What the Nation owes to Uncle John and Cedarville
Uncle John, a widowed sister’s guest in Cedarville Olive, recalls Civil War songs and memories. He cherishes visits from old soldiers and veterans at the GAR post where tales of 1861 to 1866 stay vivid. Olive resents the old-time patriotism, while Mrs. Stanley urges respect for those veterans and the debt owed to their valor.
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John Forsythe
Cedarville
Olive
Uncle John
John
Captain Pollock
Mrs. Stanley
James Whitcomb Riley
Memorial Day in Shaw Memorial Boston and Olive's awakening
In Shaw Memorial, Boston, Olive joins a Memorial Day celebration with Uncle John and veterans. Patriotic rites unfold at the town hall as speeches and songs honor dead soldiers, with Olive feeling a newfound reverence amid flags and bunting. A Civil War past and a young drummer’s tale echo through the narrative.
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Olive
Uncle John
John
Patriotism remembered by an old veteran at Boston event
Olive apologizes to Uncle John after a vivid Home Herald recounting of a city hall gathering in Boston. The speaker, praising gravehaired veterans, recalls Lincoln Grant Sheridan and the Civil War marches, while Olive recognizes true bravery and national debt to veterans. The scene ends with renewed respect and gratitude.
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Boston
Lincoln
Mort Sumter
Grant
Sheridan
Sherman
Gea
Olive
Uncle John
Home Herald
Praise for Our Dead in Fractured Verse From War Memorial
Fragmented wartime verse honors fallen soldiers with roses and lilies, praising those who died in battle. It laments veterans who faced brothers and deadly combat, invoking memory and national flag as symbols of sacrifice.
We Stand Beside the Road and Watch the Match
The speakers linger by the wayside as memories of bygone youth rise. They watch an unnamed match with reverent awe, recalling elders who once fought. A reflective poem notes youth blossoming and the quiet march from boyhood to memory.
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Graea
Vie Earer
Youngest Soldier Claim Linked to Colonel John L. Clem
Historian Lessing notes that the youngest fighter to bear arms may be Colonel John Lincoln Clem of the U S Army. He reportedly enlisted as a drummer in the Union Army and became a sergeant at age twelve, with Givens as a present-day assistant quartermaster-general.
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Lessing
John L. Clem
Givens
John Lincoln Ciem
United States Army
San Francisco
Ciem
Italian Quarry Boss Dies in Dynamite Blast Near Waynesburg
Two Italian quarry workers are killed and a third injured on Rogersville Road five miles west of Waynesburg when twelve sticks of dynamite explode after a defective fuse burned too quickly. Deceased are Angelo Mancuso, 41, married, of Waynesburg and Frank Donato, 22, of Pittsburgh, single. Injured is Antonio Barata, of Waynespur E. Mancuso, boss of the quarrymen, was testing caps prep to blast. the faulty fuse caused a cap to explode as he could not throw it away, triggering the box and the dynamite.
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Washington
Rogersville Road
Waynesburg
Angelo Mancuso
Frank Donato
Pittsburg
Antonio Barata
Waynespure
Mancuse
Collision Injures Fifteen on Reading Trains Near Lewisburg
Two Reading passenger trains collided due to misinterpreted orders just north of Lewisburg. Both engines wrecked and numerous passengers and crew injured, including George Haupt, O G Neudorfer, Harry Anthony, Charles Smith, C G Roper, Walter Beishline, Gy Summer, Mrs Roger Williams, Mrs William Waterhouse, Mrs Johnson Baugh, J A Statts, C K Sober, Harry Bond, Edna D Schoch.
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Lewisburg
Woln
Reading
Tits Streight
George Haupt
Ireman
Shamokin
O. G. Neudorfer
Messenger
Harry Anthony
Port Clinton
Charles Bmnith
G. C. Roper
Uatridt
Wiliam Waterhouse
Sunbury
Johnson
Baugh
Hall
E. C. Yeage
Milton
J. A. Statts
New York City
C. K. Sober
Harry Bond
Edna D
Schoch
Bank Reorganized at First National Washington
Washington The First National Bank, oldest in the county, reorganized its governing board. No former officers were reelected. W. McBride became president replacing S. M. Templeton. Hubert L. McCarrell named vice president. Joseph C. Baird cashier. Joseph Zelt retained as assistant cashier. New board includes Alexander M. Templeton, R. H. McClay, W. McBride, R. W. Knox, William Paul, Owen Murphy, W. H. Davis, Robert L. McCarrell, Alexander Reed, John C. Clark.
