Increase in Bus Permits Rise in State Bus Applications
Front News Bureau reports a notable rise in public utility filings for bus operation and motor vehicle carrier licenses. Despite a drop in individual taxi style entries, corporate and large carrier interests expand. Reading Company plans routes near steam lines, with hearings pending and months before final decisions.
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Front
State Canital
TRO Fah
Ee Hea
Public Vice Commission
Traction
Reading
Troi
Ford Sedan Stolen From Auto Sales Lot, Local Police Notice
A 1925 Ford sedan with Pennsylvania dealer license X-14-591 was stolen from behind State Auto Sales on Orth Mercer Street between 4 and 5 o'clock last night. Youngstown police have been alerted.
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Penneylvania
State Auto Sales Company
Orth Mercer Street
Youngstown
Fragmented Street Scene Recital At Carnegie Hall
A hazy group of vignettes describes a bustling Washington Street area with pedestrians and performers. Names include Jeanne Fletcher and Benny Mack’s band, plus Charleston dancing prospects and local vaudeville acts. The piece notes actors should report to Carnegie’s auditorium at 3 p.m. for a rehearsed show with hotel staff guiding them to dressing rooms.
Newsies Star at New Year Dinner with City Leaders
About five hundred newsies will attend a New Year dinner as Carnegie police seat them for a vaudeville show donated by Ben Burke of the Capitol. City and county officials, bankers and business leaders join in backing the effort to aid newsboys who sell papers daily. The program includes Benny Mack Royal Serenaders Travers Sisters and The Griffiths with a featured piano act, aiming for a three o'clock start and a cheerful, charity driven afternoon.
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Leff & Silverman
Benny Mack
Royal Serenaders
Tri- State
New Castle
Travers Sisters
Newsies
Griffiths
Jack
Steve
Aon
Thelma Sontag
Rose Phillips
Capitol
Do You Want a German Police Pup Free Giveaway
A Regent theatre promotion offers a $150 German police puppy. Attendees receive a coupon with every ticket this week. next Monday one coupon will win the puppy, a descendant of Strongheart, linked to the film North Star showing Thursday Friday and Monday at the Regent.
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Strongheart
Regents Theatre
North Star
Regent
Tightened Rules Curtail Stock Of Medical Whiskey
New Castle druggists follow Western Pennsylvania apothecaries as district prohibition officials curb medicinal whiskey supplies. Administrator Frederick Haird leads a bureau that says too much whiskey is moved through legitimate channels, requiring druggists to show valid reasons to avoid further stock curtailment.
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New Castle
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
District Prohibition Department
New Enforcement Bureau
Fredereck Haird
Peace talks resume as coal strike consoles
Operators favor the Markle plan promising a ten year contract with annual revisions and open books to a fact finding panel while miners prefer the Pinchot plan a five year agreement and a board of investigation. Nearly a hundred settlement ideas have been offered since the strike began. The conference pursues these options amid a courteous, hopeful atmosphere as union leaders and operators discuss a path back to work. William Green of the AFL was set to speak in New York while Major Inglis for the operators indicated they aim to work through the holidays if no deal is reached.
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Atlantic City
William Green
American Federation of Labor
New York
Grean
W. W. Inglis
Temperature Dips Across Oil City Area in Cold Snap
Reports from Oil City and nearby towns describe a severe cold snap with temperatures falling to 18 below in some areas. Hampden station showed 12 below and Franklin reported subzero readings. Oil City recorded four below, while the previous day’s high reached 19 above.
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City
Dee
Venan
Eo County
Van
Hampden
Franktin
OU City
Plan to Relocate Lincoln Highway From Pittsburgh
The Lincoln highway will be moved west of Pittsburgh into West Virginia under the 1925 omnibus road bill. A survey is underway and bids for construction will be advertised in spring. The route leaves Pittsburgh via Crafton and runs northwest through Clinton and Frankfort Springs to the West Virginia line south of Hookstown.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Lincoln Highwest
Pittsburgh
Wreat Rginia
Ford
State Highway Department
W. Fr. Congell
Henry Trantor
Good Roads Committee
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Crafton
Clinton
Frankfort Springs
8 Point
West Virginia Line
Hookstown
Nab Alleged Embezzler Arrested in Shreveport
Walter A. Cook assistant treasurer of Washington Trust Company was arrested in Shreveport Louisiana after a $6228.68 shortage surfaced. He disappeared after the shortages were found and Hughes announced the arrest. State police wired Louisiana authorities for extradition papers as Cook was located via a telegram to his mother in Monessen Pennsylvania.
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International News
Heevivey
Washington
Walter A. Cook
Washington Trust Company
Shreveport
Howard Hughes
EB. T. Cohee
Nolice
Louisiana
Cook
Harrisburg
Monessen
Tulsa
Ohio
Yuletide Program Shines for E A Division
A lively E A division Yule program drew big crowds with snappy fiddling by Buck and Wing, soprano Miss Mary Weyrick, and Lefty Parks as the buck and wing star. Local singer Carroll Kearns performed a vocal solo after a Chicago contest honor, with readings by Miss Virginia Reeder and a finale by the division band.
