Lawrence County Primaries Turn On Local Option Battles
Saturday's Lawrence County results show a tight contest in several races with local option sentiment strong. Weingartner won the district law race with a large Beaver County lead to overcome, while Acheson and Tener disputed the congressional result. Phillips elected treasurer as Agnew finished first and Wallace Reynolds secured assembly seats. Returns indicate close contests for county officer posts and auditor.
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Weingartner
Lawrence Co
White
Beaver
Agnew
Phillips
Lawrence County
Assembly
R. L. Wallace
Walter S. Reynolds
George T. Weingartner
State
Senate
Congress
Weingartner Leads in County Returns as Agnew Wins County
Acheson carried six of twenty city precincts with gains in country districts. Weinmartner outpolled Emory and White statewide, while Beav er county gave White a fair share but not enough. Agnew led county treasurer race. Andrews easily defeated Haley for prothonotary and clerk. Commissioner race turnout remained uncertain. Continued on Sixth Page.
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Acheson
Washington County
Beaver County
George T. Weinfartner
Emory and
White
Weingartner
William E. Aye
Frank L. Bigham
Agnew
Charles H. Andrews
John B. Haley
Saturday Nomination Republican Ticket Details
Delegates to National Convention include W. Moore and Thomas W. Phillips with alternates Dr William Cook and Joseph A Herron. State Convention delegates list Ball Eckles Ligo Norris. Congress John Tener. State Senate George Weingartner. Legislature Walter Reynolds and Robert Wallace. county offices include Treasurer William Agnew Prothonotary Charles Andrews and commissioners James McMillin and John Pitts. Continued on Page Ten.
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W. 8
Moore
Thomas W. Phillips
Dr. Williams
Cook
Joseph A. Herron
Chas
F. Ball
Thomas M. Eckles
Joseph E. Ligo
Judson C. Norris
George T. Weingartner
Walters. Reynolds
Robert L. Wallace
William E. Agnew
Charles H. Andrews
James A. McMillin
John F. Pitts
Five Perish As Chelsea Is Ravaged By Fire
Chelsea, April 13. A massive fire destroyed more than a third of the city with 9 million dollars in losses. About 10,000 are homeless, 5 dead, 2 more feared dead, 200 to 800 injured, and nearly 100 missing. The blaze covered 484 acres and a militia guard was placed around the ruins. The Sixth Massachusetts regiment was mobilized to protect survivors and property. Liquor licenses were canceled in nearby East Boston and Charleston. Relief efforts began as Mayor Beck urged aid from across the state.
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Boston
Chelsea
United States Naval Hospital
Massachusetts Military Regiment
Charleston
John E. Beck
Primaries Vote For Contested Offices in Every Precinct
Voters in the county head to the polls in a countywide primary featuring contested seats across multiple precincts. Ballots list numerous candidates, with totals and layouts reflecting extensive selection across districts and warded areas.
Miss Alice Hoover Found Dead in Mt Jackson Home
Miss Alice Hoover, over 50, was found dead by neighbor Burleigh Clark in her Mt Jackson kitchen about 11 am Monday. She had not been seen since last Monday and may have died of apoplexy. she lived alone after her parents died and leaves two brothers Homer and Otis Hoover and a half sister Mrs P J Gaskill.
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Burleigh Clark
Mt. Jackson
Alice Hoover
Miss Hoover
Miss Hoover’sody
New Castle
Homer
Otis Hoover
P. J. Gaskill
Local option loses in Western Pennsylvania counties
Western Pennsylvania counties report local option candidates defeated in Venango Washington Westmoreland Blair and Cambria. In Greater Pittsburgh and Allegheny County the wets lost handily while Lawrence Mercer counties show split results. Some counties like Fayette Green Indiana and Beaver Await final tallies as counts remain close.
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United Press
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Venango
Washington
Westmoreland
Blair
Cambria
Allegheny County
Lawrence
Mercer
Somerset
Armstrong
Fayette
Green
Indiana
Beaver
Landslide Victory for Tener Forces in Washington County
Unofficial figures show Tener carried Washington County by nearly 4200 over Acheson in a sweeping landslide. The local option slate for assembly was wiped out as voters favored change. Beaver and Lawrence counties showed mixed results with delegates Thomas W. Phillips and W S Moore prevailing amid opposition currents.
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Washington
Tener
Acheson
Assembly
Beaver County
Washington County
Lawrence County
Thomas W. Phillips
W. S. Moore
Monongahela
Commemoration Services Held Throughout Week at Central Presbyterian
Central Presbyterian church conducts daily services all week in preparation for Easter. Palm Sunday messages set the tone with themes of faith, contemplation, and fellowship, ending in an Easter program and cantata. Rev. Barnes, recently at Eastbrook Road, may receive a call to Central Christian church within a week.
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Central Presbyterian Church
God
Jesus
Barnes
Eastbrook Road
Central Christian Church
Shenango Glass Plant May Resume Work in New Castle
Shenango works of the American Window Glass company may restart operations soon. Daniel Hayes arrives to oversee repairs at Shenango, with two possible plants in Washington and New Castle under consideration, while Shenango’s long dormancy shows the plant in good repair and ready for quick reactivation.
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American Window Glass Company
New Castle
Shenango
Daniel Hayes
New Kensington
The
Glass Company
Hayes
American Glass Company
Washington
Glass Trust
Mr. Hayes
Shenango Works
Lawrence
West Washington Street
Washington Street
No St Anthony's Service Cancelled Tuesday
Moving pictures at St Vitus church lead to cancellation of the regular St Anthony's service Tuesday evening. Public showings are at Monday 7 30 pm Tuesday 2 pm and 7 30 pm with sacred subjects. Ten Italian girls will sing, trained by Miss Mary Martin.
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St. Vitus
Mary Martin
Deaths and Names in Local Notice
Death record notices list Miss Eliza Ralph of 75 Walnut Street and J W Boak of 72 Princeton as deceased with ages unknown. Other listed deceased include Frank W Cunningham 40 Pittsburg and Mrs John Glasser 81 Perry Township along with Stanislaw Matyanowski 18 Magee Street, Miss Alice Hoover, Mr Jackson, Mrs William Stankard 64 Scott William Ewing 72 and Wamnpam.
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Eliza Ralph
Walnut Street
Frank W. Cunningham
Pittsburg
John Glasser
Perry Township
Stanislaw Matyanowski
Magee Street
J. W. Boak
Princeton
Alice Hoover
Jackson
William Stankard
Scott Township
William Ewing
Wamnpam
Also Mentioned on This Page
John K. Tener
George Weingartner
Beaver Counties
W. S. Reynolds
William Feagnew
Squire McMillen
Lawrence Close
Charles Andrews
J. Long
M. W. Young
B. Beav
Sai
Wil
Boro
North
Perry
Pulaski
Scott
Wayne
Wilm
S. Rock
Little Bear
Mahon
Hickory
Shenan
St Sotstsa
Ellwood
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