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First National
Washington
First National Bank
W. €. McBride
SM. Templeton
Hubert L. McCarrell
D. M. Donehoe
John W. Seaman
Joseph ©. Baird
Charles 8. Ritchie
Joseph Zelt
Woman Pleads Guilty In Husband Murder Case
During the trial of Mrs. Fred Dahringer, accused of murdering her husband to obtain life insurance, she withdrew her not guilty plea and entered a guilty plea. Judge Williams sentenced her to eight years for second degree murder at Western Penitentiary after evidence from Miss Ida Owens, a Pillsboro detective and cellmate, and an attorney confession.
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Fred Dahringer
Williams
Western Penitentiary
Commonwealth
Ida Owens
Pillsboro
Dinkey Engine Runaway Wrecks Trestle Near Morewood
Greensburg report: Robert Wilson, a Frick Coke Co engineer at the Morewood plant in Mt. Pleasant, was seriously injured when a dinkey locomotive hauling twoJurries overturned at the end of a trestle after a steam pipe burst. He escaped by pulling the throttle but was unable to stop, engine and cars falling about 15 feet. Wilson suffered severe scalds and bruises upon extrication.
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Greensburg
Robert Wilson
Frick Coke Company
Morewood
Mt. Pleasant
Wilson
Judge Frees 45 Men In Sunday Labor Case At Dunbar
Judge J. Van Swearingen discharged 45 men arrested months ago for working an emergency switch on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Dunbar on Sunday. Testimony showed the work was to protect life and property, not a law violation. The suit grew from the Sunday crusade here.
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Uniontown
J. @. Van Swearingen
Baltimore& Ohio
Dunbar
Gormley 102 Year Old Dies Near Franklin
Mrs. Mary Gormley, who lived in New York and Pittsburg before returning to Franklin, dies at age 102 near Franklin. She attributed longevity to rising early and inherited vigor. A First Baptist church ban on dancing bars members after admonition. Congressman Huff buys 28 acres of coal land near Greensburg for 30000 dollars from Harriet Zellers.
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Galvin
Hutt
Greensburg
George F.huff
Sisth Ward
Harriet C. Zellers
Zellers
Drowning at Blacks Pond Near Liberty Claims Two Youths
A capsizing on Blacks pond near Liberty led to the deaths of Arthur Mace aged 23 and Grover Grover with a younger brother also unnamed. The tragedy occurred as they were fishing or swimming, and rescue attempts followed the incident.
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Wellsboro
Blacks Pond
Liberty
Arthur Mace
Grover
Mace
Grovers
Quit in disgust two state troopers resign in Greensburg
Two state troopers from Troop A Thomas Jones and Charles Hutton resigned after returning from Chester amid rioting and a streetcar strike. They claimed ostracism and inability to obtain tobacco, saying residents would not associate with them and that they could not continue under such conditions.
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Chester
Greensburg
Thomas Jones
Charles Hutton
Troop A
Ther
Jones
Hutton
New Cement Plant Opens at Homestead by United States Steel
The United States Steel Corporation has completed and placed in operation a vast cement plant near Homestead with an annual output near 3,000,000 barrels. The Universal Portland Cement Company will run the plant in conjunction with the steel company’s cement operations.
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United States Steal Corporation
Homestead
Universal Portland Cement
cCompany
Iimols. Ste Company
Road Work Contracts Awarded in Armstrong County
Hundreds of men will gain road work in Armstrong county with Manor township awarding a contract to FP McCann of Greensburg for 43 549 43. The bid of H C Hinkle of Altoona for reconstruction of a road in South Buffalo township was accepted at 407 446 20.
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Armstrong County
Kittanning
Manor Township
P. FP. McCann
Greensburg
H.C. Hinkle
Altoona
Buffalo Township
Quashes Indictment in Embezzlement Case at Trial
In Washington, Thomas Hutt of California faced trial for embezzling 1200 dollars from the Coal Miners' Union. The court quashed the indictment, citing insufficiency of information from the local justice.
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Washington
Thomas Hutt
California
Coal Miners’ Union
Justice of the Peace
Margarine inquiry targets hundreds of grocers and dealers
B D Miller, agent of the State Pure Food Quarantine, has filed charges against over 200 grocers and butter dealers regarding margarine manufacture and sale. The action follows investigations into oleomargarine production and labeling practices.
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B.D. Miller
Stata
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Digis Zak
Garthsa
A. C. Prick Coke Company
Brownsville
James
A. Conway
William J. ‘Burns
George
A. Millward
Thomas Dr. Rose
Ralph M. Kenney
Charles Butler
John A. Morrison
John N. Brewer
Patrick J. Boyle
Wup
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Western University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburg
Reforma
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