Parade of Veterans Nun Parade Procession in New Castle
The second day of the Sons of Veterans encampment featured a large parade through downtown New Castle with national and division officers, a Cascade Park Band, a Youngstown drum corps escort, and dignitaries in carriages. The march ran through several streets ending at Diamond Square for a review, cheered by crowds and Ladies Aid observers. Officers were announced for the Pennsylvania division with appointments to Adjutant, Chaplain, Surgeon, Inspector, Mustering Officer, Judge Advocate, and Sargeant Major.
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Sons of Veterans
Order
Breese
North Jefferson
South Jefferson
Diamond Square
March
Cascade Park
Youngstown
Baldwin Camp
Asa W. Jones
Landau
Sons of Veterans Drum Corps
Altoona
Lueck
Downeast
Oscar L. Jackson
No. 149
New Castle
Jones
Washington Street
Pittsburg
County Line
Neshannock Avenue
North Street
Jefferson Street
Bridge
Fountain Inn
Reed
Horn
Abbott
Philadelphia
Ww. Macurdy
Pennsylvania
B. McNulty
George Roce
Lock Haven
J. Lee Dethl
Pine Grove
John D. Foetner
Catawassa
J. R. Hines
New Bethlehem
F. J. Visekoff
Bethlehem
John J. McCrystal
Ladies' Aid elects officers at Union Veteran Legion hall
The Ladies' Aid of the Sons of Veterans Division of Pennsylvania met Wednesday morning. They elected officers for the coming year and discussed fundraising to erect a monument honoring Major A. P. Davis of Pittsburgh, founder of the Sons of Veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Veterans
Division of Pennsylvania
Union Veteran Legion Hall
A. P. Davis
Pittsburg
E. Freeman
Easton
Sarah Tittle
Johnstown
FE. Megee
Roxbury
Keiser
Stroudsburg
Kate Peebles
Allegheny
KE. Meis
Philadelphia
Zeigler
Gettysburg
I. Freeman
Faston
Local boy Leo Conners in tetanus battle after accident
Leo Conners, 2? year old son of Mr and Mrs John Conners of Pine Street, trapped by a crab used to move the old R P church building two weeks ago, now suffers tetanus. Two surgeons attend him, and recovery is not expected.
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Leo
John Conners
Pine Street
R. P
Tiny Newport baby’s record diminutive start told
Dr. Samuel J. Britton recalls a Newport county birth sixteen years ago of a baby who weighed only one pound four ounces at birth. The infant, wrapped in cotton and fed by beef tea, later grew into a bright athletic youth, with the family reluctant to publish the name.
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Samuel J. Britton
Jefferson Street
Taylor Child
Newport
Beaver Township
Pitable family of Lloyd children found destitute on Sheep Hill
A father abandons his three children, aged 11, 13, and a younger sibling, leaving them to live in a bare house on Sheep Hill. Authorities report the boys subsist on cold canned tomatoes and bread as the mother remains in Wilkesbarre. Neighbors fear the father may have returned to England or Wales.
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Lloyd
Sheep Hill
Wilkesbarre
Lioyd
England
Wales
Humors of the Census Endangers Privacy and Patience
A city census enumerator faces resistance from a young man who refuses to reveal his age, prompting a lengthy argument before compliance. Later, a husband bursts in angrily during a wife’s interview over intimate census questions, threatening to beat the worker until he departs, then calmed by assurances of confidentiality.
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Hhis
Landslide Hits Carnegie Train Near Mount Washington
At 6 40 this morning a Mt. Washington slide buried two rear coaches of the Carnegie accommodation on the Panhandle tracks opposite Smithfield street. Five passengers were badly hurt and several more injured. The seriously injured include James Keenan and John Deck of Carnegie, William Morehead and W T Brown of Ingram, a boy unnamed. Victims were taken to Mercy and West Penn hospitals.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Pittsburg
Mt. Washington
Pan Handle
Smithfield Street
Monongahela
Panhandle
Carnegie
James Keenan
John Deck
Wm. Morehead
Ingram
W. T. Brown
Boy
Mercy
West Penn
Check Stolen From Moravia Street Store
A check for twenty five dollars made to A. Fisher was stolen from his Moravia street store on Thursday.
