Features of the Warren County Fair
The Warren County Fair plans four big days from August 31 to September 3. It aims to teach agriculture by example, showcase livestock and pure-blood stock, display new machinery, and offer exchanges with experts. Exhibits include stock, poultry, farming, canning, fancy work, and machinery. Entertainment ranges from horse racing to side show stunts, bands, and various demonstrations, concluding with continued coverage on Page 8.
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Warren County
German Envoy Requests Delay to Present Side on Arabic Sinking
Washington, Aug 25 The German ambassador von Bernstorff telegraphed asking the U S to withhold judgment until Germany can present its side. Officials call the move encouraging and expect Bernstorff to meet Secretary Lansing soon. The development raises hope for avoiding a break and disavowal of the Arabic sinking. Count von Bernstorff may see the president today.
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Germany
U. S
Washington
State Department
von Bernstoriff
Count von Bermnstorff
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
Bolt Cured Rheumatism After Lightning Hit Farmhouse
In Berlin Connecticut a lightning bolt struck the Worthington Ridge farmhouse owned by Charles A. Burdick. The strike caused over 1000 in damage and knocked Mrs. Burdick unconscious while burning her foot. Dr. Thomas Mulligan of New Britain revived her and her rheumatic pains disappeared, though her husband faces repair costs.
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Berlin
Conn
Charles A
Worthington Ridge
Mr. Burdick
Coffee Girl's Only Diet Shocks Baltimore
Kate Larber an 18 year old from 29 Bomnora Avenue is raised on coffee since infancy. She drinks up to 20 cups daily, has never eaten solid food, and remains couch-bound yet mentally sharp. Hospitals have treated her but she refuses nourishment, eating only ice balls and coffee.
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Baltimore
Kate Larber
Bomnora Avenue
Johns Hopkins
Hebrew Hospitals
Attendant Charged in Death at State Epileptics Home
Frederick Holbrook a attendant at the State Village for Epileptics at Skill Man Somerset county Delaware is jailed in Somerville on a murder charge. William Van Riker of Passaic an inmate was beaten to death. Van Riker died after Holbrook left on a leave of absence and was arrested on his return. An autopsy confirmed fatal beating.
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Frederick Holbrook
Skillman
Somerset County
Del
Somerville
William van Riker
Passaic
van Riker
Holbrook
Englewood
Costly Squirrel Crime Spurs Port Jefferson Fine
Donald B. Campbell, a Port Jefferson ship builder, killed a squirrel after the tree rotted his nuts. He paid $35 and $1.50 costs after Game Protector Everitt Overton arrested him for out of season shooting. The case sparked debate over the value of a squirrel in New York.
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State of New York
Donald B. Campbell
Port Jefferson
L. I
Campbell
Everitt Overton
Quogue
Belt Buckle Saves Man From 11 000 Volt Wire
John from The Bronx was painting a Harlem river branch bridge in New Rochelle when he touched an 11 000 volt power line. Flames spurted from the post near him as he fell but he walked away. Doctors found facial cuts and a shoulder burn, and that current escaped through his open belt buckle without further injury.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
John
St. Ann’s Avenue
Bronx
Harlem River
New Haven Railroad
Beechwood Avenue
New _ Rochelle
U S Steel Reports Large Rail Orders From Russia
U S Steel officials confirm a 65 000 ton rail order from the Russian government for Trans Siberian construction. Additional orders totaling 69000 tons are said to have been placed with Pennsylvania Steel and Maryland Steel. Prices are not disclosed but believed above 28 dollars per ton.
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U. S. Steel
U.S. Steel Corporation
Trans-Siberian
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Maryland Steel Company
Missing 16 year old boy Frank Wilcox sought nationwide
Middletown New York August 18 rumors spread as Mr and Mrs Charles I Wilcox appeal for aid to locate their son Frank 16 who vanished from home weighing 206 pounds and five feet five inches tall He wore a gray cap and blue clothes when last seen Scouts urged to help search nationwide. In Lyndhurst New Jersey August 25 editor Louis Vander Pye was horsewhipped near the town hall by Martha Gray over a story she believed harmed her father lawyer Michael Ritchie Bail set at 300 dollars for the attacker pending grand jury action.
