Y W C A Secretaries Meeting Program in Erie
The Erie Y W C A will host a two day secretaries conference October 28 and 29 with speakers from Pennsylvania Ohio and New York. Sessions cover board relations education religious and social work with a luncheon and evening public meeting.
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Erie
Erie Y. W. C. A
McLean
Pennsylvania Field Committee
Alexander
Jamestown
N. Y
Johnson
New Castle
C. A. Woodard
Morgan Dennison
Youngstown
Ohio
Y. W
Bids Opened for State Highway Bridge in Warren County
Harrisburg Oct 13 bids opened for the construction of a new state highway bridge in Conenango township Warren county but no contract awarded.
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Harrisburg
Conenango Township
Warren County
Panama slides continue delaying canal reopening
Washington reports Major General Goethals, Panama governor, says Gaillard cut slides make any reopening date unpredictable. He orders suspension of canal sailings until further notice. Engineers blame disturbed earth equilibrium, expecting delay until more material is removed to restore stability.
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Washington
War Department
Goethals
Panama Canal
Gaillard Cutt
Gaillard Cut
Get your tenant leases at the Mail Office
Local notices announce tenants should pick up lease documents at the Mail Office. The item highlights the location and action without extra details.
President to wed Mrs Gault at White House this year
The engagement of Mrs Norman Galt of Washington to President Woodrow Wilson was announced at the White House. No date is set for the wedding likely in December at the executive mansion. Wilson to support New Jersey woman suffrage in the October 19 special election.
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Norman Galt
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Executive Mansion
Gault
New Jersey
Social introductions under Galt guardian network in 1914
A year ago Dr. C T Grayson the White House physician met Miss Gertrude Gordon and through a chain of introductions connected Mrs Galt to Miss Helen Woodrow Bones then to Miss Margaret Wilson and finally to her father. The events occurred in the fall of 1914.
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C. T. Grayson
White House
Gertrude Gordon
Bishop Burt to Remain in Erie District Through May
Bishop William Burt who led the Erie conference in Oil City will stay in charge of the Methodist Episcopal district at least until May. Rumors of a later reassignment to a western city are unsettled. no changes will be made before the general conference at Saratoga Springs next May.
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William Burt
Oil City
Buffalo
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Saratoga Springs
Burt
Five Men Killed in Powder Mill Explosion at Emporium
At 9 o'clock last Wednesday night the Ac'na Powder company drying house at Emporium blew up. Three injured men died, and all victims were horribly burned. Fire followed the blast. Cause of the explosion is unknown. Carl Hultberg of Warroo was in the drying room shortly before the explosion.
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Ac‘na Powder Company
Emporium
Carl Hultberg
Warraa
Heinz Re-elected Leader of Sabbath Students
H J Heinz of Pittsburgh was re-elected president of the Pennsylvania Sunday School Association at the convention's close in Erie. Next year's meeting will be in York. Officers elected included Vice-president E P Selden of Erie, treasurer H E B Paisley of Philadelphia, recording secretary Walter E Meyers of Erie, and directors John Wanamaker of Philadelphia, C B Blackall of Philadelphia, and J W Kinnear of Pittsburgh.
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Erie
H. J. Heinz
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Sunday School Association
York
E. P. Selden
H. E B. Paisley
Philadelphia
Walter E. Meyers
John Wanamaker
C. BE. Blackall
J. W. Kinnear
Local option favored at Sons and Daughters of Liberty event
Local option was endorsed at the closing session of the 22nd annual convention of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. Next year the gathering will be held in Philadelphia.
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Pittsburgh
the Sons and Daughters of Liberty of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh May Strike Threat Looms Over Street Cars
Pittsburgh officials announce a planned vote by Pittsburgh Railway Co employees at a meeting tomorrow night on whether to strike. Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes business agent J J Thorpe says the action could halt street car traffic citywide.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railway Co
J. J. Thorpe
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Vice President Marshall May Not Be Renominated in 1916
Washington reports suggest Indiana’s Thomas Riley Marshall will not be named again on the ticket with Woodrow Wilson. Friends say he did not seek the honor and is indifferent about renomination. Democratic leaders doubt his candidacy as administration allies show little enthusiasm.
