County Fair a Big Success at Warren County Grounds
Crowds grew Tuesday and Thursday eclipsed opening day as aviator Luckey staged two Curtiss biplane flights. Mary Warren won the 2:13 trot for $300 purse in three heats, and a brown horse owned by Andrew Hertzel claimed the Gentleman's Road Race with time around 3:06. The Great Miss Fowler and Silver Boy duel yielded two straight heats for Miss Fowler. Three thousand children visited Wednesday with 10,000 total admissions, as educational displays and varied exhibits drew county residents and nearby visitors.
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Warren County
Fair Grounds
Mary Warren
James Healy
E. D. Northrup
C. A. Anderson
C. L. Burgett
Andrew Hertzel
W. Gregory
Hertzel
Miss Fowler
Clyde Smith
Silver Boy
Archie Leonhart
the Fair Association
Court House
E. M. Lowe
Lottsville
Luckey
Curtis
Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Department
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
U. S. Post Office Department
Age asks with timidity to be spared intolerable pain
The quotation notes a young voice seeking relief from suffering and a bold youth demanding happiness as a rightful claim, attributed to Stevenson.
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Stevenson
Dead Man Orozco Dies in Mountain Clash With U S Posse
Pascual Orozco, famed Mexican revolutionary leader, is reported killed in a fight with an American posse in the Eagle mountains. Louis Holzman of El Paso identifies the slain man as Orozco. bodies moved to Van Horn for burial as family confirms pending positive ID.
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el Paso
Pascual Orozco
Mexico
Louis Holzman
United States
Eagle Mountains
Orozco
Holzman
Mr. Cobb
Victoriano Huerta
van Horn
Texas
Senator Lodge accuses Secretary Daniels in Navy program case
United States Senator H C Lodge accuses Secretary Daniels of bad faith in a navy program dispute. He charges improper handling and seeks investigation, raising political tension over defense procurement and governance.
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Secretary Daniels
Navy
Board Hits Tangoers in Civil Service Test
Ohio state civil service examiners judged applicants on dancing ability in a test with 110 candidates. Those who smoked or drank were scored lower while most claimed skill in tango and other steps.
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Ohio State Civil Service
Fewer New York Babies Die Upstate More In City
New York state reports fewer infant deaths in July 1915 than July 1914, with declines confined to upstate areas while New York City saw a rise from 103 to 105 per 1000 live births. The health department credits the infant welfare campaign led by Herman M. Biggs. Upstate rates fell from 946 to 844.
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New York State
Upstate
New York City
State Health Department
Herman M. Biggs
Couple Joins Fight With Marriage Pact Then Marries
New York police arraigned Fred Prus song and Margaret Davis on a disorderly conduct charge after a gutter brawl. The pair claimed a promise to marry, a bought license, and a wedding present sparked the dispute. The judge discharged them and they went to wed.
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New York
Fred Prussong
Longshoreman
Margaret Davis
Koenig
Policeman McGuire
Trosseau
Seed pearl rock sale linked to Rockaway waiter case
Joseph Weinstein, a Rockaway Beach hotel waiter, sent $25 to Joseph Werger, a Passaic county jail keeper. Werger, on an outing at Rockaway Weeks earlier, bit and reported finding a rock in oysters that turned out to be a seed pearl. Weinstein kept and sold the seed pearl for $50. The whistleblower felt guilty and ceased.
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Joseph Weinstein
Rockaway Beach
Joseph Werger
Passaic
N. J
Werger
Rockaway
Weinstein
Bomb Fiend Tries to Die in Windsor Jail
Detroit dated report: Charles Respa age 31 of Detroit, held as alleged dynamiter of the Peabody uniform plant at Wilkesville and Windsor armories, tried to kill himself in cell by breaking a watch crystal and slashing his wrists. He concealed glass fragments, asked his niece Olga Schmidt for a penknife, then claimed he wished to end his life. Respa moved to Sandwich jail amid high political pressure and Canadian police reveal alleged bomb conspiracy links.
