United Presbyterian Picnic Draws 2200 At Vance Farm
Lawrence County United Presbyterian picnic at Vance's farm near New Wilmington July 12 drew an estimated 2200 from New Castle New Wilmington Ellwood Harlansburg and other towns. Weather was ideal and the grove offered sports swimming and shaded seating as women arranged two dining tables to serve the crowd.
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United Presbyterian
Lawrence County
Vance
Nate
United Presbyterians
Motors Firm Seeks Local Plant With Public Aid
Dayton of Consolidated Motors told the board of trade that Fitzaburgh taxicab makers would locate a plant here if local capital and tax relief were provided. He said 160 workers could be hired and about 76 taxicabs monthly would be produced, with a worm-drive design. The board pledged to appoint a committee to study the proposal if local interest grows.
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W. ©. Dayton
Consolidated Motors Company
Fitteburgh
Board of Trade Directors
Fitzaburgh
Drayton
Stoddard-Dayton
Board of Trade
Dayton
Trade Board
Thief Uses Ruse to Steal From Stenographer at Law Office
An unknown man entered the Lawrence Savings and Trust Company building yesterday posing as a client for Attorney Mont L Ailey. He asked stenographer Elaie Henson to do work, claimed the paper was too light, then left promising to return at 1. Upon her return to fetch heavier paper, two five dollar bills were missing from her pocketbook. Detective Lynch investigated. The suspect is described as about 36, 5 feet 6 inches tall, dark complexioned, wearing a straw hat and gray suit.
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Mont L. Ailey
Lawrence Savings and Trust Company
Riley
Elaie Henson
Lynch
Girl Struck by Electric Car in Narrow Escape
The two year old daughter of Dr. W. H. Brickley at 2202 Highland Avenue was knocked down by a moving electric car operated by Motorman L. C. Huston. She suffered a cut and thigh bruises but was not seriously harmed.
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WH. Brickley
Highland Avenue
L. C. Huston
Huston
Meyer Avenue
Noise complaints at Neshannock Creek bridge spark officer action
W. W. Stevenson complained about noise from boys swimming near the East Washington street bridge over the Neshannock creek. An officer was dispatched to halt the disturbance.
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W. W. Stevenson
East Washington Street
Neshannock Creek
Fragmented musings on luck and weather myths
The text spoofs superstitions and oddities, claiming myths about luck and witches are bunk. It mentions odd terms and numbers, hints at daily routines, and ends with a casual weather note asserting no hard luck and a weather claim of eighty.
Reward Offered For Arrest Of Rossiter Missing Secretary
Trustees of Charlemagne Tower estate offer reward for arrest of William A. Rossiter missing secretary charged with embezzling over 14000 dollars. Four farm properties near Newtown Pa. to be attached. sale postponed by injunction sought by tower counsel Major George Ross. State Senator Buckman says Rossiter not vanished due to speculation but may be a victim of aphasia.
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PHY Adelphia
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Germany
William A. Rossiter
Rossiter
Newtown
George Ross
Doylestown
Tower
Clarence J. Buckman
Langhorne
Marriage Licenses Listed for New Castle Area
Corneilia Thona and Jonnie Wultliuk are among the couples granted marriage licenses in New Castle Pennsylvania. Also listed are Edgar R. Dutcher and Mahet McCleland, Ellis Claire Radow in New Castle and Uhrichsville Ohio, with the remaining entries including Domonic De mione and Clementiine D. Fusca, both of New Castle.
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Corneilia Thona
Jonnie Wultliuk
Edgar R. Dutcher
Mahet McCleland
Ellis Claire Radow
New Castle
Uhrichsville
O. Warren
Beiek Ay Weisle
Gilliland
Owe Ae Wesh
Middle
Domonic de
Mione
Clementiine D. Fusca
City Healthful for June With Few Communicable Diseases
June records show a notably healthy month with only ten reported cases of communicable disease. Scarlet fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, chickenpox, and meningitis appear in sparse numbers, highlighting improved public health conditions for the city this period.
New Order Delays Highway Labor Payments
Harrisburg July 13. Withdrawal of lump sum appropriations to the state highway department and a ruling by State Treasurer Charles A Snyder to forward all checks from motor vehicle licenses to the state treasury prompted a protest by Secretary of Highways Paul D Wright. He warned payrolls for over 10,000 laborers will be held up due to the new requirement that all checks be issued from the state treasury after audit and requisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Harrisburg
State Highway Department
Charles A. Snyder
State Treasury
Paul OD. Wright
Highway Department
Wright
Nurse Charged In Feeding Child Odd Objects
PHILADELPHIA July 13 Nine month old Joseph Burke had objects such as pips match heads cigarets stubs moth balls and buttons removed from his stomach The alleged feeder is Mrs Pauline Baucher of Gethechem Pa jailed on charges of feeding the items while acting as the child s nurse Doctors relieved after the delicate operation at Jefferson Hospital describing it as a difficult unloading of a cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Philadelphia
Joseph Burke
Joseph
Pauline Baucher
Gethichem
Jeffersons Hospital
France Bitterly Disappointed In British Policy
Paris reports the French government is greatly disappointed in Premier Baldwin's reparations policy statement for condemning the Ruhr occupation and not opposing passive resistance. French papers say future British notes to Germany may be no more acceptable, and the cabinet postponed discussion awaiting the official text from London.
