Billy Sunday’s Mother Dies in Indiana
Mrs. Mary Jane Stowell, 76, mother of evangelist Billy Sunday, died of heart disease at her Warsaw Indiana home. The body was found by Sunday when she failed to rise at her usual time. She had been in good health upon retiring. burial will be on the old Sunday homestead in Ames Indiana where Billy was born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sunday
Mary Jane Stowell
Warsaw
Ind
Ames
Old Sunday
Billy
Navy program trimmed to three years
The president has ordered shortening the five year naval building plan to three years without reducing tonnage. Secretary Daniels announced the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Militiaman Shoots Self in Topeka Home
Roy Robinson a 20 year old private in Battery A Kansas National Guard killed himself at his Topeka home. He reportedly told friends he would rather die than go to Mexico and did not report when the battery left for Fort Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Roy Robinson
Kansas National Guard
Topeka
Kan
Robinson
Mexico
Fort Riley
Von Buelow Retires From German Army Command
Field Marshal Von Buelow, who led the second and third German armies in the Marne drive, is placed on the retired list after a year of inactivity due to ill health as he nears his 71st birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Buelow
Marshall von Buelow
Marne
Public Health Seeks Immediate Refugee Landing Order
The public health service asks the State Department to issue a refugee landing order at once. It would require all refugees from Mexico arriving at Atlantic coast ports north of Maryland and on the Pacific coast at San Francisco to land at designated points to prevent an epidemic danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Public Health Service
State Department
Mexico
Atlantic
Maryland
San Francisco
Judgment against Lily Langtry settles long‑standing hotel bill
Justice Young of the New York Fifth District Municipal Court ordered Lily Langtry to pay Andrew F. Link $127.16 for a hotel bill from 1887. Link, once a Chicago hotel man, testified Langtry’s private car stayed near his hotel and she obtained supplies and trunk storage during several days. Langtry denied the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Lily
Lily Langtry
Lady de Bathe
West
Justice Young
New York Fifth District Municipal Court
Andrew F. Link
Chicago
Link
Militia Disciples Strip Three in Maryland Camp
Federalizing the militia at Laurel Camp leads to a harsh hazing incident as company commanders strip three Fourth Maryland men of their uniforms and send them back to Baltimore in their underwear after accusing them of a yellow streak for refusing the new oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Laurel Camp
Baltimore
Millionaire Kid Soldier Enlists with Eighth Regiment
H. A. Stewart Jr., dubbed the "millionaire kid" son of a Pittsburgh banker and director in several firms, has enlisted as a private in Company E of the Eighteenth regiment. He reportedly is worth $2,000,000 and passed a high physical examination as he joined with the marchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Stewart, Jr
Pittsburgh
Aviator Killed in Oshkosh Loop the Loop Crash
Rochester aviator F. Niles died at Oshkosh Wisconsin from injuries after his aircraft fell 300 feet during a loop the loop exhibition. Niles, 37, had just returned from a tour of Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Niles
Rochester
N. Y
Oshkosh
Wis
Niles
Japan
Bomb scare at New York Federal Building ruins
A bomb-like package containing nine sticks of dynamite was found June 26 behind a door of an entrance to the New York Federal Building. The paper wrapping was slightly scorched and officials said the dynamite was a powerful brand capable of blowing up about 48 buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
New York Federal Building
Owen Egan
Bureau of Combustibles
Colorado Coal Production Up In Early 1916
Colorado coal tonnage for the first five months of 1916 rose by 890,240 tons from 1915, totaling 3,063,151. May output reached 736,970 tons, up 187,950 from May 1915, with one fatal accident in May and sixteen total fatalities in the state's coal mines since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
James Dalrymple
Soldier Kills His Pets
Private Ernest Murphy of the Franklin Machine Gun Company killed his driving horse two dogs and a cat in Franklin New Hampshire. Police man George Burrer assisted in the act. Murphy planned to join the border mission and decided to end the animals lives rather than leave them with strangers. The animals were buried in one grave in a Prospect Hill pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Murphy
Franklin Machine Gun Company
Franklin
N. E
Concord
George Burrer
Murphy
Prospect Hill
Noted Texas Oil Lease Claimed by Craig and Harlin
Houston based Leon E. Craig and Ed die Harlin announce a record oil lease in Texas. They claim funding is secured and the deal near completion. The block spans 4267 acres south of and adjoining the deep well area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Leon E. Craig
Eddie Harlin
Houston
Tex
Humble Oil Moves to Acquire Region Section
