November frosts in Florida bring shivers to visitors
Northern visitors flock to Florida as November frosts hit Orange City and surrounding groves. D A Cunningham reports temperatures from 45 to 72 degrees with hopes of a good fruit crop unless another freeze threatens. Growers mark fruit quality and prices while tourists seek escape from cold. Teachers warned against solicitors using schools as ad space in Indiana County.
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Florida
Southland
D. A. Cunningham
Town
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
Indiana County
Jasf, Chapman, Co
Snpt
Starford Red Cross Thanks for Membership Roll Call Support
Starford Pa November 19 1028 gratitude notes accompany Red Cross membership drive amid mining downturns. Membership enrollment totaled $1 plus 5 for Japanese relief from the Sunday school. community contribution brought the total to 100 dollars. Committee signs off with names R L Ketop Mrs Chester Wilhames Mr Albert Kinnan Mrs A B Goodwin and Mrs George Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starford Red Cross
Starford
Red Cross
R. L. Ketop
Chester Wil- Hames
Albert Kinnan
A. B. Goodwin
George Miller
Army Air Service claims U S leads world in aircraft tech gains
Washington reports the United States has taken the lead in airplane motor and aircraft construction. The Army Air Service credits McCook Field and the Bureau of Standards for advances boosting performance and efficiency, citing record-breaking engine power, stronger wings, and metal alloys like duralumin. The De Bothezat helicopter is noted as a pioneering vertical flight project.
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Washington
Army Air Service
United States
Air Service
Air Service Engineering Division
McCook Field
Dayton
Bureau of Standards
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
America
Liberty Motor Triumph
de Bothezat
New Invention Aims to Steady Naval Guns On Ships
Chatham and Wayland report experiments with a scoposcopic instrument intended to abolish ship rolling. The apparatus fitted to two vessels at Chatham dockyard will undergo sea tests. If successful it could revolutionize naval warfare by eliminating the troublesome rolling that plagues heavy battleships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Wayland
Chathan
Heirs to Sue Over Manhattan Lot Valued at 78 Million
Heirs of Robert Hollards claim ownership of property in Manhattan's fifth ward. The tract once leased for 99 years and now valued at over 78 million dollars is contested by Edwards heirs in Kentucky and Obju after a Revolutionary era transfer. The case pits long unsettled titles against present occupants in a high stakes dispute.
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Lexington
New York
Robert Hollards
Robert Biards
Miunhattan
Office boy makes 2500 on 24 investment in Chicago
An office boy bought almanac stamps for 24 and recently sold them for 2500 to Col. BK Green, son of Hetty Green, after a Chicago official-related tale of a proposed 10,000 rent profit. A man offered a block of stamps to a Chicago businessman but was refused.
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Chicago
Jast
Col
Bk, Green
Hetty Green
The Return of Enoch a Turbulent Family Tragedy Tale
A 1923 fiction fragment tells of Hiram Enoch a rich money lender and his son Edward in a fatal inheritance clash. Edward returns home from years away, murders his father to seize a will, and discovers a hidden twist about rightful heirs in a grim town saga.
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Edward Enoch
Shaw
Kiaoch
Edward Booch
Noch
Sid Mrs. Michaelson
Edward A
Enoch
Edward
Dickings
Teddy
Hiram
Cousin Shaw
Willy
Nin
Tram
Tim
Hon
Firaim
Flo
Bit
Dismissing Him Gently At The Shop
A shop chief dismisses a boy who claims weekly pay. The boy, cheery and whistling, pockets a wage and leaves. The chief learns he was never hired and had simply delivered a note from another army. The department manager confirms no hiring took place.
Court Order Fails as Mother Evades Custody Plot
A desperate London or New York style scene shows Lois fleeing with her four month old son Billy after a court grants custody to Sara. Tracked by detectives the mother uses a daring rope escape and a doll swap to hide the child. In a tense chase she outsmarts the constables, slips away with Billy and vanishes.
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Tex
Lois
Billy
Sara
Billonaire
Philip
Nevar
Raidair
Buncoed Religion Lesson in Church Exchange
A humorously sharp exchange between two Methodist and Church of England adherents reveals cynicism about church money. One older man boasts of long attendance and high costs, while the other questions the value of his sacrifices. The dialogue pits pious devotion against financial sentiment in a cobbled conversation.
