West Virginia Day Set For July Twenty First
Francis can CA July 3 reports that West Virginia Day will be celebrated on July 21 at the exposition in San Francisco. The program includes remarks by Col John T McGraw, Vernon E Johnson, poems by Clyde Johnson, and a reception in the West Virginia building. Mrs Cyrus W Hall and Mrs G A Bolden arrive as associate hostess and hostess respectively, with many West Virginia residents listed among registrants for the building.
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G. A. Bolden
Francisco
Cal
Union
West Virginia
West ‘Virginia
West Vir Wne Commission
Iag
John T. McGraw
Grafton
Comanon
Wdi
Vernon E. Johnson
House of Delegates
Hatfield
West
William Bailey Lamar
United States
Hiram Johnson
California
Seattle
Tate
Cyrus W. Hall
Parkersburg
Intermediate Court
Kanawha County
Mason City
Jessica O. Cone
Morgam Town
R. J. Archibald
Wheeling
Ernest E. Evans
Miss Evans
G. C. Mchaughling
Greenbrier County
O. H. Wooster
A. D.jones
Hecker Valley
W. T. Thompson Huntington
P. J. Moran
L. J. Powell
Elkins
Helen Egbert
Cairo
E. L. Davidson
Gertrude Humphrey
B. Livers
Martinsburg
F. H. la Baume
Bluefield
G. W. Hvans
Clarksburg
A. H. Spring
M. J. Brenneman
Oak Hill
James
Amber
Brooke County
H-D. Church
Harper’s Ferry
C. J. Cavalier
Harper's Ferry
L. W. Brackett
C. Il
Alexander
Sistersville
A. I. Rymer
Winfield
G. Garvin
Marlinton
Will Smith
Beckley
Fred L. Wiliams
Thomas W. Fitzgerald
Dillon
Joe Claire Hendrickson
H. Ruttencutter
J. J. Downs
Salem
D. C. Pratt
Pauline Pratt
Morgantown
C. C. Stone
Kingwood
Nettie Watkins
Oplah Lford
Barracksville
Sarah Crockett
Lena Bales
Stella Brown
Nellie Powell
Pausey Jacobs
Rebecca Summers
Fairmont
Nettle Ashburn
Derry B. Perine
Leta Dovelas
Watson
S. B. Sims
Huntington
A. A. Wells
Newell
W. E. Wells
David MacWhinnie
Wellsboro
J. L. Seamonds
Milton
W. O. Towns
Mac LaGrange
Agnes Morrison
Girl to Manage Ranch in South Dakota Plan
Honore Whalen of Erie graduates in agronomy from Pennsylvania College and announces she will manage her father's ranch in South Dakota. She studied economics in moving East and believes farming can be a woman's vocation when properly equipped. Her plan includes raising beef cattle for the eastern market and supervising ranch duties.
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State College
Honore Whalen
Erie
The
of Agriculture At
Pennsylvania
South da
Nce
Mins Whalen
Sven
Miss Amanda Austin Adds to Apple Gate Orchard
QUIET LIFE GRASS VALLEY CAL July 3 Among those who have added to the orchard acreage this spring is Miss Amanda Austin at Applegate. She is known in sculpture and painting and chose farm life at Applegate for its scenery. Her two story home overlooks the orchard and Sierra foothills. She assists on the farm when help is unavailable and has planted 13,000 young pear trees to enhance both production and beauty.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Amanda Austin
Applegate
Austin
Miss Austin
Hfe
James Farnbaugh Seeks Deer Removal Petition
In Nuisange Ebenburg Pennsylvania James Farnbaugh a Bradley Junction farmer has 100 signers on a petition urging the state game commission to immediately remove deer from the Bradley Junction section of the county.
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Ebenburg
James Farnbaugh
Bradley Junction
Ghost Proves Not A Ghost In Malden Escape
Malden Massachusetts July 3 Isaac Cohen milk dealer spotted a white robed figure racing through Forestdale Cemetery. He chased and caught Ivan Clark 14 who had escaped from Malden Contagious Hospital after taking medicine. Clark leaped from a second story window at 3 am and fled into the cemetery before being recaptured and returned to the hospital by police.
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Malden
Mass
Isaac Cohen
Forestdale Cemetery
Cohen
Ivan Clark
Malden Contagious Hospital
Young Clark
Must Pay Double Fee To Doctor If Twins Arrive
SPOKANE July 3 Justice S C Hyde ruled a physician may claim a double fee when twins are born. A. O Long whose wife bore twins must pay Dr E F Crane $50 instead of $25 the amount Long claimed. The decision clarifies fees for physicians summoned at twin births.
