Ellwood side protests and Pershing transatlantic plans
A grand jury hearing on the Wampum Ellwood road approval highlights Ellwood’s stance on the project and opposition over road equity. Meanwhile General Pershing may cross the Atlantic aboard the British dirigible R-34 as plans for a transatlantic flight unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
Pershing
Berlin
Cross Atlantic
Dirigible
Wampum-Ellwood
J. W. Offutt
Ellwood's
Lawrence County
United States
Pennsylvania
National Geographic Magazine
Union
All of Original U. S. Expedition to Be Out of Archangel in 3 Weeks
General Peyton C. March said all of the original American Expedition will exit the Archangel sector within three weeks. A large force left June 3, including companies E G I and M and the 339th infantry machine gun company. Of 52 officers and 1,509 men sailing for Brest and two officers with 323 men for England, May set a record with 333,303 troops transported, 12,276 of them officers. National Guard and National Army divisions have returned and regulars rotation began this week with Sixth division units having sailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Archangel
International News Service
Washington
Peyton C. March
Brest
England
France
March
National Guard
National Army
Allies Offer Concessions in Upper Silesia as Germany Weighs Signing
In Paris the Council of Four completes a reply to German counter proposals and plans to submit it to the Big Four. The alliance team signals concessions in Upper Silesia and promises a commission of experts to determine reparations. Lloyd George pushes for League of Nations membership discussion at the first meeting. Delegates in Cologne debate whether German signatories will stay or be replaced by socialist representatives.
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I. N
Paris
Council of Four
Big Four
Germany
Upper Silesia
Lloyd George
League of Nations
Washington
United States
Count von Brockdorff-Ratzau
Cologne
Fire company volunteers donate for hook and ladder truck
Snapshots At News Punxstawney notes a fire company operating unpaid and giving $1000 for a hook and ladder motor truck. In a separate item, Steven Poth, 6, drowned while wading in the Conemaugh river with other boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxstawney
Conemaugh River
Steven Poth
Westminster Old Timers In Big Reunion
New Wilmington residents anticipate a large Westminster College commencement with alumni gathering and events. Activities include a music recital, the play The Queen of Happiness, an alumni business meeting, and sermons by Rev J Howard Boyd and Prof W Chas Wallace ahead of class day events Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wilmington
Westminster
Conservatory
College Chapel
Elbert R. Moses
Christian Association
J. Howard Boyd
Tanta
Egypt
W. Chas. Wallace
United Presbyterian Church
Hurls His Wife From High Bridge
Police arrest John Musey Chacuk on a charge of throwing his wife from the Thirty third Street bridge in Pittsburgh. The fall from about fifty feet left the woman severely injured in a freight car filled with metal. The couple were said to have quarreled prior to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John Musey
Chacuk
Thirty-third Street Bridge
Aliens Anxious To Leave City Syrians Eager To Return Home
A Lawrence county official notes a surge in emigration among aliens eager to return to Europe and Syria. He cites steamship demand and a waiting list of New Castle Syrians seeking repatriation amid wartime upheaval and economic opportunities abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Deutsch
Mer
Foreign Department
Lawrence Savings and Trust Company
Mr. Deutsch
Lawrence County
United States Department of Labor
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Asia Minor
Europe
Syria
England
France
New Castle
Prof T W Johns Returns From Camp Dix Service
Prof T W Johns music supervisor in the local schools has completed a several months term at Camp Dix New Jersey working as a song leader for returning soldiers. He served in the army under the supervision of the Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Johns
Camp Dix
N. J
Death Notice for Philip Palermo and Maria Mastrantuono
Death record lists Philip Palermo of Home Street and Maria Mastrantuono age 27 of 304 East Division Street along with 7 month old Florence Louise Fry of 108 West Grant Street. No causes or dates given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Palermo
Home Street
Maria Mastrantuono
East Division Stret
Florence Louise Fry
West Grant Street
Slept With Knife Under His Pillow Divorce Allegations
Annie Jerrico alleges Mike Jericho slept with a knife under his pillow and threatened to kill her during marriage from June 6 1915 to May 8 1919, with cruel treatment and name calling cited. Jane J Myland seeks divorce from Carl W Myland on grounds of cruel and barbarous treatment. they married August 14 1913 and separated May 15 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Jerrico
Mike Jericho
R. L. Wallace
Thomas W. Dickey
Carl W. Myland
Trial Runs With Aerial Ladder By City Fire Crew
Members of the Hook and Ladder company at Central fire station conduct daily runs to large city buildings to practice deploying the new aerial ladder. A morning trial from East street to the St. Cloud building and the opera house included raising the ladder to roof level. The hose team reached the roof of the St. Cloud in 14 seconds, though total run time was not recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hook and Ladder
