Board Of Trade Get-Together On Tuesday Evening
Final arrangements for a big membership get-together of the Board of Trade are set for Carnegie Steel auditorium on Tuesday evening June 22 at 7 30. The event is a howdy do party with free barbecue and vaudeville by top talent. Marlin's Jazz orchestra will perform and the cooling system in the auditorium guarantees comfort despite warm weather.
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Board of Trade
Carnegie Steel
Carnegie
Marlin’s
Jazz Orchestra
Wreck on Harmony Route Near Evans City Delays Travel
A northbound passenger car on the Pittsburgh and Harmony line crashed into a freight car at Rowan station eight miles from Evans City. Three passengers were injured, officials said.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh and Harmony
Rowan Station
Evans City
Broken Arm Causes Death of Boy Peter Elson
Peter Elson aged 17 died at New Castle hospital from blood poisoning after a broken arm punctured by a bone. He and his brothers moved to the city from Emporium Pennsylvania to await their family. Survived by mother Amelia Roseta Elson and brothers Joseph and Daniel. Remains at Rice's chapel awaiting the mother’s arrival.
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Peter Elson
New Castle Hospital
Emporium
Shady Side
Albert Elson
Amelia Roseta Elson
Emporium School
Joseph
Daniel
Rice’s Chapel
Thomas McCormick Heads to Ireland After 23 Years in Grocery Trade
Thomas McCormick Sr. closes his Long Avenue grocery after 23 years in the South Side district and sells his property. He plans to sail from New York on June 26 to visit two sisters, a brother, and other relatives in Ireland, aiming to stay about two years. He is a prominent Irish-American resident.
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South Side
Thomas McCormick
Long Avenue
New York
Ireland
McCormick
Lightning Strikes Gas Main Collapse Kills Two Bridge
Two men are believed dead after a gas main was struck by lightning causing the McKees Rocks bridge to collapse into the creek. Three men crossed the bridge. one reached the street safely while the other two were carried away in the swollen water.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
McKees Rocks
W C T U Flower Mission at City Home
Central W C T U held its annual flower mission service at City Home with sixty bouquets distributed. The patrol wagon conveyed the ladies to the home, where Mayor Barnes and police and fire chiefs received bouquets, and a program featured Rev. F B McAllister, Miss Marie Hughes, and Mrs. Biddle. The next meeting is Friday at 8 o'clock at the Y W C A.
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Barnes
Perry Snyder
Amy Biddle
Marie Hughes
Jennie Forquer
F. B. McAllister
First Baptist Church
Wickman
Forquer
McAllister
Ketlar
Jennie Cassidy
New Castle News
Union
Degree of D D For Rev C J Williamson
Rev C J Williamson pastor of the Highland United Presbyterian church received the Doctor of Divinity degree at Geneva College commencement on a Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony also conferred the same degree on Rev Charles Bell of Ellwood City, head of welfare work at Shelby Tube. Bell is a 1899 Geneva graduate, Williamson a 1898 Tarkio College graduate.
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C. J. Williamson
Highland United Presbyterian Congregation
Geneva College
Charles Bell
Ellwood City
Shelby Tube Company
Rev. Bell
Geneva
Rev. Williamson
Tarkio College
Storm disrupts fire alarms across departments
Alarms rang at several fire stations this morning though no fire was found. Different readings were received at Park Avenue and No 3 stations, 29 and 28 respectively. Weather conditions are believed to have affected the alarm wires.
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Park Avenue
No. 3
Wallace Avenue Open After Concrete Set
Wallace avenue between Highland avenue and North Jefferson street has been opened to traffic after concrete pavement hardened for over three weeks. The final covering was removed Wednesday following the curing period and the surface is now ready for use.
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Wallace Avenue
Highland Avenue
North
Jefferson Street
Insurance Against Rain Arrives In New York
New Yorkers may insure Fourth of July outings against rain by paying a premium to a local firm. Henry W. Ives, head of the company, says the policy covers clothing damage and plan disruptions. The concept mirrors a popular English practice.
