State Colleges Open For Summer
Harrisburg reports many Pennsylvania colleges will start summer sessions June 20 to July 6 with six week terms. Institutions include Carnegie Tech Gettysburg Juaniata Lebanon Valley Marywood Susquehanna Elizabeth Grove City Seton Hill University of Pittsburgh Bucknell Penn State Geneva Muhlenberg Allegheny Washington and Jefferson. Teachers expect large attendance as new standards push in service.
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Seton Hill
University of Pittsburgh
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University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Geneva
Muhlenberg
Allegheny College
Washington and Jefferson
Swindler Gets 20 Year Term
Walter Priestly once of the Grant building was sentenced to 20 years in the workhouse by Judge Elder W. Marshall after pleading no defense to four charges of fraudulent conversion. Five year terms on each indictment will start after the previous term ends. Priestly admitted taking 7 876 from four Pittsburghers by claiming he represented a New York bank combine and would invest their money for returns up to 150 percent.
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Elder W. Marshall
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Camp East Brook Y W C A Camp Holds Summer Week
Fifty young girls enjoy hikes baseball camp fires volleyball and sun baths at East Brook camp near New Castle. Four groups Senecas Cayugas Navajos Iroquois earn neatness banners after room inspections. Weather has been glorious for this cheerful crop of eight to fourteen year olds.
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Philadelphia
East Brookers
Politicians in Budget Balancing Vaudeville Act
The Hamilton Spectator notes vaudeville's return to favor with a novel closing turn a troupe of assorted politicians in a budget balancing act delivering a theatrical finale.
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Hamilton Spectator
Say Betty Who Is That Bag of Bones
A vintage advertising blurb promotes mentha pepsin as a simple weight gain aid to add curves. It claims a 14 pound gain in 8 weeks with gradual use alongside meals and asserts a money back guarantee through reputable druggists.
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Dave
Eckerd
Mrs Lewis Seeks Democratic Nomination For President
Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, friend of Senator James Hamilton Lewis, aims to win nomination at the Chicago Democratic convention on June 27. If elected in November the White House would gain a first lady with extensive diplomatic experience from European court visits and US government missions.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Chicago
White House
Lewis
Europe
United States
Bandits Rob Miners and Merchants Bank in Smithfield
Four masked robbers woman accomplice held up the Miners and Merchants bank in Smithfield Ohio, escaping with about 1000 dollars after forcing Erma Dorsey to open the vault. Deputy Carl Crawford pursued in a slow chase across Jefferson county but the robbers fled in a blue Pennsylvania plated sedan. This is the bank’s third robbery in recent years and Dorsey faced gunmen before, a year ago.
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Steubenville
Jefferson County
Miners and Merchants Bank
Smithfield
Carl Crawford
Crawford
Erma Dorsey
Pennsylvania
Odd Fellows Meet at Waterford for Bi Centenial Parade
Waterford Pa June 16 More than two thousand Odd Fellows will march in the Washington Bi Centennnial parade June 22. Over ten thousand members of the order and Rebekahs from three states will attend the public celebration. The events begin June 21 at St Peter's Episcopal church with a sermon by Rev Kenneth Waldron.
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Washington
Rebekahs
Fort LeBoeuf
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Kenneth R. Waldron
North Girard
Century Old Church
William Heilman
Millburn Club Hosts Record Attendance At June Meeting
The Ladies Friendship Club in Millburn drew the largest crowd ever for their June gathering with about sixty attendees including Mrs. Ernest Jordan and daughters and guests from Butler. Hostesses listed include Mrs. M. B. Orr and several others who served a lunch amid summer floral table decor. Millburn Grange met with Indian Run Grange guests, featuring a program of recitations, songs, and musical items performed by members and guests.
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Ladies Friendship Club
M. B. Orr
W. G. Christley
Mirelda Rodanault
W. L. Mayne
J. B. Comstock
Fred Robinson
Ernest Jordan
James Crilley
Alice Patterson
Roy Drake
Ruth and
Mary Heline Brenneman
Clark Stewart
Butler
Millburn Grange
Indian Run Grange
Grange
Karl Blake
the Grange
James McConnell
Freda Blake
Brant Cooper
William Bowen
Dwight Kyle
Nellie Blake
G. C. Blake
Nellie
W. M
Bishop
Pittsburgh
James Drake
Wilbur Patterseon
North Liberty
Joshua Patterson
Yesek
Patterson Bcene
Irons Campbell
Local Grange Dines. Community News From Indian Run
Arm strong and state deputy lead attendance at a dainty lunch hosted by the Grange with Mr and Mrs W L Mayne and Mr and Mrs Emrys Davis in charge. About seventy five present. Next program by New Castle Limestone Co at Friday June 24 nine o'clock. Mrs Wm Humphrey hosted the June 1915 Club meeting assisted by daughters Mrs Robert Hazlett and Mrs Wadsworth. Several P kins and friends visit Grove City and Indiana PA relatives. Fire destroys Leland Pearson farm house. neighbors save new home with wet roof as family were at church.
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Robert Hazlett
Wadsworth
W. A. McCoy
Grove City
Buffalo
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