Funerals Arranged for Two Mine Victims
Funeral plans are set for Frank Coulter and James McChesney who died in a mine incident at the Coulter coal firm. McChesney, 22, and Coulter, 32, were recovered after a rock and cart avalanche. services will be held at White Church New Galilee and the Disciple Church Chewton. Survivors include McChesney’s father Robert W. McChesney and Coulter’s wife and three year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunday
Frank Coulter
Janes McChesney
Th Coulter
McChesney
Aftunion
Loket
Coulter
Sao
Sane
Dave Kyle
Disciple
Mars
Silpnery Rock
Jumes McChesney
Mix
Robert W. McChesney
Warypum
Drothere
Frank Gouller
Bra
Coldest Weather Ever Seen Says Lem in Harlansburg
Lem Sterling reports extreme cold in Harlansburg with whiskers freezing at 36 o clock. He claims 84 degrees below zero on a local reading, while nearby New Wilmington records 40 degrees below. George Flynn notes temperatures at Volant and Leesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Sterling
Harlansburg
Justfen
Jhace
Tee
National Bank of
Lawrence County
Harlans Bat
Harlanstite
Ulan
New Wilmington
George Flynn
Pennsylvania
Teesburg
Leesburg
Amish Merchants Cold Morning Brisk Trade in New Castle
Amish farmers braved a severe cold to operate markets in New Castle. By early morning the mobile stands were open on South Jefferson Street as vendors tended horses and moved goods despite bitter wind. Temperatures hovered near eight eight degrees, yet sales began briskly with many customers browsing early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
South Jefferson Sheet
New Castle
Witchell School January Enrollment and Tragic Death
The Witchell school report for the month ending January 14 notes 36 enrolled and lists several missing or transferred students. The text also records the death of Harry Keys, aged 1, in Berlin Center from lockjaw Tetanus contracted after an injury while stopping a runaway team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witchell School
Mary Bey
Vern Bayd
Frances Fox
Dora Coren
Greenlove
Dana Cox
Harold Great
John Love
Chris, Nespit
Almer Newtt
Edward Pstlou
Flurvey Shaw
Wissi
Das
Tee
Bull Venbarchy
Francis Cover
George Nesbib
Walter Smith
Tue
Cor
Aiaily
Lucy J. McGary
Harry Keys
Berlin Center
Esterday
Aeri
Ieanus
Recall of a bitter January day in 1873
A weather snippet records extreme cold on January 29 1873 with temperatures plunging to 20 degrees below zero The entry notes a sustained deep freeze and the sharp drop in temperature across the day reflecting past severe winter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolik
Portersville Row Without Minister Faces Gap in Clergy
Portersville loses regular pastor due to aging minister's stroke and cannot perform marriages or funerals until a preacher arrives. Rev Henry A. McDonald of Ellwood City is sent to minister while Rev Ninklin and Rev J J Tralston have long histories with nearby churches and have moved on. The town may rely on out of town ministers for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allwood Uity
Portersville x
Urale
Festerday
Ry A. dreDonald
United Presbytaring Rhoreh
PortersyiJia
Suinister
Thoma
Jateradur
Presbytery Accepts Resignation and Transfers Mulholland
Beaver Valley presbytery approved the resignation of Rev. I H Mulholland of Highland Avenue United Presbyterian church and transferred him to Monongahela presbytery. Mulholland will serve the city late this month and assume duties around March 7 at Second Church Negley Avenue in Pittsburgh after accepting a call dated December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Valley
I. H. Mulholland
Highland
Sort
Saouel Brown
Second United Presbyterian Church
East End
Pittsburg
T. A. Gilkey
H. A. Wilkison
Highland Churches Commissioners
Mulholland
Monongahela
Robert H. Mulholland
Highland Avenue United Presbyterian Church
New Castle
United Presbyterian Church
Negley Avemde
Preburg
Samuel W. McKelvoy
Avalon
Mr. Mulholland
Geneva College
Princeton Theological Seminary
County considers expanding pretonotary office space
The county faces a need to expand the recorder and pretonotary offices as filing boxes and shelves reach capacity. Modernizations from earlier years left the current room nearly full with papers and boxes, with three years of growth projected to fill all space. An alternative room exists but is currently used by old records that would require relocation. The office was designed to be fireproof at the time of construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eigl
Siba
SQUIRE TO AID LEAP YEARS GIRLS
Squire Ernest Auhua of Sharysville plans a camp for Leap Year girls in the vicinity to aid their preparations for marriage proposals. A local editor notes a push to modernize courting with smooth marketing tactics for engagement talks. Governor Hare comments on Baltimore hosting the Democratic National Convention and its favorable influence on party prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Shahon
Ernest Auhua
Sharysville
Uty
Awsing
Mladner
Money moved after wall street fire and vault breach
New York reports a vast transfer of funds from the Equitable building area as a wall street fire forces temporary banking quarters and guardians guard millions. Fire and police crews search for bodies while officials assess structural danger and possible gas explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Jon
