Fires and accident reports from across Pennsylvania
A wide roundup notes forest fires in Luzerne County and a 700 acre blaze near Lily Lake. Incidents include a Bath man decedent after self harm, several traffic and mining accidents, multiple drownings and fatalities, a gypsy arrest in Lancaster, and local police and railway updates from Hazleton to Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Roth
Bath
Goose Run
Pottstown
Hazleton
John Levan
Grovania
Carlisle
William Waggoner
Fred Tippitt
Russell
Warren County
West Chester
Lewistown
Lily Lake
Pond ‘Hill
Luzerne
Duquesne Steelworks
Bar Merchant
L. C. Sweyer
Centre Point
Aetna Explosives Company
Irvingburg
Frances Maise
Reading
Draper
Gilberton
Daniel Bruce
Frackville
Jerry Jodofili
Bunker
Red Nanstiel
White Haven
Pleas to escape service in war across England
Tribunals across England hear exemption pleas from workers deemed indispensable. Artistic painters, undertakers, cartoonists, a clog dancer, sausage cutter, Bible packer and others seek relief while single men insist domestic duties justify exemption. Most cases grant postponements. some successes are brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Derby
Lewisham
Liverpool
London
London Tribunal
Mansion House
T. Vezey Strong
Penge
Los Angeles Woman Divorces Over Grandchildren Visit
A Los Angeles woman obtains a divorce after her second husband objects to her visiting his thirty five grandchildren. The court ruling highlights tensions over family access and marital boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Bite sharing in schools risks diphtheria spread
A school health notice warns that trading bites and lunches among pupils can transmit contagious diseases. Dr. Dixon notes statistics show communicable illnesses rise with the school year, urging teachers to teach hygiene to protect children and playmates and save lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Dixon
State Department of Health
West Pointers in Continental Defense Leaders Named
The article lists eminent officers and experts from West Point and allied services including FE Tillman, Col O B Mitcham, Maj W I Westervelt, ex police commissioners Bingham and McKay, Capt Matthew B Hanna, Brig Gen H F Hodges, Col John M Carson, Capt George K R Goethals, Col W G Haan, Loyal Farragut, Major W J Hawkins, Col Delamere Skerrett, Capt G W Beavers, and William C Muschenheim as diners from civilian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. Tillman
West Point
O. B. Mitcham
W. I
Texas
Westervelt
Sandy Hook
Theodore A. Bingham
Douglas J. McKay
Matthew B. Hanna
H. IF. Hodges
North Atlantic Coast Artillery District
John M. Carson
George KR. Goethals
H. J. Kehler
CC. M. Truitt
W. G. Haan
Beverly W. Dunn
Loyal Farragut
W. J. Hawkins
Delamere Skerrett
G. W. Beavers
William C. Muschenheim
Tames Wild Ducks
Madison Wisconsin reports on domesticating wild ducks for farm rearing. J C Halpin has run a successful program for three years with nearly 200 birds. Domesticated mallards fetch higher prices for meat and retain many wild instincts, including rapid herd responses to injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
J. C. Halpin
Twins and burglars interrupt stork visit in Kansas City
In Kansas City a burglary was interrupted by the arrival of twins at M. H. Brotherson's house on Ohio Avenue. Brotherson called help at 5 am, heard noises from his store, and returned to find the back door open, sacks missing, and boxes overturned as the burglars fled. Brotherson, already father of five, now has six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Presbytery
Charles H. Miller
First Presbyterian Church
Catasauqua
Bristol
Lewistown Narrows
Jerred Jodofili
Bunker Hill
Colgin Narron
State Hospital
Hazleton
Beaver Brook
Slackersville
C. M. Dodson Coal Company
Young Men’s Christian Association
Lancaster
Reading
Michael Hanna
Pottstown
Daniel
Francis Brobst
Cleveland Township
Columbia County
H. Jot
Allentown
Gorman
Erie
Pennsylvania
Flumane Society
Nationa Horse
The
Missionary Society of the Church of God
Carlisle
Mike Bunda
Lorain
Pittsburgh
Letort Spring
May String
John
Burgess Davis
Sharon
North Girard
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Broad Mountain
Hudsondale
Mauch Chunk
Charles McAvoy
James Robinson
Oakdale
Charles McMasters
Butler
Schuylkill
Lewistown
Lerger
Coxe Bros. Co
Frank Moyer
Walter S. Schell
Harrisburg
Susan McAfee
Johnsonburg
Good Shepherd
Clearfield
Philipsburg
John Rousinmko
Stockton
Lehigh Valley
Alexander Pittsburgh
Presbyterian General Assembly
New York
Allegheny Medical Society
York Railways Company
John Douglass
Carnival
Lacock Street
Jacob Heller
Mahoning
Joseph Bali
Pennsylvania Railroad
Heller
Bali
Washington Pike
Washington
Phoebe Keene
Huntington
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio
Henry Winter
Mesta Machine Company
Worley Deacons
Deacons
Michael J. Rorke
Smithsonian Brewery
Greensburg
Harrison City
Charles Zahniser
Millvale
Zahniser
Kansas City
M. H. Brotherson
Ohio Avenue
Kansas
Mr. Brotherson
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Keystone State
West Pointers
Old Pickett Block
Warren, PA
Conewango Building Loan Association
Second Avenue
Conenango Building Loan Association
the Bennett Piano CO
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