Appeal from New Castle prompts road bond concerns in Lawrence County
Lawrence County faces potential impact on its road bond program amid a dispute among state and local officials. P K Stevenson criticizes legislative factions while Auditor General Lewis and Secretary Wright clash over funding for printing and interest payments. The Mount Jackson Bessemer road project proceeds as commissioners plan future routes in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
P. K. Stevenson
New Castle
Africa
Ivory
Stevenson
Lewis
Wright
Board of Trade
New Castle Motor Club
George Weingartner
State Highway Department
General State Fund
Snyder
Mount Jackson-Bessemer
Where To Go Tonight
Penn Harold Lloyd in Girl Shy and Felix Makes Good. Regent Douglas MacLean in The Yankee Consul. Pal the Wonder Dog in Delivering the Goods. Prof Somers Bird and Animal Show. Dome The Man Life Passed By with star cast. Nixon One Law For Women. Cameo Comedy Between Showers. Star William S Hart in Wild Bill Hickok and Mack Sennett comedy One Cylinder Love.
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Penn
Harold Lloyd
Felix
Douglas MacLean
Pal
Wonder Dog
Somers
Bird and
Animal Show
Dome
Nixon
Cullen Landis
Mildred Harris
Cecil Spooner
William S. Hart
Wild Bill Hickok
Mack Sennett
Walsh critical report on oil probe and Teapot Dome dealings
Walsh denounces loans by Doheny to Fall and the Teapot Dome marines use as corrupt and improper. He cites straitened finances, a $175,000 to $200,000 1922 Doheny loan, no competitive bidding, and favors to Sinclair leases. He argues presidential authority over reserves was misused and calls bidding omissions illegal.
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Deny
Fall
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Walsh
Doheny
Pearl Harbor
Naval Reserve Number One
Elk Hills
United States
Denby
Congress
Buena Vista, Calif
Standard Oil Company of California
Ex-Governor Lowden Seeks Place in Trial Defense
Reports say ex governor Lowden is favored for a role in the defense as prosecutors signal they can still convict on existing testimony if confessions are challenged. A major defense fund and a cadre of Chicago counsel including Untermeyer Travers Jerome and Steuer are being considered by Darrow for the case.
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New York
Chicago
Darrow
Samuel Untermeyer
William Travers Jerome
Max D. Steuer
Leopold and Loeb discuss jail life while reporters hear confessions
The article notes Leopold and Loeb, facing a grand jury, discussed an alternative plan to abduct and kill a wealthy youth. Shorthand reporters documented their statements though not signed, citing duress concerns. Leopold reads from a prison library novel to cellmate Doherty as Loeb socializes with inmates.
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New York
Darrow
Leopold
Loeb
Crowe
Pietro Aretino
Mario Corelli
Bock
Thomas Doherty
Rotary Troop 2 Plans Play Next Fall
At Ben Franklin Junior High a Ro tary Troop 2 meeting formed a committee of William Wallace Orville Hoover Lewis West George Jenkins and Ed Raney to stage a playlet next fall. The group discussed plans for the coming year and introduced a new thirteenth scout law. Swimming followed with two races Sam Fisher won the 40 yard dash over Everett McClaren and a relay team led by Fisher Jenkins Sankey and Wallace. Scoutmaster Arthur Mc Combs led the session.
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Rotary Troop No
Ben Franklin Junior High School
William Wallace
Orville Hoover
Lewis West
George Jenkins
Ed Raney
Rotary Troop 2
Sam Fisher
Everett McClaren
Harold Sankey
Arthur McCombs
Traffic Heavier Says Sergeant George Wyman
Sergeant George Wyman of the traffic police notes heavier traffic than last year with more cars in use and directors kept busy. He says farmers have been driving into the city for business and pleasure, creating a big traffic problem but expresses confidence in solutions and orderly operation.
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George Wyman
Urmson Brothers Buy Block on Highland Avenue
The Urmson brothers who run a grocery near Boyles have bought the three story Highland Avenue block from John Reark. No price is disclosed and the deed transfer is expected in a few days. The building houses two first floor store rooms with apartments above.