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Detroit
Charles Respa
Windsor
Peabody
Wilkesville
Armories
Olga Schmidt
Miss Schmidt
Respa
Sandwich
Meanest Man's Auto Trap Sparks County Talk
Maurice A. Hockman, superintendent of bridges, got stuck in a mud hole in front of a farmhouse while traveling in western Watertown county. The farmer admitted digging the pit and filling it with water to trap vehicles, earning about $16 daily to save for an automobile.
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Watertown
S. Dak
Maurice A. Hockman
Biddle to Arm Bible Class
Philadelphia moves to form a national defense organization through Drexel Biddle Bible classes with plans announced this week. Led by Anthony J Drexel Biddle the effort aims to train 80 000 members across 30 states for peacekeeping purposes rather than war attracting thousands of pledges from churches nationwide.
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Philadelphia
United States
Drexel Biddle
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Drought Wipes Out Large Cattle Herds in Brazil
New York report cites severe summer drought across northern Brazil, especially Fiuhy Ceara Rio Grande do Norte and Parahyba, with cattle losses up to 80 percent. George Holderness of Ceara says small herds need government aid to survive.
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New York
Brazil
Fiuhy
Ceara
Rio Grande Do Norte
Parahyba
George Holderness
Denis
Para
Holderness
Prominent Elk Van Sielen Missing in New York
F J Van Sielen of Yakima Washington a leading Elk and Brooklyn family member disappeared after leaving Yakima nine weeks ago to sign title papers for 4 000 000 in Brooklyn He planned to stay at the Clarendon hotel but never reached it Brooklyn detectives were asked to search by a committee of Elks He is 40 years old five feet nine inches tall 200 pounds with light brown hair and slight baldness He formerly served as sheriff of Yuma Aziz.
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New York
F. J. van Sielen
Yakima
Wash
Elks
van Sielen
Brooklyn
Clarendon Hotel
Rich Shenandoah Coal Vein Boosts City Prospects
Officials of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company announce a 32 foot thick coal seam found under Shenandoah Pa baseball park extending for miles. Plan to develop at Shenandoah City colliery nearby will create long term employment, stimulate business and real estate growth.
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Big
Shenandoah Coal Fund
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
Shenandoah, Pa
Shenandoah City
Farmhands Seek Pay as Farmers Struggle with Prices
In Paulsboro New Jersey farmers report difficulty raising funds to pay summer help. Farm hands, many from the south, worked March through September and threaten suits if wages are not settled soon. Low produce prices blamed for the cash shortage.
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Paulsboro
N. J
Steel Mill Reopens in Grand City After Two Years
Two fur furnaces at the American Steel Foundry mill in Grand City Illinois were started today restoring jobs for 1200 workers. The plant, closed nearly two years, expects to add furnaces soon and foresees a long busy season. The mill makes car wheels and frames.
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Start
Grand City
Ill
American Steel Foundry Company
German Agents Not Implicated in Sugar Thefts
New York police report no evidence linking German agents to alleged sugar thefts and fires on outbound vessels. Seven men arrested by Captain Tunney and his bomb squad, six harbor lighter workers arraigned and held for further examination on larceny charges.
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New York
vThe
Tunney
Burned Black men killed by mob at Bufford Park
In Sulphur Springs Texas King and Joe Richmond two Black men were burned to death by a mob at Bufford Park. Police investigations are underway as townsfolk confront this racially motivated act.
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
King
Joe Richmond
Bufford Park
Shot Playing Indian Game in Youngstown Leaves Boy Dead
Youngstown Ohio reports 16 year old John Kandes was fatally shot by 12 year old George Scinst er during an Indian game. Police say the incident occurred yesterday with Scinst er's involvement resulting in a fatal wound. investigators treat it as a tragic accident.
