Shark Attacks Strike New Jersey Coast Kill Two
In Matawan area the Atlantic shark attack claims two youths and wounds a third. Lester Stillwell, twelve, is believed swallowed by a shark in Matawan creek while Stanley Fisher, twenty six, loses a leg and dies at Long Branch hospital. Joseph Dunn, twelve, from New York, is badly injured and seeks to avoid exposing his address.
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New Brunswick
N. J
New Jersey
Lester Stillwall
Stanley Fisher
Matawan
Fisher
Long Branch Memorial Hospital
Joseph Dunn
New York
St. Peter's Hospital
Matawan Creek
Raritan Bay
Lester Stillwell
Johnson Cartan
Frank Clowes
Stillwell
Carton
Clowes
George Burlew
Arthur Smith
Dunn
Dunn Boy
Smith
Long Branch
Thomas Cotrell
Bliss Campaign Treasurer Appointment Reported
Cornelius N Bliss to become treasurer of the Republican National Committee announced at Charlca E Hughes headquarters in New York He is a New York dry goods merchant and son of the former treasurer Fred W Upham of Chicago named western representative Senator Warren G Harding announced July 31 as a notified ceremony date The report also notes expansion plans for Maryland Steel at Sparrows Point with a $30 9 to 40 million investment to boost shipbuilding facilities led by Charles M Schwab of Bethlehem Steel
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Republican National Committee
New York
Cornelius N. Bliss
Charlca E. Hughes
Bliss
New York Dry Goods Commission
National Committee
Fred W. Upham
Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Hughes
Bridgehampton
Maryland Steel
Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Marine Department
United States
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement claim
An antique ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a 35 year trusted remedy that acts through the mucous membranes to expel poison and heal disease. It promises improved health after short use and offers free testimonials, with Toledo based F. J. Chenet & Co distributing for 75 cents through all druggists.
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Hall
Jiall
F. J. Chenet &C
Toledo
King
SMASH BARRIERS AT KOVEL
Berlin reports Austro German forces forced to fall back on new defences as fighting nears Kovel on the Stokhod line. Russians lose detachments near Sasovka and many prisoners. Germans take 800 prisoners on the Kovel Rovno rail line along with 312 guns and 866 machine guns. Brussiloff warned of potential fall of Kovel within a week.
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Berlin
London
Kovel
Stokhod Hae
Belin
Stokhod
Sasovka
TWO KILLED IN MINE SHAFT AT SCOTT SHAFT
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on July 13 Frank Yud faky aged nineteen fell 350 feet from a cage to the bottom of the Scott shaft and was killed John Pipa aged thirty two was killed while trying to prevent the fall Companions saved Pipa from being crushed after the accident occurred near the end of the day at the mine shaft.
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Shamokin
Frank Yudfaky
Susquehanna Coal Company
Scott
John Pipa
Hipa
Yudisky
Pipa
Airmen attack Calais and Bray-Dunes in July raid
Two German aircraft attacked the channel port of Calais and encampments at Bray-Dunes near the Belgian border on Monday night. A German submarine bombarded Seaham harbor, killing a woman and damaging a house as about fifty rounds of shrapnel were fired. The advisory committee on Irish detentions recommended releasing 460 prisoners immediately.
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Calais
Berlin
Admiralty
Anmy
Bray-Dunes
Wat Free
London
Ireland
Herbert L. Samuel
House of Commons
British Port
Seaham Harbor
England
Two Canoeists Drown in Schuylkill River Rescue Fails
In Norristown Pennsylvania on July 13 W M Bernard of Reading a railroad fireman and HM Heinley of Pottsville drowned when a canoe from the Vesper Boat Club capsized on the Schuylkill River. Horace Overdorf of Spring City and two men from Norristown escaped. Overdorf was arrested on $1000 bail.
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Norristown
W. M. Bernard
Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad
HM. R. Helaley
Pottsville
Schuylkill River
Here
Bernard
Heinley
Horace Overdorf
Spring City
Harry T. Rittenhouse
Vesper Boat Club
Rittenhouse, Jr
Overdort
Henley
Overdorf
Dynamite Plot Strikes Pennsylvania Rail Line near Bellwood
A July 13 dynamite scare along the Pennsylvania main line near Bellwood, Altoona, involved explosions at water troughs and in two passenger coaches. Eighty seven sticks of dynamite with fuses were found scattered across four tracks, indicating a deliberate plot. Investigations and patrols followed as authorities tightened security along the Middle division.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lnte
Bellwood
Here
Bellwood Division
Pennsylvania
Troops to Meet Villa as Described in Frontier Movements
Four Texas Cavalry troops at Laredo ordered to the Big Bend to augment Colonel Guston. Two Pennsylvania battalions progressing to Coronel Gaston from El Paso, with Second and Tenth Regiments preparing to entrain for Marathon. Raid feared on Lamula mine and frontier towns near Boquilitas. Dr Cary T Grayson entered Navy as paymaster before returning to medicine.
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Pennsylvania
Marathon
el Paso
Tex
Texas Cavalry
Laredo
Big Bend
Guston
Coronel Gaston
Pennsylvania Infantry
Lamula
Boquilitas
Epidemic Less Serious In New York City
Despite the worst heat wave the infantile paralysis outbreak eased with 17 deaths and 162 new cases in the five boroughs. Mayor Mitchell and city physicians conferred on further steps. City facilities include 400 extra beds, ambulances, and nurses. if needed, Ellis Island hospitals will be used.
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New York
Mitchell
Ellis Island
Roofing Papers and Paints Catalog Advertises Tarred Roofing
A catalog style notice lists roofing materials including 2 ply tarred roofing rolls at 1.25 per roll, bust grade rubber roofing, various roof paints with gallon pricing, and varnish like English Venetian Barn Paint. It promotes long wear and coverage claims alongside white leads and oils offered by Trouse Paints.
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William Wickersall
Thomas Commer
Lawrenceriile Fire Company
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Edith
Freddie
St. Louis Test-Dispatch
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Fautta
Lavater
Calgary
Alberta
Cary T. Grayson
Wilson
Navy
the People's Fire Insurance Company
Frederick, MD
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Helfenstein & Urner
North Market ST
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Monticello
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HOTEL
Richmond
Rene Tudes
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Gettysburg
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