Improvements In This District Reflect Steady Labor Market
The weekly survey shows building trades workers generally well employed in the district. Construction gains, abundant common labor, and easy demand for workers accompany state highway and street improvements. Steel mills run normally with steady production and easy help orders. Mining regions show improving prospects, railroads report rising freight and recall of furloughed workers, while other utilities remain quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor and Industry
Resume Drill Work At Laurel Ridge Gas Well
The Altamont gas well near the Menoher highway west of Somerset county’s concrete road will resume drilling with heightened safety after a surface gas explosion. Drilling supplies were hauled from New Florence due to road construction delaying access from Johnstown, slowing operations on the unpaved western slope roads.
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Altamont
Menoher Highway
Somerset County
New Florence
Johnstown
Woman Injured In Auto Accident In Blairsville
A woman was badly injured in a crash when an Altoona couple’s car struck her and overturned, skidding along the roadway. Passersby and motorists freed the occupants, Blairsville police and Dr. Reilly responded, and Mrs. Price was taken to Indiana hospital. The Altoona couple were later driven home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Three Men Arrested in Rural Valley Robbery Case
A robbery at a McConnell residence led to the arrest of Ball, Jewell, and Patterson after Ball first denied then admitted involvement. They allegedly named Jewell and Patterson as co conspirators, with Dawell and others living nearby. Stolen money partly recovered and Depp and Lias seek to clear up the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balle
McConnells
Balls
Ohn Jewell
Walter Patterson
Patterson
Yateshorn
Dawel
MeKonnell
Squire Shea
Rural Valley
William Depp
Robert Lias Aselead
Studebaker Agency Sold. Williams to Move HQ in Indiana
Benton R. Williams formerly of Heshwood and head of Indiana Service Co. has purchased the Studebaker Automobile Agency for Indiana County from Blose Motor Company. Extensive improvements at 124 North Fifth Street have been completed and Williams plans to move from Water Street to the Bennett building in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton R. Willams
Heshwood
Indiana
Indiana Service Co
Studebaker Automobile Agency
Indiana County
Blose Motor Company
Bennett
North Fifth Street
Mr. Williams
Water Street
Blacklick Fire Destroys Stores and Homes. Several Injured
Firefighters from Blacklick Blairsville Indiana and Homer City battled a major blaze at a general store and nearby buildings. Several residents including Joseph Larocco Max Silverstein and others were seriously burned or cut while aiding efforts. Many structures were destroyed or damaged as water was supplied from wells and railroad locomotives.
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Homer
Indiana Department
Blacklick
Blairsville
Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Blacklick Station
Josephine
Joseph Larocco
Indiana Hospital
Max Silverstein
Altoona
Reeves
Blackick
al Schuman
Arthur Rager
L Palmer
William Palmer
Royden McFeed
Charles Smith
Steve Strini
DB. A. Palmer
TD. A. Palmer
Duke George
John Kokos
Jake George
Sliman Hanna Store
General Store
Palmer Theatre
Durkin to appeal new trial in Illinois Supreme Court
Attorneys for Martin Durkin began work in Chicago on an appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court after Judge Harry B. Miller denied a new trial. Durkin was sentenced to 36 years for the murder of Edwin Shanahan, a federal agent, with a pending murder charge against Durkin potentially dropped with leave to reinstate if the Supreme Court affirms the prior conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Martin Durkin
shiek ban+ dit
Slayer
Ilinois Supreme Court
Harry B. Miller
Durkin
Miller
Edwin
Shanahan
Louis Blumenthal
Harry Gray
Supreme Court
Blaze destroys Blacklick buildings and blocks power lines
A major fire in Blacklick caused by arcing and pole damage cut power to streetcar lines and halted traffic as flames rose high. The blaze, controlled by morning, destroyed two residences and other structures with losses pegged around 75000 dollars by local leaders. Volunteers saved some furniture but were forced back by extreme heat.