A Humble Oil and Gas Company official, Mr. Craig, states that a section of Humble is acquired by the New York Humble Oil and Gas Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble
New York
Humble Oil and Gas Company
Mr. Craig
Mineralogist Hints at Radium-Rich North Carolina Ores
Bristol Tenn mineralogist William McGovern says he has found North Carolina mountain ores showing signs of pointed radioactivity and believes proper testing could reveal the world’s real radium supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McGovern
Bristol, Tenn
East Tennessee
North Carolina
Indignation Forces Atlanta Board to Retract Teacher Exams
Public outcry forced Atlanta Georgia Board of Education to rescind its last meeting action requiring medical inspections of teachers. The plan had demanded that young women strip to the waist for tests, drawing sharp opposition and accusing remarks toward Dr Adkins. Mayor Woodward called the proposal outrageous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Atlanta
Dr. Adkins
Woodward
Speaker Forced to Salute in Jola Kan Incident
An itinerant Socialist speaker angered local business leaders in Jola Kansas by denouncing the military system. A crowd forced him to salute the flag after he was found in a drug store seeking police protection. Officers intervened only after he complied and expressed affection for the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jola
Kan
Can't Remember Affinities. Shattuck divorce complaint details
Mrs. Lottie Shattuck files for divorce from express messenger Roy Shattuck citing numerous affairs. She names three women and describes locations and times of meetings. She alleges constant reproaches and eventually physical abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Shattuck
Lottie Shattuck
War Bride in Trouble in Lincoln Marriage Mixup
Nebraska's first war bride faces trouble after a hasty marriage following a divorce from J. M. Maher of Dodge County on June 7. She had married Maher on December 1, 1911, but now denies ever marrying the Fremont man when the license was secured by Lincoln militiaman Joseph Brittian under the name Minnie Kaasch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
J. M. Maher
Dodge County
Joseph Brittian
Minnie Kaasch
Blast Destroys Quarry Wall in Utah Explosion
A Salt Lake City dispatch reports 500 kegs of gunpowder exploded in a shaft 65 feet deep at the Utah Consolidated Stone Company quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Granite blocks 20 to 100 feet were blown free. George Seeley, quarry superintendent, ignited the blast. spectators were only workmen and a few officials. Secrecy surrounded the plans to prevent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah Consolidated Stone Company
Little Cottonwood Canyon
George Seeley
Saved by a Dog and Wanted
Mrs Elizabeth Kostain of Minneapolis credits her bulldog Boy with saving her and thirty lodgers after Boy returned home Sunday following a lost ad. The dog awakened her by clawing at the bedclothes and barking, enabling their safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Kostain
Minneapolis
Minn
Recluse William Peters Leaves Estate to New Brunswick Church
The 80 year old man who lived forty years in one room in a New Brunswick office building left nearly 200000 dollars to the First Methodist Episcopal Church of New Brunswick. His daughter Mrs Mabel Doughty of New York receives fifty dollars monthly and a sister in Kentucky gets one hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Peters
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
New Brunswick
N. J
Mabel » Doughty
New York
Kentucky
Omaha Man Celebrates 45 Years Born and Living at Hospital
Joe White born in 1871 at the old County Hospital in Omaha has lived 45 years on the hospital grounds. He marked his 45th birthday and 45 years residence with continuity, never attending school and remains unable to read or write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old County Hospital
Omaha
Neb
Joe White
Joe
Mule thefts traced by bloodhounds near Walnesboro
A Mississippi lumber mill east of Walnesboro lost several fine mules after poison was found in the first animals. Bloodhounds led by R. L. Gant from Crystal Springs trailed the thieves to a farmer's home a mile away after about thirty minutes of pursuit. No arrests yet. investigators seek more evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnesboro
Miss
R. L. Gant
Crystal Springs
Girls Derail Train Scare Leads to Juvenile Court Charge
Alive and Veria Henderson of Saline Kansas faced Juvenile Court charges after a prank in Union Pacific yards risked catastrophe. The two girls played on the main line as a train stood ready to pull away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veria Henderson
Saline
Kan
Union Pacific
Train derailment shifts cars to Lincoln branch
An error at a switch sent the rear section of a train onto the Lincoln branch rather than the main line. Three cars derailed and several hours were needed to replace them, causing travel delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
One Legged Man Rescues Girl After River Canoe Accident
