Braves Record Stumbles and Wins Across Season
The Homer City Braves posted a 6 win and 3 loss stretch as early season results show mixed outcomes against Cubs, Tigers, Yankees, and other teams. Despite some high scoring games, inconsistencies persist as the club seeks stronger performances in upcoming fixtures.
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Braves
Omer City Braves
Homer Ty Cubs
Homer City
Mer City Braves
Coy Tigers
Ner City Braves
Yankeetl
Homer City Braves
Coral
Luclushoro
Brookville Fair Fiddlers Contest Full Details
The Brookville Centennial and Fair will host a world open fiddlers contest September 1 to 6. Entries include long-time locals and regional fiddlers offering old tunes for prizes of 15 and 10 dollars. Prelims occur before afternoon attractions with a square dance finale. The Kilties Band, led by Will F Newlan, will also perform six days of Scottish and American music, highlighting its generous, lengthy program.
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Agosan
Jefferion
Kvilla
John W. Conrad
Brookville
Kilties
Kitties
Will F. Newlan
Dolans Club Huron Raided on the Gold Coast
Chicago reports prohibition agents raided John Coy Dolan and five staff at his Club Huron on the gold coast. Twelve cases of rare liquors, 400 bottles of lager beer, and a quantity of wine were seized. Dolan, former New York Giants coach, and the employees were under arrest.
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Chicago
John “Coy” Dolan
New York Giants
Huron
Gold Coast
Marion Center Current Events Club Picnic Recap
Last Thursday the Marion Center Current Events Club hosted guests from Pleasant Valley Club of Plumville at Woodlawn Park. A cooling picnic dinner preceded a guessing contest testing literature history and geography with multiple games. prizes went to Mary Caldwell Annabelle Reithmiller H J Thompson and others.
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Marion Center
Current Events Club
Pleasant Valley Club
Plumville
Marion
Center Club
Woodlawn Fark
Mary Caldwell
H. J. Thompson
Lucerne Beats Chambersville 3 2 in Tight Contest
Lucerne defeated Chambersville 3 to 2 with Sandy tallying five strikeouts and six for Farine. Sandy earned the win as Farine took the loss, with Sandy and Jack contributing sacrifice flies in a clutch late inning effort.
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Sandy
Farine
Jack
Homer City Fights East End In Friday Showdown
Homer City travels to East End for a Friday night game as Homer City seeks revenge after a prior victory while East End aims to even the score. Heilwood cancels a scheduled game disappointing locals. East End pushes for the city series to begin next week to ensure a full nine innings. West End lacks a catcher but adds two backstops and plans at least one game next week. Last year the series began August 9 and played seven innings before dark. organizers want nine innings this year.
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Homer City
East End
Homer
Heilwood
West End
Dead aviator Eric Hook body found in Burmese jungle
London dispatches report the mutilated remains of Eric Hook, a young British aviator who disappeared during a perilous flight from England toward Australia. A rescue expedition found his body largely skeletal, with officials believing he died from hunger or injury before predators attacked.
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London
Eric Hook
England
Australia
Evening News Today
Hook
Securus
Visitors and locals tour town in brief day notes
Detroit residents Mrs Louis Strong and two sons visit sister Mrs Carrie Trainer in North Fourth street while Mrs Mack Stratton from Brookville calls in Homer City. A A Weaver attends to business in town. Mike Godosh of Clymer among callers at Court House. Alfred Johnston of Washington township drives to Indiana to visit friends. Wallace George of Armstrong township parts in Indiana Vistore.
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Louis Strong
Detroit
Michigan
Mack Stratton
Brookville
Carrie Trainer
North Fourth Street
A. Weaver
Homer City
Mike Godosh
Clymer
Court House
Alfred Johnston
Washington Township
Indiana
Q. Wallace George
Armstrong Township
Statewide newspaper ad bills delayed by court ruling
Harrisburg July 31 Hundreds of newspapers across 39 counties face delayed payment after Dauphin county court ruled to postpone approving advertising bills while a petition for a permanent injunction by three Democratic weeklies is resolved. Plaintiffs allege the revision to county publication rules removed minority papers, altering the law's intent and excluding papers like Somerset Democrats and Mercer Progress from designated lists.