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Urmson
Service Tonight At Almira Home
Rev. C. M. Junkin of Fourth Presbyterian church will lead the service this evening at Almira home at 7:30. The Fourth Church choir will provide special music and an interesting program has been arranged for the evening.
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C. M. Junkin
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Almira
Principals Elected For High Schools For Ensuing Year
Hickory township school board elected Miss Genevieve Martin principal of the high school for the ensuing year. R A Ebbert and George Barker named principals at Wampum and Mr Jackson high schools. Several vacancies noted including assistants for Mr Jackson and Volant high schools. Mt Jackson to have ten rooms. bus contracts awarded to Mahoning Bus Co and Thomas West. Park Gate schools close soon. Miss Lois Myers ill with pneumonia.
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Hickory Township
Genevieve Martin
Ellison Wooley
Union Township
Miss Martin
Volant
Slippery Rock State Normal School
R. A. Ebbert
Sandy Lake
Wampum
George Barker
Mr. Jackson High School
J. C. Syling
Thomas
West
Park Gate
Ellwood City
Lois Myers
Demeres King
Wondering If Checks Also Are In Relic Class
New Castle businessmen condemn dishonored checks from two alleged antique dealers who rented a room, arranged for insurance, paid tax, and bought a revolver, with checks later unhonored at the bank. The men, who claimed to be Harper and Brown, may return but their names on checks remain relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
New Castle
Harper and Brown
No Successor Yet To Miss Stevenson
No successor named for Esther Stevenson secretary of the colored branch YWCA who concluded her work in the city Saturday. Several recommendations have been received and it is expected the committee will act soon.
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Esther Stevenson
Colored Branch
No Trace Of Bodies Of Missing Geneva Students
Beaver Falls Pa June 5 Up to noon no new developments in the supposed drowning of two Geneva College students Renwick Russell of Delhi New York and David Thompson of Canonsburg Their upturned canoe paddles and a cap were found on the Beaver river and divers have failed to locate the missing pair Relatives arrived to aid in the search as hundreds of boats continue the effort.
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Beaver Falls
Geneva College
Renwick Russell
Delhi
New York
David Thompson
Canonsburg
Beaver River
George R. Thompson
David Russell
Reformed Presbyterian Seminary of Pittsburgh
Several Motor Accidents Here
Jacob Safier reports his machine damaged at South and South Mercer streets when a truck with license 666-336 collided with it. J N Rotgers says his car was damaged while parked in front of Alderman O H P Greens office on East Washington street by Bixler truck 57-807. Rev W F Werfelman reports damage at East Washington and East streets when Francis T Wylne’s truck was stopped by a signal and the Werfelman car struck the truck.
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Jacob Safier
Hillcrest Avenue
Mercer Streets
J. N. Rotgers
Mulberry Street
O. H. P. Green
East Washington Street
Ohio
Rev
W. F. Werfelman
Clark, Pa
East Washington and
East Strets
Francis T. Wylne
East Winter Avenue
Rotary Program For Ladies Night at the Club
Rotary club announces Ladies Night with entertainment committee M F Dull W C Wallace and P K Stevenson for June 6. Program includes dinner favors grand match toastmaster Dr Wallace tenor and violin solos piano sax duet soprano solo address by J Clyde Gilfillan Foxtrot dancing and a grand prize drawing with dancing through 10 PM.
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M. F. Dull
W. C. Wallace
P. K. Stevenson
Rotary Club
J. Clyde Gilfillan
Boy Finds Apparent Machine Gun On City Sidewalk
A boy on West Washington street reports sighting a machine gun placed on the sidewalk by an aspiring advertiser. Authorities are investigating the object as a potential danger to the public.
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W. Washington Street
Police Action Over Fire Delays Civilian Firing Pledge
A police officer was burning rubbish in the afternoon against city ordinance while another officer and the director of public safety directed him to extinguish the flames. The scene occurred in the patrol barn as officers Hillers and Kennedy checked a license applicant before state patrol arrival. High school youth observed on a street corner, a child in a barber shop watched the barber bobbing her mother’s hair, and Memorial Day decorations hung poorly on the Diamond monument.
