Dempsey and Sharkey Fight Ends with Loss for Dempsey
New York July 22 Jack Sharkey plans a fishing trip to Nova Scotia after defeating former champion Dempsey. Attendance reached 84,000 with gross receipts of about 1.075 million, a record for a non championship bout. Mrs Sharkey blamed a lucky blow for her husband's defeat and looked for a rematch.
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INS
Jack Sharkey
Boston
Nova Scotia
Willard
Firpo
Dempsey Money Held Up Today
New York July 22 highlights of the Dempsey Sharkey fight last night show Dempsey moving quickly to pressure Sharkey with a series of short rights to the body.
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Dempsey
New York
Dempsey-Sharkey
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Prince Carol Crowned Man Who Would Be King Roumania
Crowds gather in Bucharest as King Ferdinand lies in state at Getraceri Castle. Five year old Michael will be regent guided by a council until he is 18. Funeral date set for Sunday after delay to await King Alexander of Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Lindbergh Will Not Visit Latrobe During Tour
The Guggenheim Lindbergh tour staff announced Charles A. Lindbergh cannot visit Latrobe during the forty eight state aviation tour due to insufficient time. Latrobe Blairsville and nearby towns will miss the planned stop despite special invitations by wire to the field.
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A Trobe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Latrobe
Harry F. Guggenheim
New York City
Derry
Blairsville
Russell J. Brinkley
Latrobe Field
Barry F. Guggenheim
Lifeline from shoelaces saves youths near Lancaster
In Elizabethown area two youths escaped drowning after peers improvised a rope from shoestrings. Adam Himmelsbach, 11, slipped into the reservoir while chasing a frog. a companion followed. The improvised line lowered to the water and pulled Himmelsbach to the bank as others assisted.
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Lancaster
Hlizabethtown
Adam Himmelsbach
Himmelsbach
Fisher Leaves on Western Trip to Visit Coolidge
Governor plans a genuine vacation with no political commitments, leaving his personal secretary Tolby Hamilton in charge of routine executive business and public acts. Major Stan ley Reet seeks intervention to oust Philadelphia Registration Board members, but Baldridge declines action pending court disposition. Governor aims for no set tour dates and expects to return to Harrisburg by mid August.
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W. Boyd Hamilton
Hamilton
Stanley Reet
Philachia
Veodat
Thomas Baldridge
Philadelphia Registation Board
Albert Ladner, Sr
Storm Center
Commission
Harrisburg
Bergdoll Eyes Return to U S by Air but Faces Hurdles
The text notes Grover Cleveland Bergdoll hopes to fly back to the United States while Charles Lindbergh cautions the difficulty of flying from Europe to America. It hints Bergdoll may find flight harder than a decade ago and jokes about American Legion instruction, congressional medals, and public views on aviation. It references Coolidge era satire and mentions a 1921 copyright note.
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United States
Lindbergh
Europe
America
Bergdoll
American Legion
Congress
Doe Cook
Thought Influences Life More Than Personal Ties
A reflective note from W Teal contending that thought patterns shape life more than intimate relationships. The piece argues ideas frame choices and behaviors, affecting daily actions and long term outcomes beyond personal connections.
Supreme Importance Caller's Dinner Dilemma
A caller presses to see the judge while the secretary explains the judge is at dinner. The dialogue humorously swaps words to play on dining terms, highlighting a courtly delay.
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Nistian
Bir
Columbia
Wilson Family Reunion At Ruffsdale Draws Many Relatives
Eighty relatives attended the annual Wilson Family Reunion at Ruffsdale in Westmoreland county. Visitors arrived from Blairsville Franklin New Castle Greensburg West Newton Pitcairn and Itteburgh. Four special Pennsylvania Railroad trains catered passenger trips from Blairs ville Livermore Saltsburg Avonmore Salina West Apollo Vandergrift Hyde Park Leechburg Bagdad and other Kiski Valley towns along the Conemaugh Division.
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Kiski Valley
Wonneaul Lake Park
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Conneaut Lake Park
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Blairsville
Livermore
Saltsburg
Avonmore
Salina
West Apollo
Vanderwrift
Hyde Park
Leechburg
Bagdad
Wilson
Ruffsdale
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Indiana
Franklin
New Castle
Greensburg
West Newton
Pitcairn
Itteburgh
Mary Cromer Seeks Keepsake From England Church Memory
Mary Cromer visits a Sussex church where her parents wed and asks to take a small memento from the gravel path or a leaf from a tree. An elderly rector helps her trace the couple’s stones and introduces her to Tom Walker, her father’s friend. The visit ends with Mary hopeful to stand beside Tom at the same hop as her parents.
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England
Sussex
Mary Anne Smith
Onn
Jon Cromer
Mary Cromer
America
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Tom
Wadler
Mary Fas
Wwe
Tom Dear
Cresing
Young Ton
Isip Buly
Warhart Reunion Attendees Return Home from Ravine Park
Mrs Charles Warhart and family along with Misa Lenore Painter of Homer City returned from the Warhart reunion at Ravine Park. William J Stephens and children Gilberta Dorothy William Hilbert and family finished a three day Juniata River trip near Huntingdon. Watch for more local social notes and travel snippets in this week’s county column.
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Charles Warhart
Misa Lenore
Homer City
Ravine Park
Warhart
William J. Stephens
Gilberta
Dorothy
Wiliam
Hilbert
Mra
ML Th. Boring
David
Louise
George
Paul Cyveler
Bobby
Juniata River
Huntingdon
Freak Storm Destroys Indiana Areas and Rounds Up Hail
Hailstones the size of coins battered Malbrane area as Cooper Ave church area bore heavy damage. Losses cited at about 3000 dollars by Mr Matarane with storms sweeping Indiana and nearby regions. Simon Connor and local residents noted travel and business activity while weather cools after the event.
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Malbrane
Matarane
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