War declaration and historic events excerpt
June 18 1812 Congress declared war on Great Britain after Madison sent his war message. the act was signed by the president completing the constitutional method. Waterloo's victory saw Prussian reenforcements with Bluecher aiding Wellington against Napoleon. 1915 German armies in east Galicia pushed into Russian territory. 1916 Wilson called national guard to the Mexican border. Astronomical note cites Serpens and Ophiuchus in evening sky. A polar bear display at Crawford Furniture advertises a refrigerator line.
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Great Britain
Madison
House
Senate
Waterloo
Marshal Bluecher
Wellington
East
Galicia
Wilson
National Guard
Crawford Furniture Company
Lear
Atteaton
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Cardinal Farley Assigns Priests to Diocese Churches
New York June 15 Cardinal Farley announces assignments of newly ordained priests and clergy changes across diocese churches. Names include Murdock to St Peter's Canreh Kingston New York Gudles to St Peter's Yorkers Sullivan to St Thomas Aquinas Lroma McCormick to Guardian Angels New York Kane to Sacred Heart High Bridge Duffy to St Joseph Tremont Laney to St Mary's Edenville Also transfers among St Catherine St Cecilia Victory Barnabas Gabriel Holy Trinity etc. University priests Eugene MacDonald Joseph Egen Henry Hammer Daniel Sheehan O Connell reassigned to several parishes. Band notice adds Separate Co Band meeting at the armory tonight.
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New York
Cardinal Farley Hes
Rey
George B. Murdock
St. Peter's Canreh
Kingston
N. Y
Peter J. Gudles
St. Peter's Church
Yorkers
Daniel J. Sullivan
St Thomas Aquinas” Church
Lroma
Jeno
B. McCormick
Church of the Guardian Angels
James M. Kane
Sacred Heart Church
High Bridge
Willian
Duffy
Str Joseph's Church
Tremont
Raphael J. Laney
St Mary's
Edenville
Slicheel | Fitzgerald
St. Catherine of Genoa
St Cecilia
Peter J. Qevin
Church of Our Lady of Victory
Thomas B. Brown
St. Joseph's
Patrick J. Barcy
St. Barnabas
St. Gabriel's
Patrick F. Q.connor
Holy Trinity
Harry J. Kenny
Catholic University
Eugene MacDonald
St. Peter’s Church
Liberty
Joseph Egen
Resurrection Church
Rye
Henry Hammer
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Daniel Sheehan
Church of Our Lady of Loretto
Cold Spring
Joseph C. O'Connell
St. Teresa’s Church
Tar- Tytown
Wallkill Lodge to celebrate 50th charter with banquet
In Walden Odd Fellows Hall Wallkill Lodge No 627 FP and A M will host a banquet Thursday night June 25 with M W Robert Judson Kenworthy Pas Grand Master and Grand Secretary RW Arthur S Tompkins Grand Junior Warden among attendees Also R W Elwood C Salta D D G M and other prominent brothers are expected Mus by Daniels orchestra Warden Eastern Star Chapter 560 will serve The year marks the lodge's 50th charter anniversary The celebration is trimmed by wartime and will include a second degree on June 29 for five candidates The summer communications close with a service at the Walden Methodist Episcopal Church July 1
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Warden
Eastern Star Chapter
Wallkill Lodge
Methodist Episcopal Church of
State Food Conservation Conference Dates Set in Syracuse
Governor Whitman approves a conference on food conservation production and marketing to be held July 5 and 6 in Syracuse. The New York State Food Supply Commission will seek statewide farmer input and draft discussion questions from letters to Farm Bureaus and farmers in Albany. An inventive window display by Arthur Kilbert of L Stern Co uses a lay figure and 150 stockings to dress a ball room scene.
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Syracuse
Whitman
New York State Food Supply Commission
Albany
Arthur Kilbert
L. Stern Co
Kilbert
Centenarian preacher in Pittsburgh marks 100th birthday
The Rev. Abert Vogel, age 100, preached a one hour sermon at the First German Methodist Episcopal Church, where he once served as pastor. A reception followed with many clergy and gifts, and a picnic was planned in Garrick Park. Vogel was born in Germany and moved to the U.S. as a child. his relatives include a grandfather who died at 106 and a father who died at 96. He fathered 11 children, six living.
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Pittsburgh
Jere
Oved
Mr. Vogel
Sweden reports lowest birth rate in a decade
Sweden's population stood at 5,757,566 at the end of 1916 with an increase of 44,826, the smallest growth rate in ten years. Births and deaths both reached record lows at 21.14 and 13.55 per thousand, reflecting a sustained drop in demographic activity. A second fragment mentions a pioneer San Francisco family linked to hydraulic mining and accompanying notes.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Kingdom of Sweden
Central Bureau of Statistics
American engineer dies in Yokohama
An Associated Press report from Yokohama dated June 18 states Eustus Jesse Bowie, a longtime American resident of Japan born in Baltimore, Maryland in 187?, died recently. Bowie, 71, had moved to the Pacific region years ago and was known for his engineering work in Yokohama.
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Associated Press
Yokohama
Japan
Eustus Jesse Bowie
Baltimore
Eyo
Greg
Bowie
Pacific
Peat proposed for Swedish textile fabrics study
Professor G Sellereren of the Technical University petitions the King to form a committee to study peat textiles. He offers peat doormats as evidence of durability and claims peat costs about three kilos more than cocoa matting, yet offers more than two thirds of its strength.
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Stockholm
G Sellereren
Technical University
Pest
Italian Women Press for Greater Freedom in Wartime Italy
Rome reports Italian women push for more freedom before the war ends. Although divorce laws remain elusive, a bill has been introduced in parliament to grant women the legal right to control and dispose of their own property.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Mexico Sees Tremendous Cotton Crop This Year
Reports from the Larung district to the Department of Agriculture indicate a tremendous cotton crop in Mexico. It is reported that the pink boll weevil has been exterminated in the district.
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Associated Presse
Mexico City
Larung
Department of Agriculture
Mexico
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North Street
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