City Opens Bids for Fairfield and Jefferson Streets Paving
Bids opened for paving Fairfield Avenue from Hirchland to Carlisle and for Jeffer 60N Street from Grant to Neshannock bridge. Engineers list multiple material options and estimates. bids referred to City Engineer Miller for check.
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Fairfield Avenue
Hirchland Avenue
Carlisle Street
Jeffer
Grant Street
Neshannock Creek
Kentucky Rock
Woods & Golder
Burns Brothers
Warren Brothers Company
Allegheny Paving Company
Miller
Jefferson Street
Warrenite
Burne Brothers
Kelly & Myer Company
Leephalt
John B. Thorson
Grief Shared By Family Over Loss Of George Walter Jr
Mr and Mrs George W Grieder and daughter Marjorie thank friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of their son and brother George Walter Jr Acknowledgment also for flowers and car donations Adyv 11
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George Walter Jr
George W. Grieder
Marjorie
Camp Phillips Scouts Face Weather and Growth Updates
The Boy Scouts at Camp Phillips contend with heavy weekly showers as they begin the summer season. The new auditorium aids camp life while wreckers advance on the site for a future hotel. Fireworks safety guidance urges caution for children and use of blank cartridges is discouraged. Dogs on Boyles Avenue growl, prompting local concern. The News offers ongoing city updates and notes Lawrence County straw berries ripening with some blackberries available from markets.
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Phillips
Drought Sparks Crop Alarm Across Hawaii Islands
Drought endangers crops throughout Hawaii with forest fire risk warnings issued by the governor. Foresters and the Sugar Planters Association coordinate to combat fires while Schofield Barracks faces water shortages and plans to relocate troops to lower elevations.
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International News Service
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiia
Forestry Departments
Territorial Government
Sugar Planters’ Association
Schofield Barracks
Uncle Sam
Leilehua Plains
Islands
Matinee Offers Free Souvenir for Young Moviegoers
Children attending Saturday afternoon showings from 1 to 5 will receive a free souvenir at the film venue featuring The King of the Turf and Buster Brown in Buster's Mix-Up.
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Buster Brown
Buster
Friendly Girls Club Hosts Evening Meeting At Doerr Home
Members of the Friendly Girls Club gathered Thursday at Mrs. Harry Doerr’s residence on Huron avenue for games and informal pastimes. Refreshments were served by the hostess with help from Mrs. V. Volan and Mrs. Glenn Doerr, who attended as special guests. The house boasted abundant summer flowers. In two weeks Mrs. Abe Shaffer on Delaware avenue will host the club.
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Friendly Girls Club
Harry Doerr
Huron Avenue
V. Volan
Glenn Doerr
Abe Shaffer
Delaware Avenue
L A B Club Members Visit Mrs Covert on East Washington
Mrs Charles Covert hosted fourteen L A B Club members on Thursday with music fancywork and refreshments. A breakfast in Cascade Park is planned for Tuesday. The next regular meeting is set for Monday June 28 at Mrs Frank Nolans Edgewood Avenue home.
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Charles Covert
East Washington Street
L. A. B. Club
James Kerr
George Price
Cascade Park
Frank Nolan
Edgewood Avenue
S A W Club Hosts At Fehl Home With Plans For Cascade Park
Mr and Mrs Elmer Fehl of East Grant street entertained S A W Club members Wednesday evening. After a brief business meeting, cards and refreshments followed. They planned a supper in Cascade Park on Wednesday July 28. The next regular meet in two weeks with Mr and Mrs William King of McClelland avenue.
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Elmer Fehl
East Grant Street
S. A. W. Club
Cascade Park
William King
McClelland Avenue
Birthday dinner honors Alfred Dean at Epworth Street home
Mrs W E Jones and Mrs G Dean hosted a six o'clock dinner Wednesday at the former's Epworth Street home in honor of Alfred Dean's birthday. A large cake bore the dates 1840 and 1926, while carnations, sweet peas, and rose buds decorated the rooms.
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W. E. Jones
Cozy Home Club Meets at Mrs Shoaf’s Home in 1922
The Cozy Home Club of 1922 gathered Thursday evening at Mrs. Lewis Shoaf’s residence. Music and games entertained attendees while refreshments were provided by the hostess with help from Mrs. Cecil Gordon. The next meeting’s location will be announced.
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Lewis Shoaf
Cecil Gordon
T A C Club Hosts Tureen Luncheon in Cascade Park
Members of the T A C Club gathered Thursday for a tureen luncheon in Cascade Park after a brief business meeting. Park amusements followed, and two weeks hence the group will meet with Mrs. William Fulmer on Superior Street.
