Bell Telephone completes York Adams trunk line expansion
John Beam announces the completion of a new addition to the Bell Telephone trunk line plant in York and Adams counties. The project, started last October, was turned over for traffic on Saturday June 7. The rebuilt pole lines employ modern methods and improve service to Harrisburg Lancaster Glen Rock Cross Roads East Berlin Hanover Gettysburg Waynesboro and York.
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John ©. Beam
Bell Telephone Company
York
Adams Counties
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Glen Rock
Cross Roads
East Berlin
Hanover
Gettysburg
Waynesboro
Franz Kroeck
Karl Kroeck
Conestoga River
Rocky Springs
Gable’s Park
Frederick M. Hahn
Visitors Check In Across Town From Abilene to Hanover
Mrs Ollie J Peters of Abilene Kansas visits N J Waltman and wife. Mrs Wm Shull visits daughter Mrs Elmer Moul near York Springs. Mrs B B Yewells of Easton visits Nevin Shank and family. Mrs Jacob Huff of near York Springs spends Monday at the same place. Mr and Mrs Oliver Norris of Middleburg Maryland, Mrs M O Bream and son of Gardners Station, and Miss Catharine March of Dillsburg spend Sunday with C E Winand and family. Mrs L J Bower visiting friends at York. Mr and Mrs N J Watman spend Monday at Ben Meraville. Mrs Georgianna Coreager visiting friends at Hanover.
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Jos. A. Noel and Son
Carlisle Street
Mary Fiscel
Williamstown
Dauphin County
E. W. Moller
Hagerstown
F.S. Smith
Hanover Street
John Swamley
P. & R. Railroad Co
Harrisburg
W. A. Feiser
Philadelphia
Frank Feiser
York Manufacturing Co
York
Aug. F. Feiser
M. C. Topper
Bonneauville
Joseph Colgan
William Hemler
Mary
John Gray
Herbert Hahn
Dorothy
Chas. Hemler
G. C. Stover
Chas. T. Hemler
Ernest Kuhn
Arthur Lawrence
Frank Fleshman
Paul Kauffman
Hanover
David Fink
New Oxford
Samuel Robinson
Gettysburg
Frank G. Hem
Ollie J. Peters
Abilene
Kans
N. J
Gettysburg Prepares for Fiftieth Battle Anniversary
Gettysburg plans to stock seven days of provisions as the fiftieth anniversary of the great battle approaches. Railroads warn that passenger trains will strain lines to Harrisburg and York, likely curtailing freight movements during the celebration.
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Gettysburg
Harrisburg
York
Attacks on White Women Spark York County Search
Colorful crimes report notes attacks on white women by black men. One suspect Howard Milburn, about 30, jailed in York County. Another black man at large, pursued by a posse. Milburn charged with attacking 10 year old Nora May Heimer of Lower Chanceford township.
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Lower York County
York County
Howard Milburn
Nora May Heimer
Lower Chanceford Township
Death from blood poisoning in Berwick woman
Blood poisoning after cutting her hand on a broken tumbler caused the death of Mrs. Hanna Fedorco of Berwick.
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Hanna Fedorco
Berwick
Local Business Change and July 4 Gettysburg Visit
Change in Theo lt Warner’s slaughter and meat business is completed with W J Miller re purchasing the outfits and assisting Warner. Ex President Taft will preside at Gettysburg on July 4 and deliver the address replacing Wilson. Black bass salmon pike and grass bass season begins in Pennsylvania. Samuel L Whisler suffers a rib fracture after a fall. Joseph L Hem seeks treatment in Baltimore. Immaculate Conception Church Ladies Guild festival planned. Walter Courteen drowns at Hare Creek. Two auto crash victims near Butler fatally injured Henry Schreiber and Harold McMarlin.
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William H Taft
Gettysburg
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Samuel L. Whisler
Hanover
Joseph L. Hem
Beidler & Sellman Sanitarium
Baltimore
Ladies Guild of the Immaculate Conception
Walter Courteen
Hare Creek
Corry
Eleven Die As Rock Mass Falls In Subway Cave In New York
Eleven men were killed and two injured when a section of the Lexington Avenue subway work at Fifty sixth Street collapsed. Two thousand tons of granite plunged from the upper excavation smashing into the rock bottom below. The fallen roof measured about forty feet in length with about twenty feet of solid rock between subway levels loosened across a width of thirty five to forty feet.
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Lexington Avenue
Fifty-Sixth Street
New York
Four Die in New Haven Railroad Wreck at Stamford
Four persons are dead and many injured after a rear end collision on the New Haven line opposite Stamford Connecticut. The Springfield express second section struck the first section as it left the station. The locomotive ploughed through the Skylark, the last car of the first section. The wreckageCaught fire. Stamford fire department removed the dead and injured.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Stamford, Conn
Springfield
Stamford Fire Department
Senate panel backs suffrage amendment in Chamberlain report
Senator Ashurst presents the Senate Committee for Women's Votes report urging passage of the Chamberlain constitutional amendment extending suffrage to women. The report asserts the people are the government and that granting women the franchise would strengthen government and fairness.
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Senate Committee For Women's Votes
Ashurst
Woman’s Suffrage Committee
Republic
Roosevelt to Visit Argentina for Lectures This Fall
Buenos Ayres reports Theodore Roosevelt plans to go to Argentina to lecture on U S progress. Roosevelt’s private secretary in New York confirms the trip is contemplated but details are unsettled. Departure is planned for this fall.
