Good Soldiers at Chickamauga Win Regimental Honors
The Fifth Regiment at Chickamauga reports Company F and Company D earning marksman honors amid drills and camp routine. Recruits show rapid progress, a Typhoid death in the unit is noted, and camp life shifts include 4:30 a.m. reveille, new attack drill, and daily non commissioned officer schooling.
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Chickamauga
Chickaxaavan
Indiana
F. H. Taylor
Bellefante
Division Hospital
Taylor
Clemens
Twelfth Minneooia Regiment
Hughes
Kelly’s Field
Wiley
Elkin
Don J. Hill
Fatal boiler blast at Homer City mill kills fireman
A boiler explosion at Hughes and Guthrie Lumber Company in Homer City fatally injures Fireman Thomas Neal and injures four others. The blast wrecked two boilers and shattered the smokestack, while 15 mill workers face unemployment until new boilers are installed. Neal died 24 hours after the accident.
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Homer City
Thomas Neal
Hughes & Guthrie Lumber Company
Sloan Nelson
Charles Mikesell
Lowry Perry
Old Soldiers Vote for Free Ride to Grand Army Encampment
Post 28 G A R in this place seeks a Cincinnati trip to attend the encampment this fall. Pittsburg Evening News offers transportation to the post with the most votes. Coupons appear daily, and many friends spread votes including outside the county. John McAdoo received 161 coupons from a Bradock friend. Members are buying papers daily to boost votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
John McAdoo
Braddock
City council to seek viewers for Seventh Street opening costs
At a special meeting Burgess Smith vetoed the ordinance to open Seventh Street. The council will ask the Court to appoint viewers to estimate costs and assess damages to property owners. The street may be widened on the western side to about 90 feet. The council will recommend opening at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Smith
Seventh Street
Conference likely in Indiana this month or August
The congressional conference is expected to convene in Indiana in late July or early August. Nominee Attorney H. M. Jack has named conferees Attorney John Fisher Tom E. Hildebrand and Dr. H. L. McCullough. Additional war news on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
8. M. Jack
John §. Fisher
Tom E. Hildebrand
Deposit Bank
H. L. McCullough
Cookport
Bombardment Advances in Cuba as Shafter Flushes Forces
United States forces press the siege of Santiago with Shafter reporting strengthened lines and reinforcements. Randolph’s 24 heavy guns and a large siege battery join. Spanish defenses flag as bombardment by fleet and army intensifies. Miles arrives with Yale and Columbia. a flag of truce is seen after shelling causes a church explosion.
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Garcia
Descaninos
Santiago
Starrin
War Department
Shatter
Randolph
Key West
Shafter
Toral
Corbin
Yale Arrives At Santiago With Miles And Staff
The auxiliary cruiser Yale reached Santiago yesterday with General Miles and part of Garretson's brigade aboard after a fast run from Charleston. Miles met Admiral Sampson and later spoke with General Shafter by signal wires. Shafter remains in command under written instructions from the secretary of war, with no plan to supersede him. The Yale carried the Sixth Massachusetts. the Columbia carried a battalion of the Sixth Timois. Dispatches from Shafter describe plans to renew bombardment and complete the investment of Playa del Este, with reinforcements and casualty reports following.
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Santiago DE Cuna
Vie
Playa del Este
Santiago
United States
Newark
Signal Corps
New York
Brooklyn
Indiana
Shafter
Yale
Nelson A. Miles
Columbia
Sampson
General Miles
Biboney
Washington
War Department
Garretson
Admiral Sampson
General Shafter
Miles
Charleston
Santia
Massachusetts
Garrettson
Timois
Henry
Goodrich
St. Louis
Siboney
Hanors
Puly
Charles W. Rowell
Peter Nelson
N. J. Lutz
Charles Jenks
Charien Lemiki
Nelson Gollpert
Pennsylvania Republicans rally for unity in big campaign
Philadelphia July 11 three P s Protection Prosperity and Patriotism are the watchwords of Pennsylvania Republicans this year. State Chairman Elkin aims for a united front to back Judge Wickham’s vacancy and likely nomination of William D. Porter. The party vows a broad, issue driven campaign to elect Governor Stone, with plans to mobilize the full vote and avoid factional disputes amid war era sentiment.
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Elkin
Stone
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Hikin
Republican Organization
Wickham
William D. Porter
Pittsburg
Hastings
State Committee
Republican Party
Colonel Stone
Wil
My. Elkin
Commonwealth
Jenks
Dr Swallow
Swallow
Business in Court Delivers Two Divorces and Other Matters
Judge White presided in a short session noting two divorces granted and one filed. Adoptions, lunacy inquiries, and a habeas corpus case were heard. A vacation notice by the Law Association sets July 12 to August 13 with no court sessions or legal actions during the break. A picnic location is being chosen for August 13.
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Adamaes
Pine Flats
Maggie Ides
OA. M. Harbison
Young Township
Henry Dorsch
Jennie R. Henry
Wm. T. Buterbaugh
Frank Henry
Commonwealth Va
John Welch
James Crogsman
Welch
White
Law Association
J. N. Banks
J. Telford
Fire destroys barn and house on twin farms
A barn at Samuel McGee’s East Mahoning township homestead burned Saturday around 2 PM with no stock or crops saved. Children left in charge fled as flames spread. contents partly insured for 700 dollars. Nearby Wilson Thomas home in Rayne township also burned Monday morning during breakfast prep, roof fully ablaze. items lost, insured with Patrons Mutual.
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Samuel McGee
East Mahoning Township
Mr. McGee
McGee
Thompson
Wilson
County Superintendent Hammers to Finish Teachers Examinations
County Superintendent A M Hammers will complete the teachers examinations this week with aid from Prothonotary Elder Peeler. Large classes have attended exams across districts. Saturday saw White township exams at the Third and Fourth ward schools with 49 present. Exams continued Monday at Kellysburg and Tuesday at Cookport. Additional sessions scheduled at Gettysburg Thured Smithport Locust Bane and Rochester Mills through Friday and Saturday.
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A. M. Hammers
Elder Peeler
Stracet
White Township
Kellysburg
Cookport
Gettysburg
Smithport
Locust Bane
Rochester Mills
Eleven Teachers Pass in School District Exam
Eleven teachers succeed in the district certification or evaluation process as reported by the local school board. Names and school assignments are not fully listed in the readable text. The milestone marks multiple staff members achieving credentialing or passing required standards.
White County Superintendent Examines Class for Fall Teaching
In White County the superintendent reviewed the class structure as plans for fall instruction were outlined. Details remain limited as officials assess staffing and curriculum implications for the upcoming term.
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Thomas Nesl
Ne Connell
Seventh Street Project
Spain
Wasninetoy
Playa del Esta
Heapquarters
Firra Corps
St. Paul
Bompurisa
Smaonzix
Cuba
Adjttant General
Sampzon
Sanpoon
Camara
Gamara
White County
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