Rivers On Rampage Sweep Georgia North Carolina
Floods across North and South Carolina and Georgia cause widespread crop and property damage. Mills, bridges, and canals are flooded, with power lines down and communications cut. Savannah river rises rapidly flooding Augusta area. Bisbee, El Paso reports severe inundations.
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Columbia
U S. C
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Camden
Greensboro
N. C
Bisbee
el Paso
Tex
Ariz
Savannah
Augusta
Tewlfth Street
Broad Street
Charleston
Carolina
Athens
Oconee
Southern
Seaboard
Southern Railway
Netherlands faces costly blockade over Venezuela crisis
Aug. 26 The Hague reports Jose de Jesus’s note signals a dangerous Dutch entanglement in the Caribbean as public opinion opposes war and fears enormous costs. The government weighs a blockade of Venezuelan ports unless Castro retreats, with socialists urging restraint and national honor cited as the only potentialveto against conflict.
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United Press
the Hague
Jose de Jesus
Netherlands
Caribbean
Castro
Venezuela
Holland
Republicans Meet Tonight to Recruit Young Men Club
Active steps toward recruiting the Young Men's Republican club will be taken at a meeting this evening at Alderman Ranney's office. Members with high silk hats are urged to attend for capes. prospective members should be present to gauge cape orders. Capes must be ordered by Thursday for the September 5 national campaign kick off in Youngstown. The club plans to parade with high hats capes and canes and to lead the opening procession.
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Young Men’s Republican Club
Ranney
Youngstown
Young Men's Republican Club
Pittsburgers Race to Excursion Train
George and William Thomas, brothers from Pittsburg, ran a daring foot race aboard an excursion train bringing Zion adherents to Cascade park. The pair were jailed briefly until Mayor Lusk ordered their release, then sprinted and jumped to the rear car as the train departed.
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George
William Thomas
Pittsburg
William
Zion
Cascade Park
Lusk
Letters Granted in Two Estates
Letters testamentary have been granted to William and John Newswander in the estate of the late Joseph Newswander of Shenango township. Letters of administration in the estate of Mary Bell, late of this city, have been granted to her husband, A. B. Bell.
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William
John Newswander
Joseph Newswander
Shenango Township
Mary Bell
A. B. Bell
Hains Lawyers’ Latest Story Spurs Defense in Thaw Case
New York reports quote an anonymous lawyer describing W. B. Annis boasting of intimacy with Mrs. Peter Hains and brandishing a Mantlchler revolver. District Attorney Darrin rebutted the tale as intended to sway army officers and damage Hains. The defense’s new witness, a prominent lawyer, corroborates some details amid notes on Annis’s conduct and divorce talks.
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New York
W. B. Annies
Peter ©. Hains
Mannlicher
Hains
Darrin
Annis
United States Army
T. Jenkins Hains
P. ©. Hains
Long Island City
United States Supreme Court
Annia
Mrs. Hains
Bay Side Yacht Club
Claudia
Mayor Lusk Acts on City Ordinance Case and Suspicious Persons
Mayor Lusk dismissed the Sam Levine case after verification that Acting Mayor Green approved a banner on Moravia Street. The arrested officer testified Levine insulted him and fled, leading to a $5 fine. Claude Isenberg and Ed Edwards left town after talks with the mayor about their late night loitering. Paddy Hammond was discharged for drunkenness.
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Lusk
Sam Levine
Sam
Green
Moravia
Levine
New Castle
Samuel
Claude Isenberg
Ed Edwards
Paddy Hammond
Husband Deserted Wife Charged With Assault and Non Support
William Brown of Edenburg was committed to jail by Alder man Morrison in default of 300 bail on assault and battery and desertion charges filed by his wife Katie. A hearing is set for Saturday as friends try to raise bail.
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William Brown
Edenburg
Alderman Morrison
Katie
St Mary's Sodality Sets Aug 31 Outing at Cascade Park
St Mary's sodality announces its annual outing at Cascade park next Monday. Expecting one of their largest attendances, the event is open to all friends, with membership over 275. The outing marks the opening of the season's work for the parish group.
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St. Mary's Sodality
Cascade Park
St. Mary’s Sodality
Salome Party Promises Provocative Pelham Bay Gala
New York observers note C Livinston Waterbury hosts a Salome party at his Pelham Bay home with Gertrude Hoffman to perform a near naked dance. The lawn will be set as the garden of Herod with obelisks and a half clothed Herodias daughter figure.
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New York
London
Maud Allen
C. Livingston Waterbury
Pelham Bay
Gertrude Hoffman
Waterbury
Pelham
Herod
Herodias
End of the Outing Race Pageant Notes
Districts listed for Miss contestants include Mahoningtown Ellwood City Hickory Scott Washington and Plaingrove townships Slippery Rock Shenango Wayne Perry Taylor Little Beaver Big Beaver North Beaver Union Mahoning Pulaski Wilmington and Neshannock townships. Names include Laura Rea Mollie Jones Fanny McBride Nancy Dean Artie Bowersox Bonnie Battley Myrtle Hughes Stella Morgan Helen Gilmore Mary Thomas Bernice Bixler Lillian Doerr Ruby Robinson Jessie Marstellar Bessie McMullen Katherine Evans Estella Allen Florence McConAghey Bessie Dunnan Estella Hennon Lula Marshall Sadie Mehannah Hattie Eckels Mary McCready.
