Eastern Pennsylvania flood toll and wrecked towns reported
Twenty people are known to have drowned and many more missing after a storm battered western Pennsylvania and the Panhandle of West Virginia. Towns like Cherry Valley Cannonsburg and Avella suffered severe flooding as foundations gave way and roofs collapsed. Rail lines and power plants were damaged, with widespread disruption and recoveries ongoing.
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Pennsylvania
Panhandle
Weat
Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Panhandle Railroad
Colliere
West Virginia
Hanson's Creek
Cherry Valley
Geo. Gilleaple
Cannonsburg
Chartiers Creek
Avella
Washington County
Henry Crow
Cleveland Naismith? Manager Quits As Criticism Grows
Cleveland Ohio September 2 1914 Harry H Davis resigned today as manager of the Cleveland American League team Outfielder Joe Birmingham was appointed to his place temporarily The team’s poor showing and public and press criticism are given as reasons for the resignation Davis came to Cleveland last spring after years with the Philadelphia Americans as first baseman and captain.
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Harry H. Davis
Cleveland
Joe Birmingham
Davis
Philadelphia Americans
Earthquake Shakes Guadalajara Mexico At Night
A violent quake struck Guadalajara at 11 o'clock injuring no reported casualties. Many small homes were wrecked and district buildings sustained damage across the city, marking the strongest tremor since May.
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Guadalajara
Mex
Wreck Fatal in Wisconsin: Train No 10 Hits Washout
Train No 10 on the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line between Minneapolis and Chicago hit a washout near Hustler Wisconsin at 5 am. Three people including the engineer died. Some cars passed safety. A second report notes Engineer Ralph Thompson of Altoona was killed and Fireman Abraham also died with injuries to passengers. Northern Wisconsin flood caused track washouts and damage including 600 feet of Sioux line near Cobrath and a dynamited bridge at Wausau to relieve a cofferdam pressure.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Altoona City
Ralph Thompson
Altoona
Abraham
Camp Doulas
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sioux
Cobrath
Medford
Wausau
Wilson assails minimum wage and federal monopoly plan
Governor Woodrow Wilson spoke at a Labor Day event in Buffalo, critiquing the third party platform. He warned that minimum wage laws would let employers lower wages to the minimum and attacked a federal commission to regulate monopoly as empowering bosses and undermining labor. He also addressed Catholic youth delegates before resuming his reception.
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Buffalo
Woodrow Wilson
United Trade and Labor Council
Wilson
Consolidated Industries
Catholic Young Men’s National Union
Progressives Pledge Help for Working People at Labor Day
In Topeka Kansas Governor Johnson addressed a Labor Day crowd pledging progressive party support for workers and families. He cited Theodore Roosevelt leadership and the aim to lift the under man with greater effort and aid, improving opportunities for children and easing burdens on women and men alike.
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Topeka
Kan
Progressive Party
Johnson
Kansas
Mercury
Theodore Roosevelt
Holy Smoke Quadruple Wedding Ties Clark Daughters
Four Clark sisters aged 15 to 22 wed in a single ceremony near Ozark Arkansas. Miss Selma Clark 15 to Thomas Welch 22 Miss Jerusha Clark 17 to George Powell 20 Miss Gladys Clark 19 to AP Williams 23 Miss Clark 22 to Taylor McCain ? The couples stayed for a wedding supper and returned to their new homes in the same community.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas
Louis Clark
Clarks
Ozark
Miss Clark
Taylor McCain
Selma Clark
Thomas Welch
Jerusha Clark
George Powell
Gladys Clark
Ap, Williams
Clark
Equal Pay for Women Urged by Bishop in Sermon
Chicago, Sept 2. Bishop Samuel Fallows urged equal pay for men and women as a remedy for immorality in industrial centers. He argued women should be on fair footing with men, should not be forced to work outside the home, and that promiscuous mixing in factories harms the race. He cited New York City as an example of equal pay for teachers.
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Chicago
Samuel Fallows
St. Paul’s Reformed Episcopal Church
New York City
Prominent Aides Sought for Senate Campaign FundsInquiry
Washington authorities seek William Loeb Jr and George Cortelyou along with William Randolph Hearst and John D. Archbold to testify before the Senate committee on campaign contributions as hearings resume later this month. Investigators aim to locate individuals who managed funds during the recent presidential primaries.
