Tidewater Oil Opens Doors to Strikers at Constable Hook
Tidewater Oil invites 11 000 workers back to work as violence subsides after a deadly strike at Constable Hook. A 3 000 skilled workers meeting claims they were forced to join the strike, planning a mass return to the Standard Oil plant to break the strike. City officials report the violence is ended and police are reinforced.
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Tidewater Company
Fuayonne
N. J
Constable Hook
Tidewater Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Nct
Baby Flung Through Windshield In Stockton Collision
H H Rossbach, his wife and baby from San Francisco were injured near Banta when their car collided with a fish peddler's cart. The baby was thrown through the windshield and saved by a blanket tossed over it as the car rolled down a 30 foot embankment and caught fire. Injured parties were taken to Tracy.
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Paducah
Stockton
Cal
H. H. Rossbach
San Francisco
Banta
Rossbach
Aged Lovers Weds After Fifty Years Apart in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio on October 16 Emma Davis aged 58 and David Armstrong aged 62 were married at Rev T Alfred Flemming parsonage at 9815 Pratt avenue. Childhood sweethearts from Niles pursued love again after a long separation and years of single life. They will reside at 10720 Massie avenue.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fromance
Niles
Montey
T. Alfred Flemming
Pratt Avenue
Emma Davis
Massie Avenue
David Armstrong
Grantwood Avenue
Armstrong
Sunday papers urged to cut size to save publishers
The Federal Trade Commission sent a letter to all U S Sunday paper publishers proposing smaller page sizes to conserve news print. It notes that reduced size could sustain smaller papers for a period and prevent closures amid rising costs.
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The
Federal Commission
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Commission
German War Report Seventy Four Planes Shot Down In September
German military authorities report seventy four hostile aircraft shot down in September. Of these 21 were French and 53 were British, according to Overseas News Bureau dispatches via Sayville. The tally reflects aerial combat over multiple fronts during the month.
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Berlin
Sayville
Éiadpy
Germans attacking in Carpathians
Petrograd reports heavy Teutonic forces offensive in the Southern Carpathians near the Romania Transylvania and Bukowina boundary. Galicia fighting continues east and south of the Lemberg district with no clear gains by either side.
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Petrograd
London
Teutonic
Carpathians
Rumania
Transylvania
Bukowina
War Office
Galicia
Lemberg
Greeks urged to join Venizelos party in America
In New York 300000 Greeks were asked to join the Venizelos party after a 3000-strong meeting. The organizers plan a series of gatherings in major U S cities to mobilize support among expatriates.
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Venizelos Party
America
New York
United States
Tropical Disturbance Crossing Yucatan Peninsula
A tropical disturbance was crossing the northern Yucatan peninsula this morning moving northwest or north as reported by the weather bureau. Gulf shipping is taking precautions due to the marked storm system.
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Washington
Yucatan Peninsula
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Painter declares he is alive after probate declares him dead
Arthur George a Tacoma painter filed a solemn declaration in Seattle claiming he was never dead and is not dead. He challenged Probate Court action that turned over 760 dollars in Seattle real estate to Mrs. George after seven years of absence. He says he lived as himself in Edmonton Alberta while presumed dead, and only recently moved to Tacoma. He was advised to consult the Swedish Consul who aided heirs.
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Seattle
Wash
Arthur George
Market Street
Tacoma
George
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Beekeeper Hauls 1540 Pounds Honey From Six Hives
Hiawatha Kansas reports J W Admire harvested 1540 pounds of honey from six hives this season. The expected profit approaches 300 dollars.
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Hiawatha
Kan
J. W. Admire
Submarine Sightings Reported In Atlantic Run
A wireless from the Danish steamship Helrig Clay says no submarine sightings on its voyage so far. Earlier observers aboard the White Star liner Bovie claimed a periscope sighting about 200 miles out, with a submarine reportedly in pursuit of the Hellig Olav eastward bound.
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Helrig Clay
Holst
White Star
Bovie
Hellig Olav
Curious Ear of Corn Baffles North Carolina Farmer
New Bern reports a farmer Mr W A Gaskins found two remarkable ears of corn on his D No 1 section. One ear is normal with seven secondary ears atop and a second is a near perfect double ear. He will display them at the Eastern Carolina Fair. Also a wrestling match at Ghent Park Casino ended with Max Smith defeating Zello in two falls. Politicians Hood and Brock spoke to Democratic voters at Cove City with further engagements planned in Fort Barnwell and Vanceboro.
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New Bern
W. A. Gaskins
Gaskins
Carolina
Ghent Park Casino
Max Smith
Zello
Sibley
Smith
Tommy Crank
Cove City
George E. Hood
W. E. Brock
Hood
Fort Barnwell
Brock
C. L.aberkethy
D. L. Ward
Vanceboro
New Bern GALA Parade Promises Spectacle for Fair Opening
Pine Lumber Company and local Woodmen of the World lodge will enter floats in the parade opening New Bern’s fair week. Local manufacturers and lodges plan displays as Edward Clark urges merchants to dress up. Thomas D Warren arrives with views on political strength and a predicted Democratic victory next month.
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Aee
New Bern
the Pine Lumber Company
The
Woodmen of the World
Edward Clark
T He
Thomas D. Warren
North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee
Warren
Remains of Mr M G Silvia to Arrive From Charleston
The remains of Mr M G Silvia who was killed by a street car in Charleston South Carolina Saturday night will be brought to this city tonight on the Atlantic Coast Line train from the South. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the home of his daughters Rosa and Janie Silvia No 412 South Fourth Street. Surviving him are his wife and seven children including Rosa Janie Silvia Dannie Silvia Sarah Silvia Clio Silvia all of this city and others in Charleston S C.