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T. A. C. Club
Cascade Park
William Fulmer
Superior Street
Art Club Silver Tea at the Electrical Home
Members of the Art Club hold a silver tea on Tuesday June 22 at 2 p m in the electrical home. Members and guests enter by card for admission.
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Art Club
Catholics From New Castle Travel to Chicago Eucharistic Congress
New Castle Catholics plan to depart Saturday evening by train to Chicago for the Eucharistic Congress opening Sunday in the Midwest city. About a hundred local Catholics will attend during the event lasting through Wednesday, with total attendance expected near one million including world dignitaries.
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New Castle
Chicago
Alien Veterans Can Return To United States
Senate passes the Wadsworth Tilson bill to allow thousands of AEF veterans to return. It authorizes the U S Shipping Board to provide transport at cost and immigration authorities to admit veterans without quota restrictions. The measure aims to right the wrong done to foreign born soldiers who served abroad.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate
Wadsworth-Tilson
House
U. S. Shipping Board
U. S
Druschel Case Opens in Lawrence County Court
While jurors debated the second case against Victor Doyne, the commonwealth case against F P Druschel for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated was taken up at court shortly before noon.
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Victor Doyne
Lawrence
the Commonwealth
F. P. Druschel
Two Deaths From Accident At Wampum Crossing
Two men died in a railroad crossing crash near Wampum as a truck failed to stop for trains on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie lines. The truck driver, James H. Lutz of Ellwood City, and the truck’s passenger or worker, John Scott Kline of Portersville, were identified after the wreck near Mountville United Presbyterian church. Joint funeral services were set for Saturday at 3 PM.
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Lutz
Ellwood City
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Wampum
Beaver
Howard Leonard
Leonard
Marshall
John Scott Kline
Samuel S. Kline
Portersville
Scanlon
James H. Lutz
Kline
Samuel Kline
Mildred
Margaret
Everett
Emmett
Samuel
Margaret Hartzell Lutz
John C. Lutz
Charles
Lilyville
Margaret Kline
R. C
W. P
Bert Smith
New Castle
Edward Smith
Coaltown
Mountville United Presbyterian Church
Mountville Cemetery
Local Residents Note Family and Health Updates
Personal mentions include Frances Turner staying with Genevieve Fitch in Linesville and Edith Cowden recovering after tonsil surgery. Mrs. Frank Butz to Chicago for a month with daughter Elizabeth. O A Resch visiting Mrs. Mary Kerber in East Long. Frank Walker Jr. returns from New York Atlantic City Harrisburg trip.
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Edith Cowden
Waldo Street
Frank Butz
Carlisle Street
Chicago
Elizabeth
O. A. Resch
Youngstown
Mary Kerber
East Long Avenue
Frank Walker, Jr
South Walnut Street
New York
Atlantic City
Harrisburg
Homer Wertz
East Washington Street
Shenango Valley Hospital
Bernadette Kelliher
Meyer Avenue
New Castle Hospital
Community thanks for support after illness and death
The Hoover family expresses gratitude for floral tributes and donations of cars after the illness and passing of Edward J. Hoover. Mrs. Edward J. Hoover and Family extend thanks to friends and neighbors for comfort during their loss.
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Edward J. Hoover
Friends Defend Dead Engineer in Fatal Train Wreck
In Derry Pennsylvania June 18 the death of engineer Scott Gordon in a collision that killed fourteen prompts friends to defend his fifty nine years of service. They reject claims of fault and insist the signals functioned as instructed while urging a full system review.
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International News Service
Derry
Scott Gordon
Carlessness
Gordon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Friends
Scott
Military Honors At Burial Service Of David Jameson
The funeral for World War II veteran David A. Jameson Jr. was held at 3 p.m. from the family home on North Jefferson Street. American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars members gave full military honors at Oak Park cemetery, with a firing squad and color guard leading the graveside service. Jameson served with the 20th Balloon Co in France and spent about a year overseas.
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David A. Jameson Jr
North Jefferson Street
American Legion
Oak Park
Jameson
20Th Balloon Co
France
W. Walter Braham
Harry M. Long
Ed. E. Marshall Jr
Albert Skillen
Carleton Brown
Not Guilty Verdict Yet Costs for Doyne Case
The jury in Lawrence County found Victor Doyne, president of the First State Bank, not guilty but ordered him to pay the costs in the embelz zlement and false entries case stemming from two checks drawn on Carmelita Paulise for 4000 and 3194.88. Seven indictments against Coyne remain and may go to trial at the term.
