Quarrels Stemming From Balou Murder Reported
June 20 statements to police allege tensions between Balou and Mrs. Helen Angle over meals at the home of Waldo R. Bal va. Bal ou’s body had been found Tuesday and rumors of a drug in his stomach circulate. Sheriff seeks constabulary help amid East Pittsburg unrest with Greensburg troops ordered to scene.
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Guersney
Waldo R. Balva
Helen Angle
Pittsburg
Richards
State Constabulary
East Pittsburg
Greensburg
Explosion Injures Twenty-Two In Lake Michigan Tunnel
Chicago June 29 Twenty two men were hurt with ten fatally likely after an explosion 150 feet underground in a new intake tunnel under Lake Michigan. Workers crawled through a tramway to reach the end and rescue the unconscious. Debris trapped passages as doctors treated fractures and cuts. Authorities suspect compressed air caused the blast.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Lake Park
Hos
President Wilson Sends Condolence to Emperor Francis Joseph
President Wilson sent a message of condolence to Emperor Francis Joseph after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. The note expressed sympathy from the American government and people and referenced the tragic act and its shock to Austria Hungary.
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Emperor Joseph
Washington
Wilson
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Archduke Francis Fer
Brial
Francis Ferdinand
Aussary
Baia
Moose visit to Cumberland for lodge tour and dinner
Some 160 Moose members from McKeesport traveled to Cumberland yesterday as guests of Local Lodge No. 271. The party toured the new Moose home on the Potomac and then dined together, enjoying a substantial menu.
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McKeesport
Oose
Cumberland
Potomac
Trinity Lutheran Church Holds 60th Anniversary Festivities
The Trinity Lutheran Church on North Centre Street celebrated its sixtieth anniversary yesterday with two services. Former pastor Prof Gustav Kifrig of Chicago preached in German, while Rev Martin Gallmeier led the evening sermon and Prof H F Aubke of Pittsburgh performed a classic organ recital. A Sunday school song service preceded the morning sermon and a social in the old schoolhouse followed the evening events.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
North Centre Street
Gustav Kifrig
Chicago
Eifrig
Martin Gallmeier
H. F. Aubke
Pittsburg
Hirrig
Probable Adams case: body at Ridgely may not be Adams
Friends doubt the Ridgeley body found last week is Charles Adams. W. E. Shafer, Adams’ employer, received a Pittsburg postcard dated May 23 saying Adams was in Pittsburg. The body’s condition suggests death before May 28, casting doubt on the identification.
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Ridgeley
Charles Adams
W. E. Shafer
Maryland
Ridgely
Adams
Pittsburg
Vick- Am
Shafer
Cumberland
Plays and Players in Greater New York
Willam 5 Brewer surveys Broadway after big productions, noting remaining shows like A Pair of Sixes at Lorfge, Ziegfeld Follies at New Amsterdam, The Beauty Shop at the Astor, and The Passing Show at the Winter Garden. He cites stars Raymond Hitchcock and Vernon Castle, mentions The Yellow Ticket at Eltinge, Frohman Paris ventures, Brady directing in Paris, and Hopper's Yeoman of the Guard additions to a Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire.
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Willam
Brewer
New York
Broadway
New Amsterdam
Raymond Hitchcock
the Astor
Hitchcock
Winter Garden
Vernon Castle
Europe
Charles Frohman
Julia Sanderson
Donald Brian
Joseph Coyne
Paris
William A. Brady
Louis Vance
Obituary notices for Henry Miller and Peter Nuse
Funeral services were held for Henry Miller proprietor of the Brunswick Hotel with interment in Hyndman. Separately Peter Nuse aged 75 died at Western Maryland Hospital after working in city street cleaning. funeral and burial are planned from 6 Arch Street with interment in Rose Hill cemetery.
