Walton Helps Push $400000 Pymatuning Dam Bill
Walton of Lawrence County secured the approval bill in the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee for a $400,000 appropriation to begin the Pymatuning dam project. The measure, aimed at conserving Pymatuning swamp waters and aiding flood control on the Shenango River, moves toward the governor's signature though full completion will require additional funding.
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Harrisburg
Walton
Lawrence County
Pymatuning
House Appropriations Committee
Shenango
Militant suffragettes on trial at Old Bailey
A final day at Old Bailey as six suffragette leaders and one male adherent face verdicts for malicious destruction of property. Annie Kenney urged sacrifice for votes while Emmeline Pankhurst, ill from hunger strike, was reported in serious condition.
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National News Association
London
Old Bailey Court
Violet Asquith
Asquith
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
Annie Kenney
Women’s Social and Political Union
Emmeline Pankhurst
Holloway
Pankhurst
Old Bailey
OW Bailey Court
Harriet Rebecca Kerr
Agnes Lake
Rachael Barrett
Beatrice Saunders
Laura Lennox
E. A. Clayton
Chief Mitchell Quite Ill Today
Chief of Police Norris Mitchell is confined to his home on Blaine street today due to illness. He left the city building yesterday afternoon and is confined to his bed as doctors determine the exact nature of his ailment.
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Norris Mitchell
Blaine Street
Ten Die of One Malady in DeQueen
In DeQueen Arkansas on June 17 health authorities reported ten children dying of a single illness over the last four hours. A quarantine was ordered to curb further spread and officials took charge of the situation.
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Dequen
Ark
Stores Close At Noon Tomorrow
Practically all city grocery stores and butcher shops will close tomorrow afternoon as a Wednesday half day close starts. From now until September 18 stores close every Wednesday at noon to give clerks and proprietors a weekly rest. Wednesday chosen due to Saturday busy eatable trade. Customers are not expected to complain if plans are made in advance.
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Septeber
Fire Alarm Boxes Out Citywide Battery Failure Warns Residents
Fire Chief Frank Connery urges residents to use the telephone for alarms as the city fire alarm boxes are down. Batteries in the system are exhausted and no city electrician heads the Electrical Department. The council has not approved a new electrician, and funds to restore the system range from 200 to 1000 dollars. An electrical committee meeting is set for Wednesday to address the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Connery
Select Council
W. D. Howard
Charles Miller
City Electrical Department
Electrical Committee of Councils
Dancers to keep six inches apart under dance group ruling
Chicago July 17. Dancers approved by the United Professional Teachers of Dancing will be kept six inches apart. The convention urged communities to appoint a censor for dancing. W F Braun of Pittsburgh said public halls are censored but private clubs are the problem. The eyebrow gavotte and horse trot are cited as bad dances.
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National News Association
Chicago
United Professional Teachers of Dancing
W. F. Braun
Pittsburg
New Castle Woman in Warren Hospital
Mrs William Price of 811 Chestnut Street New Castle is in Warren Ohio hospital in serious condition after an operation performed yesterday by local and Cleveland doctors. She had been ill for years and the operation aimed to cure the disease.
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Warren
William Price
Chestnut Street
New Castle
Cleveland
Price
Friedmann Sails Home After Tuberculosis Vaccine Bid
Dr Frederick F Friedmann of Berlin sails from New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse after four months of failed efforts to establish his turtle vaccine as a recognized tuberculosis cure in the United States. He says his mission was a failure though he is financially better off than on arrival in February.
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National News Association
New York
United States
Frederick F. Friedmann
Berlin
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Replevin Writ Issued Over Piano Possession
The W. F. Frederick Piano Company has issued a writ of replevin against Edward M. Lockeout to recover possession of a piano currently in the defendant's possession.
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W. F. Frederick Piano Company
Edward M. Lockeout
Damage suit for $29,000 started in two actions
Mrs. Marie Linsenbigler files a $25,000 damages suit against J Henry Kline claiming his fast turning of an automobile caused the death of her husband George Linsenbigler in a November 24 1912 accident at East Washington and Pearson streets. The Pennsylvania Bottling and Manufacturing Co seeks a preliminary injunction against James M Joseph to stop use of the Keystone trade mark in bottles and packaging. A hearing will follow.
