Memorial Service Held by Tribe of Ben Hur
Regal Court No. 9 Tribe of Ben Hur held memorial services Sunday afternoon in memory of departed members. Rev. F E Higiely delivered the address at the First Methodist Church. Samuel S Warnock gave the eulogy. The service listed the members and their death dates including Fields 1899 Cochran 1901 Knoll 1902 Boak 1903 Miller 1908 Connor 1993 VanGorder 1905 Holbrook 1905 Karnes 1895 Forney 1906 McGonigle 1907 Magee 1907.
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Regal Court No. 9
Tribe of
Ben Hur
FE. E. Higiey
First Methodist Church
Samuel 8. Warnock
Joseph A. Fields
L C, Cochran
George L. Knoll
Boak
William J. Miller
Rose Conner
Leroy VanGorder
May Holbrook
George A. Karnes
Lee H. Forney
Joan A. McGonigle
Samuel P. Magee
Governor Stuart Vetoes Several Labor and Mining Bills
Harrisburg June 10 Governor Stuart vetoed a set of bills regulating minor child labor in anthracite mines including eight hour limits for under sixteen and single face supervision rules. The action also covered the garnishee bill fishing in private waters and vaccine certificate exemptions where smallpox is not present.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Harrisburg
Stuart
Local Briefs Include Robbery and City Violations
Edward Miles of Scioto street was robbed of 55 dollars and a gold watch Sunday in Youngstown. Darby Hagen and Jack Feeney were each sentenced to 10 days in jail for vagrancy and drunkenness by Mayor Hainer. John Limpert Gus Pau Samuel Campbell were jailed after discharging firearms and paid five dollars for appearance. Georgia Mobley received a 30 day sentence from Mayor Hainer for drunken violence at Lon Schreckengost’s South Mill street home Friday.
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Edward Miles
Scioto Street
Youngstown
Darby Hagen
Jack Feeney
Hainer
John Limpert
Gus Pau
Samuel Campbell
Georgia Mobley
Rough House
Lon Schreckengost
South Mill Street
Monument to Battery B Erection Planned
Secretary reported the deaths of Comrades J. J. Anhiser Fred K. Koerner and Joseph Buchanan. Letters were read from Lieutenants Alcorn Pennypacker and Com rades Dixon Cowden and McGinnis. After a resolution thanking Nesbit for grove use the meeting adjourned to meet next year at the same place.
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J. J. Anhiser
Fred K. Koerner
Joseph Buchanan
Alcorn
Pennypacker
Dixon, Cowden
McGinnis
Nesbit
Mrs Wellendorf Removed From Hospital After Illness
Mrs. Charies Wellendorf of Rebeccs Street was taken to the hospital last week with uremic poisoning. She was removed from hospital to her home Sunday evening in White's ambulance. Her condition improved. She collapsed in her yard and lay unconscious from early morning until found by her husband.
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Charies Wellendorf
Rebeccs Street
White
Wellendorf
Important Capture by Detective Logan in County History
The most important capture in County Detective Creighton Logan's career occurred early Monday morning. The newborn daughter of the captured suspect’s friends is reported healthy. Logan is expected to recover and attend the June term of court.
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Creighton Logan
Soner
Gan
Logan
First Mortgages For Sale at One-Third Value
Several first mortgages offered at 6 percent interest. Mortgages valued at about a third of the property's value. Seller cites business reasons for the sale and invites responses via postoffice box 200.
Writ of Attachment Issued Against Cleveland Store Fixture
George J. Polites & Co. issues a writ of foreign attachment to seize all money and property of the Cleveland Store Fixture Co. that may be found in the hands of Home Trust Co.
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George J. Polites & Co
Cleveland Store Fixture Company
Home Trust Company
Miss Florence Richards to Bride Maude Fitzhugh Weekend
Miss Florence Richards visits New Castle for the weekend and will remain until after Maude Fitzhugh wed on Wednesday. Richards serves as maid of honor. Miss Ada Douglas of this city guests Miss Rebecca Washabaugh in Grove City.
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Florence Richards
New Castle
Maude Fitzhugh
Richards
r.——Mercer
Ada Douglas
Rebecca Washabaugh
Grove City
Sailors’ Odd Beliefs About Birds as Oracles and Omens
The article surveys seafaring superstitions linking birds to weather, luck, and portents. It notes sea birds indicate storms or calms within hours, explains the old habit of hanging sea swallows to read wind, and cites beliefs about the albatross, petrel, kingfisher, fishhawk, and gulls along with shooting stars linked to gull food.
