Black Handers in Clearfield County Suspected in Matafiro Murder
District Attorney Welch unravels a Black Hand network in Clearfield County after the Matafiro killing on the West Side. James Carbone is jailed as a suspected leader. two Italian suspects Paul Caro and Raphael Maxtrini are in custody. Police and state officers comb for more gang members as payouts and threats are alleged.
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Clearfield
Reali
Black Hand
Antonio Matafiro
West Side
Welch
James Carbone
Attormey Welch
Giereig
Carbone
Matafiro
Paul Caro
Raphael Maxtrini
Carbon
Matafino
Woodland Town Seeks Modern High School Building
Woodland residents push for a new high school in town citing growing Sunday school attendance and community pride. The article notes visits from local families, property purchases by J. R. Mulholland, and calls for up-to-date teaching methods and qualified teachers to elevate education in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
M. B. Achoo
Sumiay
Jou
J. R. Mulholland
Reed
R, R. Granium
Clearfield
Clear
High school building urged to aid town children
The town seeks a large high school on land by the M E church with Harbison-Walker Hoffman Co donating. Albert Peters buys Company House 11 to convert into residence as others plan home improvements. Mrs Rowena Erer nurses Claudia Hartman in Reading. Excavation for the MLE church basement done and groundwork prepared. A street brawl over whiskey led to a disturbance Saturday night.
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Ield
Padiipesburg
M. EF
Harbison-Walker Hof. Co
Albert Peters
Rowena Erer
Reading
Claudia Hartman
D.E. Young
E. H. Albert
Birs
Elizabeth Lansberry
John Luzier
Beach Creek
Harris Lectures on Holland at Trinity Church
Frank G. Harris spoke at Trinity Methodist Episcopal on Sunday night about Holland as a top highlight from the Holy Land trip. He described Dutch manners, dyke works, tanning, and other industries with humor and detail, including a Dutch speaking exchange with a local girl. The voyage home featured a vast storm described by the ship captain, making the trip unforgettable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Harris
Brotherhood of
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Harris
Holland
Holy Land
Clearfield
Trinity
Japanese Goldfish Varieties And Prices Note
A short note lists goldfish varieties such as to tails frluze tails and comets, with prices from fractions of a cent to five dollars. It warns on health, water quality, and proper care, noting some live many decades with careful feeding. Contends that goldfish can live long lives when kept in suitable conditions.
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Gsua
Washington
Fear of Old Military Service in Prisoner Appeals
A London Spectator commentary notes prisoners appealing to the Court of Criminal Appeal imitate leniency by seeking penal servitude over hard labor. It cites inside knowledge of prison acts and recalls a historic practice where capital punishment offered a choice between death or military service, which some criminals favored over serving the country.
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Court of Criminal Appeal
Stooger
Althouh
Army
London Spectator
Merico Chief Product Named by Willie Tom
Willie asks Willey to name Merico's main product, replying with Tom as the answer amid a Boston Transcript context. The fragment suggests a dialogue about identifying Merico's flagship item in a local newspaper setting.
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Wille
Willie
Merico
Tom
Boston
Farm Bureau Organized to Boost Agricultural Knowledge
A Philadelphia announcement by Charles S. Caldwell reveals a new Farm Bureau committee to unify farmers with State college, the New Jersey experiment station, Delaware, Maryland, and the U S Department of Agriculture. The group aims to standardize products, improve efficiency, and connect farmers with distributors and speakers, with members including Robert C. Wright and Clarence Sears Kates.
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State College For
Pennsylvania
Experiment Station
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
United States Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Charles S. Caldwell
Corn Exchange National Bank
Robert C. Wright
A. B. Ross
Clarence Sears Kates
Edward T. Butter- Worth
John P. Coarelly
Louis Graff
George W. Norris
Charles 8. Caldwell
Financial
Caldwell
Wright
Pennsylvania Railroad
Héig
Ross
Bedford County
Edward T. Butterworth
Philadllphia
National League of Commission Merchants
John P. Connelly
Philadelphia Wining and
Graff
Commercial Exchange
America
Europe
Norris
Clarence To Kates
Bureau
Philadelphia Society For Promoting Agriculture
Penn Sylvania Rural Progress Association
Pennsylvania State College
Proper stair use and beauty routines from a health column
Fitness guidance covers stair climbing technique to strengthen back shoulder and abdominal muscles, plus posture tips. It endorses orange flower cream for facial care, oily skin remedies, a waist reducing exercise, and recommending two powders for day and night use, with Japanese tissue paper for cleansing.
Balancing Bowlders in Berkshire County Wonders
A Berkshire County natural curiosity known as the great marble bowlder near Lanesbury stands thirty feet high and fifteen feet wide. Weighing hundreds of tons, its brown surface is scarred by centuries and it resembles a forge or an elephant from multiple angles. Another balance rock exists on Monument Mountain about 700 feet above the Housatonic river, over 100 tons in weight.
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Garkshires
Berkshire
Waleb
Eurlier
Balsnee Rack
Lanesbury
Taronic
Lanesboro
Housatonic
Pittsdeld
Masa
New York Run
Hand Lotion Formula From Historic Recipe
A historic hand lotion recipe describes soaking thirty grains of gum tragacanth in seven ounces of rosewater for three days with occasional stirring, then adding one ounce of glycerin and a fraction of alcohol to complete the preparation. The note calls the mixture a delightful toilet article.
Jury Finds Condition Poor and Recommends Local Repairs
The grand jury reports unsanitary conditions at the site and orders repairs throughout including plastering and a new bake shop building near the old ice house for shop and residence use. It notes a bridge over the Susquehanna near Karthang is not advised now and suggests a concrete design on Big Trout abutments in Goshen township. The county views show over half in agreement with the findings.
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Karthang
Trout Goshen
Fecom
Tardy Act of Juition and Marriages of the Eighteenth Century
A fragmented reminiscence recalls late eighteenth century marriages among English aristocracy. Mentions Lavinia Polly Peachum from Gay's Opera, Duchess of Bo lous, Misa Pacren who wed Lord Derby, Mise Bran as Lady Craven, Lord Thurlow's marriage to Miss Soltom, Earl of Peterborough, and Anastasis Kublnaoo. Notes a tardy act of trince provoking a dramatic public acknowledgment of a wife by a lord on his deathbed and a swoon by the lady involved.
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Achreme
Variter
Lavinia
Polly Peachom
Gay
Duchess of Bolous
Misa Pacren
Lord Derby
Mise Bran
Lady Craven
Lord Thurlow
Miss Soltom
Chough
Earl of
Peterborough
Anastasis Kublnaoo
Sager
Ben Palace
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Mstieves
Antonio Matafirs
Agei
Woodland Town
Idool
Woodland
D. H. O'Donnell
Fleetwood
William Vadercoffer
Williama Port
S. Swift
Ming Mande Graham
Lock Haven Noronal
Brotherhood of Trinity
Farm Bureau
State College
Butterworth
Hee
Hazelton
Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
S. LaRue Tone
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Emory R. Johnston
Milton J. Brecht
Charles F. Wright
Frank M. Wallace
Mis
Daulphin County Court
Law Department of
State
Legisla
General Assembly
Hoyt and Wite
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