Attempted bombings target Burns birthplace and London rail hub
In Ayr Scotland two suffragettes tried to plant a bomb at Robert Burns birthplace in Alloway. a watchman halted them, one arrested, one fled. In Chester England suffragettes torched Broad Heath railway station. in London Old Bailey riot disrupts court as Mrs Pankhurst is sent to Holloway Jail.
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Ayr
Scotland
Robert Burns
Alloway
Chester
England
Broad Heath
London
Old Bailey Court
Mistaken identity shocks Oil City family at funeral scene
In Oil City on a Friday night the Rozeski family learned the body shipped from North Warren was John Dimouski Klein aged 61, not their relative Jacob Rozeski who was alive in the hospital. The error arose from telephone notices and morgue misidentification.
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Oil City
Jacob Rozeski
Crawford Street
North Warren
State Hospital
Rogeski
John Dimouski Klein
Tener Defends Law Enforcement At Pennsylvania Bar Banquet
Governor John K. Tener declared Pennsylvania laws strictly enforced and praised state governance at the Pennsylvania Bar Association banquet in Erie. The session approved convict labor policies and rules limiting convict goods to penal and charitable institutions, with new officers elected for the coming year.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Lawrence
R. W. Irwin
Washington County
George W. Wickersham
New York
H. J. Steele
Easton
Robert W. Irfin
Washington
Northumberland
Albert W. Johnson
Union
Casper Dull
Dauphin
Frederick T. Thayer
Philadelphia
Peter M. Speer
Venango
Clarence Sprout
Lycoming
Harold D. Beteler
A. B. Smith
Susquehanna
John Rose
Allegheny
Paul Bedford
Luzerne
John S. Billing
Eric
Howard A. Page
Agnew Hice
Beaver
Emerson J. Cleveland
Bradford
Michael S. Miles
York
Thomas H. Greevey
Blair
John M. Rhey
Cumberland
Warren Fourth of July Celebrated As Safe And Sane
The Warren observance was quiet and hot with no official celebration or loud events. Flags waved everywhere while many residents traveled to Jamestown or Chautauqua lake areas for picnics and boating amid the heat.
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Warren
Sol
Jamestown
Chautauqua Lake
Statewide unrest and local clashes reported in brief
Farmers in Juniata county arm themselves after sighting a big black bear near Vandyke. Hazelton Mayor refuses state police function. West Hazelton charges $25 annual bus fee forcing line suspensions. Lehigh Valley Coal closes Blackwood colliery for two months. Burglars rob Frackville barber Benjamin Serapena for about $500. A PRR passenger train hits a rig in Union City fracturing George Emerson’s skull and causing fatal injuries.
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Juniata County
Vandyke
Harvey
Hazelton
West Hazelton
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Blackwood
Benjamin Serapena
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union City
George Emerson
State’s Economy Panel Reports 4877 Employees Citywide
Pennsylvania employs 4877 people in state government with total wages of 3,357,659.44 dollars. Health Department leads with about 2060 employees, followed by Highway 277, State Police 250, and Public Grounds and Buildings 169. The commission studies duties salaries and plans equalization, audits offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and considers a central data office.
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Harrisburg
Economy and Efficiency Commission
Pennsylvania
Harry S. McDevitt
H. D. Jones
Jacob Soffel
Health Department
Highway Department
State Police
Department of Public Grounds
Soffel
Pittsburg
WeDevitt
Philadelphia
Mme Cailleaux Murder Trial Set to Open Friday
Paris July 10 The trial of Mme Cailleaux wife of the former Finance Minister on charges of murdering Gaston Calmette editor of Le Figaro will begin tomorrow. The defense stresses her claimed intent to threaten not kill while the prosecution seeks to prove murder.
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Paris
Mme. Cailleaux
Finance
Gaston Calmette
le Figaro
M. Cailleaux
M. Calmette
Massage Licensing Issued By Penn State Board
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania State Bureau of Medical Education and Licensure has created a licensing system for massage and allied therapies. An advisory committee was formed. qualified practitioners with four months study or one year practice plus a diploma may be licensed. Examinations will be required. after November 1, 1914 a completed grammar school course and specialized study must be shown to practice.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Bureau of Medical Education and Licensure
Three States Pay Half of New Taxes
Washington reports New York Pennsylvania and Illinois contributed over half of the 17 386 146 in income and corporation taxes for the fiscal year nearly 38 million dollars. New York led with 12 523 247 in individual income tax and 9 766 248 in corporation tax.
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Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
National Treasury
New York State
Empire State
United States
Car Ditches. Doctor Hurt in Wreck Near Corry
Dr. L M Paige returning from Corry to Spring Creek with four passengers lost control of the auto and plunged into a roadside ditch five miles from Corry. Paige broke three ribs with one puncturing a lung, and wrist. he is in Corry Hospital. Other occupants escaped with bruises.