New York
Timmelal Hsteec
Willa
Equitable
Spector Syme
Wall Street
Hawkers’ Trust
Jon Wall Street
Hislandlers
Pallding
William Campeon
Lunes
Pallee Ladey
All American Exchange National Bank
Walla
Gedar Street
Experia
James
William JK. Walsh
Pallgeman
Equitable Trust Co
Equitable Life
Broadway
Lancaster man held for manslaughter in drunken crash death
Thompson Hanne of Ne Sinnlin township Lancaster county is held for trial on a manslaughter charge. He allegedly gave John Reilly a horse medicine instead of whisky to drink during a party. Reilly became violently ill and died two days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster, I'a
Thompe
Hanne
Sirlaln
Thleenugly
John Reilly
Lecoming
Wagon Slides Over Embankment Near Subway Work
A wagon on a subway dirt-dumping job slid over an embankment near Colloquentessing river yesterday. Driver Huzon was briefly trapped but escaped. horses and wagon were recovered with little damage. Dirt removed from the subway fills nearby properties between Lawrence Avenue and the creek, aiding nearby construction efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jko
Ishner Huzon
Taerow
Thes Subway
Dumplig Tt
Haze
Konde
Fifth Street
Lawrence Avenue
Creak
Sixth Streets
Dirk
Tim
Barred from Campaign for Vote Bribery
Judge Blair of Adams County Ohio discharged 1 700 men for selling votes in the election of 10. Judge Skeen of the circuit court in old Virginia exposed vote buying in two counties and will lead to disfranchising one quarter of the rulers. Lancaster county Pennsylvania moves to press a law against vote buying with five years imprisonment and life disfranchisement. Speakers at public banquets and ministerial associations back the reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Adams County
Ohile
Old
Virginia
Skeen
Circuit Court Oas
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanie
Laries' Tailors Club Faces Style Strain in Chicago
The Laries' Tailors and Dressmakers' Association of America, meeting at the Congress hotel in Chicago, balks at spring styles amid Chicago girls' figures. They abandon live model demonstrations after failed attempts to fit six motels into a gown. Leader Robert Pigyn cites the era of a tight skirt trend as the season's theme. Officers elected include David Mikel and J. Gerstanfeldt, with Adolphe as treasurer, and a 1913 New York meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Laries' Tailors and Dressmakers' Association of America
Congres
Robert Plgyn
Washington
Woman Expected to Win Prothonotary Post in Northumberland
Friends of Mrs. Lissinger in Sunbury Pennsylvania expect her to secure the prothonotaryship of Northumberland County. Her husband, Wat, was sworn into the office last Monday and shortly after fell unconscious, dying days later. Governors’ officials and local residents anticipate Mrs. Lissinger will be the first woman in the state to hold this county office with a salary and fees around five hundred dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
T. C. Lissinger
Northuberland
Wat
Ural
Offie
Cummings
Qundry
Diesinger
Man Hacks Off Thumb in Sin Sacrifice Case
Ed ward Zellers of Scottdale cut off his left thumb with an ax in his Greensburg home cellar. He was taken to a Westmoreland county hospital where doctors completed the amputation. Zellers claimed divine instruction to offer a body part and was placed under care at a state asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Edward Zellers
Scottdale
Westmoreland Coaty
I. N. Portzer
Zellers
Kag
France population grows slowly despite urban shift
Official returns for the 1911 census show France at 39,091,509 people, down from 39,252,245 previously. The data indicate a migration from rural areas to cities with Paris numbering 2,888,310 residents and a forty year rise in total population of about one million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Frances
Rath-Gluck Wedding in New York City Hall
The wedding of Miss Jennie Gold and Mr. Henry Gluck occurred Wednesday evening in New York with a large gathering of relatives and friends. A reception followed the ceremony. After the wedding, the couple plans to reside in this city, with Mrs. Gluck’s mother, Mrs. Mantes, connected to the Gluck family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlini
New York
Misa Jonnly
Henry Gluck
Golgrinfad
Rosario Hangs Himself in Beaver County Jail
Rosario, sentenced to death for the Magvo murder in Beaver County last May 6, died by hanging in his cell after placing bedding to muffle the act. He had resisted meals and sought a new trial at the supreme court before his death, and Sheriff Hurtzel had requested an insanity evaluation. Prisoners were unaware of the death until night wardens found the body. Beaver Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Comity
Hal Fu
Rosario
Salvatore Magvo
Heaver
Atherson
Supreme Court
Hurtzel
Mero
Marvin G. Wallover
Beaver Times
Child Dies After Boiler Water Accident
The three year old child of James Stuck of Harmony fell into a tub of boiling water placed on the Moor by the mother Susannah Stuck. The child suffered severe scalds and died despite medical help. The incident occurred while the mother was briefly away from the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stuck
Harmony
Lowehild
Oranges and apples compared for Pennsylvania farmers
