Blaine’s Words May Save State From Big Debt
West Virginians debate Blaine’s Twenty Years of Congress ideas on Virginia debt and possible federal share of the old state's burden. The article cites Blaine’s views on postwar justice, compares Virginia and Texas, and argues West Virginia bears no legal fault for the old debt while urging equitable treatment under union policy.
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West Virginia
Commonwealth
West
Capitol
Blaine
Supreme Court
Lincoln
Virginia
National Congress
Congress
Union
Confederacy
Texas
Acre
United States
Mexico
Tidewater
Piedmont
Mars
East Virginia
West, Virginia
Congress of
Westirginia
Ohio River
Florida
Republic
Commonwealth of Virginia
Patriotism and memory tied to a revered founder
A fragment praising patriotism and monuments linking living Americans to the nation's early glory. It reflects on the shared debt to the founders and the dust of those who shaped the republic, highlighting the father of his country and the author of the Declaration.
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Sis
Oklahoma Coal Production Drops in 1914 Decline Tied to Fuel Shift
Washington July 10 Oklahoma produced 8,988,600 short tons of coal in 1914 valued at 3,204,010 dollars, a 4.20 percent drop in quantity and 3.97 percent in value from 1913. The fall reflects petroleum and gas growth, with oil from Oklahoma and Texas rising, while Colorado strikes offered limited offset. The report notes more machine mined coal, fewer powder mined loads, longer work periods, higher output per man, fewer strike days, and 31 fatal accidents in 1914 compared with 23 in 1913.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Bureau of Mines
Mothers Promote Immorality in Daughters Says Dr Ogle
Dr Albert A Ogle of Indianapolis addressed the American Institute of Homeopathy urging that mothers instill immoral ideals in daughters. He argued the underworld exists throughout society and that early home life shapes future happiness and responsibility. Dr W A Pearson of Philadelphia noted health officials improved quality of manufactured foods across levels.
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Albert A. Ogle
Chicago
Indianapolis
Bureau of Sanitary Science
American Institute of Homeopathy
W. A. Pearson
Philadelphia
Hughes Will Grants Small Sums to Children on No-Contest Basis
Henry L. Hughes who died in Chicago on June 18 left 2500 to his daughter Margaret E unless she contests the will. His widow Elsie Lawson Hughes receives 9101,000, and another 2500 goes to Henry C. Hughes, with conditions. The story recounts Hughes’s thirty-year estrangement from his first wife and children, remarriage, and the later marriage to the author’s sister.
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Chicago
Margaret E
Henry L. Huches
Brush
Elsie Marjorie Lawson Hughes
Farwell Avenue
Margaret. E
Margaret Rundell
Pine Grove Avenue
Henry C. Hughes
Leland Avenue
Mary Hughes
Hughes
Margrriet McLeod
Mr. Hughes
Welch and Fullerton Drugstore Phoness 2 Branch Listed
A historical notice lists Welch and Fullerton Drugists establishing a second branch for phoness related commerce. The entry notes the location and naming of the new outlet as a development in local retail.
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Phoness
Welch & Fullerton, Druggists
English Premier's Daughter Engagement Announcement
Premier and Mrs Asquith announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Violet to Maurice Bonham Carter, Mr Asquith's principal private secretary. Miss Asquith visited England during the winter of 1912.
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Asquith
England
Violet
Maurice Bonham
Miss Asquith
Control of Apple Borer Is Discussed
Washington July 10 reports a new Farmers Bulletin No 675 from the U S Department of Agriculture recommends warming and painting tree trunks to prevent the round headed apple tree borer. details describe life cycle damage control methods including painting and removing host trees within 100 yards. a method uses carbon bisulfide in burrow holes when wires fail. plus a local fatal shooting in Salt Creek Township Circleville Ohio.
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Washington
D_C
Farmers’ Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture
Beetle Control Method for Tree Bark Treatment
A historic note discusses an effective beetle control technique applied to young smooth bark trees. It suggests applying a protective coat during egg laying, removing earth from the base to a depth of three to four inches, scraping the exposed surface, painting it, and replacing the earth to prevent beetles from laying under the bark.
Busy Berths Designed In This Country
Baltimore reads a Baltimore mechanic designed 42 centimeter guns used by Germans. Blueprints showing the design were copied in Washington by German staff, one resigning to join Krupp. Davison Chemical Co filed the patent. Col Miller learned prints missing, duplicated them, and sent them to British authorities. Guns built in England from these designs are at the front.
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Baltimore
Washington
Krupp
Germany
Davison Chemical Company of
C. Wilbur Miller
England
Col. Miller
Stage robbers convicted in Baker suit
Isenes Baker Ore July 10 Mrs Molly Burgett and Sour Dough Bill Halder were found guilty of robbing the Baker Durkee stage on April 5 of 7000 in gold bullion. The jury returned robbery by putting in fear rather than with a dangerous weapon due to doubt about armament. The verdict matched that of co-defendant Joe Carlson.
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Isenes- Baker, Ore
Molly Burgett
Bill” Halder
Baker-Durkee
Joe Carlson
Burgett
Halder
Heart stops but man revives after twenty minutes
H G Harris, a fruit merchant in Los Angeles, suffered cardiac arrest in his shop and was rushed to Receiving Hospital. Dr A W Hiller reported him dead, yet Harris regained consciousness and spoke for about twenty minutes, able to name his address and describe his sensations despite no detectable heartbeat and ineffective stimulants.
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Los Angeles
Cal
H. G. Harris
Harris
A. W Hiller
Lightning Death Strikes Miss Miller in Minersville
Minersville officials ruled Miss Mame Miller of Minersville was scared to death by a vivid lightning stroke. The bolt hit a structure housing the German Catholic church, causing convulsions but no serious damage to the building.
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Pottsville, Pa
Minersville
Mame Miller
Ellen Wilson Memorial for Mountain Youth Education
After Mrs Woodrow Wilsons death a Southern group forms The Ellen Wilson Memorial for the Christian Education of Mountain Youth to carry on her funded program. The conference adopts unanimously a plan naming a national memorial fund, inviting gifts, with Mrs Stuart W Walker West Virginia president and Clarksburg officers named. President Wilson approves, honoring her Christian life and charity. The effort aims to advance education and Christianity for mountain residents lacking opportunities.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Ellen Wilson
South
Eien Wilson
Wilson
Stuart W. Walker
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Bearded Wheat Sighting and Tower Collapse Report
A Greencastle woman hired a local youth to help pick cherries, noting bearded wheat in a field and later spotting another wheat field with whiskers. In Rock Island Illinois a sixty foot high tower under construction collapsed during an aviation exhibit injuring seven people, none fatally.
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Greencastle
Ind
Greencasties
Green
Castle
Rook Island
Fatal gust winds kills Mrs Putt near Owosso Michigan
A July 10 incident in Carland near Owosso Michigan reports Mrs Mary Putt aged thirty two killed when a gust of wind swept her from a porch at her home. The event is noted in a local weather related tragedy with no further details provided.
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Owosso. Mich
Mary
Carland
Justi
Suesa
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