Russian board of military supplies created
An imperial rescript establishes a Russian munition board with power over private industries and unlimited funding to support Grand Duke Nicholas’s army. The move follows recent Austro German victories in Galicia and aims to overcome equipment shortages hindering the Russian war effort.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Perograd
Nicholas
Russia
Rusgia
London
Galicia
Petrograd
Russian-Poland
Balkans
Bulgaria
Turkey
Constantinople
Italy
Vosges
Paris
Arras
Curleul
Cabaret Rouge
Vosages
Metzeral
Berlin
Which Titled Over First Stress of War DIES TONIGHT
Washington June 30 The Aldrich Vreeland emergency currency law dies at midnight by its own limitations. It had issued nearly 409 million dollars during the early stress of the European war and was extended by the federal reserve law. Practically all currency issued is now retired and redeemable in the coming days.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Washington
Aldrich-Vreeland
Jury frees three men after verdict in Sacripento drowning
Coroner’s jury found Pietro Sacripento drowned in the Ohio River near Mingo ferry with death by unknown causes. John McFedries Grover Brandon and William Shanks, all aboard, were released from custody as witnesses. Brandon testified of a knife in the victim’s hand and of an arm grab before the fall. no marks of violence were found on the body.
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Pietro Sacripento
Follawsbee
Mingo Junction-Follawsbee
Wellsburg
Sacripento
Ohio River
John McFedries
Grover Brandon
William Shanks
Follansbee
John McFedres
Brandon
Ohio
McFedries
Shanks
Boy Killed In Auto Incident Near Kesey
Maurice Sears aged 16 was killed and Gertrude Mallory aged 18 was injured when an automobile driven by Miss Mallory went over an embankment near Kesey. The car occupants were the only people involved.
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Associated Press
Herald-star
Bellaire
Maurice Sears
Gertrude Mallory
Mallory
Kesey
Special Car Built to Transport the Liberty Bell
Preliminary tests of the specially built steel flat car used to transport the Liberty Bell across the continent to the California exposition were completed today. The car traveled at 55 miles an hour over a network of switches in local freight yards, a glass of water placed on its floor showed no spill. The all steel car can carry more than 100000 pounds.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Philadelphia
California Exposition
Thaw Case Seeks Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Testimony
State process servers locate Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw at a Lake Chateauguay summer camp and serve a subpoena to testify against her husband Harry K. Thaw in New York City jury proceedings on his mental condition. She is expected to testify next week.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Malone
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw
Lake Chateauguay
Harry K. Thaw
New York City
Weather update for Ohio shows clouds tonight and Thursday showers
The forecast notes partly cloudy conditions in Ohio tonight followed by showers on Thursday. Forecasters warn of possible light rain and breezy periods as the system moves through the region. Local highs and lows are not specified in the available text.
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Ohio
Passengers in Downes collision report eighth in three days
A New York Rotterdam liner anchored in the Downs was struck in fog by an unknown steamer. port quarter damaged but ship remains at anchor. The incident marks the eighth collision in Downs within three days. Berlin order halts cotton fabrics as Brandenberg authorities prep August 1 enforcement. Prague police suppress Narodni Listy amid Czech party unrest.
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New York
Rotterdam
Downs
Berlin
Brandenberg
Germany
US Officials Charge Conspiracy to Incite Mexican Revolution
In El Paso Texas Jose Zovaya a wealthy resident was arrested on charges of conspiring to start a military expedition against Mexico. He was released on 7500 bond for a Thursday hearing. The case mirrors charges against Huerta and Orozco and includes alleged purchases of five machine guns 500 rifles and ammunition. Authorities found 10 machine guns and 1500 rifles near the international boundary.
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Paso
Texas
Jose Zovaya
Focal
United States
Zozaya
Victoriano Huerta
Pascual Orozco
Huerta
Orozco
The Greeks of Yorkville cry for safety in three towns
A letter from The Greeks of Yorkville requests protection for Yorkville Tiltonville and Ragland after a June 27 bakery robbery where a baker named Jim Greek was held up at gunpoint for 300 dollars. The group warns of thefts and calls on authorities to restore peace.