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Washington
Thomas Riley Marshall
Indiana
Woodrow Wilson
Marshall
Wilson
Senate
Furnifold M. Simmons
Overman
Abducted Blaine Smith Returns Home After 13 Day Trek
Blaine Smith a Clarksburg high school teacher reappeared at his father’s Middlebourne home describing an abduction by three men in a dark street. He said he was sandbagged placed in a car and taken toward Cumberland Maryland before ending up on a train with no money. He walked home via Uniontown Brownsville Pittsburg and Wheeling. Police in three states searched for him.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Blaine Smith
G. C. Smith
Middlebourne
Cumberland
Uniontown
Brownsville
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Hog Cholera Threatens Charlestown Area
Hog cholera spreads in Jefferson county West Virginia as farmers delay burying or burning carcasses. The disease has already killed thousands of dollars worth of hogs and threatens local pork supply.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Jefferson County
Grief Turns Father to Maniac in West Virginia
Byron Pepross in Huntington suffers a violent breakdown after learning his three year old son died. He collapsed unconscious, then became a raving maniac and is now confined in a strait jacket at the Huntington hospital.
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Huntington
W. Va
Byron Pepross
Huntington Hospital
Shepherd College to Host Nov. Fair in Shepherdstown
Charleston W Va Oct 13 The students of Shepherd College Shepherdstown will hold a school fair on November 5 and 6. Displays will focus on farm garden and fruit culture. A large number of prizes will be awarded.
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Charleston
W. Va
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
Gould interests plan largest electrical steel plant
Richmond Virginia October 15 The Gould interests of New York back a local syndicate planning to build what is intended to be the largest electrical steel plant in the United States.
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Richmond
Gould Interests
New York
United States
Rabbits Permitted to be Hunted in Yates County
Following farmer complaints about widespread damage the conservation commission allows hunting rabbits with ferrets in Yates County from October 1 to January 31. The action comes after investigation into the rabbits' destructive impact on crops and pastures.
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Yates County
The
Conservation Commission
Couzens Quits Ford Over Public War Utterances
Detroit October 12 James Couzens vice president and general manager of Ford Motor company resigned citing disagreement with Henry Ford over public war utterances and unpreparedness. He said relations had been near breaking point for a week and that he could not be carried along on Ford's current stance.
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James Couzens
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Couzens
Detroit
Mr. Ford
Henry Ford
Post Office Bans Unneutral War Slogans
Postmaster General Burleson issues an order to exclude all envelopes postcards and similar items bearing the slogan Gott Strafe England or images of the German crest with a red Lusitania blot and caption the blot that won't come off. The move aims to prevent unneutral content and prevent reflections on certain classes.
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Washington
Sam
Europe
Burleson
England
Post Office Department
Buying Colts for War In Charlestown War Horses Trade
Dealers buying for European agents have been obtaining many horses in this section. They are purchasing two and three year old colts to be broken and developed in time to ship abroad next spring for army use.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Taft Endorses Six Year Term At Columbia Lecture
Ex-President William H Taft advocated a six year term a real budget reform and extended presidential veto powers during a Columbia university lecture on The Presidency Its Powers Responsibilities and Restrictions delivered last night in New York.
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New York
William H. Taft
Columbia University
Vincent Astor Donor of Cup at Sheepshead Bay Race
Vincent Astor funded a trophy for the Great Automobile Race held at Sheepshead Bay, supporting a prominent event in motor sports with this charitable contribution.
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Sheepshead Bay
Bears Honey Hunter Climbs Tree to Escape Bears
L M McCracken near High land Elk county Pennsylvania climbed a tree to escape two large black bears while gathering honey from a bee tree near Bear Creek. The bears tore the tree trunk and took the remaining honey as he hid on a high limb for about an hour.
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L. M. McCracken
Highland
Elk County
Pennsylvania
Bear Creek
McCracken
Widow Adopts Pastor As Heir At Ashland Oregon
The Rev. Arthur Blackstone, pastor of the Baptist church in Ashland Oregon, has been adopted by wealthy widow Mrs. Aurelia Ferguson who names him her heir. Her estate is valued around 160000. The minister keeps his surname and has a family. In Mansfield Ohio on October 11 Cary L. Holmes 35 died suddenly while directing construction on a new railroad bridge nearby.
