West Virginia Manufacturers Form State Association
Huntington July 17. Prelimary plans to organize a West Virginia manufacturers association progressed with Leo J Flam securing cooperation of nearly three hundred firms. An inaugural meeting is set for early August to form a permanent body with five hundred members as nucleus. The aim is to boost scientific development of the state's resources by uniting diverse industries from Wheeling to Huntington, with no politics involved and hopes to attract outside capital.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Ters
Leo J Flam
Prospe ‘Association
LaFlam
Onlo Valley
Wheeling
Mhandle
United States
Ohio
LaFiam
LaFera
Pennsylvania
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Cameron
Marinton
Palmont
Wellsbug
New Cumberland
West Virgina
Michigan Professor Crafts Famous College Yell
Prof Thomas C Trueblood of the University of Michigan describes creating a scientifically designed college yell after observing trains and rival Wisconsin. The chant Rah Rah Rah Michigan was adopted nationwide and praised as three ply strong and easy on freshmen lungs.
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San Francisco
Thomas C. Trueblood
Pubilar
University of Michigan
National Speech Arts Association
America
Ann Arbor
Prof. Trueblood
Michigan
University of Wisconsin
United States
Trueblood
Judge Holds Court Aboard Boat On Grand Lake
In St. Cloud Minnesota on July 1 a court convened aboard a launch on Grand Lake. Judge John A. Roeser heard a default case while fishing and signed a decree with one hand as attorneys and witnesses from Long Prairie watched. The scene disrupted expectations of a conventional courtroom.
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ST. Cloud
Minn
Weill
John
John A. Roeser
Grand Lake
Long Prairie
Judge Roeser
Judge Nye
Roosevelt to visit San Diego exposition this month
San Diego July 17 Colonel Roosevelt writes President Davison that he will visit the exposition in the latter part of July and stay for a while. Plans arrange a Rough Riders escort and a large parade with troops and Pacific fleet crews. William Jennings Bryan also plans to visit, timing his trip after the San Francisco exposition. Governors from Indiana Utah Massachusetts Virginia Ohio and others expected in July as dignitaries return.
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San Diego
Bessing
le Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
G. A. Davison
Roosevelt
Brotel
Oyster Bay
Rough Riders
R. E. Twitchell
New Mexico
Exposition
San Juan
Arizona
Texas
California
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
San Francisco Exposition
San Diego Exposition
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiana
Indiana Society of San Diego
William Spry
Utah
David Walsh
Massachusetts
Henry C. Stuart
Virginia
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Cyclist Seachrist Claims Long Distance Champion Title
EB H Seachrist, a 63 year old canvasser and agent in Barbertown, asserts he is the champion long distance bicyclist with about 345000 miles ridden since 1892. He blends music with cycling, composing songs while pedalling. He notes daily averages around fifty miles and says he can ride to Cleveland and back in a day for business.
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Barberton
Weston
EB. H. Seachrist
Seachrist
Ae Seachrist
Cleveland
Most Important Wedding On Klamath Reservation
Elphie Pitt married William Henry at Pitt River Johnnie home near Klamath Falls. The ceremony gathered over 20 attendees from Kiama th, Pitt River, and Modoc tribes. After the feast the wedding party smoked the pipe of peace, and the bride received an automobile from her father.
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Klamath Paus
Ore
Klamats Indian Reservation
Elphie ‘Pitt
William Henry
Pitt River
Pitt Spring Creek
William
Henry
Modoc
California Personally Conducted Tour Expositions Ad
Advertisement for a personally conducted tour from California to two expositions in Pittsburgh. Dates include July 7 and a 22 day itinerary with all expenses listed at 188 dollars. Contact J B Suffolk in Jackson for particulars in Pittsburgh.
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California
Canyon
Pittsburgh
J.B
Suffolk
Jackson
Bouding
West Virginia road plan promises county wide paving efforts
Citizens in Monongalia County push a statewide campaign to lift West Virginia from the mud with a major road program. Bonds totaling hundreds of thousands may be approved this fall to pave main routes into Morgantown and connect county roads to a state system, potentially spanning fifty four miles to the Pennsylvania line.
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Teemora
West Virginia
Onongalia
Monongalia
Cheat River
Morgantown
Morgen District
Union District
Marion County
Paw Paw
Marnington
Pennsylvania Line
Smithfield
Cost of living in Batavia and Java cities rises
Comparative costs of living at the close of 1610 and 1914 show no big rise, led by higher rents since December 1914. Miscellaneous expenses for stall articles and clothing are now forty to thirty percent higher than a year ago. Washington dispatch dated July 17 reports on the living costs.
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Batavia
Java
Nm Biei
Washington
Wine graves near Laon hide cellar not graves
In July a German advance through Laon uncovered a trick used by French soldiers. They buried a ravine and erected a cross to resemble a grave, concealing a wine cellar. The ruse helped hospitals cope with a wine shortage until supplies ran low again.
