Taft G.O.P. Bandwagon Grows as Delegates Are Seated
United Press reports sweeping Taft gains from Chicago to North Carolina with eight more Taft delegates seated. Ohio Missouri and North Carolina contests favor Taft as Foraker and Dolliver Sherman figure for vice president. Cortelyou touted by opposition dismissed.
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United Press
Chicago
Steam Roller” Committee
Republican National Committee
S Taft
Taft
Hughes
New York
Missouri
North Carolina
Senator Foraker
Ohio
National Committee
Hitchcock
Roosevelt-Taft
Senator Doliver
Iowa
Representative Sherman
Sherman
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Bishop Canevin to Lead Confirmation at St Marys
Bishop Canevin will personally conduct confirmation services at St Marys Catholic Church with over 350 candidates on Sunday June 21 at 3 pm assisted by local priests and visiting clergy. A second service at St Marys Polish Church follows at 7 30 pm with more than 100 candidates and Father Andrzejewski assisting.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary’s
Canevin
Father Andrzejewski
Fire damages Sankey Street home. minor loss estimated
A small blaze broke out in a downstairs room of A Bartlett’s house at 8 Sankey Street while the family was away. Fire units from box 66 and Chief Connery responded at 3 30. Loss likely not to exceed 25 dollars.
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A.bartlett
Sankey Street
Connery
Sixth Ward
Farmers chase chicken thief near Lowellville armed with guns
Armed farmers near Lowellville pursued a chicken thief for miles on Tuesday as they armed themselves with firearms to recover the stolen poultry.
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Lowellville
Youngstown Merchants Plan Saturday 2:30 Closures
Members of the Youngstown Merchants' Association vote to close their stores Saturdays at 2 30 PM, citing owner hardship and demand for rest. The move affects multiple local shops and follows a series of economic pressures.
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Youngstown Merchants’ Association
Memorial Service for Union Vet Legion Set at Local Church
The annual memorial service of En campment No. 9 Union Veteran Legion will be held at First Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday evening June 14. The deceased members include George W. Pease John Vandegrift and Samuel J. McBride. Thirty seven members have died since the Legion formed and the service honors their memory.
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Union Veteran Legion
First Methodist Episcopal Church
E. E. Higley
Legion
George W. Pease
Twenty-third
Ohio Infantry
John Vandegrift
One Hundred and Ninth
Pennsylvania Infantry
Samuel J. McBride
Seventy-eighth
Clergy Conference of Pittsburg Diocese Attended by Local Priests
The Catholic clergy conference in Pittsburgh was held at Epiphany school and attended by three city priests Rev F F O Shea Rev P E Maher and Rev J W Sharp. Bishop Canevin led the discussion on new marriage laws with about 200 priests present. The session opened Tuesday and will continue tomorrow as all 400 diocesan priests are expected to participate.
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Pittsburg
F. F. O’shea
P. E. Maher
J. W. Sharp
Canevin
Time on Contracts Extended for High School Bid Opening
The board will decide at Thursday evening’s meeting when bids for the new high school building will be opened. Architect Eckles cited high demand for plans and specifications and a previous extension. Bids, including heating and plumbing, are due by the next regular meeting.
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Eckles
Battery B Memorial Debate Sparks Reader Letter
A reader questions the Battery B memorial plan claiming the monument was to honor Battery B alone and erected in Mt. Jackson. The writer asks who authorized a broader memorial if Battery B should have its own dedicated tribute.
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Battery B
Monument Association
Mt. Jackson
W. B. Clendenin
Kirkwood Uses Clock as Weapon. Arrest and Injury Claim
John Kirkwood was arrested at 12 45 PM by Officer Farrell and Horner on a disorderly conduct charge. He allegedly struck Mrs. Getzel and her daughter with a clock at the Sankey street boarding home, causing scalp wounds. Kirkwood says he was attacked first.