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Laura Rea
Mollie Jones
Fanny McBride
Nancy Dean
Artie Bowersox
Bonnie Battley
Myrtle Hughes
Stella Morgan
Helen Gilmore
Mary Thomas
Bernice Bixler
Lillian Doerr
Tax Repealer Starts Battle in Councils
Council debate looms next Monday as ordinance to repeal part of the city mercantile tax comes to final action. Opponents led by Dunlap Shaffer Wilson argue it shifts burden to taxpayers. supporters Cukerbroom Newell McKee back repeal though Shaffer cites defects in equal taxation.
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W. H. Dunlap
A. R. Shaffer
L. W. Wilson
M. L. Cukerbroom
A. D. Newell
Shaffer
St Louis Man Dies After Noise Compulsion
St Louis Missouri August 26 Robert Caulfield a boiler maker is dying at East St. Louis county hospital after attempting suicide by ingesting iron forma Caulfield suffers from clam ormania a rare insanity driven by a craving for loud noise He wandered from a railroad crossing to hear noise and was jailed after fighting with a police officer following a break from confinement.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Robert Caulfield
East St. Louis County Hospital
Caulfield
Clamormania
St. Mary's Hospital
Belleville County
Belleville
Claimant for Phila. graft house stakes vast lands
Mrs. Sam Fitzpatrick of Colorado Springs arrives in Philadelphia with legal papers contending ownership of the ground beneath City Hall and ninety acres in the city center valued at 120 million dollars. She claims 20 million dollars in bank funds and 500 acres of coal lands in central Pennsylvania, alleging Col. Baker secured the original property rights for the land.
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Philadelphia
Sam Fitzpatrick
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pennsylvania
Death Records From Local Area
Brief obituary notes list James Shields 80 near Jacks ville Rosa Rosenblum 4 on Bell avenue and Barbara Zrebriec 9 months at 565 Moravia street with compact local notices.
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James Shields
Jacksville
Rosa Rosenblum
Bell Avenue
Barbara Zrebriec
Moravia Street
Murder in Hillsville Witnesses Name Three Victims
Three witnesses tell coroner and jury how Raphael Collache stabbed Frank Gillette in Hillsville after a backhand stone blow from one of Collache’s brothers. They say the two brothers fled, and Black Hand aid is suspected as investigators hunt for suspects believed to be hiding.
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Raphael Collache
Hillsville
Vincenzo Lu Ciscano
Louigi Riccoro
Alfonso Marcerelli
Frank Gilletto
Cox
Gilletto
Colluche
Gillette
Raphael
Hillaville
Logan
Harmony Line Hauls Many to Butler Fair
The Harmony Line is in great demand as travelers flock to Butler for the fair. Visitors from across the region arrive to see the Butler Driving Park and Fair exhibits and races. Thursday is the big day, and crowds are expected to swell. double Saturday and Sunday service may be needed.
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Harmony Line
Butler Fair
Harmony Lime
Butlerites
Butler Driving Park and Fair Association
Harmony
Trespassers Placed in Jail After Railroad Trespass
Eight men charged with trespassing on railroad property have been jailed since Tuesday afternoon. Six were run in by Pennsylvania detectives and two by Baltimore and Ohio men. The article attributes the arrests to hard times with several tramps among the group as job seekers traveling between towns.
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Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Dying Actor Beaten Found in Chicago Alley
An actor believed to be Frank Bigelow of New York was found unconscious in a north side alley. He had been beaten, his clothes torn, and was taken to a hospital where he regained consciousness briefly before entering a delirium in precarious condition.
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United Press
Chicago
Frank Bigelow
New York
Franciscan Sisters Arrive for Italian School in New Castle
Franciscan sisters arrived to establish an Italian Catholic school in New Castle led by Father DeMita. Only elementary grades will be taught this season with about 200 fewer Italian children enrolled as the parish assesses field needs. The plan calls for expansion next year as more sisters join and living quarters at St. Vitus Church are prepared for the community.
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New Castle
Pather Richolae del Mita
the &T. Vitus
Pertor
Rome
St. Vitus I Fan Church
Maitland
Southferson Streets
Father DeMita
St.Vitua* Church
Visi
DeMita
Order of the Church
St. Vit
Grea
Building Collapse Tragedy in Chelsea Claims Eight Lives
Investigation reveals Building Inspector Weymouth ordered a halt half an hour before the collapse. Constructors Morris and Seigel jailed on eight manslaughter counts each as 11 are severely injured and 30 workers search for additional survivors.
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Chelsea
Mass
Frank E. Weymouth
Morris and Seigel
Marine and Naval Pitals
Jame Dimond
Medichock
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Jessie Marstellar
Ellwood City
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Katherine Evans
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Florence McConAghey
Slippery Rock
Shenango, Wayne and
Perry Townships
Anna Mehard
Katherine Boyd
Taylor, Little Beaver
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Union Townships
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Estella Hennon
Lula Marshall
Sadie Mehannah
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