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Arthur Blackstone
Baptist Church
Ashland
Ore
Aurelia Ferguson
Blackstone
Mansfield
Here
Cary L. Holmes
Wages Rise Yet Pay Stagnant in Boot and Shoe Industry
The 1914 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows average weekly wages in the boot and shoe industry did not rise compared with 1913 while hourly wages increased by one percent. Average weekly hours worked fell by one percent. Data come from 91 establishments employing 53,000 workers.
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United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bryan Seeks Active Yet Nonofficial Public Life
William Jennings Bryan announced from Atlanta that his plans for the rest of his life include active participation in politics but not holding office. He expressed enjoyment of private citizen freedoms and suggested prohibition and woman suffrage should not become issues in the next campaign, though they would need national consideration when ready.
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Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Atlanta
Cure for Diabetes Discovered Report
Cleveland dispatch in a New York morning paper claims a positive cure for diabetes developed by the Rockefeller Foundation of Medical Research. Details promised in the American Journal of Medical Science from Philadelphia. The cure allegedly uses bicarbonate of sodium with a final salt dose given hyperdermically in extreme cases.
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Cleveland Dispatch
New York
Rockefeller Foundation of Medical Research
American Journal of Medical Science
Philadelphia
Mine Water for Dyes At Mt Pleasant Plant
H C Frick Coke officials in Mt Pleasant Pa plan to install a processing unit to extract dye ingredients from mine water. By turning waste into by products the Calumet plant expects millions in sales to paint and dye manufacturers. Equipment costs exceed 20000 dollars.
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Calumet
Mt. Pleasant
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Wheat Crop Best In Ohio Since 1906
Ohio farmers produced the best wheat per acre since 1906 with an average of 20 bushels an acre, up two bushels from 1914 and 7.2 million bushels more. damp weather around harvest lowered quality. Oats yielded about 42 bushels per acre totaling over 55 million bushels, the best in a decade aside from 1914, while corn reached an estimated 96 percent of average.
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Ohio
Board of Agriculture
Lifting House Over Trees at Schwab Summer Home
The old Schwab summer mansion at Loretto Pennsylvania is being lifted intact over surrounding pines to clear space for a new modern residence. Work began earlier this year after Mr. Schwab ordered a replacement and requested the move without felling the tall trees. The house sits on a large scaffold and is nearing the tree tops after weeks of operation.
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C. M. Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Loretto
Wenck Named New York Athletic Commission Chairman
Frederick A. Wenck of New Rochelle is appointed chairman of the New York state athletic commission, replacing Frank J. O'Neill of Binghamton. The three member panel, under the Malone boxing act, will be paid 3000000 annually. Wenck's term runs until January 1916. other likely appointees include Frank Dwyer, William P. Matthewson, and John Franey.
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Frederick A. Wenck
New Rocheller
New York State Athletic Commission
Frank J. O'Neill
Binghamton
Wenck
Frank Dwyer
Geneva
William P. Matthewson
Brooklyn
John Franey
Albany
Cats Buried With Owner In Alexandria Bay
The two pet cats of C. W. Crossman, owner of the Crossman House, were holoformed and buried in a coffin with his body at his death in Alexandria Bay on the Thousand Islands. The order, not to be opened until Crossman’s death, had been left with an undertaker years earlier. The cats had been his inseparable companions for three years.
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C. W. Crossman
Crossman
Alexandria Bay
Thousand Islands
Mr. Crossman
Germany harvests largest potato crop in history
London dispatch reports Germany is harvesting its largest potato crop on record. The abundant supply has driven the government to withdraw export orders, stopping pelaters to Switzerland and easing domestic demand.
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London
Germany
Cate Dispatch
Morning Post
Pelaters
Switzerland
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Y. W. C. A. Secretaries
General Council
Mary Hooper
Butler
National Board
Meadville
Warren
Cleveland
Maclure
Eric Y. W. C. A
Association
Louise Holmquist
Samuel Semple
Hopper
Miss Turner
Chautauqua County
Anna Owers
Industrial Committee
Owers
Holmquist
Katherine Bain
Meadville Association
Hughes
Virginia
Panama
General Goethals
WLD
Bishop Burt
Board of Bishops
Powder Mill
Heinz
Ford Company
Ford Organization
U. S. Post Office
Taft
Vincent Astor
American Press Association
Bears Tree Honey Hunter
Frick Company
Thousand Island Hotel
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