Week's Centennial Celebration Opens in Normal Town
Slippery Rock starts the centennial week with a broad program in Normal Town New Castle prominently featured The Consistory Choir will perform a sacred concert Sunday at 2 30 p m in the normal school chapel with the Normal School choir directed by Miss Marion Garberich Sermon by Rev S C Gamble D D pastor of Butler's Second United Presbyterian Church and an Union service that evening marks the day The week continues with Woman's Day Monday including a ball game at Normal School field and the opening program of the Athletic field centennial celebrations continuing through the week.
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Slippery Rock
Sebbath School
Normal School
New Castle
Normal School Cnapal
Mias
Marlon Garberich
C. Gam‘ble
D. D
Second United Presbyterian Church of
Butler
Feld
Attorney Marshall Called To Bedside Of His Injured Son
Pittsburgh dispatch reports attorney Rody P. Marshall rushing to Narragansett Hospital to be with his 16 year old son Rody Jr whose spine fracture from a shallow bay dive left him gravely ill. Doctors say the boy’s condition worsened prompting urgent travel from Europe by his parents.
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Marshall
Orparionts News Service
Pittsburgh
Rody P. Marshall
Rody, Jr
Narragannsett Hospital
Rody
Narragansett Bay
Winter Time Song Fragments From Errant OCR
Fragmented OCR note presents a winter themed verse about ice snow and bleak meadow. The text shifts to a lighter line about sunnier times and vacation, then mentions today and a broken date placeholder T7. The piece appears as stray poetic lines rather than a news item or notice.
Paris to New York in thirty-six hours plan
Paris to New York in 38 hours by airloom nears. ace Paul Tarascon aims to fly about early September in a custom monoplane with Francote Coll as navigator. Tarascon says American applicants including three girls seek passage for the $25,000 Orteig prize. the girls claim cooking skills and determination.
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Paris
New York
Harold J. T. Horan
International News Service
Raymond Orteig
Paul Tarascon
Francote Coll
Tarascon
International
Sudden death of vaudeville actor at Majestic Hotel
Thomas Toner of New York City died in his hotel room in Chicago under suspected circumstances. Police detained chorus girl Miss Freda Uhie of Parkersburg West Virginia after she reported the death and claimed they had met a month earlier. Indications pointed to heart disease, but an inquest was pending.
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Thomas Toner
New York City
Toner
Misa Uhie
John Farrell
Detective Bureau
Indianapolis
Chicago
Majestic’ Theatre
Misa Cupid
Misa Uhle
Hota
Ellsworth Arrives in Hoboken After Arctic Expedition
Lincoln C. Ellsworth, American member of Harold Amundsen's North Pole flight, arrives in Hoboken aboard the Frederick. He praises the crew’s spirit, recalls cutting through three hundred tons of snow and sea with three shovels and knives, and notes no discouragement during disaster. He then departs for New York.
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International
Hoboken
N. J
Lincoln C. Ellsworth
Haold Amundsen
North Pole
Elle‘worth
Ellgworth
Trerich
Ellsworth
New York
King Emmanuel Grants Amnesty Decree in Italy
King Victor Emmanuel signed a decree granting amnesty for all political crimes in Italy. Those imprisoned for political offenses excluding murder will be released. The announcement marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the King's accession to the throne.
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International News Service
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Rioting in Nanking Over Wage Dispute Leaves Five Dead
Nanking August 1 narrative reports a surge of violence as workers of the International Export Company attack the plant after a wage settlement dispute. Five people are killed, one Englishman captured, and several Chinese wounded. British residents evacuated to warships on the Yangtze while patrols restore order.
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Nanking
Ome Engpsnyavic
Waa
Yangtsa
International Export Company
Nanking University
Japanese Royalty Pays Respects To Dead Ambassador
Japanese Emperor and Empress attend to death of Edgar A Bancroft ambassador to Japan. Crown Prince Hirohito joins emblems in official condolences at the American Embassy. Funeral at St Andrew's Tokyo officiated by Bishop McKim. Body sent to Yokohama for transport aboard cruiser Tama, sailing August 6.
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International News Service
Tokyo
Edgar A. Bancroft
Aooerto
Japan
Yoshihito
Empress Gadake
Hirohito
Nagako
Bencroft
St. Andrew's Church
John McKim
Episcopal
Karuizawa
Lae ‘Land McAfee
McCormick Theological Seminary of
Chicago
Will -Hain State
St. Andrew’s
Yokohama
Tama
United States
Magee Will Not Seek Re-Election In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh mayor William A Magee announces he will not seek another term. The decision was made at a morning conference in the executive office and a formal statement is to follow. Administration followers are expected to back Judge Charles H Kline in the mayoralty contest.
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Magee
Pittsburgh
Bull Pim
International News
Wilam A. Magee
Seak
Charles H. Kline
Was Bryan a member of the Ku Klux Klan
Washington reports from Ohio say Klan chapters held memorial services for William Jennings Bryan and displayed banners praising him as the greatest Klansman while local officials say they have heard his name in councils but are uncertain. Bryan family members declined to discuss the matter.
