Erie Flood Devastates City as Mill Creek Runs Wild
A cloudburst and Glenwood dam breach flood Erie Pennsylvania killing at least twenty five with property losses over three million dollars. Firefighters lifeguards and volunteers rescue survivors as trains are stalled and power gas service disrupted.
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Erie
D. S. Hanley
Sterns
Hanley
Mill Creek
Eric
Glenwood
State Street
Leemhus Wagon Works
Nelson Machine Shop
Jarecki and
Lovell Wood
Sherry
Bates
Emma Osborne
Parade Street
John Donovan
Sweeney Anderson
East Ninth Street
John Higgins
James Higgins
Cora Anderson Main
East Seventeenth Street
Katharine E. Carroll
Thomas Langdon
Stern
Sixteenth Regiment
Pennsylvania National Guard
Man accused of wedding three widows in Pittsburgh case
Charles H. Davis of Spokane was arraigned in Pittsburgh on bigamy charges after records show marriages to three women since November and courting a fourth. He allegedly gave bonds, checks, and securities totaling tens of thousands of dollars to multiple wives before being arrested following further advances.
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Pittsburgh
Charles H. Davis
Spokane
Wash
H. A. Young
Brooklyn
N. Y
L. M. Hines
Oak Street
Kansas City
Emma Donahue
Young
East River
Brooklyn Bridge
Mary Kallen
Becker Executed in New York for Rosenthal Murder
Ossining N Y July 30 Charles Becker former police lieutenant in charge of New York Citys strong arm squad was electrocuted at Sing Sing for the murder of Herman Rosenthal a gambler on July 16 1912. His dying declaration proclaims innocence and praises his wife Helen Becker.
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Ossining
N. Y
Charles Becker
New York City
Sing Sing
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Helen Becker
Oldest Pumper Remains Steady at National Oil
Titusville July 31 John Lorenz a longtime pump man for National Oil on Goodwin hill marks his 30th year with the company and longest uninterrupted service in the field. He recalls shifts from coal boiler firing to gasoline engines and notes labor cuts but keeps his post on three leases totaling 52 wells while saving for his family on a well kept farm.
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Titusville
John Lorenz
National Oil Company
Goodwin Hill
Lorenz
Get your tenant leases at the Mail Office
Community notice invites residents to pick up tenant lease documents at the Mail Office. Includes address and hours for collection and contact details for assistance.
Becker Execution Timings Released by Sing Sing Doctor
Official figures from Sing Sing prison detail Charles Becker's execution timeline. Dr. C W Fury records Becker entering the death chamber at 5 42 a m strapped to the chair at 5 43 a m first contact at 5 44 to 5 45 a m second contact at 5 47 a m third contact at 5 49 a m and death pronounced at 5 53 a m.
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Charles Becker
C. W. Fury
Sing Sing
Becker
Becker First Man To Leave Sing Sing For New Trial
Charles Becker became the first inmate to leave Sing Sing after a granted new trial and then face the death penalty again. In all prior cases those granted a new trial did not return to the death house.
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Charles Becker
Sing Sing Death House
Sing Sing
New Destroyer Ericsson Delivered for Tests in Philadelphia
The torpedo boat destroyer Ericsson, built by New York Shipbuilding, was delivered to the government at the Philadelphia navy yard. It is 300 feet long with 17 000 horsepower engines and reached 29 knots on trial. After commissioning it will head to Newport for further testing.
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Philadelphia
Ericsson
New York Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Newport
R. IL
Youngstown Iron & Steel to Open New Open Hearth Plant
The Youngstown Iron and Steel company’s new open hearth steel plant in Lowellville near Youngstown Ohio, nearly complete, produced its first steel Saturday and will be formally opened today. A special train bearing stockholders and officials led by President John Pew departs to the plant as furnaces soaking pits and buildings stand finished.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Iron & Steel Company
Lowellsville
John Pew
Youth Drowns After Call For Help At River Race
Bellefontaine Ohio August 4. Thomas Duff 18 of Quincy drowned in the Miami river after calling for aid while swimming. Companions mistook the plea for a joke and he was believed exhausted after winning a swimming race.