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Buncoed
Church of England
Indictments Against Railroads and Coal Firms Filed
Two secret federal indictments allege violations of the Sherman Act by the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company and the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company. The charges claim cooperation to withhold demurrage charges, discriminate against other shippers, and grant favors in freight rates around last year’s mining suspension. Evidence ties the coal company to the rail line, with offices in Rochester and Indiana, Pa.
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Buffalo, N
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company
United States
William J. Donovan
A. P. Dispatch
Pittsburgh Gazette
Rochester
Coal Company
Indiana
Orphans Court Sale Ordered in Indiana County
By order of the Orphans Court of Indiana County Pennsylvania dated October 1 1923 there will be exposed to adjourned sale in the Court House at Indiana Indiana County Pennsylvania on HRMS OF BALE.
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Indiana
Connell
Counell
Board of Health
Orphans’ Court
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Tle
J St. Richardugh Sheri
Schioul
Eclock
Wirth and
Chestnut Sta
Thayer & Johson
New Castile
Wirth
School
Arcitects
Board of Education
M. Agnes , Clair
Lyon
Pittsburgh
CliAith
Nuyemiber
Buffington Towin
Wintondale
Wehrun
John J. Blackley
Vinton
West
Peana
Ittvlang
Archie Nichol
Chyer Road
B. Bunyan
Rockview Park
John
Walbsck
Uatager
New Florence
Mechanicsburg
K. Mock
Brushvalley
J. M
Thisingex
Homer City
Ang
Willan Metz
Hamilton
Meigs
Elmer Lydie
Medore
Tadivha
Toulang
Blacklock Valley
Warner
Ana SE al Atethy
Rugh
Brosh
Valley
Comuikstoners
Memorial Hall
Secoond
Borough of Indiana
Mena
Lown
Cothurlastoners
J. Willis Wilson
DOTY
D. I. Botunl
Comuulystoners
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Indiana Progress
the County
A.B. Moormead
A. Ralpis
Moonmead
Badltors
Propristora
Indiana Postaffice
Vphanes A. & C
Thauka and
Petry
Mie
Indianarogress
Ind
Iana
Bell
Marchand Community Club
Marehand
Muse
Reading
Hazel Brown
Elizabeth Hitler
Nathaniel Simpson
Mary Oster
Mia
Mary McIsaac
Violet
Betty Isenberg
Wesly
Eugene Elder
Modeling Paffar
Marchand Star
Hazel Hicks
Novy
Myrtle Diltz
Miss Shaffer
Sarah Brown
Leo
Smitten
George Hicks
Harry Rutchel
Kittanning
Lutheran Church
Clyde
Bevangelist
Kutchel
Niles
DiReach
Kk.hts
Sindth
Dilitown
Ku Klux Klan
Shelacta Grange
Shelocta Grange
Aeronautics
By John Palmer
Pear Union
F. Rinn
John 8. Taylor
H. Wallace Thomas
Burgeys
Fowler & Fowler
Indiana House
Republic
Sue
Fowler & Fowler, Preddilts, Auctionger
G. A. Cribbs
Reyer
Jersey
Conklin Wigan
N. P, Cribbs, G. FL Lohr, Alluttoduer
Acetylene
Indiana Auto Radiator Co
Indiana, Ca
Myra Curtis Lane
Western Newaornot Union
Railroad and Coal Cos
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Atlantic
Fire Island
Siberia
Pierce & Vierce
Ann Holmes
Folowlig
Janis
Penn Mary Coal Co
Martha J. Vultatre
Marie Martin
Johny Tolmes
James BP
McCoy
Judgon Purry
Aun
Olmes
Obert Dunwoody
Indi- Mikal
Dixonville Wall
Lord Raimany
Miller
Norich Tetters
Adaline Vv
Wakefeld
Cherryhil
Jasulnést Sahl
Albert M. Wakepl
District Court of the United States
Western District of
James W. Muck
Joseph S. Gray
Washington Township
Rummoll
J.B. Kors
Creekside
R. D
Jack & Tack
Maguly Shulta
Line Township
Strangetown
Merce & Lerce
Atorneys
Adamnistratain
Joseph Myers
Green Township
Cathering Myers
Adwlolytratrix
Marlon Center
Hn. Wiley
Talomas Peale
Anglucar
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