Albert Collins one legged man saves Miss Marie Gibson after a canoe accident on the Monongahela River near Point Bridge Pennsylvania at 11 45 p m They are taken to Southside Hospital and expected to recover Sam Heminger and C J Boyle watchman of Collier 4 aided in the rescue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl
Monongahela River
Point Bridge
Marie Gibson
Albert Collins
Southside Hospital
Miss Gibson
Collins
Sam Heminger
C. J. Boyle
Collier 4
Fisherman Fends Off Monster That Was a Calf
Early morning fishing near Dalton Georgia turned eerie when Walter Chaffin spotted a giant head rising from the water. He realized the “monster” was a calf trapped in the creek and struggling for air before it was freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Chaffin
Dalton
Spokane Policeman Drowns in Deer Lake Incident
Policeman Arthur Enquist of Spokane died after an apparent heart attack while fishing at Deer Lake, forty miles northwest of Spokane. Sergt. Alex McDonald narrowly escaped a similar fate when the boat capsized and he was rescued from the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Enquist
Spokane
Wash
Alex. McDonald
Deer Lake
Enquist
McDonald
Trade with Brazil Grows Shown in Rio Janeiro Statement
Government report from Rio de Janeiro shows Brazil’s 1915 imports rose to 156 883 contos valued at about 250 000 dollars, with U S imports at 42 429 contos. Exports reached 465 212 000 contos, up 112 263 contos from 1914, with U S exports totaling 214 393 contos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
United States
Green Worms Ravage Eight Acre Corn Field in Kansas
In Centralia Kansas near the Frank Howard place eight acres of corn are ruined by green worms that bore into stalks just under the ground and destroy the heart. The worms, about the size of a wheat weevil but lighter, have been sent to the State Agricultural College for study. The infested field was rye last year, with eggs likely in rye stubble plowed under last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Howard Place
Centralia
Kan
State Agricultural College
Return of a Missing Sailor After Thirty Years
David Guessferd, long believed dead, returned to his parents on a farm near Townsend Delaware. At 16 he sailed a Smyrna to Philadelphia boat, then sailed New York to the East Indies before disappearing from all contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Guessferd
Joseph Guessferd
Townsend del
Smyrna
Philadelphia
New York
East Indies
Will Dance at 100 James Tinney Plans 109 Birthday Dance
James Tinney, nearing 97, will advise the public on living to 109 if he reaches a century. He will dance an Irish jig at the event. A longtime Lorain County resident, Tinney has healthy habits and recalls early Ohio when Indians and wildlife roamed the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tinney
Tinney
Loraine County
Ohio
Sailor Wins $10,000 Pearls in New York Bazar
Andrew W. Niland 24 a machinist on the US steam er Ozark won a $10,000 pearl necklace at the allied bazar in New York. The presentation occurred on the roof of the Equitable Building where Jens Nelson served as his bodyguard. They left afterward to attempt selling the jewels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew W. Niland
United States
Ozark
Allied Bazar
Equitable
New York
Jens Nelson
Niland
Washington School Board limits corporal punishment spot
The Washington Pa school board bans broad corporal swings and singles out one designated spot for punishment after numerous complaints of violent chastisement by teachers. Parents report harsh use of the switch in schools, prompting the board to enforce a specific limit on where students may be struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
Took Wrong Train Sues for Damages in Atlantic City
Eli Jacobs filed a $500 negligence suit in the District Court at Atlantic City New Jersey against the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. He says a conductor directed him to the wrong train, leading him to Philadelphia. the conductor demanded extra fare and Jacobs was detained until payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Eli Jacobs
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Jacob
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Jacobs
Graveyard Dog Guards Lonely Grave in Fultonham
In Fultonham Ohio a homeless dog keeps vigil at the grave of George Baker, an aged farmer. The dog, nicknamed The Graveyard Dog, arrived five years ago after Baker’s funeral procession and has remained beside his resting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fultonham
George Baker
Baker
Dog guards grave nightly at Baker memorial site
A devoted dog watches over Baker's grave each night, sleeping for hours on the mound by day. Villagers have long given up trying to move the animal, which leaves only to find food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Mount Vernon Man Ends Life By Gas To Help Cancer Fight
Frank B. Lowndes of 19 Wallace Avenue Mount Vernon dies by his own action. A coroner records a suicide note stating he hopes his body be bequeathed to science and his fortune fund a cancer hospital to aid medical research against the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank B. Lowndes
