Old Timers Picnic Plans Highlight Pioneers and Deaths
Illustrated programs for the Old Timers picnic on August 20 list committees with Joseph White and Mrs. H. Morehead as reception chiefs. The issue marks 22 deaths among 200 early residents, with historic images of New Castle landmarks 1812 and 1861, inviting all pre-1861 residents and families to attend.
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Joseph
Robert B. McComb
Joseph Douthitt
Andrew Hutton
Samuel Perry, Sr
Wil
Liam P. Butler
Leander Raney
Robert Patterson Josepha Harris
Frederick Schefenecker
John Gibson
Angeline Cubbison
Rosebryan
Robert Gilliland
Arthur S. Long
J. P. Leslie
John Blevins
Thomas Hutton
John Marshall
Addison Rudesil
Joseph McCleary
Susan Crowe
Thomas Marshall
Stone Corner
England
Washington Street
New Castle
Pool Opened Up By Harry Hoffman Keeps Old Operators Guessing
The Dodds farm on the ddy creek oil field yields Hoffman No 1 a prolific string of oil with over 10 000 barrels produced and six to seven barrels per hour. Nearby wells from Schaffner Dixon McCandless and others show far less oil and no gas, leaving Hoffman’s well a mystery to rivals.
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Harry Hoffman
Harry N. Hoffman
Dodds
Ddy Creek
Hoffman
Samuel Schaffner
Dixon and
Live Fish Swim LP Stream and Inducements on Watches
L Snyder demonstrates a fact with special displays and inducements on watches and diamonds at Long Avenue. The item references a live fish stream and dead ones floating as a visual motif in the display setup.
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L. Snyder
Long Avenue
Father Kills Son in Hay Field Near Amherst
Eightyearold Charles Craver was injured by a hay fork in his father’s field, the prongs piercing the skull. He was lifted into a wagon with hay and died at a hospital shortly after the incident near Amherst, Lorain County.
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Lorain
Amherst
Charles Craver
Carnegie mills to resume on four-fifths time
Steubenville dated notice states Carnegie Steel mills at Mingo Junction will reopen on August 1 at four-fifths time. About 1,500 workers will be reemployed as operations restart.
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Steubenville, CO
Carnegie Steel Company
Mingo Junction
Gompers Can't Sway Miners in Scranton Address
Thomas L. Lewis in his first District No 1 speech as UMWA president urges backing of Nicholls for Congress. He says miners should support legislators from their ranks regardless of party and asserts Americans’ right to pursue legislative office. He argues miners are competent to decide their ballots.
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Scranton
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas L. Nicholls
Congress
United Mine Workers
Jimmy Cooper Aims to Join O. and P. Umpiring Staff
Canton outfielder Jimmy Cooper has returned home from East Liverpool Potters after leg trouble. His doctor has advised against playing this season, but many club owners and managers have urged President Morton to appoint him to one of the vacancies on the O. and P. umpiring staff.
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Jimmy Cooper
Canton
East Liverpool Potters
Jimmy
O. & P. League
Morton
Rock Point Baptists and Methodists Split In Local Ball Games
In Rock Point at the Baptist reunion the New Brighton Baptists lost 7 to 5 to the New Castle Methodists with W. Hanna pitching and W. Hazlet hitting a homer. The second game saw the New Castle Methodists blank the Baptists 10 to 0 behind Veach’s pitching no hits and Harlan’s three bagger.
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Rock Point
New Brighton
Harlan
Veach
Methodists
Knox
Matthews
S. Veach
Hazlet
V. Veach
C. Fleming
Woods
Hanna
Baptists
Williams
Remley and
Curly Andrews Joins Youngstown Champions
Curly Andrews a noted New Castle left hander who pitched for Fairmont and the Necks was signed Thursday by Youngstown Manager Sam Wright. Wright believes the local pitcher will add strength to the champions and views him as a valuable addition to the roster.
