Scranton Faces Threat of Severe City Cave-In
A manmade earthquake endangers Scranton business district as surface subsidence from mine workings under the city continues at alarming rates. About a dozen large buildings damaged including the Kerstone Dank and Swartz Building areas. Fronts buckle on the Anthracite Laundry, a portion of Jackson Street fallen eight feet in two years. Bricks fall from facades, gas and water mains broken, crews race to restore services. Population listed as 137,582 within 22.5 square miles.
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Scranton
West Scranton
Kerstone Dank
Swartz
Jackson Street
Etn
North Mein Avenues
Scranton Street
Operator of Divorce Mill to Face Indictment in New York
Assistant District Attorney Walter Perris and District Attorney Ise Devis announced that Herbert I. Miller, accused operator of a fake divorce operation in Manhattan, will be indicted on forgery in the second degree perjury and practicing law without admission. A Miller clerk claimed a staff of six to act as co respondents and that many bogus divorces and annulments were sold nationwide.
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Whith Plain
W. Y
Herbert I. Miller
Manhattan
Walter Perris
Ise Devis
Miller
Bar
Hure
John Burroughs Death Mourned By Ford At Bier
Poughkeepsie N Y April 1 Henry Ford stood as a mourner today beside the bier of his friend John Burroughs at Riverby the naturalist’s home near hers Tomorrow he will attend the funeral of Mrs Burroughs with Thomas A Eidison and Hervey S Irestone The quartet long vacation companions in the Catskills Catskill mountains will witness Burroughs burial at Woodhnik Lodge birthplace in the Catskills at an annual reunion notable among prominent men.
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Poughkeepsie
Henry Ford
Tom Burroughs
Riverby
Burroughs
Thomas A. Eidison
Hervey S. Irestone
Wooddhmek Lodge
Cats
Himounigins
Falls Sixteen Stories, Taken to Hospital to See If Hert
Peter Bildere, a carpenter, fed 16 stories down a Broadway elevator shaft after slipping from scaffolding. He caught a cable and slid several floors before burns forced him to release. He struck a plank and landed at the bottom conscious, then was taken to a hospital to check for injuries.
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New York
Peter
Carpenter
Broadway
Old Woman But Committee’s Task Recounted In Fractured Memo
A fragmentary passage describes a House Committee selecting assignments for Republican members. It notes the effort to place twenty kids or beds, while few are offered tough duties. Three members Mann Afondel and Egores oversee assignments as the committee reviews a stack of requests daily.
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House
Mann
Afondel
Egores
English Casualties in Ireland Heavy in April
The Official Weekly Review reports heavy crown forces casualties in Ireland for April with 46 total. Nineteen casualties were sustained by two police. five killed and fourteen wounded. Military losses were thirteen killed and fourteen wounded. Ambushes and Sinn Fein assassinations of civilians accounted for most acts, with motive linked to friendly relations with police and military.
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Dublin
Crown
Saya
iOfficial
Crown Forces
Igh
Sinn Fein
Plazak Charged With Reckless Driving After Jitney Crash
Plazak of 87 Hallett Street was arrested charged with reckless driving after an automobile collided with a jitney bus at Arctic and Hallett Streets. Both vehicles were badly damaged but no injuries reported. Witnesses said Plazak was driving at 49 miles an hour.
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Plazak
Hallett Street
Arctic and
Hallett Streets
Irish Mayor Plans Visit to President Harding
Dublin April 1 Lord Mayor O Neil of Dublin announced he plans a trip to America to meet President Harding. He aims to offer a detached view of the Irish situation and travel in response to the White Cross society appeal. O Neill has served as Lord Mayor for five years and belongs to no political party.
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Dublin
Harding
O'Neil
America
Mae
White Cross Society
O'Neill
Irish Census May Be Work of New Parliament
Dublin Castle said the Irish census planned for May is indefinitely postponed as the government recognises it would be incomplete. The Dail Éireann authorized Sinn Fein to forbid the census as an invasion on Irish rights. De Valera comments on seat contests and Vatican hints surface in Independent. he argues England cannot force religious convocation to suppress liberty.
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Dublin Castle
Dail Éireann
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Associated Press
Eamonn de Valera
South of Ireland
Sinn
New York
Rome
Independent
de Valera
England
Holy See
Holy Sea
Clark
Obituary notices and funerals in local city records
The obituary column lists Joseph Bertaty of 26% James Street killed in action with Company D 307th Infantry in France. His funeral began at 8:20 AM from George Pistey Funeral Parlors, with Mass at Ste. Cyril and Methodius Church, Rev. G A Panik presiding, burial at St Michael's cemetery. Also noted are Mary Peters Thersin and Mary Peters, service from homes on Chestnut Street, plus Martin Fahes of Shelton Sanatorium and Tweedig A. Burregess, with services at King's Highway Church and Mountain Grove cemetery. Elizabeth Karacsanyi of 290 Boatwick Avenue, death at St Vincent's Hospital, and Stanley H. Smith of Stratford with service at his South Main Street home and burial at Lakeview cemetery. Pallbearers named: Harry Walker, Adolph Irit, George Baldwin, Fred Baldwin, Edward Callahan, Haoch Sprague.
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Joseph ‘Berteny
Joseph Bertaty
James Street
307Th Infantry
George Pistey
Mary Peters Bérgin
Mary Peters Thersin
Mary’ Peters
Chestnut Street
Qnalogh
James’ Onursch
St. Michael's Corn
Martin Fahes
Martin Pahes
Esterday
Shelton Sanatorium
Carroll
Ein Street
Brooklyn
Tuaigress
King’s Thighway
James
Rees
Mathias
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Elizabeth Kareesoasi
Elizabeth
Alexander Karacsanyi
Boatwick Avenue
St.Vincent's Hospital
Mountain Grove
Stanley H. Smith
Stanley St. Smith
South Mainstreet
Stratford
Robert Whitehead
Lakeview Cemetery
Harry Walker
Adolph Irit
George Baldwin
Fred Baldw
Edward Callahan
Haoch Sprague
Admitted to Bar in Wairheld County
Blephen J, a practicing attorney, was admitted to the bar in Wairheld county without examination. Presented to Judge Kellogg, sworn in as attorney and as commissioner of the superior court. Attorney Szeady now resides in Bridgeport and plans to practice there.
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Blephen J
Wairheld
Jena B P. Kellogg
Aupe
Superior Court
Szeady
Bridgeport
Claims Committee Hears City Claims In Brief Session
City claims docket heard in two hour session at city hall with petitioners seeking refunds and small compensation. A minor claim of 2 dollars from Joseph Agetcessir noted for a pounding permit unused, with request for refund and clarification of expenses. The panel considered several minor items, none large.
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Claims Committee
Joseph Agetcessir
Rev Genthner Addresses Christian Union Meeting
The Rev J Z Genthner spoke at the Christian Union mission anniversary in Bridgeport, urging living by Christian standards over worldly credentials. He argued salvation comes through Jesus Christ and noted the week of special services closing the mission's eleventh year of activity.
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Rev. Genthner
Christian Union Meeting
J. Z. Genthner
Christian Union Mission
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Jesus Christ
Bridgeport
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Ilag
John Burroughs
Ford
Bier
Naturalist’s
Edison
Firestone
Cam Ja
Geen
Maggie
Ile
Ireland
Flazak
Devoe
U.S
Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc
New Brushes
Ites
Chicago
Vatican
Clark’s
Liberal Credit
BROAD
Father
Lowry
Mises
Jacoby
the Howey
Broad St
Post Office
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