July 31 1914 World War tensions and historical notes
July 31 1914 reports world stock exchanges closing as Europe teeters toward war. It recalls Hannibal’s destruction of Carthage, the first US patent grant in 1790, notable births like Barbour and Blavatsky, and Cleveland’s early electric street lamps by Charles Brush.
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Carthage
Hannibal
Africa
Scipio Aemilianus
United States
Samuel Hopkins
New York
Washington
Cleveland
Charles F. Brush
Dying Father’s Advice Guides Texan Oil Fortune
A. J. Holifield, an Alabama electrician, heeded his dying father’s warning not to sell Texas lands. He kept the parcels as tax assessments lingered, then took leave to drill in Texas and struck oil, increasing his wealth.
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SON Wealth
Mobile
Ala
A. J. Holifield
Texas
Holifield
Pipe Workers Get Pay Increases After Mediation
In Birmingham eight hundred cast iron pipe workers won wage boosts from 10 to 19 percent after mediation by federal officials averting a strike at three plants. In Burns Oregon stockmen report archery enthusiasts helped harvest 22 jack rabbits in a single afternoon.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jackrabbits Burns
Ore
Harney County
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