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Cincernational News Service
Washington
William. Jennings Bryan
Ku Klux
Fire losses heavy during July despite few fires
Fire records show thirteen fires in July with total losses just under 25 000. Major damage occurred at the Frank and Harrison store on the seventh, with an estimated loss near 24 000.
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Frank and Harrison
Widow Of WJ Bryan To Complete Memoirs Of Commoner
The widow of William Jennings Bryan will finish his personal memoirs, begun with him and partially written before his death, and plans to publish a full account of his turbulent political and religious career. She will travel from Washington to Miami to begin the task, with her son confirming the effort and noting her collaboration on missing portions from Bryan’s notes. The project aims to cover his life from early congressional days through presidential campaigns to his final hours.
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William K. Hutchinson
Arlington
William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Miami
Fla
William Jennings Bryan, Sr
Snld
Bryan
Dayton
Lafayette
Continue Rigid Search For Thug In Michigan
Police intensify hunt for William Merne Chuck, the sole escapee among five wine shop bandits who attacked the Drake hotel. Rewards total 7000 dollars as officers pursue leads toward Detroit and Holland Michigan.
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International News Service
Chicago
Drake Hotel
William Mernechuck
Michigan
Detroit
Marriage Licenses for New Castle and Wooster Couples
Joseph A. Harvey and Mary C. Davis in New Castle. Vasillos Mataastos and Mary M. Atter in New Castle. Edward E. Stewart and Anna Be Beck in Wooster.
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Joseph A. Harvey
Mary C. Davis
New Castle
Vasillos Mataastos
Mary M. Atter
Youngerown
Edward E. Stewart
Wooster Anna Be Beck
Wooster
Army and Navy Store Robbed on East Long Avenue
Early today the Army and Navy Store owned by Charles W. Grace at 129 East Long Avenue had its plate glass window broken and a 45 caliber Colt automatic revolver stolen from the display. A stone wrapped in a handkerchief was used in the break in. Detective C. C. Horner is investigating the robbery. Windows valued at two to three hundred dollars.
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Army and Navy
Charles W. Grace and Gon
East Long, Avenue
C. C. Horner
Storm Loss In Detroit Mounts Into Millions
Detroit faced a record rainfall that turned streets into rivers and flooded auto plants. More than a thousand homes damaged in Conners Creek areas, one drowning parent, and at least one death reported. Viaducts guarded by police and fire crews as factories including Ford Highland Park, Hudson, Chrysler, Continental, and Packard halted operations. Ten-foot flood depths in low areas hindered travel and utilities struggled to recover after the storm.
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International News Service
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Conners Creek
Baneath
Second
Jefferson Avenue
Frank H. Croul
Hamtramck Avenue
Dunn Road
Fercel
Ford
Drowning Claims Twenty-Eight In Allegheny County
The coroner reports twenty eight deaths in Allegheny County last month due to drownings at rivers and beaches. One homicide and several traffic-related deaths were also recorded among the total casualties.
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Allegheny County
International News Services
Pittsburgh
Government to Launch Great Attack to Enforce Prohibition
The 1925 report states that the U S government will mount its most intensive year long effort to enforce Prohibition. By September 1 a reassembled enforcement machine will be ready for a large push targeting rum runners, manufacturers, and conspirators along the Atlantic seaboard.
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George QR. Holmes
International Laws Service
Washington
Highies
Atlantic Seaboard
Lincoln C. Andrews
Capitol
Federal Board To Put Freight Rule In Effect
The Interstate Commerce Commission moves to allow railroads to charge for loading and unloading carload freight at Chicago Pittsburgh and Buffalo with rates of 1.5 cents per 100 pounds for loading or unloading at team tracks and 2.5 cents per 100 pounds for unloading at freight houses warehouses or platforms. The ruling, effective August 1, affirms payments at Atlantic seaboard cities and explains historical practice where shipper loads and consignee unloads.
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Washington
Trate Mg
Chambers of Com~taerce
Interstate Commerce Commisssion
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
United States
Seh
Cleveland
Rochester
Troy
Green Island
Atlantc Seaboard
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Thraalsenbaard
Britain Subsidy Sparks Bitter Debate Over Coal Strike
London reports Premier Baldwin's settlement with miners includes a subsidy to cover wage gaps, costing taxpayers about 5 million dollars monthly. Critics label it surrender to blackmail as Fascists and Communists clash nightly and police make an arrest.
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Etyrnal News Service
London
Baldwin
Great Britain
The
Star
Missing Youth’s Body Found In Lake Michigan
Chicago reports the body of seven year old Dwight Tracy, son of Arlett H Tracy, found in Lake Michigan. Thousands had searched for him all week after a kidnapping theory that proved false. The mother had appealed to mothers nationwide and fainted upon learning of the tragedy.
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Contreations News
Chicago
Dwight Tracy
Arlett H. Tracy
Tt ‘Gs
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China
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W. Va
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U. S
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International Export Co
Ku Klux Klan
W.J. Bryan
Husband
Holland, Michigan
Holland
Haven
Ricago
Army
Federal Board
BOARD
Premier Baldwin
Lake Michigan
Frederick Golis
Fo Avenue
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