Ireland area and features outlined by Geographic Society
Washington May 30 The National Geographic Society notes Ireland is slightly smaller than Maine with a population about six times denser than Maine’s. It recounts emigration after the 1845 famine, describes landscape including the McCillisuddy Reeks, bogs, loughs, and the Shannon River, and covers industry from linen to whiskey, shipbuilding at Belfast, and proximity to Scotland at Torr Head.
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Washington
D. C
Ireland
Englan
Dublin
National Geographic Society
Maine
England
Wales
Iland
Pers
Sir Walter Raleigh
Trish
North
Caretina
Cork
Treland
Europe
Killarney
Shannon
Cavan
Atlantic
United Kingdom
County Wicklow
Belfast
Torr Head
Scotland
Mull of Cantiri
Giant’s Causeway
Life Term for Sinn Fein Leader McNeill Confirmed
Dublin via London May 30 Professor John MacNeill president of the Sinn Fein Volunteers was found guilty of complicity in the Irish revolt and has been sentenced to life imprisonment with the sentence confirmed.
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Dublin
London
John MacNeill
Sinn Fein Volunteers
Transport Sunk by Italian Warship in Trieste Harbor
A large transport steamship was torpedoed and sunk by an Italian warship in Trieste harbor on the night of May 28, with an official announcement issued this afternoon.
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Rome
Paris
Trieste
Melanie Kurt to sing Brunhilde in Siegfried at Forbes Field
Soprano Melanie Kurt of the Metropolitan Opera will perform Brunhilde in Wagner’s Siegfried at Forbes Field Pittsburg. The outdoor festival features public school choruses and Metro soloists with Ernestine Schumann Heink and Frieda Hempel noted in the Pittsburgh performance. Kurt is praised for her European opera reputation and recent New York acclaim.
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Wunhilde
Valkyrie
Wotan
Siegfried
Melanie Kurt
Metropolitan Opera Company
Richard Wagner
Forbes Field
Pitts- Searrk
Metroquslitan
Kurt
Metro@raitan Opera Company
New York
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Frieda Hempel
Pittsburgh
Wielleme
Wagner Siegfried at Forbes Field with Clarence Whitehill
Clarence Whitehill of the Metropolitan Opera presents the outdoor Wagner drama Siegfried at Forbes Field Pittsburgh on Thursday June 8 with a 102 piece Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra. 1,200 children and 500 volunteers join Saturday June 10 for the Siegfried Festival Concert featuring Johanna Gadski Lila Robeson and Whitehill.
Sam Smith withdraws from Port Allegany amid accusations
Samuel W. Smith declares he will cease doing business in Port Allegany, dismantle the Smith Opera House, halt cemetery sales, and negotiate selling the water plant after alleging libel by the Port Allegany Reporter. He asks citizens to tolerate a transition as he withdraws to avoid being branded a criminal. Dated May 16, 1916.
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Port Allegany Reporter
Ciizens
Port Allegany
Smith Opera House
Fairview Cemetery
Water Company
Port Allegheny
Samuel W. Smith
Port Allegany, Pa
Pennsylvania Farmers Pay Nearly Forty Million For Laborers
Harrisburg reports the Bureau of Statistics shows Pennsylvania farmers spend about 39.95 million dollars yearly on male help, with female labor adding 3.97 million. Lancaster leads county outlays at 3.63 million, Philadelphia shows high per-farmer averages, and counties across the state range from small pensions to over a million dollars in wages.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Statistics
State Department of Agriculture
Keystone
Department
Cameron County
Armstrong
Venango
Philadelphia
Delaware
Chester
Lancaster County
Buck County
Allegheny
Berks
Franklin
Montgomery
Westmoreland
York
Lehigh
Crawford
Cumberland
Northampton
Schuylkill
Susquehanna
Tioga
Adams
Beaver
Bedford
Blair
Bradford
Butler
Cambria
Cameron
Carbon
Center
Clarion
Clearford
Clinton
Columbia
Dauphin
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Forest
Fulton
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
Lackawanna
Lawrence
Lebanon
Luzerne
Lycoming
McKean
Mercer
Mifflin
Maroe
Montour
Northumberland
Perry
Pike
Potter
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan
Union
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Wyoming
Democrats to Convene in St Louis June 14
St Louis May 30 The Democrats set for a national convention in St Louis on June 14 with President Wilson expected to be renominated by a two thirds rule change opposed by no major figures. Bryan will not attend and Vice Presidential plans focus on Western contenders as Glynn may chair.
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ST. Louis
Wilson
William J. Bryan
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
National Committee
Bryan
West
Alleghanies
Marshall
White House
Altho
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Martin H. Glynn
New York
William Sulzer
Glynn
Dudley Field Malone
Port of
William F. McCombs
Pittsburgh Festival Plans Outdoor Opera With Met Stars
In Pittsburgh a group of businessmen backing 1 200 grade school and 500 evening pupils rehearse for an outdoor festival at Forbes Field on Saturday afternoon June 10. Met stars Johanna Gadski Lila Robeson and Clarence Whitehill join the Metropolitan Orchestra of 102 pieces with Will Earhart directing. The event aims to celebrate public school music with the Wagner Siegfried production staged outdoors after a May festival run.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Richard Wagner
Siegfried
Forbes Field
Pittsburgh
Metropolitan Opera House
Whitehill
New York
Wotan
Brunnhilde
Fricka
Johanna Gadski
Lila Robeson
Mr. Whitehill
Tis
Clarence Whitehill
Pittsburgh Festival Association
Metropolitan Orchestra
Will Earhart
William C. Hamilton
Wagner
Harvard Stadium
Big Ball Park
Metropolitan Stars
Nurses Training School Attendants Wanted Warren PA
Wanted attendants for the insane at State Hospital Warren Pennsylvania. Men aged 21 to 35 with fair education may enter the training school for nurses. Wages 24 dollars per month plus living expenses, with monthly increases of 2 dollars for each six months for the first two years. Reference required. Address Superintendent State Hospital Warren Pa May 25 4t.
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State Hospital
Warren
Penn’a
For Sale Interest in Eldred Oil Company Property
Sixteenth or an eighth interest in the Eldred Oil Company covering 400 acres with 4 to 5 barrel production and more expected in a 300 to 400 foot territory. Must sell to save other oil interests. Write Grant Phillis Grand Valley Pa May 25 3t.
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Eldred Oil Company
Grant Phillis
Grand Valley
Inside Bathing for Health and Clean Bowels
An old health column urges daily inside baths using hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the digestive tract. It claims toxins enter the blood from indigestible waste and promotes internal sanitation to cure headaches, colds, constipation and bad breath.
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Little Green Isle
Opera Stage
Diamond
Pittsburgh “Pirates
Johannes Sembach
Albert Reiss
M’neill
SINN
Melanie Kurt As
Brunhilde
Sam Smith
Statistics Bureau
DR ES Charllesh Food
Charles
DR Charles Flesh Food CO
Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y
Kopf
Henry
the Family Grocers
D. G. Blackman
Justice of the Peace
Second St
Warren, Pa
Bell Phone
The
Reynolds’ Co
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