Harris and Society Triumph in Judas Maccabeus
The Protheree Oratorio Society conducted by W. E. Harris staged Judas Maccabeus at Emmanuel Baptist Church on Friday. The inaugural performance drew a large, enthusiastic audience, ensuring financial success and signaling a permanent organization. Soprano Mrs May Marshall Cobb and other artists received strong applause for their contributions.
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Judas Maccabeus
Protheree Oratorio Society
W. E B. Harris
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Society
Harris
May Marshall-Cobb
Pittsburg Singers Impress With Major Concert
Bodycombe Hughes contralto Joseph A Jenkins tenor and I K Myers bass all of Pittsburg filled in after J Gordon Jones left for Alabama. Myers earned great enthusiasm with demanding bass solos as a chorus of over 100 voices and a skilled conductor delivered refined performance.
Liberty Flight Didn't Last Long
Officer Melder escorting a prisoner to jail was halted at a city wall corner when the inmate bolted. Melcher pursued secretly changing uniforms, rode a streetcar, and recaptured the fugitive named George Gore of Lincoln Indiana. The charge is listed as suspicion.
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Melder
Folkeee
City Wall
Washington Street
Melcher
West Washington Street Bridge
George Gore
Lincoln
Ind
President May Testify on Lobby Investigations
President Wilson weighs testifying before the senatorial investigating committee as a private citizen to defend himself against Republican charges over lobbying. The move follows criticism by Senator Townsend of Michigan about lobbying practices.
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National News Association
Washington
Townsend
Michigan
Wilson
Death Record for Victor Blandine and RK W. Frazier
Obituary notice records the deaths of Victor Blandine age 55 of Ellwood and RK W. Frazier age 42 of Clinton with minimal details. Both names appear in a brief death record entry without further context or dates.
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Victor Blandine
Ellwood
RK W. Frazier
Clinton
Murdered Man James A. McNair in Pittsburg Office
James A. McNair chief ticket clerk for Pennsylvania Lines in Pittsburg was shot yesterday afternoon by fellow clerk W. E. Sage. McNair, a former New Castle resident, learned telegraphy at the old depot and was connected with local history through his father Joseph McNair. Sage reportedly killed him over a salary dispute.
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James A. McNair
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
W. W. Sage
New Castle
Butler County
Pennsylvania
Joseph McNair
Washington Street
Lodge No. 9
Ancient
Order of United Workmen
McNair
William Earnest Sage
Townsend Retracting? Townsend Retracting?
Democratic senators on the Overman lobby investigating committee expressed that Townsend's admission of lacking specific information behind his accusation of lobbying by President Wilson would not require recalling testified senators. They said Townsend's charge rested on administration interest in the tariff bill and that past precedents justified actions.
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National News Association
Washington
Overman Lobby
Townsend
Wilson
Iaee
Reed
News Boys Leave For Eastbrook Hike This Morning
Nearly twenty city newsboys depart with Boys' Secretary Carhart of the Y M C A for Eastbrook. They plan to enjoy lunch, participate in a ball game, races and other sports, then return to publish the afternoon edition.
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Carhart
Eastbrook
Auto Party Hit By Train In Union City Killing Editor
Frank McLean editor of the Times was instantly killed and Miss Bernice Barr a public school teacher was perhaps fatally injured when the auto party was struck by a freight train after a midnight fraternal entertainment in Union City Pennsylvania. Four others were hurt at the Main street crossing as the locomotive approached. It is believed noise from a shifting train drowned the sound of the oncoming freight.
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Union City
Frank McLean
Times
Bernice Barr
Wattsbureg
Main Street
Water restored on North Mill Street after pipe break
Street Commissioner Mayberry reports Falls spring on North Mill Street reconnected after several days of repair work. Crews fixed a broken pipe and restored running water to the area.
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Mayberry
North Mill Street
School board to elect teachers at Tuesday meeting
The school board will elect teachers for the city public schools at the meeting scheduled for Tuesday evening.
New Loan Shark Law Closes Local Offices
District Attorney Dickey orders immediate enforcement of the newly passed loan shark bill. Five New Castle offices shut to new business though outstanding loans may be collected, with 10 percent commission and 6 percent legal rate set, prompting syndicate offices to suspend operations.
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Tener
Thomas W. Dickey
New York
New Castle
New Castle Boy Is Badly Hurt In Auto Crash
Harold Cornelius age 15 a Raven high student was hit by a speeding automobile on Commerce street and Wick avenue in Youngstown. He was knocked from his bicycle and unconscious. He suffered concussion and remained in serious condition at home after initial treatment.
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Youngstown
Harold Cornelius
Raven High School
Commerce Street
Wick Avenue
Raven
Erie
Tom Perry
Frederick Taxicab Company
Doctor’s Ofice
Dollar’ Bank
South
Pearl Street
Cline Candidate for Chairman in Democratic Committee
Washington June 17 Representative Cyrus Cline of Angolia Ind will seek the chairmanship of the Democratic congressional committee. His supporters plan a vigorous campaign next week. Sabath of Illinois and Doremus of Michigan are already entries in the contest after Johnson of Kentucky refused the post.
