Hinckley Siggins Wood Love Win Saturday Primaries
George A. Deforest tops coroner field and John Siggins gains associate judge nod. Frank A. Wood defeats Edward Allen for register and recorder. Charles A. Love wins county treasurer in a hard fought race. A. C. Mook and E. K. Thompson named for county commissioners. Dems field Cramer and Weiler for the November ballot.
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Hinckley
Siggins
Wood
Love
George A. Deforest
John Siggins
Oscar Johnson
Sidney Loucks
W. D. Hinckley
Edward Allen
Register and Recorder
Frank A. Wood
Grand Valley
Mr. Wood
Warren County
Charles A. Love
Irvington
E. D. Stewart
Conenango Township
Mr. Love
A. C. Mook
E. KE. Thompson
Harry Sweet
John Lindstrom
S. A. Cramer
Pine Grove
Elias Weiler
Conewango Township
John Humphry
Cramer
W. D
Thompson
C. C. Cooper
W. J. Farnsworth
John Linstrom
Harry Sweet Aeees
G. A. W. DeForest
Sidney Loucks Creer
W. S. Peirce
Atene
Mac Olney
Geo. P. Orr
John O'Neil
Dirty campaign claims tie to Irvine treasurer race
The incident centers on Charles A. Love of Irvine seeking the county treasurer nomination. State Senator Frank M. Kadapp had Alfred Cobb, 18, arrested on criminal libel charges over a ward circular attacking Love. Cobb posted $500 bail and faces December court. Kadapp seeks the authors and printers of the circular. Mrs. Cobb contemplates a $50,900 civil suit for false imprisonment against Love's circle.
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Chas. A. Love
Irvine
Frank M. Kadapp
Alfred Cobb
Eighth Ward
Knapp
Love
Cobb
Magee
Justice Wheeler
Sor
Wall of Water Destroys Three Valley Villages
A dam breaks sending a rising wall of water through Main Street and Freeman Run. Miss Lyons stays at her switchboard as the Presbyterian church steeple collapses, while Miss Binkey survives. Volunteers race the flood with the town’s single hose cart to confront the advancing wave.
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Miss Lyons
Presbyterian Church
Bank
Main Street
Miss Binkey
Railroad Avenue
Freeman Run
Warned Fireman Sparks Tragedy On Good Year Hill
A carpenter and mov ing picture man John Deziel warned fire crews from a hilltop as a flood surge swept Main Street. Four schoolgirls were hurled by water after a rope wreck, two were found dead, and a baby survived in a harrowing rescue. Joe McKinney's family suffered losses as a mother and daughter perished.
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John Deziel
Moving Picture
Goodyear’s Hill
Veziel
Main Street
Tom Lawler
Lawler
Freeman Run
Pennsylvania
Joe McKinney
Grim debris reveals drowning toll and shattered homes
Constabulary officials say precise death toll impossible until debris is cleared. A house near the dam was carried 300 yards with walls torn apart, revealing a coat on a peg. Officials report 23 identified dead and three unnamed, with clusters of Italians and Polish families among the victims.
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Patrick Mitchell
Italy and Turkey at Odds Over Tripoli Seizure
The article outlines Italy and Turkey long dispute over Tripoli dating from mid-16th century ties and 1908 post office tensions. It notes Italy’s aim to expand into Tripoli under protectorate pretenses with European powers’ tacit consent and potential military action if diplomacy fails.
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Turkey
Italy
Tripoli
Africa
Egypt
Tunis
Algeria
Morocco
Mediterranean
Great Britain
France
Spain
Austria
Constantinople
Sudan
Rome
Europe
Visconti-Venosta
England
Vilayet
Germany
Russia
Gioliti
L'Ripoli
Measly Luck Ends Healthy Man's Run Over by Truck
A health obsessed man who mocked germs and lived in sterile conditions meets a sudden end when struck by a ten ton power truck. The cautionary tale contrasts meticulous hygiene with an unforeseen accident.
Doctors Favor Aiding Death Of Incurables
A St. Louis Medical Research Society discussion reveals support for euthanasia among physicians. Dr Willis Young suggests legal homicide for relief in hopeless cases, while Dr A F Stephens argues the dying should have means to end their life. Other doctors endorse euthanasia and note narcotics hasten death.
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St. Louis Society of Medical Research
Willis Young
Young
A. F. Stephens
Edward F. Brady
T. W. Conzelman
Scott Parson
Parsons
Wireless Sea Telephone Promises Coastal and Naval Talk Network
A new wireless telephone system enables direct voice communication between ships through water, replacing submarine bells. It is simple to install on any vessel, works in fog, and could link ships with ports, lighthouses, and submarines over twenty miles once a microphone is added.
John D. Rockefeller's First Job Remembered
On the fifty sixth anniversary of his first job in 1855 John D Rockefeller held a celebration at the Forest Hill estate in Cleveland Ohio. He served as a book keeper for Hewitt and Tuttle and quickly rose through savings and early success.
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John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Hewitt & Tuttle
Woman Accepts $1000 in Blood Transfusion Suit
Miss Clara Rickenhouse of Carlyle Illinois received $1000 as recompense for a transfusion from her arm to the veins of Julia A Sparks the late rich widow. Sparks employed Rickenhouse and the blood was drawn to prolong the widow's life. Rickenhouse says she was assured of no harm but became greatly enfeebled and filed suit for $20000 against the estate's executor, taking one twentieth in compromise.
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Clara Rickenhouse
Carlyle
Julia A. Sparks
Gift Flag to Togo Heirloom Adorns Washington Club
The admiral's flag presented to Admiral Togo by the Army and Navy Club of Washington is described as a family heirloom. The Japanese leader vowed to hand down the flag to his children as a permanent treasure.
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Togo
Army and Navy Club of
Washington
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E. £. Thompson
F. A. Wood
ED. Allen
E. R. Allen
Warren
Recorder
Frank M. Knapp
John D
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