Hannon Announces Candidacy for County Commissioner
Joseph Hannon announces his candidacy for county commissioner on the Democratic ticket in the spring primaries. A popular Union Township resident born in Lawrence County, he has long worked in the timing and slate trade and has run a local business for twenty years. He aims to unseat the current one Democrat on the board.
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Joseph Hannon
Hannon
Board of
Mr. Hannon
Lawrence County
James Hannon
Washington Street
Union Township
Uric O Claim Against Rheumatism Ad Blasts Nation
An early 20th century advertisement proclaims Uric-O as a permanent cure for rheumatism. It argues rheumatism is a blood disease and promotes a free 75 cent bottle via Smith Drug Co. Syracuse New York, with local sale noted in New Castle by Paisley.
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Smith Drug Co
Smith
Local tin shop owner seeks political support in Union township
A respected Union township resident and tin shop operator on the Diamond seeks voter backing. He has served six years as a school director and four years directing the township poor. A Democrat, he remains active though never heavily involved in party politics.
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Hannon
Union Township
College Dining Hall Ad by Miss Della Trumbo
College dining hall in the Dean block offers meals at 25 cents and meal tickets 21 meals for 4 dollars. Described as the best place in the city to eat, with Miss Della Trumbo as proprietress.
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College Dining Hall
Della Trumbo
Life and Opportunity Lecture at Center U P Church
George P. Bible entertainer and reader will present Life and Opportunity at Center United Presbyterian Church Saturday evening January 25 as the fourth number in the regular lecture course.
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George P. Bible
Center U. P. Church
William H Penrod Files Nomination for Seventh Ward Constable
William H Penrod has filed nomina tion papers for the office of constable in the Seventh ward.
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William H. Penrod
Seventh Ward
Funeral Rites for Mrs. R. E. Wallace Held in Jamestown
The Jamestown Daily Alert notes a crowded service for Mrs. R. E. Wallace, with Rev. G W Simon delivering remarks and The Rock of Ages sung. Casket adorned with flowers, pallbearers chosen from her circle, and a procession to Highland Home cemetery marked the burial.
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R. E. Wallace
Jamestown
N. D
Jamestown Daily Alert
G. W. Simon
Presbyterian Church
Wallace
Highland Home Cemetery
Mi o na claims quick digestion relief with guarantee
George W. Clutton promotes Mi o na as a sure cure for stomach troubles and offers a money back guarantee. He argues nervous debility headaches and sleeplessness stem from poor nutrition due to a weak stomach and inactive bowels, claiming Mi o na strengthens digestion and bowel regulation. A 50 cent box lasts a couple of weeks and wards off indigestion.
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George W. Clutton
Death of Mrs Edna McCracken Bennett in Washington DC
The city mourns the death of Mrs Edna McCracken Bennett wife of Robert Bennett at her Washington DC home Thursday evening after ill health. She was a niece of Mrs A L Hazen and Mrs Catherine Pearson of this city and had never resided here but visited, making friends. She leaves father in Indianapolis husband and son Tracy Bennett of Washington DC with her mother having died previously.
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Edna McCracken Bennett
Robert Bennett
Washington, D. C
Bennett
A. L. Hazen
Catherine Pearson
Death of Robert P. Reed Near New Wilmington
Robert P. Reed aged 53 of Lackawannock township near New Wilmington died at his home. Funeral services are being held this afternoon at the residence.
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Robert P. Reed
Lackawannock Township
New Wilmington
Misleading The Young Idea And The Cogwheel Lesson
A lecturer extolled nature and claimed that cogwheel principles arose from human knuckles used as gears. He urged boys to test the idea at home by lifting a heavy weight, but the pupils discovered the claim false and accused him of teaching a fabrication.
Definition of the earth as a three-axed ellipsoid
Professor A E H Love of the Royal Society offers an approximate definition of the earth as an ellipsoid with three unequal axes. The surface is deformed by a specified degree and displaced as a whole relative to the geoid toward southeastern Europe.
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A. E. H. Love
Royal Society
Europe
Girl Kills Hawk That Attacked at Blue Hills
Miss Floise M. Shields of Milton Massachusetts, 18, was attacked by a large fourteen pound hawk while picnicking with friends at the Blue Hills reservation. After the bird began dragging a pigeon, Shields struck it with a stone and then killed it with a tonic bottle. She suffered only minor scratches.
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Floise M. Shields
Milton
Mass
Blue Hills Reservation
Miss Shields
Mies Shields
Singled Out by Thin Table Wit and Quote on Missionary Move ment
A Philadelphia chemist recalls Sir William Henry Perkins praising but critiquing aspects of a missionary movement and cites a Captain Davis letter about converting Indians and boosting woolen goods. Across town a dining room joke unfolds as two men, identical gray suits, share a table and an insulted reaction ends with one moving away.
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William Henry Perkin
Philadelphia
Sir William
Capt. Davis
Washington
Kansas City man asks about attachment in Kansas case
A Kansas City man inquires through a Kansas lawyer about attaching property of a debtor who owed money. The lawyer replies the debtor died a year ago and left nothing subject to attachment except his widow.
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Kansas City
Harper’s Weekly
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Vici
Patent Colt
Wright's
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United States
College
And
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Harriet Shimp
Samuel Shimp
Princeton
Shimp
Oak Grove
Philip
John Shimp
Isaac R. Houk
Oak Grove United Presbyterian Church
Hermon Cemetery
Geo. W. Clutton
Bird
McGoun & Sons
H. E. McCgoun & Sons
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