Memphis Armored Cruiser Memphis Aground After Heavy Seas
Rear Admiral Pond reports the armored cruiser Memphis driven ashore at San Domingo City by a sudden heavy sea. Twenty sailors drowned returning from shore leave. The ship will be a total loss, with all on board expected saved. The Memphis, once the Tennessee, joined U S forces in the San Domingo revolt and later ferried Americans from war zones in Europe.
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Washington
Pond
San Domingo City
Navy Department
Memphis
Light House
Liberty Party
Castin
Tennessee
San Domingo
United States Atlantic Fleet
E. L. Beach
Cramp
Philadelphia
Port Hueneme Cal
Europe
Havre
France
English
Meditteranean
Asia
Egypt
Reist’s First Year as County Farm Agent Spurs County Progress
H N Reist completed his first year as county farm agent covering 4 185 miles visiting 493 farmers and holding 61 meetings with 2 485 attendees. He oversaw oat seed treatment trials with 470 farmers using 200 pints of formaldehyde cutting smut risk. corn clubs for 26 boys. acid phosphate trials. alfalfa and clover studies. and multiple variety tests across several farms.
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H. N. Reist
Warren County Agriculturists
Reist
Execu Heen
Farm Bureau
Lander
Columbus
Spring Creek
Harry Robinson
F. M. Clicquennot
Kinzua
J. K. Crooks
Coryaon
Archie Brown
Grand Valley
Oscar Brustrom
Akely
D. L
W. S. Messinger
E. S. Rexford
E. A. Gregory
Russel
E. EB. Enos
Ake Jey
L. Wilson
John Dalrymple
R. H. Duntley
Corydon
EK. Field
E. R. Herspool
Sugaur Grove
Williston Wood
Tirpitz Calls For War With United States
Washington reports Grand Admiral von Tirpitz has issued a manifesto urging war on the United States. Berlin papers published the text. U S inquiries into the Owego incident prompted protest over a German submarine firing ten shots near the English Channel with no warning. The state department notes only this and similar acts, none causing American casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
von Tirpitz
United States
State Department
Germany
Berlin
English Channel
Owego
Lime Needs for Farms Include Large Requirement
A cow testing club formed at West Spring Creek reports soil samples from fifty farms show significant lime need. Most samples indicate a lime requirement of about 5,000 pounds per acre to raise soil acidity to neutral conditions.
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West Spring Creek
Paralyzed Infant Reported in Edinboro County
Edinboro notes its first infantile paralysis case with a two year old boy of Mr and Mrs Samuel Nye as patient. The Nye family recently moved from Newburg New York and traveled via Buffalo and Erie en route. The local school opening was postponed to October.
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Corry
Edinboro
Samuel Nye
Newburg
N. Y
Buffalo
Erie
YMCA Physical Directors Seek New Positions
YMCA physical directors in this state section seek better jobs as several resignations occur in Warren Titusville Oil City and Franklin within recent weeks.
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Warren
Titusillo
Oil City
Franklin
Misses McGee and McCalmott Spend Day in Celeron
Miss Helen McGee and Miss Hazel McCalmott are spending the day in Celeron enjoying local sights and leisure.
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Helen McGee
Hazel McCalmott
Celeron
Hunting Season Opens in Pennsylvania Friday
The hunting season begins officially in Pennsylvania this Friday as bans are removed. Squirrel and pleasant season runs from October 15 to November 30, outlining start and end dates for hunters.
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Pennsylvania
Five Proposals for Legislation to Avert Strike
Leaders announce a Labor Day strike order remains in force unless a satisfactory settlement is reached. Legislators work on eight hour day laws and a government commission to study railway disputes, while some railroad executives seek a peaceful settlement before congressional action.
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Brotherhood
Congress
Romania Joins Entente War Onward With Territorial Aims
The article notes Romania's entry into war on the side of the Entente and discusses ambitions to recover Bessarabia and Transylvania, potentially expanding to a population near 13 million and territory comparable to Great Britain. It mentions Austria and Bulgaria mobilizing along Romania's frontiers and the Danube region.
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Bessarabia
Transylvania
Rumania
England
Scotland
Wales
Romania
Transylvania Alps
Carpathians
Austria
Orsova
Danube
Bulgaria
McLaughlin Griffin Wed In St Marys Onoville
James A. McLaughlin and Miss Romaine Griffin married Thursday at St. Marys Church Onoville. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s parents home, then the couple left for a trip to New York.
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H. R. Ensign
Kathryn Crooks
New York
W. P. Williams
Grape Valley
N. Y
Nelson
C. C. Flatt
James A. McLaughlin
Romaine Griffin
St. Mary’s Church
Onoville
Plattsburg Man to Walk From Plattsburg to New York
A man rejected by army officers for insufficient marching stamina plans a long distance trek from Plattsburg to New York to prove his fitness. The journey aims to challenge the judgment of military officials.
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Plattsburg
New York
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Lanning
Providence Bulletin
Carter
New York Sun
Scott
Woodrow
Tirpitz
U. S
Kaiser's Navy
Cleveland
Ambrose Dur
Dorothy
Williamsport
Harry Dalrymple
Farmer
S. B. Morrison
W. J. Doughty
Minnie Bradley
Akeley
Alice White
Warren County
Northwestern
Penna
Warren County Grange
Mayerhoff
H. V. Hazeltine
Sec’y. Warren, Pa
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