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Charleston
M. G. Silvia
S. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Rosa
Janie Silvia
South Fourth Street
Silvia
South Carolina
R. J. Shiel
W. T. Brown
Janie
Dannie Silvia
Sarah Silvia
Clio Silvia
8. C
Champion Boy Farmers On Tour After UC Contest Win
Twenty four California champion boy farmers depart Berkeley on a 9000 mile tour after defeating 1100 competitors in UC crop growers contest. They will visit orchards breeding farms and ag centers across the nation and travel east to St Louis return via New Orleans and Texas.
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Berkeley
Cal
Hughes says Wilson ignored farmers on Adamson law
Charles Evans Hughes told Hastings that the Democratic administration neglected agricultural interests in pushing the Adamson law. He cited a Texas Farmers' Union telegram to President Wilson asking that farmers submit data in the rail arbitration, and said no heed was given to the telegram.
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Hastings
Neb
Charles Evans Hughes
H. N. Pope
Texas Farmers’ Union
Wilson
Hughes
Tin sickness spreading in Germany warns travel report
Ex change Telegraph Amsterdam correspondent notes travelers say a disease spreading in parts of Germany is linked to preserved foods. The illness, called tin sickness, is described as a serious form of blood poisoning.
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London
Germany
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam
Hymnal Committee Report At Episcopal Convention
St. Louis reports the hymnal revision committee’s findings captivate the house of deputies as sessions continue. The planned racial episcopate commission report is postponed to later in the week.
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St. Louis
House of Deputies
Protestant Episcopal Convention
Crowless Roosters Inventor's Crow Muffler Quieting Birds
Joseph Riggs of Richfield Minnesota has begun a campaign to silence roosters. An Eastern inventor designed a crow muffler that binds the wings and prevents the neck from stretching, yielding a crowless bird while allowing the bird to eat and scratch.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Joseph Riggs
Richfield
Mexican plan to campaign against Villa disclosed
Atlantic City October 16 Luis Cabrera chairman of the Mexican commission presented to the American members of the American Mexican joint commission a statement from the Mexican Ambassador asserting that the government had planned an active campaign against Villa.
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Atlantic City
Luis Cabrera
Joint Commission
Villa
Indians Stampede Horses Recovers 24 Head in Malta
Indians staged a rare frontier stampede in Malta Montana recovering twenty four fine horses taken from Big Sandy ranchers four months earlier. A rancher unknowingly bought some animals and identified them last week. Suspects are missing and likely fled to Canada, leaving the rancher out his money.
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Malta
Ment
Big Sandy
Canada
Governor Craig Grants Pardon Amid Illness and Campaign
Governor Craig, sidelined by a heavy cold, announced pardons including William S. Stanley of Rockingham, whose three year sentence and $1,000 fine for embezzlement were clemency supported by Judge Rountree and local officials. Stanley’s pardon is conditional on good conduct.
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Raleigh
N. C
Craig
High Point
State of Arkansas
Horace Williams
Richmond County
William S. Stanley
Rockingham
Em- Stanley
Rountree
Porter Graves
Graves
Stanley
Man Who Shot Self Is Better Man Who Shot Self
Eugene McDonald shot himself near the heart at a country club. He survived the wound and was rushed to Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Physicians expressed hope of recovery while motives remained uncertain. The article notes his jovial Friday, a failed second attempt prevented by a misfiring shell, and links his condition to possible pneumonia. Raleigh also celebrates the white way street lighting opened for the State Fair week.
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Raleigh
N. C
Eugene McDonald
Young McDonald
McDonald
Boston
Brooklyn
Rex Hospital
Fayetteville
Martin
Hargett
Wilmington
Entente Drives On Somme Front and Balkan Offensives
Allied forces press Somme operations in Northern France with Paris reporting penetrations near Sailly-Salleisel and gains toward the Bapaume road while German counter attacks yield heavy losses. In the Balkans Entente troops advance south of Monastir pushing toward Busuk as Romanian defenses hold at Rucaru near Kronstadt.
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Transylvania
Kronstadt
Rucaru
Bucharest
Romanian Plains
Somme
France
Paris
Sailly-Saillisel
Bapuume
Scwaben
London
Macedonia
Monastir
Demir-Hissar
Busuk
Wilson Gives Word to His Workers In New York Drive
In Long Branch on October 16 President Wilson directed how supporters should speak for him. He met with the Wilson Volunteers led by Amos Pinchot to campaign among labor voters in New York.
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Long Branch
Wilson
Wilson Volunteers
Amos Pinchot
Labor Voters of
New York
Court refuses to review WV coal strike leaders
The Supreme Court on October 16 declined to review the convictions of four leaders in the 1913 West Virginia coal strike. They were sentenced to six months for contempt of court for not answering an injunction from a Federal District judge. The court did not issue opinions on argued or considered cases on its first day after summer vacation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
West Virginia
White
Hughes Continues Nebraska Campaign Swing
Charles Evans Hughes left Lincoln for a second day of campaigning in Nebraska. He spent Sunday quietly with no callers, rested and refreshed. He is due in Omaha tonight to speak, then proceeds to South Dakota and Iowa tomorrow.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Evans Hughes
Nebraska
Omaha
South Dakota
Towa
unclear historical note on Raleigh lighting project
Fragmentary text describes Raleigh inspecting towns before choosing a pet scheme and mentions unused cluster light and removal of old telegraph and telephone poles as lighting models.
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Raleigh
Man Towns
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