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Spokane
S. C. Hyde
A. O. Long
E. F. Crane
Long
Lord Norbury Changes Careers in London Suburb
NO JOKE LONDON July 3 Lord Norbury former chief justice of the court of common pleas has taken employment as a Sitter in an aeroplane factory in a London suburb. He will work thirteen hours daily. At the same time Lady Norbury has begun work as a waitress at a soldiers coffee canteen at Euston station.
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London
Lord Norbury
The
Court of Common Pleas
Lady Norbury
Euston Station
Will of 1856 discovered. Muller estate to be probated
In Baltimore on July 3 a long hidden will of Johann Michael Muller is offered for probate by his son John G A Muller. Died March 13 1856 the will dated May 21 1889 left all estate to Elizabeth Barbara Muller who died April 30 1915. The son, administrator of her estate, says property will be divided among three sons. value largely real estate.
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Baltimore
Johann Michael Muller
John G. A. Muller
Lightning strike leaves pair badly burned in Wis town
In Balsam Lake Wisconsin a lightning bolt struck farmer Ernest Howey and his eighteen month old son Ernest. The men were knocked down on the steps of their home and left burned and blackened. Mrs Howey nearby was knocked senseless but revived with water and aid. Both are expected to recover though seriously burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balsam Lake
Wis
Ernest Howey
Latest Charms Trend Card For Charity In Europe
Berlin July 3 The newest watch charms are being made in Auerin as a miniature trend card for charity. One side bears a red and yellow cross with the words 7 grams bread or 50 grams four. The other side carries the inscription World War 1914 1915 to honor the war effort.
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Berlin
Auerin
Gouwalle
Lands Bought for Forests In New Hampshire And Appalachians
The federal government approved purchases totaling 97 888 acres in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the southern Appalachians for national forests. Purchases exceed 1 275 060 acres in the East, at about 380 000 dollars. Major parcels include 36 286 acres in North Carolina and 22 518 acres in New Hampshire. Prices per acre vary, with several tracts under 8 dollars. After appraisal and sale contracts, titles must be approved before development as public forests. The land is mostly mountainous and timbered, with some tracts heavily wooded. about half a million dollars remains for ongoing watershed protection and conservation efforts.
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Washington
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Southern
Appalachians
National Forest Reservation Commission
Boone Purchase
North Carolina
Monongahele
West Virginia
Potomac
Virginia
Massanutten
Shenandoah
Natural Bridge
White Top
Tennessee
Savannah
Nantahala
Cherokee
Georgia
Forest Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Tyrolese sharp shooters in Austrian war effort
Vienna July 3 The war with Italy has mobilized a unique group the Tyrolese sharp shooters. Thousands aged 17 to elderly form the 406 royal and Imperial shooting stands an efficient European unit. In Austria these volunteers are state controlled and deployed as units with identifying armbands and Tyrolese costume. No age limit and pride in remaining in good shape. relief from membership by doctor’s advice has long been a disgrace.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Italy
Europe
Austria
Islands
Warrant ruling allows seizure of whisked liquor without warrants
In Douglas Arizona July 3 a court decision by Judge J M McAlister of the Tombstone Superior Court held that whisked liquor shipped into the state may be seized by officers without search warrants on public policy grounds. Bottled trunks withheld from John Lowey the alleged owner violated state law by bringing liquor from Texas and federal law for failing to label trunks with contents and consignee name.
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Douglas
Ariz
J. M. McAlister
Tombstone
John Lowey
Texas
Saloon Keepers Waive Law with Bibles in Bellaire
In Bellaire C July 3 saloon keepers show strict care to obey the law and maintain their “wet race” by carrying Bibles as part of their equipment. The bibles are used when any legal question arises, reflecting cautious practice among local tavernkeepers.
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Bellaire, C
Purchase Restrictions At Bar Admonition Note
A bartender enforces age verification by checking the buyer against a Bible, turning away many minors to ensure the drinker is over twenty one. The scene reflects caution around underage alcohol access and use of a ritual-like proof.
Curiosity Fatal to Two Men near Harlem River
Sheldon Williams and O S Timmons, railroad workers from Harlem, were killed on the New Haven line near Bye-on-the-Sound when a wheel squeak led them to inspect a wheel on a freight train. They stepped onto the express track on a curve and were struck by the eastbound White Mountain express. The engineer tried to brake but too late, ejecting passengers from parlor car chairs. Timmons left a large family.