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George Linsenbigler
J. Henry Kline
Marie Linsenbigler
Kline
East Washington and
Pearson Streets
Linsenbigler
East Washington Street
Pearson Street
Shenango Valley Hospital
Pennsylvania Bottling and Manufacturing Company
James M. Joseph
Bill of Equity
Keystone
Bell Rings As Belt Strikes Bell Rings As Belt Strikes
Lightning struck a kitchen dining bell during a Milan storm and set the Morrows home ablaze. Stanley Morrow and Best Scott escaped in night clothes after severe burns. the house and several barns burned. Other area barns also burned in the same storm.
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National News Association
Sandusky, O
Thomas Morrow
Milan
Stanley Morrow
Best Scott
Upper
Sandusky
Joseph Shiveley
English Lutheran
Marion
Henry Nenseler
Waldo
Best Now For Billy Sunday Concludes Campaign in South Bend
Billy Sunday ended his South Bend meetings with 6 500 converts and a total offering of 10 834 44 dollars. About 35 000 attended as the 96 degree tabernacle night drew intense enthusiasm. Police reserves helped manage 1 000 women outside during the men only sermon. The victory ovation sent the party home to Winona Lake. Rodeheaver and Ackley plan Ohio concerts.
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South Bend
Ind
Billy Sunday
Evangelist
Sunday
Rodeheaver
Winona Lake
Mr. Peacock
Pennsylvania
Homer Rodeheaver
B. D. Ackley
California
Miss Saxe
Miss Maclaren
Robert E. Lee Seeks Democratic Governor Nomination
Friends of Representative Robert E. Lee of Pottsville plan his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. The move began at the Farmers' celebration in Pottsville, with unclear support from National Committeeman A Mitchell Palmer.
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Washington
Friends of
Robert E. Lee
Pottsville
Lee
A. Mitchell Palmer
Mrs Hichborn to Return to Washington Amid Rumors
Mrs Philip Hichborn Jr once a Washington society figure is said to be returning to the capital with Horace Wylie after a second elopement to Europe. Wylie previously deeded real estate worth about 300000 to his wife and children. Hichborn, son of Admiral Hichborn, killed himself on March 28, 1912, after seeking a divorce.
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National News Association
Washington
Philip Hichborn, Jr
Washington Society
Europe
Horace Wylie
National
Hiechborn
Wylie
Death notices list several local residents and ages
Death records list Mrs. Charles B. Lowash age 34 of 147 East Wallace avenue Joseph G. MecFate age 83 of 7 Point Place Albert E. Sankey age 38 of 817 State Street Mrs. William Whinery age 84 of Jackson Center Pa Miss Edna V. Day Burns age 19 of Youngstown Infant Flynn of Pulaski Road Margaret Ellen Pauel six months of Lutton Street
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Charles B. Lowash
Wallace Avenue
Joseph G. MecFate
Point Place
Albert E. Sankey
State Street
William Whinery
Jackson Center
Edna V. Day Burns
Youngstown
Flynn
Pulaski Road
Margaret Ellen Pauel
Voliva Backs Suffrage in Zion City Vote Boost
Zion City Illinois June 17 Wilbur Glenn Voliva successor to John Alexander Dowie announced he is converted to woman suffrage He is a full believer in the right of women to vote The suffrage bill soon to become law in Illinois will add between 600 and 700 ballots to Voliva s party in Zion City
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Zion City
Ill
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Congress
Illinois
Voliva
Showers Bring Slight Relief From Heat Across Regions
Heat waves lingered in the mid-Atlantic and Ohio valley as scattered thundershowers were forecast to ease temperatures tonight and Wednesday. New York reports four deaths from heat and many prostrations, Chicago notes nine heat deaths and a sharp cooldown after a 98.4 degree peak, with boats blown free by a storm.
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National News Association
Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Upper
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
New England
Lake Region
Mississippi River
New York
Jne
Scarr
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Settlement of Cage Case Ends After Payment of Costs
The case of Robert E. Cage against Martin Norris Harry Watters and William Muse was withdrawn before Alderman Ranney yesterday upon payment of the costs and Cage's doctor bill and expenses. The dispute grew from a fight at Cascade Park in which Cage suffered a broken jaw.