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National News Association
Washington
Cyrus Cline
Angolia
Ind
Democratic Congressional Committee
Sabath
Illinois
Doremus
Michigan
Johnson
Kentucky
Barbers Strike Hits Cleveland Shops
In Cleveland today seven hundred union barbers walked out though hundreds of shops stayed open, many union shops. Strikers aim to unionize all shops quickly as the strike spreads. Workers currently earn 13 dollars weekly and seek 2.50 dollars per day plus 40 percent of earnings over twenty dollars weekly.
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National News Association
Cleveland
Army On Parade and Land Partition Suit In New Castle
In New Castle a land partition bill is filed by George L. Patterson and Willa K. Patterson against Robert M. Alp Kate C Cunningham and Mary A Bower seeking division of Jefferson and Beaver streets land with appraised price sale option if heirs do not agree. Also a Jubilee Sunday school parade with about 1500 participants in Washington street led by Hon. Walter Reynolds and the New Castle city band ends with Onward Christian Soldiers.
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George L. Patterson
Willa K. Patterson
L. M. Uber
Robert M. Alp
Kate C. Cunningham
Mary A. Bower
Jefferson and
Beaver Streets
George W. Crawford
Catherine B. Crawford
S. W. Cunningham
Charles M. Crawford
George B. Crawford
William A. Crawford
Robert M. Ulp
Ulp
Cunningham
Lee R. Gordon
Lee R Gordon
Jefferson Street
Walter Reynolds
R. M. Campbell
New Castle City
County Authority Expands Support for Law Library
Under a law signed by Governor Tener, county commissioners may appropriate funds for the law library. Previously Lawrence county’s library was funded by lawyers or prisoners ordered to pay the library fund upon minor offenses.
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Tener
Lawrence County Law Library
Book Team In Two Accidents
A horse team owned by Floyd Book of the Eastside was involved in two accidents within a week. Last Sunday the team tipped during a run off in Mahoningtown, and yesterday they were in a crash on East Washington street near Union station. One horse was considerably injured.
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Floyd Book
Eastside
Mahoningtown
East Washington Street
Union Station
Census Man From Washington Visits City Finance Offices
A. L. Vanderecook of Washington D C representing the census bureau is in the city to gather data on finances for the past year. He will work about two weeks in the city controller’s office reviewing the books.
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A. L. Vanderecook
Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Department of Commerce and Labor
Body Found in Greenville Mill Race
Report from this morning says a man believed to be Mr. Miller of Sharpsville was found in a Greenville mill race. The body showed it had been in the water only a short time. The cause of death is unknown and whether accidental or intentional remains unclear.
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Sharpsville
Greenville
Tragic Accident Claims Young Boy at Argentine Mines
John Roadwatlstock, five, lived with parents at the Argentine coal mines, fell from a coal wagon yesterday. A front wheel passed over his head, crushing the skull and killing him instantly.
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John Roadwatlstock
Contagion Report Totals Twenty-One Cases
The board of health logged twenty-one illness cases in the past month including pneumonia three typhoid three measles ten scarlet fever one chickenpox one diphtheria two tuberculosis one.
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Board of Health
Wood Not Guilty in Lawrence Dynamite Case
William M. Wood president of the American Woolen Co. was found not guilty in the Suffolk superior court for the Lawrence dynamite conspiracy case. Frederick F. Atteaux and Dennis J. Collins faced different outcomes with a guilty verdict for Collins on two counts and a hung jury for Atteaux after a 20 hour trial.
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National News Association
Boston
Mass
William M. Wood
American Woolen Co
Lawrence
Suffolk Superior Court
Frederick FB. Atteaux
Dennis J. Collins
Cambridge
Leslie Reelected President At Lawrence County Sabbath Assembly
The Lawrence County Sabbath School Association re elected M W Leslie as president and kept most officers and department superintendents. The afternoon program featured Rev J B Scott and Dr W E McCullough who urged personal evangelism and Christ centered effort.
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Lawrence County Sabbath School Association
M. W. Leslie
New Castle
J. W. Humphrey
Ellwood City
J. L. Stratton
W. T. Burns
New Cas
Sue Cramer
J. C. McMichael
J. A. Breckenridges
A. B.C
Hive Harman
Temperance
E. N. Baer
Myra L. Paland
A. B. Thompson
D. P. Shafer
J. C. Nothdurft
Wrong verdict read by foreman in Lake County
Jacob Layman of Gary, Indiana, believed he was free after a jury acquittal in a Lake County superior court but the foreman corrected his mistake by signing the wrong verdict form as Layman began to shake hands with the jurors, sending him to prison for jack rolling.
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National News Association
Hammond
Ind
Jacob Layman
Gary
Jack Rolling
Jacob
Lake County
Hearing in Watson bankruptcy case advances sale plan
A Friday hearing before Referee E M Underwood progressed the P J Watson bankruptcy proceedings. The referee will soon issue an order authorizing property sales with the sale date to be set by trustee Rufus McKinley.
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P. J. Watson
E. M. Underwood
Tener Faces Big Fight On Compensation Bill
In Harrisburg the legislature debates the elective clause in the workmen’s compensation act as opponents fear it would limit benefits. Labor leaders plan a conference on a statewide strike to press for compulsory provisions. Walnut Child Labor and Female Employment bills, passed by the House, likely advance in the Senate with amendments reducing weekly work hours to 54 for women and legal-age children.
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Harrisburg
House
Tener
McNichol
Beidleman
Senate
James H. Maurer
State Federation of Labor
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