West Virginia recruits plan three districts for WWI draft
Charleston July 22 West Virginia will be divided into three districts to recruit men for the Second West Virginia Infantry. Officers and men are in camp, mapping sections to reach war strength. War department plans mobilization camp capable of housing up to 10,000 troops. Mustered officers and an ordnance officer join the effort.
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Elkins Boy on an Ill Fated Naval Vessel
Elkins July 22 Lec Madden son of Mr and Mrs 6 A Madden of this city enlisted in the navy about three months ago stationed at Port Royal He was one of the marines aboard the naval collier Hector which grounded off Charleston SC in a severe storm Telegram said he was uninjured and at Charleston marine barracks He and sixty others were being sent to Port au Prince Santo Domingo for a few months
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Navy
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Hector
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Port Austrines
Santo Domingo
Long-awaited marriage at courthouse seals Tennant union
George R Tennant, a Minneapolis teamster, finally wed Nellie Miller at the Ramsey County courthouse after delays and a repeatedly resurrected license. Witnesses Tanis Anderson and Rudy Schmidt saw the ceremony. Tennant, aged 45, and the bride, four years younger, spoke of overcoming delays and flashbacks to a cottage dream.
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George R. Tonnaid
Minneapolis
Nellie Miller
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West Feed Supply ad lists cement blocks and materials
Local ad from G. M. West Feed Supply Store promotes cement blocks lime plaster cement sand sewer pipe and related materials. Emphasizes right prices, quality and service with two phone numbers.
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Love Letters and a Restitution Suit in London
London court hears Mrs Minoie Greene and John Arthur Greene in a restitution of conjugal rights case. Letters read in court reveal romantic, some risqué exchanges including threats of self harm if marriage fails. Justice Shearman notes the literary quality of the correspondence as courts assess trust, fidelity, and motive. The case remains undecided.
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Justice Shearman
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Harry
Greene
Ted
Alta
Goulash Gangs Feed Marines at Lansdowne Training Camp
Philadelphia dispatch reports the Goulash Gans, famed for work during the war, are used to feed citizen marines on hikes from the Lansdowne training camp opened Friday. Over 200 recruits are enrolled as naval and marine training mixes land and sea duties.
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Lansdowne
Marine Corps
United States
Tansdawne
Rural church a past institution in Kansas towns
Kansas rural churches fade as community centers grow. Rev. Fred B. Gates cites at least 600 rural and small town churches abandoned in recent years with many due to lack of support and the shift to better funded community hubs. The motor car, education, and rural mail routes help explain post office and store closures alongside church decline.
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Fred B. Gates
Kansas Sunday School Association
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I, Holton
Rural churches fall as cars widen faith reach
The piece argues extension work favors abandoning tiny rural and town churches unable to support ministers. Cars expand access as farmers own most Kansas vehicles, boosting Sunday school and sermons. It notes church consolidations in places like Olathe with a $30,000 new Congregational building and Rossville plans for a single big church with one preacher at $2,000 annually.
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Baldwin Denies Shark Attack Despite Evidence At Catalina
Berkeley July 22 George F Baldwin denies being eaten by a shark despite strong signs. A man-eating shark was described near Catalina Island with fragments of a coat and an American Society of Civil Engineers pin bearing Baldwins name found attached to the fabric.
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Cal
George
Baldwin
Catalina Island
American Society of Civil Engineers
Brooklyn shark hunters form volunteer crew to patrol Jersey coast
A Brooklyn based volunteer group led by retired Marine Sgt William Dubey forms to hunt sharks along the Jersey coast from Subig Bay to San Pedro de Macoris. Ex marines with shark killing records join the party planning to use hook and line and salt pork bait to combat the sea tigers blamed for four deaths in two weeks.
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William Dubey
United States Marine Corps
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Jersey
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Diamond King's Tooth Diamond Stolen From Grave
Friends of Caramel Baye, a jewelry salesman known as the Diamond King, removed his $100 diamond from between his two upper front teeth after fearing grave robbery following his July 22 death in Altoona Pennsylvania.
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Arkansas Voters to Decide On Day Law Repeal
Arkansas voters will decide in November whether to repeal the statewide prohibition law enacted by the legislature and effective January 1, 1916. Initiative petitions seek a local option law as a substitute.
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Arkansas
Condolence flood for Baldwin after death
Newspapers and his wife began to receive scores of telegrams and letters of condolence. Mrs Baldwin some months ago gave away one of Baldwin's old coats, from which she forgot to remove the pin.
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