A Philadelphia Press article argues Pennsylvania can profit from orange groves like Florida, noting some farmers already invest in oranges while apples fetch high city prices. It urges selecting proper apple varieties and cultivation to boost local production and wealth, predicting strong growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Florida
Blaine
Philadelphian Press
Telephone Company Elects Officers at Ut Annual Meeting
Prospect Telephone campus stockholders held annual meetings and elected officers. RE A Watson was named president Gr CG McCullough vice president and Modester secretary Ela Slawark reported the number of telephones had more than doubled in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect
Une Julewins
RE. A. Watson
Gr. CG. McCuillough
INDIAN RUNS WELCOME VISITORS AND PARTY NOTES
A string of local social items from Indian Run lists visits by Mr and Mrs Cy Wy Jutinston to New Castle and Presday. relatives, party at Mr Scott and Howard Werke’s home. guests include Miss Ethel Fyffe Clara Tack Carrie Edeburn Elin Ivermore Bora Black and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Stra
Bo Maglonsa
Cy Wy Jutinston
Mes
New Castle An
Mastey Doh Eagleson
Wire
Molt McCoy
Michoaingtown
Thomas Make
Ts Iim
Clara Flack
G. OC. Welker
Volant
Milas Ethek Byffe
Prank Harry
Polaski
Johnston
Touts Tigo
Ruth Kemp
Va Liga
Emma Shannon Wartman
Eien Patds
Mary Chemenshine
Milburn
James Pytte
Ian Black
Gove Tlake
WiHam Titke
Lester Black
Pearson Coax
Walah Diack
Clair Anderson
Clark Esseluhn
J0hn Shaw Anil
GG. Walker
Votan
Fast Train Stops At Coalburg After Urgent Plea
In Youngstown on January 9 a fast passenger train paused briefly at Coalburg to let a boy reach his dying mother a block away. Superintendent Murray nicknamed the "Duke" granted the stop, despite the extra cost to the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urghin
Youngstown
Coalburg
Wrenfelia Tvs
Lake Shore
Shul Point
Alsaieter
Uoalburg
Pittui
Coalburey
Coatburg
Comsburg
National Banks of City Reelect Old Officers
Stockholders across several national banks held meetings Tuesday and reelected the former officers and directors. Names include Edward King, Charles Matthews Cryst, H O C Patterson, G J Patterson, OC Montgomery, John Elder Jr, and Rufus C Patterson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Banks OF
City
Lawrence County
Edward King
Charles Matthews
Hay Charles I. Andrews
Seamuel
Fe- Creary
J. P.O. Cunninghim
Dave Ld Jameson
J. Norman Martin
Alex Crawford Hoyt
John Preston
Judson
Norris
Hayward T. Kurtz
Union National Bank Stockholders
William W. Bicebaum
L. M. Buchanon
Calvin Smith
Woman Finds婚 Hidden Dress Trunk Costs and Shock
A wife of seven years discovers a trove of wedding dress receipts and trousseau items valued at dozens of dollars scattered across the floor. The shock overwhelms her as she recalls the monthly bill rise and longs for rest as nine teen hours pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imaan
Hergell
Waller
Ashe
Erbroider
Court Darians on Wage Case Highlights Constitutional Questions
A court debate centers on an attachment case involving Hall sending a debt claim to Wheeling for collection. Attorneys discuss whether sending the claim outside the state to pursue payment violates the act of assembly and the debtor's rights, with references to Pennsylvania Supreme Court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisley
Wil
Talwala
Wheellig
W. Win
Kunio
Snoney
Coliman
Commonwealth
Hall
Jia
Rigley
Lidskinta
Supreme Court
Jnathn Blerrett
Supreme Court of
State of
Pennsylvania
Teacher Whips Boy Triggers Heated Auction at Farm Meeting
In Kenton Ohio a country school teacher spanked a farmer's son sparking a mass meeting near town. Sensational charges surfaced but no settlement reached. The schoolhouse later burned from underneath. Hunt was fined for whipping the boy and plans to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton
Srevin Hunt
John Black
Wis
Uie
Black
Hig Sun
Hunt
Wongil
Sueterilay Ib
Loughner Accepts Pastorate at Portersville Presb Church
Rev J T Loughner chosen for the pastorate of the first Presbyterian church at Portersville Va amid four calls. Resignation from the local church takes effect Jan 21. Mrs Loughner recently operated on for appendicitis is convalescent. The family will move to the Portersville residence. Anne Wesley, the niece, will extend her visit as the family settles in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iany, Louguner
J. Tt. Loughner
theAaravia, Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Portersville
Herawilka
Loughner
Son spanks wife and gets 100 days in jail
In Hammond Tad Jum Spanks his wife with a stray object and is sentenced by a judge to 100 days in jail. The wife declares the act deserved and leaves the courtroom, asserting the judge’s ruling as a free country right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Tad
Chas
Duluous
Green
Hammond Conrh
Charles
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Lem
Anish Hucksters
Portersville Row
Presbytery
Waverly
Ths
Waverly Oil Works Co
Infurancedt Rafintra Pittegurg
Aloo Mekera
Waverly Garolines Free Heccvour Et
Columbus
Baltimore
Hare Oy
Hout
Threve
Stack Exchange
Je Ibver Securities
Seid Stort
French Republic
Telephone Company
Caynette
Weah
The
Steel Trust
West Pittsburg
S.S.S. Neumatism
Witel
SS. S
Yigar
Atlanta
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