President Elect Obregon Shot by Hungry Patriot in Mexico City
Mexico City teems with tension as Obregon the president elect lies wounded after a luncheon attack. Authorities seek plotters, with censorship in force and leaders in custody. An unusual crisis leaves Congress awaiting Calles’ term end to appoint a provisional president.
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Obregon
Mexico City
INS
Alvaro Obre- Ron
Mexico
Juan Escapulario
la Bombilla
Calles
Congress
Hoover's Father-in-Law Charles D Henry Dies at 84
Charles D Henry 84 father-in-law to presidential nominee Herbert Hoover died in Placerville California after a stroke. He had been unconscious for 72 hours and died at 5 80 am with no one at his bedside. Hoover and Mrs Hoover were en route from the Midwest. funeral plans pend until they arrive.
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Placerville
Cal
INS
Charles D. Henry
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Henry
A. V. Large
Hoover
Allan Hoover
Placerville Sanitarium
Martial Law in Mexico City Reported In Effect
In long distance reports from Mexico City President Calles is said to have invoked article 29 granting unlimited emergency powers. Obregon lies in state as police widen an investigation into possible plot behind the assassinated President Elect.
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Washington
INS
Mexico City
Calles
Congress
New York
Alvaro Obregon
Butler Man Fatally Struck by Automobile
Alvie Campbell of Butler, a cousin of Mrs. Harry Beatty and Miss Katé Adams of Indiana, was fatally injured when hit by an automobile in front of his home yesterday morning. He died at Butler Hospital. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. The item also notes local notices including a C.E. Society festival at the church Friday night, July 20, and a Waltermire reunion planned near NolO on July 21, 1928.
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Alvie Campbell
Butler
Harry Beatty
Katé Adams
Indiana
Butler Hospital
Amundsen Disappearance Mystery Deepens From Bear Island Find
Norwegian officials probe fishermen reports of gear and tracks near Bear Island, suggesting a possible plane landing gone wrong after Capt Roald Amundsen and five companions disappeared while seeking Italia survivors. A fur cap, coat piece, and wood fragments were found near a cliff edge. Further searches continue with no trace located.
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Olso
Norway
INS
Bear Island
Roald Amundsen
Latham
Tromose
Italia
Amundgen
Amundsen
Death claims Ira H Fleming in Newport Kentucky
Ira Hubert Fleming age 45 died Tuesday at 2 45 p m in Newport Kentucky from complications after an operation He was a roller at Newport steel mills a native of the region formerly of Steubenville He leaves widow Sara McKinistry Fleming children Mary Louise Bayliss Dorothy Wendell and Nellie Fleming and his father plus several brothers and sisters Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 o'clock at the family home in Newport
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Newport
Ira Hubert Fleming
Thomas H. Fleming
Indiana
Meming
Kentucky
Newport Steel Mills
Steubenville
Sara (McKinistry) Fleming
Mary Louise
Thomas Gariner Bayliss
Tampa
Fla
Dorothy Fleming
Ashland
Wendell
Nellie Fleming
Mabel Fleming Mikesell
Charles Hildebrand
Guy Fleming
Kimwall
Nob
Clyde Cameron
Blairaville
Samuel Stepp
Freeport
Harry R. Nesbitt
Baltimore
Kenneth and
Mercer County Home to bid for 40-bed hospital
Mercer County Home in Mercer Pennsylvania opens bids for a 40 bed hospital to cost no more than 120000 dollars. Plans and estimates were prepared by Holmes Crosby of Oil City and the bid opening occurred today.
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Mercer
INS
Holmes Crosby
Oil City
Clean-Up Day at Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery
All interested in Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery are urged to bring tools and help clean the grounds on Saturday July 21. Ladies should bring food for a workers dinner while gas stove ads at J.M. Stewart & Co. promote kitchen stoves and fresh coffee at The Bon Ton.
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Brushvalley Lutheran Cemetery
Snooping Leads Public Interest Says Prohibition Chief
Washington reports that snooping has become a leading diversion for the public and informants are active in tipping the Prohibition Office about friends and neighbors who stock or plan parties. Prohibition Commissioner James M. Doran said the dry service receives thousands of anonymous messages and calls daily across the nation.
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Washington
INSI
Prohibition Office
Prohibition
James M. Doran
Federal Dry Service
Showers Forecast After Dry Spell
After a rare dry spell, showers and thunderstorms are expected today with cooler weather to follow. Forecasts from government observer B C Lorentz indicate Wednesday will be fair and warmer with afternoon and night showers, and Thursday cooler with clearing. Yesterday reached a 91 degree high with 57 low and 74 mean.
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B.C. Lorentz
Sunday Service Draws Large Crowd at Widdowson Hall
Over a hundred worshipers attended the Colored People meeting in Widdowson Hall Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Davis of Blairsville preached on Romans 8 9 asserting that if a person lacks the Spirit of Christ he is none of His. The collection amounted to
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Colored Peopl
Widdowson Hall
Mr. Davis
Blairsville
Christ
Tramps blamed for $85,000 fire at coal yards
Meadville Pa July 13 Tramps are blamed for starting a blaze at the Thomas and Cox coal yards at Saegertown that caused about 85 000 in damage. Several coal bins and large quantities of hay and straw stored in the main building were destroyed.
