Brumbaugh Weds Ward Flora Parks in Quiet Ceremony
Philadelphia January report states Governor Martin Brumbaugh married Flora Belle Parks his longtime ward in a small Dunkard service at the First Church of the Brethren Germantown. The couple traveled to Washington on the 5:15 train shortly after the ceremony with 38 guests present, including officials.
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Philadelphia
Martin B. Brumbaugh
Flora Belle Parks
Kuns
George Dilling Kins
M. C. Swigart
Church of the Brethren
Germantown
Broad Street Station
Washington, D. C
Candidates Seek Early Nomination Papers for May Primary
Harrisburg requires petitions to place names on the May primary ballot. Secretary of the Commonwealth will issue papers next week but circulation may not begin until February 18. Hundreds of blank petitions have been requested statewide as inquiries about the law increase.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of the Commonwealth
State Capitol
Oil Town Fire Claims Multiple Victims in Drumright
Oklahoma City Jan 31 Two persons died in a Saturday blaze that gutted three blocks of Drumright Oklahoma in the Cushing field The loss is estimated at 200000 Rescue crews recovered three bodies including Mrs G B Wallace and Fred Oldwilder of Fire Pa An unidentified person was found and Oscar Irving is believed dying from a broken back after jumping from a burning building
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Drumright
Cushing Field
G. B. Wallace
Fred Oldwilder
Fire Pa
Oscar Irving
Rose family dispute reports missing adopted daughter
Trouble in the Rose family of Petroleum Center after the adopted daughter, previously lured away and married in Falconer New York, vanished again. The father with a Venango County detective suspects she may have fled with her husband and been seen in Erie County.
Preparedness debates and war fears dominate headlines
Rep Mann urges war with England as the greater threat for the United States. Teutonic powers sway Spain against the entente as King Alfonso faces Gibraltar tasks. George V prorogues Parliament on January 27 amid calls to uphold civilization. Fourteen year olds rob a Chicago bank, taking about $12,000. British control of Suez defenses challenged by Arab and Turkish attacks. Britain allows German ships to reappear under US registry if not used against enemies. Ford plans tripling Detroit plant to employ 100,000. Villa increases forces and ammo, threatening Carranza. Wilson tours the nation to spread preparedness ideas. US dairy cows number 21,988,000 as of January 1 1916, up 8.4 percent. Customs revenue drops in 1915.
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Fader
Representative Mann
England
Germany
United States
Alfonso
Spain
Gibraltar
George
Chicago
Suez Canal
Arabia
Creat Britian
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Francisco Villa
Carranza
Wilson
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
False Tales Cause Run on Bank in Pittsburgh
Rumors, spread over several weeks, prompted a run on the Farmers Deposit Savings Trust bank in downtown Pittsburgh. The run lasted until 9 PM, causing wide citywide excitement before closing, with the bank linked to Farmers Deposit National bank and located on Fifth avenue side of the Farmers building.
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Pittsburgh
Farmers Deposit Savings Trust Bank
Farmers Deposit Savings Bank
Farmers Deposit National Bank
United States
Fifth Avenue
Farmers Bank
Bootblack John Cinco Found Dead After Starving Self
New York January 30 John Cinco known as John the Bootblack was found dead in his room at 11 Washington Street. Bank books in his clothes showed savings over 3500 dollars. Officials say death resulted from insufficient nourishment as he starved rather than touch his savings. He had been missing for several days and reportedly worked in ferry houses and Battery Park sidewalks.
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New York
John Cinco
Washington Street
Cuneo
John
Bootblack
Battery Park
British Liner Appam Captured By German Prize Crew
Norfolk Feb 1 The British liner Appam arrived as a German prize ship after being captured at sea by a German armed ship. It sailed with a 22 man prize crew under Lieutenant Berg from Dakar on January 11 bound for Plymouth and crossed the Atlantic about 4200 miles to the United States with 168 passengers and 133 crew aboard. High British colonial officials are reported among the passengers.
