Executor's Notice in Estate of John T. Farmer
Letters testamentary granted by the Register of Wills of Lawrence County Pennsylvania to John Alexander Parmer as executor. Creditors and debtors of the deceased are asked to present claims or make payment promptly. Willam McElwee, attorney, 601 L. S. & T. Bldg. Legal notices July 11 18 25 184] Ab 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Farmer
Sixth Ward
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Register of Wills
Lawrence County
John Alexander Parmer
Washington St
Willam McElwee
L. 5
David H. Diesson
Fourth Ward
New Gastle
County of Lawrence
of Pennsylvania
Ward Lawrence
Lizzie B. Dickson
G, Martin
Charle
Pittsburgh Livestock Market Report July 23 1928
Livestock receipts 250 cattle market steady with varied finishes. Prime beef 11.00 11.50. good 9.25 11.25. cows 2.50 5.00. Calves 12.50. Sheep and lamdba supply 200 market up 10 cents. lambs 21.00. spring lambs 14.40. Hogs receipts 1,500 prices range 11.00 15.00 for various hog types. pigs 14.20 14.50. sows 7.00 12.50. Cattle, calves, sheep, hogs overall active with mixed bids.
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Pitsburgh
Cattie
Chicago Grain Opens Slightly Lower on Wheat Decline
Chicago grain markets opened with Wheat down 11 to 4 and July futures mixed as disappointing overseas cables spurred initial selling, followed by some buying activity. Local traders noted muted early demand and cautious activity ahead of wider market cues.
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International News Service
Chicago
Butter Eggs And Poultry Market Prices
New York market report shows live poultry steady with broilers at 23-30 cents, turkeys 20-30, ducks 20-26, geese 21-26, roosters 17, class prices for butter and cheese varied with creamery items ranging from 36 to 47 cents, milk prices at wholesale $2.33 per 100 pounds for three percent milk within a 201-210 mile zone.
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New York
N. Y
Prices Paid Here for Hay and Grain
Prices paid here for hay and grain listed with rye at 3 cents per bushel and wheat around 4.70 per bushel. Oats 22.67 cents, corn 1.24 per bushel, clover hay 17.50 per ton, smooth hay 15.00 per ton, wheat straw 14.00 per ton. Buckwheat 60 cents per cwt.
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Kar Corp
Pinchot Sets Date for James Scott Execution
Harrisburg July 25 Governor Pinchot set Monday October 29 as the date for the electric chair execution of James Scott condemned for first degree murder in Westmoreland County.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pinchot
James Scott
Westmoreland County
Public Auction of Escheated Funds Listing 1925
Legal auction notice from Harrisburg listing escheated funds held by banks and county officers. Details owners or beneficiaries, last known addresses, and amounts. warns needed claims by law or funds may revert to the Commonwealth. Names include Marquis, Norris, Tizzle Edwards, and Henderson among others with varied sums.
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Pennsulat
Harrisburg
Tawerence County
Commonwealth
Amount
Home Trust Co
New Castle
Marquis &Dantnett
Taural Marquis
Walagte Ave
Marquis
Wannee
Charlestown
W. Va
C. Miller
Adam
Modernetown
John
Norris
Washington St
Lawrence Bay, & Trust Co
Newte
Jefferson St
Naw Castle
Martin
Udlsor Fenandt
Xsws
Refuses to cash check saves merchant $15
Detective Horner reports a man attempted to cash a $15 check at Arthur Rees's flower shop on East Washington Street. The customer, posing as Robert E Williams of 1112 Highland Avenue, wanted a $7 bouquet sent to a lady friend. Rees refused, the man fled, and investigators found the name and address were false, uncovering a bad-check attempt.
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C. C. Horner
Yeserday
Robert E. Williams
Highland
Arthur Reese
Washington ‘Street
Caid
Mr. Rees
Rees
Amber Soap Beers Spark County Hall Mixup
In Chicago a hot afternoon crowd at the county building eyed ninety barrels labeled Amber. A janitor revealed the contents as Amber soap flakes, shocking the crowd and ending their thirst quixotically as whispers spread of the strange mix up in the district attorney's office.
