Man-eating shark claims two lives in New Jersey coast
A shark attack on July 13 near Matawan, New Jersey, kills 12 year old Lester Stillwell and 26 year old Stanley Fisher while mauling 12 year old Joseph Dunn. Fisher dies at Long Branch Memorial Hospital. Dunn treated at St. Peter’s Hospital. Local boys swam in Matawan Creek near Raritan Bay. Fisher and Dunn pull to shore as the shark attacks continue. Authorities search, dynamite and nets fail to locate the creature or Stillwell’s body. Captain Cotrell reports a shark sighting near the bay.
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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
Stilwell
Stillwell Boy
Carton
Clowes
George Burlew
Arthur Smith
Dunn
Dunn Boy
Smith
Long Branch Hopital
Stillwell
Thomas Cotrell
Bliss Campaign Treasurer Appointment Revealed
Cornelius N. Bliss named next treasurer of the Republican National Committee at the Hughes headquarters in New York. The selection follows his father’s longtime service and includes Fred W. Upham as western representative. July 31 set for notification ceremony with Senator Warren G. Harding chairing the committee.
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Republican National Committee
New York
Cornelius N. Bliss
Charles E. Hughes
Mr. Bliss
New York Dry Goods Commission
National Committee
Fred W. Upham
Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Mr. Hughes
Bridgehampton
Smash Barriers at Kovel Advance in Russian Push
London reports from the front that Austro German lines have fallen back to new defenses near Kovel as Russian forces press the Stokhod bend. Berlin notes Ruewia detachment losses on the Stokhod west bank near Sanowka. Russians claim 800 officers and troops captured, plus 312 guns and 866 machine guns, with total prisoners around 5 620 officers and 266 000 men. Ballistic observers foresee the fall of Kovel and Vladimir Volinsky within a week.
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Serlin
London
Kovel
Stokhod Hane
Kove
Berlin
Stokhod
Sanowka
TWO KILLED IN MINE SHAFT NEAR SHAMOKIN
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on July 13 Frank Yud faky nineteen fell eight hundred fifty feet from a cage at Susquehanna Coal Scott shaft and died John Pipa thirty two was killed while attempting to halt Yud faky companions saved Pipa Yud faky was squeezed between cage and shaft side when a lamp fell and he reached for it and disappeared Pipa was crushed between cage and timber while trying to help Yud faky
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Shamokin
Frank Yudfaky
Susquehanna Coal Company
Scott
John Pipa
Hipa
Yudisky
Pipa
German air raids on Calais and Bray-Dunes. Ireland detentions eased
German aircraft attacked the Calais port and nearby Bray-Dunes with bombs, the Admiralty announced. In Ireland, the advisory committee recommended release for 460 detainees still held after the recent rising, a decision Home Secretary Herbert Samuel said would take effect immediately. A German submarine bombarded Seaham harbor causing one house damage but no fatalities. Advertisements interrupt the page.
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Calais
Berlin
Admiralty
Bray-Dunes
Tandon
Ireland
Herbert I. Samuel
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Two Canoeists Drown In Schuylkill River Accident
At Norristown Pennsylvania on July 13 W M Bernard of Reading and H R Heinley of Pottsville drowned when a Vesper Boat Club canoe overturned in the Schuylkill River near Norristown. Horace Overdorf of Spring City and Harry T Rittenhouse and his son survived after attempting rescue. Overdorf was arrested in connection with the incident and held on $1000 bail.
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Fran Craft
Norristown
W. M. Bernard
Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. R. Heinley
Pottsville
Schuykkill River
Here
Bernard
Heinley
Horace Overdorf
Spring City
Harry T. Rittenhouse
Harry T. Rittenhouse, Jr
Vesper Boat Club
Rittenhouse, Jr
Overdorf
Henley
Dynamite Plot Disclosed on Pennsylvanias Main Line
A dynamite plot on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Bellwood, Altoona, left one passenger coach damaged and several detonations along the main line. Police found eighty seven sticks with fuzes spread across four tracks, suggesting a deliberate attack rather than accident. An American ship mined near the Gironde and a Scranton hotel fire are also reported.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bellwood
Here
Altoona Local
Bellwood Division
Pennsylvania
Middle Division
Troops Go to Meet Villa in Texas and Marathon
Four troops of Texas Cavalry at Laredo ordered to join Colonel Gaston in the Big Bend district. Two Pennsylvania battalions from El Paso to entrain for Marathon, joining Second and Tenth Regiments. Raid on Lamula mine reported by Mexican bandits. frontier residents near Boquililas fear march north. Dr Cary T Grayson, physician to President Wilson, joins Navy as paymaster then becomes surgeon.
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Pennsylvania
Marathon
el Paso
Tex
Texas Cavalry
Laredo
Big Bend
Gaston
Lamula
Boquililas
Cary T. Grayson
Wilson
Navy
Epidemic Less Serious In New York Decreases Deaths
In New York City during July 13 the infantile paralysis epidemic shows improvement with 17 deaths and 162 new cases reported across the five boroughs. Mayor Mitchell and city physicians held a conference to discuss further steps as hospitals near capacity and 400 beds remain available.
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New York
Mitchell
Ellis Island
Roofing Papers and paints offered for roofing work
Roofing Papers and paints advertised with 2 ply tarred roofing at 108 square foot per roll. Beat Grade Rubber Roofing at $1.25 per roll. Black rubber roofing paint 60c per gallon. Red roof paint 8c per gallon. Brown roof paint 68c per gallon. Graphite roof paint $1.10 per gallon. English Venetian Red Barn Paint promised to wear longer and cover 30 percent more per gallon. Best grade 5 1/2e per gallon, guaranteed 5 years. Medium grade 7% per gallon, guaranteed 3 years. House paints, white leads and oils offered at right prices.
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