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Yorkville
Herald-Star
Tiltonville
Ragland
America
Servia
Europe
Jim Greek
Jim
Is Your Interest in Good Government More Than Skin Deep
An unsigned editorial from Steubenville’s Herald-Star urges voters to judge candidates by integrity and competence. It argues a Mayor must be clean, honest, capable, and free from factional ties, challenging readers to reconsider their support before ballots are counted. Think it over.
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Steubenville
Herald-Star
Comonce
Peace talks eyed by Mexican leaders as July approach
El Paso reports Jose Robles minister of war in ex provisional cabinet says leaders of Villa and Carranza have agreed to discuss peace terms within weeks. He claims to be an intermediary and expects developments by mid July as Diaz nephew Diaz threatened to reopen U.S. intervention fears.
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el Paso
Texas
Jose Isabel Robles
Eulalio Guitierrez
Guitierrez
Robles
Villa
Carranza
Obregon
Uerta
Mexico
United States
Paso
Elix Diaz
Diaz
Jose Robles
Guittierrez
Factinos
Scale of A. A. Under Present and New Wage Scale
The Amalga mated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers faces a midnight expiry of its present scale. A tentative deal with independent mills keeps operations going until a new scale is signed, which is largely the same as the old but with minor changes. Heaters’ price rises to six cents and the scale for extra heavy gauge sheets shifts to mill-based steel prices.
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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers
Steel Mills
Pittsburg
The Way to Feel Doctor G B Smith Faces Old Age
Dr G B Smith of Bellaire former pastor of First M E church Alliance greeted many friends in the city Monday. The optimist pastor quipped that age is in the eyesight and he is feeling younger every day, not older.
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G.B. Smith
Bellaire
M. E
Alliance
Alliance Review
Washout at New Cumberland dam risks Ohio river pool
The Empire correspondent reports the New Cumberland dam under threat as rush of water washes out a 36 foot hole near Dam No 9. Government experts advise filling with rubble stone while barges and the steamer St James’ barge grounds contribute to pool loss. Needles placed between wickets aid pool retention.
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Empire
Toronto Tribune
New Cumberland Dam
Sam
Dam No. 9
Ohio
St. James
Wage increase in Connellsville coke region
W. J. Rainey, the largest independent coke operator in Connellsville, announced that effective July 1 wages for all employees will be advanced to the 1912 scale, highest yet paid in the region. Several thousand men will be affected.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Connellsville
W. J. Rainey
Genevieve Clark Weds James M Thompson in Bowling Green
Grand wedding in Bowling Green with hundreds of guests including prominent national figures. Speaker Champ Clark’s daughter Genevieve Clark, 20, set to marry James M Thompson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, as a derailment near Curryville caused a minor train accident but spared all invitees.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Bowling Green
Genevieve Clark
Champ Clark
National House of Representatives
Clark
James M Thompson
New Orleans Item
Bennett Clark
House of Representatives
Chicago and Alton
Kansas City
Chicago
Curryville
Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees Formed
A Monday June 28 meeting at the Odd Fellows building announced the new ladies fraternal order the Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees. The gathering included a memorial service for departed members and a pledge of a fall campaign to grow the organization founded by Miss Bina M. West in Port Huron Michigan in 1892 now with 187000 members. Lady Commander Mrs J A Medcalf received a gift of sweet peas from the lunch committee, to mark her birthday and service to the order.
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Odd Fellows
Woman’s Benefit Association of the Maccabees
Lady Macabees Woman's Benefit Association
Bina M. West
Port Huron
Mich
J. A. Medcalf
Medcalf
Fatal accident claims former Tiltonville youth Harry Geisey
Word comes that Harry Geisey, a former Tiltonville boy now living in Pittsburg, was killed in a motorcycle race at Alliance Saturday afternoon. He rode about sixty miles an hour when a front tire exploded, throwing him and causing a fractured skull.
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Harry Geisey
Tiltonville
Alliance
Geisey
Pittsburg
Harry
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