Husband Is Gone In Desertion Triggers Suicide Attempt
Mrs Lea Mayes of 427 Neshannock avenue attempted chloroform suicide after learning her husband Harry M Mayes, a Carnegie Steel mill worker, had deserted her. Discovered by neighbors, she was rushed to Shenango Valley hospital likely to survive. The note to her husband preceded her act linking his disappearance since last Tuesday, with a later update to follow on page six.
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Harry
Lea Mayes
Harry M. Mayes
Shenango Valley Hospital
C. Hazen
Neshannock Avenue
Mayes
Carnegie Steel Mill
New Castle
Brookville
Youngstown
Ohio
French Use Heavy Force In Vosges Front
Paris reports heavy French action on the allies right wing in the Vosges. German attacks south of La Faye are repulsed while a German patrol near Arracourt is driven back by French fire. In the Linge Kopf area French gains hold, and German advances east of Metzeral are checked by counterattacks. A French company near Bagatelle in the Argonne seizes part of a German trench.
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Paris
Vosges
la Faye
French War Office
Arracourt
Nancy
Linge-Kopf
Metzeral
Alsace
Bagatelle
Argonne
Annual Outing at Pythian Home Observed by Local Lodges
A large delegation from city K of P lodges traveled to Harmony yesterday for the annual outing at the Pythian home. The trip used the Pittsburg Butler Harmony and New Castle streetcar line and the day was filled with enjoyable activities. Delegations from several other cities across Pennsylvania attended the event.
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K. of P
Harmony
Pythian
Pittsburg
Butler
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Riconi
William Mills Ivins Dies Suddenly in New York
William Mills Ivins, prominent New York Republican leader and top attorney, died after midnight from Bright's disease and uremic poisoning. Born 1851 in New Jersey, he served as education board member, chamberlain, Judge Advocate General, special counsel for the public service commission, and chaired the New York charter commission. He was chief counsel for William Barnes in the $50,000 libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt.
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New York
William Mills Ivins
New York City
Bright
Ivins
New Jersey
William Barnes
Theodore Roosevelt
Syracuse
Bayonne Riot Amid Oil Plant Stand Off
In Bayonne New Jersey striking Standard Oil workers face guards at plant deadlines as mediation efforts unfold. Four workers were killed and five mortally wounded over three days of riots four private detectives for Standard Oil killed four strikers. Sheriff Kinkead mobilized 300 deputies and warned troops unlikely to be needed. Continued on page six.
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Bayonne
N. J
Kinkead
Standard Oil Co
Heavy guard around Capitol after bomb threat
Washington police strengthened Capitol security after a threat letter signed Brown from Los Angeles. Captain Louthran said eighteen more guards and plainclothes detectives would patrol inside and around the Capitol, with visitors forced to leave packages at doors. Officials treat the letter as a joke but maintain tight precautions.
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Washington
United States Capitol
Louthran
Capitol Police
Capitol Guard
Capitol
Major Pullman
Washington Police
Los Angeles
Brown
Frank Holt
J. P. Morgan
Detectives Swarm Bridgeport Over Remington Strike
In Bridgeport Connecticut detectives and confidential agents swarmed the city amid mounting tensions from the Remington U M C strike. Over 200 detectives and agents are on duty, with 700 guards and more to come as unions press for eight hour days wage raises and arbitration. Women workers receive a wage hike to 11.70 weekly effective August 1.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington U. M. C
Remington
New England
Mackenson Beaten Back Eight Miles In Poland Front
Russian forces along the Wieprz river in southern Poland counterattacked and pushed the German lines eight miles north of Krasnostaw. German losses were reported at 13,000. Austro German positions near Narew and Kangorod forts faced Russian shelling with Austrian weapons noted.
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Geneva
von Mackensen
Wieprz
Poland
Krasnostaw
Tarnow
Insbruck
Kangorod
Volika
Sokol
Narew
Record Enrollment Set To Break County Figures
County assessors from townships and boroughs return registrations to the commissioners. Republican enrollment shows large gains and many Washington party adherents plan to vote Republican in the fall. A summary will be issued once all returns are in, with reports indicating one of the county’s largest registrations. Some neighboring counties have already filed most books.
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Washington Party
Commissioners’ Office
Street By Det drag Man To Jail By Detective
Witnesses describe street railway detectives dragging a drunken man along Washington Street to the city jail yesterday afternoon. Onlookers felt the seizure was unwarranted and think police patrols could have handled the arrest instead. Street car company officers must take prisoners from cars to jail without city patrol aid.
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Street Railway Company
Washington Street
City
Street Car Company
Directress Named for Playgrounds in Lawrence
Miss Ella McMillin of the Oak Street playgrounds is appointed directress at the Lawrence playground to be opened Monday at the Lawrence school ground. She has taught at Lawrence school for two years and is well known to local children. A very successful program is expected.
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Ella McMillin
Oak Street
Lawrence
Lawrence School
McMillin
Seelye Quits Water Supply
Harrisburg reports Theodore E. Seelye resigns as division engineer of the state water supply division and plans to form a private engineering partnership with Farley Ganett, who resigned as chief engineer of the commission last week.
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Harrisburg
Theodore E. Seelye
State Water Supply Division
Seelye
Farley Ganett
Commission
William J Hand burial set after 37 days delay
William J Hand a 61 year old former resident of 212 Shady Side will be buried Friday at 4 PM in Greenwood Cemetery. His body has rested at Kelley Undertaking on North Mill Street for 37 days with no signs of decomposition due to embalming. Funeral director Charles Kelley, appointed administrator, arranged the burial to prevent city burial.
