Convict Pepper’s daring escape and prison break tale
In Popular Mechanics, E T Bronedon recounts how Pepper, known for masked highway robberies using a pepper filled pipe, escaped Clinton Prison by hiding a civilian outfit in his pillow and bursting into the warden’s office with a meat seller boast. A separate breakout involved four convicts tunneling near the prison laundry, where one man sacrificed for the others, delaying a toppled slab with a plank to crawl free, losing a hand in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tepper
Pepper
Clinton
Canada
New York
E.T. Bronedon
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Guild Long in Service Guild of Goldsmiths Dinner in Dublin
An ancient Tish guild the Goldsmiths Corporation held a dinner at the Gresham hotel Dublin, the first since before the war. Its charter granted by Charles I in 1687 established to hall mark gold and silver wares, serving for 280 years while remaining vigilant against fraudulent hall-imarkers. The charter seal bead oath and members roll were shown, with antique silver bowls potato wedges and other items on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsmith's Corporation
Gresham Hotel
Dublin
Charles I
Ind
Front Porch Paint Traps Friend in New Suit
The narrator recounts a Saturday evening in Chicago when a friend visited in a beautiful new suit. They sat on a porch recently painted but not fully dried, causing the friend to ruin the suit and never return. The incident ends with embarrassment and a strained friendship.
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Que
Chicago Tribune
Dorothy Stoneback attends inter church convention
Miss Dorothy Stoneback served as a representative at the Inter Church convention in Jeannette on Friday. Local social notes include dime socials hosted by J. dg. Spackman’s Sunday school class and Mrs Spackman’s girls at D. A. Palmer’s home Friday and Thursday evenings respectively.
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Dorothy Stoneback
Jeannette
Dg. Spackman
Presbyterian Sunday School
D. A. Palmer
Spackman
Joseph Shields
Hlomer City
McFeaters
Shirley House
Edgemont
J. Sides
Vandergrift
W. J. Lyda
B. Thompson
Blairsville
R. Duncan
Pittsburgh
Carrie Jones
J. R. Geary
H. L. Taylor
Little Son
Josephine
Johnstown
Annie Caulfield
Kathrine Williams
Olin Williams
Indiana
William Linton
Philadelphia
William Elder
New Mensington
J. D. Piper
Copley
N. Y
John Myers
Near Town
Lancaster
J. W. Clark
I. M. Raleigh
L. Longnecker
Sumner Graff
Inter Church Movement
Ida Duncan
Lucy Donahey
Lillian Graff
George Wiley
Freeport
John Ward
Latrobe
Jay Brantlinger
Local Gossip and Visitor Notes From Uniontown
Uniontown community notes recount Sunday callers including Will Gray and wife from Tevlock Max Langham relocating from Shanktown to M Leigh and many family visits. Social items mention church attendance Chautauqua trips and travel for work with several residents leaving for Portage and Johnstown as well as illness and family gatherings for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Gray
Tevlock
Max Langham
Shanktown
M@Leigh
Cecil Gromley
Robert
East Mahoning Baptist Church
Gertrude Ruggles
Herbert Hendershot
Woodland
James Langham
Aliss Wilda Garman
Hershel Garman
Mary Hudson
Cockport
Delmont Baker
Leona Beringer
Barnesboro
Laura McClintock
Kintersburg
Church of Christ
James Brilhart
Mary
Martha
Orvie Rickard
Cherry Tree
Numerous local visits and public notices from 1920
Miss Jettrude Rugh visits Mabel Matthew in Cramer while Hove Brink returns home from time with sister Mrs Henry Glasser in Derry. Babies are born to Mr and Mrs Charlie Artemus. Several residents travel to and from Johnstown Indiana and Ohio for visits and business. Multiple school board meetings announced to elect teachers for 1920 21 term with bid calls for coal fuel and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jettrude Rugh
Mabel Matthew
Cramer
Hove Brink
Henry Glasser
Derry
Stork
Charlie Artemus
Charlie Thompson
Harry Wolf
Hmerson
Warren, O
David
Columbus Barracks
Florence Truby
Indiana
Dr. Tonik
Philadelphia
Lincoln Overdorff
Johnstown
G. W. Roser
P. O. Wagner
Cokeville
Clyde McCrea
Hugh Mack
Clyde
M. We
T. Rugh
Ohio
A. W. Overdorff
Howard Cunningham
Lawrence Roser
Charlie Cramer
Blairsville
Charles Stewart
Collins Overdorff
Stewart
Mack Artemus
McCrea
West Wheatfield Township
School Board of
Canoe Independent Mistrict
Tugnla
Rochester Mills
A A. M
TYGER
Pres
Banks Township School Board
Hortons
Mirst
W. A. Smith
Bender
Rossiter
R. D
Coal and Kindling Bid Invitation at Creekside
Creekside invites bids for coal and kindling. Notice to bidders lists Mack Wilsinger as president and notes location Creekside, D. C. and date June 1. Readable fragments suggest formal solicitation with multiple names and stray terms.
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Lin
Allison
Hanging Rock
Larmnon
Cum Jining
Wil
Mack Wilsinger
Creekside
Kt. D
Po Te HUDSON + mneterary
Crepkattle
Anthony and Kline Offer Fall Acid Fertilizer Sale
Anthony and Kline announce fall price reduction on 16 percent Acid Fertilizer advancing to $34 per ton. 60 tons bought at old price will be sold at $28 cash while stock lasts to avoid storage. Orders filled in order received. Also tout three carloads of Bran Middlings and Flour and wholesale carload pricing to clear space. Roofing stock available with quick turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingold
Executor's Notice for Estate of Veter Miller
James W Mack attorney acts as executor for the estate of Veter Miller of Washington township. Letters testamentary granted to the undersigned. Claimants must present claims for settlement and debtors must make prompt payment. John S. Miller Windows, Executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Mack
Veter Miller
Washington Township
Jssin Miller
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C. W. Keith
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Blanche McCrea
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the Farmers’ World
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