Wallace Avenue
Mount Vernon
Healy
Frank B. Lowndese
Mobilization forces Ferguson family to enlist in Kansas guard
Albert Ferguson and his two sons halted their harvest near Minneapolis Kansas when the Kansas National Guard mobilized. They walked to town and enlisted. Father becomes a corporal in Company G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Ferguson
Kansas Natonal Guard
Ferguston
Minneapolis
Kan
Dublin Revolt Death Toll Reported
Official statement lists 116 soldiers sailors and policemen and 224 civilians killed in the Dublin revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Mexican Lighthouses Warned as Dangerous for Ships
The Navy Department announced a wireless broadcast warning ships at sea not to rely on all Mexican coast lighthouses. Some have been extinguished and others altered, making their guidance unreliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Frankfort Arsenal Develops New Bomb Types
The Frankfort Arsenal near Philadelphia is producing gas bombs incendiary bombs aerial bombs and hand grenades. The experimental department is testing hundreds of ideas and may revolutionize future warfare with new ordnance concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort Arsenal
Philadelphia
Hiram Johnson Backs Hughes for President
California governor Hiram Johnson, a former Roosevelt running mate, declares his unreserved support for Charles E. Hughes. Johnson says Hughes deserves Progressive support and asserts the Progressive party will remain triumphant in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Johnson
Hughes
California
Col. Roosevelt
Moose
Charles E. Hughes
Gov. Johnson
Candidate Denounces Steals in Texas River Debate
Dallas Democrat John Davis for U S Senate declares there is no navigable river in Texas and that money cannot create rivers He challenges all opponents to meet him on the stump to debate the proposition Davis has stirred Texas by calling river improvement appropriations steals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
John Davis
Dallas
United States Senate
Davis
Bandits Kill Rancher and Wife Near Hachita New Mexico
William Parker owner of Parker's ranch thirty five miles south of Hachita New Mexico and his wife were murdered by Mexican bandits. Relatives in Columbus received the report and ranch employees found the bodies. The ranch was raided days earlier with heavy stock taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Parker
Parker
Hachita, N. M
Columbus
Tampico Colony Departs for Texas Points
The entire American colony of Tampico and surrounding oil district leaves aboard oil tankers bound for Texas. Vera Cruz remains quiet and orderly. Several hundred interior refugees await transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampico
Texas
Vera Cruz
Efficient Armored Trucks at Fort Sam Houston
An armored truck assigned to troops at Fort Sam Houston San Antonio proved its efficiency by deterring thefts during trials. It removed a milk wagon an automobile and a cow from access by looters in a single operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Reprieve Granted for Chicken Joe Campbell
Cov Dunne of Illinois grants a reprieve to Chicken Joe Campbell, sentenced to hang for the murder of Mrs Edmund M Allen, wife of Joliet Penitentiary former warden. The stay until October 13 allows an appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cov. Dunne
Ilinois
Cambell
Edmund M. Allen
Joliet Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Former Actress Mary Davenport Dies at 65 in San Francisco
Mary Davenport once portrayed Juliet to Edwin Booth and appeared with many notable actors of the era. She died in San Francisco at age 65 from a stroke. She had lived in seclusion the past two years with her husband J Duke Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Davenport
Juliet
Edwin Booth
San Francisco
J. Duke Murray
Robbers Hold Villa Ridge Town at Bay in Safe Blowout
Robbers held citizens of Villa Ridge Illinois twelve miles from Cairo at bay while blowing a store safe and grabbing seven hundred dollars. They fled in an automobile pursued by an armed posse in a second car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa Ridge
Ill
Cairo
Lansing Seeks End to Embargo on Hides
Secretary Lansing pledged to form a committee from shoe and leather groups to push for lifting the embargo on raw hides from Russia and other European nations. The committee noted embargoes have raised shoe costs by about $1 per pair and may rise further, with calf skins chiefly needed and not critical for military purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Shoe and
Russia
Berlin Papers Smaller Affects City News Output
A clipping notes that Berlin newspapers have reduced size, trimming staff and pages. The shift limits coverage of local events and reduces detail in city reporting while maintaining essential notices. Editors cite cost constraints and competition from radio and, later, television for the change.
Publications cut size and raise rates from July
Proprietors plan to reduce publication size starting July 1 due to higher paper costs. Some will also raise subscription rates to offset expenses.
