An UnHonored Prophet Smuts in South African Vote
In the South African election General Smuts loses ground to Hertzog but remains in Parliament for five years. The piece recalls Smuts as a former key British ally, Versailles delegate, and early League of Nations advocate, noting foreign observers’ continued regard despite domestic defeat.
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Smuta
Hertzog
Smuts
Herzog
Sim Jan
Slick Joka
Ily
Versailles
League of Nations
South Africa
Jan Smuts
City Versus Village in County Partnership Debated
The Independent notes failed attempts by city and nearby towns to form a county backed partnership keeping separate officials while county handles water and police. Suburban residents resist annexation and the piece warns against the spread of bad city governance. It argues for cooperative action among independents and stresses benefits of services like telephone and deliveries.
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Pittsburgh
United States Department of Commerce
Old Time Week Celebration Promises Large Parade
Twenty years back, July 4 1909 edition notes Somersin I Ni Cohen hay buys fine stock from an Orlvinge horde. Drayman James Connors narrowly escapes a near train incident on Mayle Avenue. Spartansbury band set to lead the big parade with Ralph Porldnaw presenting an afternoon program.
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Poday
Cohen Hay
James Connors
Mayle Avenue
Correct English Quiz From Old Home Week Notes
A fragment of a local column presents a quiz on proper English and spelling with questions and partial answers. It includes misspelled words and examples, plus a list of names and relatives connected to Old Home Week events in Towanda area society notes.
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Harry Gogawel
Warren
Cogswell
Uni
J. N. Perkins
Westasy
Bliss
Plorence
Humphries le Holly
Red Cross founder and era questions from a quiz
Answers include David Crockett for founder, Belladonna as a plant, 1825 as a year, and mentions of Confluxua and Minneapolis with unclear context. the questions reference Vikings and English kings and a coal mining district but details are garbled.
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Red Cross
England
David Crockett
Belladonna
Minnepolis
A Problem a Day Minute Hand Length Puzzle
A problem states a minute hand tip travels 1 inch in 4 minutes 28 seconds. By adding given fractions 5 1 4, 6 1 2, 8 24, 10 1 2, and 9 and multiplying the result 40 by 41 14 the length is derived as 40 inches. The solution presents a numerical method rather than a geometric derivation.
Wife of Playwright Is Granted Divorce in Reno
Agnes O Noy and Duane O Neil were granted a divorce in Reno after five minutes behind locked doors. Courtroom access was barred to newspapermen and the public. A chauffeur and his wife testified as witnesses and the divorce was filed on the record.
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Reno
Nev
Agnes O'Ney
Duane O'Neill
New York
Wright
Actral
Ndude
Warren County Scouts to Visit Europe on Jamboree Trip
Warren County Boy Scout unit led by R. R. Young plans a July departure from New York City aboard the Holland American Line to Rotterdam for the International Jamboree in Birkenhead England. The 14 member troop includes Swanson Evans Jamu Weatherby Larsen and others with an itinerary spanning eight countries over two and a half weeks before returning to Warren in August.
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Birkenhead
Southampton
New York
Ruening
Warren
Augilat
Youngsville Milling Company Office Robbed
The Youngsville Milling Company near the Pennsylvania station was entered late Sunday night or early Monday morning and a small amount of money taken. Fifty pennies were stolen along with two small thermometers. Earlier, William York’s barber shop on Main Street was entered and $15 stolen.
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Youngsville
Youngsville Milling Company
Pennsylvania Station
William York
Main Street
Post Office Observes Holiday Hours on July Fourth
The post office will open all windows until 10:00 AM on July 4 for transactions. In the evening the stamp and parcel windows will operate from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Mails are dispatched as usual. no city or rural carrier routes will run. C. S. Bentley, P. M.
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C. S. Bentley
P. M
Two Year Sentences For Drunken Drivers
Mercer county Judge J. A. Mc Laughry announced a two year sentence for any person convicted of driving a vehicle while drunk. The judge, noted as the county’s most severe jurist, said the limit will accrue to those under the influence of liquor starting today.
Springboro Driver Survives Car Crash Near Conneautville
Joseph Zeiger of Springboro narrowly escaped serious injury when his Nash sedan left the road on the Erie Crawford line at Conneautville road Monday evening. The car, barely driven a few hundred miles, collided with a tree and was badly wrecked, uprooting the tree.
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Joseph Zeiger
Springboro
Nash
Conto
Erie- Crawford
Conneautville Road
Corry Firemen Invited to County Rally Night
All men of the Stanford Hose Company urged to join a big firemen rally in Wo ton City Friday night, sponsored by the Erie County Volunteer Firemen’s Association. Corry officers hope many will attend to represent the town, with a tire program planned. Leona Boland and Ethel Mekuhn left by motor for Detroit to spend the week.
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Stanford Hose Company
Union City
Stanford Hoss Company
Woton City
Er County Volunteer Firemen
Corry
Stanford Hove Company
Mieses Leona Boland
Ethel Mekuhn
Motor
Detroi
Mich
Thend
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Corry Evening Journal
South Street
A.D. Colegrove
Arthur Colegrove
John W. Lambing
W. Park
Will
Ralph Porldnaw
W. L. Gordon
J. M. Place
Mother
Washington, D.C
City
J. P. Halon
Mortisburg
Archie Bracken
Chicago
Merly
Byited Press
William H. Tash
Allejulleny County
Warren County
Jamestown
Europe
Federal Prohibition
N.Y
Anthony
Bimoa Rotha
Foote Avenue
United Stateommisalonee
Edward Ry Hoolny
Springfield
Mead & Brown
E. Main Street
W. Smith
Corry Firemen
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
Nia
Top Warner
Associated Gas and Electric System
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