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Meadville
Thomas and Cox
Saegertown
Hoover Fete in California Cancelled on Train Route
On July 18 the Republican nominee Herbert Hoover abandoned his San Francisco reception after learning of his father-in-law Charles D. Henry's death in Placerville. He will head directly to Palo Alto via Sacramento, skipping San Francisco, while his train passes through the grain belt. Governor Hammill of Iowa endorsed Hoover's agricultural policies, predicting strong midwestern yields for the GOP in November.
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William K.hutchinson
INS
Omaha
Nebraska
Herbert Hoover
California
San Francisco
Charles D. Henry
Placerville
Oe Hoover
Palo Alto
Sacramento
Hoover
John H. Hammill
Towa
Hammill
Episcopal Church Picnic and Holiday Sale Notices
The Parish and Church School of Christ Episcopal Church plans its annual picnic Thursday afternoon with gathering by 1:30 at the parish rooms and rides to Patterson Japanese gardens. dinner at 5:30 and attendees urged to bring their own cup, silver, bread, and butter. Also an ad lists a King Bird Spring wheat flour sale on Saturday July 21 with bag prices and limits, plus local store notices for upholstery showcases at Steving Furniture and a Rexall store sale ongoing with Thursday hours and an ad reference to Page 6.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Patterson
King Bird Spring
Ellis’ Mill
Handy Service Plan Adopted by Indiana County Grocers
Indiana County grocers adopted the Handy Service Plan at a Camp Rest-A-While dinner meeting. About 75 members from across the county attended as W. N. Steele was named president M. C. Smith secretary and manager and John C. Brilhart treasurer. A director slate was announced for future staffing.
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Handy Service
Indiana
W. N. Steele
Blairsville
M. C. Smith
Blacklick
John C. Brilhart
Homer City
Latrobe
Johtown
Altoona
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Stultz Day Honored at Blair County Celebration in Williamsburg
Wilmer Stultz and Lon Gordon arrived in Williamsburg Pennsylvania to receive Blair County acclaim as Stultz Day, marking the famed trans Atlantic flyer of the Friendship Amelia Earhart. Thousands visited the birthplace as 100 state troopers controlled traffic while planes circled overhead and bands played. Charles M. Schwab plus Burgess William F. Andrean greeted the fliers, a military parade with national guard units added to a carnival mood, amid local business promotions and window demonstrations.
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Williamsburg
Friendship
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lon Gordon
Stulte
Blair County
Stultz
Pennsylania
Aire
Gereet
Charles M. Schwab
Lavetts
Burgess Willian
Last tribute to Capt. Carranza in New York
The body of Captain Emilio Carranza, Mexican flying ace, begins its journey for a hero’s burial in Mexico City. More than 10,000 troops will escort the flag draped casket from Campbell’s funeral parlor to Pennsylvania Station, with guardsmen from New York and New Jersey, marines, sailors, and U.S. Navy ships aiding the procession in New York waters. The cortege will pass in silence down Madison Square, near St. Louis, home of Colonel.
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NEA
New York City
New York
Emilio Carranza
Lindbergh
Broadway
Mexico City
Carranza
New Jersey
Arturo Elias
R. Wise
Eduardo Malvido
INS
Campbell's
Pennsylvania Station
Brooklyn Navy Yard
U. S
Texas
Miss Fleitz at Summer School in Vineland New Jersey
Miss Mildred Fleitz daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Fleitz of near Clymer is in Vineland New Jersey taking a special teaching course for remedial pupils. She graduates from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Leaf at Edgewood Pittsburgh and will teach this coming term. The Bon Ton sale promotes department managers day with spinet parlor desks at Sloan Bros priced 14 95.
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Mildred Fleitz
Thomas Fleitz
Clymer
Vineland
N. J
Miss Fleitz
Western Pennsylvania School For the Leaf
Edgewood
Pittsburgh
Camp Mahoning Roundup Ends Camp Games
Camp Mahoning reports a rainy two weeks of activities with the Punxsutawney Groundhogs defeating the bay team 9-3. The camp team also traveled to Marion Center last Saturday and lost 6-3, as finish-up games end the series with plans for tomorrow.
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Bays
Punxs
Vamp Bays
Funxgutawney
Marlon Center
Sutawney Oilera Hse Tonorrow T
Gamaa
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Big Warehouse
J. M. Stewart & Co
Riggs
General Obregon
Auto
Sloan Bros
Elders Ridge
C.E. Society
Waltermire
Waltermires
G. R. Waltermire
Nolo
the Bon Ton
RCH
Ira H. Fleming
Newport, KY
Cramer
Brushvalley
Getty Death
Mercer County Home Hospital
Steving
The
Bon Ton
Hoover Fete
Smith
Episcopal Church
Steving Furniture Store
Rexall
M. W. Trainer
Grocers
Indiana County
Percy Riker
Gettysburg
Helen
Biker
Mechanician
Miss Earhart
Gordon
Steving Ott Furniture Store
Cris
Bar Harbor
Atte Theater Bldg
Stad
Rita
Capt. Carranza
Torrance
Camp Mahoning
Mahoning
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