Storm Wrecks Roads and Crops Across Akeley Area
A fierce storm starting near George Stoddards on Sunday afternoon roared over hills and valleys. Bridges, logs, stumps, and rocks were torn loose while roads flooded and yards and cellars filled. crops flattened and damaged heavily. Locals report the event as the worst seen in years with notable damage to farms, bridges north of Akeley destroyed, and farmers patching the landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akeley
Oscar Johnson
Jasper Austin
Run Road
John Marsh
Warren
Carl Brown
Los Angeles
C. E
W. B. Hale
Chas. Barney
T. M. Howard
Grand View Fruit Farm
Bear Lake Community Notes and Obituary Update
Bear Lake notes residents at U B Church gathering Aug 5 and reports a string of local events. Hannah Angquist dies after a long illness with funeral at B Church. Wm Habicht of Chautauqua visits. Rush Chapman moves family into former Emma Johnson home. New Fords for George Cornish and Elwood Connell. John Lyons recovers after a serious illness. Chicago visitors E L Perkins and son George. Corry visitor Mrs Cady. Kim Wooden suffers hay rake accident. Local visitors include Harry Winch, Mrs Earl Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Ladies Aid of
U. B. Church
Zilphia Pardee
Hannah Angquist
B. Church
Wm. Habicht
Chautauqua
Rush Chapman
Emma Johnson
George Cornish
Elwood Connell
John Lyons
E. L. Perkins
George
Chicago
Fred Perkins
Cady
Corry
E. YL. Chapman
Kim Wooden
Harry Winch and Son
Lakewood
Earl Wilson
Niobe
K. Wooden
East Branch Notes and a Historic Obituary
East Branch news reports visitors including Mrs. Harry Patterson and children from Corry and Rev. H. A. McNitt, with social calls from Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Mitchell and others. The Whiteley Reunion is postponed due to a cloudburst. Franklin Ski Skiff, longtime East Branch resident, dies after a Civil War era service and marriage in 1854.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Branch
Harry Patterson
Corry
W. D. Mitchell
H. A. McNitt
Spartansburg
F. D. Day
Cherry Grove
Lena Scott
Titusville
D. D. Reno
Whiteley
A. P. Whiteley
Erie
Mill Village
C. D. Reno
Mr. Skiffi
Jie 2Ai
Crawford County
Hillside Play Day Draws Large Attendance and Music
Hillside held a well attended Play Day with a noon dinner from baskets and afternoon games. The Salvation Army Band from Warren provided music while residents shared news of local visitors and health updates for Ira Sherman and Mrs. Sherman.
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Hillside
Salvation Army
Warren
Ira Sherman
Gertrude Johnson
Nash Bailey
Bailey Hill
Clarence Dougherty
Sugar Grove
Hillside Friends
James Woodburn
Lottsville
Cale
Susie Schendler
Ruth Palmer
Erie
L. Sherman
Hillside Church
Harry Cale
Wellsville Splits Doubleheader With Jamestown and Hornell
In Wellsville the first game ends 8 to 6 with Jamestown over Wellsville. The second game from Wellsville lasts 18 innings ending 2 to 2 between Jamestown and Wellsville. In Bradford Hornell defeats Bradford 7 to 5.
Friday Results From Rainy Jamestown–Hornell and Wellsville–Warren
Weather disrupted play as Jamestown Hornell and Wellsville Warren mapped rain affected games. Bradford 8 Olean 3 reports a score in the region.
Hornell split with Jamestown and Wellsville routs Warren
In Jamestown the first game ended 0 to 1 with Hornell losing to Jamestown and the second game 1 to 0 in seven innings. Olean defeated Bradford 8 to 1. At Wellsville the first game finished 8 to 4 for Wellsville over Warren and the second game was 4 to 1.
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Jamestown
Hornell
Olean
Bradford
Wellsville
Warren
Sunday Results From Jamestown and Bradford Games
In Jamestown Hornell lost 2 to 5 while Bradford beat Warren 6 to 5 in a pro tested contest noted by officials.