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Washington
William Loeb, Jr
Geo. B. Cortelyou
Col. Roosevelt
Wm. Randolph Hearst
John D. Archbold
Senate
Princeton Pastor Talks Politics
Princeton Ia Sept 2 Rev C Memmett pastor of the Princeton Presbyterian church startled his audience by delivering a political sermon in support of Col Roosevelt He declared he stood against the steamroller and denounced the methods of those in power dodging the grave proposals of the greatest man in the world.
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Princeton
C. Memmett
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Col. Roosevelt
Mammott
Colonel Roosevelt replies to campaign finance charge
Oyster Bay Sept. 2 Colonel Roosevelt made public his letter to Senator Clapp, chairman of the senate committee investigating campaign contributions, replying to testimony about a $100000 Archbold contribution to the 1904 Republican campaign. The 18000 word letter spans forty four typewritten pages and cites correspondence with James S Sherman and others. Roosevelt denies Penrose accepted funds from Standard Oil and asserts any such request was made without his knowledge.
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Roosevelt
Clapp
Senate
Jon D. Archbold
Penrose
Archbold
James S. Pherman
Iaw
Splinter Bourne
Alvon W. Parker
Standards! Company
United States
United States Senate
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Standard Oil
Standard Oi Company
Studard Oil Company
Bliss
Maonal Committee
Cal
Downpour Could Postpone Lincoln Statue Unveiling
A cloudy forecast threatens to delay the unveiling of Daniel Chester French's statue of Abraham Lincoln on the state capitol grounds. Gov. Aldrich and William Jennings Bryan were slated to speak, with city labor organizations set to participate, replacing other Labor Day observances. The monument was funded by a $20,000 Nebraska legislative appropriation plus a matching public subscription.
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Danial Chester Freanch
Abraham Lincoln
State Capitol
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Wmt
J. Bryan
Labor Day
Gettynburg
Nebraska
Plot by WCE Trust Aimed at Undermining Prosecution in Rosenthal Case
New York reporters reveal a plot by the so called vice trust to corrupt affidavits used by prosecutors. Whitman believes sufficient evidence exists to charge defendants with fabricating statements to shield disorderly houses and influence graft investigations. Fled conspirators expect attempts to thwart Whitman at trial and possibly spirit witnesses from the city.
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New York
Whitman
jHosenthal
Rosenthal
View Trust
Trust
Six Killed as Washout Wrecks Train Near Green Bay
A cloudburst washed out tracks near Green Bay, causing a Northwestern passenger train to derail into a ditch at thirty miles an hour. Six people died, three were seriously injured, and twenty sustained minor injuries. The dead include W F Calkins of Shawano, engineer John Jones of Green Bay, conductor C H Bushey of Milwaukee, brakeman George Marx of Milwaukee, baggage man Carroll Bennett of Antigo, and express messenger Stewart Sheldon of Milwaukee.
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Green Bay
Wis
Northwestern
Calkins
Shawano
John Jones
HW. Bushey
Milwaukee
George Marx
Carroll Bennett
Baggageman
Antigo
Wta
Stewart ED
Sheldon
Express Messenger
Bitter factional fight for Missouri state ticket
In St Louis the struggle over the Missouri state ticket pits Arthur N Sager against Judge Albert D Norton both from St Louis as the first progressive state convention nears opening Ottumwa Iowa reports no Labor Day parade with unions holding a joint observance in nearby Oskaloosa several hundred heading there to join the event
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St. Louis
Missouri
Arthur N. Sager
Albert D. Nortony
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Dar
California Primary Shapes GOP and Progressive Clash
California holds the first primary under the new law to select presidential electors. Taft and Roosevelt factions battle for control of the Republican machinery while the Progressive and Taft factions dispute ballot designation. Nominees for state assembly and senate will be chosen, with conventions to follow in Sacramento on September 24.
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San Franchsco
California
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Hiram W. Johnson
Progressive Party
State Assembly
Senate
Sacramento
Roosevelt Campaign Schedule Expands Across States
Col. Roosevelt leaves Oyster Bay at dawn for New York then Hartford and Springfield. He heads to St. Louis for the Missouri state fair, then to St. Paul and a long Pacific coast swing. A return to Oyster Bay is planned by mid October.
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N. Y
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Hartford
Conn
Springfield
St. Louis
St. Paul
Pacific Coast States
Engineer-Parson Drops Sermon to Run Locomotive Faith on the Rails
The Rev J B Counts who operates a Frisco locomotive between Sapulpa Oklahoma and Monett Missouri preaches when not at the throttle. He loses his Afton pastorate after a run change and urges ministers to avoid worldly temptations while praising his dual role on Sundays.
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Okla
Monett
Afton
Dalpit
Frisco Y. M. C. A
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