Standardize Warning Lights Through State To Safeguard Motorists
A Harrisburg meeting of a committee representing towns, townships, and the Department of Highways drafted a uniform traffic code. The plan, based on the Hoover national code, aims to set speed limits by street type, ban left passes on streetcars except on one way streets, require accident reports within 24 hours, and mandate garbage firms to report vehicles showing crash involvement. The group will meet again to finalize the draft for the 1927 Legislature while aligning with department guidance on vehicle size, weight, construction, and lighting.
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Department of Highways
Harrisburg
O. W. Bracken
Pennsylvania
Two Classes in Fine Reunion at Corry High School
Sixty members from Corry High School classes 195 and 1925 gathered at Hotel Corry for a reunion described as a most enjoyable affair. Frederick Miller of 1925 was toastmaster. David Kel ney of 1926 welcomed guests. Entertainment included songs by Miss Ariceyn Delury and piano solo by Miss Alice Messenger. The event ended with assembly singing, class cheers, and dancing at the Junior High School with Larson's Orchestra.
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Corry High School
Hotel Corry
Frederick Miller
David Kelney
Ariceyn Delury
Predonia Normal School
Alice Messenger
Helen Rowe
Thaea Conservatory of Music
Walik
Mokreis
Campis
Maxine Alverson
Larson
Enjoy Peth
First Use of Keyboard in Military Music History
The uiumichord of the Thirteenth Mitary was the first stringed instrument Lobe played from a keyboard, marking an early fusion of keyboard and stringed sound in military music.
Watch Night Services Planned in Churches
Watch Night services are set for Friday at First Baptist Church along with other city churches. The First Baptist program features a music segment, entertaining and instructional features, a social time with sandwiches, a devotional close as the New Year arrives. Other churches plan varied observances including Christ Jail Missionary Alliance Church with a 2 to 12 o'clock program and communion, while Pentecostal Assembly schedules special exercises.
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First Baptist
Pervite
Christ Jail and Missionary Alliance Church
New York Church Aims to Be U S Largest Edifice
A planned $000,000 church near Rockefeller Chapel in Park Avenue will be the nation’s biggest of its kind. The building will serve Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick’s ministry, replacing the Rockefeller monument, with 2400 pews for worshippers and a capacity crowd.
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New York
Harry Emerson Fosdick
United States
Park Avenue
Franklin Hay to Build New Hotel in Franklin
A feasibility survey for a new Franklin hotel is underway. Chamber of Commerce directors report thirty experts will study the project, to be managed by a Harrisburg firm. Classified ads indicate rooms will be furnished for tenants.
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Franklin
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
Praise for Baptist Choir in Centreville Christmas Cantata
The Centreville correspondent reports the First Baptist Church choir, directed by Mrs. Barton Smith, presented The New Born King on December 27. The performance by the Corry choir enhanced the evening with fine contralto May Monard and strong quartets, filling the church and overflow annex. attendees deemed it one of the village’s finest Christmas programs.
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Titusville
Centreville
First Baptist Charch of
Corry
Centrville
Barton Smith
May Monard
Skinner
Fie
Wilbur to Testify on War Scare at Navy Committee
Washington December 30 Secretary of the Navy Wilbur agreed to be questioned by the House Naval Committee on reports tied to the Doheny oil trial but refused to grant access to the papers. The committee chair Rep Butler will decide whether Wilbur appears after his return. The matter centers on the Japanese war score and related testimony.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
House Naval “Committee
Butler
Ashtabula Rail Disaster Remembered Fifty Years On
Veteran reporter John Kelly recalls the Ashtabula rail disaster of December 9 1876. The Pacific Express crashed through the bridge at Ashtabula and 70 people died with many injured as a gale and zero weather contributed to the tragedy involving the Socrates and Columbus engines and several cars.
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John Kelly
File
Hie Times
Ashttabula
Ashtabula
Pacific Express
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Séerates
Te Columig
Syerates
Day McQuire
Jimmy" Hunt
Eric
G. B. Polsom
Columbis
Pete Severborn
Caty McGuire
Socrates
Parrot Involved In Classroom Punishment Report
A humorous exchange from Boston traces Tommy Wise and teacher in a classroom scene. Tommy explains he was punished for a bad word and, when pressed for origins, deflects toward a parrot as the source, highlighting a playful family or school moment in Transcerpts.
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Tommy Pather
Tommy
Boston
Trend Toward Stability In Farm Prices Foreseen
A government report indicates renewed stability in farm prices after a long decline since 1920. It notes that value bottoms may have formed, with declines most severe in grain and livestock sectors of the western states while northern regions show smaller drops. Overall credit and liquidity factors are cited as influencing the trend.
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Sonspurrad
Pousilla
Toreplosuren
Bandit Battle Ends in Slain Robber and Captures
In Chicago last night four detectives engaged a quartet of robbers near a dry goods store. Julius Demrativice, 28, is dead. Frances Bossen, the wounded wife of the store owner, was used as a human shield. Mary Bossen, the daughter, escaped. Two other robbers, John Hintnan and Walter Kalli, were captured. Bernatvice and Otto Thomas fled.
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Shicago
Julius Demrativice
Nathan Bossen
Bossen
Frances
Rowsens
Mary
John Hintnan
Walter Kalli
Bernatvice
Otto Thomas
Massen
End Panhandling On City Streets Urges Action
Citizens urge police action to curb panhandlers cluttering streets and harassing strangers. Reports describe more strangers in the city, panhandlers using money for canned heat, and women followed at night. Residents offer aid but seek firm street crackdown to restore safety.
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Fuodsuutts
Oddly Named Resort Mount Desert Island Notes
An oddly named resort on Mount Desert Island off Mulpe coast is described as discovered by Champlain. A ridge of hills crosses the island’s southern portion with several peaks rising over 1,000 feet, highlighting a famed windy suner resort in the area.
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Mount Desert
Mulpe
Champlain
Alunitie
No Extension Law Regulates 1926 Auto Licenses
Motorlite of Corry warns that Fridge Dersmuller must take the Tage day son to drive their automobiles without 1927 licenses. The usual state highway department fee and penalties apply as 10 autoists face fines for 1920 license usage. Department offices report 10,000 license sets available today and 400,000 cars licensed in 1920 are affected. official notes the need to obtain plates before midnight tomorrow.
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Motorlite
Corry
Tavelatiinss
Materigty
State Highway Department
Jay
William IT Connell
Postal Time Mall boxen on wheels confusion in Amsterdam
Postal workers face a mess as collection boxes are misaligned and unauthentically loaded. Letters pile up and backlogs grow as mail is rushed to sorting areas, hindering timely delivery and stressing post offices.
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Ammsterdiqul
Hugx Sra
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