Forest fires menace towns across six states
Forest fires burn destructively in five of six states with Pennsylvania towns in the fire area. Smoke fills the east as fires spread in the Pocono mountains Wyom ing valley Mount Penn and Read ing area and flare again after seeming extinguishment. State constabulary assist in fire fighting amid widespread Adirondack fires and smoke drifting to New York City.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pocono Mountains
Wyomfing Valley
Mount Penn
Reading
Pennsylvania Constabulary
Adirondacks
New York City
Fires Spread in Adirondacks Threaten Several Communities
Utica firemen and equipment rushed toLake Kushaqua near Tupper Lake to battle forest fires driven by heavy winds. The Stoneywold tuberculosis sanitarium is threatened as fires race through the central Adirondacks. Fire reports reach Big Tupper Lake area near the International Paper mill at Underwood with 250 workers fighting the blaze.
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Adirondacks
Utica
N. Y
Lake Kushaqua
Tupper Lake
Stoneywold Sanitarium
Big Tupper Lake
International Paper Company
Underwood
Piercefield
Loon Lake
Dolgeville
Pleasant Lake
Oregon
Fires Sweep Chestnut Ridge Hunters Blamed
Latrobe Pennsylvania reports forest fires sweeping Chestnut Ridge from Ligonier to Somerset. Beaming flames threaten New Derry Bradenville Kingston Laughlintown as large firefighting forces work since Saturday. Farmers blame careless hunters for the blazes.
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Latrobe
Chestnut Ridge
New Derrick
Bradenville
Kingston
Laughlintown
Ligonier
Somerset
New Derry
Laughlinstown
Hille Swept By Fire
Fire sweeps York county hills along the Susquehanna opposite Columbia burning hundreds of acres of timber. A large crew fights the flames but much valuable timber is lost. Smoke hangs over Columbia and Lancaster, fifteen miles away.
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Columbia
York County
Susquehanna River
Lancaster
Forest Fires Rage Across Maryland South Mountain Area
Reported forest fires sweep three miles by half mile on South Mountain in Washington county as farmers battle the flames. Eastern Shore woods near Easton in Talbot county also blaze threatening the town.
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Maryland
Baltimore
South Mountain
Washington County
Easton
Talbot County
Fierce fires engulf Reading mountains and hills
Fierce fires rage around Reading Pennsylvania with Mount Penn shrouded in smoke and haze. A large area on the Blue Mountains is burned as state police battle the flames on Mount Penn.
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Reading
Mount Penn
Blue Mountains
Mt. Penn
Gunners Start Big Fires Near Reading
Forest fires burn in Chestnut hills near Pine Swamp and White House hills with extensive damage. Fire fighters struggle to contain the flames as authorities report gunners started the fires in Chester county Pennsylvania.
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Pottstown
Chestnut Hills
Pine Swamp
Chester County
White House Hills
Reading
Forest fires ravage Bradford woodlands and oil fields
A series of forest fires in the Sugar Run and Balivar Run districts cause heavy damage around Bradford Pennsylvania. Valuable timber burns and many oil well rigs are destroyed as crews fight the blazes.
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Ires
Bradford
Sugar Run
Balivar Run
Riga
Mourners mob priest after miner’s funeral
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on October 20 a funeral disturbance erupted when Father Fusick refused to say mass for James Discavage. After burial in McAdoo protesters attacked the parsonage, smashing windows, and the priest escaped by hiding. Friends say he might have been killed if seized.
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Hazleton
James Discavage
McAdoo
Father Fusick
Rich contractor slain in front of employee housing
Johnstown Pa Oct 20 Sanford Treese fifty a wealthy railroad contractor was found shot through the breast in front of a house occupied by several of his Pennsylvania railroad workers. The front door appeared shattered by buckshot from inside the home and much mystery surrounds the case.
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Johnstown
Employe
Sanford Treese
Treese
Pennsylvania Railroad
Trackwalker Robbed and Murdered Near Avalon
Antonio Julianna a track walker on the Stone Harbor division of the West Jersey and Seashore railroad was robbed and murdered near Avalon. His body was found in bushes beside the tracks with his head crushed by a maul. The robbers took jewelry, a watch, and about 200 dollars. Julianna lived at Avalon and worked for the railroad ten years. Mayor Smith of Avalon swore in deputies to help solve the case.