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Wing
Mary Weyrick
Lefty Parks
Virginia Raeder Gais
Carroll Kearns
Parenta Berg
Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall
Wis Mimber
Patrick Henry Kearns
Pat
Mike Chismar
Art Faulkner
A. R. Hedlund
A. Fenton
D. D. Potter
W. B. Harris
Joseph Sftritmater
TR. Johns
R. FP. Rhodes
J. HM. Snider
Mise Ma Werrick
John P. Wer
Lefty) Parks
Renading
Mise
Virginia Reeder
Reeher
Garrell Kearns
Overture
E. & A. Divialon
Four principal days to fall on Sunday in 1926
A calendar study shows four major holidays land on Sunday in 1926. Independence and Memorial days, Halloween, and Valentine’s Day all occur on Sundays. The year begins on Friday and other key dates are listed with typical observances.
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Hallowe'en
Lincoln
Woshington
St. Patrick’s Coy
Mothaer
Deaths Of The Day Andrew Knittel Purrral
Funeral services for Andrew W Knittel were held Tuesday morning at 1 30 from St Josephs church Rev J A Weisenberger read the funeral rites Pallbearers were relatives Interment in St Josephs cemetery Martha Way Burr Martha May Burr aged nine months died at the family home in Slippery Rock township after pneumonia She leaves parents one brother Charles Funeral services Thursday at 2 oclock from the home of her grandmother Mrs Teuth Capper Burial in Oak Grove cemetery Harold Love Funeral services for Harold Le Roy Love were held at the residence in Walmo Tuesday morning at 10 80 in charge of Rev McClintock Interment in Graceland cemetery Mr Gibson Buried Funeral services for Ira Gibson were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 from the Youngstown Road home Burial in Greenwood cemetery Rev W E McClure presiding Esther Booher widow of Thomas Booher died December 23 at the home of her daughter in New Castle Following illness she leaves several children Funeral services Thursday December 31 at 2 from Dr W W Daviss home Burial Savannah cemetery
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Andrew Knittel
Andrew W. Knittel
St. Joseph's Church
J. A. Weisenberger
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Martha Way Burr
Martha May Burr
Joseph Burr
Slippery Bock Township
Charles
Fungral Garvices
Teuth Capper
Oak Grove Cemetery
Harold Love
Harold
LeRoy Love
Walmo
McClintock
Graceland Cemetery
Mr. Gibson
Ira Gibson
Youngstown Road
W. H. Aubel
Esther Booher
Euther Booher
Thomas Booier
C. W. Davis
North Cedar
Booker
Lawrence County
Savannah M. E. Church
John V. Booker
Shenango Township
M. A. Reed
New Castle
John Newswander
Nepart
C. W. Hennon
W. Davis
North Cedar Street
Savannah Cemetery
Seven Injured As Train Strikes Street Car In Homestead
A street car carrying workers was struck by a westbound freight train in Homestead after a signaling dispute. Seventeen injuries reported among passengers and crew, including several cuts and bruises. motorman Joseph Abberath and others listed with varied injuries. Crossing gates reportedly lowered, but witnesses dispute safety. Freight engineer L C Muir piloted the westbound train. Undefinable fragments mention Bob Zuppke and Illinois football history with Big Ten play.
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Thear
Omy Ramaiaing
Joseph Abberath
Rankin
Betty Berry
Homestead Park
Mary Hagus
Whitaker Borough
Mary Daydick
Richard Burgundy
Dickinson Street
Hamestead
I. J. Malloy
Pittsburgh
William McCor
Kindle Street
L. C. Muir
Pyramid Pile Cuppository Infomercial For Women Athletes
An advertisement extols Pyramid Pile Cuppository as a private, effective remedy for hemorrhoids and prolapsed piles. It targets active women and swimmers, promising quick relief from pain and bleeding with a limited price of sixty cents per box and a free sample offer through Pyramid Drug Co.
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Ashetitdeyet
Pyramid
Avery Druggist
Tia
Marvelone
Box Plains Werappad
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall
Mic
Figures Reveal Real Strength Of Women Vote
Harrisburg report shows women registrants at 1,958,188 and men at 1,906,819, total 4,264,864 voters. Republicans lead with 2,238,084 registrations, Democrats 607,190. The data, compiled under 1923 legislature provisions, updates county by county registration totals.
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Cinternational
Harrisburg
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Observer at coal conference comments on Markie proposal
Tywell Davies observer for the government at the coal strike conference says the Markie peace plan combines past features into one proposal. He avoids judging the merits as an official observer. February 6 is set for the $30,000 New Orleans Handicap, a major winter racing event.
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Markle
New York
Tywell Davies
Department of Jabar
Alvan Markie
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
Start Probe in $350,000 Fire In Ocean City
Ocean City Maryland investigators push to determine incendiary origin of a large blaze that destroyed a hotel, power plant, and pier. No casualties reported. Fire damaged several horses and a list of racing animals and stakes with values in the thousands were burned, including Blue Stone and Sunny.
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Ocean City
R. H. Draw
Chicago
William H. Hall
Latonia
Helen G
Charles Wilson
Hall
Martha Moore
Wilson
Valuable Race Horses Burn To Death In South
New Orleans December 3. A fire at the fair grounds race track barn destroyed five horses and caused 319000 dollars in damage. Fire officials report no human casualties. The blaze swept quickly through the wooden structure engulfing stalls and leaving charred timbers and ash. Investigators probe cause as horses were preparing for a day event at the renowned venue.
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South
New Orleans
New Orlean
Fair Grounds
Paris hosts four mile relay for milliners assistants
Paris staged a novelty four mile relay where contestants numbered about fifty milliners' assistants. Each runner wore ordinary street clothes, high-chested shoes, and carried a large hat box as part of the quirky event.
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Paris
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