Chautauqua Ticket Campaign Faces Lagging Sales
Reports from local Chautauqua committee indicate ticket sales for this year’s mid-summer event are lagging. A meeting of guarantors is planned for Thursday night at 9 pm to review progress, with a Swarthmore Bureau representative addressing the gathering. Tickets cost 2.50 for adults and 1 for children, with a $10 prize for top sellers among the ladies auxiliary.
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Fridies
Fmcelock
Swarthmore Bureau
Chautauquay
Haseen
Chase
le Washington Stréey School
Grouniie P
Blaze at Drury's Run wipes out store and homes
July 27 a fire destroyed the Queens Run Refractories Company Works at Drury's Run where Prank Rocco operated a general merchandise store. The blaze spread rapidly to two adjoining dwellings, causing partial destruction before flames were checked.
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Renouvo
Queens Run Refractories Company
Drury's
Rocco
They Can Not Back Out of Antarctic Expedition
In a family quarrel over a planned South American to Antarctic expedition, Mr. Gunn and expedition leader Erickson press on. His younger daughter Seema and their mother fear the trip could ruin the family as Pop commits to sailing toward the Antarctic ice and traversing the frozen wastes.
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Mr. Gunn
Seema
Pop
Sand Pole
Mom
Sptain Erickson
South America
Antarctic
Gunn
Bread price swing prompts housewife choice
Chicago July 27 five cent bread to return if housewives want it says W E Long chair of the National Bread Conference. He claims housewives prefer a wholesome loaf baked at home over cheap bread and warns bakers that offering five cent bread again would hurt business.
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Chicago
W.E. Long
Long
Ong
Fragmented Note on Science Extending Old Age
A damaged OCR fragment notes science lengthening life and aging, stating modern inventions take away tasks once done by people, and hints at changes affecting women at home. The text is unclear with garbled words and missing context but preserves the general theme of scientific progress impacting daily life and longevity.
June Mathis Dies Dramatically During New York Play
New York July 27 June Mathis film writer and former actress died suddenly during a performance of The Squall at Eighth Street Theatre. She collapsed beside her mother, likely from heart disease, as doctors awaited autopsy. Mathis, about 35, helped promote Rudolph Valentino and wrote scripts for The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and The Ten Commandments. Her husband was Silvano Baldoni of Hollywood. She came to New York two months ago to visit her mother.
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New York
Mathis
Eighth Street Theatre
Miss Mathis
Tim
Emily Hawkes
Rudolph Valentino
Camille
Silvanio Baldoni
Hollywood
Wisconsin wet measure defeated in state legislature
Madison July 27 The Wisconsin dry law repeal and a 275 per cent beer sales plan were defeated in the Legislature. The senate blocked the repeal 16 to 7 after earlier a wet vote 11 to 10, overriding Governor Zimmerman’s veto.
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Madison
Wis
Tower House
Fred R. Zimmerman
Senate
Body of Jamestown Man Recovered From Allegheny River
Warren July 27 Henry How hart located the body of Payson Sykes 67 of Jamestown New York in the Allegheny river under the second pier after a 24 hour drag search The coroner ordered removal to the local undertaking rooms and the body was identified by his brother Robert The body showed bruising from the river and the wife and Jamestown undertakers were notified before transport for burial.
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Warren
Henry How Hart
Payson ¢ Sykes
Jamestown
N. Y
Allegheny River
Ed. Lowrey
Robert
Little Hue Bye Church July Children’s Day Program
July 20 Children’s Day exercises were held at the Hue Bye church with songs recitations and readings by local children including Iris, Margaret Spitz, and Bessie Baccus. Visitors from nearby towns joined relatives for a social gathering at the Sandburg home with attendees from Titusville, Corry, Meadville, Warren and Gowanda.
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Hue
Avd
Olelucks
Ah Kaubnick
Jess
Sven Boy
Robert Speic
Jaquith
Gibbons
Dibloguels
Iris
Leda
Leah Baccus
Margaret Spitz
Irvin Briggs
Bessie Baccus
Breda Baccus
Bear Lake
Dan Jaquith
Youngsville
Charles Sandburg
Titusville
Corry
Meatville
Warren
Gowanda
N.Y. Sd
Wilma Bindley
Everett
Margaret
Albert Sandburg
Chester Grover
John Zamboriel
Pittshursh
Kennedy
New York City
Glen Jaquith
Henry Chapman
Lottéville
First to Make Good The Typewriter Patent in 1888
Milwau kee, Wis, saw the granting of the first successful typewriter patent on June 23 1888 to three associates U Latham Sholes Samuel Y Soule and James Oilddeen. The trio included a printer editor a printer and a businessman shaping a pivotal writing device.
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Nest Successiny
Milwaukee
Wis
U. Latham Sholes
Samuel Y. Soule
Uamos Oilddeen
Rumor Du Pont May Head Steel Corporation
Rumors circulate that Du Pont may assume leadership of United States Steel, amplifying market anxiety. Ford's upcoming model and investor interest in steel directors fuel speculation amid Judge Gary’s absence and uncertain leadership signals at the company.
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Rumor DU Pont
Steel Corporation
Uncle Eben Riff on Modern Safety Razor Fears
Washington Street notes a comical Uncle Eben riffing on the invention of the safety razor and a joking worry that a scramble could damage a diamond-studded banjo. The playful column reflects early 20th century humor about gadgets and fragile luxury items.
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Uncle Eben
Eben
Washington
Cattle War in York County escalates with arrests
The cattle war in York County began when officers from the Bureau of Animal Industry sought to enforce mandatory bovine testing. The confrontation led to charges of obstructing the legal process assault and batters and resisting arrest. The testing was postponed but later planned to resume. The flare started when ten farmers seized Dr Wiley, the State veterinarian, during a forcible entry.
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Burea of Animal Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Cattle War Sparks Violent Clash in York County
In Shrewsbury Township county officers from Pennsylvania state police clashed with farmers and their wives while serving warrants at the Haters House. Troopers faced organized resistance as fists and scrapes marked the confrontation, with misdeeds and battered faces reported amid the volatile scene.
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United Prem
Social to be held in church parlors this evening
The Epworth League of the First Methodist Church plans a social in the church parlors this evening with arrangements made for a bake sale and refreshments to benefit the league weather permitting a procession will be held at the Tarafava opposite the church attendance hoped for by church members and friends
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Epworth League
Chur
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