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Sir Richard Powell Cooper dies near London at 66 hailed as a famed farmer. Miss Lillian H. Mahn dies by gas in Brooklyn after grief over a runaway brother. A 12 year old girl in New York survives attempted self-harm but is blinded. Cyclone hits Washington area. two dead. White House and Capitol damaged. Chinese government deploys troops as big battle looms. Cipriano Castro partisans seize Coro and capture Falcon governor in Venezuela.
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Richard Powell Cooper
London
Lillian H. Mahn
Brooklyn
New York
Washington
White House
Capitol
Willemstad
Cipriano Castro
Coro
Venezuela
Falcon
Navy to Recommend Four New Battleships
General board of the navy is expected to recommend four new battleships. An aeroplane with two men overturns and plunges into the ocean off Atlantic City New Jersey. occupants are rescued. Cable dispatches report the revolt in Southern China against Pekin government near its end. Mr McAdoo announces federal cash to help move crops. Britain warns it will not participate in the Panama explosion controversy.
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General Board of the Navy
Atlantic City
N. J
China
Pekin
McAdoo
The
Treasury
Great Britain
State Department
Panama
President nominates Indian for register of the treasury
The president nominates an Indian candidate for the register of the treasury post. The report notes birthday greetings from the president to the kings of Norway and Greece. A separate item records the drowning of Mrs. Ella A. Ames in Oswego New York after leaping into a canal. The treasury shows July deficit of over nine million dollars. Senator Walsh of Montana says wool rates won’t ruin sheep growers. President Gomez of Venezuela plans to lead troops in person against rebels led by General Castro. Mrs. Charles M. Smith of Brooklyn sues for loss of consortium and claims she followed her husband to Delaware Water Gap and found him at a hotel with another woman.
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Register of the Treasury
Norway
Greece
Ella A. Ames
Oswego
N. Y
United States Treasury
Walsh
Montana
Gomez
Venezoula
Castro
Charles M. Smith
Brooklyn
Delaware Water Gap
Girl from Indo China Held at Ellis Island
A young girl from Indo China claims she is not Chinese as authorities at Ellis Island investigate her case. Detectives probe a drowning report of a girl bather at Fillings lake New Jersey. Charles Deets dies after being struck by a pitched ball during a Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania baseball game. Treasury reports July deficit of ten million dollars renews budget reform hopes. Forty suffragettes disrupt St. Pauls cathedral service in London with a Pankhurst protest. Attorney General Carmody opposes governor requests for opinions on publicly stated executive positions.
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Ellis Island
Fillings Lake
N. J
Charles Deets
Wilkes-Barre
Federal
Treasury
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Pankhurst
Car
Bankers to aid McAdoo in crop fund distribution
Bankers will assist Mr. McAdoo in distributing a $50,000,000 crop fund. The plan involves coordinating loans and disbursements to farmers through banking partners to stabilize wartime agriculture finance.
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McAdoo
Utica
Menocal
Cuba
General Hernandez
Venezuela
Naionalista Party
Interstate Commerce Court
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
John Lind
Minnesota
Army 7000 marches on against Castro rebels
An army of 7000 men leaves Cara cas to operate against the rebel followers of General Cipriano Castro. Three Democrats vote against a currency bill emerging from conference with a narrow majority. American physicians attend the International Medical congress in London. A Pekin dispatch notes Japanese warships at Amoy backing Manchus in China. New York District Attorney Whitman delays his decision on fusion party nomination as Republican leaders urge him to run for mayor.
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Caracas
Cipriano Castro
London
International Medical Congress
Pekin
Amoy
China
Whitman
New York
Repubican
Council rejects charter study on Warren city election
At a regular meeting the council rejected a special committee report urging a special election this month on Warren’s incorporation as a third class city under a commission form. The council instead indicated Warren would adopt the commission government on January 1, 1915, and a mandamus might force an election.
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Warren
Messrs. Durham
Hazen
Miller
Commission
Autoist’s risky prank ends in fatal plunge near Franklin
Edwin O Crawford 45 a oil and gas operator from Emlenton was killed instantly when his car plunged 30 feet over an embankment at Emleton. Four women including his wife and Crawford’s sister in law were injured. Miss Mary Newmeyer of DuBois was in the front seat as Crawford tried to grab her pocketbook. The car swerved after striking a rough spot and rolled twice. The injuries threaten Mrs Lamberton.
