Erie Deluge Brings Relief Fund Drive And Death Toll
Erie officials report about 20 000 raised for flood relief as a citywide canvass planned to aid survivors. Three more bodies identified bringing the known dead to 29 while health and sanitation measures aim to avert an epidemic. Tons of clothing collected by women are distributed to the homeless. Funeral services begin for victims as coroner prepares inquests.
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Erie
Eric
Isadore Sobel
William Devitt
Minnie Stoler
Edward Barber
Associated Charities
Stern
Mayor Stern
William Spencer
First National Bank
Emma Osborne
Hanley
Strangers to Her Refer to Nip and Tuck Finish
A late arrival asks who won the half mile, a young woman guesses Nip and Tuck won the race after overhearing speculation. The exchange captures a casual, period newspaper tone and crowd chatter around a track event.
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Buffalo Express
Train Whist Spark Sparks Domestic Dispute
A wife questions her husband about a missing cook on a train. The commuter admits she was aboard but explains he won her in a game of whist by a Lonelyville man, prompting dispute over her whereabouts.
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Atlanta Journal
Get your tenant leases at the Mail Office
Residents are urged to pick up or submit tenant lease documents at the Mail Office. The notice emphasizes timely processing and required identification for access.
Battleships Sent To Impress Mexicans At Vera Cruz
Washington orders two battleships to Vera Cruz amid anti American agitation to show US resolve to protect citizens and foreigners. The move follows naval reports of rising anti US sentiment and aims to support the Carranza government while avoiding force in Mexico unless events demand it.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
New Hampshire
Newport
R. I
Carranza
McNamee
Mexico
Navy Department
United States
Louisiana
State Department
Wilson
New York
Mexican
Noah Ate That Apple Rewrites Genesis Origin Tale
Philadelphia August 8. Dr Steven Langdon of Oxford University translates a Sumerian tablet at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The tablet claims Noah disobeyed the cassia tree ban in Eden, bringing ill health and death, older than Genesis by centuries, and reinterpreting the flood timeline and early human history.
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Noah
Adam and
Eve
Steven Langdon
Oxford University
University of Pennsylvania
Lan
Gdon
Garden of Paradise
Authorities Doubt Gerry Seen as Oliver Osborne in Tanzer Case
New York August 11 federal officials discount a New York paper claim that Herbert F Gerry of Boston is the elusive Oliver Osborne in the Rae Tanzer vs James W Osborne breach of promise case. Assistant U S Attorney Roger B Wood says investigation shows Osborne not Gerry's alias. A Justice Department man in Boston continues checking Gerry’s record.
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Herbert F. Gerry
Oliver Osborne
New York
Boston
Rae Tanzer
James W. Osborne
United States
Roger B. Wood
Gerry
Department of Justice
Billion Bushel Wheat Crop Reaches Record Harvest
American farmers harvest the largest wheat crop in history with a potential total near 966 million bushels based on August 1 crop conditions. Strong yields forecast across other cereals and food crops as well.
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Department of Agriculture
Eugenic Woman Ideal Foreseen by Read at Panama Expo
Dr. A J Read, professor of hygiene, spoke at the Panama Pacific Exposition conference on race betterment. He described the eugenic woman as taller darker and better dressed for health, with a plump but not fat figure and ruddy skin, noting trends toward sensible hygienic dress.
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A. J. Read
Normal School of Physical Education
Battle Creek
Mich
San Francisco
Dr. Read
Mercersburg plant hurries camp stove order for allies
Mercer Pennsylvania August 11 The Reznor Stove Co halves Saturday holidays and extends workday by thirty minutes to speed completion of an order for over a million camp stoves for Allied governments before cold weather.
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Mercer
Reznor Stove Company
Sweet Corn Raising in Central Illinois Factories
Central Illinois canning firms expect 25,000,000 cans this season with twenty thousand acres planted for canneries. Growers receive 55 to 65 cents per hundredweight for sweet corn weighed at the Bloomington factories, minus husk deductions. Returns vary by grade, averaging about $14 to $18 per acre depending on corn quality.
