Tragedy at Stone Bridge Flood Report Pittsburg June 6
Weather bureau flags cloudburst along Stony Creek causing river rises near Johnstown and Ingleside. Flood waters wash away bridges and inundate towns. a woman and child drown in Johnstown. a slave woman and child perish near a locomotive. Imprisoned families flee to higher ground. Haggaley and Butler areas suffer severe damage.
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Pittsburg
Weather Bureau
Johnstown
Stony Creek
Ingleside
Conemaugh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ingleaide
Hooversville
Rockwood
Somerset County
The Gamblers Wife at the CGW show
A heavy rain failed to deter crowds as Parte Stock Co presented Arizona with moving pictures between acts. The audience praised the production for its martial themes and humor. tonight The Gamblers Wife or The Girl from the Glorious West will be shown, with Saturday’s matinee at 2 15 featuring Two Orphans.
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CGW
Parte Stock Co., Ag
Arizona
West
West Penn Improvements Planned for Blairsville and Bolivar Junction
Contracts awarded in Philadelphia set work on the West Penn division through Blairsville with a one and a half mile line and grade change, extension of the Long Hollow branch, a second track, and reduced grade at Bolivar Junction. Total expenditure about 1.07 million dollars, mostly for West Penn upgrades. Also notes on corn treatment ad and local political results in Westmoreland and a June 6 marriage in Conkport by Rev. H F King.
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West Penn
Blairsville
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Tthe
Long Hollow
Bolivar Junction
Dward Humphrey
Barnesboro
Misa Cordelia Edith Buterbaugh
Conkport
H. F. King
Bouth Ninth Street
Osteopathy and health remedies advertised in old bills
An old advertisement fragment discusses electric light bills payable at the Provision Co near the station and asks about a house on sagging foundations versus a healthy spine. It promotes osteopathy for spinal derangements and claims Dr Shoop's Restorative aids digestion and nerves.
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Provision Co
Store Burned Near Clymer Injures Local Merchants
A large store room owned by Edward Widdowson about a mile and a half north of Clymer burned at 1 a.m. Wednesday. The stock of H W Wimer was destroyed and valued at about 1500 dollars with no insurance on Widdowson s building. Wimer s loss is also about 1500 dollars, partly insured for 1000. Cause undetermined but suspected incendiary. Wimer recently moved from East Philadelphia street to Mitchell property in town.
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H. W. Wimer
Ed Widdowson
Edward Widdowson
Clymer
Widdowson
Winner
Wimner
Mitchell
Philadelphia
Eight Hour Law Violations Under Eight Hour Rule
Washington June 7 Commissioner of Labor Neill shifts focus to AFL complaints over eight hour law violations in packing houses Special agents deployed for investigations with a full report due by month end
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Washington, D. C
Packing House
Ee Neill
American Federation of Labor
Devoe Paint Ad Letter From Indiana Pa Dealer
A promotional letter to A S Cunningham of Indiana Pa promotes dry goods and Devoe paint. It argues customers buy to save money, claims Devoe stops leaks and saves money, and cites Corry Pa resident E D Jewell who reportedly saved $15 to $20 by using Devoe after five years with mixed paint. The note is signed by FP of W Devoe and Co via J M Stewart & Co as sellers.
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Devoe
Davoe
E. D. Jewell
Corry
W. Devoe & Co
J. M. Stewart & Co
Clergy Couple Host Christian Endeavor Group
Rey and Mrs. Won entertained the Christian Endeavor Society of Currie's Run Presbyterian Church at their Oakland Avenue home on Wednesday evening. About 40 young people attended, driven into town to share in the hospitality of the pastor and his wife.
Lawn fete to aid Normal YMCA at grove on Saturday
The Normal Y M C A plans a lawn fete in the grove Saturday night to raise funds for delegations to a Northfield Mass bible conference. The Normal School basketball team travels to Beatty to face St Vincent's monastery on Saturday and to Kiski at Saltsburg on Monday. Next week they meet Slippery Rock Normal at home Friday.
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Northfield
Mass
Baesball
Beatty
St. Vincent's Monastery
Saltsburg
Slippery Rock
Patient Service Rewarded by Jury
Lizzie Love, deprived of promised home, wins wages for 14 years of domestic service for Lizzie Hoffman. Jury awards $1,692.28 after hours of testimony on promises that Hoffman property would pass to Love after death. Separate notes recount forged signatures and multiple criminal indictments in ongoing cases.
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Lizzie Love
Lizzie Hoffman
David Dibler
Hoffman
A Brilliant Affair Brings Normal Baseball Banquet
The Normal baseball team was honored at a banquet hosted by J Wood Clark of the Athletic Committee. Jake Hehm chaired the event with assistance from several staff and ladies. Attendees included Dr BD J Waller Jr Rev George S Holmes and many others. Decor featured Normal and Kishi colors with daisies and ferns. The four course menu complemented the celebration of team efforts to uplift Indiana State Normal School athletics.