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Blacklick
Indiana County Railways Company
Blairsville
Indiana
Homer City News Briefs Reflect Local Births and Travel
Local families announce newborns including a 12 pound baby boy to Mr and Mrs C C Baker and other births for Dominick Harris and the Plum family. Visitors report from camps, relatives from Pittsburgh and Detroit, and a note on water station changes due to lack of business for the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway. The Presbyterian Church extends a call to Rev Marry Pugh of Oho Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Dominick
Plato
Don Harris
Stork
C. C. Baker
Harry Flickinger
Virginia
Lenora Stormer
M. M. Palmer
Omer City Deer Club
Clearfield Co
Alice Reckard
Alice
Pittsburgh
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway
Waterman
Homer City
Presbyterian Church
Marry Pugh
Grant Nelson
Brushvailey Township
Sol Marks
Kaufman and Baer Co
Ay Kriwawnlk
Arrests Linked to Mellett Slayings Stir Ohio and Pa. Conspiracy Theories
Officials of the William J D Burns Detective Agency pursue a twofold conspiracy: a national plot to murder crusading editors and a regional ring in Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The agency cites suspects across Cleveland Dayton Canton Toledo Akron Massillon East Liverpool Steubenville Pittsburgh and New Kensington. Messages of sympathy surge to the Canton Daily News editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William JD. Burns
Merning
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Burns Agency
Cleveland
Akron
Massillon
Cantan
Toledo
East Liverpool
Steubenville
Pittsburgh
New Kensington
Pblisher
Canton Daily News
Ablishad
Tokio
Ellett
Ce Penditene Ndrody
Deil Reiby
Million a year philanthropy under fire in Illinois race
Chicago July 28. A $500000 gift by Senator William B McKinley to Lincoln University Kentucky is probed amid a Senate Slush Fund inquiry into his campaign expenditures The probe recalls Henry J Green the McKinley paymaster and questions Hill about paid travel and speeches While Insull contributions total 18373519 the primary cost in Illinois runs to 785635 with McKinley listed at 477509 and Smith at 287282
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Federat
Chicago
William B. McKinley
Lincoln University of Kentucky
John Wesley Hill
Illinois
Henry
Green
McKinley
Senate Slush Fund
University
Hill
World Court
Slush Fund Committee
Federal
Senate
Henry J. Green
Urbana
Bright Angel
Insull
Sinois
Senate Slush Fund Committee
Pensylvania
George E. Brennan
Frank L. Smith
Smith
Samuel Insull
Smith Organization
Deneen- West Organization
Allen
F. Moore
Moore
Thinais Commercee Commission
Smith Ias
Girl Murder Charge Shocks Wiarton Ontario
Kathleen Hardman, 26, is held on a charge of murdering 65 year old Edward McCoy, a salesman, found dead by the roadside with a pistol wound. Police say McCoy tracked the girl from Newark, New Jersey. Witnesses identify Hardman with a revolver.
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Wiarton
Ont
Kathleen Hardman
Edward McCoy
McGoy
Miss Hardman
McCoy
Newark
N. d
Slayings in Philadelphia Highlight Escapes to July
Philadelphia July 23. Police report 18 murderers from this year remain at large or unapprehended. Four fled by director's orders, with one suspect still listed at the detective bureau. Unclear details from damaged OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Oine
Bil
Ing _te oe Paden
Rap
Iar i
Whittemore's Fate Sealed in Governor's Refusal
Richard Reest Whittemore faces execution by hanging on August 14 after the governor refused clemency for the murder of guard Robt H Heltman. Whittemore paced his cell and told guards the quicker the act, the better, as the sentence stands.
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Baltimore
Richard Reest
Whittemore
Robt
H. Heltman
Eddyville Mine Blast Destroys Power Plant and Nearby Property
A blast at the Eagle mine near Eddyville damaged the power plant and scattered debris over 600 yards, with building fragments reaching the village 1,500 yards away. The explosion at nine o'clock Sunday evening destroyed engines and equipment, while locals Boyd Neale and Rumbaugh narrowly avoided harm. Neale towed a disabled car up a hill and smelled burning material as he passed the plant, suggesting the culprit fled the scene. The Eagle mine, formerly the Iseman mine, was operated by Punxsutawney interests and stood near the Shawmut depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddyville
Boyd Neale
Rumbaugh
Neghborhood
Neale
Nealé
Eagle
Iseman
Punxsutawney
Spesh
Shawmut
Million Loss in Florida Storm
West Palm Beach Florida July 28 Ins damage estimated at over 1 million dollars in the Palm Beaches area after a tropical hurricane swept the coast for more than 24 hours. Shipping in Lake Worth is set to lose about 600000 while many yachts are submerged and all house boats are abandoned. Debris blankets Lake Worth and Ocean Shores as fears grow for ships missing and ships foundered.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
INS
Palm Beaches
Lake Worth
Lake ‘Worth
Lakeworth
Ocean
Menjou Pair Set for Divorce Suit in October
Adolph Menjou ordered to pay Kathryn Menjou 500 dollars weekly for support while divorcing, a record for local courts. Judge Harry A Holtzer fixed the amount as the divorce trial date of October 1 was set. Menjou was absent, represented by counsel.