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Jack Tar
Peat Fuel Plans Brought to St Peter Minnesota
Local men in St Peter Minnesota explore peat as a potential fuel source for the northwest. Bernard C Siiz of Cincinnati analyzes marsh samples to gauge quality and the group aims to form a company and build a factory. Nicollet County peat deposits near Swan and Timber lakes are described as extensive and deep. A smaller nearby bog yields poorer peat due to sand content from Minnesota river bed formation.
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St. Peter
Swan
Timber Lakes
Oshawa
Minnesota
Minneapolis Journal
Pneumonia the Great Terror in Winter and Spring
The article warns pneumonia as the era’s top winter and spring danger. Insurance statistics show rising virulence and higher death tolls than consumption, striking the strong as swiftly as the weak and leaving few remedies once it takes hold.
Notes on how reading shapes knowledge and virtue
Samuel Johnson argues that books silently influence understanding. Reading science expands knowledge even without intention to improve, while engaging with moral or religious works gradually elevates goodness. Ideas subtly shape the mind until a moment of receptivity arrives.
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Samuel Johnson
Golf Craze in England Draws Massive Investment
The article notes ten million dollars invested in golf club outfits in England, with 20,000 converts in 1906. It cites 2,000 clubs and about 300,000 players, spending over 27.6 million dollars yearly, an average of 90 dollars per player. With a ball per golfer each week, 15 million balls are used annually on British courses.
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England
Norman Forest Laws Shaped Meanings of Windfall
A Sunday Magazine piece notes that under William the Conqueror it was a crime to cut timber in forests yet peasants could collect driftwood after storms, turning storms into omens of good luck and giving rise to the term windfall.
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William the Conqueror
Sunday Magazine
Not over 300000 at opening say bank teller
A New York downtown bank teller says the cash on hand at opening is not large. He mentions a typical amount not exceeding 300 thousand dollars, with more kept at the main uptown bank.
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New York
Diet Advice for Thin People Recommends Sleep and Nutrition
The guidance urges thin people to get ample sleep and avoid overwork and worry. It advises eating cereals, sweet and starchy vegetables and fruits, drinking milk and cream, and abstaining from tea and coffee.
Four Year Old Mishears Mule Braying Delightfully
Harry aged four visiting grandparents in the country misinterprets a mule bray as a horse with whooping cough. His exclamation captures a charming country moment from The Home Magazine.
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Harry
the Home Magazine
Lady Isabel's Guest Arrives with Aunt Marian
Marjorie Anstruther chronicles Lady Isabel as Vernon Etchington and his aunt Marian plan a two month visit in a season already strained. The aunt brings wealth, pugs, a parrot, and a forceful presence that unsettles servants and threatens Isabel's health and household balance.
Perfume Experiment Lines Paris Subways
A scent distributing car runs on Paris lines at set hours releasing fragrances described as Araby and the blest after its passage. The trial aims to scent subway stations with a pleasant aromatic spray during selected periods.
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Paris
China Orders 2 Million Rifles for Army
The Chinese government has ordered 2,000,000 rifles through a German firm in Shanghai to arm troops across the empire with a uniform weapon.
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Berlin
Shanghai
Advice From Henry Clews on Drinking Habits
Henry Clews advises boys to avoid the man who habitually drinks alone. The Kansas City Journal notes the wisdom but suggests the warning would be stronger without the final word.
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Henry Clews
Kansas City Journal
Boston Woman Buys Love Charm With $30 Loss
A Boston woman paid 30 dollars for a love charm that failed to work, highlighting a lapse in judgment beyond the charm's ineffectiveness.
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Boston
If We Do But Wait
A proverb notes that a single day grants what a whole year denies, reflecting on missed chances and sudden opportunity. The line contrasts patience with decisive action and hints at urgency in seizing favorable moments.
Unhappiness in Roguery
Quotations reflect a view by Junius on rogues and unhappiness in criminal life. The line implies a skeptical stance toward rogues and their moral state. No concrete events or individuals are described.
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Junius
Clandestine Love Warned Against in Proverb Advice
The Chicago American argues secrecy in engagements or marriages is wrong. It says true love inspires courage to announce attachment and avoid deceit, urging couples facing concealment to part.
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Chicago
England's Big Canal Opens Direct Manchester Route
The Manchester canal provides a direct waterway from Manchester to the Atlantic via the Mersey. Ships travel through the artificial channel with hydraulic locks enabling passage to the open sea.
