Kovno Falls to German Forces After Siege
London reports Kovno fortress captured by German forces last night opening rail access toward Vilna Warsaw and Petrograd. German 16 inch guns supported the breakthrough taking over 400 guns and large quantities of war materiel. Allied air raids over England continue with 17th raid killing 10 and wounding 36.
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London
Kovno
Vilna
Warsaw
Petrograd
William
England
Admiralty
Holland
Glenn H Curtiss Aims for Remarkable Hydroaeroplane Plans
Aviator Glenn H Curtiss outlines ambitious hydroaeroplane designs as he advances experiments in seaplane propulsion and takeoff from water, signaling potential breakthroughs in early aviation technology.
Vegetable Seeds to be Supplied by State Growers Group
Pennsylvania truck growers and market gardeners are urged to join the Vegetable Growers association of Pennsylvania led by J. R. Betchel. The group will purchase seeds, test them, and sell to members at a small margin over cost to save money for commercial growers. A Good Seed Day will be held at the State College in September with horticulture demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vegetable Growers’ Association
Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers’ Association of Pennsylvania
J. R. Betchel
The
State College
Growers’ Association
Department of Horticulture and Agronomy
Huge Bull Kills Boy at Allentown Stock Yards
A 1500 pound bull escaped at the Lehigh Valley railroad stock yards in Allentown Pennsylvania and charged a crowd. Thirteen year old Roy Knechet was fatally injured by internal hemorrhages while being taken to hospital. John Chorno 23 suffered a dislocated skull and is in critical condition. The bull was finally killed by a rifle bullet after narrowly dodging pistol shots.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Allentown
Roy Knechet
John Chorno
Shorno
Galveston storm toll. seawall held, water flooded streets
A Fort Sam Houston wireless message from the Buford at Galveston reports three feet of water in streets, wrecked grain elevators, sunken barges and tugs, aground ships, and large ships breaking loose. The seawall protected the city from a repeat of the 1900 disaster as residents sought higher ground amid five foot floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
United States
Buford
Galveston
McClellan
Middletown Woman Seeks New Trial After Verdict Set Aside
Mrs Avasta Hughes of Middletown New York won a $10000 verdict in New York against Ontario and Western railroad over the death of her husband John F Hughes a conductor. The verdict was set aside for a new trial after fireman Lewis Carpenter who testified for the plaintiff withdrew part of his testimony following religious conversion.
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Avasta Hughes
Middletown
N. Y
New York City
Ontario & Western Railroad
John F. Hughes
Lewis Carpenter
Carpenter
Cow Uses Auto Ride For Road Trip To Sparta
Floyd Dickinson a Swartsmore New Jersey cattle dealer bought a blooded cow at Sparta and transported it eight miles by car after several men helped manhandle the animal into the tonneau the cow rode in the back seat with a man on the running board holding its head and the trip proved successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Dickinson
Swartsmore Road
N. J
Sparta
Dickinson
Lightning kills three cows in Oak Grove herd
A lightning bolt from a storm struck a barbed wire fence on Harry Walker’s Oak Grove farm near Wilmington killing a registered Holstein bull and cow and a registered Guernsey cow. The loss is estimated at 250 dollars after the bolt followed the fence and moved along it to strike three cattle.
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Wilmington
Del
Harry Walker
Oak Grove
Guernsey
Ford profit sharing checks mailed to 300000 1915 buyers
Ford Motor Company of Detroit prepares and mails profit sharing checks of 50 each to more than 300 000 purchasers of Ford cars in 1915. Genevieve Morrison of El Paso Texas is slated to receive check No 1 for a purchase on August 1 1914.
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Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Genevieve Morrison
North Florence
el Paso
Tex
Penny May Enter Detroit
The Pennsylvania railroad opposes discussing Detroit entry while decades of effort faced indifference from local business leaders. The decision now hinges on Henry Ford who once urged the line to come and still influences city shipping, owning about 5 percent of Detroit's total shipments.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Detroit
Pennsylvania Railroad
Henry Ford
Ford
Kansas Sees Record Corn Crop Prompting Gathering Dilemma
Kansas farmers report the biggest corn harvest on record despite some wheat losses from heavy Central Kansas rains. Stalks reach 12 to 16 feet, with ears often 10 to 12 feet high. yields range from 50 bushels per acre in poorer fields to 70 or 80 bushels in others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
High Grain Record Day in Chicago as Receipts Hit 2511 Cars
Chicago reports a new single day grain receipt record with 2511 cars inspected by the State grain inspection department. Wheat 1368 cars, corn 293, oats 784, rye 47, barley 19. Forecasters warn receipts may rise if dry weather continues.