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International Now
Chicago
Amber
WVU Professors Import Rats for Experiments in Morgantown
In Morgantown West Virginia July 25 professors of West Virginia University report a rat shortage after using dogs for experiments. A shipment of 260 live rats arrived from the Bussey Institute Boston Massachusetts for experiments led by Prof. H A Livesay head of the animal husbandry department. The rats will not be killed and may be sent later to universities in New York California and Pittsburgh.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Bussey Institute
Boston
Marss
H. A. Livesay
New York
California
Pittsburgh
Stocks Hold Gains Amid Broad Market Strength in New York
New York July 25 stocks showed solid strength with occasional weak spots. General Motors rose amid reports of an extra dividend, while Chrysler, Maxwell, Studebaker, and Arrow gained. Oils weakened with Pan American, Royal Dutch, and Marland Oil slipping, rails and utilities mixed. Closing prices remained near peak levels, Prisco common notably advancing into second territory.
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Cousins
Financial Halter
New York
United States
General Motors
Chryater Motor
Maxiwall Motor B
Muck Truck
Studebaker
Piercy Arrow
American Can
K. S. Cagt Iron Pipe
Mamous Flavers
General Electric
Seursy Rosbuck
Pan American Common
Royal Dutch
Simms Petroleum
Houston
St. Louis
San Francisco
Baltimore and Ohio
Missouri Pacific
Norfolk and Western
Seaboard Air Ling
Tobacco Products
Acttaity
United Cigaretoros
Baldwin Locomotive
New York Air Brake
Aynerigan
Pullman
Anaconda Auld
Snaphation
Carre da Pasco
Kennecott
Stock Market In Reactionary Mood
The stock market opened in a reactionary mood with a sharp Wednesday price smash after a weak recovery. Call money rose above four percent, reducing enthusiasm and sparking expectations of a broader market correction. Bond activity showed quiet liquidity as investors weigh higher money costs while auto industry reports hinted at price reductions to move dealers’ stock before new models.
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Wall Street
Tractara
Bank of England
Liberty Group
Engineers Give Up Filling Wisconsin Sink Hole
KENOSHA Wis July 25 The longest dangerous sink hole on Wisconsin highways resists engineering efforts to fill it and secure a bottom for paving. The 50 foot long pit sits on the plank road between Salem and Brighton. Workers yearly dump dirt rubbish and debris into it but the bottom remains elusive. This year 7000 yards of dirt two tons of hay several loads of boulders and 13 willow trees were added yet most material sank away. Plans now aim to reroute the highway around the hole.
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Kenosha
Wis
Wisconsin
Salem
Brighton
Names First Born For Keystone State
Harrisburg report states Pisto Foschetti of Hershey certified to Dauphin county court that his first born is named Penneyionata. The naturalization papers note names Lena Roma n and Felix, with the couple arriving in 1906. Final hearing on citizenship slated for this fall. Pennsylvania-born Hershey resident will be eligible to vote in 1925.
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Harrisburg
Pisto Foschetti
Hershey
Dauphin County
Penneyionata
Keystone State
Stee Pennsyl Viola
Lena
Romen
Felix
Foschett
America
Pennsylvania
Japan faces family strain from industrialization says sociologist
Tokyo July 25 The family system in Japan is collapsing under industrial growth says Professor Takayuki Namae a leading sociologist. The wage system now centers on ability not family size making it hard to support extended families. He urges old age pensions and notes rising marriage by choice and young couples living apart from parents due to financial limits.
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Luther A. Huston
International Mews
Tokyo
Uly
Ayatem
Japan
Takayuki Namaze
Namae
Artes
Nemae
Tried Blackmail For Adoption Heir Weds Browning’s Heir
New York reports Philip Siegel a 21 year old typesetter was arraigned on charges of attempting to extort Edward W Browning millionaire reel fer who advertised for a file to adopt Browning demanded fifty thousand dollars and threatened death if refused police say Siegel admitted the extortion while his attorney called the threats a figment of Browning’s imagination bail set at twenty five thousand dollars Siegel wanted sixty thousand dollars to elope with a girl Browning advertised for a companion for his adopted daughter Dorothy Lanshing Browning detectives noted the letters were among many Browning received from across the country"}
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New York
Philip Siegel
Edward W. Browning
Reelrer
West Side Court
Browning
Siegel
Joseph Broderick
Macruary
Wis
Sieger
Daugher
Dorothy Lanshing Browning
Dorothy
Blackmell
Inheritor of $90,000 Ends Life By Poison
Havana dispatch reports six more suicides in 24 hours amid a wave of salt poisoning deaths. The latest victims include three men two girls and a woman aged sixteen to seventeen years old named Birla and others cited as heartbroken over love. Benjamin Creante, recently inheriting $50,000, also died by poison leaving a note saying he was very sick and tired of life.
