Twenty Years Ago In The Journal File November 12 1900
Twenty years ago items note gasoline motor car experiments promising progress in railroading. Building boom amid clear weather boosts city construction. Prospect Street hosts a singing party by a group of girls. Driller Williams hits 120 feet at Brakeyhoe plant with five hearth sand strikes. Cambridge Springs resident Miller, age 86, still cutting upper teeth on Oct 4. Rawson Olmaten arrives from Mt Reilly for ten day leave. Lieut Olmstead assigned to Washington DC for the coming year. Amis and Heath travel to Ludlow to oversee junior interests. Dr Theodore Crosby touring with Campbell Bros. visits his father Manley Crosby.
Blaze at Emporium Causes $15,000 Loss in Fa
Nov 12 fire at Empire Motor Sales Co. in Fa. destroys $15,000 property including three cars and building damage. Earlier Sunday night a blaze struck Logan's Garage opposite, damaging four cars after a gas line sparked a rear bumper incident. Firemen extinguished flames with no further injuries reported.
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Emporium
Logan
Empire Motor Sales Co
Fourth
Spruce Streets
Witely Toga
Gered
Inet Lance
Brother of Frisco bombing confesses in Wheeling
A. L. Jess Smith, brother of Lewis Smith, says Lewis told him of throwing a bottle into a parade in San Francisco, and of two more bombings. He cites a letter to William J. Quinn and claims his brother planned to receive 10000 dollars but got under 2000.
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United Press
Wheeling
W. Va
George Monroe
Shadyside
Leo
Aaving
Hombro
Smith
William J Quinn
Shit Levels
Readers Club Meeting Features Armistice Day Program
The Readers met with Mosa Robbins on East Smith Street for a weekly program about Armistice Day. Mrs GC Cromi, club president, read a brief poem. Twelve members responded, papers on the Quakers were read, and Mrs J E Pulp gave a dine talk on Liv Marevians describing Salem, North Carolina. Next meeting will be with Mrs A D Colegrove at her home on Buelid Street.
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Mosa + Robbins
East Smith Street
Munday
Wffermont
Oll Meir Suet
Trekga
Cavere
Cromi
Clafs
Rol Cai
Whistler
J. E. Pulp
Liv Marevians
al Salem
N.C
Myre A.D. Colegrove
Buelid Street
Youth held in theft of diamond ring in Mason Jewelry case
Hoyt, 2 years old, of Cleveland Place, was held for grand jury on a charge of stealing a $210 diamond ring from Mason Jewelry Company on Saturday. Witnesses said he snatched the ring during an attempt to sell it for money to secure clothing and transport, with police pursuing after he left Bassett's across the street. Hoyt, under bail by Judge Alen Bargarin, previously was paroled on a reform program.
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Jammrown
Bay
Charoe Foyt
Cleveland Place
Bite Grand Jury
Alen H. Bargarin
Mason Jewelry Company
Saturdiy
Hoyt
Martiel
Roy Te Lecke
Bassett’s
Robert Burs
Owset
Huntingdinn, Pa
France
America
Railways And The Seaway In Modern Transport
Discussion outlines railroads and sea routes integration for cross continental logistics. Notes cooperation between rail and water transport, with calls for joint services to improve efficiency and balance regional burdens. Mentions Great Lakes region and coast-to-continent plans. Also reports on a large German land plane and broader transport ideas.
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Tidewater
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Mississippi Valley
Ralin
Lrangport
Shellfish That Shine In The World Of Sound
The fragment notes a unique shellfish described as a sole favorite, found in a lake in Ceylon. It mentions its sound likened to a wineglass rubbed with a wet finger, suggesting a distinctive acoustic quality or myth around the creature.
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Ta Lake
Hitlealen
Ceylon
Look and Learn 4 Qs and Answers
Answers to yesterday's questions cover Balth Cavell a Belgian wartime figure. the United States imports thousands of pounds of dande Mon raots. nocturnal animals are active at night. the predominant language in Quebec is French. the largest cotton crop country is not New York. The prompts mention James Madison and the Latin libra meaning pound. hydrogen and oxygen are noted as a chemical pair.
