Hughes Alliance Expands Campaign Ties in West Virginia
Philadelphia Sept 9 George Porter former Philadelphia mayoralty candle and Hughes Alliance secretary has been selected by the national committee to organize Hughes Airlines in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He will meet western Pennsylvania leaders and then proceed to West Virginia to unite Progressive Democrat and Republican voters for Governor Hughes’ candidacy. A statewide committee will be formed with a nonpartisan aim to expand the Hughes campaign across the state and establish headquarters for the November drive. Porter returns to Pennsylvania in two weeks to press the campaign.
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Vasak Yaccasaut
Philadelphia
George
Hughes Alliance
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Hughes Airlines
West Virginia
Porter
Mitellure
Western Pennsylvania
Hughes
West
Wilson
Mier
National Readquartera
New York
West Virginia Forest Game and Fish Protective Meet
The tenth annual meeting of the West Virginia Forest, Game and Fish Protective Association will convene in Bluefield September 13 and 14. The program lists sessions with addresses by state foresters, wardens, and officials, committee reports, discussions on forest fire prevention, game and fish protection, and nominations, followed by moving pictures.
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West Virginia Forest, Game and Fist Protective Association
Bluefield
Hammond
Joseph M. Bnanders
P.M. Glenn
Parsons
Healey
State Forester
Baltimore
Fanny A. Wigquesney
Forest, Game and Fish
Belington
Aamton
Murray
Iwetond
Otock
Walter TR. Coole
Rockview
E. C. Goscord
Anas
Sexston
G. Peters
Washington
A.D. William
Morgantown
Weight List for Housewives from West Virginia Ledger
The state department released a weight and measure table for distribution to housekeepers. Commissioner Finney J. N. Nightingale lists forty articles with per bushel or pack weights and urges households to demand the exact pounds noted, promising relief from the state department if weights are misrepresented.
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State Department
West Virginia
Commie Finney
J. N. Nightingale
Ureex
Campaign Against Spitting Begun by Baltimore and Ohio
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad launches an anti spitting drive to protect public health. On the fifteenth of each month train crews will distribute mail cards urging passengers to refrain from spitting in public places. Authorities in states along the line approved the campaign to support sanitation efforts.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad System
Transéets
Catipalen
Trainmien
Entintment Applicants Rejected at Salt Lake City Recruiter
Sixteen applicants for enlistment at the Salt Lake City United States Marine Corps recruiting station in August were rejected. Marine Sergeant Frank J. Thich, in charge, notes some men have longer right limbs than left and cites a humorous local belief about heredity and sea son attire. The article includes a tongue in cheek remark by Sergeant Buseh about port and starboard dominance.
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Salt Lake City
United States Narine Corps
Frank J. Thich
Ttn
Buseh
Sensing Value Guides Housewife and Merchant Advertising
A businessman with a keen sense of value detects buying opportunities far ahead while a housewife excels at spotting real bargains in daily purchases. Telegram ads attract her attention because they reliably signal worthwhile offers and savings.
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Val
Atore
Autos for Sale at Auto Exchange Angle Inn
In stock this week at Auto Exchange located in the Angle Inn building at Main and Plico. Sacrifice all autos available now with reduced prices and immediate transfer options.
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Auto Exchange
Angle Inn
Man Survives Second Death Notice for Peter Bauer
Peter Bauer a piano salesman of Youngstown Ohio has again been reported dead only to prove alive. A Pottsville Pennsylvania clipping says the death was mistaken, echoing a prior Cleveland five year error. Authorities must re identify the body washed ashore at Lake Erie port to resolve the mix up.
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Youngstown
Peter Bauer
Pottsville
Cleveland
Bauer
Huron
O. Bauer
Lake Erie
Foreign oil power struggle drives Mexico tensions
Tampico oil interests warn that Carranza aims to nationalize petroleum, restricting concessions and threatening foreign investments. De facto rulers push taxation and potential confiscation as steps toward Mexican control of wells, pipelines, and refineries, with oil revenue fueling the regime amidst revolutionary politics.
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Tamnco
Mexico
Tampico
Anoter
Wil
Fli
Carranza
Do Fneto
Carranel
Francisco J. Madero, Jr
Ding
Madero
Mysterious beauty in roadster seeks by Ontario police
Ontario California September reports a green roadster woman who ran down Mexican laborer Omen Ramirez near Foothill Boulevard. She reportedly bound wounds with strips from her lingerie, gave him a $5 bill, then fled. Ramirez, 20, from Garfield, Ohio, barely survived and later described the auburn haired healer.
