Greatest Blast That Shook the United States at Jersey City
Reports on the July 31 explosion of war material on Black Tom Island near Jersey City list 40 to 50 dead and more than 100 injured. Property losses may reach 26 million to 30 million dollars as thirteen warehouses were blown up and multiple ships and barges damaged or sunk. Dozens of buildings, piers, and tens of thousands of people across New Jersey, New York, and nearby areas suffered extensive damage and fear spread nationwide.
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New York
New Jersey
Jersey City
America
Black Tom Island
New York Bay
Jersey Shore
Statute of Liberty
Lehigh Valley Railroad
National Storage Warehouse
Atoma
New Jersey Central
Haif
Geneva
Lehigh Valley
Bridgeton
Itaca
Jersey Central
Ped Enia Island
Hoboken
Manhattan
Bronx
Queens
Brooklyn
Bayonne
Staten Island
British Assurances Stand In Financing Germany
Washington reports that the British embassy confirmed to the state department that Ambassador Spring-Rice’s assurance about the blacklist against certain American firms may be a preliminary reply to the US note. The embassy says it has definite knowledge that large sums of money or credit have been obtained for the German government by blacklisted firms, though no precise amount is disclosed to avoid revealing neutrals and suspect firms.
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Washington
State Department
Spring-Rice
London
German Editors Shut Up In Wartime Pressure
Wireless press arrives from Berne detailing a German decree ordering the internment of the entire editorial staff of the Leipzig Volks Zeitung for the war’s duration. Also reported are the arrest of four leading Socialists at Elberfeld and other Baltic region enforcement actions amid war unrest.
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London
Berne
Switzerland
Faipsig Volks Zeitung
Newg Per
Elberfeld
Rhenieh
Fint
Combining barn and implement shed for cost efficient farms
William A. Radford explains a two‑part farm building plan that blends a horse stable with an implement shed. The design features large storage for hay and straw, double doors, level floors, concrete foundations, and gambrel roofs to maximize space and heat efficiency while reducing cost.
Use of Barbed Wire in Allied Trenches
The article notes the vast scale of barbed wire use in WWI trench systems. Monthly U.S. shipments exceed a million pounds, with total exports since last July over seven billion pounds. Wire is shipped to England then France and Italy, woven into fortifications and frequently replaced after artillery damage. Allies request heavier wire with large barbs. Germany also uses entanglements though less from American manufacture, with occasional shipments via Denmark or Southwest routes.
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United States
England
France
Italy
Backache therapies and tonics advertised in local notices
A newspaper fragment touts Dean’s Kidney Pills for backache linked to kidney issues and cites Mrs Scull and other testimonials. It also mentions Chamberlain’s Tablets for indigestion and fatigue with claims of relief after two bottles, followed by local drugstore sales notes.
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Mra. Geo. Hon
Macedon, N. Y
Jay Johnston
Cumming
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Greettinger
E. B. Soper, Jr
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Leta
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Scull
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Buffalo
N.Y
Iowa State Farr
Ee Des
J. Hansen the Tailor
Lucas
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