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Director of Public Safety
Hillers
Kennedy
Hoover Likely As Coolidge Replacement In 1924
Reported pre convention lobbying centers on Governor Lowden with Hoover a favored alternative if Lowden declines. Declarations by past nominees Roosevelt and Fairbanks cited as precedent. Harbord, ex army general and head of RCA, gains support as a potential pick, while other figures like Hyde Beveridge Dawes Shoup Burton Capper also feature in Cleveland talks awaiting White House signal.
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Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Hoover
Lowden
Herbert Hoover
James G. Harbord
Army
Pershing
Harbord
Radio Corporation of America
Hyde
Missouri
Elbert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Charles E. Dawes
Shoup
Colorado
Burton
Ohio
Capper
Kansas
Alleghenys
Rockies
Cleveland
Washington
White House
Coolidge
Regulation proposal targets charity solicitors with badges and permits
Stevenson proposes regulating charity solicitors by naming beneficiaries to the mayor and requiring Tag Day solicitors to wear large metal badges and carry locked metal boxes. Keys would be kept by banking institutions and no solicitation would occur without a permit and issued badges. Churches would be exempt when collecting from their own members.
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Stevenson
Shenango Valley Hospital Admissions and Discharges
Admitted: Mrs Mollie Taylor Terrace avenue Myrna Foster Boston avenue. Discharged: Edna Sewell River view avenue Mrs Sara Bowman Adams street Mrs Frances Tanner West Pittsburgh Domeno Orla Lacock street. One quarter of the population of the word is in China.
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Mollie Taylor
Terrace Avenue
Myrna Foster
Boston Avenue
Edna Sewell
Riverview Avenue
Sara Bowman
Adams Street
Frances Tanner
West Pittsburgh
Domeno Or 1A
Lacock Street
China
Deaths Of The Day Arthur E Bartlett Buried
Funeral services for the late Arthur E Bartlett were held Wednesday at 2 pm from his son E B Bartlett’s residence at 14 Sankey Street. Rev H A Ellis and Rev Homer B Davis led the rites with a large turnout, pallbearers from the First Methodist Men’s Bible class. Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery.
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Mr. Bartlett
Arthur E. Bartlett
E. B. Brtlett
Sankey Street
H. A. Ellis
First Methodist Church
Homer B. Davis
Epworth
Messrs. Rider
Myers
Marshall
Emery
Miller and
Nail
Greenwood Cemetery
Butler PA Postmaster Chase Confirmed After Protests
The Civil Service Commission examined candidates on December 18 and confirmed Chase as postmaster at Butler Pennsylvania. Protests were filed with Senator Reed and Congressman Phillips, who supported Chase after review. The Butler office pays $3600 yearly and will begin upon presidential commission. Boyd also confirmed as Mars postmaster at $1800 yearly to succeed M M Little. Phillips backed this after a March 15 exam.
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Phillips
Butler
Chase
Senate
Paul L. Boyd
Mars
Butler County
City Looks to Co operate on Home Trade Movement
P. K. Stevenson, commissioner, informs the American Railway Association that the local board of trade supports a home trade protection plan and has discussed it with D. O. Davies. The Amex opposes box cars as sales rooms due to traffic and congestion concerns. City ordinance 3712 requires itinerant merchants to pay 100 dollars per month, or a proportional amount, with a minimum 25 dollars for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. K. Stevenson
Board of Trade
American Railway Association
D. C
D. O. Davies
American Express Company
Stevenson
New Castle
New Carole
Joint-Ease Heals Foot Aches From Deep Joint Trouble
The article argues burning sore feet stem from joint problems in the feet and asserts Joint-Ease soaks reach the cartilage and ligaments. It criticizes old ideas of treating only the skin with powders and soaks.
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Gerson
Pern Theatre Bus
Deed
Boomer
H. R. Huston
Urmson Brothers
Highland Ave
Aques Capsule CO
Pwel Lt
T Jax
Rodman Wanamaker
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia Association of Life
Elihu Root
New York Statesman
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Charles William Fiiot
Harvard University
Miss Stevenson
Geneva
Rotary
Kews
Maine
North Mill Street
Shenango Valley Hospital
Youngstown Kill
America
WE Dufford & Co
Hickey Freeman
Fashion Park Clothes
Coats
Butler, PA
Civil Service Commission
David A. Reed
Mr. Chase
Reed
Steve
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