Corner Stone Laying At Thiel College Greenville
Corner stone of Thiel College administration building laid in Greenville with ceremonies. District Attorney Wilson and County Detective Jones of McKean county announce crackdown on raffling and gambling in Bradford and impose new lid on activities. Lightning kills five week old twins in Silver Creek, NY. Twin sons of Mr and Mrs Frank Barnes perished when lightning struck a pole and carried the current to their crib. Bell telephone lineman Gibbons loses finger in Kane when pulled wire severs his hand. Erie Postmaster Sobel elected president at Atlantic City convention. Jamestown factories adopt nine hour day under two year accord, shaving daily hours. George Lewis of Oil City Trust Co commits suicide amid heat distress. Cruiser Pittsburgh renamed USS Pittsburgh in Naval Dept order. Pennsylvania battleship plans revised. Erle Man at Malleable Iron Works driven mad by compressed air to his ear. police restrain him after violent outburst.
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Silver Creek
Frank Barnes
N. Y
Erle
Malleable Iron Works
Ladishaw Gratschel
Oil Boom Spreads Near Jamestown After Well Shot
A new oil boom starts at Gerry six miles north of Jamestown after indications were found last week at 625 feet while gas borings. After nitroglycerine shot at that depth, heavy crude oil was produced, triggering much excitement in the area.
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Gerry
Jamestown
York Girl Dies in Dentist Chair Fear Of Pain At Root
Annie Henry, 15, of York Pennsylvania, died in a dentist’s chair as gas was readied for a tooth extraction. Reluctance to undergo the procedure over several days preceded the fatal event, with fear of pain cited as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Henry
Elihu Henry
York
General MacArthur Drops Dead in Milwaukee
Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur Jr. of the United States Army, retired, collapsed in Milwaukee last week while addressing a Civil War veteran reunion. Death was caused by apoplexy from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.
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Arthur MacArthur
Russian schoolteacher swims 30 miles in Caspian Sea
Romenco, a Russian schoolteacher, swam 30 miles in 24 hours and 10 minutes in the Caspian Sea amid strong winds and rough water. He says he beat Englishman T W Burgess's Dover to Calais record and challenges Burgess to a non stop St Petersburg to Stockholm contest in 1913 with rests on islands or ships. He proposes eliminations trials from St Petersburg to Cronstadt a 25 mile leg.
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Baku
Romenco
Caspian Sea
T. W. Burgess
Dover
Calais
St. Petersburg
Stockholm
Remenco
Cronstadt
Heirs of Edward Rutz Agree to Pay Misappropriated Bond Funds
Springfield Illinois Sept 12 Heirs of former Illinois state treasurer Edward Rutz three times state treasurer will pay the amount charged as misappropriated from the bond registration fee fund A stipulation filed in the circuit court led to dismissal of suits against the heirs of Rutz bondsmen
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Springfield
Edward Rutz
Illinois
Rutz
Soldier Takes Poison In Beer at Fort Douglas
Salt Lake City Sept 12 In a glass of beer purchased with the last nickel of three months pay Frank Sherlock a private in the Twentieth Infantry put crystals of poison that ended his life He died at Fort Douglas Prior to his enlistment Sherlock was a bank clerk at Charlton Iowa where his family lives.
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Salt Lake City
Frank Sherlock
Fort Douglas
Twentieth Infantry
Sherlock
Charlton
Iowa
Broke Man Seeks Marines Weight, Court Orders Help
Mozen Nelson, of St. Paul, appeared in police court charged with vagrancy after spending his money on food to meet marine weight limits. The court ordered probation officers to obtain employment for him.
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St. Paul
United States Marines
Mozen Nelson
Thief Steals Jewels From Freeport Banker's Home
In Freeport Illinois on September 12 a thief entered the home of banker M. V. B. Bilson while the family dined and carried off diamonds and jewelry valued near $1000.
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Freeport
Ill
M. V. B. Bilson
Pastor Demands Health Certificates for Weddings in Williamsport
Rev. Charles George Bible of St. Pauls Lutheran church announces he will not officiate at marriages lacking physician signed health certificates along with the state license. He will seek support at the Williamsport Ministerial Association to urge local clergy to require health proofs from brides and grooms.
