Italian recalls Aduwa battle of 1896 in Ethiopia
In Connelsville Pennsylvania a retired Italian railroader recalls the Aduwa night of 1896. Cannonier Martucci claims a citation for marksmanship in the Italian expedition and Michael Matrano recounts being shot in the shoulder but marching on.
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United Prose
Connellsville
Aduwa
Constansio Martiucci
Martucci
Michael Martrano
Aduwea
Matrano
Martuccl
United States
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Stray Bullet Hits Car In Deer District
Ch itford Bailey a United States Tobacco salesman and Deer District resident escaped injury when a stray bullet pierced the side of his car near Nansen a village south of Kane on the Merionville highway. The bullet fragments were found in a grip containing clothing atop supplies in the rear of the vehicle as Bailey drove home from Brookville.
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Shemfield
Chitford Bailey
United States Tobacco Company
Bailey
Lafayette Couch
Brookville
Nansen
Kane
Merionville
Young Livermore Suffer Relapse Under Medical Care
Jesse Livermore Jr. aged 16, shot by his mother, suffered a relapse and doctors report the right lung tapped. Dr. Irving Wills said the condition is serious but not immediately alarming. In Missouri a four year old girl Nadine Wablquis burned severely playing indoors.
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United Press
Santa Barbara
Calif
Jesse Livermore, Jr
Livermore
Irving Wills
Benefit Dinner at Sparta Proves Splendid Success
Sparta Pal December events highlight a successful chicken dinner by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Firemen with 225 meals served. Dinners at the Baptist church bazaar drew a strong turnout from Erie Warren Titusville Meadville Corry Union City Oil City Centerville Lincolnville. Community support funded church and school activities and social events continue through midweek meetings and a Christmas party. A death closes the week as Lena Kolaga, 40, passes after a long illness. funeral plans set for Pittsburgh with mass in Rouseville prior to burial.
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Spartansburg
Pal
Bll
Sparta
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Baziar
Jennie Schreck
Engost
Erie
Warren
Titusville
Meadville
Corry
Union City
Oil City
Centerville
Columbus
Lincolnville
Dorcas
The
Baptist Church
D. V. Kinney
Berean Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Blaine Crosby
Harold Risen
Herict
Ina Smith
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
M. E
Doris Blakeslee
Sparta Consolidated
Bhool
Darrell Hutchison
Jesse Whitney
Dorothea Blakeslee
Blakeslee Twins
Lena Kolaga
Anthony Kologa
Shev
Lena
Charles Yorrey
Vernal
Rouseville
Hartnett
Pittsburgh
Anthony
John
Charles
Mary
Thomas
Kologa
Clyde Rust
Mary Louise
Neil Stranahan
Genevieve Bust
Hasbrouck Orchestra
Lawrence Winsor
Famly
Cambridge Springs
Rose Skelton
Harley Schreckengost
Erle
Jennie Schreckengost
Jake Shreve
Anson Northrup
Shirley Jean Weatherbee
Gerald Wetherbee
Wetherbee
A. Buxton
Friday Visit and Prize Draw Mentioned in Local Notice
A fragmentary notice mentions Mr. Howard Murtits of Menitville as a Friday guest of his sister Mrs TALK Webb who is confined. It notes a drawing where the child receiving the most votes wins a truck and a doll, urging readers to save tickets to help the youngster win prizes. Also references Oil City, the Ingram family, and plans to spend winter in Jacksonville.
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Vagtine
Howard Murtits
Menitville
Mra
Webb
Dlinead
KK Webb
Tal
Myre
Tigram
Oil City Puesta Fundey
Id. F. Ingram
Fred Bate Tert
Jacksonville
Cashier Charged With Embezzlement at Erie
Edward W. Stadke, cashier of the Athletic club on Shadow Peach streets, allegedly absconded with $3,000 of the club funds over the weekend. A warrant was issued for his arrest after R B Sidler the club manager filed fraudulent conversion charges before Alderman Lyle Orr.
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Brie
Edward W. Stadke
Athletic Club
Stward Peach Streets
Radke
R. B. Sidler
Sidler
Lyle Orr
Deaths in Rice Avenue crossing crash blamed on driver negligence
A coroner's jury ruled Nickel Plate railroad blameless in the August 23 collision near Rice Avenue crossing. Victims were Almeda Badders 21 Thelma Kramer 28 and Clifford Joslin with two others injured. Witness Robert Haller described the crash and escape from serious harm.
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Robert Haller
Hatch School Abandoned After Structural Fears
Board motions to abandon Hatch School after roof fears and a near collision with a train. Plans set to remove old machinery, reassign classes to interim sites, and study a new vocational building in Harrisburg as revisions proceed.
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Property Committee
Dewey
Harrisbung
Avileh
Vlasaos
Hatch School
Studerts
Calle Tater
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Deer District
Young Livermore
Shild
West Plains
Mo— Nadine Wablquis
Wiass
Yardley
Purchas
Copana SE Cigars
Prince Albert Tobacco
Keister
Ladies Auxiliary
Free Railroad
North Girard
HATCH
Jose Ot Ife
Bennett
Lambing
Blaine Kinoulli
Someoie
Model Dairy Co
Children’s Toys
Royal Sweepers
Root’s Furniture Store
South Center St. Corry
Penn’n
Inior
Ain
Gee
Wpa
al Mont
Henry
Colla
Wienly
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