayling
A July cyclone at Camp Ferris Grayling destroyed twelve tents of the Third Michigan Infantry. A reaching gust blew a sock and debris into the air, scattering paper and rag. The cyclone touched the lake shore and the woods, ripping tents and harming few personnel.
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Hughes Receives GOP Nomination With Love Feast
Former Justice Charles Evans Hughes, Republican nominee, prepared to be formally notified in Chicago as Republicans and Progressives planned a large reception at the Hotel Astor. Harding would break the news and Hughes would urge Republican votes with a keynote speech amid party leaders and progressives.
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Roumanian Styles Shake the Hoosiers at Beach Camp
Report states Romanian styles stirred Indiana beachgoers as four men arrived in scant attire. Firefighting under Colonel Boucher quelled a blaze that started early morning, with provisional units unable to halt progress. Army detachments patrolled the area around the camp while supply charges and local notices appeared.
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Chautauqua Pledges Must Be Redeemed This Summer
The 1915 Chautauqua season tickets can be redeemed at the secretary’s office, First National Bank, or nine listed stores including Larson’s, O’Keefe’s, Morley Gyng Store, and Seaman’s druggists. Adult tickets cost $2.00 and youths $1.00, with free admission for accompanied children under a certain age. The event runs August 18 to 28 at Central School grounds.
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Angis
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Larson's Burmar’s
O'Keefe's
Morley Gyng
Seaman‘s Drug Alers
Swartwouts Drug
Kiager’s
R. E. Shear's
Gazoffte
Green's Drug Store
Sayre & Bryndes
Umber & Sears
Weather heats Battle Creek hits new high record
Heat waves sweep through Battle Creek as thermometers hit 102 degrees at 12 46 pm causing three prostrations in 24 hours. Reports cite fiery conditions and disrupted outdoor plans while local utilities monitor impact on cattle creek lines and city pavements.
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Worst fire in history of Ontario devastates towns
Reports from Ontario describe the massive bush fire disaster with 18 bodies recovered near North Bay and fears that as many as 206 lives may be lost. The blaze has swept through Cochrane Matheson Iroquois Falls Huseka Wawahteag and Kelson with telegraph lines down and major timber losses.
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Forest Fire
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Iroquets Falls
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Watahheag
Kelson
Record Heat Death Toll Tops Several Cities
A severe heat wave caused heavy fatalities across multiple cities with Milwaukee reporting 22 deaths and Chicago recording a high of 101 to 102 degrees. Officials warned of continued heat while beaches saw police reserves clearing streets. Gary Indiana logged 126 degrees with three fatalities.
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Local News Summary From the Hastings District
The Hastings News-Statesman reports on local matters including medical notes on Peter Flynns slight improvement, board member G S Woolsey attending a Hastings Cyclone Insurance Co meeting, and funeral attendance in Albion for August Pretzel. Weather remains hot and dry with widespread leaf fall. Mrs. V A Lepper returns from a weekend in the city and Miss Lewise Lepper visits in Jackson. Estate news notes three notes totaling 3060 dollars in the Isaac W Sloan estate and full payment of claims in Jacob Bowersox and Dr W M Curling estates. Incubation of eggs under heat yields a record hatch in Burt Ivengs flock. The paper laments delayed production due to press dimes, notes Dr B D Buettell’s move to Emery, N Trak, and records a sheriff’s incident about a drunken dispute. A newspaper carrier in the Michlaen Coa region escapes a passing train, suffering a scalp wound. A probate petition filed by Joan Lb Way of Hartford for Edwin G Way’s estate lists numerous relatives and a value around 680000 dollars, with no Detroit bank papers found. Temperature along the border cooled to 62 while El Paso and San Antonio, Texas reported 83.
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Woman Claiming Edwing Way Sister Sparked City Interest
A Marshall resident, Mrs. B. Horatio C. Moore, aged about 76, visited the city asserting she is the sister of the late Edwin C. Way, formerly of Marshall. She recounts a family history, produced no proof, and notes a lengthy letter from a purported Edwin Way. Local memory and records from 1865 onward would be needed to verify kinship while Moore resembles Way, drawing attention but offering little verifiable evidence.
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Local Coffee Sale Ad Promises Genuine Brands
An old fragmented notice advertises coffee at 36 per pound and urges buyers to compare a mislabeled price. It claims genuine brands like Macha and Java can be found at a deal and directs readers to a local shop, the Datteld deacery, VRAD.
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