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Youngstown
John Kandes
George Scinster
Soldiers Save Pay for Families in July Remittance
Italian soldiers at the front routinely save their pay and send it home. July savings total about $2,000,000. A field postal order service begins Sept. 19 allowing deposits of savings with the field post.
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Rome
Foot and Mouth Quarantine Eased In Several States
Agriculture department announces revised foot and mouth quarantine across Illinois Indiana Massachusetts and Michigan The Illinois area around Ford Henry Bureau and Warren counties remains partly quarantined Cook Lake and McDonough counties stay unchanged In Indiana Posey County quarantine reduced to three miles radius around infected premises Black township In Massachusetts quarantine fully removed In Michigan Saginaw county no longer quarantined except Detroit stockyards remain restricted to immediate slaughter handling only No changes to Pennsylvania or New Jersey quarantines.
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Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Department
Illinois
Unites of
Ford and
Henry
Bureau and
Warren
Cook, Lake and McDonough
Indiana
Posey
Black
Massachusetts
Michigan
Saginaw County
Detroit
Bees Attack Farmers Near Yorklyn Delaware
Two farmers, John Warren and Howard Johns, were stung by bees when their wagon hit four hives while rushing to cover a load of wheat before a storm. Johns may lose sight in one eye and Warren is left speechless from swollen tongue. Their horses were cut by barbed wire while escaping the entangled wagon.
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John Warren
Howards Johns
Yorklyn
Del
Johns
Warren
Fall in Thistles Fatal Father and Injured Son
Howard Stephens a 34 year old cement worker from Fogelsville Pa died at Allentown hospital of gangrene after a fall into a thistle bush severing complications began with a spicule in his arm. His son Howard was brought to the same hospital with a badly injured foot after stepping on glass and is in a dangerous state with gangrene feared.
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Howard Stephens
Fogelsville
Allentown
Stephens
Howard
Calls for Tall Harvesters in Oklahoma Cornfield
A Tulsa area country newspaper ran a joke classified ad seeking tall men to pick corn, claiming fields resemble an 18 foot forest. The farmer explained the tall requirement was literal to reach high ears, noting ladders or exceptionally tall workers are needed.
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Tulsa
Ohio
Oklahoma
Trolley Strike Kills Auto Driver Near Richfield Springs
Leslie Shaul aged about 25 of Richfield Springs N Y was instantly killed when the automobile he drove was struck by a trolley causing it to overturn. Mrs Percy Taylor riding with her husband was painfully injured. Two other occupants were thrown from the car in the crash.
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Leslie Shaul
Richfield Springs
N. Y
Shaul
Percy Taylor
Opium and Cocaine Use Probed as Narcotics Question
U S Public Health Service officials report enforcement of Harrison anti narcotic law shows success. Data from imports show two and a half billion doses of opium derivatives and twenty five million doses of coca products yearly. Tennessee figures imply nationwide addicts may number about 118,000 for opium and about 150,000 for cocaine.
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Martin I. Wilbert
Division of Pharmacology
Hygienic Laboratory
United States Public Health Service
Health Service
Wilbert
Lucian P. Brown
Food and Drugs Commissioner
Tennessee
State of
United States
Squatters Lose Claims to Forest Land in Hamilton County
The Gospel school and literature tracts in central Hamilton county revert to the state under a third division appellate ruling. The attorney general's office announced that squatters cannot rely on titles alleged to have been vested in others than the state, establishing a new principle in land rights.
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Hamilton County
Supreme Court
Attorney General’s Office
Five-Spot Reappears From Winsted Cabbage Find
Fritz Helmer of Winsted Conn retrieved a five dollar bill he lost two months earlier while tending his garden. He discovered the note last week while eating boiled cabbage from the same garden, believing it slipped into a cabbage leaf and was hidden there.
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Fritz Helmer
Winsted, Conn
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American Posse
U. S
H. C. Lodge
American Press Association
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Law
Biddle
Defense Army
Yakima, Wash
Warren Mail
Mich
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