Kenton’s Airplane Mystifies Town With Gift
Kay Delbert watches Swift Kenton’s silver hydroplane performing daring dives over the lake. Grandparents debate his stability while Steggie fears the show. A gold wrapped package lands on Kay with air mail letters and a parchment promising communication through swift flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Delbert
Kay
Ile
Swift Kenton
Tomarry
Reggie Bell
Negele Bell
Grandmother Delbert
Steggie
Betwen
Grandfather
Swift
Grandfather Delbert
Reggies
Pebberts
Regie
Scarlet
Regale
Grandmother
Reggie
Kenton
Delberts
Stegere
Key
Young Rosber's Pity Triggers Ballistic Robbery Gang
New York youths aged 14 to 18 formed a gang called The Little Cherry Otl Mob and robed a junk shop on November 1. William Carling, 15, led detectives to a freary street headquarters where seven members were arrested after officers found three revolvers and a half can of chloroform. Detected by Carling’s capture, the group confessed to multiple holdups, while one member Antonio Lorenzo, 18, a prizefighter, was later arrested in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Crapman
Drapman
Hig
James I. Lane
William Carling
Carling
Lane
Freary Street
Arthur Stavrakas
Charles Vernivek
Nunzio Lizao
Abraham Cohen
Philip Klrakos
Antonio Lorenzo
Brooklyn
German cities push bird friendly 11 story Munich complex
Munich unveils a skyscraper town feature with 11 stories and 500 wall openings for swallows swifts kestrels and other birds. nest niches filled with sand, aiming to inspire other German cities to adopt bird friendly housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralk
Munich
Bird Love's
Ten British Judges Are 700 Years Old
The ages of ten judges in the King's bench aggregate nearly seven hundred years. Lord Hewart, the Lord Chief Justice, is seventy. Doctors attribute the high average age to late career appointment after proving success as lawyers. Lord Hewart was appointed at asty lwo. Justicate, Senior Chroneery judge, is seventy four, appointed at fifty one. Lord Merrivale, head of Probate Divorve and Admiralty division, is seventy five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
King’s Bench
Lord Hewart
Lord Wewart
Astylwo
Justicate
Lord Merrivale
Auto Starts In Gear Crashes Through Window At Royal Cafe
In Cordele Georgia at the Royal cafe a car moved in gear and rammed the storefront window. The vehicle stopped at the inner wall after breaking the pane. Hoffer assessed damage with the owner's estimate and left. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
Royal Cafe
TFP
Hoffer
Salem Police Heroism in Bush Rescue Tale
In Salem Oregon a policeman nabbed a thief who ran for cover and became entangled in a blackberry bush. The suspect was suspended by branches as officers removed him and completed the arrest.
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Salem
Ore
Fire destroys warehouse in blaze tied to earlier minor fire
Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports a spectacular warehouse fire left a smoking ruin after a smaller blaze earlier in the day. The owner alerted the first alarm, contractors were consulted, and a Sunday school record was cited as a reason to spare harsher details about the owner’s response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Volcanic Islands as Earth Safety Valves
National Geographic Society Bulletin explains how volcanic islands like Niunfou act as safety valves for Earth’s interior. The article notes falcon like islands rising from a vast fissure between Samoa and Fiji, offering vents for molten mass and posing landing dangers for steamers approaching green tropical shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niuafou
Tonga
Samoa
Fiji
South Pacific
North Island
New Zealand
Niunfou
Falcon
Tropic
National Geographic Society Bulletin
Farmer Tests Planting Spacing With Cabbages
A farmer asks a laborer to plant winter cabbages well apart. The laborer reports he planted some in the farmer’s garden and some in his own, asking if that is far enough apart, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding about spacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
George
London
Palm Tree as Symbol of Judea in Jewry History
Montreal Star notes the palm as the national tree of the Holy Land, Judah Maccabaeus engraving it on coins for Jewry’s victory, and Vespasian stamping Judea’s defeat, linking the palm to ancient and modern Jewish identity as oil, timber and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
England
Holy Land
Judah Maccabaeus
Vespasian
Judea
Montreal Star
Chivalry in 1867 Prov Journal on street etiquette
The Providence Journal of July 18, 1867 argues in a satirical tone that a man need not apologize when stepping on a lady's train. It asserts a woman's right to use the sidewalk challenges the idea of mutual respect in public space, framing etiquette as a social claim rather than a chivalric duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I.) Journal
Market Square
Kansas City Times
Chinese Immigration to the United States Before 1848
Immigration records show no Chinese laborers in the United States before 1848. From 1840 to 1850 only 35 arrived, but in the next decade 41,807 entered at the San Francisco port. By around 1870 coolie migration became a political issue and the 1880 treaty allowed the United States to regulate or suspend new Chinese laborer immigration, but not ban it outright.