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Charles George Bible
St. Paul’s Church
Williamsport
Lightning Strikes Silver Creek Kill Twin Babies
A bolt of lightning struck the Wettstein home at Silver Creek killing two twin babies in the adjoining house. The blast damaged both structures but left the Wettsteins uninjured. Next door Frank Barnes’s home saw two month old twin boys asleep. the shock is believed to have killed them with no lightning trace found in the room. Mrs Barnes was present but unharmed.
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William Wettstein
Silver Creek
Wettstein
Frank Barnes
Barnes
Nickle Plate Train Derailed At Wesleyville Crossing
Eastbound Nickel Plate passenger train No 6 derailed after rails were spread at Fagan Road crossing Wesleyville Pa injuring 28 people. Four occupied coaches toppled twenty feet down a embankment with no fatalities reported in the incident.
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Fagan Road
Wesleyville
Excessive Rain Harms Crops Across Chautauqua County
Heavy rains in recent weeks damaged wheat corn and oats across Chautauqua County New York totaling about 250000. Farmers report hardly any township escaped damage while the hay crop becomes the largest in this section's history.
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Chautauqua County
N. Y
Lightning bolt hurls man from bed in Oil City home
George Kahle of near Oil City Pennsylvania slept as lightning struck his roof and raced down the chimney into his bedroom. He was thrown from the bed which tore apart but he suffered no injuries.
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George Kahle
Oil City
Kahle
Known Species of Insects
Known insect diversity exceeds 206000 distinct species cataloged by scientists. The vast catalog reflects extensive classification across multiple families and regions worldwide.
Fatal Motorcycle Crash Kills Hasha and Five Spectators
At Vailsburg Stadium motordrome a crash involving Eddie Hasha and Johnny Albright killed Hasha instantly and left Albright fatally injured. Five spectators died and many more injured as Hasha plowed into the bleachers at about 90 miles per hour before the crowd of 3000.
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Vailsburg Stadium
Eddie Hasha
Hasha
Johnny Albright
Brighton Beach
Must Pass Upon Indian Claims in Albany
The state land board must evaluate the Cayuga Indian claim on its merits per appellate division ruling. The case, once favored by Governor Hughes, concerns $300,000 for lands bought from Cayuga Indians in 1795 and sold the next day to private parties for a $247,000 profit.
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Albany
State Land Board
Appellate Division
Hughes
Maine Elects Haines Governor as Plaisted Narrowed Loss
Complete returns show William T. Haines wins Maine governor race over Frederick W. Plaisted by 3 023 votes. Haines 70 928 Plaisted 67 905. Legislature Republican by 22 on joint ballot ensures Burleigh’s U S Senate election. Republicans hold 15 senate and seven house, sufficient for state officer victories.
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Maine
William T. Haines
Frederick W. Plaisted
Haines
Plaisted
Burleigh
United States Senate
Senate
House
Heavy Roller Accident Fatal to South Byron Man
Edward J. Collister, a well known resident of South Byron New York, was injured while operating a farm roller. A fainting spell caused him to fall and be dragged under the machine. He suffered a broken breastbone two broken ribs and multiple internal injuries and died later at the scene.
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Edward J. Collister
South Byron
N. Y
Collister
Superabundance of Potatoes Grants Low Winter Supply
Potatoes will be the principal dish for the poor man this winter as reports say some farmers harvest 325 bushels per acre. Dealers are buying at 25 cents a bushel, much lower than last year’s 90 cents retail.
Market Report New York Provision Market
New York on September 11 lists No 2 hard winter wheat at 95 cents, standard oats at 38 cents f o b, pork mess at 19.75 dollars, creamery butter at 29 to 29.5 cents, white state and Pennsylvania eggs newly laid at 35 to 36 cents, and Long Island potatoes per barrel at 2.00 to 2.25 dollars.
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New York
State
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Rich autoist held for murder in fatal crash
Pittsburg coroner's jury finds James M. Lloyd, Jones & Laughlin Steel sales manager, murdered Miss Bernice Carpenter, a teacher, in Federal street on June 20. Lloyd, present at inquest, posted $5,000 bond and was released. he had worried since the accident and his hair had grayed.
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Pittsburg
James M. Lloyd
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Lloyd
Bernice Carpenter
Federal Street
Britannic steamer named for White Star at Belfast yards
London Sept 12 The 50 000 ton steamship built for White Star at Harland Wolff Belfast will be named Britannic replacing the earlier Gigantic idea after the Titanic disaster. Like the Olympic it will have an inner skin and more water tight bulkheads with six compartments floodable while still afloat. Many changes have been made since the Titanic’s founding.