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New York
Henry W. Ives
England
Bennington Undertaker Charged With Wife Poisoning
Bennington Vermont June 17 Charged with poisoning his wife 33 year old undertaker assistant and village bean drummer Madison Pettibone was held for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing The motive centered on love for nurse Melen Irene Mellon as Pettibone allegedly used strychnine in a medicine dose and waited beside his wife as she died The nurse is named Miss Mellon and is said to be exonerated Pettibone claimed debt over a house as the reason for the crime.
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International News Service
Bennington
Byron Madison Pettibone
Melen
Irene Mellon
Eva Bond Pettibone
Pettibone
Strychnine
Miss Mellon
Troy
N. Y
Epworth Church Picnic at Cascade Park Friday
Epworth Methodist Episcopal church and Sunday school hold their annual picnic at Cascade Park Friday afternoon. Sports begin at 2 30 p m and the picnic supper is at 6 p m in the grove. Weather permitting this will be among the biggest events for the congregation.
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Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church
Cascade Park
Grove
Band of 100 Attacks Tyrone Barracks and Captures Constables
In County Tyrone a band of about 100 men attacked the Cokestown barracks today and seized two constables. Police reinforcements arrived and the attackers were dispersed. Also, city employees will receive semi monthly pay Friday totaling $8,419.74 for the period ending June 15.
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Dublin
Cokestown
County Tyrone
Harding Plans Declarations On Issues Of Day
Senator Harding prepares his acceptance letter and plans careful study of labor conditions while declining many invitations to speak. He meets Generals Pershing and Sims in Washington as congratulations pour in from labor groups and political leaders.
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Harding
Hayward
Washington
Senator Harding
Ohio
William Burgess
U. S. Potters Association
Trenton
N. J
J. J. Pershing
Col
J. G. Quekemeyer
General Pershing
Admiral William Sims
Congress
Admiral Sims
Pershing
Sims
Bolsheviks Advance on Russo-Polish Front
Bolsheviks press the attack on the Russo-Polish front heading toward Korosten. Despatches report pursuing the enemy and driving in rear guards in the afternoon wireless notices.
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London
Korosten
Snapshots At News The Consumers Coal Company Organized
A Beaver Falls enterprise to sell coal direct from producer to consumer. Beaver Falls Machine Gun Company mustered into state service by Major William Fish. Wedding in St. Louis Cathedral postponed due to bride’s attire. Petersburg firm develops paper pulp from cotton fiber after three months. Elsie Bod and Mathilda Holland killed in Pittsburgh auto crash. two others injured. Chicago bankers refuse loan of 15 million to city. Pittsburgh speed craze nets over 100 arrests. John J. Stevens, 17, deserter, dies after being shot in Philadelphia. Pensacola conducts rat killing drive to curb bubonic plague. State highway bids open in ten counties. six counties receive no bids.
Dam Reminisces as Plans Rise for Rural Avenue Beach
A planned dam for a swimming beach at the end of Rural avenue on the Neshannock creek recalls an old era. An earlier dam and Pearson Mill once stood at that spot, leaving only fragments until recently gone, as the site is prepared for new development.
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Neshannock Creek
New Castle
Neshannock
Pearson Mill
Material Plenty For Democratic Platform Planks
Report from San Francisco notes ample material for the Democratic platform with Carter Glass directing main sections. The wet and dry issue dominates early debate among delegates as convention approaches and preparatory talks accelerate.
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Washington
Treasury
Carter Glass
Senator Harding and Mrs Harding Feature in Films
Senator Warren G Harding and Mrs Harding allowed film crews into their Wyomink Avenue home for exterior and interior shoots. A dozen moviemakers recorded the couple as principal subjects, with clips expected to play a role in the forthcoming campaign. The senator then returned to his office for continued correspondence.
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International News Service
Washington
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Wyomink Avenue
Eagles Banquet Set for June 30 in New Castle
New Castle Aerie No. 455, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will hold a banquet on June 30 to honor two members. T. Burt Iman is state president and Hugh Ward was elected state delegate to the national convention. Prominent members from across the state are expected to attend.
