Five Die In Tenement Fire On Third Avenue
A five story tenement at 127 Third Avenue in New York burned killing five residents. A woman and two children died in their beds while others were rescued by a police fireman chain from the adjoining Central Hotel. Several others were badly burned or injured and one family faced serious injuries after inhaling smoke.
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New York
Qe. Is
Third Avenue
Chaii Uy
den Ares
Netils Glochal
Irving Glochal
Kia Wong
Anna Wenz
Mae Wenz
Charles O'Brien
Carrie C. O'Brien
Central Hotel
Joseph Martin
Fire Department
Wenz
Jomal Wenz
Charles Glochal
Pennsylvanias 1915 Wheat Crop Exceeds 1914
Harrisburg report from the state bureau of agriculture statistics estimates Pennsylvania wheat for 1915 at 24,928,000 bushels, about 750,000 more than 1914, with an average yield of 19 bushels per acre and quality near 97 percent of the ten year average.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Agriculture Statistics
Widower Marries Widow in Wilkes-Barre Ceremony
Martin Balmet of Sugar Loaf Valley, a 75 year old widower, wed Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, 70, a Scranton widow. The ceremony occurred four weeks ago at Wilkes-Barre, where Balmet runs a farm and Evans resided.
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Haziiton
Martin Bal- Met
Sugar Loaf Valley
Elizabeth Evans
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Professor Scott Nearing Moves to University of Toledo
Dr. Scott Nearing, a professor at wm U, is set to join the University of Toledo faculty. The appointment signals a shift in academic leadership and expands the university’s research profile.
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Wm U
France Declares War on Bulgaria in 1915 Crisis
Paris reports a state of war exists between France and Bulgaria from October 16 at 6 AM after Bulgaria aligned with enemies of France. French troops engage Bulgarian forces near Grevgheli on the Nish Salonika line in Serbia, as Austro German units push along the Save Danube front. Brazil ratifies an arbitration treaty with Argentina and Chile. Pottsville workers rush material for Russian government rail cars.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
Poincare
France
Bulgaria
Elysee Palace
Repubic
Grevgheli
Exchange
Atens
Ghevgueli Ig
Nish-Salonika
Serbia
French Regain Hartmann-Weilerkopf Trench Line in Alsace
Despatches from the western front report the French recapture of the topmost Hartmann-Weilerkopf trenches in Alsace after German assaults. French air raids bombed the Les Sableon station at Metz delaying German rail supply. German infantry attacks were repulsed and Champagne artillery bombardment resumed.
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London
Hartmanna-Weilerkopf
Alsace
Les Sabelon
Metz
France
Champagne
Ghostly rumor taunts Hartzell in North Wales
Miatak rumor of Hartzell's death spread in North Wales on October 18 and the living businessman, former Central Hotel proprietor, encountered a Black man named Joe Ben who exclaimed I never done nothin to cross you. Hartzell later visited Bouderton and North Wales businesses to announce he was very much alive. The source notes no clear origin for the hoax.
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Criss
North Wales
Hiram P. Hartzell
Central Hotel
Joe Ben
Bouderton
Mats Bartell
Hartzell
Man Breaks Hitching Strap To Save Horse
In Mukwonago Wisconsin on October 18 Joho sop Truxore tied his horse to a freight car after mistaking it for being set out. A boy warned the train was moving and the owner freed the animal by snapping the hitching strap just in time. The horse and cart were not harmed.
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Mukwonago
Wis
Bonehead
Johosop Truxore
Edgell Divorces Wife Over Chewing Tobacco Custody Granted
Huntington West Virginia October 18. Francis M Edgell obtained a divorce from his wife who, in his petition, persisted in chewing tobacco in bet He also won custody of the four children in the decision.
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Chewing
Huntingdon
W. Va
Francis M. Edgell
Bet
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