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J. Wood Clark
Cirk
Ita
Indiana State Normal School
Jake Hehm
Chai
A. M. Hammers
Jos. Hickman
Walter Mitchell
Jos. Rehm
Jake Rehm
BD. J. Waller
George S. Holmes
Griffith Ellis
Tom E. Hildebrand
Joseph $. King
G. L. Moffet
Frank Griffin
Fred Atwood
Hoss Hosack
Ralph Huber
Lloyd Marlin
Albert Milbert
Bertin Empfield
John McGregor
Harry Kuhlman
Clare Smith
R. Eliott Owens A
William Viel
Simple funeral for Gorman in Washington
The body of Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland was buried at Oak Hill cemetery in Washington D C today with minimal display. Services at the German residence were led by Rev Dr Radcliffe of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church with no music and few flowers. A small token presence accompanied by relatives and a joint Congressional committee followed the hearse to the grave.
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Washington, D. C
Arthur Pue Gorman
Maryland
Oak Hill Cemetery
Radcliffe
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lusitania Launches as Largest Cunard Steamer
Clydebank June 7 Cunard launches the Lusitania the largest and fastest steamship afloat designed to cross the Atlantic in four and a half days. The vessel was christened by Lady Inverclyde in front of a huge crowd of spectators.
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Clydebank
Scotland
Cunard Steamship Line
Lady Inverclyde
Local Social Notes and Advertisements in Latrobe Indiana and Johnstown
Miss Bess Hamilton visits Latrobe friends and Mr Horace McGinty from Pittsburg calls on Indiana acquaintances. Ed Sutton and Wendell Thompson in Pittsburg. J M Thompson of Heilwood visits Indiana yesterday. Mrs Frank Daugherty returns from Jeannette visit. Will H Keepers at Johnstown High School Alumni banquet in Dubnutown. Mrs Charles Work and Dorothy return from Nordmont with Mrs Ray Kessler for Indiana visiting friends. Fresh milk and daily ice cream offered. local meat selection advertised. Laxets-A Candy bowel laxative ad promotes health relief and product details.
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Charles R. Work
Dorothy
Ray Kessler
Nordmont
Kessler
Indiana
Man Drops Dead At Store Entrance In Town
Joseph W. Kinnan of Deckers Point Grant township collapsed while resting near Rodkey’s grocery on Philadelphia street. He died within minutes after a heart attack amid a claim he did not sign a forged note. He left a wife seven children and was a Civil War veteran resident near Dooke Point.
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H. M. Kinnan
D. &. Thompson
H. L. McCullough
J. W. Kinnan
J.W. Kinnan
J.horace McGinnty
Farmers Bank
Jesse Rodkey
Telford
Carney Cogley
Ernest
Lougi Contecci
Paul Killings
Chargall
Joseph W. Kinnan
Decker
Pui
Philadelphia
Sadie
Ella
Laura
John
Hal Grant
George
United Presbyterian Hire
Belping
Marion Center
Galr
Henry H. Steving
George Kinnan
Kinnan
Harvey
Mrs Esther Campbell Dies at 79 in White Township
Mrs Esther Campbell died after months of illness on Wednesday morning at 11 at her son Elmer Campbell’s home in White township. A longstanding resident born in Armstrong county she was 79 years old. Surviving are six children including Mrs J D Dickey Center township. Mrs James Riles man White township. William Campbell Vandergrift. Ann Campbell Pottaville. Elmer Campbell White township. Funeral Friday afternoon at the Methodist Ep church conducted by Rev George S He. Interment will follow. Heart trouble caused her death.
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Esther Campbell
Elmer Campbell
Whit Township
Deceyéd
Armstrong County
Adams
John B. Campbell
J. D. Dickey
Center Township
James Rilesman
White Township
William ‘Campbell
Vandergrift
S. Ann Campbell
Pottaville
George
Maethodist Ep
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Latrabeth
Haggaley
Butler G
Donaheu
Cleveland
Plain Dealers
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Gamblers Wife
Krauser
Krauser & Bro
Milton
Prof. Fair
R. W. Fair
Kiaki
Assembly
Westmoreland County
Elmer E. McAdoo
McAdoo
Humphrey—Buterbaugh
Dr. Shoop
Daughesty
A. S. Cunningham
Indiana, Pa
Lawn Fete
Gorman
Bess Hamilton
Latrobe
Horace McGinty
J. M. Thompson
Heilwood
Frank Daugherty
Jeannette
Will H. Keepers
Dubneatown
EW. Fleming
Sete Daugherty
Bros. A ‘Gay
Deckers, Point
Cour
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