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New Castle Aerie No. 455
Order of Whagles
T. Burt Iman
Hugh Ward
Order
Grove City Alumni Gather for Commencement and Banquet
Local Grove City College alumni and relatives attended the 67 graduate commencement yesterday at 10 AM, with a 1 PM alumni reception and banquet in the gymnasium. Governor Sproul delivered the address on citizenship and community service, and the alumni announced a successful $150,000 fundraising campaign to clear debt.
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Grove City College
Mont. L. Riley
E. N. Baer
J. S. Wallace
J. Russel Urmson
Charles B. Phillips
C. W. Foulke
Harold K. Baer
Wallace Avenue
Agnes Nesbitt
S. M. F. Nesbitt
Wooster, Q
Central Presbyterian Church
Miss Nesbitt
W. C. Sproul
Sproul
D. A. Armstrong
Venan#0
J. W. Humphrey
Ellwood City
F. R. Babcock
Pittsburgh
Alumni Board of Trustees
Headless Woman Found in Missouri Lake
Mystery shrouds the identity of a young woman whose headless body was recovered in Lake Contrary near St. Joseph, Missouri, with investigators continuing to search for clues.
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International News Service
ST. Joseph, Mo
Lake Contrary
Here
Western Union Manager Daniel Skeleton Dies at 58
Daniel Skeleton general manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company died suddenly at his Asbury Park summer home. The 58 year old started his career as a messenger boy and collapsed from heart failure after running to dodge a rain shower.
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W. U
Asbury Park
N. J
Daniel Skeleton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Deaths of Peter Elson and Isabel Texter in Ellwood City
Death records list Peter Elson age 17 of 409 Shady Side and Mrs Isabel Texter age 64 of Ellwood City. Also noted are T. J. Logan with 6 percent value, R. F. D. No. 5, and Henry Wood age 7 of 1504 Grimes St.
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Peter Elson
Shady Side
Isabel Texter
Ellwood City
T. J. Logan
Henry Wood
Grimes St
Issue Is Cause Of Controversy In Labor Ranks
Montreal report notes a heated AFL debate over endorsing the Plumb plan for government ownership of railways. President Gompers seeks to avoid full commitment to government ownership while opponents warn of a radical reorganization and socialist implications. Luther Stewart of the Federal Employes Union adds caution to the convention floor debate.
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Montreal
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Gompers
A. I. of L
John F. Frye
Cincinnati
Ohio
Iron Moulders Union
Frye
Luther Stewart
Federal Employes Union
Two Entombed In Mine Cave-in
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania two miners are entombed after a cave in at the National mine of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad South Scranton. Louis Buffalito age 38 and Pasquale Biliana age 45 both from Scranton are trapped in the outcrop chambers since 12:20 yesterday. Buffalito pleads from between four loaded cars as rescuers work with four feet of rock blocking escape and foremen fear collapse. Biliana is believed dead.
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International News Service
Wilkesbarre
National Mine of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
South Scranton
Louis Buffalito
Pasquale Biliana
Scranton
Pasquale
Buffalito
Billana
Soldier Cecil Powers Found Dead at Camp Grant
At Camp Grant Illinois the body of Private Cecil Powers an artilleryman was found with a bullet through the head near Rock River seven miles from where Mrs Maud Lucille Moss was slain on Tuesday. A .45 caliber army pistol and notes to his parents were found beside him as investigators probe a possible link to Moss death.
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International News Service
Camp Grant
Ill
Cecil Powers
Rock River
Maud Lucille Moss
Moss
Teacher Union Leader Ousted in Lancaster
Lancaster, June 17. The school board deposed H. B. Slagen, longtime principal of the Girls High School, because he was president of the teachers federation affiliated with the A F of L.
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Lancaster
Teachers Federation
A. F. of L
H. B. Slagen
Fire at Eagle Wheel & Bending Works destroys Lancaster plant
Fire swept Eagle Wheel and Bending Works in Lancaster causing estimated damage near 100000 dollars. The blaze erupted early today and completely gutted the facility, with investigators to inspect the site for cause.
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International News Service
Lancaster
Eagle Wheel & Bending Works
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