A Waif From the Sea Brings Two Lovers to Promise
Jack Eltham, a Glasgow School artist, befriends Baby Barron and Leslie Maynard during a seaside summer. Leslie faces a painful choice between love and a past promise, while Jack awakens to deeper feelings as Baby Barron’s innocence binds the trio. A sudden squall tests courage. Jack rescues Leslie and Baby Barron but sacrifices himself, later remembered as a bridesmaid’s hopeful symbol.
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Baby Barron
Baby Harron
Jack Eltham
Bria
Pitty Lady
Jack Witham
Cherub
Eltham
Glasgow
Feltham
Leslie Maynard
Miss Maynard
Barron
Earl
Jack Bitham
Brighton
Maynard
Leslie
Tota
Léalle
Jack Hitham
Sutors
Firth
Huttle
Jack
Kham
Fragmented Wisdom Quotes Collage from Historical Sources
A collection of aphorisms and quips attributed to Plautus Terence Lucretius Ovid Rabbott Sidney Lanter Puck Titus Andronicus and a New York Telegram item. The mix covers caution on license custom hope and fame with a joking note on aging and folly.
Explosions Kill Five at Crosskeys Cut Dynamite Blast
Three Americans and two Italians died when a dynamite charge detonated prematurely near the Lackawanna railroad at Crosskeys Cut Tobyhanna. Names include Harry Broadhead and John Walsh, with Italian workers Antonio Vitello and Vigno Morella among the dead. The blast sent debris across the track as rescuers investigated.
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Walsh
New Mercer County Court House Planned in 400000 Bid
Mercer county outsources a new courthouse to replace the fire-destroyed building. Architects are Ousley Boucherle & Co of Youngstown. W. W. Layster of Dayton is the lowest bidder though the contract is not yet awarded. Building features include a 180 by 92 foot three story structure with a 100 foot dome and 166 feet to the top, plus long verandas on north and south sides.
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Mercer
Mercer County
Court House
Ousley, Boucherle & Co
Youngstown
W. W. Layster
Dayton
Coal Land Decision Dooms Shortage Defense in Swentzel Case
In the Swentzel versus Merchants Coal Co case, Somerset, Judge Francis J. Kaoser ruled that a shortage of one coal seam does not justify rejecting a deed for all mineral lands when a contract covers every seam. The court also grants absolute judgment for lack of a sufficient defense affidavit. Allentown reports Saxon Scheirer, 24, killed at Hokendauqua’s Thomas Tron works after being exposed to furnace gases and fatally injuring after an 80 foot fall. he leaves a widow and two children.
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Somerset
Francis J. Kaoser
Mary E. Swentzel
Merchants Coal Company
Boswell
Allentown
Saxon Scheirer
Thomas Tron
Hokendauqua
Ex-Cashier Charged After Bank Collapse
In Greensburg a court judgment totaling about 14,000 against Charles W. Mullin former cashier of the closed Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Mt Pleasant was agreed upon by creditors. Mullin, bankrupt, faces misapplication of funds charges in the U S district court.
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Greensburg
Charles W. Mullin
Farmers Sans Merchants National Bank of
Mt. Pleasant
Mullin
United States District
Explosion Kills Child In Sharon
An explosion from a gasoline can kills Bertha Klein, infant daughter of Jacob Klein, and seriously burns Mrs. Klein and Councilman D W Evans as they fought the blaze. Mrs Klein used gasoline to speed a kitchen fire. The incident occurred in Sharon.
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Sharon
Bertha
Jacob Klein
Mrs. Klein
D. W. Evans
Mr. Klein
Mrs.Klein
Bullet Wound in Shoulder in Connellsville
Rosa Salerno aged 40 is hospitalized with a bullet wound in the shoulder in Connellsville. Mike Bulliig is jailed in Uniontown after a shooting in Fowler sville Washington. The school board in Claysville closes schools due to scarlet fever epidemic. A fire at John Turner colliery near Evang City destroys tipple boiler house and shaft, loss 810,000. 50 men out of work. Rozina Mario, 4, South Sharon, scalds herself badly with hot soup and dies hours later.