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Curly Andrews
New Castle
New Wheat Seed Sold for 250000 Rights Rights Transfer
Roanoke Va July 30 United Press reports B R Stoner of Stonecastle has sold rights in a new wheat seed to western interests for 250000 The first seed reportedly yielded 120 stalks of wheat in tests
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United Press
Roand
B.R. Stoner
Stonecastle
Man loses right foot in railroad accident near Wampum
L A Coates 28 Hazel Dell fell under his train on the Pennsylvania line below Wampum. His mangled right leg was amputated below the knee at New Castle hospital. Fellow worker Louis Douma also injured when a steel rail crushed his right foot. both are hospitalized.
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Pennsylvania
Wampum
L. A. Coates
Hazel Dell
New Castle
Offutt
Coates
Louis Douma
Lawrence Junction
Cement venture aims to cut price with new Spokane area plant
A Spokane and California backed company with Aman Moore at the helm plans a $1,000,000 cement plant on Lake Pend Oreille shore north of Spokane. The project pledges $2 a barrel cement, 1 below the then market price, and expects 250 employees under E C Hadley in charge. The plant uses 1,500 acres of cement deposit land deemed inexhaustible by chemist Charles Fassett. United States Reclamation Service associates and various partners across California and Pennsylvania are cited.
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Spokane
Wash
California
Aman Moore
Los Angeles
Lake Pend Oreille
Charles M. Fassett
Mr. Moore
Mr. Fassett
Carroll A Low
Robert Rennie
W. S. Hanna
United States Reclamation Service
C. Lenardt
J. W. Fuller, Jr
Catasamqua
J. W. Wallace
Florence
Cal
E. C
J. W. Hadley
Los Areles
E. C. Hadley
Harris seeks War Dept guidance on harnessing Kaw River
Former Senator Harris of Kansas urges the War Department to act on controlling the Kaw River. He notes flood s playing with Kansas City across borders and calls for studies by Engineer Captain Edward Schulz to assess corrective measures after the Missouri Pacific bridge changes.
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United Press
Washington
Senate Harris
Kansas
War Department
Kansas City
Kas
Missouri
Edward Schulz
K. O. P Outing at Cascade Park Today
The sixth annual outing of the Lawrence county Knights of Pythias draws a large crowd with pleasant weather. A special train with Ellwood, Wampum, and West Pittsburg delegates arrived at 10:30, carrying several hundred Pythians and friends. Extra transit service is planned as attendance is expected to break records.
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Lawrence County Knights of Pythias
Ellwood
Wampum
West Pittsburg
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Traction Company
Attempt to Save Cruiser Gladiator off Isle of Wight
Captain Fred Young of the Liverpool Salvage Association launches an effort to haul the wrecked British cruiser Gladiator from the Isle of Wight area after it sank in a collision with the American liner St Paul. Divers remove guns funnels and ventilators while steel cylinders are used to lift the hull toward shore for patching.
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Portsmouth
Fred Young
Liverpool Salvage Association
St. Paul
Isle of Wight
Sixteeners to Hold Reunion in Mercer This August
The Mercer S. O. S. Sixteeners plan their annual reunion in Mercer on August 11 12 and 13 with headquarters at the Hotel Reznor.
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The
Mercer S. O. S
Mercer
Reznor
Pittsburg man visits county for cattle buy with sheriff aid
William Braum of Pittsburg, an old friend of Sheriff Waddington, arrived to Lawrence county to buy a carload of cattle. Deputy Frank Waddington accompanied Braum out 14 miles into the country as a starter for the purchase.
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William Braum
Pittsburg
Waddington
Braum
Lawrence County
Frank Waddington
Hair Growth Promise From Parisian Sage Ad
An advertorial urging readers with thinning or falling hair to try Parisian Sage from Geo. W. Clutton. It claims guaranteed hair growth or money back within two weeks, touts antiseptic properties and cooling sage benefits, and notes a 50 cent price with prepaid express options from Giroux Mfg. Co.
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Geo. W. Clutton
Express
Giroux Mfg. Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Youngstown
D.r.bollard
Penny
S. A. Coates
WAR Dept
Kaw River
Cascade Park
Pleasant Resort
Paul B. Griffiths
Sycamore Street
Bell Phone
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Physicians - Pharmacy
Mill Street
Niagara Falls
R. L. Turner
G. B. Zahniser
Clendenin
Bell
Washington and
Beaver
Price Electric Company
Union National Bank
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Croton Ave
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