Defense Asks Withdrawal Of W. H. Davis
A lengthy court session covers juror scrutiny in the Davis case with jurors questioned for bias. Mrs. Best and Mrs. Dunleary attend, juror opinions run high, and peremptory challenges exhaust as the case appears set for a long, drawn out siege into Saturday, with dozens of potential witnesses subpoenaed by both sides.
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Best
Josephine Best
Ant
Gertrude Dunleary
Donleary
Mrs. Dunleavy
Aromonia
Commonwealth
Talesmen
Charten A. Britton
Louis B. McAneny
Mercantile
Jurors Selected After Five Salesmen Examined
After five salesmen were examined and rejected for various reasons, R. A. Bailey, Jerry J. Smith, Bert Bauman, George Shaw, and George W. Miller were discharged. James Johnston, a retired man, was accepted as the tenth juror in the case shortly after two this afternoon.
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Yeason
R. A.bailey
Jerry J. Smith
Bert Bauman
George Shaw
George W. Miller
James Johnston
Money Confiscated At New Kensington Puzzling Official
In New Kensington, a $5 210 confiscation from a raid on a race track gambling room prompted Justice of the Peace Hunger to defer disposition. He fined 62 others on pleas of guilty while awaiting an authoritative court ruling on ownership under Allegheny County precedent.
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International News Service
New Kensingt
Justice Hunger
Allegheny County
Westmoreland County
Thousand Men Idle At Hazelton Mine Strike Sets Stoppage
One thousand drivers at the Drifton colliery of Lehigh Valley Coal company went on strike in Harralton Pennsylvania on June 14, halting production by 1860 tons. The dispute began after a foreman allegedly struck a driver, though the company says the man only grabbed and shook him. Officials call it an outlaw strike and expect idle plant until workers return.
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International News Service
Harralton
Drifton
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lehigh Valley Company
No. 3 Slope
I T
Petroleum output in California increases in 1822
California produced 138,326,490 barrels of petroleum in 1822, up from 114,496,850 in 1921, per R. L. Callom State Oil and Gas Supervisor. Gasoline production reached 693,497,748 gallons. The gain is linked to rapid development of Huntington Beach Long Beach and Santa Fe oil fields in Los Angeles and Orange counties. The Tibetans have a week of five days named after iron wood water Terthays and earth.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
California
R. L. Callom
Huntington Beach
Long Basch
Santa Fa
Orange Counties
Diamond deposit reserves your gift now
Jewelers offer a diamond reservation with flexible payments and a special anniversary reduction on the 20th. See window for details.
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Addi
Indians Charge Pensions Fraud Inheritance Claim Trials
Reno June 19 old Indian wars revived as Annie Joe Brown Minnie Joe Winnie Joe and Jim Washoe press pension fraud claims alleging descent from Captain Jon and challenges to Captain Pete and Sarah Jing. The four seek the uprising record from Governor Lerigham to prove no kinship with Indians who aided whites in Piute trouble.
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International News Service
Reno
Nev
Annie Joe Brown
Minnie Joe
Winnie Joe
Jim Washoe
Captain Jon
Captain Pete
Sarah Jing
J. C. Lerigham
Joe
Captain Pate
Sarah Jim
New York Stocks Hover Between Lows Then Rally
New York stocks opened subdued with heaviness and mixed tone before a midmorning rally emerged. In the second hour prices edged higher by one to two points from daily lows while activity showed irregular advances and declines across many issues, with Maryland Oil sold heavily.
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International Nowe Berpyine
New York
Stock Exchange
Maryland
Fiery Warning For Gamblers Placed By K K K In Norfolk
A blazing five foot sign with a fiery cross and the letters KK 16 K was set before West Norfolk Baptist church during Civic League session in Norfolk Virginia. Four men fled in a car as the sign burned out and cross was removed by nearby residents who were upset. The report notes a tense scene with community members scattering after the incident.
Formal Call For Contributions To Enforcement Fund
Harrisburg aims to raise 259000 dollars for the prohibition enforcement fund after a meeting of state officers. Mrs E M George Beaver Falls and Miss Amanda Landes Lancaster will coordinate statewide activities to back the governor and support enforcement efforts despite funding gaps noted by the legislature.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Jar
Crise Imia
E. M. George
Beaver Falls
WY. Co. T
W. C. WY
Amanda Landes
Lancaster
George
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Pennsylvania
First Big Aerial Beacon Light On Way To Cheyenne
New York reports a giant aerial beacon built in Brooklyn that will project a white beam over twenty five miles. It will form the western terminal of a chain guiding transcontinental and postal air men at night. The beacon’s lens is thirty six inches in diameter and stations will be set at Chicago Iowa City Omaha North Platte and Cheyenne with smaller lights at intervals.
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New York
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Chicago
Ghide
Iowa
Omaha
Nebraska
North Platte
Neb
Postunee
Remarries First Wife After Twenty Five Years Apart
A record appears to have been set when Mrs. George A. Drake remarried her first wife after a 25 year estrangement. The event, noted as a milestone in the local column, highlights a long separation and a reunion that drew attention in the community.
Unclear fragmentary historical note on marriages and clergy
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Rev P Quinn of Orange and references marriages and a divorce in 1868. It also alludes to individuals named George Drake of Greenfield and Hattie Graves, with scattered details about widower status and remarriage. The text is fragmentary and not fully coherent.
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Yeats
P.quinn
Orange
Hattie A. Graves
Mon
City Protests Seventh Ward Bus Line Substitution
City plans a protest against substituting the Seventh Ward trolley line with gate Lel service. A resolution was drawn by the solicitor and presented to counsel, then withdrawn to await council action before being sent to the Public Service Commission. Pittsburgh, June 28.
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Seventh Ward
Ecurell
Trolh
Counel
Comncil
Public Service Come
Pittsburgh
Voice guides blind man in quarrel leading to shooting
Fragmentary report describes a dispute ending in a shooting involving a blind man. Police in Wilson say 34 year old Glen was injured after a confrontation with another man at a home. Investigators are examining statements and alleged motives while authorities pursue further details.
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Loaeritt
Glen
Wilson
H Ument
Clath
Shenango Valley Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
Admitted Ruth ane arthur Glel and Portersville Hope George Aua ley avenue Discharged James Roess Grant Street The piece mentions a massive masonry structure called the great Chinese wall and its historical repair efforts across different ages during various Chinese dynasties.
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Ruth Ane
Arthur Gleland
Portersville
Hope George
Aualey Avenue
James Roess
Grant Street
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