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Robert E. Cage
Martin Norris
Harry Watters
William Muse
Alderman Ranney
Cage
Cascade Park
East Liverpool Fire Chief Heads to New Castile Visit
Fire Chief Angst and a committee of East Liverpool councilmen visit New Castile to review auto fire equipment. East Liverpool plans to equip more departments with auto fire apparatus.
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Angst
East Liverpool
New Castile
Bartholomew Slays Superintendent Then Kills Self
Edward Bartholomew aged 69 held a sheriff's pass at bay all night near Meadville before slashing his throat with a razor in a shanty and dying. He had chased Samuel Crowther, superintendent of the Dick Sand company, after a quarrel over a revolver incident the day prior. Crowther was killed, Bartholomew’s motive unclear. Bartholomew left two sisters in Cochranton and relatives in Pittsburg and New Castle.
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Franklin
Edward Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Samuel Crowther
Dick Sand Company
Crowther
Meadville
M. B. Bartholomew
Pittsburg
Oil City
New York Central
Cochranton
M. A. Byham
Holman
New Castle
Rebecca Whitling
First U. P. Church Picnic Set for June 27 at Cascade Park
The First United Presbyterian Sunday school plans its annual all day picnic at Cascade park on Friday June 27. Picnickers will travel in the morning and stay for dinner and supper with a program of sports and park amusements.
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First United Presbyterian
Cascade Park
Farmer Struck by Lightning Near Dotyville
A 65 year old farmer August Schaefer of near Dotyville died when lightning hit him as he plowed during a sudden storm. He was attempting to seek shelter under a tree in Fon Du Lac county Wisconsin.
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Fon DU Lac
Wis
August Schaefer
Dotyville
Schaefer
Marriage License Record for Gary Bride Cleared in Chicago
Chicago reports show Miss Hariloos Stroogeoriopulos of Gary Indiana became Mrs Eugene Constandinidou in an elaborate wedding ceremony. The Cook County license records noted the marriage today adding the couple's names and place of nuptials.
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Chicago
Cook County
Gary
Ind
Hariloos Stroogeoriopulos
Eugene Constandinidou
Westminster Alumni Buy 20 Acre Athletic Field For Campus
Westminster college alumni at their annual meeting decided to purchase a 20 acre athletic field east of campus. The gift funds a new gymnasium and a large auditorium building to follow, with secretary W T Pierce indicating gifts will fund the two new buildings once the field is purchased. Alumni enthusiasm and pledges are high and the field purchase aims for fall term readiness. The two new buildings are expected to be completed by next commencement.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
W. T. Pierce
Pittsburg
Pierce
College
Mrs. Sinclair Engaged to Poughkeepsie Man
Mrs. Meta Fuller Sinclair, ex wife of Upton Sinclair, announced engagement to Hugh B. Halliwell of Poughkeepsie New York. They met in a Newburgh New York sanitarium and Halliwell is said to gain from the match as his father’s will increases his income. Halliwell is about 26 and recently divorced.
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National News Association
New York
Meta Fuller Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
Hugh B. Halliwell
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Sinclair
Mr. Halliwell
Harry Kemp
Kansas
Kemp
Mrs. Sinclair
Battle Creek, Mich
Holland
Four Divorce Cases Started in Local Court
Edward S. Kline seeks divorce from Mary E. Kline for cruel treatment. they married February 1, 1910 and separated May 22, 1913. Emma Haufler seeks divorce from Charles F. Haufler for desertion. they wed April 25, 1892 and separated March 29, 1902. J. W. Patterson seeks divorce from Blanche Patterson for desertion. married October 9, 1909 and separated July 20, 1911. Susan L. Jackson seeks divorce from Robert Jackson. married November 24, 1904 and separated March 6, 1913.
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Edward S. Kline
Mary E. Kline
Emma Haufler
Charles F. Haufler
J. W. Patterson
Blanche Patterson
Susan L. Jackson
Robert Jackson
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Mitchell
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Friedmann, Richer, Sails
Replevin
J. H. Kline
Hus
Pennsylvania Bottling Co
Jas. M. Joseph
Wianer
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Mrs. Hichborn
Society
New
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Posse
Meadville Dispatch
U. P. Church
Westminster
Boarel
Synod of New York
College Board of Trustees
John Knox McClurkin
J. K. McClurkin
Shadyside
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