Elderly man dies by suicide in Warren home
Andrew Ritzenthaler aged 84 ended his life Tuesday evening by hanging with telephone wire in the cellar of R N Browns new Sixth street house. He had lived with daughter Mrs Frank Witz for four years and was found Thursday morning. coroner says death occurred six to eight hours earlier. Funeral is Friday at two from the Witz home, burial in Oakland family lot.
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R. N. Brown
Sixth Street
Ritzenthaler
Frank Witz
Brown
Brown House
Witz
W.S. Pierce
Alsace
France
Warren
British Cruiser Scylla Demands Indemnity in Ceiba
In Ceiba Honduras on August 18 the British cruiser Scylla arrived in response to the British consul's peremptory calls. Captain Thesiger demands indemnity for three English deaths and for cruelties against Jamaicans with English citizenship. He warns of seizing the customs house if unmet. Local officers seek instruction from Tegucigalpa amid anti English sentiment.
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Scylla
Ceiba
Honduras
Thesiger
Teguicigalpa
Bathers Stare as New Chemisette Bathing Suit Surprises Atlantic Beach
A portly Philadelphia matron debuted the chemisette bathing suit on Atlantic City sand drawing thousands. The silk garment in blue and white offered free flowing lines with a sash at the waist. Daring bathers wore canvas puttees matching costumes, laced to the knee and costly.
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Atlantic
City
Philadelphia
Germany Tightens Meat Cure Rules Ban on Boric Acid
Germany imposes strict meat curing laws prohibiting boric acid in curing and requiring a six percent salt content in the innermost portion of all meat preserved by salt or brine, signaling tighter oversight of processing standards.
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Germany
Brooklyn Bridge Under Fire Threat From Electric Currents
Fire fighters urge probe into bridge currents after two fires beneath the Brooklyn Bridge in a week. They warn that heat from feed wires and trolley lines could melt steel girders and damage the giant cables, risking collapse into the East River.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York Fire Department
East River
Big Catholic Eucharistic Congress in Montreal
The Montreal gathering will be the largest Roman Catholic congress in North America with delegations from across Canada. Cardinal Gibbons Monsignor Heylan and Archbishops Bru chesi O Connell Glennon attend. Cardinal Vannutelli leads the host procession. After Montreal visits include Lake Champlain Washington and Baltimore with Archbishop Glennon and Cardinal Gibbons.
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Montreal
North American
Cardinal Gibbons
Monsignor Heylan
Bruchess
O’connel
Boston
Glennon
St. Louis
Father Vaughn
London
Church of Notre Dame
Mount Royal
Great Park
Vincent Vannutelli
Lord Strathcona
Bruchesi
Cardinal
Welcome for Fresh Air Boys Arrives in Warren
A train carrying 123 New York boys sent by the New York Tribune arrived in Warren after an 18 hour trip via Erie R R and D A V P R R. A large crowd greeted them at the station as the A F of M band played a welcome salute and transports were arranged to take the boys to the YMCA and Conewango Creek camp. Twenty three boys stay in town with local families while others head to the camp.
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New York
Warren
New York Tribune
Erie R. R
Falconer Junction
A. F.of M
Charles C. Braden
Miss Grumman
Reid
Brooklyn
Robert Casey
Emergency Hospital Report for July Summary
July admitted 40 charity patients with 24 in hospital on July 1 and 11 remaining at month end. Discharges number not fully legible, charity patients receive five days of care. donations include flowers and vegetables from friends. Visiting physicians for August and September are Dr. Robertson and Dr. Frantz. A number of new life members joined the hospital corporation.
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Daweraares
Robertson
Frantz
Hospital Corporation
Brothers Reunite in Hazleton After 22 Years apart
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on August 18 Jacoei of Nosetown found his brother William D Moyer still alive after a 22 year separation. Zach believed the other was dead long ago. Both men are in good health though advanced in age.
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Hazleton
Jacoei
Nosetown
William D. Moyer
Zach
Forest Fire Service Seen Worthcost to New York State
The forest fire fighting service of New York state costs about 40000 dollars annually and is considered a valuable program worth the price for preserving woods and protecting resources.
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Forest Fire Fighting Service of
New York State
Death and illness strike brothers in York area
York Pa Aug 18 Grieved by the sudden death of a brother who succumbed to apoplexy Jacob Bailey of Larne was stricken with the disease last night and is in critical condition He was preparing to attend a church service when stricken.
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York
Jacob Bailey
Larne
Forest Co Lumber Suits Dropped in Tionesta
Appeals from timber land assessments in Forest county filed by Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company T D Collins and L S Clough have been withdrawn by the appellants. County commissioners defended the original assessors returns and will bear court costs.
