Mysterious timber fires threaten farms near New Castle Junction
residents of Taylor township beat out two brush fires over two days on the L. H. Hawthorn farm near New Castle Junction. Farmer George Cameron suspects hunters shot at his home Monday and started the blaze as revenge. Dozens fought the flames with help from Shenango Limestone workers, saving property. Tuesday’s fire persisted with smoldering sparks, but was eventually contained.
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Taylor Township
New Castle Junction
L. H. Hawthorn
George Cameron
Cameron
Dill Myers
John Wright
Shenango Limestone Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Taft and Bryan Address Inland Waterways Convention
Taft delivers a forceful pledge for a systematic plan to improve rivers and lakes with a costly but promising investment. Attendees tour deep water work at Lockport as Bryan is slated to speak tomorrow alongside James J. Hill and Gifford Pinchot. A monster reception and vaudeville show are planned at the Coliseum.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Lockport
W. Bryan
James J. Hill
Gifford Pinchot
United Tes Forester
Coliseum
Resist Taxation If No Representation
A Susan B. Anthony women suffrage club committee in Cincinnati gathers women taxpayers to form the Women's Taxpayers League. They plan to withhold taxes until women property owners can vote, endorsing the league after a forceful critique of man-made laws led by Miss Jennie Rugg of Newport, Kentucky who has resisted taxes on a higher assessment.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Susan B. Anthony Women Suffrage Club
Women's Taxpayers’ League
League
Jennie Rugg
Newport
Carnegie Steel to readjust wages across plants
Notices posted in Carnegie Steel plants at Pittsburg indicate a wage readjustment. New Castle officials deny changes locally, but it is believed the action will be nationwide affecting all employees.
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Carnegie Steel Comey
Pittsburg
New Castle
Japs Plan Grand Welcome for American Fleet
United Press reports Japan prepares a 20 ship escort at Yokohama to greet Admiral Sperry in a grand welcome. The plan includes free postal service and transport for Americans, a Hibiya park pageant, student guides, lantern procession and singing of America, with Geisha exemption debated. The fleet sails from Manila for home December 1 and aims to reach Hampton Roads by February 22.
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TOKIO
Yokohama
Mikado
Yokohama Harbor
Admiral Sperry
Manila
Japan
Hibiya Park
America
Suez
Hampton Roads
Zelienople Notes Dance Series and Local Moves
Miss Martha Butz spent Monday in Pittsburg. Miss Marie Miller of Petersville visits her sister Mrs Douth ett. Miss Lula Herwick of Ellwood City visits brother Claud Herwick. Mrs William Eicholtz and the Misses Bame Druschel Heberling go to Ellwood City Monday. Roy Baumgardner of West View camp home for several days. Mrs Hiram Weicholtz and sister Mrs Zelie Cable spend time near Whitestown. Zelie Cable to head dining room waitress in Butler Clinton House. Tuesday night dance well attended first of six biweekly events with Miss Dugan of Butler giving dancing lessons. Cyphert family moves to Oklahoma after western stay for health reasons.
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Lula Herwick
Ellwood City
Claud Herwick
William Eicholtz
Bame, Druschel
Heberling
Roy Baumgardner
West View
Hiram Weicholtz
Zelie Cable
Whites
Zelienople
West
Indiana Senate Hemenway Sees 35 000 Taft Lead
Senator Hemenway told President Roosevelt Indiana is safely Republican with an estimated Taft plurality of 35 000. He said Taft would not campaign personally as the president is satisfied with the current political outlook.
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Taft
Sen. Hemenway
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Hemenway
White House
Fairbanks Brothers to Build Road Through Honduras
Luther M. Fairbanks has secured a concession from the government of Spanish Honduras to construct a railroad about 300 miles from Truxillo to Tegucigalpa with a branch to Juticalpa. W. C. McBride, attorney for Fairbanks, said surveys are under way and work will start soon. The line is expected to boost Truxillo into Honduras' greatest seaport.
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New Orleans
Luther M. Fairbanks
Honduras
Personal notes list illnesses and visits from Walnut to New York
B C Rhodes of Walnut street is ill with typhoid fever. Miss Wilda Emery of Petrolia visited cousin Miss Gailey of 200 Cascade street. Elliott of Newville has returned home after visiting Miss Mary Agnew of Grant street. Elliott may stay longer. Miss Grace Morton leaves for New York to join Mr Chapman and W S Foltz on an extended machine trip.
