Busy Town Council approves bids for paving and bonds
A Friday night council special reviewed bond bids for a 40 loan and contractor bids for paving multiple streets. Most bids run at par, locals cover about half. Six paving bids, five brick and one bitulithic, were not awarded though Morgan town Ohio bidder appears cheapest. Sewer-line bids on several streets were rejected as too high. more bids to come.
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Council
Elder Peeler
UD. C. Mack
John Bennett
S. A. Keen
Chicago
Robert Mullin
Morgantown
Ohio
Washington Street
Ninth Street
East Philadelphia Street
North Sixth Street
New Hampshire Battleship Launched at Camden
At 8 o'clock this morning the battleship New Hampshire slid from the New York Ship Building Co. slips with Miss Hazel Mclean, daughter of the New Hampshire governor, performing the christening. A large crowd cheered as the ship entered the water. Also noted: Clark Miller, son of Judge and Mrs. Miller of Pittsburgh, has a mild scarlet fever at his uncle J. Wood Clark's home. quarantine in effect. Mrs. Miller arrived in Indiana last night. father due home tonight. A local theft notice reports $50 recovered by J. D. Fleck after a woman dropped it on Philadelphia street. Rev. J. A. C. McCracken will preach at the Presbyterian church on Sunday July 1. Nearby ads promote shirt waists at Helena B. Vogel’s.
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Camden
N. J
New Hampshire
New York Ship Building Co
Hazel Mclean
Clark Miller
J. J. Miller
Pittsburg
J. Wood Clark
Clark
W. A. Simpson
Weather Update: Showers and Cooler This Afternoon
The region expects showers and cooler conditions this afternoon and tonight. Sunday will be partly cloudy with a mild breeze as temperatures ease back.
Carnival Draws Tachina Crowd for Busy Night of Shows
A large Tachina crowd filled the carnival grounds last night with confetti flung by youngsters and merry-go-round rides amid shows. Captain Latlip performed a high dive from an eighty foot ladder as the crowds cheered. The Electric Theatre, Zenora the fortune teller, and the Dancing Girls drew strong attendance, with organizers hoping for the week’s biggest turnout tonight.
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Darkey
David Latlip
Tor
Capitan Latlip
Aimee
Hia
Zenora
Fortune Teller
Electric Theatre
Last Hours of Congress and Odd Local Notes
Washington reports a hectic Capitol scene as Congress winds down with Roosevelt signing recent bills in the Capitol. Sweltering heat, adjournments, and remarks on a session called one of the most dramatic. Local items note a Maple Avenue sideboard sale turning a small profit to a New York antiques firm. Rumors of activity by the Black Hand surface in Barnesboro with threatening letters to policemen.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Senate Chamber
Ondce
J. A. Hammill
Maple Avenue
New York
James Davis
Blairsville
Barnesboro
van Buren
Pollo Azzaro
Suapman
Chicago Nationals to Play Greensburg Team in July
The Chicago National League base ball club will visit Greensburg for a summer game on a Tuesday afternoon in July. Local player Brownie Gessler participates on this year’s Greensburg squad. Advertising notes mention Mack’s Double Sheets Tangle foot Fly-paper 20 cents and a Findley’s Wall Paper Store sale on Wednesday or Saturday.
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Greensburg
Chicago
Gessler
Mack’s
Findley’s
Wall Paper Store
Navy sailors seize merchant ships in Odessa port
Sailors from a warship were ordered to take out three freight vessels tied up by a seamen strike in Odessa. Strikers threatened violence as the navy crews sailed under warship guns. A Cossack battalion guards the harbor to prevent rioting.
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Odessa
Russia
Blairsville Residents in Town and Nearby Visits
A string of social notes lists Mr Frank Slagle of Blairsville in town on Friday, Charles Alter visiting Blairsville, Miss Anna Wagle traveling to Blairsville, Miss Florence Hotman visiting Mrs George Groft, Miss Pearl Rankin visiting Indiana, Miss Myrtle Condron staying with Miss Jesta Fleek, Olive Wetesl hosting Jessie Robinson, and Miss Mabel Denton returning home to Pittsburg after a visit. The column also mentions Attorney William Banks of Indiana visiting the office, relations to street assessments, and local school matters.
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Frank Slagle
Blairsville
Florence Hotman
Allegheny
George Groft
Town
Mabel Denton
Minnie Rinn
Wayne Avenue
Pittsburg
Wm. Banks
Indiana
Banks
Maple Avenue
Hlairsville Courier
Opening Night At Huston Candy Kitchen
The Huston Candy Kitchen hosts a decorated pergola for tonight's opening with Apple’s orchestra providing music. Rev. E Graves of the Wesleyan Methodist church will preach at Fairview Monday at 3 30 P M.
