Mercer County Pays Large Sums On Her Bond Indebtedness
Mercer County, Pa. reports large bond debt payments by Treasurer Malcolm Simons. Key disbursements include $121,400 on road and court house bonds, with over $200,000more planned for road building. Upcoming redemptions include $44,090 on Road Bond Issue No. 2, $26,000 on Road Bonds No. 1, $27,000 on the court house bond, and $14,500 on the funding bond. The 1921 No. 1 road bond had nine and a half mills. funding total was $200,000 with early payments. The year’s payments reduce the total debt, signaling prosperity.
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Mercer
Malcolm Simons
Court House
Simons
Tne
Bue
Public astonished as school board carries over funds
QUEENSBURG Pa July 29 Followers of Westmoreland school affairs were astonished when East Huntingdon township school board announced nearly 4000 of the maintenance budget remained unused and would be carried over to help pay for the new high school. The report also shows 6000 more spent on the new building than expected during the last year.
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Queensburg
Westmoreland County
East Huntingdon Township
Declines To Quit Riding Behind Car
A youth was discovered Thursday by Officer Peter Hillers and Folleewoman Mrs Mc Kibben clinging to the side of a Highland avenue street car and allowing it to pull him up the hill on his bicycle. The car stopped at Laurel avenues and the officer warned him to stop for violating state law and endangering his life.
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William Boal
Peter Hillers
Women Preacher in The Penn Now Show
The Penn now showing With Anna G Nilsson Lewis S Stone and an all star supporting cast features a female preacher character promoting freedom of her sex amid a men beware message.
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THE
PENN
Anna G. Nilsson
Lewis S. Stone
Man Arrested for Disorderly Conduct After Street Performance
A young man encroached on a street tram line and continued toward Winter Avenue before police stopped and arrested him. Officer Hillers placed him in custody and charged him with disorderly conduct at the station. He received a stern lecture and was released under a suspended sentence. Lees Seba
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Winter Avenue
Hillers
Lees Seba
Butter Eggs And Poultry Market Prices
New York market shows steady butter and eggs with varied grade prices. Milk wholesale price listed at 292 dollars per 100 pounds within a 201 to 210 mile zone.
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New York
Ernee
Americas
Brown Hennery
Woman Loses Feet to Hay Fork Accident
In Harrisburg on July 10 Mrs. John Latsha sustained severe injuries when a rope on a hay fork looped around her ankles as the fork was raised to the barn eaves on the Latsha farm near Millersburg. The horse swerved dragging her into the barn and both feet were torn off above the ankles. Her husband and a physician carried her to a hospital where doctors later amputated both legs below the knees.
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Harrisburg
John Latsha
Woodchuck hunter killed in accidental shooting
Alger Reed, 22, son of Walter Reed of Beech City, was accidentally killed near Shanesville while groundhog hunting. A farmer, Lem McBride, aged 77, mistook Reed’s cap for a groundhog and fired from a rifle. Reed, who was celebrating his birthday, was engaged to marry Mary Hudson in September. Irvin Rud, Reed’s companion, witnessed the incident.
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New Philadelphia
Alger Reed
Walter Reed
Beech City
Reed
Lem
McBride
Shanesville
Read
Irvin Rudson
Mary Hudson
Irvin Hudson
Wasp Sting Triggers Fatal Highway Crash Near Corpus Christi
July 10 Corpus Christi Texas a wasp sting caused driver Buster Coffman to lose control on the San Antonio Corpus Christi highway. His car collided with a motor bus carrying John H. Wicker of San Antonio and two injured children. Wicker died from the crash.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
San Antonio Corpus Christi
Here
John H. Wicker
San Antonio
Buster Coffman
Wicker
Child's Shot Kills Boy Uncle At Play
In Erie Pennsylvania nine year old Robert Grown slipped on an embankment and a rifle in his left hand fired hitting his uncle Emery Grown between the eyes. The boys had been playing Wild West and had stolen the gun. Coroner Hanley ruled the shooting accidental after state involvement.