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Bye-On-The-Sound
Sheldon Williams
O. S
Harlem
Timmons
Krupp factory at Saint Quentin becomes German munitions hub
Report from Paris dated July 3 states Saint Quentin is the general headquarters for German armies in France and Belgium. It details a concentration of damaged guns and rolling stock, a motor car workshop for cannon repair, machine guns, and gun carriages, staffed by Essen imports. Barbed wire is prepared for distribution and a chemical works is installed.
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Paris
Saint Quentin
France
Belgium
Krupps
Essen
Scandalous Divorce Petition From Topeka Couple
Henry Cauder, 18, petitions for divorce after six months of marriage alleging continual meanness. He claims his wife refused to garden or raise chickens, instead went to neighbor Bert Rice, tended his garden, kept his hens, and stole eggs to benefit Rice.
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Topeka
Kan
Henry Cauder
Cauder
Bert Rice
Door Enlarged for Harlan Girl Dies at 800 Pounds
Mabel Hammond aged 26, once billed as Kansas's heaviest woman, died in Harlan after a stomach ailment. She weighed 800 pounds. In girlhood her classroom doorway had to be enlarged for entry. She had a younger sister at 660 pounds and still growing, while their parents were average sized. The sisters received many circus offers but declined them.
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Harlan
Kan
Mabel Hammond
Kansas
Slater
Death by Own Action Linked to Note Left by Olsen
New York July 3 Arthur Olsen 20 died at his father's factory at 183 Grand Street by inhaling gas. He had been sent to North Beach to collect $826. After spending the money with two girls he knew he left a note stating that if not for the girls taking him in he would still be able to pay, implying ruin from their influence.
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New York
Arthur Olsen
Grand Street
Olsen
North Beach
Retiner
Dincass
Pultos
Fulton
Hudson
Oliver Evrans
Washington
Apch
Wiseacre
George Stephenson
Tousa of Commons
Gineer
Stephenson
Well Shoots Water Eight Feet in Air in Farm Wall
BT Paul July 3 Artesan e wall strikes a stream of water eight feet high, yielding 30,000 gallons daily. The wall was erected on a farm half a mile from Clear Bocines, belonging to W J Burnett. The owner says the new wall will supply sufficient water for his household needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Be Singular Dare to Be Original and Visionaries
A long, rousing piece praising invention and nonconformists who faced ridicule. It traces bold ideas from smallpox vaccination to the telephone, railways, and rubber use, noting how critics mocked champions like Jenner Morse Bell Goodyear and Franklin. The message urges perseverance, self-reliance, and breaking from the crowd.
International Montessori course at Panama Exposition
Dr Maria Monteswordi will conduct an international Montessori training course at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco during August through November under Miss Margaret Wilson. Noted educators from across the U S and abroad will study and test the Montesori method, with international committee oversight and demonstration schools for practice and progress reporting.
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Amy
Harman
San Francisco
Cal
Margaret Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Maria Montes— Worl
Wil
Miss Wilson
David Starr Jordan
National Education Association
Oakland
P. P. Claxton
United States
Montessorl
Montesaori
Plas
Wallace Hutch
Berkeley
Baptists In Jackson Ga Inaugurate New Church Life
In July in the town of Jackson Georgia the Baptists inaugurated a new practice in church life that would likely unsettle traditional Baptists. The report notes the event as a notable development within the local Baptist community and hints at its potential impact on reformist efforts among congregants.
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Milledgeville, Ge
Baptists
Ittiv
Jackson
Germans urged to use mushrooms as meat substitute
Mushrooms are being promoted as a cheap, nutritious meat substitute for Catholics on fast days. Dresden physician Dr von Angemann estimates over 200 German mushrooms exist, with about a quarter edible and nourishing. He says the annual harvest could reach millions in value and feed hundreds of tons, as villagers near forests gather them at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
von Angemann
Dresden
Germany
Girl Driver in Atlantic City Wins Discrimination Ruling
Miss Georgiania Hears, 24, the sole female driver, had her claim of discrimination in lure selection by males upheld by State Automobile Inspector Grant. A visitor without a name complained that Miss Henry refused service on two occasions.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Georgiania
Grant
Henry
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Krupp Factory
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Roneresuiman
Morse
Charles Goodyear
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Bamen
San Francisco Exposition
New Jersey Automobile Inspector
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