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California
United States
San Francisco
Recent Deaths and Funeral Services in Western Pennsylvania
Obituary notices span James IT Ruffner and Mrs W H Truby to George Dible and Elizabeth Long. The afflicted include Ruffner of Pittsburgh, Truby of Apollo, Doverspike of Porter, Dible of Murraysville, Long of Bolivar, Hess of Chicago native to Rochester Mills, and Malinda Stouffer of Hillside. Services conducted by local pastors. interments in Oakland, Apollo, Murraysville, Bolivar cemeteries. Survivors include spouses, children, and multiple siblings across Indiana and Westmoreland counties.
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James IT. Ruffner
James Thomas Ruffner
Pittsburgh
Indiana
William H. and
Mary (Simpson) Ruffner
Mt. Washington Free
J. A. Ruffner
Town
Charles Ruffner
Glendale
Calif
W. OF
Truby
Apollo
W. H. Truby
Clarksburg
Parks Township
Armstrong County
Emma Blose
Andrew
Malinda Blose
Winchester Hill Truby
Grace Flickinger
F. G. Truby
Guy K. Truby
John Blose
Kalispell
Mont
Edward Blose
Whitesburg
R. H
Emanuel Doverspike
Porter
Jefferson County
Indiana County
George Lettie
Elwin Gahagan
Hannah Noll
Ezra
Wesley
Millie Doverspike
Putneyville
William
Dayton
Boyd
Oakland
John Cunningham
Birdville
Sarah Griner
Traverse City
Mich
Winifred McMillen
R.D.1
George Dible
Murraysville Presbyterian Church
Murraysville
Penn Township
Westmoreland County
Fred Thompson
Murrhysville
Ira Dible
William Dible
Armstrong Township
This County
Samuel Dible
O. H. Ferguson
Avonmore
L. A. Aber
Elizabeth Long
Bolivar
H. M. McKelvey
James EB. Long
John
Robert
Benjamin
Thomas Long
Clark
Altoona
George
Vandergrift
George Armour
Clairton
Grant Hess
Chicago
Rochester Mills
George and
Mary Heas
Ada Bush
Greenville
HH. M. Tess
Punxsutawney
D. N. Barber
Near Clymer
Winter Park, Florida
Malinda Stouffer
Hillside M. E
Hillside Cemetery
Hillside
Warren
Millie Hunter
Blairsville
William Casner
William Hill
Les Vie Stouffer
Reggie Stouffer
Derry Township
Blairsville and Indiana Obituary Samplings and notices
Obituaries and notices from Blairsville and Indiana recount Mary E. Miller death interment at Blairsville cemetery with surviving children, Emma B. Cornelius death in Chicago and burial in Cherryhill township Manor cemetery, six month old Phyllis Joyce Moore funeral in Blairsville, John Evang sudden Pittsburgh death. Local items include Lucerne school teachers institute program, Rev McIlvaine Florida trip, benefit play for Indiana Free Library, Clymer Lions Club welfare efforts, Pine Valley Coal Mine tragedy, Indiana Country Club new board governors, and a short humorous exchange about a miniature golf incident.
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Emma B. Cornelius
Bell Funeral Home
Town
Manor
Cherryhill Township
Chicago
Chariton Cbornelius
Compton
Ohio
Elvy Bowers
Johnstown
Jennie Evans
Pittsburgh
Phyllis Joyce Moore
Phyllis Joyce
Norman Moore
Blairsville
Wife and husband debate crossing with a wistful sigh
A fond wife asks if he will wait for her on the other shore. He sighs and answers he has never gone anywhere without waiting for her, echoing a Pathfinder tale of shared journeys and patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathfinder
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Hoch Dee
Rosber
Junkman
Madison Street
Jarling
Nunzio Izzo
Children's Society
Children's Court
SAU
Dombs Court
W Dienay Bath
Sullivan
Vernigek
Lucy
Graff
Blacklick M
Mary E. Miller
Fol
Mary Emma Hollis
Harry E. Miller
Harry
Elmer
Charles
Wilse Mellon
Gertrude Orr
Bertha Sutherland
Buffalo
John Evang
John Barr
J. E. Lewis
S. 13Th Street
Roy Henry
Teachers’ Institute
Lucerne School
Center Township
Lucerne
D. B. Risinger
Miss Dorn
Deginney
Ruddock
Labeda
Miss Dick
Reading
Pilkington
Pace
James F. Chapman
Noon
Harry Stewart
Mr. Bracken
EB. Risinger
Miss McCrea
Southland
John J. McIlvaine
First United Presbyterian Church of
Melivaine
George B. Hartt
Pasadena
H. J. Rose
First Synod of the
West
United Presbyterian Church
Indiana High School
Little Theater Players
New Qentury Club
Indiana Free Library
Clymer Lions Club
John Davis
W. E B. Oakes
J. 5. Brogess
J. W. Ranin
Pine Valley Coal Company
Hastings
Frank Woodley
Leslie Lee
Mahaffey
Woodley
Lee
Harry J. Hinterleitner
Paul Emerson
Walter Whitmyre
The
Indiana Country Club
Depew
Buckingham
Troutman’s
Indiana's Shopping Center
People’s Shoe
Fuller Peppa
Tye
Indiana Motor Company
Opp
P. B. R. Sta
North Eighth Street
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