Silas Trent Hoax Memorial Hidden in a Box
In 1920 a village tale centers on Susan Deborah Mills Fisher Trent who wed Silas Trent after marrying two others. After Silas dies from overeating hot dogs, Susan claims a small box around her neck holds his “memoria.” Rumors swirl as reporters seek the mystery until a dental visit reveals the box’s true purpose, ending the hoax.
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Susan Deborah Mills Fisher Trent
Want
Mr. Mills
Susan
Mr. Fisher
Green Hill
Fisher
Fowe's Center
Mr. Trent
Silent Trent
Tyle
Trent
Silas
Susan Deborah Mills
Bilas Trent
Indnus
Silas Trent
Shuos
Adana Exposures and Sights Stir Occidental Samaritan Faint
A stop in Adana, scene of 1909 Armenian massacres and 1915 deportations, offers a vivid tableau of Cilicia’s heat, dust, and bustling streets. The author notes flat-roofed houses, crowded markets, diverse passersby including Turks, Armenians, and missionaries, and a river scene with water carriers and a centuries-old bridge.
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Adana
Agai
Dames G. Tlarberd
Worl
Cilli
Alluvint
Hazar
French Oriental Legion
Bagar
Justin
Bold Bandits See Cash and Jewels Shipped in Silent Heist
A dozen men in two cars quietly moved about 50 million in cash and securities from Citlens National Bank at 320 Broadway to Chemfeal tent bank at 270 Broadway on a recent Sunday. They also transferred nearly 1 million in silver plate and jewelry tucked into safe deposit boxes. Eight officers, three in uniform and five in plain clothes, guarded the transfer.
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New York
Citlens National Bank
Broadway
Chemfeal Tent Bank
Penn Run Community Notes and Visits
Dan Nicewonger and brother Arch ie fish along the Juniata river in the Nicewonger car. Town residents attended the Indiana fair last week and many visited relatives in Blairsville and Johnstown. Various social visits include Mrs D G Strong with Mrs W W Barr near Sheloca, Mr and Mrs W B Evans of New Kensington at J W Burkhart’s, Miss Annie Pyock returning to school, and many others sharing weekends with relatives or at events such as a corn roast at Hardscrabble.
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Dan Nicewonger
Archie
Clair Chapman
Arthur Strong
Juniata River
Nicewonger
D. G. Strong
W. W. Barr
Sheloca
W. 8. Evans
New Kensington
J. W. Burkhart
Annie Pyock
Martie Adams
Cleveland
Merritt Adams
John Rose
Johnstown
Penn Run
Dan Wipfield
Blairsville
Mary Fyock
Clair Black
Ohio
Lowry Houck
Guy Stewart
Adam Widdowson
Vandersgrift
Hidna
Elsie Householder
Alonzo Singer
Indiana
H. J. McCoy
Wilkinsburg
A. J. Stewart
Harry
Olive Coup of Pittsburgh Visits Parents in Brushvalley
Olive Coup from Pittsburgh visits her parents in Brushvalley. Mr and Mrs Stanley Allen spent Sunday with her parents, Mr and Mrs G T McCrea. A lecture by Prof Ernest Work of Indiana will be held Friday evening at the M B H church, all are invited.
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Olive Coup
Pittsburgh
Stanley Allen
G. T. McCrea
M.bh
Ernest Work
Indiana
Everlasting Youth in the Picture of the Skiddie
A reflective piece argues for preserving childlike wonder as a creed against growing up. It contrasts a philosopher’s view that where children are the golden age, with the world’s rule that children must mature.
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Philadelphia Street
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First National Bank
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Uncle Sam
Okeh
Progress
Synidicnte
Meet
R. W. Furnas Yee Crenim Company
Confcrence Fund
Indianapolis
Charg
St. “'Pruth
Sloum
Tlinapolis
Eben Velock
Baltimore Sun
Brushvalley
Pullman
Cherry Tree, PA
Opie Read
Dick” Thompson
Douglass
Conklin Wagons
J. S. Hileman
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