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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1915
Page
1
Fragmented report outlines alleged German covert activities linked to oil steamer movements and Mexican plot theories. It cites German officers departing Norfolk, vessels near Florida and Colombia, seized yachts, and patrols by U S authorities amid war scare rumors and investigations across multiple ports and regions.
In Schenectady New York October 23 1915 13000 General Wedge Company workers accept settlement after strike for an eight hour day. They will have a half hour day and a five percent wage raise immediately plus another five percent on October 1 1916. Losses exceed $600000 in wages.
Dodge City, Kan Oct 22 A posse hunts for the assailant who choked to death Misa Nellie Byers a school teacher and member of a prominent family. Her body was found early today under brush with severe knife wounds and clothing stripped. An article fragment notes a necktie or cord used for choking.
Huntington October 23 Samuel HB Gray Jr aged 45 a noted focal machinist was instantly killed when a heated piston head exploded during repair. Water absorbed into a porous section of the iron cylinder head and the metal case likely caused the blast. Gray helped build the engine in Huntington.
Huntington dispatch reports Burke McClure, a prominent Logan county merchant, shot and killed his wife Alis Yosephins McClure and her cousin Mrs Gertrude Johnson after alleged estrangement. McClure wounded Miss Grave Juntica and Charles Perry. He fled to Wyoming county. Perry intervened. McClure’s wife was from a well known southern West Virginia family.
About fifty thousand marchers paraded behind brass bands and drum corps through downtown Pittsburg. The Protestant parade, the city’s largest, drew an estimated crowd of more than 200000 spectators who lined the streets for hours as the marchers were praised by Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong.
Health officials impose a theater quarantine in Martinsburg Ohio on October 29 restricting attendance to adults over six years old to curb a blooming epidemic. Forty four cases have been reported to authorities.
Cites plans for handling export trade through a Trust Company in Washington with cooperation from government agencies. Officials including Secrecy Myata of commerce and Assistant Secretary Vroomam discuss organizing a U S export pipeline. The goal is to align American export operations with European and Dutch partners under an overarching trust structure.
A massive suffrage parade in New York features about 30,000 women from all states and 5,000 men, with spectators lining Pitty Avenue and Central Park, as banners, yellow hats, and flag signals mark the four hour procession from Washington Square to Central Park amid clear speeches and festive crowds.
London observers report the National Liberal Club launching a movement to establish Cavell Day a national observance honoring Edith Cavell the English nurse executed by German authorities in Belgium during World War I and paid tribute by public sentiment across the city.
The twenty second annual convention closes with Dallas, Texas chosen as the site for next year s meetings. The venue selection was announced by the United Daughters of the Confederacy during the Fayansoci area event held in San Francisco on October 23.
President and party, including Mrs Margaret Wilson, toured near Sterling Galt’s home ten miles from Gettysburg, with onlookers gathering as the White House group paused for lunch. Galt, brother-in-law of the president's fiancée, greeted the returning convoy after a three hour stop at Hamburg.
Nineteen Border residents escorted by Adjutant Generals will travel to Austin to present the border crisis to Governor Ferguson. A committee formed at a local meeting plans to press relief from ongoing raids by armed Mexican bands, with aims to reach Major General Frederick Funston and then Washington. Residents report homes abandoned and widespread distress along the Texas Rio Grande frontier.
London dispatch outlines Allied push as Italy opens offensive and Russian participation colors signal plans. It notes planned operations against Serbia, amid talks of 400,000 allied troops to push across the Balkans and threats to reinforce plans with naval and air support, as Britain weighs strategic moves in the Dardanelles and Eastern fronts.
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