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John Kirkwood
Farrell and
Horner
Kirkwood
Getzel
Sankey Street
West Side
Largest Cherry Tree in Country Grows on Findley Farm
The Mercer Dispatch reports a cherry tree on Co. C. Winder’s Findley township farm measures nine feet eight and a half inches in girth at two and a half feet above the ground. The black variety fruit is said to be the largest of its kind in the country.
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Co. C. Winder
Findley Township
Mercer Dispatch
Hungarian Immigrant Father Seeks Work After Death of Baby Alone
The Baker family of New Castle, Hungarian immigrants, faced hunger and hardship after Pete Baker failed to find work while caring for his deaf wife and newborn son. The infant died, neighbors donated food, and city aid through Poor Director Adam Hainer and Dr. E Hunter Perry began relief efforts while investigating the circumstances. The couple’s clean, small home was described as orderly despite their dire situation.
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Pete Baker
Mahoning Avenue
Pete
Baker
New Castle
No Definitive Dividend Outlook For Stockholders
Receiver John H. Painter of the New Castle Savings and Trust company arrived in the city and met the special stock holders committee to review collections. He said nothing definite could be given about the timing of another dividend.
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John H. Painter
New Castle Savings and Trust Company
City
Taft Described as Likely Next President in Tribune Portrait
Washington June 10 President Roosevelt praises Taft saying he would walk to inauguration if needed. Senator Foraker doubts the event and Taft is praised for personality and leadership. Taft depicted as tall decisive and independent in shaping Roosevelt era policy. Continued on Fourth Page.
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Washington
Rosevelt
White House
Capitol
Wi- Nam Howard Taft
United States
Senator Foraker
Taft
Roosevelt
Hillsville Murder Trial Focuses on Confession and Alibi
In a Hillsville court Dominick Sainata allegedly admitted to Joe Audino that he killed Squire William Duff. Witness Calaute described the shooting while defense attorneys challenge Calaute’s credibility and seek to frame another shooter. The trial hinges on whether Sainata did the act and if Calaute’s account can be trusted.
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Dominick Sainata
Rocca Rocco
William Duff
Joe Audino
Hillsville
Sainata
Audino
Saiata
Racco
Young
James H. Brown
Logan
Rocco
Italy
Dominick Saviata
Waddington
Rocco Rocco
Saviata
Joe Calaute
Calaute
Squire Duff
Duff
Calantée
Seeley Houk
Alderman Green
Pete Esposito
Joe Rich
Dominick Sainato
Calante
Commonwealth
Angell
Pittsburg
Hillisville
Steubenville
Jim Rich
Frank Polito
Dominick Esposito
J. W. Cunningham
Porter
Frank Polite
Frank Esposito
Polite
Rich
Peter Esposito
Esposito
Jack
Fred Serace
City conducts water analysis from eight wells
Water samples from eight wells and springs across the city have been sent to the University of Pennsylvania laboratories for bacteriological testing. Included are specimens from areas with recent typhoid cases and from Phillips and Falls springs, two widely used sources.
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University of Pennsylvania At
Philadelphia
McCandless
Phillips and Falls Springs
Youngstown prize fight ends in deadly concussion
In Youngstown New Castle’s Jack Young fought Demon Bartl in a ten round prize bout at the Grand Opera House. Bartl was fatally injured and lay unconscious for ten minutes before collapsing. Young was arrested as Bartl’s condition worsened with doctors stating no hope for recovery.
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Jack Young
Youngstown
Bart
Demon
New Castle
Grand Opera House
Youngstown, CO
Bartl
Young
Weidemann
Chicago
Sandow
Managoff
Turk
Jimmy Dime
Jimmy
Mr. Findlay
Demon Bart
Black Fitz
Ross
Barts
Fitz
Findlay
Doctor Sentenced in Girl's Death Trial
Dr. A. C. Sutton, 78, convicted of a criminal operation causing Pearl McCracken’s death in Sheakleyville, was sentenced in Mercer county to a $100 fine and one year in the penitentiary. He was arrested in Mahoningtown under an assumed name where he had worked as a railroad brakeman.