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Frank FE
Mason International New
Irvine Btort
Paris
Stanley Baldwin
England
Ruhr
Germany
France
Bonar Law
Baldwin
Lloyd George
le Matin
Abe
le Marin
Republique Francaise
Journal Industrielle
London
Local Man to Be Honored at State Sunday School Convention
Williamport hosts a state Sunday school convention on October 10 1112 where veteran workers like William Botham will receive medals for fifty years in Sunday school service. Botham has 24 years as superintendent and 30 as teacher across the state including Wesley M E church in this city.
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Williamaert
Wiliam Botham
Washington Street
Clty
Yereran
Bathayi
Wesley M. E
Lancrater
W. Foulke
Boyles Avenue
Misa Casali Brothers
East Washington Street
Kro
A. L. Marvin
Bloody clash at Cardiff docks involving Arab seamen
In Cardiff Wales on July 13 about 800 Arab seamen clashed at the docks. The riot left heavy casualties and numerous arrests as security moved to restore order.
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Cardiff
American View On Reparations Shared By Britain
Reynolds reports from Washington that the American and British views on reparations align closely. The State Department notes the U S has no official role in reparations, while Secretary Hughes approves Baldwin's approach, which mirrors his own 1922 New Haven principles.
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He OK. Reynolds
Washington
Stanley Baldwin
Ruhr
United States
State Department
Baldwin
Hughes
New Haven
Gonn
One Dead One Fatally Injured In Alabama Derailment
One person was killed and seven others injured when the Memphis Special derailed near Larkins Wire, forty miles west of Birmingham, early today. A coach and five Pullman cars left the rails, with one passenger possibly fatally hurt and seven hurt in total.
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Totc International News Service
Huntsville
Ala
Memphis
Southern Railway
Larkinswire
Berg
Cole H. J. Cale Missing After Funeral Trip
H. J. Cale has not yet returned home after taking his wife’s remains to Ahkihama following her death. Reports say he may be traveling with a brother of Mrs. Cole in an automobile, but his arrival time remains unclear.
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H. J. Cale
Ahkihama
Cale
Mrs. Cole
Death Records and Ages from Mercer and Adjacent Areas
Obituaries list William Start Mascac 26 Mercer Ved AL Vadenl Shaffer a Emery John OC Bde 60 Alesburgh T S Johnes Newton Falls D Mra Alice Medknight Hopper 71 Allard Tenn details fragmentary but indicate multiple deaths with ages and locations in Mercer and nearby places.
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Willian Start
Mercer
AL Vadenl Shaffer
Emery John OC
Alesburgh
T. S. Johnes
Newton Falls
D. Mra
Alice Medknight Hopper
Allard
Tenn
Another Woman By His Side In A Hospital Clash Over Man
Mrs Umstead and Elizabeth Koonse dispute over John Lew Umstead who lies wounded in Rochester Pa hospital. A deserted wife found her husband after three and a half years apart and now faces a rival claiming to be the affair of the injured man. Elizabeth Boonton or Boonthe asserts she is the sweetheart and refuses to leave the bedside prompting hospital officials to intervene.
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Mabel Umstead
John Lew Umstead
Rochester
Elizabeth Boonthe
New Castle
Escape of Four Yeggs Despite Volley of Police Fire
International event at Narberth Merlin area ends with four bank robbers fleeing after a volley of bullets. Their getaway vehicle was abandoned and found to have been stolen from Mrs. Marie Fletcher of Philadelphia. Police pursued. no injuries reported.
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Ternational Narberth. PF
Bateos
D. Henderson
Merlin
Tour Mies
Marie Fletcher
Philadelphia
Tragic Accidents And Local Deaths Reported In News Snapshots
A boy of 18 months was killed after running onto Baltimore and Ohio tracks at Rockwool to chase his father, while a muskellunge weighing 130 1 2 pounds was caught in the Shenango river near Big Eats camp. A Steubenville to Liverpool and Weaver Valley line motorman was shot in the car vestibule during an incident. Police investigate an incendiary fire in Butler. Revolutionary graves found near Callipois Ohio. Deaths include Lert Trowbvidae aged 90, Rev Patrick Quinn, and Farrel from tetanus. Walter Crosman and a 22 year old Fred Jones died in separate incidents.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Rockwool
Shenango River
Big Eats Camp
John Kelly
Steubenville East Liverpool
Weaver Valle Company
Seréiomary Wurr
Farrel
Tetamas
Aloisy
Walter Crosman
Himiself
Fred Jones
Buhl
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Shady Grove
W. T. Burns
Motor Company
Aska
Girl
Arthur Mometer
S. A
Wiliam Bothamm
Essortia “Eee
Geovge I Tatne
Priscilla Hague
George L. Paine
Boston
Wesley McLaren Hague
United States Navy
Paine
Hagues
Knights of Pythias
New Castle Lodge No. 160
Eeeed
Pythian
Alexander
Shiner
Pythias
Pythianiam
Fact
Alabama
Larkinsville
Cole
John L. Umstead
Mrs. Umstead
Elizabeth Koonse
Butler
Callipolis
Ohio
Historical Society of
Owas
Lert Trowbvidae
Bidsk
Patrick Quinn
New Derry Catholic Church
Greensburg. M
Mercy Hospiaal
Pittsburgh
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