Lawyer's Death Reveals He Had Three Wives and Homes
New York August 13 two death notices published for the same man, William Wallace Snyder, reveal a triple life. The Mount Vernon lawyer and merchant kept three wives in New Jersey and New York, with homes in Mount Vernon East Orange and Harrison. wills named different widows and two children are listed, while the suits seek control of one Harrison home and the estate distribution.
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New York
William Wallace Snyder
Mount Vernon
N. Y
East Orange and Harrison
N. J
Snyder
New York University
Harrison
Phoebe Baldwin
Belle
the Oranges
Lusinda Pabst
Trenton
Sarah Whitenack
New Jersey
Buffalo
White Plains
Sarah Whitenack Snyder
Lusinda Pabst Snyder
Phoebe Baldwin Snyder
Lucinda Pabst Snyder
Sarah Snyder
Grove
Hawthorne Avenue
East Orange
Lucinda Snyder
Jersey
Tody Hamilton The Word Coiner Dead in Baltimore
Richard F. Hamilton known as Tody Hamilton, longtime Barnum & Bailey Circus press representative, died at his Baltimore home after years of poor health. He traveled the country with the circus for 26 years and helped craft its famous posters and coined phrases. Born 1847 in New York, he worked in newspapers, finance, and show business, including Coup & Reiche and the Evening Journal, later serving as advance press agent for Bailey and managing various theaters and events. He spent the last decade of his life in Baltimore with extended work in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Press Club
Richard F. Hamilton
Tody” Hamilton
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Baltimore
San Francisco
Mr. Hamilton
California
New York “Herald
The
Cotton Exchange
Coup & Reiche
New York Aquarium
Tody
Long Branch
Hamilton
Arion Society
the Waldorf
Charles Evans Hughes
Watch Found Inside Cabbage Heart in Plainfield
In Plainfield Connecticut a man while hoeing cabbages dropped his watch and later his wife found it inside a cabbage head. The timepiece still runs but authorities joke a plant tendril may have wound it, sparking wonder.
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Hartford
Conn
Plainfield
Electric light bill trimmed after appeal to commission
New York August 10 an electric light service company reduced a months bill from sixty two dollars to two after a patron appealed to the public service commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Public Service Commission
Former Warren girl narrowly escapes injury in car mishap
Mrs. Archie D. Cohn of Warren drove a Bradford party Sunday in a new car when near Riverside the vehicle veered onto a bridge girder above the Allegany river. The car halted with most of the machine suspended over the stream before occupants climbed to safety and the machine was moved back onto the highway. Mrs. Cohn is the daughter of Geo Ball of Warren.
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Archie D. Cohn
Bradford
Wheat rise blamed on Chicago German Americans
London reports the Daily Telegraph and The Statist claim high wheat prices were engineered by German Americans in Chicago and by English market speculators. The pieces deem the rise unnecessary and hope Britons will receive supplies in time to counter London gamblers.
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London
Daily Telegraph Today
Chicago
Daily Telegraph
America
Great Britain
Razor used in family for a century passes through generations
Tulsa note reports E M Giles of Tulsa preserving a razor bought in England by his grandfather and used by three generations for over 100 years. Giles plans to bequeath the heirloom to a son in Kansas City as he nears 80.
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Tulsa
E. M. Giles
England
Giles
Kansas City
Benny Thomas Welsh Bantamweight Boxer Killed
Cardiff report confirms Benny Thomas a Welsh bantamweight boxer was killed in action during the war. The Ex reads the fighter lost his life in combat, details sparse.
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Benny Thomas
Cardiff
Wales
the Express
Hughes Jolts Cabinet Heads in Campaign Spark
Washington reports Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes intensifies attacks on the Wilson administration accusing civil service rule violations in census and coast and geodetic survey reorganizations. Senate Republicans flag immigration vote while administration plans for campaign moves and Shadow Lawn notification target early September.
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Washington
Charles Evans
Hughes
Wilson
Civil Service
Coast and Geodetic Survey Bureau
Senate
Democratic Steering Committee
Congress
U S Soldier Kills Comrade and Wounds Girl in Texas
In Brownsville Texas Corp James Clement of the Virginia Militia is killed while responding to pleas for help from Sofia Valdez a Mexican girl who is fatally wounded. A corporal named Dunches fled pursued then surrendered and is held at the county jail.
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James Clement
Virginia
Senovita
Brownsville
Tex
C. Company
Second
Virginia Regiment
Sofia Valdez
Quartermaster’s Corps
Regular Army
Dundhes
Couny
Corp
Clemens
Warrenton
Valdez
Dundies
Clement
Dunches
Coun
Plot to Poison Horses Shipped to Allies Feared
Fort Madison Iowa August 16 officials of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad began an investigation into an alleged plot to poison horses consigned to entente allies. A shipment from Kansas City to Fort Madison recently fell ill with horses found to have been given poison.
