Fire in Grove City High School prompts safe evacuation
A blaze of unknown origin broke out Friday at 10 a m in the basement supply room of Grove City High School where baled paper fed a crowd of about 400 on the second floor for a graduation play. The fire, quickly knocked down by a responding hose company, caused extensive smoke and water damage estimated in the hundreds of dollars. Robert Edwin Fithian, Grove City, earned the American Legion gold medal for top scholastic record among grammar graduates, to be awarded at graduation. Howard Mossman Acher and Ruth Spearman of Grove City wed in Pittsburgh, planning a western honeymoon. Acher formerly Grove City College athletics director and Herald Publishing Co. president.
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Grove City
Robert Edwin Fithian
C. F. Fithian
Pine Street
American Legion
Howard Mossman Acher
Ruth Spearman
Pittsburgh
Colorado Springs
Col
Overland
Grove City College
Acher
Miss Spearman
Benjamin
Spearman
Mercer County Bond and Mortgage Co
Herald Publishing Co
West
Ross
Colorado City
Grove City Park Dedication During June Festival Week
Mr John Carruthers and his sons Mansul and Glenn donate the bathing pool and support building of park accessories. The park will be formally dedicated during the Grove City Chamber of Commerce June Festival Week. Guests Mr and Mrs J B McAdoo and Dr and Mrs Ditman of Munhall visited Mr and Mrs William Shorts on Main Street.
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John Carruthers
Mansul
Glenn
Grove City
J. B. McAdoo
Ditman
Munhall
William Shorts
Main Street
City dog catcher’s dramatic lift thrills crowd
On June 5 1907 or 15 years ago today dog catcher officer Young tried to lift a huge black dog near pony size into the wagon. A woman urged the dog away and as the animal growled it leaped free. The bystanders cheered at the near miss and the spectacle.
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Officer Young
Young
Rubber Cushion Horseshoes Tested in New Castle Demonstration
Rubber cushioned horse shoes made in New Castle are being placed on many horses in the city for demonstration. At 6 p m Saturday observers from the Rubber Cushion Horse Shoe company examined horses of Scanlon Contracting. A local express office horse will be shod Tuesday for test purposes as a non skid elastic design is developed to combine safety with comfort.
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New Castle
Rubber Cushion Horse Shoe Company
Scanlon Contracting Company
York Given Deed To 400 Acre Farm
CHATTANOOGA June 4 Sergeant Alvin York at last feels secure the deed to his 400 acre river bottom farm in Fentress county having been presented to him with title clear by J T Wheeler of Jamestown one of the trustees of the fund started by the Nashville Rotary club with which the farm was purchased The first campaign for the fund left the title to farm clouded with a mortgage A second campaign was inaugurated by the Rotarians and the mortgage was paid.
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Chattanooga
Alvin York
Fentress Country
J. T. Wheeler
Jamestown
Nashville Rotary Club
Rotarians
Moravia Sabbath School Time Change and Local Notices
Orville News reports the Moravia mission moved Sabbath school from 9 45 a m to 2 30 p m. Many local residents are noted for illnesses shopping visits and social calls. Named residents include Herman Jones Mrs Edward Johnston and Rosetta Houk with multiple families appearing in Decoration Day and visitation entries.
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Moravia
Herman Jones
Edward Johnston
John
Mike
George Bender
Cora Houk
Josephine
Mabel
Theodore
Edna _ Lechner
Helen
William Lash
Ellwood
John Mcc- Conahy
Rose
Jacob Newton
Rosetta Houk
Luther Reno
William Glasser
State Road
D. F. Houk
A. E. Newton
Mike Bender
May Johnston
New Castle
Elda Gillespie
Ellwood City
David Newton
Telford Newton
Howard Jones
Clarence Johnston
Alice McConahy
Hazel Reno
Allegheny College Plans 187th Commencement Week
Allegheny College schedules its 187th commencement in Meadville Pennsylvania from June 18 to 21. The baccalaureate sermon is June 18 at 10 45 a m in Stone Church delivered by President Hixson. Class day is June 19 and commencement on June 21 with registration at Bentley Hall and a noon luncheon for alumni.
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Meadville
Allegheny College
Hixson
Stone Church
Bentley Hall
Edenburg Visitors and Shoppers Across Town
Edenburg residents hosted and visited relatives and friends in nearby towns including Chardon Mahoning town and New Castle. Shoppers and guests named include Mrs Jud son Cole Mrs Frank Thorne Mrs Adda Robinson Mr and Mrs Clair Hoover and many others with several from Cleveland Youngstown and Niles. The report notes a sick list for Loyal Miller and mentions house painting at C S McCulloughs.
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Delia Briggs
Chardon
Neb
Judson Cole
Frank Thorne
New Castle
Edenburg
Adda Robinson
Mahoningtown
Carl Mitcheltree
C. S. McCullough
Clair Hoover
Mas
Ury
Jap Platt
Elizabeth Mitcheltree
Miss Davis
Fred Stanley
Emma Leeper
Elizabeth
Edgar
Roy Gibson
Albert Hewitt
J. E. Morrow
Youngstown
Charles Mack
Wesley Thompson
North Side
John Maricone
Irwin Hofmeister
C. BH. Mills
Cleveland
Amos
Niles, O
Author Of Songs Once Popular Dies Insane And Blind
Paul Barnes, once famed songwriter of march tunes and ballads, died May 8 in Manhattan State Hospital Ward's Island. He authored Goodby Dolly Gray and about 50 songs including Josephine My Joe Down by the Riverside Dreaming Venetian Moon Mammy Jenny's Lullaby. Notable associate Dar Daly rose to fame with You Won't Do, written by Barnes. Barnes went insane after the war outbreak, lived in hospital about two years, supported by vaudeville friends. The article notes Florida forests contain 175 varieties of wood.
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New York
Paul Barnes
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
Goodby
Dolly Gray
Barnes
Josephine
Joe
Jenny
Dar Daly
Broadway
Paw Barnes
English Music Hall
Colac Pile Pills claim quick relief for hemorrhoids
A testimonial from Miss S Edwards of Brooklyn praises Colac Pile Pills for internal relief from hemorrhoids. The ad asserts quick results often within 24 hours, replaces salves or operations, and sells for 60 cents in drug stores or 65 cents by mail from Colac Chemical Co. Inc. in Glens Falls New York.
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COLAC
Edwards
Brooklyn N. Y
Colac Chemical Co., Inc
iGlens Falls
N. Y
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Sat Union
Nainsook
Madras Union
Munsingwear
Topkis
Monarch
York
Orville News
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