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Havana
Tho J Birla
Wara
Benjamin Crecante
Wa Nota
Aunt Mary Stil Sells Newspapers at 91 in Harlem
New York July 23 Mary Elizabeth White ninety one of No 23 West First Street claims to be the oldest newsdealer handling The World in New City. The aged and active Negro newsdealer known as Aunt Mary sells to regular customers and pedestrians in all weather while using a cane and shouting Paper. For ten years she has earned a living this way, supporting herself independently and cooking her own meals. She was born in Charleston S C last March and has lived in New York twenty years since her husband’s death. She is devoutly Christian and puzzled by Dayton Tenn happenings.
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New York
Mary Elizabeth White
West First Street
New City
Harlem
Aunt Mary
City
Mra
White
Mary
Charleston
S.C
Dayton
Tenn
Landed Estates Sold In Sweden Landed Estates Sold In Sweden
UPSALA July 25 The old time country estates in Sweden are being replaced by small holdings and modest cottages owned by their occupants. About a dozen estates in central and southern provinces are being divided into small parcels totaling roughly 17 000 hectares with 4 000 arable, valued near 6 000 000 kronor. The Swedish Land Distribution group handles divisions and sales. Modern economics and factory investment draw funds away from large estates, yet Swedes desire home ownership and intensified agriculture. Lindholmen estate near Stockholm, linked to Gustavus Vasa, is among those recently subdivided.
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Upsala
Sweden
America
Lindholmen
Stockholm
Gustavius Vasa
George Washlington
United States
Unclear municipal note on marriage rite changes
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a mayor and wedding ceremony adjustments. Details are unreadable but imply proposed simplifications or relaxations affecting marriage rites and access. No clear names, dates, or places could be identified from the readable text.
Hoover Predicts Prosperity Era for United States
Hoover argues the U S enjoys unmatched prosperity with foreign trade up 32 percent since 1914 and no unemployment except minor pockets. He predicts a long upward economic trend with deflation ended and urges public works like Los Angeles harbor, Columbia river, Cottage canal and St Lawrence link to sustain growth.
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Cinternational
Los Angeles
Amerita
Amlla
Herbert Hoover
B.C
Wade
Hoover
United States
New England
Department of Commerce
Sious
Los Angeles Harbor
Columbia River
Cotcage Canal
St. Lawrence River
Great Lake
North Atlantic
Skeleton Tells Tale Is Latest Science Warning
Sir William Arbuthnot warns that skeletons reveal only general mechanical relations to the environment and cannot fix living conditions. He cites coal heavers and other workers whose spines show stress from labor, noting these changes are not hereditary and develop within a lifetime, not passed to children.
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David M
Church International News Service
Sts‘t
London
Thas
Shaw
Wiliam
Brewer
Sir William
Sly William
Mayor Seeks Easier Marriage to Cut Red Tape
Paris July 25 A sixth arrondissement mayor proposes simplifying French marriages to reduce steps and visits. He would allow the future husband to handle formalities, publish bans without both parties, and remove stamps on military service certificates and related documents to bring marriage within reach of the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Langelier
Paris
France
Mayor
Ardvite
Pinchot Approves State Appointments
Governor Pinchot announced the approval of N. B. Curry of Harrisburg to be water engineer for the public services commission and Carl D. Meiss of Hazleton and Robert E. Latimer of Muncy as assistant district game protectors. Eleven other appointments including John D. Coates of Altoona as superintendent of the district office of the department of labor and industry were approved.
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International News Service
Warrisburg
Pinchot Today
N. B. Curry
Harrisburg
Public Services Commission
Carl D. Meiss
Hazleton
Robert E. Latimer
Muncy
John D. Coates
Altoona
Department of Labor and
Industry
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