Sharks Fight for Two Days In Rescue at Sea
New Bedford reports a whale crew from the Manta survived four days without food or water after a fog separated them near Cape Henry. They fought sharks for two days while trying to haul a whale, then were rescued by the Steamer Shard and transferred to the Piedmont for arrival at port.
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New Bedford
New Hedford
Seven Seas
Joh. R. Mantwo
Cape Henry
Virginia
Joseph Brown
Shard
Piedmont
Vineyard Sound
Second Chance Reunion for Hoover Couple after Divorce
Mr and Mrs S J Hoover, divorced in 1938 after ten years of marriage, reunited at the home of Rev W J McKitrick at 4256 Westminster Place. They married sixteen years ago in Springfield Missouri where they then lived before divorcing over a disagreement. Hoover, a Memphis stock dealer, and Mrs Hoover now plan to start anew despite years of silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
S.J. Hoover
W. J. McKittrick
Westminster Place
Mmo
Mrs. Hoover
Springfield
Stolen Funds Recovered From Hen Coop in California
Federal postal inspectors recovered about $12,000 buried in a tin can beneath a chicken coop in Palto Alto California. Clarence McDaniels, a former post office clerk, led investigators to the stash after confessing and turning over $1 000 in cash plus his wife’s $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Wallace Idaho
Clarence McDaniels
McDaniel
Palto Alto
Cal
McDaniels
Lynx Killed After Fierce Lake Region Encounter
In Devils Lake North Dakota on July 24 a brutal field battle ended with Fred Hensey and Charles Travnicek returning as victors after a vicious female lynx attacked them near Lakota. Travnicek used a duray stake to kill the lynx which leaped at Hensey who had no weapon.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Lakota
Fred Hensey
Charles Travnicek
Duray
Travnicek
Hensey
Holy Rollers sect pushed from a St Paul residence district
In St Paul Minnesota July 24 officials closed a religious sect after boys and girls left their teens in religious ecstasy. Girls who joined were anointed with a mysterious powerful oil from Seattle, authorities said.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Seattle
Substitute for saloons planned in Tacoma
Five hundred citizens will be asked to join an association that will finance and conduct city care to take the place of saloons after next January. Rev E C Bloomauist, chairman of the saloon substitute committee, outlines the plan and appeals to those with war interests in the fight.
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Tacoma
Wash
E. C. Bloomauist
Hammond to Sell Torpedo Invention to U S Government
John Hays Hammond Jr plans to sell his wireless controlled torpedo invention rights to the United States government. Secretary Garri son aims to keep the invention secret and form controlled torpedo companies for bar protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
John Hays Hammond, Jr
U. S
Garrison
Rexleigh: Denver Parson's Wedding Fees Create Country Home
The Rexleigh estate near Denver is described as a model of improvement funded by wedding fees paid to the Rev. John H. Houghan. The rector and Dr. Houghan transformed a barren hillside into a noted country home, with every tree and shrub linked to a wedding fee from grateful couples.
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Denver
Col
Rexleigh
Farmer Surrenders in Horse Theft Case in Lancaster
Milton Graybill of New Providence township surrendered to Alderman Duebler after learning he was wanted for stealing Ralph Girvin's horse last Friday. He was committed for a hearing. Graybill said his mind had been a blank since Friday and he did not know he had taken the horse or traded it in Lancaster with Charles Messner for another horse.
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Lancaster
Milton Graybill
New Providence
Alderman Duebler
Ralph Girvin
Graybill
Charles Messner
Dynamite Found in York Sewer Belongs to Contractor
In York on July 24 workmen clearing a sanitary sewer found a box with forty six sticks of dynamite at the bottom of a manhole. Some suspected a plot to wreck the sewer. John A. Railing, a contractor, says the explosives belong to him and were placed in the sewer a year ago by workers and forgotten.
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York
City Highway Department
John A. Railing
Hazleton witnesses demand wage raise disrupts hearing
Five witnesses at Alderman Moody’s office in Hazleton protested a wage offer of 25 cents an hour by receiving 6 14 cents instead. They testified briefly about Jennie Kapchak being attacked by Mary Naucherk and delayed care proceedings until the magistrate agreed to their demands.
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Hazleton
Joseph Moody
Jennie Kapchak
Mary Naucherk
Tau Cares
First Woman Jury Delivers Garnishment Verdict in County
In Mound City Kansas a garnishment case was decided in Justice J D Marks court by the first woman jury empaneled in the county. The verdict pleased both sides involved in the July proceedings.
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Mound City
Kan
Is County
J. d. Mark
Rabbit bounties spark unusual hunt near Merizon
Mrs. W. J. McGee a rancher's wife near Merizon Iron county has collected bounties on eighty eight jackrabbit scalps over weeks. She hunts in rack pastures saves bounty money to buy an automobile.
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San Angelo
Tex
W. J. McGee
Merizon
Iron County
McGee
Expositions and Nature Beckon West in July
Two great expositions attract attention from the Panama-Pacific in San Francisco to the Panama-California in San Diego. Nature offers grand spectacles from Glacier National Park to Mount Rainier and Crater Lake, with Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia, the Grand Canyon, and Colorado’s parks inviting visitors to distant historic and prehistoric sites.
