Death Claims Aging Indiana County Resident Mrs Martha Steffy
Aged Mrs Martha Steffy widow of Civil War veteran Abraham Steffy died at 1 10 PM Friday at 333 Oak Street after a long illness A Methodist Episcopal and Mothers of Democracy member she leaves three sons two foster daughters 14 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren Funeral at 1 30 PM Monday at her home led by Rev Elliott S White Interment Marion Center Cemetery Also obituary notes Robert Hart in his eightieth year died Friday night at his son John Hart’s Elders Ridge home He was a West Lebanon resident and Civil War veteran Funeral services at 2 30 PM Monday at West Union United Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Harry Hood Interment West Union Cemetery.
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Martha Kollar Steffy
Abraham Steffy
Oak Street
Pine Township
Indiana County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mothers of Democracy
Camith and
Swartz Steffy
Indiana
James Kelllar
South Dakota
Henry Baker
Patton
Louise Steffy
Elliott S. White
Marion Center
Robert Hart
Pape
Ohn Hart
Elders Ridge
Ga'cloth
West Lebanon
John Hart
Monay Asernoon
West Union United Presbyterian Church
Harry Hoods
West Union Cemetery
Anatole France Brain Noted For Light Weight
Paris May 16 Anatole France brain found to be unusually light at 1017 grams, 400 grams below average in Dr Pelix Regault study. Despite small size the brain shows deep convolutions suggesting genius lies in structure rather than weight.
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Paris
Frante
Pelix Regault
Anatole France
Rebault
New Pulpit for Dr Fosdick at Rockefeller Church
New York May 16 Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick a leading Modernist in major theological debates was recommended by Park Avenue Baptist Church to become pastor of the Rockefeller Church. Trustees and deacons said a call would likely be accepted if the church adopts inclusive membership.
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New York
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Cornelius Woelfkin
Rockafeller Church
Fosdick
Yukon Flood Ravages Dawson Lands No Loss Reported
Dawson Yukon townsfolk report severe flooding with several houses swept away and heavy property damage while police launch efforts to reach isolated islands and farms along the Yukon river, no fatalities recorded.
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Dawson
Yukon
Islanda
Two Killed In Class Auto Party At Poplar Bluff
Poplar Bluff Missouri May 18 Two high school students Sealle Solars aged 19 and Bessie Warren 18 of Wiligmaville died when the roadster carrying them from a farewell class party plunged about fifty feet over a chimney in the night. Three other young students were seriously hurt as search parties combed the wreckage. The I G LA Club met at Mrs Phomag home Friday evening with Elmer Borland in colored costume and lively dances and songs marking a pleasant social close.
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Poplar Bluff
INS
Sealle Solars
Bessie Warren
Wiligmaville
New Arrival Hiful and attractive pictures ft Boa
A new release features Hiful with eye catching imagery and Boa in a photo filled showcase. The package highlights bold visuals and stylistic layouts aimed at fans seeking vivid art and design.
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Boa Dbs
Campfire Girls Fete Mothers at Shelocta
The Idaka Wawidake Canin Pte Girls of Shelocta held its third annual Mother and Daughter banquet on May 8 in Grange Hall. Seated 37 around a candlelit table, decorations featured baby pictures of the mothers’ husbands. Nellie M. Miller of Indiana spoke, and honored mothers with Camp Fire Wohelo Triangle pins.
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Idaka Wawidake Canin Pte
Shelocta
Grange Hall
Misa Nellie M. Miller
Indiana
Wond Gatherers Bank
W Va Local Union Splits Over Wage Conference
In Shinnston on May 16 the West Virginia miners Local 4008 split into two factions. About 50 members petitioned to withdraw from the union and form the Mountaineer Coal Miners' Association, while an equally strong group refused to withdraw and the remaining miners continue on strike. In Fairmont indictments target 142 striking miners for intimidation linked to open shop mines, with bonds set after arrests at Grant Town.