First Luzerne County oil and gas leases filed
Oil and gas leases recorded for Stephen Drum James Bolin Charles Krokhammer and Frederick Clance to A J Schlosser of Allentown cover all oil and gas under lands in Butler township Luzerne county marking the first such filings in the county. Drilling has been active near Hazleton and prospects of a strike appear favorable.
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Hazleton
Stephen Drum
James Bolin
Charles Krokhammer
Frederick Clance
A. J. Schlosser
Allentown
Butler Township
Luzerne County
Devoted Man Marries Heir to Money in Reading Tale
Charles H. Lohrman a 66 year old Civil War veteran who lost both eyes obtained a license to wed Anna M. Yeager aged 54. Yeager who has cared for him while he begged in Reading planned the match so she could inherit his money after his death.
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Reading
Charles H. Lohrman
Anna M. Yeager
Dohrman
City Council Sets Date for Water Appraisal and Adjourns
An adjourned City Council meeting reports actions on street work and water matters. The track on East street moves 15 inches west. sidewalk grades and a portico at Woodard Theater are approved. a six foot sidewalk line on Lexing ton Ave is referred. Paving on Penn Ave and Conewango Ave proceeds. asphalt blocks ordered for Franklin St. and a water inspector is appointed after Hazen resigns. The council fixes bids, repairs sidewalks, and debates water meters condemnation. Sept. 12 set for water plant appraisal by Warren Water Co. appraisers Africa and MecCallen.
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East Street
Geo. Brenneisen
Lexington Ave
J. D. Woodard
Woodard Theater
Elm Street
Council
Hazen
Street Com
Penn’a Ave
Conewango Ave
Franklin Street
Asphalt Company
Werle
Fifth Street
Finance Com
Burgess Eaton
Perks
Water Co
Conewanee Avenue
Bell Telephone Co
Morrison and Fourth Streets
Emile Ammann
Whce
Special Water Committee
Geo. W. Fuller
Warren Water Co
Africa
MecCallen
Peanut Cake Replaces Cotton Seed in Swedish Cattle Diet
Peanut cake appears to be supplanting cotton seed cake as the preferred feed for Swedish cattle, reflecting a shift in agricultural practice and feed choices among farmers.
Edinboro Normal Fall Session Opens September 6 1910
Students at Edinboro Normal begin fall instruction with a focus on study methods. The session starts September 6 1910. A circular and special catalogue will be mailed on application to Principal John F Bigler.
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Edinboro Normal
John F. Bigler
Freight Wreck on Pennsy at Ardmore Blocks Traffic
A rear end collide of freight trains on the Pennsylvania railroad main line at Ardmore eight miles east of Philadelphia spills wreckage across all four tracks and halts trains for hours. One brakeman suffers a broken arm as wreckage piles high and catches fire, delaying westbound and eastbound services until a track is cleared just before 10 o'clock.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ardmore
Here
Trenton
Man killed by train near Milton on Reading tracks
The mangled body of a man was found on the Reading tracks below West Milton. He had been riding a freight and was likely thrown under the wheels while trying to leave the train. A letter suggests the victim may be Peter Richard of Shamokin.
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Milton
Reading
West Milton
Peter Richard
Shamokin
Double Death in Family in Allentown
Death twice visited the Diehm household in 24 hours. Peter Diehm Sr., 93, died Tuesday evening, and his wife Mrs. Barlie Diehm died suddenly last night of heart failure, following his passing.
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Allentown
Peter W. Diehm
Peter Diehm
Barlie Diehm
Franklin Bank Ins insolvent by 112800 in Franklin Pa
Franklin Savings Bank closed after vice president E W Echols died July 16. A preliminary statement shows liabilities of 830000 and assets 717092.12, paying less than 87 cents on the dollar. Depositors may receive dividends as liquidation proceeds unfold over about two years.
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Franklin
Franklin Savings Bank
E. W. Echols
Echols
Benjamin W. Bredin
Bredin
Maurice Bredin
Pittsburg
Cambridge Springs
W. D. Doyle
Nightingale dies after service in Crimea War
Florence Nightingale the famed English nurse dies. She served with British forces in the Crimean War and was born in Florence, Italy on May 12, 1820. Her family later settled in England where she grew up in Seahurst.
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Florence Nightingale
Inglish
Lorence Nightingale
Florence
Italy
Seahurst
Nightingale Place
Ingland
Four Killed In Boiler Explosion Aboard Steam Schooner
Four men were fatally wounded and several others slightly injured when the boiler of the steam schooner Phoenix exploded nine miles north of Point Arena during a voyage from Needle Rock to San Francisco with a cargo of bark.
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Phoenix
Needle Rock
San Francisco
Point Arena
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Sixth ST
American Press Association
Canadian City
Carty
THE
Pennsylvania Lumber Company
Luzerne
J. Murry Africa
MR. M'Callen
Pennsy
Kilied
Franklin Bank
E. W. Bredin
North Dakota
Navy Department
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