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Frank Wilcox
Middletown
N. Y
Charles I. Wilcox
Frank
Boy Scouts
Lyndhurst
N. J
Louis Vander Pye
Martha Gray
Stuyvesant Avenue
Gray
Michael Ritchie
Pye
Window shades for cows in Nelson county dairy barn
Thomas F. Ryan of Nelson county Virginia and New York plans window shades to protect cows eyesight at his $60 000 dairy barn. Oak Ridge estate order prompted an expert curtain maker to measure and fit roller shades for the farm. The Marietta Georgia tree where Leo M Frank was found hangs in the mind of local memory as a guard keeps watch night and day.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Nelson County
New York
Oak Ridge
Ryan
Frank
W. J. Frey
Marietta
Leo M. Frank
Frey
State Insurance Fund declares midyear dividend
The New York state insurance fund directors announce dividends averaging about 15 percent for policy holders on the second six months ending June 30. The first six months yielded nearly 20 percent, reduced by a 12 percent rate cut effective January 1. Net insurance cost to policy holders was seven percent lower for the second term than the first.
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State Insurance Fund
New York State Insurance Fund
Cow Sets World Milk Record in New Jersey
Beemerville dairy farmer James N. Jarvie reports four year old Holstein Vernon Burke 3d produced 734 pounds of milk in seven days, a world record for a cow of her age. Over 30 days she averaged more than 100 pounds daily on his Beemerville farm.
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Montclear
N. J
James N. Jarvie
Upper Mountain Avenue
Vernon Burke 3d
Beemerville
Fish to Feed Whole State
Boston reports a fish landings record with 2.5 million pounds from 41 vessels enough to supply every state resident with a pound each. Haddock topped 1 million pounds, cod nearly 610 thousand, mackerel about 50 thousand, and swordfish around 48 thousand. surplus was sent to Gloucester for salting as local dealers could not handle the load.
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Boston
Gloucester
Bee Fatality: Horse Killed by Swarm in Maryland Farm Crash
A horse ran away, trampled a beehive, and was fatally stung. Driver Bee Lingo of Lowe's Cross Roads Maryland barely escaped, withdrew to a house, and smoked bees away. The horse died within hours, while Lingo lay seriously ill with suspected blood poisoning.
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Lingo
Lowe's Cross Roads
Del
Hudson Valley Apple Growers Hold Public Auction Over Wares
Hudson River valley apple growers in New York under the state department plan a public auction of wares. The first sale is Sept 1 at William E Tenor’s Red Hook orchard with two more sales in Milton and Gardner.
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Hudson River Valley
New York
State Department of Food and Markets
William E. Tenor
Red Hook
Milton and Gardner
Tenor
Apple Shippers
Chicago
United States
John, J. Dillon
Department of Foods and Markets
Ford Is for Peace Denounces Militarism in America
Henry Ford pledges to combat the spirit of militarism and the cry of preparedness. He vows to use his wealth to promote unending peace and oppose any push for greater armament in the United States and worldwide.
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America
United States
Henry Ford
Parcel Post Insurance Expanded to $100 Value
The postmaster general expands parcel post insurance to cover packages valued up to $100 and extends insurance to items valued at $5 or less for three cents. A 25 cent fee applies to insuring amounts not exceeding $100, replacing the former 5 cent charge up to $25 and the 10 cent fee for $25 to $50.
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United States
Bee colonies infected across Pennsylvania, state reports
Harrisburg Aug 25 state inspection of apiaries under state zoologist H A Surface shows foul brood disease in many counties. Pennsylvania has at least 150000 hives with last year 10760 colonies inspected and over 870 infected.
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Harrisburg
H. A. Surface
Pennsylvania
Inside Story of Leo Frank Death Ride Revealed
An Associated Press account details the 1924 lynching of Leo Frank from Milledgeville to Marietta. The narrator says Frank did not confess, walked 200 yards to the death tree, asked for his wedding ring to be delivered to his wife, and maintained composure amid a vigilant committee order and no mob public display. Governor Harris faces threatening letters as investigations loom.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Milledgeville
Marietta
Associated Press
Cobh County
Mary Phagan
Nat E. Harris
Frank
Mysery
Phagan
SecopdeeNo
Page
Carr
Cobb County
Vigilance Committee
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Bernstorff
Benjamin F. Shively
Indiana
Bolt
American Press Association
Van
Driver
FORD
Parcel Post
Doom
Death Tree
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