Forester Besley visits Western Maryland to promote forest plan
State Forester F. W. Besley tours Western Maryland to extend the Maryland State Board of Forestry program on woodlot improvement and marketing of forest products. He offers free land inspections during his stay and plans to survey sawmills and wood industries, study fire protection, and gather timber prices and milling costs for woodland owners.
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Maryland
F. W. Besley
Besley
Maryland State Board of Forestry
Board of Forestry
Johns Hopkins University
North Howard Street
Baltimore
Brunswick Yard Report Details World's Largest Freight Facility
Brunswick yards extend five miles with a 12.5 foot hump and 143 tracks totaling 74 miles of main and classification lines. The 1911 expansion added 25 tracks, capacity to 7,346 cars, a second hump and upgraded interlocking, signal, and electrical systems. Millionaire's son dies after derailment. damaged Zeppelin lands near Mons with wounded crew.
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Brunswick Yard
Knoxville
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Engmnes
Brunswick Yards
Baltimore and Ohio
Brunswick
Rumanians Repel Invasion Near Dobrudja Front
Official reports say German and Bulgarian forces failed to break eastern Romania defenses and that Romanian troops hold the Dobrudja frontier east of the Danube. Romanian advances near Borzecket yield 154 prisoners as battles continue along the frontier. Berlin press notes predicted a major drive toward Romania under Von Mackensen with forces across a wide front.
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London
Rumania
Dobrudja
Danube
Basardjik
Selacx
Calafat
Berlin
Serbia
von Mackengen
Garmane
Drobudja Provinge
Dobruch
Kurt’ Bunar
Akkadanlar
Tutrakan
Berlin Admits Reverse as Russian Attacks Push Front
Berlin reports that Russian forces pressed the center of Archduke Charles front between the Zlota Lipa and the Dniester in Galicia after rain storms. In the Carpathians Russians gained a small advance southwest of Zabe and Shypot, while other assaults failed. Separately Petrograd says Russians captured a fortified position near Gorodenka in Galicia, taking about 4500 prisoners including around 2000 Germans.
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Zlota Lipa
Dniester
Berlin
Archduke Charles
Dniester River
Galicia
Carpathians
Zabie
Shypot
Prince Leopold
Bavaria
Zlochoff
Tarnopol
Petrograd
Gorodenka
Halicz
Saya
Tower Gorodenka
Woman forgets belt worth 50 thousand on train
Mrs Lee Merriweather of St Louis left a hotel in Pittsburgh Sept 7 forgetting a belt containing cash and jewels claimed to total 50000. The belt hidden under a mattress was found by a maid and turned over to the hotel manager. Merriweather soon hurried back to Pittsburgh by auto to recover the valuables amid the surprise stop of the express near Pittsburgh.
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Harrietto Hotel
Pittsburgh
Lee, Merriweather
St. Louis
Cleveland
Merri Weather
Menace cruiser Dés Alpines threat stuns Barcelona
Spanish port reports a plot to blow up the U S cruiser Dés Alpines anchored at Barcelona with several arrests. German involvement rumored as Governor Alfau rushed to Barcelona.
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Brot
U. & War l
Paris
Dés Alpines
Barcelona
Spain
Villamil
United States
Alfau
Catalonia
A Moderate Priced Colonial Home Design Ad
A colonial design described as inexpensive to build with features of pricier homes. Includes a large rear fireplace, open stairway, high archways to the dining room, a living room to kitchen stair, built in sideboard, unusual room layout, two sleeping rooms bath sleeping porch, basement and two stories. Size 24 by 28 feet. Cost about 3600 dollars. Publisher offer for Saxon plan books and interiors.
Woman Shot by Jealous Husband in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia man Peter Berchunis aged 43 shot Annie Godwill 39 then killed himself at 1212 South Phiap street. Annie lies dying in Mt Sinai Hospital with a abdomen wound witnessed by four people. Berchunis allegedly pursued Annie after learning he was married with a family and she resisted. She has a 2.5 year old child.
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Philadelphia
Peter Herchunis
Twen- Neth
Wood Streets
Annie Gedwi
Kite
South Phi Ap Street
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Matthew
Mary Loftus
Phillip Street
Catherine Quinn
Alexander Zendolpa
Berchunis
Annie Godwill
Grand Jury to Probe High Produce Prices in Chicago
Chicago inspectors drive a federal grand jury probe into skyrocketing farm produce costs. District Attorney officials expect cold storage firms shippers farmers and merchants on Produce Row to explain the price rise with potential criminal action if any price fixing is found.