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Sea Isle City
N. J
Antonio Julianna
Stone Harbor
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Avalon
Julianna
Smith
ASK PRESIDENT FOR WORK
A delegation of several thousand unemployed steel workers from South Bethlehem Pennsylvania urged the president to direct navy orders to their mills. The president referred them to Secretary Metcalf who discussed with Admiral Mason a push for a liberal naval policy. Only three big guns were being forged locally versus about 200 previously.
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Bethlehem Mill
Washington
South Bethlehem
James M. Bigman
G. D. Dobbins
R. K. Berkmeyer
J. P. McFadden
Navy
Metcalf
Brodhead
Pennsylvania
Admiral Mason
Ordnance Bureau
Congress
Bethlehem
Officer and Prisoner Struck by Engine in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia on October 20 officer Burke of Bridgeport Ohio and ex officer Gill were grabbed by Burke during a fight arrest. Gill tried to brake the grab and both were struck by a Cleveland and Pittsburgh engine and hurled about forty feet. Burke died within ten minutes and Gill was not expected to survive.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Frank Burke
Bridgeport
Elzie Gill
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Burke
Gill
Brutal Father Fined After Assault in Millville
Zebulon Polhamus of Millville New Jersey was fined 1000 dollars by Judge Trenchard after he assaulted his children on July 11 when intoxicated. His eighteen year old daughter Helen shot him in the incident and a daughter testified under cross examination about leading to the grand jury to try to save her father.
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Millville
N. J
Zebulon Polhamus
Trenchard
Polhamus
Helen
Man Wins Bet With 200 Oysters In Burlington
In Burlington New Jersey on October 20 a man ate 200 raw oysters in under an hour to win a cash wager meant to buy a meal. The crowd cheered as he claimed the prize and quipped he would save the money for tomorrow’s grub.
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Burlington
N. J
Twice Stolen Bride Is Safe
A seventeen year old Huntington Long Island bride Abbie Meerongola was recovered after two abductions by Raffaelo Orlenne and Michael Darino. She hid in a barn overnight while her attackers were tracked and jailed amid fears of lynching. Her husband and father aided the search and recounted the ordeal.
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Huntington, L. I
Abbie Meerongola
Raffaelo Orlenne
Michael Darino
Leaped from Bed Sparks Fire Rescue in Washington
Mrs. David Tegarden of Bealeville, long-bedridden, suddenly leaped to aid her house fire after a match lit a stand cover. Her daughter’s search for a cat started the blaze. the fire was quickly controlled and the accident is believed to aid her recovery.
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Washington, Pa
David Tegarden
Bealeville
The Fleet at Yokohama Displayed American Power
The American battleship fleet anchored in Yokohama harbor presented a unprecedented sight. A light breeze cleared smoke from saluting guns as white ships lined the shore with Japanese grey behind. Small craft ferried by individuals and groups sailed amid the fleet while two thousand school children sang the American national anthem.
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Yokohama
Japan
Mint
American Asiatic Association
Leper Case in Camden County Man Declared Tubercular
Charles Clark a leper held at Camden county almshouse was diagnosed by Dr. MacDonald and Dr. Lee as suffering from tubercular leprosy in its incipiency and incurable. The Camden board of freeholders and health officials witnessed the examination. Clark is believed to have been afflicted about three years. Action plan pending.
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Clark
Charles Clark
Camden County
N. J
Almshouse
MacDonald
Fort Mott
Lee
Camden County Board of Free Holders
Camden Board of Health
Lieutenant Evans Found Guilty On Major Charges
Lieutenant Frank T. Evans of the battleship Louisiana at Manila was found guilty of Absenting from his post while officer of the deck and disrespect to a superior officer. He was sentenced to a 150 dollar fine and a public reprimand. The commander in chief approved the sentence as inadequate to fully punish him.
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Evans
Frank T. Evans
Louisiana
Manila
Chaplain Jersey G A R Dies at 85 in Red Bank
Reverend Charles E Hill a renowned New Jersey Methodist pastor and longtime chaplain of the Gran Army of the Republic died of heart disease at his daughter Mrs John B Bergen's home in Red Bank. He was eighty five and had served as a Civil War chaplain for a Pennsylvania regiment.
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Jersey
Charles E. Hill
Gran
Army of the Republic of
Banker Kennedy Gives $1 Million to New York Hospital
In New York banker and hospital president James S. Kennedy donates $1 million to the Presbyterian Hospital for new building projects. Previous gifts include $500,000 to Columbia University $600,000 for a United Charities building and $250,000 to the School of Philanthropy.