Monday's Results Hornello Warren
Hornello and Warren lead Monday results as the main event. other games were postponed due to rain, reducing the schedule for the day.
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Hornello
Warren
Wednesday Results From Jamestown Wellsville and Nearby Games
Wednesday results show postponements at Jamestown Wellsville due to wet grounds and Hornell Olean also postponed by rain Bradford lost 0 to 3 at Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown-Wellsville
Warren
Bradford
Hornell-Olean
Eugenic ruled Denver infant raised with Spartan simplicity
A Denver child, Frederick Fish, 18 months, is raised under eugenic ideas with strict, toyless play and no Santa Claus instruction. He is fed a simple diet of cereal with milk and a cow, taught perfect table manners, and spoken to in plain terms, never using baby talk.
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Denver
Colo
Santa Claus
Frederick Fish
Frederick
Educated Grownups Debate Euthenist and Eugenist Roles
Mrs. Fish and her husband Frederick are discussed as eugenists and euthenists shaping a child named Frederick. The piece explores environment versus breeding, the cow Cherry as Frederick’s playmate, and views on toys, Santa Claus myths, and corporal punishment versus reasoning for toddlers.
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Frederick
Cherry
Mrs. Fish
Santa Claus
Santa
Freddy
General War Survey Reports Fluid Fronts and Evacuations
Dispatches from Geneva note Russian evacuation rumors at Warsaw and surrounding areas while Russians destroy property to deny German use. French statements flag German aerial activity at Nanaj Saint Pol Sur Mer and Gravelines with minor damage. Fighting persists in the Labyrinth area and Argonne with no major engagements elsewhere.
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Warsaw
Geneva
Switzerland
Lalbach
Austria
Nanaj
Saint Pol-Sur-Mer
Gravelines
Constantinople
Narew
Ostroienka
Vistula
Bug
Ivangorod
Vieprz
Amsterdam
Ypres
Crowds at San Diego Fair Set Attendance Records
San Diego August 4 attendance at the Panama- California exposition topped prior monthly figures with 301,937 visitors and a daily average of 9,740. Total attendance since opening to August 1 reached 1,265,518, per the bureau of admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Bureau of Admissions
Italy's Economic Condition Before the Present War
Washington reports a National Geographic Society briefing on prewar Italy outlining its weak resource base, heavy debt, and reliance on foreign supplies. It notes a rapid emigration driven by limited work, strong Italian thrift, and a trade pattern favoring Germany and Britain while the United States bought little from Italy.
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Washington
Italy
Austria- Hungary
National Geographic Society
United States
Germany
America
Argentina
Europe
Italy Trade and Textile Competition Not Favorable
The article notes Italy exports textiles and commodities like leather, fruits, olives, and marble while imports to the country face limited growth. Japanese competition had nearly taken Italy's textile share in British India before last August, with other major nations tightening fits. The future may hinge on fertile soils and climate for vegetables and fruits. A separate court scene features a milk inspector testifying Numoff washed hands, with a judge joking about complexion and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
British India
Dairyman Fined for Washing Hands in Milk Bucket
Karo Numoff, a dairyman serving the Tricities, was fined $10 and costs in Police Magistrate Sewell's Court in Granite City Missouri on Friday for washing his hands in a bucket of milk. The complaint was filed by Geo-
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Dairyman
Karo Numoff
Sewell
Granite City
Missouri
Geo
Erie Flood Devastates Uptown Business District
City workers under Mayor W. J. Stern and four council members battled a sudden flood that surged from Twenty-sixth and French to Tenth and State, a mile-long swath. A five-foot wall of water released from a dam carried debris like a battering ram against first buildings along Twenty-sixth Street.
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W. J. Stern
Twenty-sixth Street
French Street
Uptown
Tenth
State Streets
Twenty Sixth Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keates
Lucy Root
Rootville
G. L. Blanchard
Olean Ee
Jamestown-Hornell
Wellsville-Warren
Carver House
Rge Mueller
Numoff
National Anti-Substitution League
Philadelphia
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