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Erie
Robert Grown
Howard Brown
Forest Park
Emery Grown
Mercer Stores To Observe Wednesday Afternoon Closings
Mercer Pa July 10 Mercer business houses closed for the first time in their announced Wednesday afternoon closing period during July and August. Patrons are urged to remember this closing period when purchasing household supplies. To give a bad temper argue with people you can't whip.
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Mercer
Mercer Business Houses
Coolidge Calls Kellogg to Swampscott Conference
President Coolidge summoned Secretary Kellogg and Under Secretary Grew for a conference at the summer White House in Swampscott. They will discuss foreign relations and a report on recent Chinese developments, with Kellogg traveling from St Paul and Grew from Washington.
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International News Service
Washington
Coolidge
Kellogg
Grew
Swampscott
St. Paul
White House
State Department
Printz dwelling after six weeks illness
Printz dwelling ends six weeks of illness. She lived most of her life in this city.
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Printz
Dry Agents Seize Alcohol Shipment in Pittsburgh Yard
Federal dry agents seized fifty freight car shipments of grain alcohol in the Pennsylvania yards. Each of the 52 gallon barrels was labeled as Old, Musty, Wooden Barrels from Clarmont, N.Y. to a firm with no known presence. No one appeared to claim the liquor and no arrests were made.
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International Newa Servian
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Clarmont
N.Y
Seven Cows Struck Dead by Lightning in Ohio Pasture
In New Philadelphia Ohio on July 10 a farmer, Fred Davis, found seven Holstein cows dead under a tree after a lightning bolt struck them while grazing. His shepherd dog failed to return to the pasture, leading to the discovery.
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New Philadelphia
Holstain
Fred Davis
Big Bend
Typhoon Hits Manila Leaves Thousands Homeless
Manila typhoon sweeps Luzon causing two thousand people homeless and hundreds of buildings blown down across the island.
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Manila
International News Service
Pll
Luzon
Predicts Britain War With Soviet
Moscow dispatch notes Geo Frunze chief of staff of the Red Army predicting an early war between Great Britain and the Soviet government in a public address. The report interweaves with a local note about Mrs. Harry Bonar and daughter, Mrs. Lillian Asher and son Bile of Los Angeles visiting before heading to Chicago after visiting Mr. and Mrs. David Phillips of Hanna Street.
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International News Service
Moscow
Great Britain
Geo. Frunze
Red Army
Harry Bonar
Lillian Asher
Bile
Los Angeles
Calif
Chicago
David Phillips
Hanna Street
Local residents listed in notice of call to meeting
Mrs. John Evans of South Mill street, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Johns of Park avenue, and Mrs. John M. Warnock of Wallace avenue are named in a civic notice seeking attendees or participants.
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John Evans
South Mill Street
R. E. Johns
Park Avenue
John M. Warnock
Wallace Avenue
Teachers Attend Summer School in New York
MERGER July 10 Miss Louise McClelland principal of Marcer high school and Miss Mary Wallace high school instructor are enrolled at Columbia University for a six weeks course. They left for New York last week.
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Louise McClelland
Marcer High School
Mary Wallace
Columbia University
New York
Helena Feels Slight Earthquake In Morning
Helena Mont July 10 A minor earthquake was felt in Helena with no damage reported J Wy Kullein of 21 West Grant street told police someone entered his house at 402 Waldo street as he was moving and took a tea kettle tires tubes and rims Officials Moore and Logan investigated the case
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International News Service
Helena
Mont
J. Wy. Kullein
West
Grant Street
Waldo Street
Moore and Logan
July Fourth Injuries. Two Recovering in Somerset
Joseph Trax, hurt during the parade, is recovering well, as is Mrs. Henry Craft who fell from a float after Trax’s cannon concussion and a truck jolt on uneven track. In Somerset a farmer named Williams Matthews, 60, was killed after being struck by a live wire along a road near Roswell. He leaves a widow and two sons.
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Joseph Trax
Henry Craft
Mr. Trax
Cannon
Mrs.Crafz
Somerset
Roswell
Iastaight
Williams Matthews
Farmer
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