City weighs highway marker plan for Roosevelt route
Harrisburg dispatch notes city officials favor purchasing enough markers to mark two routes but oppose wholesale erection of many signs. State highway crew begins placing 70000 route markers statewide with new black and white shields, signs at intersections, and millions of miles to be labeled. New tour guides issued amid higher demand due to route number changes.
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Roosevelt
Ely Hom Spartansburgy Tt
Bracken
Wau
Hoosavelt
Crawford County
Countil Islevent
Harrisburg
Stifle High Way
Lave
United States
Jnive
Humber
Dlack Alterson & White Keystone
Enginee Helwis
Seme
Couple Held for Kidnapping in Norristown
Norristown, Aug. 7. Burford A. Davis and Miss Marion Bruner of Philadelphia were held without bail on kidnapping charges. They awaited a conference between attorneys and judge Williams as they sought a bail arrangement after allegedly abducting Caroline Taylor, a Philadelphia child, from a boarding house steps last Sunday night. The child was later found with the suspects at a railway station in Philadelphia.
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Yey Uni Pecos
Norristown
Aig
Burford A. Davis
Marion Bruner
Philadelphia
Tidge Williams
Davis
Miss Bruner
Caroline Taylor
Dayle
Treasury balance report from Washington Aug 7 1913
Treasury balance shows 4,264,904,002.06 on Aug 4. Customs receipts for the month through Aug 7 amount to 8,402,451.55.
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Treasury
Washington
City financials and local notes from July report
The July report by City Treasurer Wesley shows a balance on hand of 13,706.84 dollars and revenues of 18,805.27 dollars. News items include plans for a Third Class City convention in Newcastle September 18 to 20, invitations for Corry to supply materials for a program, traffic detours on West Smith Street, and progress on a Labor Day pig celebration. Also covered are a fall at a Spartansburg farm, a girl’s lip injury, a bid to back Alfred Smith’s campaign by women, Titusville council support for municipal share of auto license funds, a postponed disorderly conduct hearing for Robert Purcell, a street-vehicle weight ban in Center Street and West Columbus Avenue, Florence Joy’s recovery from a fracture, a runaway auto incident, Pierce-Arrow Motor Company fate and Studebaker affiliation, forecasts of showers, hunting-license controls, and the impending redesign of U.S. currency.
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Wesley
Halence
Urge Smith to Make Extended Tour of Nation
Albany report says pressure grows for Gov Alfred J Smith to undertake a lengthy national campaign. Advisers shift from a few speeches to a three month swing to meet voters, starting in border states then corn belt, middle west, Far West, and final push on the eastern seaboard. Frank Barry of Buffalo visited Albany for a day of business.
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Percy B. Scott
Albany
N.Y
Alg
Alfred J. Smith
Smith
Inet
Border States
Corn Belt
Middle Western
Far West
Eastern Seaboard
Nineteen Coal Cars Derailed Between Carmen and Tunnel
A freight wreck on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittshire line near Carmen and the big tunnel, 15 miles from Ridgway, derailed 19 cars loaded with coal. Officials cannot yet determine the cause. Tracks were torn up, delaying both northbound and southbound MR and P trains. traffic resumed about 7 PM Sunday.
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Ridgway
Coron Air
Buffalo, Rooster
Pittshire
Carmen
Reying Arewa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Falls Creek
Talevillee
DuBois
For Sale or Exchange in North East Pennsylvani a
Real estate agent A. G. Stone lists fruit and dairy farms city property stores and a bowling alley for sale or exchange. Keller Building North East Penna contact 105.
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A. G. Stone
Keller
North East
Penna
Rum Runners Held After Erie Lake Chase
Two alleged rum runners fled four miles on Lake Erie then were fired upon and captured. They gave names as Ed Shultz, 44, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and Paul Ryan, 20, of Cleveland, Ohio.
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Bris
Lake Erie
I Rind Chasler
Ed Shultz
New Castle
Paul Ryan
Cleveland
Federation to be Neutral in Presidential Campaign
New York Aug 7 The American Federation of Labor will be neutral in its treatment of presidential candidates, as decided by the federation's executive council. The move aims to refrain from endorsing a candidate while maintaining focus on labor issues and workers' interests nationwide.
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United Press
New York
American Federation of Labor
Federaton
Smith fears vice crackdown at Adirondacks resort
Albany Aug 7 State Police, ordered by Gov Smith, move into Saratoga Springs to curb gambling and vice after a complaint warned of illicit activity at the Adirondack resort, famed for racing and leisure, as authorities act to restore order. Kennedy Flyers from Philadelphia reach Olympia semi finals in single sculls, defeating Candevenu of Switzerland by a slim margin. Rentals listed on Wright Street include five modern units and two newly furnished spaces, with notices seeking tenants.
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Albany
Plain Dochey
Aaraloga Springs
Amsterdam
Kennedy Flyers
Bachelors’ Barge Club
Philadelphia
Olympia
Or Candevenu
Switzerland
Pra
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Pierce-Arrow Motor Company
Buffalo
Studebaker Corporation
Myron F. Peres
State Game Commission
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U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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Center St
Etta Kett
Ocean Drive
Yvonne Lovecold
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Hot Dos King
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Hold Rum Runners
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