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Shinnston
West Virginia
Mountaineer Coal Miners’ Association
State Fairmont
W. Vai
Grant Town
W. Va
Mammer
Howard M. Gore
John C. Riggins
UMW OFA TM Wins a Fight in WV Coal Case
United Mine Workers in the Federal district court at Wheeling won their second fight to unionize the Pan handle coal fields. Judge W E Baker handed down an opinion in the case brought by West Virginia Pittsburgh Coal Co. Officials and miners members were cited for contempt amid funding issues.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Federal District Court
Panhandle
W. E. Baker
West Virginia Pittsburgh Coal Co
Commercial Tests At Normal School Inulli
About one hundred twenty boys and girls from Commercial Training schools across the state arrived in Inulli and will enter the State contests at the Normal School today. Participants will be examined in commercial phonography shorthand typing penmanship and all subjects pertaining to commercial studies.
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Inulliana
Fiftieth Anniversary Of Indiana State Normal School Opens With Pageant
The Indiana State Normal School marks its fiftieth anniversary with a pageant and parade. Hundreds of students in costumes perform three episodes from the school’s founding to its growth, followed by a morning parade led by the school band and a Chapel program. The event includes costumes by Misses Robertson and Munson, music by the Music Department, and displays of historic photographs at the Bon Ton Store.
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Indiana State Normal School
Indiana
Miss Finney
Misses Finney
Reiss
Sprowls
Robertson
Munson
Pennsylvania
Normal School
Ben Franklin
William Penn
Jane Leonard
Cap
Gew
Oakland
Philadelphia
Our
Avid Lang Syne
The
George Ine
Charles Miller
Walter Jackson
Pacific Coast
Harry St. Clair
Agnes St. Clair
Genevieve
Sweet Genevieve
Margaret Walton
Mary Pearce
Keith
Indiana Lodge
Recreation Hall
Bon Ton
Plot to Kill King Alexander of Servia Uncovered
Belgrade dispatch reports a Central News discovery of a conspiracy to murder King Alexander of Servia and harm the royal palace parliament and offices. Police raided a secret meeting as several newly arrived communists were arrested. In Wilkes-Barre a coal mine disaster trapped workers when black damp flooded the No 3 shaft.
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Ging
London
Alexander of
Servia
Belgrade
Showers May End "Summer" Forecast Disturbance and Cooler Weather
Weather forecast from E G Lorentz predicts a disturbance with showers and a cold wave arriving late tonight or tomorrow. Expect below average temperatures and frost early next week with warming and increasing clouds today. The bulletin notes Saturday fair then showers, Sunday cooler with a strong cool wave, and Monday clearing and very cool values.
Weather shifts bring frost in west with warm Ohio valley
Cold weather and killing frosts are reported by the Weather Bureau from Montana and North Dakota as a storm moving from Kansas affects the central U S. General showers spread across the middle and northern plains and upper Midwest. Warmer conditions trend in the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys with expected showers across the middle and north Atlantic states and tonight in the Ohio valley. Strong winds are forecast for the Great Lakes tonight.
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Washington
United States Weather Bureau
Montana
North Dakota
Kansas
Towe
Middle
Plains
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Upper Lake Region
Ohio
Mississippi
North Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Lower
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic States
Great Lakes
Oysters to be Sold by the Count in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg May 16. Beginning today oysters sold in Pennsylvania must be measured by numerical count under the Schantz bill. Governor Pinchot supports the law which becomes effective now. James Foust, Director of the State Bureau of Foods, says the act will be rigidly enforced and violators face fines from 25 to 100 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
James Foust
State Bureau of Foods
Gollmar Named Deputy Attorney General in Pa
Frank I. Gollmar of Pittsburgh was appointed deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania with a salary of 4003 dollars a year, replacing John Robert Jones who resigned. The announcement comes from the Department of Justice in Harrisburg on May 16.