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Harrisburg
Dauphine
Charles Johnson
James 4H. Werner
Somerset Democrats
Joe T
Cowen
Hoscoe Herrid
F. W. Moser
Mercer Progress
Johnson
Democrat
Sunt
Cambria
Washington
Berks
Juniata
Armstrong
Beavar
Centre
Carbon
Chester
Cumberland
Indiana
Jefferson
Lackawanna
Lebanon
Lyvoming
McKean
Perry
Bthuylkill
Snyder
Somerset
Westmoreland
Blair
Bradford
Bucks
Butler
Clinton
Crawford
Lawrence
Lehigh
Luzerne
Miftin
Northampton
Northumberland
Potter
Susquehanna
Tioga
Union
Ven Bango
Wayne
Ex-Wife Calls For Bill To Marry Margaret In Baby Case
Philadelphia July 31 Ex-wife Mia Atina Van Stan Watkins, former Chicago baby swap figure, backs no reprisal if William Watkins marries the other woman Margaret and gives the child a rightful name. She offers divorce if he agrees to wed Margaret, asserting she remains his wife by law.
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Philadelphia
Mia
Atina van Stan
Watkins
William Watking
Chicago
Margaret
Bill
Here
Conshohocken
Willam Watkin, Jr
Russian effort to undersell markets spurs embargo talk
Washington July 31 Senate leaders debated Soviet Russia a commerce campaign to flood world markets with cheap lumber ore and later wheat. Lawmakers fear prices will drop in the United States as Moscow ships vast cargoes, with Oddie urging an embargo on mangan ese ore and officials seeking to bar convict labor products. The Treasury noted the wood pulp embargo will continue despite hearings.
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Thay
Seymour Lowman
The
Treasury
Kenneth Gardner
Steamship Line
Rusvia
United States
Makodzup
Amtorg Corporation
Lowman
Russia
Oddie, R
Senate Committee On Mines and Mining
Oddie
America
Treasury Department
Congress
Five American communists killed in Changsha attack
Reports say American communists were killed and many wounded when invaders closed in on the Palos gunboat anchored in the Siangiver. The Patog evacuated foreign residents and could not turn around.
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Changsha
Siangiver
Changeeha
Dairymen Picnic Highlights Indiana County Event
Moorhead won the 100 yard dash and a prize for a flash girl Elizabeth Gromley won first in the fifty yard cash for girls and a Kodak Winifred Luketart took the fifty yard dash for girls twelve to sixteen Virginia Tyger won a vanity case in the balloon contest Mrs William Wetzel won a handbag in the nail driving contest Jack Warner Jr won a pocket knife in the running broad jump for under twelve Donald Graham won a flash light in the twelve to sixteen bracket Dairy cattle judging led by Joe Nafigotte with fifty contestants Mrs Clyde Houck won a ten gallon milk can second prize went to James Bence third to Walter Ewing fourth to H M Travis The milk drinking contest saw H H Wetzel win a milk pail Bill Rankin was disqualified for a hole in the nipple Wynn Morris presented prizes and praised Indiana County dairymen The Reje z Mc Junkin Dairy Company supplied ice cream lemonade and prizes for the picnic.
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Moorhead
Elizabeth Gromley
Winifred Luketart
Virginia Tyger
William 9. Wetzel
Jack Warner, Jr
Donald Graham
Catlla
Joe Nafigotte
Penn State
Clyde ‘Houck
Purchase“Line
James Bence
Marion Genter
Marion Genter Jersey
Walter Ewing
Elders Ridge
H. M. Travis
Smicksburg
Indiana County
H. H. Wetzel
Marion Center
Bill Rankin
Shelocta
Wynn Morris
Reick-Mclunkin Dairy Co
Pittsburgh
Reje'z
McJunkin Dairy, Company
Pennsylvania Ranks Third in US Airports
An airport survey released today shows Pennsylvania has 95 airports or landing fields within its borders, ranking third after Texas and California. Clarence M. Young, assistant secretary of commerce, announced the report noting 89 commercial fields, 24 intermediate fields, 9 municipal manors, 11 auxiliary fields, plus 1 army and 1 navy airport.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
United States
Clarence M. Young
Texas
California
Keystone
Knox Held on Check Charge in Washington
Philander C. Knox known as Tippy was freed on $500 bail after arrest on a charge of passing a 270 check. The 40 year old son of the late secretary of state and senator from Pennsylvania listed Wild Rose Shores, Ia., as his address. Complainant P. N. Childs swore to a warrant alleging the payment for a motorboat engine with the bad check on July 12.