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William J. Hand
Shady Side
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Hand
Kelley Undertaking Rooms
North Mill Street
Charles Kelley
Hand
Kelley
175000 Dead In Big Flood In S E China
Report from Pekin states Southeast China flood district deaths exceed 175 000 with more heavy rain. Rivers in Kwangsi and Kwangtung overflowed and over sixty villages were swept away. Food reaches the stricken areas only by boat, a slow method causing widespread starvation.
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Pekin
China
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Auto truck blocks street car near Fisher's florists
An auto truck parked in front of Fisher's florists on North Mill street held up a northbound Highland street car for ten minutes. The blockage occurred at the narrow space where the stage track branches to the double track and curb. Street car men located the driver and arranged removal after about ten minutes.
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Fisher's Florists
North Mill Street
Umpire Rube Jones to officiate tomorrow’s church league game
Rube Jones, a popular church league umpire, will officiate tomorrow's New Castleworks versus Youngstown Tellings game and will umpire the remaining New Castle games this season. Mrs. T. E. Smith of Walnut Street visits her son and daughter in law in Ohio City.
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Rube” Jones
Church League
New Castleworks
Youngstown
T. E. Smith
Walnut Street
Mrs
Clarence Smith
Oi) City
Ferocity Marks Mighty Battle For Polish Capital
Berlin dispatch reports fierce fighting near Warsaw as Austro German forces press toward the Polish capital. Von Hindenburg and Von Mackensen troops invest Novo Georgievsk and Ivangorod, with bombardments on fortresses along the Vistula and Narew, signaling a decisive struggle in Poland despite unofficial rumors of a surrender.
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Frederick Werner
U. S
Berlin
Warsaw
Marshal von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Novo Georgievsk
Ivangorod
Poland
Vistula
Narew
German Ruse Fails To Fool Scotchmen
A British official eye witness narrative dated July 18 reports a German ploy to mislead Allied troops failed. Germans shouted to Scots as rifle fire stopped a help call and the line held. In West Flanders a house near the trench was blown up and some casualties occurred. Saxons reportedly signaled from the German side.
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London
Government
West Flanders
Summer School Closes After Six Weeks at Eighth Grade Building
Summer school for public school pupils who failed to meet grade requirements closed today after six weeks. B. K. Thacker led a staff of teachers. Enrollment was 169 with 140 promoted. Attendance averaged 91 percent, unusually high for warm weather.
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B. K. Thacker
Garment Workers Riot Injures Several in Williamsburg
In Williamsburg a riot by striking garment workers left several injured as 35 strikers attacked a plant with 60 non union workers. Police reserves restored order. The strike involved 4,000 workers plus 10,000 jacket makers, leaving 4,000 union workers at work. Sidney Hillman noted figures.
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New York
Williamsburg
Sidney Hillman
Amagamated Clothing Workers
Injured Child Shows Signs of Improvement after Crash
Fannie Halinsky of Weaver Street, patient at New Castle hospital since last Friday evening’s auto strike, is slightly improved today. She remains unconscious but shows reviving signs and may have a chance of recovery.
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Fannie Halinsky
Weaver Street
New Castle Hospital
Alleged Mrs Flagler Held on Fraud Charge
A woman claiming to be Mrs Zora Emma Flagler widow of a millionaire was held to the grand jury in New York in 5000 bond on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. She was sent to the Tombs with 15 cents while her Chicago lawyer J E Newberger failed to appear.
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New York
Zora Emma Flagler
Chicago
J. E. Newberger
Battle Of Isonzo Is Terrific Battle Of Isonzo Is Terrific
Descriptive wartime noting a fierce clash at the Isonzo front with intensified fighting and strategic maneuvering. Reports emphasize terrain, troop movements, and mounting casualties as both sides press for tactical gains. Community readers anticipate updates on the stalemate.
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Isonzo
Brinton D. Allaire
I. N.S
Rome
Gorizia
Tolmano
Italians Press Assaults on Sabotina Forts Near Tolmino
Italo Austrian battle on the Isonzo continues for a fifth day with Italian howitzers bombarding Mount Sabotina and Podgora forts while Austrian lines on Carso Plateau are breached. Italian engineers bridge the Isonzo as forces move toward Gorizia and Tolmino sits critical for rail links into Trieste.
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Sabotina
Mount
Podgora
Victor Emmanuel
Carso Plateau
Isonzo
Ital
Ern Bank
Gorizia
Plava
Tolmino
Trieste
B. & O. Begins Major Track Improvement in Region
The Baltimore and Ohio announces extensive roadbed and track upgrades between New Castle Junction and Hazelton, Ohio. About 1,000 workers are expected, with 160 colored laborers brought to New Castle Junction. housing camps along the route are planned as the project proceeds.
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Baltimore and Ohio
New Castle Junction
Hazelton
Almot
Baltimore and Ohio Company
Allies Advance in Gallipoli Achi Baba Sector
Allied forces push through the Achi Baba area near Krithia on Gallipoli Peninsula gaining trenches and capturing prisoners while inflicting heavy Turkish losses.
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Mytelene
Achi-Baba
Gallipoli
Krithia
Y M C A Board Meeting This Evening
The board of directors of the Y M C A will hold a meeting this evening at five o'clock in the association building.
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The
Association
Death of John James Masters at 24 noted in Bessemer
John James Masters aged 24 residing at 11 Borough Line Street Bessemer is reported deceased in a local death notice. The record lists his name and age with partial address. Further details are not provided in the available text.
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John James Masters
Borough
St. Michael Seblitch
Bessemer
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H. M. Mayes
Neshannock Ave
Pital
Standard Oil
U. S. Army
Ington
Mackenson
W. J. Hand
S. E
Rube Jones
Berty
Margaret Geddes
Alber
Bertha Eccles
David Eccles
Eccles
Albert
Sugar King
Ogden
Utah
Mormon Millionaire Lumber and Sugar King
Dardanelles
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