Deaths and Obituaries From Local Notices
Deaths reported for James Curtis aged about 98 at his home near IdleVille after a long life with his wife of 12 years in Camerom England. He leaves three children and 17 grandchildren. Another boatman, Gare, died aged nearly 98 near Belle Vernon. Funeral at St Bernard’s and burial in St. Bernard’s Cemetery. Landfeir, 73, Blacklick township resident, died of paralysis. He leaves a wife and three daughters. Morton of Colorado and Morton of Smith Station among survivors. Funeral plans noted with connections to Whit and Blacklick township communities.
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Ivania
Cadel Boatmen
Muir
Thrar
Miles Iditaville
State Road
Ning
Camerom
England
Aerareville
Baptist Church
Walter
Bellevernon
Avadige Curtis
Claireville
Dren
Urtis
Lou
Yanother Canal
Ville
Net Gare
Ashort
Marny Garman
Mary E
St. Catholic Church
St. Bernard's
John
Sar
Whit
Blacklick Township
Pring
Blacklick
Ie Morton
Smith Station
Ston
Morton
Colorado
Fire Engulfs Major City Hotel and Adjoining Structures
A large fire at a prominent city hotel damaged the Givsoti hose area and adjoining Readings-Lothmant department store, with losses around a million dollars. The blaze spread to the Unto Trust building, a seventeen story structure linked to the hotel, trapping guests and resolving in eleven Union Trust guarantors overcome by smoke and rescued by firemen.
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Readings-Lothmant
Unto Trust Company
Tme
Our
Union Trist Company
Guettees
Mountaineers Capture Supposed Threat to Governor Wilson
Newark dispatch reports three members of a Ramapo mountain gang jailed in Essex County for allegedly sending a letter to Governor Wilson demanding 5000 in gold under threat of death. The group, heavily armed, resisted capture in a brief gunfight. prisoners are Warren Dinn alias Pete, Jacob Dinn alias Nig, and Seeley Davenport alias Snake.
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Wilson
Newark
N. J
Ramapo
New Jersey
Essex County
Warren .Dinn
Pete
Jacob
Seeley Davenport
Snake
Wait for Thirty Girls Mrs Belmont Urges Late Marriage
New York December 11 Mrs Q H P Belmont said women should wait longer than twenty five to marry and even be older. She argued delaying marriage would reduce divorces and disenchantment. West Virginia official voting figures show Wilson 113046 Roosevelt 78997 Taft 867.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Flein
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Dispute Over 27000 Allocation To New York Monument Commission
By January, 27000 was appropriated to the New York monument commission of which the chairman Joffey is a member. The Attorney General Gartmody says the member will be held responsible. The commission members disagree with the attorney general and referred the matter to General Sickles, who declined to comment on the financial tangle involving him. Friends of the Sickles family say Mrs Sickles is willing to aid her husband again.
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Joffeys
New York
Gartmody
General Sickles
Sickles
HYOMEI Inhaler Promises Catarrh Relief and Refund
An advertisement promotes HYOMEI inhaler for catarrh and related throat and lung ailments. It claims a simple daily use with drops in the inhaler to destroy germs, promising quick relief and refunds if it fails. The offer features a complete outfit priced at one dollar.
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Booth
Tom
Hildebrand
Vinal claims to restore strength for thin blood
Altoona Pennsylvania resident Mery Lang reports weak delicate health since childhood and says after taking Vinal she became stronger and more vigorous. A doctor from Indiana Pennsylvania promises money back if Vinal fails. Also promotes Saxo Salve for any akin trouble with a guarantee.
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Mery Lang
Altoona
Vinal
Tom
Hildebrand
Indiana
Police stop battle Flynn in pitiable condition
In Los Angeles on December 1 sixteenth round, heavyweight Flynn was so battered by Luther McCarthy that police halted the bout. Flynn suffered severe punishment to the body and face, and his strength appeared exhausted near the end.
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Flynn
Los Angeles
Cal
Luther McCarthy
Bartender Paid Youth to Kill Man for Two Dollars
In New York court, Thomas Gannon, barely a youth, confessed he was hired by a bartender to shoot an unknown man for $2. He described a calm, shocking confession echoing a Becker case, detailing the plan and the motive behind the killing.
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New York
Court of General Sessions
Thomas Gannon
Becker
Gannon
Oldest US hand press printer George F Heath at eighty four
George F Heath of Tarrytown New York celebrated his eighty fourth birthday with his daughter Mrs Wiseatt. He is the oldest hand press printer and compositor in the United States and has just completed sixty six years of service. He remains in good health and retains strong faculties.
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George F. Heath
Tarrytown
N. Y
Yarrytown
Dee
2G. Wiseatt
Head
United States
Oil boom at Butler prompts oil land leases
High oil prices above two dollars a barrel trigger a rush to rework fields around Butler. About 5 000 acres in Clay, Buppery Rock, Muddy Creek and Franklin townships are leased by Butler and Pittsburgh capitalists. Many fields once considered exhausted show new activity for spring drilling.
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Butler
Clay
Buppery Rock
Muddy Creek
Tranklin Townships
Pittsburg
Me histo or The Vision of Hel
The fragment hints at a historical or mythic work titled Me histo or The Vision of Hel, suggesting a discussion of ancient memory or Norse realms. Further readable text needed for precise attribution and full summary.
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Hel
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Springer
Geo
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Speornapt
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Tom E. Hildebrand
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