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Fort Madison
Entente
Atchison, Topeza and Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas City
Cobham to Contest Uncle Henry Cobham Will
Fred Cobham nephew of Henry Cobham who died August 14 1915 has until Thursday of this week to contest his uncle's will. The court filing in Warren indicates a probate case that could be highly notable. The estate, valued at about 100000 dollars or more, largely left to the Salvation Army of America, has seen no action from the charity as heirs prepare their challenge.
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Fred Cobham
Henry Cobham
Cobham
Warren
Erie
Court of Common Pleas
Salvation Army of America
Senators balk at Isles sale terms
Washington Aug. 16 Secretary Lansing to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Danish West Indies purchase terms. Members question the 25 million price amid prior offer of 5 million in 1902 and sift concessions granted to Det Vestindiske Kompagni, including harbor rights, utilities, and telegraph and dock arrangements in St Thomas and St Croix.
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Washington
Lansing
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Danish West Indies
Isl
Westmark
Mr. Lansing
Vention
United States
Det Vestindiske Kompagni
St. Thomas
Martine Attacks Paper Trust Over Newsprint Tariff
Senator Martine of New Jersey challenged the paper trust on the Senate floor citing rising news print costs and proposed an amendment to the revenue bill to place news print and entering materials on the free list. The bill would free print paper up to five cents per pound, higher than the current two and a half cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Martine
New Jersey
Senate Today
Surface Not On List Of Institute Speakers
Harrisburg August 17 speakers for farmers institutes running from November to March will largely mirror last year with Dr H A Surface not listed and J Sanders absent but likely appearing at several events. The roster includes H M Anderson S Baker C M Barnitz and many others from State College and nearby towns. Agricultural officials plan campus visits to county fairs as the season opens with events in Donegal township Butler County Millsboro and Fawn Grove and continuing through the fall.
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Harrisburg
Farmers’ Institutes
Department of Agriculture
H. A. Surface
J. (. Sanders
Sanders
H. M. Anderson
New Park
P. Ss. Baker
Sate College
C. M. Barnitz
Riverside
S. I. Bechdel
State College
C. W. Brodhead
Montrose
G. Bulkley
J. T. Campbell
Hartstown
Fred W. Card
Sylvanus
W. H- Darst
FE Ch. Fassett
Meshoppen
J. A. Ferguson
Sheldon W
K. Phipps Kennerdell
F. S. Putney
John N. Rosenberger
Wycombe
Robert S. Leeds
Birmingham
B. O. Severson
H- E. Shroat
R. S. Smith
Vern T. Struble
Athens
Carl B. Thomas
West Chester
W. H. Tomhave
E O. Umholtz
Sacramento
Leon Otice van Noy
Troy
D. H. Watts
Kerrmoor
R J. Weld
Sugar Grove
W. R. White
J. W. White
W. Theo. Wittman
Allentown
Edip Worthen
Paul I. Wrigley
Eddington
P. T. Barnes
M. H. James
Penn Highway Association
Johnstown
John P. Dohoney
Public Service Commission
Dohoney
Prson
Albany
N. Y
Brookdale
Donegal Township
Butler Country
Millsboro
Fawn Grove
Osterburg
Middletown
Gasoline Prices Cut Across Multiple States
Gasoline fell by 1 cent to 17.5 cents a gallon in Chicago as Standard Oil of Indiana trims prices across 10 states including Indiana Michigan and Illinois. In Louisiana Texas Company lowers Caddo light by 10 cents per barrel and Desota light by 10 cents, amid a series of cuts since July 25. Philadelphia reports a further 1 cent drop to 28 cents for retail and 21 cents to dealers.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Shreveport
Texas Company
Caddo
Desota
Caddo Light
Desota Light
Louisiana
Philadelphia
Marguerite Released From Italian Port
The American steamer Marguerite, held in Naples since mid July on contraband suspicions, was released Tuesday and sailed for Naples.
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Tally
Naples
Paris
Marguerite
German Allies Reported Ready to Seek Peace
Rome August 15 Bulgarian and Turkish diplomats reached Berne and began talks with allied agents for separate peace negotiations. Austrian agents monitor Turkish and Bulgarian movements closely as Berne dispatches report the development.
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Berne
Rome
Idea
Menacing Railroad Strike Threatens Nationwide Disruption
A historic strike by all U S railroad employees looms after failed talks. President Wilson convened a White House conference to avert paralysis as cities face food and material shortages and public sympathy shifts with wage comparisons from 1878.
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United States
Wilson
White House
Duty of the Administration to Stop Plots and Conspiracies
Excerpt from Mr. Hughes' Acceptance Speech denounces plots and conspiracies against the United States. Calls for immediate vigorous action, condemns alien intrigues, and asserts government responsibility to halt threats without delay.
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Hughes
Promise to Reduce the Cost of Living Not Kept
A speaker argues that promises to lower living costs failed while living opportunities shrank. They blame tariff-induced conditions before the war, noting reduced production, idle streets, and lack of new enterprises. The message calls for protective upbuilding policies to shield industries and workers from European competition.
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Europe
Mr. Hughes
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Coiner
Roneny ——Chere En
Carter
New York Evening Sun
U. S
Salvation Army
Isles
Barnes
O'Brien
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