Washington McCartney Pennsylvanian educator and jurist
Washington McCartney educator and jurist born August 24 1812 in Northampton County Pennsylvan ia rose from common schools to Jefferson College and La fayette College later turning to law He helped shape public schooling contributions include aiding the 1844 free schools law and he authored differential calculus and a history of the growth of the United States
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Washington McCartney
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Westmoreland County
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Calldhood
Jefferson College
Canonsburg
McCartney
Lafayette College
Easton
Sas
Northampton County
Union Law School
Boston
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Northampton
Lehigh
McArtney
Mary E
William Maxwell
New Jersey
George Wolf
United States
Learned Easton scholar and civic leader dies in 1816
The community mourns the death of a noted scholar fluent in German French Hebrew Latin Greek Russian and Oriental languages. He served on the Easton school board for years and directed the Easton Gas Company and other public corporations. His remains were interred in Easton cemetery. Marble tablets in his memory adorn Lafayette College chapel.
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Easton
Easton Gas Company
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Imposter Robber Arrested
International News Services reports G. L. Smith arrested in Atlanta with about $36009 in stolen goods. He once studied for the ministry and says after leaving Howard College he robbed wealthy Atlantans during their vacations. He held a card index of residents and attended church while committing break ins and praying with the congregation.
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International News
Atlanta
Dr. Jeky?l
Mr. Hyde
G. L. Smith
Smith
Ministry
Howard College
Giant Swordfish Nets 518 Pound Record Catch
New Bedford Massachusetts August 24 record swordfish caught aboard the sloop Liberty. The ship arrived with ten swordfish including a 518 pound giant. The giant fish dragged two Liberty crew members into a seven hour struggle before being brought aboard.
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International News Service
New Bedford
Mass
Liberty
Labor Leaders In London Warn Britons Of Threats
London labor leader A. J. Cook said he faced assassination threats from British fascists and accused the government of allowing them. He warned the government not to tempt the army and navy, saying workers would seize control through a labor government.
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International None Service
London
Augares
A. J. Cook
Cook
Mansfield
Seamen Strike Grows Serious in Great Britain
London August 24. The seamen's strike in Britain appears not to be collapsing, while in Australia ten British ships are held up for lack of crews. Ports are normal with no picketing. Picketing and ship tie-ups are foreseen to widen by Wednesday. observers expect no liner movements from Southampton by week’s end.
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Australia
Sies
Southampton
Russian Explorer Finds Art Treasures
Russian explorer P Kozlov reported uncovering a hill near the Gobi containing a treasury of 500 ancient art objects estimated at 2,000 years old. The find mirrors prior work by Rodloff of the American Museum of Natural History who located the buried city of Hara-Khoto.
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Moscow
Aig
Chaptian Andrews
Gobi Desert
P. Kozlo
Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
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Hara-Khoto
Druse Tribes In Heavy Drive On French Forces
Druses tribes in rebellion against the French administration in Syria bombard Snedida where a French garrison and guerillas man a fortification. Dispatch from Damascus to the Daily Mail via International News Service reports the الان scale of the unrest and that the Druses have deployed substantial force against French positions.
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London
Syria
Snedida
Daily Mail
Damascus
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