Bibles for Ohio Soldiers Before Mexico Campaign
The Sixth Regiment of the Ohio National Guard will carry a Bible each as 900 copies distributed at Toledo by the Lucas County Sunday School Association. A ceremony at the armory accompanied the presentation where troops gathered awaiting orders to move to the concentration camp in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio National Guard
Mexico
Toledo
Lucas County
Suicide of Builder Gustav Stohr Found in Guilford Cellar
The 65 year old builder Gustav Stohr was found hanged in the cellar of an unfinished Guilford house in Baltimore Maryland. A policeman saw the body through a window after Stohr constructed a scaffold of boxes and used a rope tied to a rafter with the platform kicked from beneath him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Stohr
Fashionable Guilford
Baltimore
Stohr
Woman Gored by Bull Near Independence Kansas
Mrs. J. H. Mills living on a farm near Independence Kansas was gored by a bull while gathering berries in a pasture. She was rushed to a local hospital unconscious with five broken ribs an injured eye an ear torn and internal injuries. She was with another woman and two children at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Mills
Independence Kan
Jury Awards $20,000 in Yonkers Widow Case
A Supreme Court jury at White Plains New York awarded Grace Knowles of Elms street Yonkers $20000 in her suit against the New Haven Railroad Company for the death of her husband Charles Knowles killed in the New Haven yards in 1914. The verdict allocates $8000 to the widow and $4000 to each of their three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
White Plains
N. Y
Grace Knowles
Elms Street
Yonkers
New Haven Railroad Company
Charles
New Haven
Burglary Ends as Thief Shoots Self in Somerville Home
A burglar in Somerville on East Main Street shot and killed his own reflection during a break in at Philip F. Tunison Jr. residence. Two bundles remained in the dining room while his footprints led to the yard, and a large mirror was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip F. Tunison, Jr
East Main Street
Somerville
Boy Attacked by Horse in Washington Pa Nose Reattached
An 11 year old boy, John Crumm, was bitten on the nose by a horse in Washington Pennsylvania while attempting to bridle the animal. The nose was sewn back and authorities believe the limb will be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crumm
Washington, Pa
Hen Hatches Woodpecker Surprises Maryland Farm
Ira Cordrey, a farmer near Federalsburg, records an odd event in which a hen, missing for a period, was found caring for eleven chicks and a lone woodpecker. The bird appears content as the hen scratches for the mixed brood, treating the woodpecker as part of the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Cordrey
Federalsburg
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Dry Law in Hill Case
The Iowa Supreme Court rules the mulet repeal law closing saloons valid and constitutional in State v. Hill, upholding the act unanimously. The Davenport action began with three saloon keepers testing the statute aimed at enforcing prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Anhorn Baby Wine Award Compensates In Unborn Child Case
Mrs Lillie Sommers of Landingville Pa. receives 6099 from State Referee Paul W Houch as compensation from the Philadelphia and Reading Railway for her husband’s death. The award reflects the life of an unborn child and could rise by 500 if the child reaches age 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anhorn
Lillie Sommers
Landingville
Paul W. Houch
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Houch
Savannah Swain Buys Marriage Record With Pawned Hat
A Savannah man named Sam Wilkerton spent his last money for a marriage license after negotiating with the preacher. He pawned his hat to pay the fee, and the couple wed, but the marriage certificate remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Sam Wilkerton
Sam
Kansan Honored by British in World War I
Lieut. Cecil George Porter, nephew of A. J. Stevens of Hiawatha, Kansas, and president of the Northeast Kansas Telephone Company, was cited by British General Haig for gallant and distinguished conduct in France. Porter, a civil engineer, serves with a Canadian regiment and has a home in St Johns, New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan
Cecil George Porter
A. J. Stevens
Hiawatha
Kan
Northeast Kansas Telephone Company
Sir Douglas Haig
France
Lieut Porter
St. Johns
N. B
Indian Chemist Crafts Dyes Amid Shortages
Indian maker known as Steve, a British Columbia entrepreneur, ignores dye shortages. He uses traditional dyes his Clayquots tribe has used for generations and continues producing new shades regardless of imports or potential U S or German supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chem
Steve
British Columbia
Germany
Stotesbury Donates Two-Ton Truck to Third Pennsylvania
Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury responds to Chaplain Davis's aid appeal by gifting a two ton motor truck to the Third Pennsylvania Regiment. Delivery is expected soon, as announced by telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Stotesbury
Thomas W. Davis
Pennsylvania Regiment
Stotes
Delivery of truck to Mt Gretna depends on troop departure