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Franklin
Edwin O. Crawford
Emlenton
Emleton
George Lamberton
George S’. Fox
Crawford
Mary Newmeyer
DuBois
Lamberton
Carnegie Sees Paris Reporters Playful Exchange
Le Cri de Paris notes Carnegie’s days in Paris as reporters crowd him for impressions. He praises journalism, saying he regrets not becoming a journalist. A reporter retorts that he regrets not becoming a multi millionnaire.
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le Cri de
Paris
Carnegie
Monsieur Carnegie
Retail Merchants Hold Convention in Warren Show
The Made in Warren exhibition attracts attention as hundreds visit the display. The event highlights Warren’s diverse industries and turns locals into boosters for locally made products. The show runs through Saturday evening for townspeople to view the exhibits.
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Warren
August fiction in Scribner and Lipp incites readers with serials
Scribner's Magazine for August features short stories by Thomas Nelson Page Jas B Connolly Katherine Fullerton Gerould and others plus installments of Mrs Wharton and John Galsworthy serials Will Levington Comfort offers The Crudstone Conquest in August Lippincotts The Red Book Magazine enlarges its scope with remarkable short stories and opens two serial novels What Will People Say by Rupert Hughes and The Passionate Friends by H G Wells.
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Scribner’s
Thomas Nelson Page
Jas. B. Connolly
Katherine Fullerton Gerould
Mrs.Wharton
John Galsworthy
Will Levington Comfort
Rupert Hughes
H. G. Wells
W C T U Praises Quiet Power of Prohibition Message
The Iowa Woman’s Christian Temperance Union issues a formal welcome to Cedar Rapids liquor dealers, arguing saloons corrupt homes and public life. It contrasts the mayor’s greeting with a broader community stance, citing social ills and costs tied to alcohol and urging strict limits on liquor commerce.
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Maver
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Philadelphia
North American
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of
Liquor Men’s Association
Liquor Association
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Iowa Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Commercial Club
United States Supreme Court
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Saturday Evening Post
Melville Davisson
Iowa W. C. T. U
Forward Movement of Morals of the Race
Fragmentary line references the forward movement of the morals of the race. The readable text hints at a discussion likely connected to athletic conduct or sportsmanship standards, but other details are not available within the surviving portion.
Clarion State Normal Admits Graduates Without Exam
Clarion State Normal opens to high school graduates with no further examination and credits prior work. Departments are strong with domestic science elective for manual training, health cared by an experienced nurse, two physical training teachers, and music graduations. Fall term opens September 9. Write for catalogue. John Ballentine, Vice Principal, Clarion, Pa.
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Clarion State Normal
John Ballentine
Clarion
Beaver Falls Decides to Become a Third-Class City
Beaver Falls voters cast about two thirds of the registered turnout and approved a move to third-class city status by 531 to 354. All wards except the Fifth and Sixth favored the change amid complaints of mismanagement under the 18-member council.
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Beaver Falls
Dogs of Belgium and the fate of cart pulling hounds
The piece describes Belgian cart dogs that overwork themselves to death, driven by the milk trade. It notes the dogs savor brief work then suffer paralysis and starvation, and laments the tragic impact on memories of Belgium.
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Belgium
DANGER SEEN IN GENIUSES AND A.M. Russell Dies
A U.S. education official warns that exceptionally bright children can be more dangerous to society than the mentally deficient. He urges unified action by educators and officials and calls for laws to direct educational training of all children. A. N. Russell, Mohawk Valley business leader, dies at 87 in Illion after helping save Remington & Sons as a receiver years ago.
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Maxmillian P. E. Grossemann
United States Bureau of Education
United States
Dr. Grossemann
A. N. Russell
Mohawk Valley
Illion
Remington & Sons
Mr. Russell
State Cattle Indemnity Payment Delayed
Indemnity bills totaling $22,000 for cattle owners killed by state officers due to disease are on hold in the auditor general's office while their legality as ordinary government expenses is determined.
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Pennsylvania
Auditor General's Department
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Remnant
Remnant Department
Green & Davidson
Penn’a
Sharples Dairy
Sharples
Patterson
Pickett Hardware Company
Warren, Pennsylvania
Ilion
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