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Connellsville
Rosa Salerno
Mike Bulliig
Uniontown
Fowlersville
Washington
Claysville
Butler
John Turner
Evang City
Sharon
Rozina Mario
South
Funeral marks end of historic Quaker settlement
The funeral of Samuel Gilbert, aged 85, near West Newton, closes the historic Quaker record. He was married and is survived by his sister Sarah Ann Gilbert, the sole remaining society member. In keeping with Quaker customs no hearse was used. the coffin and burial followed plain traditions at the old Friends burying ground.
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West Newton
Samuel Gilbert
Sarah Ann Gilbert
Old Friends Burying Ground
Beaver Ohio River bridge piers rush ordered
Contractors on the Beaver bridge project must accelerate pier work due to delays in material delivery. About two months are needed to finish the piers. McClintic Marshall Construction Company holds the structural contract and some steel will arrive next month. Work will start promptly to have the bridge ready for service next spring, and the existing structure will be razed.
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Ohio River
Beaver
McClintic-Marshall Construction Company
Models for Memorial Proposed at Gettysburg
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania commission received 53 models and sketches for the state memorial on the battlefield but made no selection. Designs were submitted anonymously by many leading American sculptors. The estimated cost is about 125,900 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Holdup in Western Style at Hotel Monita
Four masked men barged into the Hotel Monita bar room at night with revolvers and forced bartender Charles Murray to surrender the cash register and about $45. The robbers fled and left no clues for investigators.
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Latrove
Monita
Charles Murray
Foreigner Held After Fire Plot Near Houston Rail Siding
Mike Sousa, a foreign national, attempted to set fire to dynamite on a Pennsylvania railroad siding at Houston. He was jailed locally after failing to post 1900 dollars bail for his court appearance. Claims a grudge against the railroad.
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Washington
Houston
Mike Sousa
Sousa
Schwab family to relocate from Loretto to Bethlehem
Reports say Mr and Mrs John A Schwab parents of Charles M Schwab will leave Loretto after 40 years to settle permanently in Bethlehem Pa Charles M Schwab recently bought a palatial home there In Sharon a Law and Order society was formed with Rev H C Hall to push Sunday business closure ordinance In Franklin Mrs J F Walters of Machanicsville fell downstairs her lamp exploded starting a fire causing 1000 loss to the house and serious burns to Mrs Walters In a separate incident Charles Lyon was stabbed during an attempted whisky theft and is dying Ritchey is under arrest awaiting lyon s outcome
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Baby Barron
Barron
Arma
Sava
Dave Duguid
Bethlehem
Johnstown
John A. Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Loretto
Shoes Stolen on a Late Train In Pittsburgh Area
On a late Pittsburg train Adolph Bergel a Charleroi shoe dealer woke to find the shoes he wore missing. He walked in stocking feet four blocks to his store to fetch another pair. Separate item notes the Meadville contract for a public building awarded to M P Wells of Philadelphia for 77437 dollars.
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Monongahela
Pittsburg
Adolph Bergel
Charleroi
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Paradise
Big Jack Bitham
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Ovid
Rabbott
Sidney Lanter
Puck
Ming Age
Titus Andronicus
New York Telegram
Keystone State
Lackawanna Railroad
Scranton
ERIE
Henry Meyer
Fifteenth
State Streets
Eric
Henry Mayer
G. A. Curte
Jacob Haller
Lawrie Brothers
Schabaker Whole Bale Fruit Company
F. Thellman Seed Company
D. C. Weller
Lowrie Brothers
New Court House
Nancy D. Evans
Goeleries
Baler County
St. Paul’s Church
Petrolia
Harriaburg
T. H. Dale
Congress
Lackawanna
Alvin G. McCabe
Washington County
House
Capitol
Bury
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