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Victor Doyne
First State Bank
Carmelita Paulise
Lawrence
Coyne
Air Mail Service Speeding Justice in Montreal
Extradition papers arriving by air from San Francisco via Detroit accuse Morris Appleman, a San Francisco merchant, of larceny. Earlier he faced a charge for larceny of 11000 from W. H. Morrissey and pleaded not guilty, waiving extradition. New papers allege larceny under false pretenses of 4000 plus a diamond ring worth 385 from San Francisco residents Melvin Furst and William Davidson.
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International News Service
Montreal
United States
Air Mail Service
San Francisco
Detroit
Morris Appleman
Appleman
W. H. Morrissey
Melvyin Furst
William Davidson
One Man Cotton Exchange Closes in New Orleans
The one man cotton exchange of Benjamin Ellis is closed and Ellis is held by postal inspectors for alleged violations of the national cotton futures act. He is held in default of $1,000 for alleged bucketing operations and a charge of using the mails to defraud was filed against Bills, his only equipment, per inspector J B Johnson. The article also mentions unrelated lines about matrimony and hinterland.
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International News Service
New Orleans
Mission Worker Jailed As Eight Wives Show Up
Boston police report ex mission worker Joseph McCarthy under arrest in Charles Street Jail on polygamy charges. A tally by Wife No 4, Agnes Cunningham McCarthy, lists eight wives claimed across the country, with McCarthy admitting at least two marriages under an assumed name and denying knowledge of several others while asserting one legal wife. He says he sought a “perfect wife” Stella McCulley.
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International News Service
Boston
Joseph McCarthy
Charles Street
McCarthy
Agnes Cunningham MacCarthy
Manchester
N. H
Joseph
Edward Franklin
Pearl
Stella) J. McCulley Franklin
Isabella (Quinn) McCarthy
Canton
Agnes (Cunningham) McCarthy
Agnes Cunningham
Stella) J. McCulley
Florence
Phillips) McCarthy
Brattleboro, VI
Mary (O'Brien) McCarthy
Springfield
Rose Show Draws Record Crowds at Lawrence County Garden Club
The Rose show in Lawrence County concluded with the largest two day attendance as 400 to 500 visitors filled the Carnegie auditorium. After closing, blooms were donated to Shenango Valley and New Castle hospitals Almira Home and Margaret Henry Children’s Home. The club plans a September Dahlia show.
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Lawrence County Garden Association
Carnegie Auditorium
Shenango Valley
New Castle
Almira Home
Margaret Henry Children's Home
Garden Club
Impressions Misread: People Pleasing as Vanity
A short note argues that chasing admiration from others is not a reliable path to self worth. It cautions against using popularity as a measure of success and emphasizes authentic action over performative gestures.
Deaths Of The Day Notable Burials And Funerals
Funeral services were held for Edward J. Hoover at 2 pm Thursday from 725 Croton Avenue with Rev. D R Dunn officiating. Pallbearers included P. Davis and C S Merchand and burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Also services for Francis H Frye followed at 3 pm from 311 Sycamore Street with Rev. D W Patterson and piano accompaniment by Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Lang. Pallbearers were Charles and Harvey Booker Norman and James Hogue and Carl Ryder. Burial was in Oak Park Cemetery. George W Grieder Jr son of George W and Ethel Grieder, was laid to rest at 2 pm Thursday from 313 South Walnut Street with Rev. Homer B Davis in charge and Oak Park Cemetery interment. A newspaper clipping notes a remark about evolution and self-made men, referencing disputes over progress and fences.
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Edward J. Hoover
Croton Avenue
D. R. Dunn
Croton Avenue M. E. Church
P. Davis
C. S. Merchand
J. H. Hoover
Francis Walker
Keith Walker
William Bagshaw, Jr
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Frye
Francis H Frye
Sycamore Street
D. W. Patterson
Hoover Heights
George Grieder, Jr
George W. Grieder, Jr
George W
Ethel Grafton Grieder
South
Walnut Street
Homer B. Davis
Epworth M. E. Church
Oak Park Cemetery
Probes of train wreck under way amid fatalities
Reports say three probes are examining the wreck of telescoped Pullman cars. Dr. Bentz describes Farrell's fatal wounds as officials race to identify victims and aid survivors. Spanos, a Greek passenger, died. letters show his plan to marry in Athens. Raymond Hoelscher and his Buffalo bride survived and were treated before release.
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Farrell
Kenton
Orange
N. J
Mike Spanos
Massillon
Canton
Spanos
Athens
America
Providence
Raymond Hoelscher
Buffalo
N. Y
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Highland
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Cozy Home Club
Druschel
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Watchman
Frances Turner
West Clayton Street
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Frank Wesley
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Edward Cavender
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Jack Hughes
J. C. McNab
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Overlook Sanatarium
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Doyne
Tion
Roe Beer
Dot
Loote
Guarantee Distributing Corp
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East Washington St
Fashion Park Clothiers
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