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Washington
America
Panama-Pacific
San Francisco
Panama- California
San Diego
West
Glacier National Park
Europe
Mount Rainer
Crater Lake
Yellowstone
Iceland
New Zealand
Yosemite
Seqguoia
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Pstes Park
Mesa Verde
Humane officer arrests monkey trainer for cruelty in Palto Alto
Mrs Isabelle C Merriman, humane officer, arr ests John Samponi organ grinder on cruelty charges as monkey allegedly worked fourteen hours daily in sun. Evidence shows license obtained and lists multiple bands and companies traveling to Parkersburg with special cars for a morning train. General orders on troop movements expected from General Bond. Mrs Patrick Campbell to tour San Francisco in Searchlights.
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Palto Alto
Cal
Isabelle C. Merriman
John Samponi
Merriman
Samponi
Terra Alta
Kingwood
Martinsburg
Bluefida
Welch
Charleston
Fayetteville
Huntington
Ravenswood
Spencer
Parkersburg
Adjutant General Bond Oversees West Virginia Guard Encampment Plans
Adjutant General John C. Bond returned from Parkersburg where he supervised preparations for the state encampment of the National Guard to be held there in August. He is opening bids for rations and supplies, with contracts to be awarded soon. The camp will be named for Governor Hatfield and a civilian rifle club is sought for Parkersburg to send reps to Jacksonville. Six special trains will carry troopers, with routes including Fairmont, Morgantown, Clarksburg, Martinsburg, Piedmont, and others.
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Charleston
John C. Bond
Parkersburg
National Guard
Bond
Hatfield
National Club
Jacksonville
Fla
Fairmont
Littleton
Morgantown
Weston
Sutton
Buckhannon
Clarksburg
Martinsburg
Piedmont
Jocko
Charles
Jlabor
Modest Suffs Resent This Very Wicked Law
Local suffragists in Gary Indiana protest a provision in Indiana election laws that requires booth curtains to be tall enough to reveal voters to officers. They argue the rule infringes on privacy and fairness in the voting process.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana
Mud Hole a Gold Mine for Farmer Hackenthal
Alton, July 24. A large hole near Oldenburg eleven miles south of Alton yields Pied Hackenthal a tidy return for his services. Automobiles sink in black gumbo soil along a 400 foot tract, then Hackenthal pulls them free for a dollar and earned about forty dollars last Sunday.
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Alton
Oldenburg
Hackenthal
Liberty Bell Enjoyed by Crowds in Denver Scene
July 24 witnesses a third of adults seeing the Liberty Bell while traffic officers from Philadelphia guard the site and take snapshots with visitors cameras. Officer James Frank has become expert with the camera and reportedly has thousands of Liberty Bell pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Philadelphia
James Frank
For Sale Beds Prompt Kansas City Mother to Get Sons Home
A south side Kansas City mother with eight sons warned them to return home. After they stayed out late she advertised in a local paper offering two twin beds for sale. The beds sold the same day and the boys slept elsewhere that night in a porch swing and a car. The mother told them to buy beds to sleep at home or take them when leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Duncan 89th Birthday Marked By Gala at Iowa Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Duncan, long-time residents of Taylor county Iowa, celebrated Mr. Duncan born July 26 1826 in Missouri his eighty ninth birthday at their country home near New Market. The couple married March 15 1849 and were parents of the first white child born in Dallas township.
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New Market
Alexander Duncan
Snake Eats Kittens At Amity Outhouse
In Amity July 24, Rev AW Fitzgerald found a plump black snake leaving an outhouse where five kittens lived. The kittens were missing, prompting investigation into the animal’s actions.
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Amity, Go
AW. Fitzgerald
Youngest Great Grandpa Claim Ties to City Birth
Port Wayne July 24 Manuet Frank 62 says he is the country's youngest great grandfather after his grandson Jacob Nieman of Chicago had a daughter. Frank wed at seventeen, a record cited in his claim.
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Port Wayne
Manuet Frank
Jacob Nieman
Chicago
Mr. Frank
Heat Heat Exhausts Suspect Steals Car in Brewster
William Johnson of Boutonville near Brewster admitted stealing a touring car to cool off in the heat. Patrolman Wade arrested him at his home for examination on his sanity. In a separate note, parcel post size limits increased to eighty four inches combined length and girth, with a one cent receipt option for senders.
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Brewster
William Johnson
Boutonville
Wade
Johnson
Arrrest
Washington
Parcel Post
German Ruler Leads Eastern Front Warsaw Drive
Emperor William assists in directing three great armies under Hindenburg Mackensen and von Buelow as they advance on Warsaw. The Kaiser and Kaiserin ride at the head of the Germanic forces and press toward the Polish capital as the three armies break through barriers.