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Corry
Spring Creek
L. M. Paige
Boy Helps Self To Auto In Allentown Incident
A 15 year old crippled boy Burtis Kohn commanded a stranger to start an auto on Center Square Allentown. He drove about a mile then rode a trolley to Reading where police arrested him. He took 56 dollars from his mother before the escapade.
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Allentown
Center Square
Burtis Kohn
Willam
Reading
Pretty Daughters Offer Land for Farmhand Chance
Giltner Nebraska July 2 Ambrose Huntington posts a notice seeking five harvest hands for a month with wages five dollars a day plus meals washing and bed in the haymow He promises marriage to one of his five daughters if a worker proves worthy The ad drew over 50 applicants and five men are now at work but the daughters plan a summer trip to New England leaving the workers with uncertain prospects
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Giltner
Neb
Ambrose Huntington
Huntington
New England
Fire on U S Gunboat In Puerto Plata Harbor
Dominican rebels opened with reckless firing at the hull of the U S gunboat Machias in Puerto Plata harbor late last night. The Machias answered with its three pounders and an automatic rifle, then the attack ceased.
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Washington
Puerto Plata
Baldhead Club debates best husbands in America
Chicago wives defend bald-headed husbands as the best and sweetest mates in a lighthearted club discussion while in Ohio Findlay oil shooters O. H. Long Burns and Charles Armstrong are blown to atoms when 200 quarts of nitroglycerin explode in an auto, wrecking homes and injuring two children.
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Ohio
Chicago
Baldhead Club of America
Winsted
Conn
Harold Dyrenforth
Old Colony Life Insurance Company
Carleton White
W. Rufus Abbott
Chicago Telephone Company
Col. Milton Freeman
Findlay
O. H. Longburns
Charles Armstrong
Guns Loaded for Col in War of Words
Senator Pen vows to retaliate against former President Roosevelt in renewed exchanges over attacks. He warns of unwritten history to reveal and says he will defend himself and “gun” back, predicting more pointed disclosures to come.
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Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Penrose
Mr. Roosevelt
Banana Drives Him Over Sea to Poland
In Chester Pennsylvania on July 8 Casper Vogel fled after taking a banana from a huckster’s wagon. He feared arrest and left for his native Poland. Official investigator Jacob Rosenberg says Vogel paid the huckster five dollars to avoid prosecution.
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Chester
Casper Vower
Poland
Jacob Rosenberg
Vogel
Fire at Chautauqua damages three cottages near Amphitheater
Fire at Chautauqua yesterday seriously damaged three cottages and threatened the area around the Amphitheater. The blaze began in the Columbia cottage facing the Amphitheater, with an estimated loss of at least 15000 dollars, partially insured. The Columbia and Hallhurst cottages, on Roberts and Terrace avenues, were kept from spreading. owners are Mrs. O. V. M. Fritz of Wattsburg Pennsylvania and Mrs. C. K. Hall of Pittsburgh.
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Chautauqua
Columbia
Pracielly
Roberts and
Terrace Avenues
Hallhurst
Field Cottage
O. V. M. Fritz
Wattsburg
C. K. Hall
Pittsburg
Big Gains for Banks in State Totals
Harrisburg July 2 The State Commissioner of Banking reports compares deposits and reserves from November 1 1913 to June 1 1914 showing deposits and reserves up over 11 million dollars and total assets rising more than 35 million, with the largest gain in trust company assets.
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Harrisburg
William H. Smith
Mustached Man Sues Over Gum Incident Worth $1000
In Pittsburg County Court Vasil Kropan, a Pressed Steel Car Co. worker, seeks $1000 from foreman Harry Griffith after gum on his mustache led to its damage and his discharge. Kropan testified swelling and illness followed as he shaved to remove the gum, with a verdict pending.
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Pittsburg
Vasil Kropan
Pressed Steel Car Company
Harry Griffith
Griffith
Kropan
Judge Rebuffs Supersedeas in Pennsylvania Auto License Case
Judge McCarrell of Dauphin County Court refused to grant a supersedeas in the appeal by Auditor General Powell and State Treasurer Young to the Supreme Court. The decision leaves $1 million from license funds available for the State Highway Commissioner to repair roads while the questions are litigated. The court warned a supersedeas could harm the public by delaying road work and found no harm to officials from denial.
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Harrisburg
MccCarrell
Dauphin County
Powell
Young
Supreme Court
Montclair Pastor Seeks Congregational Topics for Serious
In a quirky notice, a Montclair New Jersey pastor asks his congregation to submit topics for a feature titled Serious. Meanwhile, various oddball briefs touch on elopement near Berlin, a notable delayed wedding in Scranton and a scuffle over flirtatious attention at Rockland Lake.
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Montclair
N. J
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Tener
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Boy
U. S
Col
Banana
Alien
Chautauqua Assembly
MecCarrell
Scranton Pa
Denver
C. J. Daugherty
Short Worth
Tex
Berlin
Johannisthal
Minnie Boerner
Rockland Lake, N. Y
Flirt
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