Girl model seeks annulment from Akron husband
Sadie Mullin Read an artist model and actress living with her mother in Rockingham apartments applied to Justice Guy in supreme court for an annulment of her marriage to Lloyd Read of Akron Ohio. She said she was under 18 at marriage and that it occurred in Pittsburg on April 1 1912 after an elopement by automobile from Akron. She added Akron is Akron and New York is New York.
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New York
Sadie Mullen Read
Rockingham
Justice Guy
Supreme Court
Lloyd Read
Akron
Dana denounces women as brainless on streetcars
Edmund Trowbridge Dana, Longfellow’s grandson and Harvard student, called women a brainless set in an address to the Boston School of Social Science. He attacked women riders as the majority and blundering when schedules demand speed.
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Boston
Edmund Trowbridge Dana
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Harvard
Boston School of Social Science
Old Man Killed by Train Near Port Allegany
A nearly 70 year old book agent identified as C F Jacklin of Port Allegany was killed while crossing moving freight cars on the B R & P tracks at Jewett. The body, mangled, was taken by a Jewett undertaker and Coroner Sherman notified. He leaves three sons and one daughter. This marks the third fatal accident in the area in eight days.
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Port Allegany
J. Jewett
C. F. Jacklin
Jewett
Sherman
Centenarian Would Be Old in Sharon Area
Sharon Pennsylvania May 8. Elizabeth Martin Harlow of Greenville aspires to live to 190 years old. She grew ill from worry about reaching her natal day but recovered with strong constitution and will power. A special celebration was held in her honor though she remains bedfast.
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Sharon
Elizabeth Martin Harlow
Greenville
Britton Ban Lifted for Philadelphia Victory Fight
Philadelphia removes ban on Jack Britton the Chicago pugilist allowing him to fight in the city. Pat Moore remains banned for an interim period following a poor exhibition about three weeks ago at the Olympia club.
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Philadelphia
Britton
Porter
Department of Public Safety
Jack Britton
Chicago
Pat Moore
Moore
Olympia Club
Girl Slashed at Door in Kane Home Incident
Mary Gardina aged 21 daughter of Edward Gardina of Kane Pennsylvania was attacked at her home last week when someone rapped at the door at about 10 oclock She was found unconscious by her mother after cries from the slum bers aroused the household, the assailant unknown and the injury possibly fatal
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Mary Gardina
Edward Gardina
Kane
Auto Crash Kills Syracuse Broker Thomas Murphy
In an Oneida Castle area crash a Syracuse stock broker Thomas Murphy died from burns after the automobile overturned. Mary McGourtey suffered probable fatal injuries in the same wreck near Oneida Castle on Sunday afternoon.
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Thomas Murphy
Syracuse
Mary McGourtey
Oneida Castle
Farm Expert Moves to Perry Office
W L Markham of Falconer, newly engaged farm expert for Wyoming County by the farm bureau association, has moved to Perry and opened his head office at the village clerk's office Monday.
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Perry
W. L. Markham of
Falconer
Wyoming County
Farm Bureau Association
Gas well struck yields million-cubic-foot daily flow
A gas well capable of about 1 000 000 cubic feet per day was struck on the Collin farm in the town of Sheridan near Dunkirk by the South Shore Natural Gas and Fuel Company.
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Collin Farm
Sheridan
Dunkirk
South Shore Natural Gas & Fuel Company
Sulzer Targets Direct Primary Push Ahead of Extra Session
Governor Sulzer plans a six week statewide campaign to mobilize sentiment for a direct primary bill and has convened the legislature in extraordinary session for June 18. A 25 25 25 nominating body will steer campaigns with committees on ways and means publicity and legislation. Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch supports direct primaries and woman suffrage, urging poll watchers rights.
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Albany
Sulzer
Daniel D. Frisbie
State Assembly
Clarence J. Shearn
Bainbridge
Frisbie
Governor’s War Board
War Board
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Miss Evans
Women’s Political Union
STOPPED DIVORCE CASE REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
San Francisco May 8 Judge Graham halted the sensational Merriam divorce case between Captain Henry C. Merriam US Army and his wife Bessie with a conference that produced a tentative agreement. Merriam will drop the suit and allow Merriam to obtain a decree by cross complaint for desertion, contingent on Uncle Sam not viewing the arrangement as a stain or grounds for a court martial.