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Buenos Aires
Hargest
Balth Cavell
Queber
Canada
New York
Pennsylvania
Sels
Ohio
James Madison
House of Representatives
Andrew J. Volutend
Three men form a partnership with a 10 percent manager share
A classic arithmetic puzzle asks for original capital when a manager gets 10 percent of profits, the remainder split equally. If the manager’s year end payoff is 4800 and the investment yields 6 percent, determine the invested capital.
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Ted
Tin Atailing Point
Opportunity Club Meeting Plans Bake Sale For Charity
Mrs Charles Waiteley Mrs Auer and Mrs J W Carnine hosted the Opportunity Club at the former West Park Place home. They scheduled a bake sale at Doane Hardware on Saturday to benefit the class and arranged a Christmas party at Mr Harry Spicer's home in December. After visiting and music the hostesses served a hot rolls and coffee supper.
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Charles Waiteley
Auer
J. W. Carnine
Opportunity Club
West Park Place
Doane Hardware Store
Harry Spicer
Game of Correct English by W. L. Gordon
A fragmented reading list from a language guide by W L Gordon. It presents questions on grammar spelling pronunciation and usage including misused words, correct tone, and exercises on daily conversation and pronunciation patterns. It lists several prompts such as proper word selection, missing letters for synonyms and how to say phrases in context.
French Strain in Canada Almost on tivid a string of garbled text
The readable fragments mention Canada and France in unclear context with no coherent event, date, or named entities to describe a specific news item.
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Canada
Ponte Indore
Ikon
Woman Suspected of Other Child Murders
In Udamen New Jersey Nov 1 Clag duker Parks held on charge of two child murders is believed to have confessed other killings. She allegedly buried Dorathy and Timothy Flowers ages 1 and 2, and possibly a third child linked to Billy Gaffney who vanished years ago. Detectives tie a Atlantic City sighting to a child matching Billy’s description.
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Uamden
Clagduker Parks
Con Dello
Trom
Curty
Hathey Adventures
Eustody
Womsfin
Lorathy
Timothy Flowers
Missing Cleveland Chemist Resumes Search in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police renewed the hunt for Dr. Rennest Watel a Cleveland chemist who vanished six days ago. The investigation gains new energy as Mrs. Marry Water, the missing man's wife, arrives in Philadelphia. Authorities expect the inquiry to extend toward Reading.
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United
Philadelphia
Rennest Watel
Cleveland
Marry Water
Believe Woman SLAIN Reported Near Silver Lake
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Nov 12 as patrolmen investigated a claim that a woman was slain and disposed in Silver Lake after residents heard screams by the lake last night. The witnesses described muffled cries fading, and observed men moving about in what appeared to be distinctive clothing as they fled the area.
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Pittsburgh
Silver Lake
Crushed to death in Latrobe area mixer incident
Greensburg Pa Nov 1 reports an industrial accident killed Anderson Bresls 28 of Latrobe an employee at Kennedy Construction Company of Stuttgart. He was crushed when a concrete mixer tipped or fell onto him during operation.
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Greensburg
Anderson Bresls
Latrobe
Kenedy Conormation Company
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Prospect Stropty
Willams
C. W. Miller
Cambridge Springs
Rawson Olmateni
Wt. Reilly
Rina
Lieut. Olmstead
Washington, D.C
Amis
G. B. Heath
Ludlow
Juniber
Theodore Crosby
Campbell Brog, Chous
Manley Crosby
Frisco
Lewis Smith
Mooney
Germany
Junkers
Opportunity Club Meeting
W. L. Gordon
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
Member
Federal Reserve System
Underwriters Laboratories
Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc
Underwriters’ Laboratories
The
National Board of the Underwriters
Chicago
National Board OF Fire Underwriters
John Street
National —Organization OF Stock Fine
Ysurangh
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