Prominent Virginia business leader dies in car train crash
Samuel W. George head of S. W. George and Company of Brunswick and Loudoun County landowner was killed when his auto crossed a railroad crossing at Lovettsville. His wife Mrs. Bennett and son in law Sydnor Bennett were critically injured and daughter Miss Dora George was badly hurt. The party returning from Leesburg. train collision demolished the car. Mrs Bennett and Miss Dora George transported to Leesburg for care while Mr. Bennett showed signs of sinking. George, 78, was a longtime banker, church member, and local leader with two sons and two daughters surviving. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Peonlan Springs
Washington and
Old Dominion
Samuel W. George
S. W. George and Company
Brunswick
Loudoun County
Bennett
Sydnor HH. Bennett
S. W. George
Dora George
Leesburg
Mr. George
George
Lovettsville
8S. W. George and Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Samuel Wenner
George Swank
Wenner, Swank and George
Wenner
Mr. Swank
Harry Y. George
Peoples’ National Bank
Irled Leader John Redmond Warns England Against Conscription
John Redmond, Irish political leader, urges Britain to reject conscription. He argues universal service risks alienating Irish nationalists and blurs civil liberty lines amid wartime policy debates.
Wired Home by Christmas Campaign Sparks Local Wiring Drive
Frderick residents are urged to wire homes this Christmas as the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company teams with G. O. Paxson and Modern Lighting to promote the "Wire Your Home" campaign. Last year about 125 homes were wired in a 45 day effort, with Dec 9 set as the end of America’s Electrical Week. The plan promises low prices and guaranteed workmanship as materials are stocked to meet demand.
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Frederick
America
G. O. Paxson and Company
Modern Lighting Company
Rumanians Retreat as Austro German Reinforcements Press Front
In Transylvania the Romanians are forced back by Austro German reinforcements in the Tirgusiuiy Alt and Jiul valleys while north and south of the Oftuz valley Romanian forces offensive gains report prisoners and three machine guns. Dobratja advance reports say Boasic occupied.
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London
Tirgusiuiy
Alt
Jiul
Transylvania
Petrograd
Oftuz
Bucharest
Moldavia
Sianic
Oltuz
Tirgerstuly
Teuton
Wallachia
Rumania
Citux
California for Hughes Upset Seen in California Vote
President Wilson says California votes would not switch to Hughes after talks with Democratic leaders. Attorney General Gregory stresses nonpartisan federal probe into election frauds, noting evidence of black voter movement from the south to northern states before the election. Minnesota counts show Hughes leading Wilson by about 1004 as precincts report.
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Washington
Wilson
California
Hughes
Gregory
Senate
Man Power Bill to Mobilize German Labor Behind War
Berlin reports that Germany is finalizing a universal labor bill forcing all able bodied citizens to serve the empire. The measure aims to mobilize idle classes and those with private incomes, affecting rich and poor alike, while not directly requiring women to serve. A broad campaign will seek to exhaust this labor reservoir.
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Germany
Empire
Berlin
Horned Toads Barred In Mail From Border Soldiers
A San Antonio dispatch reports General Funston ordered strict postal enforcement after guardsmen along the Mexican border were sending living insects animals and reptiles through the mails. Soldiers mailed horned lizards scorpions and other specimens to relatives and friends back home, prompting the new directive.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States
Funston
Britain seeks pooling of engineering resources for shipbuilding
In a Commons session on November 16 1916 Thomas J MacNamara disclosed the net loss of British steam tonnage 1000 tons and over from the war start to September 59 1916 was about 270 percent. Walter Runciman announced the government would pool engineering resources to speed up ship construction.
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Commons
London
Thomas J. MacNamara
British Admiralty
House of Commons
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Girl Dies of Hydrophobia in Crisfield Md
Margaret Goldsborough died of rabies after a stray dog bite at her home on September 22. She had returned from Baltimore after Pasteur treatment. The same dog had bitten two other children and a horse, which also died. 840 Worth of Potatoes From 3 Acres in Hagerstown Md reports Guy King Mapleville growing 60 bushels of peach wine potatoes off three acres, valued at 280 per acre.