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Chicago
Fleming
Refused Citizenship for Man Who Incited Tiaddock Riot
Pittsburgh Pa Sept 7 Judge Charles P Orr dismissed the citizenship application of Steven Mihalic linked to Tiaddock labor riots last May in which three were killed and many wounded. Mihalic had been indicted and convicted of inciting to riot but was paroled on the district attorney’s recommendation. The ruling allows a possible reapplication in two years without prejudice.
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Pittsburgh
Niy
Tiaddock
Steven Mihalic
Charles P. Orr
Mihalic
Orr
Fsebii
Army druggists push pay rise for public health service
Atlantic City Sept 7 members of the American Pharmaceutical Association urge higher pay for the pharmacists in the United States Public Health Service noting no salary increases in fourteen years. The convention also backs removing the 35 year age limit for pharmacists in the navigation department and commissioning pharmacists in the medical corps. A seven member committee to handle state organization was adopted.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pub Health Service
United States
American Pharmaceutical Association
Washington
Department of Navigation
Harvest Will Probably Be Popelble Before Frost
Washington reports corn maturing well in the central and upper Mississippi rally with frost damage risk receding. Northern areas may need ten to fifteen days to reach safety while cotton shows some improvement in the northern belt. Potatoes suffer from bad weather, with average yields in New England and central Appalachia, and very poor results in many central and northern districts.
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Washington
National Weather and Crop Bulletin
New England
Appalachian
Lafollette Renominated Leads Light Wisconsin Vote
Milwaukee dated Sept 7 reports United States senator Robert M Lafollette and Governor Emanuel F Philipp were renominated with light primary turnout. Lafollette leads his Conservative Republican opponent M G Jeffries by several thousand votes, while Philipp outscores his three opponents combined. Waite and Williams ran without state ticket opposition. In Detroit, Leonard Noy, a bank teller, resisted two masked robbers firing at them and they fled in a car.
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Milwaukee
United States
Robert M. Lafollette
Emanuel F Philipp
Wisconsin
Lafollette
M. G. Jeffries
Philipp
Willam F. Waite
Lacrosse
Bert Williams
Detroit
Mich
Leonard Noy
Federal State Bank
None better in colors listed for sale
A fragmented ad-like line lists colors and wood types including Cherry Mahogany Wiltait Dark Oak Light Oak plus packaging the 12 pint cans and 12 vents. It mentions 20 rents, Quart hee cans, and 5 cents, implying prices and offers without clear context.
Floor finishes and varnishes advertise varied colors
Ledger ad lists floor stain colors Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak Light Oak and gallon cans at $1.25 and 1-2 gallon quantities. Also Kalkomo and Muresco cold water paint in five package sizes at 35 cents per package and floor varnish Wanine Poor Oil at low prices.
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Forestry Bureau
Harrisburg
Gertrude Lasch
Canada
Ottawa
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney Nakes
F. A. Cheney & Co
Frank J. Cheney
Ald
A. W. Glion
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Halls
Umns
Niewspaper
Wiker-Barre
Albert Lewis
Maillionaire Lumber
Ice King
the Poconos
Mons
Hague
England
Menace
Des Moines
Brookville
Corbet
Henry Ward Mottorn
Ernest Haines
Mottorn
Haines
William Haines
Ernest
Spankier
Mls
Dunkirk
Zeebrugge
Amsterdam
Wilson
Trenton
N. 1
T. J. Scully
Monmouth County
Akron
Ohio
Glenn L. Saxton
Minneapolis, Minn
Saxton
Ana
G. Lathrop
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Lathrop
Williamsport
Stuart Baumsaniner
Sterling
U. S
Orleans
Bey
Beth
Piramant
Peruna Company
Pharmaciste
P. D. Fabracy
P. D. Fahrney
Manilton Bousevame
Hagerstown
Hotri
Suimanteed
E. T. Bready
Adamstown
St. Frederick
Harvey E. Smith
Orayman
West Fifth Street
Frederick
Kalkomo and
Muresco
Ebert
Gettysburg
CMR
MNOTH
Columet
Devant & Kmete
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