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A. C. Sutton
Pearl McCracken
Sheakleyville
Mercer County
Miss McCracken
Mahoningtown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grandmother of Rev Hesson Dies After Brief Illness
After a brief illness, Mrs. Alice Burns age 92 died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs Catherine Hesson's home 5888 Ellsworth avenue Pittsburg. She leaves five grandchildren including Rev P H K Hesson of Ellwood City and Minnie Hesson who keeps house for Rev Hesson.
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Alice Burns
Catherine Hesson
Ellsworth Avenue
Pittsburg
P. HK Hesson
Ellwood City
Minnie Hesson
Rev
Hesson
No Changes in Barber Trouble
The present strained situation between a number of master and journeymen barbers remains unchanged. Journeymen in eight shops are on strike and both sides refuse to compromise. Masters will not comment on reports they may import non union men to replace regular employees.
Shirt Angle Released to Coshocton County Uncle Farm Home
Shirt Angle a 14 year old held on incorrigibility charges is released and to live with his uncle who owns a large farm in Coshocton County Ohio. The arrangement places the youth at the uncle's rural residence pending further support and supervision.
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Coschocton County
Ohio
Masonic Order to Lay Corner Stone at Grove Armory
The Masonic order will lay the corner stone of the state armory at Grove City on June 16, marking the completion milestone for the public works project.
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The
Masonic Order
State Armory
Grove
City
Belmont Dies After Weeklong Battle With Illness
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, longtime financier and former U S congressman from New York s 13th district, died at his Hempstead home at 6 40 am after peritonitis and an earlier appendicitis operation. He served in the Navy, later entered politics, and his marriage to Mrs Vanderbilt caused estrangement from brothers August and Perry Belmont.
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United Press
Hempstead
L. L
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Belmont
Laneheart
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
August Belmont
Sarah Swan Whitney
George L. Rives
Corporation
Nattica Rives
Fifth Avenue
O. H. P. Belmont
Rives
Oliver Belmont
Naval Academy
Kearsarge
Congress
New York
August
Perrys
Oliver
Vanderbilt
Barn Struck by Lightning Burns on Jordan Farm
A bolt struck a barn on the Jordan farm in Plaingrove township near Eastbrook during a Tuesday storm, setting a fire that destroyed the barn, killed a horse and colt, and burned machinery. Owner John Jordan and renter Archie Carr faced heavy losses totaling over $2,000, with partial insurance.
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Jordan
Plaingrove Township
Eastbrook
John Jordan
Archie Carr
Carr
Miss Bonafield to Speak at First M E Tonight
Miss Julia Bonafield the returned missionary from India will address the Wednesday service at the First Methodist Episcopal church. All city Methodist churches are invited to attend. She is a popular local speaker. Friday night a Yale graduate Japanese lecturer will give a free illustrated talk at the First church.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Julia Bonafield
India
Bonafield
First
Yale University
Japan
Lawrence Club Wins Tri-Club Pool Tournament
The Lawrence club defeated the New Castle club in a tri-club pool contest with a final score of 106 to 77.
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Lawrence Club
New Castle Club
Death Record Details for Virginia Allen and Others
Death notice lists Virginia Adelaide Allen aged 60 from North Walnut Street and Mrs George F Mitchell aged 34 of North Lee Avenue, with additional names ng Baker of 432 Mahoning Avenue and Robert Chestnut of Kittanning.
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Virginia Adelaide Allen
North Walnut Street
George F. Mitchell
North Lee Avenue
Ng Baker
Mahoning Ave
Robert Chestnut
Kittanning
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Bishop Canevin
Chase Thief
Memorial Service OF Union Vet. Legion
First Methodist Church
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United States OF America
Savnata
Rocco Racco
Serace
Phila
Delphia Chemists
Rev. Hesson
U.S. Navy
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