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Harrisburg
Frank I. Gollmar
Pittsburgh
Department of Justice
Gollmar
John Robert Jones
New law may save boy's life in Pa murder case
In Pottsville Pennsylvania William Cavalier 15 faces the electric chair for his grandmother's murder. A new Pennsylvania law allows juries to recommend life or death in first degree murder verdicts and Cavalier's defense plans to appeal to the Supreme Court for a new trial. If denied they will seek clemency from the Board of Pardons. the legal battle could last a year.
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Pottsville
UNS
Pennsylvania
William Cavalier
Supreme Court
Koch
Guerin
Pinchot
State Board of Pardons
Army Mourns Miles Death as Funeral Arrangements Set
Washington May 16 INS General Nelson A Miles died suddenly at age 86 while in service. Army plans full military funeral at Arlington with honors. Daughter Cevelig Rabor to arrive from New York, son Major Sherman Miles en route from Constantinople aboard the Leviathan. Miles's career spanned Civil War to Spanish-American War, Indian wars, and beyond.
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Washington
INS
Nelson A. Miles
America
Cevelig Rabor
New York
Sherman Miles
United States
Constantinople
Mites
Arlington National Cemetery
Thal
Spain
Epworth League Installs New Officers After Social
Epworth League of the M E Church held a social and business meeting to close the year. Officers elected for the coming year include President Arthur Penta First Vice President Martha Leech Second Vice President Ruth Rink Third Vice President Geraldine Sylvia Fourth Vice Presidents Lucille Mitchell and Delmont Fisher Secretary Violet Ralaton Treasurer Margaret George and Pianist Sara Wiley. Special thanks were given to Miss Viola Simpson for her cabinet advisory role.
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Heworth League
M. BE. Church
OWS
Arthur Penta
Martha Leech
Vresident
Ruth Rink
Geraldine Sylvia
Lucille Mitchell
Delmont Fisher
Violet Ralaton
Margaret George
Sara Wiley
Viola Simpson
British and Soviet Clash Over Bolshevik Restrictions
London reports protest by Soviet envoy M Rakovsky accusing renewal limits on Soviet officials. Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks voices hard line against influx of Bolshevik supporters. American financier Harriman seeks manganese concession amid talks, with Moscow bond demands and pending agent reports.
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London
INS
England
M. Rakovsky
Austen Chamberlain
Rakovsky
Joyson-Hicks
Home Secretary
W. A. Harriman
Caucasus
Harriman
Moscow
Russia
Bare Wedding After 17 Years In Daly's Theatre
New York May 16 Fiske O Hara star of The Big Mogul at Daly s Theater invited friends to a stage reception on Monday to announce his marriage to Miss Pat Clary his leading woman The announcement notes they have been married for 17 years and reveals a contract clause by Augustus Pitou forbidding public disclosure now resolved with O Hara under his own management.
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New York
Fiske O'Hara
Daly’s Theater
Pat Clary
Mr. O'Hara
Wells Won't Enter Case Sparks Tennessee Evolution Debate
In Wondon on May 16, H. G. Wells declines participation in a controversy over a Tennessee anti evolution law. Invited by Professor John T. Neats to defend against William J. Bryen, Wells says he knows nothing of the case and believes a Wells may have been mistaken for him.
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Wondon
INS
H. G. Wells
Tennessee
Snapes
Wells
John Tt. Neats
William J. Bryen
Community church schedule and special services listed
Morning and evening services across Wakeman and nearby churches with missionary and sermon themes. Denominational listings include Lutheran Episcopal Methodist Presbyterian and Catholic observances with Sunday School times and prayer meetings.
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Ing
Methodist
C. H. Zahniger
Women’s Honk
Second United Pre Sunday School
Noval
Sap Nassim Gergaiy Mission
Buckheit To Visit Eastern Cities For Rugs And Draperies
Th C Buckheit and family leave Lancaster to tour eastern cities including Philadelphia Allentown and New York to buy rugs carpets draperies and interior decorating material En route they will visit friends and relatives before returning home
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Th. C. Buckheit
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Allentown
New York
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Pia
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