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Ontario
Cal
Omen Rameriz
Ramerlz
Autos for Sale Big Bargains in Slightly Used Autos
Auto Exchange at Angle Inn Building on Main and Pike streets advertises light and heavy cars with big bargains in slightly used automobiles.
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Auto Exchange
Angle Inn
Main and
Pike Streets
Perils of the Sea Diver
A veteran diver recounts a near death beneath a wharf, describing how fear, exertion, and entanglement with a grate nearly sank him. He explains deep water is not the only danger and recalls a specific rescue where he freed himself from a constricting grate to reach the surface.
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Kansas City Star
Howe
Eure
Army Chaplain A Man Among Men in Camp Cotton
A Fort Panhandle era portrait of chaplains in the Thitty-first regiment detailing their roles in boosting morale. Chaplains William Atkinson and Addison among others are praised for listening, counseling, and adapting sermons to soldiers. They balance spiritual guidance with practical support, organizing entertainments and aiding wallets. The piece notes diverse beliefs among troops and the need for nonjudgmental outreach in a mixed religious environment.
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OL Paso
Teday
Wihy
Yang Puardamn Toon
Pano
Alandiiue
Camp Cotton
Adenwoss
Melis National Uur
Chanend
Aary
Pompel & Koller
United
Surtex Hwatt
Mirani
Hell
EL Paso
William Atkinson
Detroit
SS Matthian Piscopal Church
Wieroximent
Grayling
Adenaan
Woolle Th Richigan
Sbe
Cmpanies
Michigan
Mather Dunigan
Lapoors Mich
Wim Kelis
Alaalka
Tanner Haw
Monkeys Sought Worldwide for Infantile Paralysis Research
New York sept 9 Chattering monkeys from Africa India South America and the Philippines are being sought by medical experts in the United States for research on infantile paralysis The Rockefeller Institute in New York plans to supply 500 monkeys from its jungle stock These animals long used in hospitals for experimental work are inoculated with germs and treated with serum to aid cures and have yielded important medical discoveries.
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New York
Africa
India
South America
Philippines
United States
Philippine Islands
Rockefeller
New York City
Hopitals
Public education urged on treaty making in United States
A National Foreign Trade Council report argues that educating the public on treaty making is essential. It warns that two economic alliances formed during war could reshape US trade, tariffs, and shipping, risking reduced access to markets and potential retaliation in a reshaped global system.
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National Foreign Trade Council
New York
Putine Tociny
Atte
Amelia
United States
Recommendasiona
Nunta
Senate
Treatten
Kay
Parke
United Blazen
Allien
Tral Economic Alliance
Paris
Manufactur
Agen
Entente
Central Economic Alliance
United Kingdom
American overseas enterprise and postwar trade
The text discusses restoring European prosperity after the war and the impact of American gold reserves and exports. It notes the need to curb munitions demand and excessive export to stabilize global commerce, warning that European cooperation and trade pressures could restrain American trade if mismanaged.
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Aimericans
Heroine Foils Bold Robbery in Georgia Office
Miss Snyder, a stenographer in Bavannah Georgia, confronted a black burglar who attacked her, but she freed herself, alerted police, and saved the office safe. Despite smothering and tying, she surfaced from the ordeal, and the suspect fled. Authorities have no clue to the intruder's identity.
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Bavannam
Minn Tite Shydor
Ames i. I. Jakur
Shea
Hogra
Usin
Miss Snyder
TJ Hag
Minn Snyder
Schoo O
Yelp
Tragic Fishing Accident Shocks Pa. Pool Crowd
In Taugthway Pa on September 9 a man struck a trout measuring inches in a pool, causing a collision that left bystanders stunned. The swimmer resurfaced and was pulled from the water as an ambulance ferried him and unfamiliar companions to the hospital.
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Tudgway
Deering
Pat
Distream
Lightning fire wrecks barn killing livestock at Selbyville
A storm at Selbyville destroys a barn and burns mules and cattle. One mule is left with burned ears after the blaze, which followed a wire fence to ignite nearby hogs and other stock. The report notes multiple animals killed or burned as the fire spread through the farm buildings.
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Selbyvilue
Ind
W Gay
Pilchard
Notice to Pasture Owners at Goff Hill Farm
Notice to all persons pasturing on Goff Hill farm to call at the farm house on or before September 10, 1916, to adjust any terms in connection with pasturing.
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Goff
Hikhill
Or Ber Tember
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