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London
White Star Steamship Company
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Britannic
J. Bruce Ismay
Brother to Testify in Szabo Case Evidence From Austria
Franz Menschik, a Szabo relative, sails from Cherbourg to New York to testify in the case. He will confirm he witnessed the death of Patronella Menschik in Rudolfsheim on February 8 1910, arguing that the will produced by Lawyer Gibson is a forgery.
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Rudolfsheim
Patronella Menschik
Chicago
Gibson
Crying Husband Cause For Divorce
Mrs. Reta Gordon of Kansas City Missouri filed a second divorce suit after withdrawing one two months earlier. She claims that when she leaves the home Gordon becomes hysterical and cries.
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Reta Gordon
Kansas City
David Gordon
Gordon
Wheat and grain prices reported from Buffalo market
Buffalo Provision Market lists No 2 white wheat at 1.08 and No 3 yellow corn at 81 2 3 cents. Flour prices include Fancy blended patent at 5.75 to 6.50 per barrel. Butter creamery prints 29 cents, eggs state hennery white fancy 29 to 30 cents, home grown potatoes 69 to 70 cents per bushel.
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Buffalo
Taft Posed For Moving Pictures at Beverly Lawn
Beverly September 12 President Taft posed for two moving picture operators on the Parramatta lawn filming the president planting a small hickory tree and walking with Mrs Taft. The sunlight failed to yield good footage and another attempt is planned today.
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Beverly
Taft
Parramatta
Cattle and Sheep Prices From Local Market
Prime steers sold from 9.50 to 9.85 per hundredweight with 1200 to 1400 pound animals. Fat cows brought 6.25 to 6.75 and heifers 7.25 to 8.00. Veals traded 11.25 to 11.59. bulls 5.75 to 6.25. Spring lambs 8.00 to 8.25. mixed sheep 4.35 to 4.75. Hogs saw light Yorkers 9.20 to 9.35 and heavy hogs 9.00 to 9.30.
Man’s purse emptied into head is his lasting wealth
A pithy maxim asserts that wisdom, once gained, cannot be taken away by others.
Reward offered for plague cure to save Kansas horses
Topeka Kansas governor Stubbs offers a $1000 reward for a cure or preventive for the plague killing thousands of horses in Kansas. This is the first state incentive in many years for a remedy to a disease.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Stubbs
Frog entrapment tragedy ends college town youth life
In Bloomington Indiana on September 12 Ralph Bush aged 17 was killed when a Monon railroad frog trapped his foot during a rescue attempt. Four companions watched his frantic efforts as a train bore down on him.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monon
Ralph Bush
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The line cites Swift on argument as the worst form of discourse and reading, contrasting argumentative style with reading habits in books. It reflects a critical view of debate as a negative intellectual activity and emphasizes the value of calmer, thoughtful engagement.
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Swift
Mail Office Offers Prompt Printing Auction Bills
The Mail Office advertises prompt and reasonable printing of auction bills syrup labels letter heads and all kinds of job printing.
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Thiel College
Greenville
Bradford
Wilson
Jones
McKean County
Kane
Bell Telephone
Gibbons
Postmaster Sobel
Erie
Atlantic City
Hitchcock
Isadore Sobel
Manufacturers’ Association
George Lewis
Oil City Trust Company
Lewis
Pittsburgh
Washington
Navy Department
U.S.S. Pittsburgh
General MacArthur
Bolt
Newark, N. J
Market Report
Mammoth
William H. Taft
The
Hoff Business College
Penn’a
L. J. Holmes and
I. J. Hoff
Proprietors
Mail Printing CO
Warren, Pa
L. C. Eddy, Atorney-at-Law
Pennsylvania Avenue
West
D. G. Blackman
Justice of the Peace
Second
Wararren, Pa
BELL
John Hepburn, M. D
N. E
Market Street
Bell Phone
Warren County
Henry Park
W.L. Lopus
Pittsfield
Edward A. Wilson
Mr.Wilson
Charles A. Abbott
Aun Street
New York City
East Buffalo Livestock Market
Franktip
Chichester
Charles E. Carpenter
A. W. Eaton
Philadelphia
Life Insurance
Penn. Ave
E. Warren
Mowe
A. A. Davia & Co
B. Warren Tel. Co
Daniel Kintner
Defiance
Miles
Dan Kintner
Pleasant St
Miles’ Nervine
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Pockar-Ennis Drug Co
Liberty St
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