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Norfolk
Appam
Canary Islands
Atlantic
United States
Berg
Darkar
British West Africa
Africa
Plymouth
England
Former Sugar Grove Woman Mary Pilling Clark Dies in New York
Mrs. Mary Pilling Clark widow of Job Clark of Sugar Grove died in New York City on January 26 at age 85. She had lived with her daughter Mrs. Emery Davis and was active in Sugar Grove Methodist Church. Funeral services were held in New York City and interment followed beside her husband in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
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Mary Pilling Clark
Job Clark
Sugar Grove
New York City
Clark
Emery Davis
New York
Davis
J. Wesley Johnston
Borough Park
M. E
Frank P. Stoddard
Calvary Baptist Church
Bear injures boy at Central Park Zoo in nibbling attack
New York reports Zip the brown bear bit off two fingers of 12 year old Edward Wallace as he fed peanuts at the Central Park Zoo. The incident follows a prior bite at the polar bear cage where Andrew White lost two fingers while feeding Molly.
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New York
Edward Wallace
Central Park Zoo
Zip
Edward
Andrew White
Molly
Jim
White
Effie Bush Arrested in Kidnapping Case
Mrs. Effie Bush mother of John A. Bush and wife of Alice Rise Bush of Plummer Venango county was arrested in Union City on a charge of aiding in the kidnapping of a young woman last Saturday. She appeared in court with bonds set at 500 dollars for the next term in Franklin. Foster father C. J. Rose aided the arrest and sought custody for his adopted daughter amid questions about her future with her husband in Falconer New York.
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Rose
Petroleum Center
Union City
Falconer
N. Y
Bear Lake
Warren County
Liberty
Venango County
Erie County
Effie Bush
John A. Bush
Alice Rise Bush
Plummer
H. M. Russell
Franklin
C. J. Rose
Titusville
Mr. Rose
Brandeis Named for Justice of Supreme Court
President Wilson named Louis D. Brandeis of Boston to serve as associate justice on the United States Supreme Court to succeed the late Justice Lamar. The White House announced the appointment, drawing surprise in Washington despite prior editorial advocacy by several papers.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Wilson
United States Supreme Court
Lamar
White House
Brandeis
Greenville Farmer Brutally Murdered
John Christy a 50 year old wealthy Greenville farmer was found dead at the bottom of an abandoned coal shaft with a sledge hammer weight. Doctors say a bullet wound caused instant death. A coroner's inquest is to be held today as investigators seek a motive.
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Greenville
John Christy
Erie Man Taken For Italian's Murder
Erie police arrest Louis Benbain in Fredonia New York on suspicion of involvement in the murder of August Malgraneto whose body was found behind the National Foundry plant. Malgraneto was killed by a blunt instrument and moved by several men with a wagon to the discovery site.
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Erie
Fredonia
N. Y
Louis Benbain
August Malgraneto
National Foundry
Benbain
Malgraneto
Nother Man Struck by Train at Youngsville
John Cross was killed Monday evening when struck by freight No. 90 locomotive near Youngsville. Earl De Vore, also struck, recovered and walked home, later revealing the true tale of the accident. Cross leaves a wife and three children.
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John Cross
Youngsville
Earl de Vore
Davey Hill
Cross
Cattlemen Charge Bryan Helped Juarez Plant Reopen
Alpine Texas cattlemen claim Secretary Bryan pressed reopening of the Juarez Packing plant to aid Pancho Villa and money needs, despite its prior closure by Agriculture Secretary. The group cites inspector findings and plans a tough resolution at the American National Livestock Association convention.