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Roosevelt
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
New York
Charlton Ordered Surrender to Italy for Trial
Porter Charlton charged with the murder of his wife Mrs Mary Scott Castle Charlton whose mutilated body was found in a trunk by Lake Como on June 19 1910. The U S Supreme Court ordered his surrender to Italian authorities for trial.
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Charlton
Italy
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Supreme Court
Mary Scott Castle Charlton
Brig. Gen Pershing Commander of Troops That Subdued Moros
Brigadier General Pershing led American forces tasked with subduing Moro forces in the Philippines campaign. His leadership shaped early modern counterinsurgency and operations against Moro bands in Mindanao during the Moro Rebellion era.
Widow Recalls Civil War Letter From Fort Washington
A May 30 1861 letter from Henry C Russell of Pottsville Pa First Defender reached his widow via regular mail. It was entrusted to M E Richards of Pottstown but never sent until found among old papers after Richards death. The sealed letter carried a shirt fragment from Colonel E llsworth who was killed at Alexandria Va while removing the Confederate flag.
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Fort Washington
Henry C. Russell
Pottsville
United States
M. E. Richards
Pottstown
BE. E. Ellsworth
Alexandria
Marshall House
Atwood Flies Across Lake Erie From Ecorse
Harry N. Atwood left Ecorse Michigan for a Lake Erie crossing to Sandusky and landed briefly on Tickory Island after a choppy sea. He resumed once calm, flying on the water surface to Sandusky under his own power. Engine trouble forced a descent after about ten minutes in the air.
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Atwood
Lake Erie
Harry N. Atwood
Ecorse
Mich
Sandusky
Tickory Island
Two Killed by Gas At Lee Park Hotel
Joseph Dixon aged 35 and a woman believed to be his wife were found dead from asphyxiation in a hotel room at Lee Park near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. They had arrived from Pittston on a short trip and no suicide signs were found. Police and coroner ruled the deaths accidental with doctors stating the bodies were dead at least ten hours before discovery.
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Joseph Dixon
Lee Park
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Britton Seeks Wilson View On Presidential Reforms
Representative Britton of Illinois reports President Wilson favors abolishing national nominating conventions but supports presidential primaries and direct election. The six year single term proposal drew no comment from the president, and direct elections would shorten the ballot.
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Wilson
Britton
Illnois
United States
Britten
White House
Wilson to Visit Panama Canal Site
Colonel George W. Goethals, chief engineer, discussed with President Wilson in Washington a possible visit to the canal zone. The president hinted at a trip after adjournment, with Goethals aiming to open the waterway around October 1 unless delays occur.
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Wilson
Panama
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Washington
Canal Zone
Fierce Moro Battle at Bagsak Ends in American Triumph
General Pershing describes the Bagsak clash as the fiercest since American occupation. Moros led by Amil fought trenches and craters but were overwhelmed. key losses include Captain Taylor A. Nichols and First Lieutenant Edwin H. Rackley. Amil and several outlaws reportedly killed. Major General Bell cites disarmament policy and broader negotiations as context for the attack. The last stand occurred on Jolo Island near a small district scene.
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Pershing
Bagsak
Philippines
Cable
War Department
Washington
Amil
Taylor A. Nichols
Philippine Scouts
Edwin H. Racksey
George C. Shaw
Eighth Regiment
United States Infantry
Patrick Moylan
Mount Bunga
Edwin H. Rackley
Bell
Cameron Forbes
Moro
Jolo
District of Columbia
General Markets Philadelphia Flour Rye Corn and Live Stock Prices
Philadelphia market report shows flour at 4.40 per barrel with rye at 3.50 and corn at 0.70. Oats steady, poultry and eggs steady with selected eggs 24 to 26 cents per dozen, potatoes steady with old at 95 cents per bushel and new at 1.00 to 2.75 per barrel.
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Philadelphia
City Mills
Cattle and Hogs Move as Pittsburgh Live Stock Markets Report
At Union Stock Yards Pittsburgh cattle reach active to prime prices with bids from $3.50 to $38.20 for various grades. Sheep are slow with primes and wethers around $5.40 to $7.25 and veal calves near $10.40. Hogs trend lower across heavies to light mediums from about $7.50 to $9.10, while pigs and roughs show softer quotes.
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Pittsburgh Union Stock Yards
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Emmitsburg
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Washington County Hospital
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Seattle
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Pullman Motor Car Co
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Edison Electric Co
Bush A. Willis
W. M
Alexander Robertson
Western Maryland Railroad Co
B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Finley J. Shepard
Helen Gould
Annie Zimmerman
Smithburg
Rose
Miss Zimmerman
Ervin J. Ruff
Florence
Hummelstown
Ruff
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Berlin Ave
Andrew Mullen
Virginia
Anna
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M. M. Bowser
Herbert
Manheim
Lancaster County
H. I. Smith
Eliza Miller
Woodbine
Mark Muller
Geo. A. Miller
New Chester
N. J. Watman
Ben Meraville
Georgianna Coreager
Theo Lt
Warner
Kohler Lumber and Coal Yards
Center Square
W. J. Miller
Butler
Henry Schreiber
Butler Hospital
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J. G. McMarlin
Butler County National Bank
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