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Bellefontaine, O
Thomas Duff
Quincy
Miami River
He Really Believes In Walking
Middletown New York August 4 Believing in walking benefits Anthony J Foss of this city employed at the New York City Sanitarian Otisville walks to and from his work daily an 18 mile journey
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Middletown
N. Y
Anthony J. Foss
City of New York
Otisville
Tightening lines in Keystone State politics
Pittsburgh, Aug. 2. The state faces a mixed political scene with Penrose and Governor Brumbaugh at odds. Philadelphia shows a tug between Brumbaugh and W. S. Vare for mayor while Penrose aims to control national delegates. Magee and Armstrong plot a county ticket aligned with liquor interests as Brumbaugh vows to push local option legislation.
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Pittsburgh
Senator Penrose
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Philadelphia
Vare Brothers
Penrose
W. S. Vare
Brumbaugh
John W. Morin
Samuel C. Jamison
Magee
Public Service Commission
Armstrong
Allegheny County
Borrowed Canadian Nurses Sent to Dardanelles
About 30 to 40 Canadian nurses and a dozen doctors who have served in France are being borrowed by the British medical service and sent to the Dardanelles. A sixth corps of nurses is being organized by the Canadian government at present.
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Ottawa
France
Dardanelles
Ohio Miners Idle as WV Ads Do Not Fill Jobs
In Bridgeport Ohio on August 4 a report from Sub-District President C J Albasin notes about 5000 miners remain idle in the Eastern Ohio field. These workers have been idle for a year and a half and endure severe privations despite coal operators in West Virginia advertising for miners.
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Ohio
Bridgeport
West Virginia
C. J. Albasin
Clarksville Boy Lands 23.4-Pound Catfish Record
Bruce Kay, 13, of Clarksville catches the season's biggest catfish near the Clarksville dam. The fish weighed 23.4 pounds and measured 36 inches, reported from Sharon, Pennsylvania on August 4.
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Sharon
Bruce Kay
Clarksville
Conductor Loses Both Legs In Pennsylvania Railroad Accident
Gerald Catlin aged 24 a conductor on the Allegheny division was run down by an engine in the railroad yards at Oil City Pennsylvania and both legs were severed at the knee in the incident reported August 4.
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Oil City
Gerald Catlin
Allegheny Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Population of City Increase Shown in Warre n Pennsylvania Figures
An unofficial 1915 population estimate shows the continental United States at 100,399,318, up from 91,072,266 in 1910. New York leads with 10,086,568. Pennsylvania 8,383,992. Illinois 6,069,529. Ohio 5,088,627. Warren County towns show gains since 1910, notably Warren with 4,302 increase and Erie adding 7,273.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Los Angeles
Union
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Cleveland
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Buffalo
Warren
Oil City
Franklin
Meadville
Erie
Schwab's Men Get 10 Percent Raise at Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel announces a voluntary 10 percent pay increase for its 17 000 employees effective August 1. Monthly payroll rises to about 1 250 000 dollars, adding 125 000 dollars per month and 1 500 000 dollars annually. Similar action expected at subsidiaries Union Iron Works San Francisco Fore River Shipyards Quincy Harlan Hollingsworth and other plants.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Charles M
Schwab
B. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Fore River Shipyards
Quincy
Mass
Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington
Del
Anthrax Report Hits Swedesboro Farm Cattle
Two cows on the Gibbs farm owned by Herbert Sickler in Swedesboro New Jersey have died and authorities report anthrax as the cause. The rest of the herd shows no signs of illness. State officials have been notified.
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Gibbs
Herbert Sickler
Swedesboro
N. J
Lightning Strikes Farmer in Clear Sky Fatality
Elmer Swarthley a Line Lexington Pa farmer dropped dead in the barnyard as heart failure from a bolt of lightning. The sky was clear though faint thunder and dim flashes were noted.
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Elmer Swarthley
Line Lexington
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Sixth
German
Lake Erie Shore
Naval Militia
McMahon
Fourteenth Street
New York Central
Lieut. Becker
Harry
Gyp the
Horowitz
Louis
Lefty Louie”) Rosenberg
Frank
Dago Frank
Cirofici
Jacob Seidenschner
Whitey Lewis
Keystone State
Census Department For
West
Bradford Butler
DuBois Aee
Franklin Ame
Punxsutawney
Wibroving I.e Oh
New Castle
Wee Ee Eee
Bethlehem Steel
Dread Anthrax
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