CONFESSES MURDER TO JOIN WAR EFFORT
In Blackwell Oklahoma German immigrant Smith Smallwood confessed to murdering Charence Williams in local oil fields. He pleaded guilty hoping to gain entry to the U S navy as wartime mobilization loomed. The confession followed a months long disappearance and a report about penitentiary labor being used for war ships.
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Blackwell
Okla
United States
Germany
Smith Smallwood
Charence Williams
Williams
Smallwood
Military
United States Navy
Boy turns sparrow profits into farm wealth in Korea
A Seoul Press report recounts 16 year old Lint Sengpong from Supaniuimyon who buys a sparrow for a half cent in May 1913, sells it for one cent, then self funds a calf and later a field. The Japan Chronicle mockingly praises his cautious wealth growth as a potential Carnegie while ridiculing Koreans’ supposed luxuries as Governor General Hasegawa denounces them.
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Tokyo
Lint Sengpong
Supaniuimyon
Seoul
Japan Chronicle
Lim
Carnegie
Korea
Chronicle
Count Hasegawa
Endows Strangers Pew and Quirky Grave Plot Dated in New Jersey
In Paterson James S. Biddell leaves 1000 dollars to endow a strangers pew in the First Presbyterian church of Passaic to welcome all visitors. William Heard leaves a flowerless burial plot with no bricks or cement and a seven dollar yearly allowance to water the grass. He instructs aluminum paint on the fence applied with a camel hair brush.
Army Registration Guidance for County June 5
Instructions from the War Department explain how to fill registration cards. It covers name format age, home address, date of birth, citizenship status, birthplace, current occupation, employer, and dependents, with examples and clarifications for natural born, naturalized, aliens, and declarants.
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War Department
S. L. Brown
Samuel L. Brown
S. Lawrence Brown
Main Street
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Naturalization Court
Indianapolis
Indiana
Vienna
Austria
Paris
France
Sofia
Bulgaria
Japan
China
Bottom of Draft Form Instructions and Exemption Grounds
A scanned text passage details draft form questions about marital status race military service and exemptions. It explains how to answer rank branch years of service and the proper terms for U S service. It warns that claiming exemption claims must align with prior answers and lists grounds such as executive status military service religious sect or employment with the U S mails or armory work.
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United States State Army
United States
Navy
Custom House
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
Marine
National Guard
Militia
Volunteers
Regular Army
War Department
Tha
Brief self inspection urged for rapid registration
Readers are urged to inspect themselves to expedite the registration process as part of a notice advising exemption claims and prompt compliance.
Property transfers across townships in county list
Multiple farm and town lot deeds reported from Curry, Haddon, Jackson, Turman, Hymera, Merom and Sullivan townships. Transfers include Lash to Johnson 1500 for 271 by 542 feet. Nierste to Akin executors 1600 for a 2.24 by 3.77 chain parcel. Neeriemer to Van Arsdall 300 for 5 acres with coal exclusion. Durham to Phillips 800 for 35 acres. Thorn to Yager 1800 for 3 acres. Mellens to Sinnclair 400 for Barnhart lot. Gettinger to Gettinger 275 for Shelburn area. Stark to Rust 1 for Lot 27. Heisen to Rust 38.76 for Lot 27 in Shelburn Coal Co. add ex coal. Jacob to Sevier 2000 for Lot 8 Murphy heirs add.
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Curry
Fred B. Lash
William E. Johnson
Haddon Township
Frederick Nierste
Edgar W
Joe T. Akin
Carlisle-Shakertown Road
Jackson Township
W. A. Neeriemer
Chas. van Arsdall
Turman
John L. Durham
Seymour M. Phillips
James B. Thorn
E. J. Yager
Meroin
E. B. Gettinger
Shelburn
Herschel V. Stark
Marion F. Beulah K. Rust
Shelburn Coal Co
Chas. C. Heisen
Will H. Hayd
Atty
Marion F
Beulah K. Rust
Sullivan
Ida M. Jacob
Lydia E. Sevier
Murphy
Sudden Spring Colds Targeted by Pine Tar Honey Remedy
Spring brings weather shifts and colds, coughs, and hoarseness. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey claims to head off new colds or cure existing ones, soothing sore throats and irritated tissues. Available at your druggist for 25 cents with formula printed on the bottle.
Notice to Miners Examining Bench in Sullivan County
Notice to miners. The Sullivan County Miners' Examining Bench will be in session the first Wednesday Thursday and Friday of each month. Frank Harmon, President.
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Sullivan County
Frank Harmon
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Lillian Cullen
New York
Miss Cullen
Founds
Pei
New Jersey
Presbyterian Church
Sales Sermwigie ‘Aspol
Supreme Tire Service
Tivac
Duckworth
Howe
Lwtte
Schroeder & Price
Sherman Building
Hymera
A. Mellens
Jas. M. Sinclair
Barnhart
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