Poured oil in stove leads to fatal fire in Scranton
Mrs Mary O Boyle aged 82 blind and an invalid died in a fire at the McDade residence in West Scranton caused by kerosene used to start the kitchen stove. Her daughter in law Mrs Rendham McDade and others escaped after the blaze destroyed the home. Fire rescue attempts failed to reach Mrs O Boyle on the second floor.
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Secranton
Mary O’boyle
West Scranton
Edward McDade
Rendham
McDade
25 Dead in Wreck on Boston & Maine Railroad
A deadly head on collision four miles north of Canaan station on the Concord division left 25 dead and 27 injured. The Quebec express and a northbound freight crashed due to dispatchers orders confusion. Rescue teams and heroes aided, including brakeman Frant Ryan who warned the Montreal express.
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White River Junction
Quebec
Concord
Boston & Maine Railroad
Canaan
Sherbrooke
Frant Ryan
Ryan
Montreal Express
Benjamin Briggs
Briggs
Mines Beat The Record Talk Of Anthracite Famine
Wilkes-Barre Pa September 15. A New York famine scare over coal supply is debunked by current output data. Eight month shipments exceed last year with 4.39 million tons more than 1905, and August and July gains are cited.
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Wilkes-Barre
New York
Tarkington Explores Americans Abroad in The Man from Home
Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson critique American pretensions in Europe through the novel The Man from Home. Tarkington laments Americans abroad chasing money and status, fearing social rot and the corrupting trial it imposes on naive young women.
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Booth Tarkington
Europe
New York
Yome
Mr. Tarkington
Harry
Leon Wilson
Tam
Gadd
Mr.Tarkington
Mr. Wilson
Atlantic
Former President Cleveland Enjoys Daily Carriage Ride
Princeton, Sept 16 Former President Grover Cleveland took his customary carriage ride on a pleasant day. He said his health is good and he still reads papers and attends to correspondence. Mrs Cleveland returned to Tamworth for a birthday observance for Miss Esther Cleveland on Sept 9 and will move to Princeton next week for the children to attend school.
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Princeton
N.J
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
U S China Only Friend In World Crises
London dispatch says the Chinese again seek America as their sole ally amid threats of Japanese and European aggression. An informed American traveler in Manchuria and Northern China relays letters noting Washington as the expected defender.
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U. S
China
London
America
Japan
Manchuria
Ching
Runaway Marriage Tale Ends in Drowning Mystery
A New York woman Marguerita Fitzgerald eloped with John Croft and later died in the Delaware River. Identification by an uncle reveals a family search had been underway since the couple wed in Rhode Island. Croft, an Englishman, gave varying details and mother and grandmother remain unaware of the daughter's death.
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Marguerita ‘Fitzgerald
New York
John Croft
River
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Marguerita
A. Fitzgerald
West Seith Street
B. Walker
Walker
Croft
Ora Keega
Fitzgerald
Coron
New “York
Mrs Earle Won't Seek Divorce in Paris Conference
New York dated Sept 16 a dispatch reports Mrs Ferdinand Pinney Earle will not seek a divorce. She cited desire to allow her husband freedom briefly to pursue his supposed soulmate Miss Julian Kuttner after a meeting with her Paris publisher father Mr Fischbacher. The plan would let him see if his affection for her returns.
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Earle
New York
Ferdinand. Pinney Earle
Julian Kuttner
Fischbacher
Paris
Harle
Pennsylvania Industries Report Highlights 1936 Stats
Harrisburg September 16 The annual report of John L Rockey chief of the bureau of industrial statistics shows capital invested in the 58 industries reporting to the bureau 922,842,453 dollars. Production value is 1 3016 million and total wages for 748,428 employees reach 408 Bert.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
John L. Rockey
Bureau of Industrial Statistics
Bert
New Bedford Men Summoned Before Supreme Court
Boston Sept 16 Several prominent New Bedford businessmen have been summoned to appear before the supreme court to testify about the condition of Henry H Rogers who has been declared private unable to appear in court.
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H. H. Rogers
Boston
Bsiness
New Bedford
Supreme
Henry Hi. Ae
Heradit
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