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Los Angeles
Adolph Menjou
Kathryn Menjou
Harry A. Holtzer
Menjon
Points on People illy arranged social visits across Indiana county
A parade of locals and visitors appears in Indiana and nearby towns. Guests include Mrs Anna Milley from Pittsburgh staying with Mrs Pauline Carney, and several households hosting relatives and friends in Homer City, Blacklick, North Ninth street, and Tor rance. Sheriff, bankers, merchants, and engineers are listed as visiting, attending, or hosting events, with several trips to the Court House and Lusk Wyoming oil interests noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Milley
Pittsburgh
Pauline Carney
North Ninth Street
Charleroian Shot in Auto
Charleroi Pa July 28 Alfred T. Caster Jr 30 of this city found dead with a bullet hole in his head at the wheel of his automobile Coroner William Greenlee said Caster committed death by own action probably because of despondency
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleroi
Alfred T. Caster, Jr
William Greenlee
Caster
All Hands Safe On Italian Ship Angardo Sanieri Secondo
All hands are reported safe aboard the Italian steamer Angaldo Sanier y Secondo after distress in a Florida coast storm. The Gulf Refining Company Gulf of Mexico located the stricken vessel and stood by until morning. The J. M. Guffey, overdue at Jacksonville with Port Arthur oil, rode out the storm off Miami and proceeds to Jacksonville.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Angaldo Sanier Y Secondo
Florida
Gulf Refining Company
Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
J. M. Guffey
Jacksonville
Flo
Miami
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Department of Labor Andndustry
Laurel Ridge Gas Well
Fou Siawn
OAS & Coke Company of
Indiawa
Iana
Tata
Studebaker Agency
LOLD
Homer City News
Mellett
Phila
Menjou
J. M. Smeltzer
Creekaide R. D. 1
Gazette
Mr. Allison Swazy
Blacklick Tesrusitip
J. H. Lusk
Dorothy May
Margaret Brickley
East Church Street
John Bennett
George Roof
Wleetrie Light Board
Torrance
RB. C. Riel
Ralph Kunkle
F.C. Adams
Kenwood
Penn Run
S.C. Steele
National Bank
John Malcolm
Lusk
Wyoming
Luck Oil Fields
Chas. Harkins
Burrell Township
Squire C. W. Empfield
Kerryhill Township
Calvin Kunkle
Court House
J. J. Palmer
Francis Elkin
Smicksburg
Hiram Smith
Saltsburg
C. Doty
Rochester Mills
George Nesbit
Washington Township
Shiman Hanna
Ariel Able
Grant Township
Jorin _Cochran
Monaca
Beaver County
George
Thomas
James
Joseph
Margaret
Charles Oyster
Thompson Bolen
Livermore
Cothrans
Conemaugh Township
Charleroian
Ark Gas
Vrereeenee
Anaconda
Ajax
Beth Steel
Baldwin Sendaees Pettens
Motors
City Annes
Lehigh Val
Magna
Sinclair Oi
Sthrn Pac Re
Tand. O. of
Cal
Eek
Studebaker Peete
M. Os
Ind
Serene Gon
N. Y. Eee
Stern Rails
Veos Hom
Rans
Beeeweet O
Tex, P. C. Ovl
Union Pac
S. Steel Sow
Willys. Over
Cere de Paseo
Chen Wa Boy
St. LS. W.ajo
Amn
Steel Auavee
Ray Conwee
Gas Versenenaam
Loco
Ccsresee
Bardsdall
Motors i
Fisk Wil
Mid
Sereeere
Mid. T
Tease
Philips Pet
Pesan Eteag
Packard Ere
Pierce
AVFOW
Radio Corp
Seneca Cop
Sere
Spicer Mfg
Steele A
Uim, R. Bear
West, West, ‘Air Brake
A. E. Masten & Company
Pittsburgh, PA
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