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Emperor William
von Hinden
von Mackensen
General von Buelow
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Warsaw
Provision estimates for Parkersburg garrison meal supply
The adjutant general orders a large subsistence delivery for Parkersburg totaling about 25 tons. It lists specific commodities: 7 tons bread, 9.6K beef, corned beef 1.2K, beans 1.68K, 10.8K potatoes, 66 dozen tomatoes, onions 7K, dried peaches 450, preserves 500, coffee 900, sugar 2.5K, salt 500, pepper 28, butter 400, spices 2.5 lb per day, vanilla and lemon extract 3 dozen bottles, 85 gallons vinegar, rice 600, ice 10 tons, condensed milk 28 dozen cans, ham 300, pickles, seedless raisins, and prunes 500 pounds.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia Fair adds new features for August event
The West Virginia Fair will run August 30 to September 2 with new features including a girls gardening and canning department led by Miss Sadie R. Guseman of Morgantown. Farmers Day on Wednesday will feature lectures and exhibits organized by the state Department of Agriculture. Governor Day on Thursday will see Gov H D Hatfield address progress and problems. Also announced is the birth of a nine pound boy to Mr and Mrs R F McAdams on Walnut Street. The Bell telephone manager and others celebrate the event. Alexander Carr is slated for a next season production by Hi H Frazee with a Clara Lipman and Sant Shipman script.
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West Virginia
Sadie R. Guseman
Morgantown
State University
State Department of ‘Agriculture
Charleston
H. D. Hatfield
R. F. McAdams
Walnut Street
Alexander Carr
Hi. H. Frazee
Clara Lipman
Sant“el Shipman
Mvs
Tourists Find Meanest Man in the World
Sherdahl Kansas July 24 motorists found the so called meanest man in the world. A man with a team camped near a mudhole fifteen to twenty yards long charged owners three dollars to pull cars through the bad stretch. An accomplice at Scandia directed tourists to the impassable road and the pair collected substantial cash before being stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherdahl
Kan
Scandia
Three Little Mounds of Earth Mark Tragic Fire Scene
Epitaphs found in San Antonio on July 24 recall the fatal blaze that killed J. T. Rowan and three of her children. An empty gasoline can lay nearby and Miss Rowan, before dying, said she knew nothing of the fire’s cause.
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San Antonio
Tex
J. T. Rowan
Miss Rowan
Whit le the dangerous dog killed by patrolman Lon Whitten
In Huntington on July 24 Whit le, a notorious car dog with a police record, was shot dead by Patrol Driver Lon Whitten after a long chase through Ritter part. Police had failed to stop the beast with revolvers earlier, but Sergeant Joe Messenger ordered a final pursuit and kill.
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Untington
Whitle
Tristate
Lon Whitten
Ritter
Joe Messenger
Veeor
Whitie
Huntington
Iosty
Bug River as a Strategic Line Across Russian Poland
The article explains the Bug River forming a major west defense line for the Russian empire, with railways and fortresses like Osowiec and Bielostok aiding rapid troop and supply movement. It notes river links to Brest Litovsk and the Vistula, plus canals to the Pripat and Dnieper, highlighting the line's strategic value and the potential impact of its loss on Warsaw and Russian resources.
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Russian Empire
Petrograd
Odessa
Bug
Poland
Osowiec
Et Bielostok
Bielsk
Litovsk
Kovel
Vladimir Vol/H ™ky
Brest Litovsk
Kholm
Galicia
Lemberg
Kamionka
Busk
Berg
Warnawyat
Vistula
Vares
Novo Iesjevsk
Nai
Poate
Russia
Germany
Pripat
Dnieper
Bue
Warsaw
Russian
Development of West Virginia's Rich Resource Corridor
The article extols West Virginia for its vast mineral wealth and waterways. It highlights the Monongahela valley, river systems from Pittsburgh to Kentucky, and the potential of a West Virginia manufacturers organization to unlock regional prosperity benefiting Pennsylvania and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weet
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Monongahela
Murdered Man Returns to Distressed Family
Frank Klug reports that Nick Georgian is serving a twenty five year sentence for a murder. The body was disfigured by relatives. Georgian was sentenced December 6, 191M. Officials say changing a victim’s identity does not affect the case.
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Milwaukde
Frank Klug
Nick Georgian
Klug
Lake Station
Klugs
Kitg
Samus
Denver Plant Faces Turbulent Reform Claims
A garbled report notes conflict over a Colorado brewery operation and a manufacturing plant tied to beer production. It references August timing and a police or military upheaval, with unclear details about personnel and authorities involved.
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Lyny
Devil’s Lake
Holy Rollers
St Paul
Shuster
Beacon
N. Y
Charles Shuster of
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Charles Kowatch
Narka
Errel Crum
Republican
Mankato
Jillian
Patrick Campbell
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Searchlights
Liberty Bell
Kodak
Night Hawko
Iowa
Snake
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Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholawitch
von Hindenburg
Bottom
Bug River
Mlew
The
Pittsburg Dispatch
Pittsburg
Ohio
Commonwealth
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Jatses Coors Brawery
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Adore
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St A Militon
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