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Carrence Cobogne
Laon
Fience
Farmer fends off seven foot black racer in ear bite incident
Readville, July 17. Simon Romig, a farmer driving a reaper, faced a seven foot black racer that coiled about the wheel and licked his ear. He leapt the eight foot cycle bar and killed the snake with a whiplash blow.
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Readville
Simon Romig
Romig
Puzzle on classification sparks tariff debate in Atlantic City
Atlantic City July 17. Members of the southern classification committee, who set freight tariffs for the southern lines, admitted uncertainty and refused a final ruling until experts are consulted. The puzzle concerns whether sauserkraut can be classified as a fruit or vegetable or pickled good, amid a push by a large dock firm for lower rates.
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Atlantic City
Jsauerkraut
Southern Classification Committee
Royal Society scientists aid war offices in Britain
More than forty Royal Society members work in the Admiralty and War Offices. Sir William Grooks leads the main war committee, with Lord Rayleigh on physics, Sir William Amsey on chemistry, and Dugald Clark on engineering. The society has spent months tackling wartime problems, conducting hundreds of experiments and reporting remedies to the army and navy.
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Pema
London
Royal Society
United '—Kingdom
Admiralty
Society
William Grooks
Lord Rayleigh
William Amsey
Dugald Clark
Army
Navy
Abolished Charleston West Virginia Schoolhouses
Five hundred country school houses have been abandoned in West Virginia in recent district board meetings. The legislature passed a law requiring the closure of any school with fewer than ten pupils, forcing students to join other schools or rely on transportation provided by the boards when distances are too far to walk.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Little Red
Mammoth Skeleton Excavated Near Chatham
London July 17 The skeleton of a mammoth, one of the largest ever found, is being disinterred near Chatham in southern Bogtend by a team from the British museum. The creature stood about thirteen feet high with tusks nine feet long. Isolated bones have appeared before, but never a complete skeleton. Bones are carefully excavated, plastered, and moved to a warehouse, some bones requiring four men to lift.
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London
Chatham
Bogtend
England
Paris
Survivor of Titanic and Lusitania fears death in bathtub
Elopers from Georgia, W J Griffin and Miss Addie Inman, lead to a violent shootout at Griffin's farm. Miss Inman is wounded four times, her brother Charles Inman dies, and Griffin is wounded yet arrested. Francis Tuohy, 83, recounts surviving the Titanic and the Empress of Ireland and Lusitania sinks, saying he dreads bathtub drownings.
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Lusitania
Waxcross
W. J. Griffin
Addie Inman
Charles Inman
Henry Inman
Miss Inman
Griffin
Grifin
Pty
Inmans
Henry
New York
Francis Tuohy
Rho
Ireland
Tuoh
Tuohy
St.Lawreate
Queenstown
Asis
Maurentania
Dardanelles
Submarine Terror Invented by Newark Electrician
Edward H. Freeborn, a Newark Public Service Corporation employee, seeks a government patent claiming a device to clear seas of submarines using electric waves. A practical electrician, he has built surface trolley line devices and plans to present his invention to Thomas Edison, hoping it benefits the U S Navy.
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Plizabeth
N. J
Edward H. Freeborn
Public Service Corporation of
Newark
Freeborn
Thoas A. Edison
Bison
United States Navy
Photograph Captures Tree Likeness On Victim in Storm
In Reading Pennsylvania a bolt struck Edwin Liesman at the Masnolint club on Mt. Penn during a violent storm. The bolt followed a telephone wire and a tree outside the window appeared reproduced on Liesman’s chest in four bright flashes. His mother Mrs Bernard Liesman and friend Henry Opperman were badly shocked but expected to recover.
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Reading
Edwin Liesman
Mt. Penn
Bernard Liesma
Henry
Opperman
Liesman
Lessman
Welch and Fullerton Drugstore Ad Claims Universal Reach
An old advertisement proclaims that every home with a phone becomes a branch of Welch and Fullerton Druggists, highlighting nationwide accessibility and store network reach for customers seeking medicines and supplies.
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Welch & Fullerton, Druggists
Woman shoots husband after insult, faces murder charge
In Quincy Illinois on July 17 Marie Moore Wielage, 35, is jailed on a murder charge for shooting her husband Elmer Wielage, 26, after he called her an old woman. She attempted suicide after the act, wounding herself slightly.
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Quincy
Marie Moore Wielage
Elmer Wielage
Wielage
Distressing Scene At Geneva Train For Wounded Soldiers
Geneva reports describe a train unload of wounded soldiers with many amputees. Witnesses recount arm and leg losses as the car carries parents with little to show for their injuries. A Zurich incident adds to the grim toll, with a man missing limbs placed in a meat basket.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Zurich
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