03 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
1
A fragmented notice touts Travelers' Cheques as a safe, satisfactory way to carry funds for trips to Tigre in the United States. It lists denominations of $10 $20 $50 $140 and $200 and invites readers to visit the advertiser for further assistance and daily rates.
Reports from Norfolk Newport News and Fort Monroe describe sightings of the German submarine Deutschland near the Virginia capes. Passengers aboard an Old Dominion liner reported a low-lying, two-masted object resembling buoys with net-like structures near the three mile limit. Two aeroplanes were seen over lower Chesapeake Bay, possibly from North Carolina. Prince von Hatzfeld visited Norfolk for Appam case counsel, denying knowledge of Deutschland's Baltimore departure and potential stop at Newport News.
The article reports on Viscount Sayce and a dispute over the Appam prize, with German and English interests clashing before Federal Judge Waddill who set bond conditions pending appeal. It notes a postponement awaiting Frederick W. Lohman’s arrival as German government counsel. Also covered is a Paris air action where aviator Luffay engaged a German aircraft within Allied lines and scored attacks on a Fokker.
In Nutley New Jersey fourteen month old Marlo Vocatqu fro crawled toward a golf ball fragment in the dining room. She bit into the acid filled core and the preparation spurted into her throat. She was found unconscious by her mother.
A fifty five foot whale stranded at low tide in the Rockaway inlet behind Rockaway Point and was killed by John Roxbury and John H Ferris of Rockaway. It is the first large whale seen in New York waters in years and the carcass will be sent to Barren Island. An Italian scientist argues nerves transmit signals chemically between brain and muscles.
U S troops moved by train and motor to Findlay Texas after reports of about 150 Mexican bandits approaching the village. Cavalry and infantry from El Paso, plus militiamen from Sierra Blanca Marfa and Terrell were unable to locate the bandits and found no trace as ties to a possible attack faded.
An epidemic resembling paralysis strikes Oblo bee colonies in the state, threatening honey output. State bee inspector N. E. Shaw reports. Federal bee expert EF Phillips will investigate. Bee colonies collapse as workers quit and die in hives. Crushed to Death by Log. Easton Md. Aug 2 Alexander Spencer fifty dies unloading logs at BCA station. He leaves a widow four sons and a daughter.
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