Box Car Berth Proves Costly
John O’Brien a Baltimore & Ohio worker narrowly escaped deportation after waking in a sealed box car during a drunken lark with two friends. The trio spent their semi monthly pay, about thirty dollars, and drank heavily. O’Brien awoke in Mahoningtown with only pennies, finds the car sealed for shipment, and loses most of his pay while a passing worker frees him. Also notes lodge social events for railroad workers, church supper, and local civic updates including a Seventh ward fire truck test and horse usage for tin can collection.
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John O’brien
Baltimore & Ohio
John
O’brien
Bacchus
Hobo
Mahoningtown
Here
Chicago
Civic league sows grass on long neglected Clayton North Cedar lot
Members of the Mahoningtown Civic league ploughed the vacant lot at Clayton and North Cedar streets and will sow grass. Residents say the site has never been ploughed for 30 years or more and has been an eyesore. the improvement is welcomed by the ward.
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Mahoningtown
Civic League
Clayton and
North Cedar Streets
Mahoningtown Fire Extinguished Near Scanlon Barn
Firefighters answered a call yesterday to quell a small blaze near the Scanlon barn as neighborhood children playing nearby started the fire. The hose wagon arrived since the new truck was not yet stationed at the engine house. King’s Herald band members plan a church social for next Tuesday with partial arrangements made at yesterday’s meeting. members are to meet Friday afternoon to collect tickets and finalize plans.
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Mahoningtown
King's Herald Band
World Tour by Willing Workers at Mahoningtown Church
Twenty eight autos carried Seventh ward residents on a world tour hosted by the Willing Workers of the Mahoningtown Presbyterian church last evening. The route stopped at Robert Wilson's Montgomery avenue home with Belfast decor and Blarney stone kisses, then to Scheidemantle on West Madison for Atlantic City sights, Holliday on West Clayton for San Francisco, Jane Chambers on West Clayton for Mexico City, and Mrs John Shriver on North Cedar for a Miami stop. Proceeds benefit church work through the class.
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Seventh Ward
Mahoningtown Presbyterian Church
Robert Wilson
Montgomery Avenue
Belfast
Wallace nieces return home after visit
Misses Ruth and Fidelia Wallace of Kinsman and Elizabeth Dennison of Green returned home after spending a few days with their uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Caulfield of North Liberty Street.
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Ruth and
Fidelia Wallace
Kinsman, CO
Elizabeth Dennison
Green, C
A Safe Easy Way To Cure Ulcers
Hokara the pure skin healer promises quick relief for ulcers and many skin troubles with a money back guarantee if no cure. McKee's Rut-Rate Medicine Store sells Hokara as a grease free tissue builder for 35 cents a large package with hundreds of successful sales noted.
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Hokara
McKee
McKee’s
Walker attends funeral of Mrs. John Best in Greenville
David H. Walker of West Clayton street attended the funeral of Mrs. John Best held yesterday at her late residence in Greenville where services were conducted.
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David H. Walker
West Clayton Street
Greenville
John Best
Local residents visitations and returns across towns
A roundup of residents visiting friends and returning home reports numerous social calls. John Krupper, J H Lamson, Willis Fullerton, Charles E Peterson and others are listed visiting Chicago, Mt Jackson, Moravia, Beaver Falls and Mahoningtown. Mary Cochran returns from Pittsburg while several families travel to Woodlawn and Youngstown for visits. Sally Lou Elder recovers well after tonsil surgery at Shenango Valley hospital.
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J. H. Lamson
Mt. Jackson
Willis Fullerton
Moravia
Mahoningtown
Charles E. Peterson
Beaver Falls
Seventh Ward
John Warner
Mary Cochran
North Liberty Street
Pittsburg
W. P. Dobson
McKeesport
Gladys Herwick
H. E. Lynch
Andrew MacMurrie
Clayton
Ruth
Woodlawn
Isabelle Wylie
James Smith
Eva Hoffman
Ashtabula
Grant Shaffer
Second Street
John B. Shriver
East Madison Avenue
May Parks
Cherry Street
Youngstown
George Shriver
Sally Lou
Harry Elder
Shenango Valley Hospital
Republic Will Operate New Blast Furnace in Haselton
The Republic Iron and Steel Co announces the eighth blast furnace in the northern district will start by July 1, with a 550 ton daily capacity. Located in Haselton and built by William B Pollock Co, it follows seven furnaces in the district and three at Thomas, Alamada, raising annual pig iron capacity to about 1,200,000 tons. The new stack will hire many more workers while prior power-house delays linger.
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Republic Iron & Steel Co
J. W. Deetrick
Haselton
William B. Pollock Co
Republic
Thomas
Alamada
Youngstown
India's Hoarded Treasure
The Financial Review estimates India's hidden wealth at over 400 million pounds. Much remains in small sums, with London observers saying gold sent by Britain to India circulates quickly out of circulation. The piece notes myths about large hidden wealth and mentions Norwegian experiments with underwater illumination driving away fish.
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India
The
Financial Review
London
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Abe Strauss
Hirshberg Co
Strauss-Birshbery Co
Youngstown, Ohio
Greater Vitagraph
Peggy Hyland
M. MacDermott
Babette
William Fox
June Caprice
Hadden
Lodge
Madison Avenue Christian Church
Crescent Theatre
Christian Church
Fannie Baney
Haney Furniture of
New Castle
Nished
White Wholesale Millinery Co
Mabel Wilson Lodge Ladies’ Auxiliary
B. of R. T
K. of P. Hall
Virginia Hadden
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Lodge
Putnam
Putnam's
Putnam’s
Keeley Cure
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh
Keeley Institut
Poona
Seventh Ward Personals
John Krupper
Chicago Junction
Oakwood
Bell 2224
Union 126
McCain Realty Company
Pate
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