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Washington
Philander C. Knox
Tippy
Pennsylvania
Knox
Wild Rose Shores
P. N. Childs
R-100 Preparations Near Montreal Airport Amid Guarded Arrival
Royal Canadian Mounted Police and provincial forces guard the St Hubert airport as crowds await the R-100. Newspapers, officials, and photographers are admitted while special trains bring sightseers. Mooring tower tests completed. weather favorable for the ship’s approach from Belle Isle with messages tracking position.
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Montreal
St, Huber
Canada
Great Britain
Cadington
England
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Belle Isle
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St. Lawrence
Louisburg
Marconi
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Bell Island
Bell Isle
Europe
Montreal Harbor
St. Hubert’s
Goverment
One Dead in New Tong War in New York
Police in Brooklyn test a group of seven Chinese men found with nine bombs after a suspect led officers to a dozen nitroglycerin devices. One man was killed and another wounded in the clash near Chinatown. A arrestee, Dr Hen Yung Ing, 33, claimed Northwestern University medical training and six years practice in the United States. He said a bundle left in his apartment last night by Ing Wong, 24, might have contained bombs.
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New York
Ing Wong
Gore Wrightsman face runoff in Democratic senate race
Oklahoma City July 31 Nearly all precincts reported Gore Blind ex senator Gore led Wrightsman and Johnston in the Democratic senate contest with Gore and Wrightsman advancing to a runoff on August 12. In the gubernatorial race Murray led with 113 645 votes to 67 893 for Buttram as results remained incomplete.
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Bofile Sade Keding
Big Business
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Wrightsman
Henry
Johnston
William H
Alfalfa
Murray
Frank Buttram
Points on People and Local Movements
Deputy D N Bates of Blacklick transacted business at the office with C McLain this morning. Mr and Mrs James McBlyen of Brushgalley township shopped and waited for Indiana friends today. Miss Katherine Roof visits her uncle Frank Roof in New Alexandria. Mrs James Stepp and children returned home after a visit with her husband and in the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Whitman in East Freedom. Frank White of Swissvale, summoned to Indiana by the death of his brother Merle, returned home last evening.
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James McBlyen
Brushgalley Township
Indiana
Atherine Roof
Frank Rool
New Alexandria
James Stepp
Jack Whitman
East Freedom
Frank White
Swissvale
Merle
Parades honor Blairsville and Homer City fire units in Ligonier
Blairsville and Homer City fire departments led a parade in Ligonier tied to the annual carnival. Blairsville won 30 dollars for best appearance, with Pitcairn Derry Engine No. 2 taking second and a third prize of five dollars awarded to another entrant. The American Legion Lafield band won 20 dollars for best band, and Bolivar earned 10 dollars for best junior drum corps. Judges included George J. McCune Blairsville and Captain James Gallagher Latrobe.
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Homer City
Ligonier
American Legion
Pithai Derry
American Legion Band of
Lafeade
Bolivar
George J. McCuney
James Gallagher
Latrobe
Carl G. Gardner
Earl S. Ritchey
Greensburg
Johnson Band Here Tonight at Cliff Side Park
Arnold Johnson and his Majestic Radio Orchestra of 16 pieces perform at Cliffside Park tonight with a coupon-prize drawing by Johnson. The evening promises top music and a large crowd, part of a summer series with upcoming acts on August 7 14 and 21.
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Arnold Johnson
Majestic Radio Orchestra
Cliffside Park
Majestic Radio
Alphoneo Trent
Ipana Troubadors
KDIXA
Deaths Charles Prescott Wiley of Reynoldsville at 75
Charles Prescott Wiley aged 75 died at his Worth street home in Reynoldsville after a three year illness. Born near Du Bois he was married 50 years to Elizabeth Pettit and lived in Reynolds ville. He leaves his widow eight daughters and two half brothers. Funeral services were held at his home this afternoon at 2 with interment in Reynoldsville Cemetery.
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Charles Prescott Wiley
Charles’ Prescott Wiley
Worth Street
Reynoldsville
du Bois
Joseph Wiley
Elizabeth Pettit
Fred Hawk
Ross Crate
Harry Grate
Kittanning
Joseph Bellas
Freeport
George Henneman
Indiana
David Thompson
Sagamore
C.T. Gower
Alice
Peter Solida
Leechburg
Daniel Solida
Kit
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