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San Francisco
Henry C. Merriam
United States Army
Bessie
Graham
Merriam
Uncle Sam
War Department
King's Carnival at Nice Shows a Riot of Nonsense
A travelogue notes the Nice carnival as a “mask of frivolity” with a freaky parade and a jumble of musicians. It contrasts European revelry with American fakery while describing a chaotic scene and colorful crowds.
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Nice
Italy
Europe
America
Read Bible in Schools in Pennsylvania Senate Bill
Harrisburg May 8 Ten verses of the Bible will be read daily in Pennsylvania public schools if the senate bill passes and the governor approves. The law would dismiss any teacher who fails to follow its provisions.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
Erie Canal to Open in June as Delays Lift
New York state public works chief Duncan W. Peck announced the Erie canal will open for through navigation June 1 after delays caused by the unfinished junction lock at Vischer's Ferry. Champlain canal between Waterkvliet and Northumberland opens May 15. Cayuga and Seneca and Black River canals launch July 1. Buffalo eastbound boats to start May 26.
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Duncan W. Peck
New York State
Champlain Canal
Watervliet
Northumberland
Cayuga
Black River
Vischer’s Ferry
Peck
Buffalo
Cornell oarsman loses job after wedding defies coach
E. I. Pollard, a Cornell oarsman from Fulton, wed a school chum. On return to the boathouse Coach Courtney warned him to stay away from the team room or be cast out. Pollard had rowed No. 3 in the junior varsity boat and previously rowed the freshman eight at Poughkeepsie.
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Cornell
Courtney
E. I. Pollard
Fulton
Pollard
Junoiry
Poughkeepsie
Geneva Mayor Wears Overalls in Strike Dispute
Mayor Reuben H. Galvin and Police Commissioner John Monroe joined hod carriers and carpenters on a wage dispute at Geneva New York. With 55 hod carriers and 117 carpenters striking, they worked on the new City Hall site as the mayor donned overalls to show solidarity and maintenance of city operations.
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Geneva
Reuben H. Galvin
John Monroe
N. Y
Hod Carriers’ Union
Carpenters’ Union
Waterloo Hotel Man Drowned In Boat Incident
George Ogden a hotel man from Waterloo New York drowned on Sunday afternoon while helping push a motorboat from the landing He jumped in after the boat started then capsized it Three others were thrown into the water but reached shore Ogden who could not swim sank before assistance arrived
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Waterloo
George Ogden
N. Y
Ogden
Move to Change Church Name Rejected by Pennsylvania Diocese
The 129th annual Pennsylvania diocese convention voted down altering the Protestant Episcopal church name. Aimed at inserting Catholic in the title and changing the Book of Common Prayer, the resolution failed as delegates were urged to oppose the California proposal at the New York general convention in October.
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Philadelphia
Protestant Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania
New York
California
Vibrations Disturb St Louis Traffic Cops
Three traffic squad officers request transfer citing trains vibrating from Eads Bridge to Union Station as harmful to nerves. They report jolting sensations that leave them laughing upside down, with soles tickled and seasick like nausea from daily up and down motion.
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St. Louis
Eads Bridge
Union Station
Auburn Strike Ends as Machinery Returns to Auburn Mill
Three carloads of machinery shipped to tidewater have reached Auburn and are being unloaded. Workers returned to the Interna tional Harvester twine mill after an agreement mediated by Edward P. Chapman and local reps. About 60 percent of returning strikers could be accommodated. others visited the mill before going home. Militia remains on duty but no disturbances reported. The only remaining strike in Auburn involves carpenters delaying building operations.
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Tidewater
Auburn
Edward P. Chapman
Sulzer
Charles A. Miles
John W. Dennis
International Harvester
International
Rooster Noise Triggers Struggle at Hornell YMCA
In the Young Men's Christian Association building in Hornell a 15 year old boy Harold Bauer was found under a shower with hot water running after residents heard a rooster crowing in the bathroom. He fought officers, was restrained, and later taken to the city sanatorium. authorities suspect rabies.