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B. C. Rhodes
Walnut Street
Wilda Emery
Petrolia
Gailey
Cascade Street
Mr. Elliott
Newville
Mary Agnew
Grant Street
Elliott
Grace Morton
New York
John Chapman
W. 8. Foltz
Boston Financier's Stable to be Sold This Fall
New Bedford mentions Robert B. Love of Wooster visiting friends in town. Except for Boralma and a few favorites of Thomas W. Lawson, the entire stable of the Boston financier will be sold this fall.
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Robert B. Love of
Wooster
Boralma
Dare Devil
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Mrs M Coy Declines to Object to Norman Selby Boxing
New York October 7 Mrs Selby Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy says he will not lose his wealthy wife over his planned fight with Big Jim Stewart at the National Athletic Club next week. She denies rumors of a separation and says she supports his choice to box despite not approving the step.
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United Press
New York
Kid" McCoy
Norman Selby
Big Jim Stewart
National Athletic Club
Norman
Train wreck kills brakeman at Long Run West Virginia
Charles Smith, a brakeman, was killed today when a westbound B and O freight wrecked at Long Run near Parkersburg, West Virginia. Also reported: a rare 1802 half dime sold for 715 dollars at James B Wilson collection auction in New York.
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Long Run
Parkersburg
W. Va
James B. Wilson
New York
Arnold Daly
Wallack Theatre
Trickey
Harvard
Crimson
Bates
Charles Edward Stowe
Harriet Becher Stowe
Central Square Congregational Church
Bridgewater
Mass
Eva Frances Smith Wilkin
Syracuse
Cleveland
Loretta Atloff
New York Police Face Graft Probe After Arrests
New York police and license squad officials face a broad graft probe after the arrest of Police Servant Peter J. Bird and Patrolman Patrick J. Reid on charges tied to extortion of license applicants for moving picture show operations. Reid faces perjury counts. The inquiry is expected to detail widespread harassment of petty vendors and push cart peddlers by license and traffic squad officers.
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United Press
New York
Peter J. Bird
Patrick J. Reid
Reid
Thaws Insanity Hearing Set in New York County
White Plains N Y Oct 7 District Attorney Jerome failed to move Thaws insanity trial from West Chester to New York County Supreme Court Justice Isaac N Mills ruled the case must stay in this county The first hearing will open Monday morning
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White Plains
N. Y
Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
West Chester
New York County
Supreme Court
Isaac N. Mills
Satirical State Press Views on Political News
A collection of lighthearted quips from various papers lampooning politicians and events. Notables include quips about Roosevelt’s vacation, Rockefeller’s name, Teddy Roosevelt in a carpet mill, Bryan’s potential appointments, and weather bureau comments. The snippets reflect period political tone and regional humor.
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Lebanon
Roosevelt
Franklin News
Rockefeller
Williamsport Gazette
America
Teddy Roosevelt
Scranton Republican
Bryan
Meadville Star
Weather Bureau
Ananias Club
Washington Observer
Hughes
Altoona Tribune
Bradford
Europe Stirred by Revolutions in the South Continent
Diplomatic circles report a highly awkward Balkan scene as Austria Hungary faces accusations of treachery and deceit by Von Aerenthal. Turkey hints at ceding Novi Pazar while Vienna defends annexations as accomplished facts amid rising unrest and mobilization. Crete may seek independence while Russia links support to Berlin treaty revisions.
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von Aerenthal
Europe
Franz Josef
Turkey
Novipazar
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Constantinople
Kossovo
Montenegro
Servia
Paris
Balkan
Baron von Aerenthal
Germany
Vienna
Bulgaria
Berlin
Foreign Office
Iswolsky
Russia
Clark son of Montana senator fleeced in Los Angeles roulette scam
Charles W. Clark son of former Senator W A Clark of Montana says he lost $20 000 in markers at a Los Angeles roulette game in a fashionable apartment house and alleges the wheel was manipulated. He appealed to city authorities as prosecutors investigate with police and city officials.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles WV. Clark
W. A. Clark
Montana
Young Clark
Woolvine
Markets Quotations from New Castle Update
Market prices listed include butter eggs poultry hay and straw by the New Castle dealers. Live stock vegetables fruits and honey show per unit and per pound or dozen rates with ranges for beef cattle lambs and hogs.
Bryan Claims Democratic Wave Across United States
Chicago Oct. 7 W J Bryan after conferences at Democratic headquarters said reports from every section show a fully Democratic trend and that the party will gain in every state.
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Chicago
W. J. Bryan
United States
Union
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