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Henry Miller
Brunswick Hotel
Eugene P. Skyles
St. Mark’s Reformed Church
Hyndman
Methodist Episcopal Church
Miller
Mr. Pyles
Baltimore and Ohio
John W. Fletcher
Thomas M. Fletcher
Charles E. Conley
C.K. Swisher
William A. Cordry
J. H. Weller
Peter Nuse
Western Maryland Hospital
John
Charles
George
Arch Street
Rose Hill
Visiping Cards Engraved at the Printing Press
Card engraving by the Visiping company is shown at the printing press. The scene highlights artisans shaping letters while ink dries on freshly printed stock. Local tradesmen showcase precision in decorative stamping and typographic artistry.
Real Estate Transfers in Cumberland Listings
Transfers record names Ferdinand Williams trustees and Augu st Blosser with parcels in Cumberland plus Louisa Wempe selling to William Somerville for land valued at about 10 dollars. Louis Stanton and wife sell to The Staunton Georges Creek Coal Company two parcels along the National Pike near Six Mile House for about 250 dollars. Robert R. Henderson and others to Scott Kelso and wife parcels in Camp Hill Addition Cumberland. New Central Coal Company to James E Nixon and wife parcel on Shriver Avenue for about 10 dollars.
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Louisa Wempe
William M. Somerville
Cumberland
Louis Stanton
Staunton Georges Creek
Snyder trial on white slavery charge set for July 6
Robert N. Snyder and his brother's wife are to face U.S. Commissioner Thos J. Anderson in the Post Office building on July 6 at 2 o'clock. The case, linked to alleged white slavery, was postponed for Justice Department witness arrival and preparation.
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Robert N. Snyder
West Virginia
United States
Thos. J. Anderson
Department of Justice
Anderson
Carranza Plans Referendum Vote Among Rebels
Mediation Headquarters in Niagara Falls reports General Carranza will seek a rebel chiefs referendum on whether the Constitutionalists should abide by the mediation accord and continue fighting until Mexico City is captured. The split with General Villa widens causing fears of renewed revolution. Senor Alguera denies representing Lord Cowdray interests in Mexico.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Carranza
Mexico City
General Villa
Mexico
Senor Alguera
Lord Cowdray
New York
Pownall and Capper Leave for Cape May Atlantic City and New York
Press report notes H. Pownall and W. C. Capper departing tonight for Cape May Atlantic City and New York on business or personal travel.
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H. €. Pownall
W. C. Capper
Cape May
Atlantic City
New York
Marriage Licenses Between Several Pennsylvania and Nearby States
A list of marriage licenses issued for couples from Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia and Ohio including Ivan Gardner and Twilla Zeigle Hazel Richards and Elmer Snyder relationships among numerous pairs with towns such as Somerset Brownsville Tyrone Frostburg Frostburg Md Greensburg Crabtree Piedmont Clarksburg Akron Braddock McKeesport Luke Westernport and other communities.
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Ivan Orlan Gardner
Twilla Juvieta Zeigle
Somerset, Pa
Elmer Howard Snyder
Hazel Blanche Richards
Brownsville
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Greater
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August L. Blosser
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Washington Crisps
Salem
Mass
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Front Street
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Kailor
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Leader Garage
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Lou Cumberland E. Laing Ave
Heys Hotel
J. J. Zapf
National Painless Dentists
Baltimore St
Milton Hewitt Hoffman and
Rebecca Smith Shively
Tyrone
Oscar Brode
Sharon
Harriett May Krause
Frostburg
Mad
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Barr
Brookville
Hazel Luella Keffer
West Monterey
George Rindle
Greensburg, Pa
Alice Elizabeth Brinker
Crabtree
Samuel Brown
Gilmore, Md
Margaret Wilkinson
Lonaconing
Charles Wesley Somerville
Clarksburg
W. Va
Celia Margaret Hood
Akron, Ohio
Robert E. Kimmel and
Nellie J. Blackiston
Piedmont, W. Va
Harry Oliver Clark
Braddock
Jessie Edith Errington
Frederick Linnenbergger
May Matilda Duckworth
Eckhart Ma
Charles Shilden Harvey and
Maggie Jeannetta McKenzie
Borden Shatt, da
John Kelly
Luke
Mary Genevieve McDade
Awesternport, Md
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