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Young Men's Christain Association
Hornell
Harold Bauer
California Senate Approves Alien Land Leasing Bill
The Webb-Birdsall measure, passed after a lengthy three hour debate, allows leasing land to aliens for three years and enables Japanese occupancy via three year lease transfers. The action marks a notable defiance of President Wilson and his recommendations.
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California
Assembly
Wilson
Has Both Legs Cut Off Chester Klocko in Dun Kirk NY
11-year-old Chester Klocko son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Klocko of Dun Kirk NY had both legs cut off on the D A V and P railway near Nevins street crossing. He was playing in a gondola car when a switch engine started away dragging him about 50 feet. Legs crushed below the knee and a right finger severed. He was taken to the hospital with some hope of recovery.
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Chester Klocko
Stephen Klocko
Dunkirk
N. Y
Nevins Street
Street Riots In Syracuse Leave Dozens Wounded
Riots in Syracuse last Tuesday leave two men near death in hospital and twenty five seriously wounded. Police opened fire as 2,750 striking union workers, many Italians, clashed with officers. arrests rampant and the city under martial law.
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Syracuse
Explosion Toll From Finleyville Mine Disaster
Coroner Heffran reports the Finleyville Pennsylvania mine explosion left 51 widows and 131 orphans. Among the dead miners 38 were American born, 21 Russian, 12 Italian, 9 Austrian, 5 Scottish, 5 English, 2 Belgian, 2 Hungarian, and one each from Wales and France.
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Heffran
Finleyville
America
Russia
Italy
Austria
Scotland
England
Belgium
Hungary
Wales
France
Burglar Claims Teetotal Status After Saloon Robbery
In Indianapolis a burglar who stole from a saloon left a note insisting he was a teetotaler and did not touch any liquors. The incident highlights the odd justification offered by the thief in the wake of the break in.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Auto Saves Entombed Workman In Atlantic City Porch Trench
Harry Donahue was buried under earth while digging a porch trench at a new Atlantic City apartment. Fellow workers failed to free him until a passing driver pulled a rope from a car rear axle and slowly moved forward, lifting Donahue as he emerged. He was revived at City hospital.
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Atlantic City
Harry Donahue
Donahue
Justice Emerson bans printing divorce evidence in Watertown
Supreme Court Justice E C Emerson introduced a special term in Watertown New York forbidding reporters from printing evidence in divorce cases He said courts should limit publicity since divorce evidence is sealed and should not appear in newspapers
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E. C. Emerson
Supreme Court
Watertown
N. Y
Farm Worker Injured After Fall in Hornell Elevator Shaft
Daniel Canfield, about 50, an employee of the A. J. Deer factory in Hornell, fell about 15 feet to the basement of an elevator shaft last week. The meat cutter truck he was drawing toppled onto him, causing serious head and body injuries.
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Daniel Canfield
A. J. Deer Factory
Hornell
Genesee County Woman Suffrage Convention Set in Batavia
The Genesee County Woman Suffrage association announces its annual convention will be in Batavia on May 27 with state officers attending. Reception committee members Mrs. E. S. Dumont and Mrs. Ada Sherwin of Batavia are planning a larger gathering than any previous convention.
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Genesee County Woman Suffrage Association
Batavia
E. S. Dumont
Ada Sherwin
Milking Art to Be Taught in Plainfield Schools
Plainfield New Jersey public schools plan to add practical courses. Superintendent Vossler aims to teach milking cows poultry raising and vegetable gardening to both boys and girls alongside standard studies.
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Vossler
Plainfield
N. J
Brisbane birth brings daughter to New York couple
Mr and Mrs Arthur Brisbane celebrate the birth of a daughter at their New York City home. Mrs Brisbane once Phoebe Cary of Buffalo, and their marriage occurred in the city last July amid social circles.
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Arthur Brisbane
New York City
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American Press Association
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Stork
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Brooklyn
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W. W. Rockhill
Balkans
Clinedinst
Constantinople
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