Fastern Section Of Pennsylvania Hit By Hard Rain
Southeastern Pennsylvania and parts of southern New Jersey sustained thousands of dollars in damage from floods and electrical storms. Three barns and a tobacco shed were struck by lightning in Lancaster County as rainfall swept through Lebanon, Perkiomen and Schuylkill valleys and reached Philadelphia suburbs. River levels rose along the Schuylkill above Manayunk with ongoing flooding reported.
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Pennsylvania
Lebanon
Perkiomen
Bchuylkill
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Flood Waters Cut Through Schwenkville Park Campers Marooned
More than a foot above normal flowed the river with debris drifting under city fridges. at Schwenkville’s Perkiomen valley a large pavilion served as the only dry shelter where visitors slept on improvised bedding until waters fell. In Lancaster County during the rain storm three barns and a tobacco barn were struck by lightning, one barn burned to the ground.
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Memorial Park
Schwenkville
Perkiomen
Lancaster
Land Canter County
British Press Highlights Bryan Death And Career
London dispatch from July 27 notes that Bryan's death received extensive coverage in British papers though editorial space was limited. Reports focus on the circumstances of his death and a summary of his political career, with emphasis on notable moments and public reaction.
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Bryan
International News Service
London
Boy Scouts See Bear And Cubs Near Camp in Heinemann Estate
Kane Pennsylvania July 27 McKean county Boy Scouts camping in the Heinemann estate at Colegrove about 30 miles from town have ample wildlife study opportunities. In a wooded area bears and deer are plentiful. The scoutmaster awakened the group to watch a mother bear and two cubs in moonlight before the old bear drove the cubs into the forest.
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Kane
McKean County Boy Scouts
Heinemann
Colegrove
One Year Ago Busoni Died in Berlin
Commemorates Ferruccio Busoni the famed composer who passed away in Berlin one year ago. Reports also note over 160 lives lost in the wreck of a Japanese steamship, highlighting a major maritime disaster.
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Ferruccio Busoni
Berlin
Canning Urged For Families In War Time
War time canning is urged for families with the slogan Can all that the family needs. The article outlines daily vegetable and fruit needs, lists pint quantities for canned goods, stored vegetables, and describes hot water bath steam and pressure canners used by Miss Amelia Doddridge in Lawrence and Butler counties.
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Sam
Amelia Doddridge
Lawrence
Butler
Miss Doddridge
County Agricultural Association
Dean Blag
Lawrence County
Italian Professor Registers Quake On Seismograph Sunday
Bendani announced today that his seismograph registered a distant earthquake yesterday morning at 4 o clock. He has become controversial for predicting the Santa Barbara earthquakes and a series of quakes worldwide this month. Scientists in Italy and the United States say there is little link between his forecasts and tremors.
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International News Service
Bendani
Prof. Bendani
Santa Barbara
Cal
Italy
United States
Sig. Bondant
Family dinner party at Pulaski fair grounds honored Mrs. Williams
A large lawn dinner at the Pulaski fair grounds honored Mrs. M Williams with Mr Gliffiland as host. Guests included many Gillland family members from West Middlesex and New Castle, plus relatives from New York City and Ohio. Local hotel guests and Pulaski residents were listed among attendees.
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M. A. Wiljland
Pulaski Fair Grounds
Mollie Jennings
South Bend
Tod
Francis Taylor
Youngstown
H. E. Riblet
Harley Crowe
Edwin and
Everette Arrow
New Castle
James Gillland
Ralph
Betty
Friszleburg
J. M. Gilllland
Chlote
Carl Gillland
West Middlesex
Llgud Gearhart
John Aiken
Hickory High
Rebecca Gilliland
Howard Mackey
Edna
Aileen
Bryan Gilliland
Pulaski
Consul Seeks Help To Free Dr Harvey Howard
Peking July 27 American Consul Sokobin from Harbin Manchuria with General Chang Kwong Shang seeks the release of Dr Harvey Howard of the Rockefeller Institute kidnapped by Chinese bandits last week. Howard’s imprisonment site was not known. Murray Palmer, murdered at the same time, died defending a village on his Manchurian farm. his Chinese assistant was killed and a Russian wounded by bandits.
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International News Service
Peking
Sokobin
Harbin
Manchuria
Chang Kwong- Shang
Harvey Howard
Rockefeller Institute
Howard
Foreign Affairs Commission
Chang
Murray Palmer
Curiosities Found In Prague Button Museum
In Prague, a button museum showcases every form of button from ancient to modern times. Founded by Henry Waldes, it occupies two floors in a suburb and features gold silver ivory bronze porcelain and precious stone buttons some dating back 3000 years. Among the artifacts are poison buttons with tiny vials and sharp studs used in past political assassinations.
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Prague
Guechoslovak
New York World
Henry Waldes
Wischowitz
Europe
Rim
Police Court News: F M Hall Pays Fine For Speeding
Police reports show F M Hall fined $10 after speeding arrest by Motorcycle Officer Letera. Five people were nabbed at the Kellish home by Officers Harper Moore Thomas and Fleeger. Kellish fined $100 on two charges disorderly house and interfering with an officer, Mrs Kellish fined $50 as inmate. Three visitors fined $10 each. Saturday night arrests followed. Mondarzk charged Sunday morning as keeper of a disorderly house, fined $100 after a payment to his home by Officers Young Tarret and Longstreth.
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F. M. Hall
Letera
Harper, Moore, Thomas and
Fleeger
Stanley Kellish
Kellish
Jos Mondarzk
Young Tarret
Longstreth
Kiwanis Will Entertain Veterans at Lunch
Kiwanis Club to host Post No 100 G A R members and Civil War veterans from the district at noon on Wednesday. Invitations extended to honored guests with expectation of a full turnout. Event set at the Y M C A with Post officers urging attendance. Death by self harm reported in Oil City incident as F J Van Hook, noted local man and manager, connected to Oil City Wood.
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Kiwanis Club
Oil City
F. J. van Hook
City
Plant worker found hanged. coroner rules death by own action
A worker at a company plant was found hanged last night. The coroner has ruled the death a case of self inflicted suicide.
Skip Stop System Aims to Ease New Castle Traffic
The skip stop plan, proposed by C. C. Coulthard of P O Railways, is to be introduced in New Castle on August 1. He predicts the new system will ease traffic on East Washington Street, with only some stops retained, and both east and westbound service on Chestnut Street to be limited.
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New Castle
C. C. Coulthard
P O Railways
East Washington Street
Coulthard
Chestnut Street
Ice cream social planned at Eastbrook Grange Hall
Notice details a July 28 ice cream social at Eastbrook Grange Hall with plans for transit changes. Stop relocations include discontinuing the Elmira avenue stop and moving both east and west stops to Sutton street amid nearby Oak and West avenues.
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Oak and
West Avenues
Elmira Avenue
Sutton Street
Eastbrook Grange Hall
Brown & Bamitten's House Dress Sale in New Castle
Brown and Bamitten advertise one of the era’s largest house dress selling events in New Castle. Read about the offer and view the window display highlighted in Tuesday’s paper page five.
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Snre
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