Murderous assault at Standard Car Works shock Tubetown
Sam Rach was attacked by fellow worker Steve Hericks at the Standard Car plant in the Sev enth ward. Hericks used a 36 inch steel tong to strike Rach five times on the head before fleeing. Rach suffered five scalp wounds a burned hand and bruises with no confirmed skull fracture. Police and company officers pursued Hericks with a lookout for his arrest among locals and on his Mahoning avenue boarding house.
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Standard Car Company
Seventh Ward
Sam Rach
Steve Hericks
Rach
Enaitsa
Ausa
Hericks
Car Company
Gilmore
Deskin
Kelley
Richards
Moore
Tidball
Car Works
Mahoning Avenue
Tubetown
Language teacher recalls interview with King Alfonso
Miss Lester, linguist and Villa Marie convent teacher in New Bedford, once visited Madrid by royal invitation and spoke with King Alfonso. She recalled the meeting, her father Captain Thomas Lester’s friendship with the royal Fusiliers, and her ascent as a multilingual educator and translator.
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Mary Lester
Villa Marie
New Bedford
Alfonso
Spain
Miss Lester
Matteo Giorano
Madrid
Thomas Lester
Seventh
Royal Fusiliers
England
Villa Marie Convent
Berlin
America
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promised Cure
A Norristown Georgia woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her female troubles after fearing surgery. The letter promotes the product as a thirty year standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous debility urging other women to try it.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Lena V. He
Norristown
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pulaski Man to Move Family to New Castle
James Woods longtime Pulaski Fair secretary and businessman will move his family to New Castle this fall after buying the James Patterson property on East Wallace Avenue. He seeks better education for his children, who will enter public schools there this winter, leaving Pulaski older ties behind.
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James Woods
Pulaski
New Castle
Road Proposed for Darlington
The Beaver Valley News reports a court appointed board met with 20 to 30 locals to plan a new road near Darlington. The grade would be uniform, removing two steep hills, starting near the Hugh Sturgeon farm and ending near Darlington, potentially a 3 percent grade benefiting drivers.
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Darlington
Beaver Valley News
Hugh Sturgeon
Drawing Contest Prize At The Point Outing
Ellwood City notes a prize drawing at the Point on August 20 for travelers taking a round trip by rail via New Castle West Pittsburg Wampum Beaver Falls Hillwood City and Rock Point participants earning entries with each ticket bought.
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Ellwood City
New Castle
West Pittsburg
Wampum
Beaver Falls
Hillwood City
Rock Point
Committee On Amsements
Youngstown
Pittsburg
McKees Rocks
Brownsville
Card players on railroad crew face layoff stir
Interest grows as Pittsburg and Lake Erie officials suspend several workers over occasional card games during meals or rest breaks. The action is not shown to affect service, while critics question whether good service matters when laid off workers are valued for more than such suspicions.
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Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
Big Italian Days Planned in New Castle
August 13 and 14 mark gala events as the Casa Savoia society dedicates its new Home Street house. A two day schedule includes parades from city hall to St. Vitus church, vespers, band concerts, mass, and a fireworks night. A gald watch raffle helps cover band costs as Italian groups from nearby towns join local Italians in celebration.
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New Castle
Casa Savoia” Society
Home Street
Youngstown
Niles
City Hall
St. Vitus’ S
House of Savoia
Alex Paglia
Casa
Savoia Society
Barn Fire Destroys Maurice Wilson’s Enon Valley Barn
Lightning struck the Wilsons’ barn near Enon Valley during a heavy storm, burning the entire structure and its contents of grain and hay. Spectators saved the stock except for one calf. A nearby lad was dazed but uninjured.
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Maurice Wilson
Enon
Neighbor Dispute Ends with Plea and Fine
Antonio Knolwek pleaded guilty to assault and battery charged by Antonio Baker in Alderman Mayne's court yesterday. The defendant paid costs and agreed to keep her hands off her neighbor, then was discharged.
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Antonio Knolwek
Antonio Baker
Mayne
Fish Weight Report From Local Market Alarms Buyers
A 16 pound fish was weighed at the local market prompting buyers to note its unusually large size. Vendors report steady demand as shoppers consider specials on seafood options.
Delegates Pack Sharon for Epworth League Convention
A large number of delegates gather in Sharon for the opening sessions of the sixteenth annual New Castle District Epworth League convention. About one hundred delegates are expected from across the conference, meeting at the Oakland Avenue M E church with day sessions led by delegates and evening talks from Rev. J A Herben Prof A C McClelland Rev Norris White and Rev Meade. From local churches delegates include Miss Daisy Foltz Miss Maude Wright Miss Sue Cramer Miss Hazel Bigley and others with several clergy and lay members listed.
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Sharon
New Castle District
Epworth League
Oakland Avenue M. E
J. A. Herben
Chicago
Epworth Herald
A. C. McClelland
New Wilmington
Norris White
Greenville
Meade
Grove City
Epworth M. E
Daisy Foltz
Maude Wright
M. E
Sue Cramer
Hazel Bigley
Croton Avenue
May Bennett
Grace M. BE
Rev
H. M. _ Burns
William McCaughey
May Thompson
Greer
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Michener & Hormell
East Washington Street
Youngstown Cars
P&l B
Bessemer
Mercer
Coolspring
Butler Times
Butler
Hartstown
Shadeland
Pennsylvania
Pymatuning
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
Cascade Park
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
J. and F. Division
New York Central Lines
State Railway Commission
Perry
Davies
Lake Erie
Nelson
Painesville
Hudson
Akron
Orsa
Enon Valley
Will
BIG Fish
Alaska Packers Association
San Francisco, California
Twis
RIAN
Eugene Heard Spectacle Co
Penn Ave
Pgh
HOTEL
Yoder
Tne Pit Bey
E.E. Bigley
Bell
Union
Writ Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
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