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Huston Candy
Apple
E Graves
Wesleyan Methodiat Church
Fairview
Historic Blacklick church reunion and picnic celebrated near Wheatfield
A large crowd attended the reunion and picnic of the Blacklick Methodist Church near Wheatfield on the Ebensburg and Blacklick Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The program featured a grove reception and afternoon rally with Rev. Dr. Woodring of Johnstown as a speaker. The church, over a century old, was once a strong part of a Blairsville to Berlin circuit. in recent years Pastor Key M R Hackman, from the Oregon Conference, has led the congregation.
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Old
Blacklick
Blairsville
Berlin
Somerset County
Ave
Key
M. RB
Hackman
Oregon
Aged Woman Injured in Train Toilet Room Incident
Mrs. Alice McFurnen a 78 year old Westview resident was found in the toilet room of the West Penn Express at Hisivsville with a broken leg and intoxication after a Monday evening journey to Blairsville. She carried a quart of whisky. A railroad surgical room visit followed by transfer to West Penn Hospital occurred Tuesday morning under railroad supervision.
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West Penn Express
Hisivsville
Blairsville
Railroad
Alice McFurnen
Westview
West Penn Hospital
Picnic Set For July Fourth At Marion Center Grove
Methodist Sunday School officers announce a basket picnic in Marion Center grove on July 4 with BR & I excursion rates. Round trip tickets at 40 cents for adults and 25 cents for children valid on regular trains. Open to all and festivities include games dancing and baseball at Kinports grove nearby.
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Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Marion Center
Br, & I. Railroad
Methodist Sunday School
Miss Nova Alter Stricken With Typhoid Threat stated
Miss Nova Alter daughter of Charles Alter of North Eleventh Street has taken to bed with a chill and her physician warns she is threatened with typhoid fever.
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Nova Alter
Charles Alter
North Eleventh Street
Crustac Family Relocates to Homerity Bolivar
Crustac and family, recently moved from California, reside with Mr Crusac's mother in Bolivar and will establish a home in Homerity. Glasses offered with free eye examinations by D. L. Stadtmiller. Pindley's Wall Paper store advertises discounts on wallpapers, children's wash hats, and Helena Vogel promotes bargain shirts.
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Crustac
California
Bolivar
Mr Crusac
Homerity
Butter and Eggs Trust Formed by Wealthy Financiers
A new Butter and Eggs Trust aims to control sale of farm products including dairy, eggs, and poultry. Backed by wealth from Levi P. Morton, Thomas F. Ryan, Harry Payne Whitney, Anthony Brady, J. J. Berwind, Kuhn, Loeb & Co, and other banking houses, the group promises higher universal prices and improved distribution, signaling a move to centralize markets across states.
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New York
Junestelle
American Farm Products Company
Wisionlimite Ed Capital
Americ
Wnien
Heat Wave Grips New York City on June 30
New York endures a severe heat wave with deaths and heat prostrations reported. Thousands seek relief in parks as homes become unbearable and citywide exodus looms. Thermometer shows extreme highs around 100 degrees in the shade with elevated nighttime heat.
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New York
Indiana
Plo'eluck
U.3
Heat bothered Thaw in jail cell overheat
A garbled notice describes millionaire Thaw spending a hot night in a jail cell and later resuming a routine day. It mentions auctions in Washington township, horses for sale, and a local real estate or sale listing with details about items and contact points.
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Martias
Harry Seuner
Washington Township
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Claculess 7
BARD
Doat Be & Curae Civic Kicker
Noaiker
Pueblo
Chiettain
Charles A. Alter
Anna Wagle
Railroad Avenue
Miss Pearl Rankin
Armstrong Two
Myrtle Condron
Dpunxsulawney
Jesta Fleek
Grant Street
Olive Wetesl
Jessie Robinson
Balivar News
Sudwarding
Indiana State
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Barnesboro Star
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G. W. Earl
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Ridgeway
Mr. Gazette
Toledo
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White Township
Court House
Italiana
Adair
Lowery
West Pike
St Clair
Kinghorn
Reider
Lutz
Hood
East Pike
Harbison and Ferguson
Yellow Creek
Oras Good
Planing Mill
Jas. A. Simpson
Harry Carson
Rer
Rev. Campbell
Clark F. Campbell
Beaver County
Heshbon
Bethel
Mechanicsburg
Conemaugh Presbytery
U. F P. Church
Clyde
D.C. Mack @ Son
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Historic Church
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D. L. Stadtmiller
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Helena
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Butter and Eggs Trust
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Harry
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Mack & Bon
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