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Illinois
Bloomington
Lightning Strikes Plattsburg Hotel Crowd Sparking Earrings
During a severe storm in Plattsburg New York Rose Bailey at Foster's Hotel Bluff Point was struck by lightning. Earrings were torn from her ears while Mrs. Foster and the chef endured the blast. Bailey and Foster fainted. the chef remained unharmed. Louder thunder flash knocked chauffeurs to the ground as damage spread through the city.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Rose Bailey
Foster’s
Bluff Point
Miss Bailey
Chinese Fathers Right of Life Over Children Asserted
A Chinese father holds the supreme right of life and death over his children and is not subject to any law in this respect.
General War Survey Shows Russian Retreat From Warsaw
Russian reports indicate Grand Duke Nicholas’ army evacuates Warsaw in an orderly retreat but fights to contest German pursuit toward the east. Paris dispatches note limited French-German fighting near the Argonne and surrounding areas as Italians report gains in Cadore and Austrians pull back toward Burgstall.
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Nicholas
Warsaw
Vistula
France
Argonne Forest
Sanchez
Tracy-le-Val
Berry-au- Bac
Turin
Monte San Michele
Zia
London
Rome
Cadore
Burgstall
Sexten
Baltic
Paris
Dog to the rescue: Tiny Andora finds help for stranded driver
In Lansdale Pennsylvania Harry Miller left a note on his dog Tiny Andora on a rural road. The collie led help back to Miller's stranded auto truck within a half hour. Miller values the dog highly and declined an offer of $1000 for its loyalty and speed.
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Lansdale
Harry Miller
Tiny Andora
Miller
Astenmore
Prince Pignatelli Declares Bankruptcy in Brooklyn Court
Prince Ludovic d Aragon Pignatelli son of Don Jaime pretender to the Spanish throne filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Brooklyn federal court after discovering cash on hand of 28 cents against debts of 36 545 32. The case reveals his precarious financial position and legal step toward relief.
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New York
Ludovic d'Aragon Pignatelli
Don Jaime
Spain
Brooklyn
Maniac's Bite Threatens Nurse at St Elizabeth Hospital
A patient who suddenly went insane bit Miss Ruth Carter a nurse at St Elizabeth hospital. The bite on her hand two months ago led to a widespread infection now affecting her whole system. Miss Carter, 21, from Arlington Hudson county, is under hospital care as doctors work to halt the mysterious illness. The attacker was sent to Morris Plains state hospital for the insane.
Pay Up or Be Exposed War Aid List to Be Made Public
Secretary McAdoo announced that on Oct 1 he would publish the names of all individuals who received government aid to relocate from the European war zone at the outbreak of hostilities and have not repaid the amounts advanced, limited to those able to repay.
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Washington
McAdoo
Europe
Dunkirk France A Historic Fortress On Western Front
Dunkirk, a key western battle line point since Antwerp fell, is described as a fortified French port with a long history. The National Geographic primer notes its fortifications, sieges, and central role in European wars, linking Dunkirk to Calais, Dunkirk’s canal system, and regional industrial hubs.
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Washington, D. C
Dunkirk
Antwerp
National Geographic Society
France
Baldwin Ivi
Flanders
Conde
Louis XIV
Austria
Rotterdam
Marshall Turenne
Cromwell
the Dunes
England
Charles II
Utrecht
Paris
Duke of York
Calais
Gravelines
Bergues
Bourbourg
Belgium
Department
Nord
Lille
Dixmude
Nunkirk
Bordeaux
Pas-de-Calais
Artois
Roubaix
Valencianes
Armentieres
Tourcoing
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Philadelphia
Langdon
Ralph DE Palma
Des
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American Press Association
Mercer (Pa
Bolt
Prince Pignatelli
Maniac
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