Mrs Stotesbury states she will order the truck to be delivered at Mt Gretna if the troop departure schedule allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bury
Stotesbury
Mt. Gretna
Punishment of Child Leads to Court Fine in Ohio
Mrs. Anna Litton of near Little Kate Mine Ohio pleaded guilty in Squire Baxters court to punishing her son by stripping him pouring syrup on him tying him to the floor and leaving him exposed to flies and ants She then compelled her 15 year old daughter to strike the boy with a strap whenever he moaned The boy refused to hoe potatoes and Litton was fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Litton
Little Kate
Ohio
Squire Baxter
Joseph
China Honors American for Aid to Panama Exposition
Edmund O’Neill, professor of inorganic chemistry and director of UC chemical laboratory, has been decorated with the order of the golden sheaf by the Chinese Government for aiding China’s participation in the Panama-Pacific Exposition. He received notice of the honor through Secretary of State Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Edmond O'Neill
Chemical Laboratory
University of California
Prof
O’neill
Lansing
Chinese Republic
Gasoline Free At Moss Beach Auto Run
Drums of gasoline drifted ashore at Moss Beach California from a small power craft. Car owners filled their tanks freely as the barrels lay exposed, creating a spontaneous free-fuel outing for motorists along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss Beach
Cal
Professor Named San Jose City Manager
Thomas H. Reed head of UC Berkeley political science department was chosen as San Jose city manager under the new charter. Salary set at 6000 dollars annually, with most governmental duties concentrated on his tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Reed
University of California
San Jose
Sailor Bitten by Shark Reaches New York for Treatment
Adolph Crouse, 26, a seaman aboard a Russian steamship, arrived in New York aboard the Marcus from off the Florida coast after a shark bite. Marcus officers said the ship hailed a Russian vessel bound for Archangel on June 24 and requested medical aid for one crew member. Crouse was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Crouse
New York
Mallory Line
Marcus
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Florida
Archangel
Fred Zeppelin Dies in Philadelphia Overnight
Adolphus Guyer aged 84, who had stayed briefly with Mrs. C. G. Gray at 3415 Walnut Street, was found dead in Philadelphia. He had no relatives in the city and had warned of danger from a nocturnal bombing raid over England before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Zeppelin
Adolphus Guyer
C. G. Gray
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Bears Invade Hotel Ballroom During Pasadena Dance
Two escaped bears burst into the ballroom of Hotel Green in Pasadena California during a dance causing a small riot as guests fled. New York residents Mr and Mrs Royden Berkeley were in the dance when the animals appeared. Berkeley lifted his wife to safety on a platform as the bears, attracted by music, wandered upstairs from an enclosure near the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Green
Pasadena
Cal
Royden Berkeley
Castle House
New York
Muntineers on Nordan Ger Seized After Strike at Sea
The Norwegian steamship Nordan ger arrived in New York from Marseilles with two crew members in irons. A Mexican and a Spaniard armed with knives and guns refused to work after leaving Marseilles and, after two days of fighting, were captured and the ship stores damaged in the mutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muntineers
Nordanger
New York
Marseilles
Skeleton Teeth Could ID Buried Man by Teeth Finds
York police pursue a theory that a skeleton found behind Hotel Books in central York may be a wealthy outsider who vanished fifty years ago. Teeth are key to identification, with many recovered from schoolchildren who used them as souvenirs after the remains were exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Harvest Hands Sought by Ford County Farmers
Ford County Kansas seeks several hundred harvest hands. Fifty farmers in cars met trains at Dodge City to recruit workers. They offer three dollars a day, and report difficulty finding men as farmers near Dodge lure workers from trains. Messages were sent to Hutchinson Topeka and Kansas City requesting more laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford County
Kan
Dodge City
Dodge
Hutchinson
Topeka
Kansas City
Electric Light to Power Augusta Oil Field
Wichita Natural plans to switch from gas to electricity in its Augusta Kansas oil fields. A large plant on the Warner farm will power up to 1000 wells and illuminate the Butler County oil belt, replacing gas engines with a centralized electric system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Natural
Augusta
Kan
Butler County
Warner Farm
Love Notes Costly Hero of Augusta Letter
James R. Watenphul the village blacksmith of Augusta Wisconsin writes a humorous note to Dr Frederick Smiths wife with a car themed twist about love as the heart of the home. Continued on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Watenphul
Augusta
Wis
Frederick Smith
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Berlin
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