Central Fire Station
East Street
St. Cloud
Opera House
Ime
Briefs submitted in the Reno case in probate court
In the estate of Samuel P. Reno deceased, exceptions to the auditor's report were argued this term. Attorneys Leonard M. Uber and Walter S. Reynolds appeared for the executors and J Norman Martin for the exceptions, submitting the case on briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Moffatt
Samuel P. Reno
Leonard M. Uber
Walter S. Reynolds
J. Norman Martin
Armless Man Demonstrates Rebuilding Skills to Inspire Disabled
A. J. Murphy of Sodus Michigan, missing both arms and legs, gave a public demonstration at the mayor’s office on reconstructive ability. He showed dancing writing eating with a knife and fork dressing lighting and smoking a cigar with artificial limbs and his own designs. He aims to encourage others to reclaim themselves and plans to join the U S government reconstruction service after three upcoming exhibitions on the public square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Murphy
Sodus
Mich
Murphy
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Soldier Boys
United States
Reconstruction Department
Newell
Evans And Crum Paroled In Typewriter Larceny Case
Vern Evans and Paul Crum were granted parole by Judge Emery after a plea by attorney W Dickey in a larceny case involving typewriters. Two other principals were sent to Huntington. Evans repaid the money received for the machines. City officials held a conference on the upcoming valuation of the City of New Castle Water Company plant to decide on increased water rates at Monday’s council meeting.
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Vern Evans
Paul Crum
Emery
W. Dickey
Huntington
Evans
James A. Gardner
C. H. Milholland
City of New Castle Water Company
Florence Louise Fry dies after ten weeks illness
Florence Louise Fry aged seven weeks dies this afternoon in the Fry household. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin R Fry of 109 West Grant Street and is survived by a brother and sister. No arrangements have yet been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Louise Fry
Edwin R. Fry
West Grant Street
Bomb Found At Philadelphia Subway Entrance
A four inch shell wrapped in newspapers was found at the Eighth Street entrance of the Market Street subway in Philadelphia. A time fuse was attached and a watchman from a department store reported it to police. The shell was placed in water, moved to the federal building, and scheduled for examination at the Frankford arsenal. Officials in New York were alerted as detectives hunt bombers and possible radical agitators in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eighth Street
Market Street
Detective Bureau
Department of Justice
Federal
Todd Daniel
Washington Square
Frankford Arsenal
William J. Fynn
Bureau of Investigation
New York
Flynn
Auto Temptations Stir Amish Youth in Wilming ton Township
In Wilming ton township Amish youths show an automobile among the younger members of the sect. Some church members fear the new temptation may distract the young from traditional values. The Amish have relied on slower travel in their yellow topped buggies and question the impact if cars gain popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Township
Spurrier Loses Leg After Fire Dept Accident
Harry Spurrier of the Seventh ward fire department had his left leg amputated just above the knee at Shenango Valley hospital this morning following an injury when he was thrown from a fire wagon at Cedar and Montgomery. He had knee problems since the incident six or seven years ago and stopped work about a year ago before the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Spurrier
Seventh Ward Fire Department
Shenango Valley Hospital
Spurrier
Cedar and
Montgomery Avenue
Major Harper Set To Reopen Medical Office
Major H. C. Harper resumes practice and opens offices in the Safe Deposit and Trust building rooms 512 514 516 on Tuesday June 10. He recently served two years in the United States army medical service and was previously based in the Mercantile building. Dr. R. G. Boak vacates the offices to work from home on Crawford avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Harper
Safe Deposit and Trust Building
Harper
United States Army
Mercantile Building
R. G. Boak
Crawford Avenue
Returned Soldiers to Open The Dugout on Mill and Washington
Louis McAnaney and Chappie Craig, returned soldiers, start preparation to open The Dugout near Mill and Washington streets. It will be a small restaurant serving Hamburg sandwiches with a counter and chairs inside and a cook shop upstairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis McAnaney
Chappie
Craig
Mill
Washington Streets
Criticism of Costumes in Katcha Koo Show
Y W C A board received limited criticism regarding abbreviated costumes in the Katcha Koo production held in the high school auditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings. The focus of criticism centered on the Oriental dancing scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W. C. A. Board
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State Highway Department
Grand Jury
London
General Pershing
Atlantic
Exchange Telegraph Company
Atlantic City
Manchester Guardian
War Department
Department
America
Levine
Munich
Copenhagen
Tions
Gates
John Edwin Nevin
Congress
Pittsburg
Hines
The
Carpenters’ Union
Youngstown
John Teitzennfer
Millvale
Allegheny River
Wilmington
Sion
Camps
Annie Jericho
Reno
Crum
Subway
Major Harper
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