Thaw Goes Free on Bail After Sanity Ruling
New York dispatch July 16 reports Harry K Thaw admitted to $35,000 bail after Justice Hendrick upheld a jury verdict declaring him sane The freed prisoner toured Broadway toward Jersey City and Philadelphia amid cheering crowds before continuing toward Pittsburg and Newark crowd scenes followed his departure.
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New York Dispatch
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Hendrick
Thaw
Broadway
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Newark
Pittsburg
New York
Court House
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Matteawan
Stites
Cision
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Obligation and Opportunity in Farm Life Speech 1915
Attorney General T. W. Bickett spoke at Pineville North Carolina on June 2 1915 opening the Farm Life School urging that making farming profitable and accessible to all men is the key to halting rural decline. He warned that population flow to towns mirrors gravity and stressed fair land ownership, self reliance, and civic duty as foundations for rural civilization.
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Mexico
T. W. Bickett
Farm Life School
Pineville
North Carolina
Waxhaw Picnic Feasts On Musk Rat By Twelve Mile Creek
Waxhaw correspondent reports a party of prominent locals and their families enjoyed a picnic by Twelve Mile Creek. Men fished while women prepared a feast. A musk rat was caught skinned cleaned cooked and eaten with says it tasted very good.
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Waxhaw
Charlotte Observer
Twelve Mile Creek
Virginia
Want to Enlist Demands and a War VictoryPromise
Fifty thousand women gathered in London on a Saturday march with banners to urge women’s service in the nation’s war effort. Loyd George and Mrs Em melting Parkhurst appeared on a platform above the embankment as Mrs Pankhurst headed a deputation. She called it a crime for men to do work women can perform. The minister pledged government use of all willing to help and expressed confidence that victory would come.
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London
Nat
Loyd George
Emmelting Parkhurst
Embankment
Pankhurst
Chartle
Charlie
Ash
Cotton price outlook seen for small U S harvest
He argues that with a short crop this year of about 11 to 19 million bales the average price should rise. Export shares over the last eleven months show that the high price of cotton in Russia and Germany will attract shipments to those markets despite strong disincentives.
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W. P. G. Hardin
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
Russia
Germany
English Government Takes Over to Date Dispatch
British Government reports in the House of Commons that since March 11 it has paid 700000 pounds on cotton cargoes. Twenty five shipments have been purchased under a deal with American shippers. Lord Robert Cecil says 49 vessels with cotton cargoes diverted to parts of the United Kingdom and 11 to other British ports since March 41.
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London Dispatch
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
United Kingdom
Remington Arms Factory Closes To Day
Bridgeport wrestles with a looming strike as machinists at the Remington Arms Ammunition Company threaten a noon walkout and a broader shutdown across Remington and contractor shops. Labor leaders warn that a nationwide standstill could unfold within a week.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms Ammunition Company
Remington
New England
Cabinet Considers New Note on German Sub Warfare
Washington July 19 dispatch reports President Wilson and Secretary Lansing drafted a note on submarine warfare to Germany. The note, to be submitted to the Cabinet and sent abroad soon, will reiterate prior US positions and demand assurances for American lives at sea. Officials cautioned against premature discussion or speculation. If no passenger reports arrive, Lansing may order an investigation into the British liner Orduna incident.
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Sidemt
Germany
Inwashington
Wilson
Lansing
United States
White House
State Department
Orduna
Lusitania Horror Noted With America On Board
A New York dispatch reports a July 9 torpedo attack on the Cunarder Ordain sailing from Liverpool to New York with 227 aboard, including 22 Americans. The ship was 20 miles from Old Head of Kinsale when shelled after a warning strike. passengers awoke, donned life belts, and prepared lifeboats as the sub followed for half an hour.
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New York Dispatch
Liverpool
New York
Old Head Kinsale
Jeannette
Willian O. Thompson
Chicago
Council For the Federal Lodustrial Relations Commission
Normand
Gulfport
Evepieious
Corpedo
Normandy
Fist Case At Waxhaw Involving Fish Theft Hoax
Waxhaw reports a post office investigation into a scheme where crates of fish shipped to Norfolk retailers were allegedly ordered with handwriting resembling Charlie Davis. Dennis Potts Sam Massey and Lee Massey faced questions after crates appeared and were billed to others, with Charlie Davis denying involvement. Local officials and residents await federal action as handwriting samples are compared. The affair has stirred town talk and mayoral scrutiny.
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United States Post Office
Smith
Charlotte
Dennis Potts
Sam Massey
Lee Massey
Norfolk
Fish
Charlie Davis
Charlie
Post Office Department
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