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England
Manchester
Atlantic Ocean
Manchester Canal
Mersey River
Joys of Authorship and tears in writing
A quote from Andrew Lang in Illustrated London News notes a novelist confessing his deep sympathy for a heroine. He jokes that his tears damaged his typewriter while he enjoyed the moment.
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Andrew Lang
The
Illustrated London News
SolEm Bellwether Church Smell During Service
A church interior fills with floral fragrance as a child asks if the air feels solemn just before the service begins.
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Small Kitty
Mamma
Plagiarists All in Thought and Policy
A concise critique argues there is no original doctrine or problem, citing socialists in ancient Greece suffragists in Athens and Father Vaughans in Egypt as examples of repeated ideas across history. It notes that originality in man is rare according to a Ladies' Field perspective.
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Greece
Athens
Father Vaughans
Egypt
Three Great Canals Link Great Lakes In Canada
The Welland Canal links Lake Ontario and Lake Erie on the Canadian side. It spans 27 miles and features 25 sets of locks.
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Great Lakes
Welland
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Ice money talk between Della and iceman
Della tells the iceman the ledidy has no money now but she can save the ice and pay on Saturday. The iceman doubts payment if she is short and Della offers to let him take his tee back if she cannot pay then.
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Della
Paving Lawrence Street New Castle Pa City Engineer to Assess
The City of New Castle Pennsylvania authorizes an assessment for grading paving and curbing Lawrence street in the First ward between Mercer and Beaver streets. The June 18 1907 meeting at 7 30 p m in the City Building will hear comments and review the assessment schedule at 8 p m.
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Mercer Street
City of
New Castle
City Engineer's
East
Washington Streets
South Street
Lawrence Street
CC. H. Milholland
City of New Castle
City Engineer's Office
Beaver Street
H. Milholland
Week Opens With Much Sickness
Two typhoid cases and one diphtheria case were reported to Health Director Horner on Monday. Railroad workers Guy Maxwell and Kent Stafford, and Edward Syling face serious diphtheria, with others in the city including Stirling Harris Jr. and Francis Florida affected by whooping cough and diphtheria respectively.
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Horner
Guy Maxwell
West
Madison Avenue
Kent Stafford
Ashland Avenue
Edward Syling
Wabash Avenue
Wayne Street
Sterling Harris
No. 1086
Liberty Street
Stirling, Jr
Francis Florida
North Cherry Street
Francis
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Joseph L. Bowies
Lady Isabel
Vernon
Marian
Bob
Isabel
Marjorie
Lord Etchington
Miss Anstruther
Elise
Minto
Barnes
Eastbourne
Morneeng
Mademoiselle
Paris Bores
China
Advice
Pittsburg Street
Enquire News Office
East Sutton Street
Cunningham Avenue
Harlansburg Road
Cement Works
Russell Parke
Miller Avenue
Terrace Avenue School
North Hill
Washington Street
W. B. Bennett
Lawrence Savings and Trust Building
Pittsburg St
Wallace Avenue
Central Presbyterian Church
Agnes
Reward
North Pine Street
Fountain Inn
Cascade Park
Vendome Hotel
East North Street
Clows
Porter
St. Cloud Hotel
Care News
Standard Wire Company
South Millapa
P. O
Treadwell News Company
Carnegie Steel Company
W. C. Stewart
Yles Avenue
Bell Phone
North Beaver Township
Mt. Jackson
W. 8. Fullerton
Edenburg
D. B. Kurtz
Croton Avenue
Pogue
Anmegs
Pr Fap
R. Clark
Re Ae Avenue
Oungstown
Bell
Fulkerson Block
North
Jeffersson Street
Bath
Grant Street
County Line Street
Ee Ee
Lawrence
Jeffrson Streets
Diamond
Inqui
South
Jefferson Street
Boyles. Avenue
North Mill Street
Morehead Block
H. G. Miller
Alex. Richardson
Pearson Street
Twentieth Century Furnace
East Luteton Street
Homestead
Neshannock Avenue
Union
Caldwell
Neshannock Falls
P. M. B. & L. Association
C. W
Mooney
J. Mooney
Jefferson St
R. C Fralick
Home -Trust Company
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
State of
I. W. H. Grove
W. H. Grove
Jas. A. Chambers
Robt
A. McKinney
Marquis
Jas. Peebles
Wah
Sanaa
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