Forest Fire Rages in Virginia Swamp near Norfolk
A massive blaze in a dismal swamp 16 miles west of Norfolk in Virginia burned for 26 hours. Three hundred men fought the flames, felling trees and defending timber valued in the millions. Loss already estimated at over half a million dollars as lumber firms, the Norfolk & Western Railroad, and forest wardens organized a response. Wildlife fled the burning area as vessels patrolled the canal to prevent disruption.
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Aleady
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
Twenty Report For Work In Mines Of Pittsburgh Company
Twenty more miners reported for c work at Banning No 2 today at the Pittsburgh Coal Company mine in Fayette City Pennsylvania. The union picket increased to about 115 on duty while 86 men were working at the 1917 ware scale. Officials hoped to load two cars of coal today after the first car was loaded on Saturday. Union leaders had maintained from the first.
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Clnternational Nova
Fayette City
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Coal Company
Miners Rehiring Rates Reported by Pittsburgh Coal Group
The company says ranks held and more miners at work daily since reopening the mine. Officials state unemployment of miners who previously worked at other Pittsburgh Coal Company mines explains the rise, and they deny hiring any workers not previously employed by the company at the Banning mine.
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Pittsburgh Coal Company
Banning Mine
War Department Opens Probe Into Fatal Plane Crash
White Sulphur Springs Va Aug 24 Preparations were under way to move Captain Fraser Hale US Army and mechanic Burl Norris bodies to Winnetta Til as a War Department investigator arrived to take charge. The duo crashed after taking off from White Sulphur Springs en route to Bolling Field in a training flight the aircraft suddenly burst into flames on ascent.
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International News Services
White Sulphur Springs
Fraser Hale
U.S. A
Winnetta
Til
Burl Norris
War Department
Hale
Norris
Bolling Field
Washington
Missouri Man To Become Teacher in New Castle College
W. J. Thompson known as Bill Thompson leaves Chillicothe Missouri for New Castle Pennsylvania to teach bookkeeping penmanship and related subjects at the New Castle Business College. A graduate of Chillicothe Business College and Chillicothe High School he was active in church Sunday school and youth work and had associations with Starker Clothing Co and Switzer's.
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W. J. Thompson
New Castle
Pennsylvania
New Castle+ Business college
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Chillicothe Business College
Chillicothe High School
Starker Clothing Co
Switzer's
New Castle Invites Public to Liberty Theatre Broadcasts
New Castle residents are invited to the Liberty Theatre to watch local talent broadcast from the stage. Doors open 5 45 nightly, with broadcasts starting at 6 and continuing until 10, followed by Liberty’s regular program.
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Liberty Theatre
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Liberty
Gotty
WKBG
TRE
NEW Castle News
Liberty Thetre
Penna
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Grids Fragment
Fragment of a crossword puzzle with numerous garbled clues across horizontal and vertical entries. Includes partial entries like 1 Clasalc woodland delty 5 Heroic talag 12 Collision 14 Auditor and many mis-spelled terms. no coherent grid or complete answers available.
Mystery surrounds Pittsburgh pier death of young woman
Pittsburgh Aug 24 A young woman about 20 was found bleeding from multiple wounds on a pier of the Fortieth Street Bridge over the Allegheny river. She died at a hospital shortly after with homicide squad chief Lieut. Pater Connors saying the body showed signs of a brutal attack and possible strangulation. Authorities work to identify her amid undisclosed circumstances.
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Fortieth
Allegheny River
Pater Connors
Farrell Girl Not Located In Sharon
Miss Harriett Newton, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Newton of Beachwood Avenue in Farrell, has been missing since Wednesday morning. Police searched after a Friday alert, learned she briefly stayed in Sharon’s Neck district on Saturday, but left without revealing destination.
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Farrell
Harriett Newton
Newton
Beachwood Avenue
2 Home
Neck
Sharon
Running Across and Running Down Puzzle Clues
Yesterday's puzzle answered. The text provides wordplay clues mixing names and objects. The two running themes include a nursery thyme and a kitchen utensil used for sifting, plus phrases about satires of Scotland and lifting and stretching rigidity.
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Scotland
Big fish tale ends with boatin river mishap
Pau Dillon and two companions fished on vacation when a supposed giant fish toppled them into the river. The effort to land the fish failed as the men were swept overboard, echoing the classic tale of the one that got away. Memoriam Philip Thomas remembered by wife and children on the anniversary of his death.
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Bis City
Paul
Percy Smith
W. A. Stones
Philip Thomas
Albun
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