Shadowing Passengers Over Jewels In a Police Plot
A Philadelphia man describes a tense train journey from the Russian border to St. Petersburg where a fellow traveler with a brown beard shadows him. The pair later reveal swapped identities, a jewel case, and mistaken motives as they exchange cards and humor in a dangerous game of suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Philadelphia
Count Denizoff
Secret Police
Thatmateur Detective Service of America
Frank Bartholow
France’s St Pierre and Miquelon A Factual Misclaim
A dubious report claimed France would buy and the United States sell St Pierre and Miquelon off Newfoundland. Paris dispatches deny any basis. The islands, 93 square miles with 6,362 people, are a minor French possession with little vegetation and limited strategic value.
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France
United States
Newfoundland
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Paris
London Post
Christian Endeavors to Meet District Convention at Kellysburg
A district Christian Endeavor convention will be held in the hall at Kellysburg on next Sabbath evening. The program includes prayer by Mrs Annie M Brown, singing of Abiding Influence by Ruby Shields and Frank Bloc, declamation by Walter McHenry, quartette Gold or God by Mrs Davidson and Mary McElhoes, solos Open the Gates of the Temple by Ed Caldwell and Jessie Davidson, recitations by Ruth Foresman and Edna McGara, and a benediction led by Nettie Condron with topics on character and decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellysburn Stebbath
Christian Endeavor
Kellysburg
Annie M. Brown
Ruby Shields
Frank Bloc
Walter Mc Henry
Davidson
Mary Mc-Elhoes
Caldwell
Nettie Condron
Ruth Foresman
Mary Woodward
Mary Foresman
Edna McGara
Jessie Davidson
Excursion to Niagara Falls by Brufalo line
Indiana gains its first direct rail to Niagara Falls with a special fast train on July 16 leaving Indiana at 7 30 p m and arriving Buffalo by 3 p m then Niagara Falls at 4 p m The round trip costs 85 00 and tickets are valid five days with travel possible any regular train before July 20 The trip promises the shortest record time to the falls and a dramatic display of nature’s forces.
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Indiana
Niagara Falls
Brufalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway
Buffalo
Falls
Bultala
Niagara
Falla
Sneak Thieves Target Rugs and a Rocking Chair
Thieves on Monday night carried two rugs from Dr. John St. Clair’s porch on Philadelphia Street and a rocking chair from the Fourth of July porch. The culprits are known and will avoid prosecution if they return the items. Photographs available briefly at Kerr’s studio. Also notes on a bar gain sale and job ads for shoe polishing and celery plants.
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John St. Clair
Philadelphia
Bargain Sale Offers Household Utensils and Decor
A local sale advertises 53 piece dinner sets flower decorations and crystal glassware at low prices. Items include 8 inch crystal glass nappies etched top 10c 3 for 10c etched crystal tumblers 3 for 10c Lenox soap 7 cakes 25c Grandma's Washing Powder 5c Mrs Pots sad irons set of three 5 6 7 pound 79c iron holders 5c metallic bottomed wash boilers household scales 24 pound capacity $1 each boxed.
Necktie Special Offers Cheap Ties
A local advert touts an excellent opportunity to buy good neckties at very low prices.
July Sale Shirt Waists and Fabrics Discounts
July sale offers shirt waists once priced 1.25 to 2.50 now 49c. Beautiful dotted voiles in champagne and other shades at 13c. A piece of brocaded Empire silk champagne color originally 50c now 25c.
Silk parasol sale offers deep discounts
Great bargains in silk parasols with blue black and colored shades. The lot will be sold quickly while supply lasts. Prices drop from $4.00 to $3.00 to $2.00 and lower. Children’s sun shades also heavily discounted from $1.50 to 75c and $1.00 to 50c with some items at 25c. Limited quantities.
Hats and straw shapes in Manila straw prices
A fragment lists hat styles and prices including yacht shape Manila straw at $2.00, Manila straw at 50c, boys and children sunnets at 50c, 25c, and a Loy 39c 39e 15c tag, indicating a sale or price catalog for hats and straw goods.
Bargain Hats and Boys Waists Cut Deeply
A local ad highlights price cuts on hats from 2 dollars to 1 dollar and caps from 50 cents to 37 cents. It notes Panama shapes and a job lot of boys waists lowered to 37 cents, with some 10 cent items mentioned.
Preserving Time Mason Jar Sale and Crude Goods
Catalog note lists Mason jars with basement availability at 50 cents a dozen and white rubber rings at 5 cents a dozen. It also catalogs stone cracks of varying sizes and glass containers priced per gallon three to ten cents, indicating a miscellaneous salvage or hardware sale.
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Rebou
Rolin
Lyons
Rollin
Foster
Samuel Hill
Seattle
Washington
Hill
Washington Post
Oliver Typewrter
Kerr
O'Hara
K. Lee Perry
South Hurth Street
Kerr's
Tiffany’s
South Seventh Street
Cunningham Store
Oxfords
Neff & Son
Philadelphia St
Penna
the Savings & Trust Co. of
Indiana, Pa
Savings & Trust Company
Victor Roler
David Ellis & Son
Penn Roller Flour Mills
Wallace Dry Goods Co
J.C. Wallace & Son, Proprie
Philadelphia Street
Dugan Glass Company
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