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Chicago
State Grain Inspection Department
Hog Brings a Dollar a Pound at Meadowbrooke Berkshires Sale
A new high price for hogs at the Meadowbrooke Berkshires sale in York Pennsylvania set a record during the Pen-Mar fair week. Longfellow's May Belle Tenth, a son, sold for 480 dollars roughly one dollar per pound. Whitney farm from West Chester bought the pork on the hoof.
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York
Wallie Hawkins
Fawn Grove
Longfellow
Whitney Farm
West Chester
Quarantine to Block Hog Shipments into Pennsylvania
An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Cook County Illinois leads to a strict quarantine. State Veterinarian C. J. Marshall says shipments of hogs from Chicago and nearby areas to Pittsburgh and other Pennsylvania points are halted unless the origin is on the state free list.
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Pennsylvania
Cook County
Pittsburgh
Chicago
C. J. Marshall
Gas Meters to Be Read by Photo in Greater New York
The gas company will read all meters by photograph to ensure accuracy. Meter readers will use a small camera mounted over the meter indicator to capture a dial exposure showing the amount of gas burned.
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New York
Cattle Quarantine Extended Over Foot and Mouth Outbreak
Fresh outbreak of foot and mouth disease in a hog herd near Mount Vernon Posey County Indiana keeps the county under quarantine and postpones the planned nationwide lifting of stockyard quarantines set for August 23. Affected yards include Chicago Detroit Pittsburg Philadelphia Buffalo Richmond Boston Jersey City.
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Mount Vernon
Posey County
Ind
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Richmond
Boston
Jersey City
Angelina the Mule Kicks Horse Into Reservoir
In Belleville New Jersey Angelina a mule owned by Frederick Jake displayed a powerful kick when two horses balked at her grazing. After the mule delivered a hard kick a horse fell into an abandoned reservoir and required three hours 12 men and 300 feet of rope to free it from the hollow.
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Belleville
N. J
Angelina
Frederick Jake
Jake
Finding of Cayuga fort remains near Owasco lake
A party led by Arthur C. Parker of Auburn New York reports discovering the remains of a Cayuga fort at an Algonquin camp site at the foot of Owasco lake near Auburn. More than 160 relics were unearthed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Parker
Auburn
N. Y
Owasco Lake
Italy Buys 12000 More Horses For War Use
East St. Louis officials report that Italian representatives will purchase 12,000 additional horses for war within 90 days. Dealers in East St. Louis have already sold over 160,000 horses to belligerents, with allies spending about $27,000,000.
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Italy
East St. Louis
Ill
Frank Was Hanged Near Mary Phagan Birthplace
Atlanta August 18 mob lynched Leo M Frank near Marietta then transported the body to Atlanta. Thousands viewed the corpse at Greenberg Bond's chapel before shipment to Brooklyn for burial amid no arrests or rewards offered.
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Frank
Mary Phagan
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Marietta
Greenberg & Bond
Brooklyn
Harris
Cobb County
Milledgeville
L Hicks
Leo Frank
Frey Gin
William Frey
Undertakers
Dobbs
Louston
Ivy Street
W. M Mayo
Foreigner Fires at Forest County District Attorney
Gennario Schettino, an Italian resident, shot at District Attorney M C Carringer in Tionesta after brooding over a previous assault on his daughter. Carringer was seriously wounded. Schettino fled as a posse pursued him.
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Tionesta
Gennario Schettino
Italy
M. C. Carringer
Schettino
Farmersville
N. Y
Watson Farm
Carringer
Hood
Department of Justice
Pomona Grange Meeting Program Aug 26-27 1915
Warren County Pomona Grange No 10 meets Sugar Grove Grange No 847 on Aug 26 and 27 1915 with opening at 1 30 p m Aug 26. It includes songs addresses and responses by local grange members and program items on cultivation community service school directors and road supervisors elections and an auto era debate.
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Warren County
Pomona Grange
Sugar Grove
Forman
the Grange
Frank Richmond
Lelia Messenger
Columbus Grange
C. R. Loucks
Farmington Grange
Alice Shearer
Pleasant Grange
Grange
Burdette Weiler
The
Pomona
Grant Phillis
Delamater
Valley Grange
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Kovno Falls
Kaiser
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Brest. Litovsk
Corland
Poland
Ossowetz
von Scholz
von Gallwitz
Archdduke Leopold
Bug River
Brest Litovsk and
Bialystok
von Macksen
Brest Litovsk
Galicia
Novogeorgievsk
Bug
Glenn H. Curtiss
American Press Association
Jersey
Penny
Road
Old Reservoir
Forest County
Ney Carringer
G. B. Whitcomb
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