Navy reshuffles at Annapolis and Washington navy yards
Rear Admiral William Fullam, longtime superintendent at Annapolis, is moved to command the Pacific reserve fleet. Captain Edwin W. Eberle is named to succeed him as naval academy superintendent. Rear Admiral Fullam’s departure follows a 1914 exam irregularities probe and calls for changes in exam practices, with no public reasons given for the transfers.
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Wiliam Fullam
Ravel Academy
Atnapolis
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Navy Department
Charles F. Pond
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Edwin W. Eberle
Washington Navy Yard
Pullam
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Roosevelt
Fullam Nolwas
Academy
Anama Canal
Francises
Academ
Beasme
Erie Man Missing in Canadian Militia Casualty Report
Erie man Toons Scott Freebairn of Erie Pennsylvania is listed as missing in a casualty report issued by the Canadian militia department.
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Erie
Ottawa
Thaw Sues For Divorce Over John Francis Affair
Harry K Thaw files for divorce from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in common pleas court Pittsburgh. Accuses wife of misconduct with John Francis of New York in late 1909 and early 1910 and says she deserted him in July 1909. Petition hints at the Francis figure but gives few details.
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White
John Francis
New York
Pittsburgh
Harry K Thaw
Stone & Stone
Common Pleas Court
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Francis
Aged Recluse From Cave Dies in Almshouse
Hazleton Pa Sept 2 Mrs Mary Gambier eighty years old who lived thirty years in a cave in Kidder township died of tuberculosis at the Laurytown almshouse She was brought Aug 27 by the Kidder district poor directors Her husband died years ago and since then she lived alone The cave lacked a door and contained two bundles of wood an old stove and stones She earned a living picking huckleberries and wintergreen.
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Hazleton
Mary Gambier
Kidder Township
Laurytown
Kidder District
Gambler
Striking Bethlehem Steel workers paid off at Hodington plant
Schwab pays off strikers in South Bethlehem Pennsylvania as some men return to work. Still, a majority of the workers who went out a week ago are reported remained idle.
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Schwab
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Hedington Firse
Germans Take 100000 Slavs in Eastern War Push
Geneva reports say German and Austro German forces report massive Russian casualties and large prisoner counts as they seize forts at Kovno and Novogeorgievak. Lutsk falls to Teutons. Grodno under threat. Russian counterattacks claim gains in Stripa river area. Minority fragments describe Brest Litovsk and Bielsk battles with heavy losses on both sides.
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Berlin
War Office
Kovno
Novogeorgievak
Novogebrgievak
Grodno
Poland
Geneva
von Mackénsén
Prince Leopold of
Bavaria
Tribuna
Radom
Brelsk
Brest- Litovsk
Bielsk
Narew
Petrograd
Stripa River
Galicia
Shell shell fragment nearly kills injured man in blast test
In South Bethlehem three men were hurt in a Bethlehem Steel shell explosion test at Redington proving grounds. H R Leonard of New Castle Del escaped death after a steel fragment severed an artery in his left leg, nearly bleeding out before doctors discovered the wound. A 7 year old girl began a 300 mile trip to Alameda to live with relatives, traveling alone with sealed instructions to a Pullman conductor. Berlin offers to buy cotton from the United States at 15 cents a pound, with payment on delivery in a German harbor.
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H. R. Leonard
Newcntle
Del
Bethlehem Steel Company
Redington Praving Grounds
Leonard
Murie
Alameda
Cal
F. W. Christian
Pullman
Berlin
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A bar in town presents a roundup of local happenings with brief items on staff changes events and community notes. Readers are invited to stay informed about meetings, openings, and performances throughout the week.
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H. 8. Landis
CT Opera
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Laurel Springs
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Joe King
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