DEATH CLAIMS PROMINENT WARREN MAN
The Hon. Charles W. Stone died at his Stone Hill home after a yearlong illness. Born 1843 in Groton Mass, he rose from Warren teacher to lieutenant governor and four-term congressman, shaping financial policy and weights and measures legislation. Survived by six children and brothers, he was active in the Warren Public Library and Centennial Association.
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Charles W. Stone
Stone Hill
Warren
Mr. Stone
Groton
Mass
Union School
Erie Academy
F. M. Abbott
Col. A. P. Shattuck
Southland
Rasselas Brown
State Senate
Pennsylvania
Stone
Commonwealth
Beaver
Congress
Elizabeth Moorhead
Thomas Moorhead
Erie
William H. Allen
Joseph H. DeFrees
Ralph W
Horace Crary
John L
Clara R
R. B. Stone
Bradford
George Stone
Seattle
Wash
Warren Public Library
Centennial Association
First Presbyterian Church
Committee On Weights and Measures
R. P. Bland
Sugar fraud cases net nearly a quarter million recovered in Philadelphia
Treasury and Justice departments announce the nearly $250,000 recovered from Philadelphia sugar companies after a year long probe into sixteen to seventeen year claims. No criminal intent found among company officials or customs workers. Settlements include $100,000 from W J McCahan, $124,386 from Franklin, and $22,000 released from liabilities. Automatic electric scales to replace current weighing methods.
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Philadelphia
Treasury
Curtis
Wickersham
W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Company
Franklin Sugar Refining Company
New York
Spreckels Sugar Refining Company
Customs Service
Treasury Department
Italian King's Grandmother Dead
Rome August 15 The Dowager Duchess of Genoa has died ending the life of a key royal matriarch. Her loss is announced from the Italian court in a scene of national mourning.
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Rome
Genoa
Record of Many Happenings Condensed for Time Readers
The Detroit motorboat reaches Queenstown after an eventful voyage. Zuara the Turkish stronghold in Tripoli draws Italian military attention. A Brooklyn mother saves two children from a runaway horse team but is knocked down and likely fatally hurt. Governor Wilson’s Sea Girt acceptance speech calls for downward tariff revision. Colonel Cornwell, a Pennsylvania guardsman, ends his life amid embezzlement fears with $227,000 misused and no prosecution.
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Brooklyn
Wilson
Sea Girt
Cornwell
Pennsylvania
President Killed in Hayti Palace Explosion Shocks Nation
Saturday reports confirm the Haytian president died in an explosion at the National Palace. Meanwhile Madero pursues peace talks with northern and southern rebel leaders as turmoil spans the region.
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Hayti
National Palace
Madero
Marshall
Maine
Wilson
Notable 1910s Sanctioned Events Highlight Turbulent Era
Rep Theron E Catlin of St Louis is unseated. seven murderers die at Sing Sing within hours. Egyptian cotton crop expected to set records. Corsican hits iceberg east of Belle Isle but continues voyage. Edna M Gray of Brooklyn sought after ride with stranger. Cuautla ambush kills 35 soldiers and 20 passengers. Fireworks explosion in Auburn kills six. William Barnes Jr named Taft advisor. A mob lynches a man in Columbus Georgia. Navy warned to drop to fifth in ships. one warship authorization cited. Blue Point New Jersey hotel keeper dies trapped in car. mounted officer’s horse helps to safety. cop and companion survive Quicksands.
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St. Louis
Sing Sing
Allan Line
Belle Isle
Edna M. Gray
Brooklyn
Cuautla
Morelos
Auburn
N. Y
William Barnes, Jr
Taft
Columbus
Navy
Meyer
Beginnings of Lifeboat and Lightning Risk in Cities
The article traces early lifeboat design by Lionel Lukin from 1785, noting slow adoption in Britain despite royal support. It cites electric wires as protective in storms, underground wiring trends, and historic shipwrecks like the Adventure in 1780 to illustrate rising lightning damage and the push toward lifeboat innovation as a public safety measure.
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Aage
Partico- London
Lionel Lukin
Prince of Wales
Royal
Bamborough
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