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Hospital
New York
James S. Kennedy
Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Kennedy
Columbia University
United Charities
Schoul of Philanthropy
Consecration of Bishop Veres in Washington
Right Rev Larenus Veres of the province of Mexico was consecrated a bishop at Washington with Monsignor Faltonio the papal delegate acting as consecrator.
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Larenus Veres
Province of
Mexico
Washington
Monsignor
Faltonio
Refugees Die in Burning Train Near Metz Michigan
A relief train carrying Mets residents fleeing forest fires near Alpena, Michigan, derailed at Nowicki siding after rails spread. Fifteen people died including eleven women and children in a gondola, plus four more nearby. Fire claimed four more lives in the wreck vicinity.
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Detroit & Mackinaw Railway Company
Lttle
Mets
Mich
Alpena
Nowicki Siding
Metz
Fred Wagner
Fred Nowicki, Jr
John E. Kinville
William Foster
Arthur Lee
William Barrett
Nowicki Crossing
Foster
Brake
Four Children Burned to Death in Summit Fire
A stove overheated in Summit, a mining town west of Altoona, killing four Delaney children aged 15, 13, 9, and 20 months. Mrs Delaney escaped by jumping from a second story window and is severely burned. Wilson Judge, 10, is injured. The blaze trapped the children in their cot and started under their sleeping room.
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Summit
Altoona
Morris Delaney
Robert Nagle
Joseph Delaney
Charles Delaney
Luke Delaney
Delaney
Wilson Judge
Woman Dies After Dental Anesthetic in Belvidere
Mrs. Arthur Walters of Belvidere New Jersey died after a sequence of dental procedures. She had fourteen teeth drawn then fell ill the next day due to anaesthetic. by Monday tetanus symptoms appeared, and she suffered intense agony before death.
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Arthur Walters
Belvidere
N. J
Oil Well Explosion Claims Two In West Virginia
Harvey Barnes of South Penn Oil at Clarksburg was blown to pieces and farm boss Huber Rankin fatally injured when a boiler exploded at an oil well on J. W. Williams farm in Indian Run near Bristol Rankin died en route to Clarksburg hospital.
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Harvey Barnes
South Penn Oil Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Huber Rankin
J. W. Williams
Indian Run
Bristol
Rankin
Wealthy New Yorker J E B Judd Dies in Richmond Poisoning
J E B Judd described as a wealthy New Yorker died in Richmond Virginia from poisoning after drinking a beverage laced with acetanilide. Authorities note the incident as a suspected homicide or accidental poisoning under investigation.
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J. EB. Judd
Richmond, Va
Fire destroys large portion of Stettler Alberta town
A major blaze wiped out much of Stettler Alberta including five hotels twenty stores the bank and the post office. Leslie Miller sleeping in a store perished. The disaster followed other tragedies and incidents reported in the period including a double family murder in Missouri and a deadly ferry collision.
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Stettler
Alberta
Leslie Miller
D. O. Seaman
Goldsberry
Ariel
Walkerville
Ont
Detroit
Harry Andrews
Philadelphia
Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
Del
Post Office Department
J. W. Lorraine
Public Health Department
Washington
Atlanta
Amherst
Lake Shore Road
Antoine Muzzarelli
New York
Yonkers
N. Y
Supreme Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
von Tiedmann
Cortez
Nev
Treasury
New Orleans
Denver
I. Island
Ill
Louis Kersberg
Pittsburg
Joseph T. Brown
Birney
Mont
St. Louis
Yuma
Aris
Williamsport
Emerson Guthrie
Gus Rogers
Rogers Brothers
John A. Blackburn
Schell
W. Va
United States
Trenton
N. J
Adam McPeak
Jersey City
New Jersey
Harry E. Crout
Club
Baltimore
John Earle
American Rope Manufacturing Company
Brooklyn
Market Quotations Amid Grain and Dairy Prices
Market quotations show dull trading for wheat with a No 2 spot around 9s 9d. Corn and oats stay steady with multiple grades listed. Butter remains firm at 29 to 30 cents per pound while eggs hold at 27 cents for fancy Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia supplies.
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Baltimore
Pride Steamer
Southern
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Live Stock Markets Report From Pittsburg
Market notes show cattle prices with prime and choice grades around 35 to 36 dollars per hundredweight. Sheep are listed with wethers and cuts, plus common stock values near 46 dollars. Pigs appear around 46 dollars with miscellaneous totals and variations in other livestock.
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Pittsburg
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Middle Atlantic States
Uniion
Scrantom
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Woman
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