Fatalities Rise On Steam Railroads In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg March 12 fatalities on steam railroads in Pennsylvania rose by 45 in the last six months of 1914 versus the same period in 1913. Of 563 killed, 344 were trespassers. 146 railroad employees killed and 3971 injured. Fifty-three struck by cars died. street railway fatalities fell slightly.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Accidents
Public Service Commission
John P
Doheney
Local judge strips coat to pistol-whip defendant in court
Sweyersville Justice of the Peace Henry Miller attacked a wife beater on trial after the defendant defied orders. The assault left the man battered and unrecognizable to his best friend. the defendant later showed humility and repentance.
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Sweyersville
Henry Miller
Fifield
Wis
Baby Ball
Here
Cincinnati
Methodist Ministers’ Association
Fort Smith
Ark
Read
Mail Printing Co Ad for Printed Envelopes
Printed envelopes offered with name and address printed for 50 cents cash with order. Mail Printing Co. Warren Pa. promotes quick delivery and cash payment.
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Mail Printing Co
Warren, Pa
American Sympathy for Partitioned Poland
Washington letter discusses American sympathy for partitioned Poland and cites William Showalter’s National Geographic study. It outlines Poland as a vast, historically rich nation, its 117-year partition, and argues Poles remain intensely national yet seek American citizenship and contribution.
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Washington, D. C
Poland
National Geographic Society
William Joseph Showalter
Showalter
Russia
Europe
Germany
German Empire
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
France
Austria
Paris
Prussia
United States
America
Peles
Old Circus Man W W Cole Dies at 68 in New York
William Washington Cole, veteran circus impresario and head of an early railroad one ring show, died in New York at 68. A rival of Barnum Forepaugh and Sells Brothers, his troupe was absorbed by Barnum Bailey and later Ringling Brothers, with Cole retaining an interest until absorption.
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New York
William Washington Cole
Mr. Cole
W. W. Cole
P. T. Barnum
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Organization
Ringling Brothers
Bernhardt Mills Leg to Tour America Again
Bordeaux reports Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, after amputation of her right leg, plans a fall tour of America. Despite seventy years old and an artificial leg, she prepares to return to the stage with Rostand’s The Far Away Prince as her first role, followed by Phedre.
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Bordeaux
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
America
Bertrand
Rostand
Phedre
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Warren Trust Company
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Warren
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State of
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Lordks
Partitioned
First Bio Railroad
Essex
Blue Ribbon
Pickett Hardware Co
L. P. Gibso
Penn’a Avenue
East
Warren, Penn’a
DE Laval Separators
de Laval
E. D. Everts Warren
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