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Bryan
Juarez
Villa
el Paso
Tex
Carothers
Pancho Villa
Secretary of Agriculture
D. D. Jackson
Alpine
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
American National Livestock Association
Jackson
Mexico
H. A. Jastro
California
Ike T. Pryon
San Antonio
San Francisco
The
American Association
Pryor
Washington
Jastro
Cudahy Packing Company
Luis Terrazas
Ari Culture
United States
Houston
Carranza
Resolutions Committee
Woman Out for Congress in First Kansas District
Dr. Eva Harding of Topeka announces her bid for the Democratic congressional nomination in Kansas first district. Her platform opposes militarism and supports national prohibition suffrage for women mothers pensions recall of judges old age pensions for savers rural credits for tenants tariff for revenue road aid and public works to control floodwaters in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys.
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Topeka
Kan
Eva Harding
Kansas
Democratic Committee Meeting in Albany
Albany January 26. The Democratic state committee will meet at noon tomorrow at the Hotel Ten Eyke to arrange designation by each county committee of two delegates from every assembly district for a non official conference. Four delegates at large to the Democratic national convention in St Louis will be chosen.
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Democratic Committee
Albany
Democratic State Committee
Ten Eyke
St. Louis
U S Exports Reach Record High in 1915 Trade
Washington reports the United States set a new annual export record in 1915 with a total about one billion dollars higher than any prior year. December exports also topped all previous December totals at 35,301,274 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Treat men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force
A quotation attributed to Emerson stating that true strength lies in the spiritual over material power.
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Emerson
Week in War January 23 to 25 Highlights
King Nicholas of Montenegro flees to Italy as Caucasian Russian forces shell Fort Erzerum. German raids hit east England and Dover. French lines near Arras endure pressure. Austrians occupy Antivari and Dulcigno on Montenegro coast. Compulsory service clears Commons. Scutari falls to Austrian troops. Francis Joseph falls ill.
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House of Commons
Dover
Belgium
Monastir
Francis Joseph
Austria
Sweden warns neutrality at risk over rights infringements
Premier Hammarskjöld and others in the Swedish Riksdag warn that Sweden will not stay neutral if commercial rights continue to be infringed. In Mesopotamia, a British relief force is now 23 miles from Kut el Amara with advances reported within six miles due to a misstep.
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Hammarskjveld
Riksdag
Sweden
Mesopotamia
Kutel-Amara
Kut
Blockade stance and labor conference mark wartime UK news
Sir Edward Grey in the House of Commons argues a formal blockade of Germany is neither expedient nor necessary with a majority backing. A British labor conference of 2,500,000 trade unionists opens in Bristol supporting wartime government efforts. An Allies loan of 46 million dollars to Romania for grain purchases is reported ratified.
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Sir Edward Grey
House of Commons
Germany
British Labor Conference
Bristol
Indorses
Romania
British Parliament prorogued and military bill becomes law
Britain’s parliament adjourned until February 15 as a military service bill becomes law. The labor conference rejects agitating against conscription though opposing priniciple, while Walter Runciman announces limits on importing unnecessaries. German attacks in Belgium intensify and the Kaiser marks his fifty seventh birthday. Troops in Aden report precarious conditions.
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Walter Runciman
England
Belgium
Aden
British Labor conference votes to stay in coalition
British Labour Party delegates at Bristol vote in the final session to continue participation in the coalition government. Reports note victories for Russian forces on the Caucasus and Persian fronts. Turkish forces retreat from Mush and from Hamadan.
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Bristol
Labor Party
Caucasus
Mush
Hamadam
54 Die In Zeppelin Raid Across Several Counties
London reports 54 killed and 67 injured in last nights Zeppelin raid. An official statement lists 220 bombs dropped across Derbyshire Leicestershire Staffordshire Norfolk Suffolk Lincolnshire and other districts with limited property damage and no further casualties reported.
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London
Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Staffordshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Lincolnshire
Fire destroys West Washington street row in Bradford
Bradford Jan 31 A row of wooden two story buildings on West Washington street burned today causing about 10000 dollars in damage. The fire started in Samuel Schneiderman’s store and spread in both directions. Upper floor occupants were saved, some being carried out by firemen through upstairs windows.
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Bradford
West Washington Street
Samuel Schneiderman
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Alice Bush
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