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Crisfeld
Margaret Goldsborough
Baltimore
Goldsborough
Hagerstown
Guy King
Mapleville
Otto W. Kinc
Rabid Dog Attacks Police Chief in Laurel Del
A rabid dog attack in Laurel Maryland. The police chief was bitten while returning home after two dogs were killed. The incident follows a wave of rabid dogs alarming the area near Nloolsworth. An Illinois jeweler has built a clock with phonograph selections at set times. Say you saw it in The News.
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Laurel
Del
Nloolsworth
Fewa
Illinois
New Jersey Odd Fellows Open 53rd Annual Session in Trenton
Trenton November 16 Grand Master Howard View of Matawan opened the fifty third annual session of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Mason Temple Officers to be elected today Rev Mrs T D Barr Woman Evangelist Wo Hae Won Farne see ee eat cad fellows meet reflects local ceremony and appoints officers.
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New Jersey
Cad
Trenton
Howard View
Matawan
Grand Ie
Orey of Ode
Woman Dead with Gun Nearby in Williamsport
Williamsport Pa November 16 Mrs W W Jackson wife of a prominent coal operator was found dead in her bed with a bullet wound in her head and a revolver by her side Mr Jackson was in Scranton on business.
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Williamsport
W W. Jackson
Rescuer Dies in Mine Rescue Near Greensburg
Greensburg, Pa Nov 16 A Jamison Coal mine rescue ends in tragedy as foreman William Kirkley goes below to find a missing worker. Gas overcame Kirkley and the body of the foreman was recovered in an abandoned working. The trapped worker had reportedly left before the rescue.
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Greensburg
Jamison Coal & Coke Company
William Wikies
Divighon
Wats
Kirkley
Resene
Militiamen desert in cold at Camp Remington
Sixty men arrested on desertion charges at Brigade headquarters Camp Remington. Deterrence cited hardships from weather as motive. Provo st guards also report arrests of fifteen stranglers from the brigade, which includes First and Second Arkansas Infantry, First Delaware Infantry, First Wyoming Infantry and New Hampshire Meld Hospital Corps. A Chinese educated in the United States has invented a typewriter using 4000 Chinese characters.
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Delaware
Dening
N. M
Camp Reming
Wnderstoal
First
Provisional Infantry
Ainttedo
Fort Bayard
Arkansas Infantry
Ftrat
Delaware Infantry
Wyoming Infantry
New Hampshire Meld Hospital Corps
United States
Court decision could save millions on coal lands sale
Washington Navy 16-4 ruling may save the United States Government hundreds of millions by striking a minimum price for coal lands in Montana and other states. Appraised values far exceed the fixed minimum, as Fred W Handel and Mag Handel seek to compel Interior to accept the higher valuation rather than issue a patent at the lower price.
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Butea
Washlnnton
Navy
United States
Montana
Fred W. Handel
Mag Handel
Teachers Told to Cut Out Carrie Arts in Schools
Charlotte officials ordered teachers to discontinue elyhopraetheg and similar dances or forms of amusement that keep women teachers up late. They argued such entertainments hinder successful work in the schoolroom.
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Carrie
Charlotte
N.C. Novifi
Saung
Ely
Eielhopraetheg
Palace Disaster Leaves Bucharest Royal Family Safe
In Bucharest a collapse or attack disrupted the palace, with the queen and princesses evacuated after the death of Prince Mircon. The ancient reports note a dropped move or bomb over the palace, yet the royal party avoided the structure.
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Bucharest
Palzgo Ghoted
Tineharest
Non Iis Heptt Qiemen
Vomba
Mircon
Mustard Ointment Marketed for Wide Range of Ailments
An old advertisement promotes Masterale mustard oil ointment as a universal remedy for sore throat bronchitis croup chest congestion pneumonia prevention and many pains including rheumatic lumbago headaches and sprains. It claims quick relief for children with croup and notes jars and hospital sizes priced at $2.50.
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Lovette Ile
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Irled
England
American Press Association
Xmas Light Company
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Slaventin
Pittsburgh
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Britain
Novo Georgeiwski
Warsaw
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Wilbur H. Burborough
von Hindenburg
Novo Georgeievski
Artil City Opera House
Poland
T. D. Barr
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