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A. Fisher
Moravia Street
Quarry Worker Loses Foot To Falling Tie
A. F. Campbell of Terrace Avenue, employed at a Sheep Hill quarry, suffered a severe crush injury when a tie fell on his right foot on Monday.
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A. F. Campbell
Terrace Avenue
Sheep Hill
Westmin ster literary contest honors at New Wilmington
The fortieth annual Philo and Adelphia Literary societies contest at West Minster College drew a large audience. Winners included Edwin Glenn Frazer who delivered the valedictory, Estella Spencer who ranked second, and Edith Thompson who delivered the salutary. Degrees were awarded to numerous graduates with several named in summa and magna cum laude.
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Saye
Philo and
Adelphia
West Minster College
Csff
Frazier
Frankfort Springs
Beaver County
8.C. Gamble
Jamestown
Philo
Clyde Gibson
New Wilmington
T. ©. Cochran
Mercer
Adelphies
Frank &. Shoemaker
Allegheny
Adelphie
Edwin Glenn Frazer
Pennsylvania
Estella Spencer
Edith Thompson
Albert Henry Baldinger
William Sylvester Bingham
Slippery Rock
William Brooks
Apollo
John Idwin McCalmont
Paris
John Nelson
Henry Pillow
Butler
Frederick Benton Shoemaker
Rainsburg
James Cummings Sloss
Carl Hamilton Smith
Toronto
Harry Ralph Smith
Warren
Mary Estelle Spencer
Faith Walker Stewart
Struthers
Lannie Margaretta Stewart
Coitsville
Mary Ella Turner
Wilkinsburg
Frederick Graham Wright
Carrolton
Ohio
Theodosia Ethel Byers
Cooperstown
Alice Fairfield
East Palestine
Lydia Eola Imbrie
Hobken
N. J
Stewart Smith Jordan
Violant
John Logan Mowry
James Elwood Murray
Washington
John August Smith
Pittsfield
Malvina Thompson
Detroit
Mich
Sarah Burchfield McLean
Josephine Haler
McKeesport
Grace McCleland
Glade Mill
Mary Fluella Sharp
Mary Snodgrass
Pillow
Sloss
Smith
Miss Howell
Miss Hawke
Lannie Stewart
McLean
Turner
Admiral Dewey Withdraws From Presidential Bid
Washington reports Admiral Dewey withdraws from the presidential race after hesitation. He rejects a second place offer with Bryan and says he is out of politics for good. He will not vote, plans to attend Newport for naval campaign board meetings, and praises nationwide ovations since Manila.
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Press Dispatch
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Bryan
Kansas City
Cleveland
Vermont
Newport
Naval Campaign Board
Dewey
Manila
Pensions Granted to Local Veterans and Widows
Pensions granted to local residents include Herman Daniels of Illinois unit life in the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry with an increased pension from $6 to $8 per month dating from December 28, 1898. Rebecca Sturdevant, widow of Levi Sturdevant of Waldo Street, receives $8 per month from December 12, 1899 as an original pension. Charles Marriott, local resident formerly of Company F 6th Pennsylvania Reserve and Company F 19th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, secured an original pension of $8 per month dating from October 7, 1898.
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T. B. Morgan
Herman Daniels
Co. IL
Penna. Vol. Cavalry
Rebecca Sturdevant
Waldo Street
Levi Sturdevant
Co. C
150Th Reg
Penna
Vol. Infantry
Charles Marriott
Co. F
Penna.Reserve Vol. and Co. F
Couple from this city obtain marriage license
Want to Wed. John Swiner and Line Barlalak of this city have received a marriage license, indicating formal approval for their union.
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John Swiner
Line Barlalak
Jurors in Varvada murder case form unlikely debating jury
The twelve jurors in the Peter Varvada murder trial, a mix of profession and habit, were kept separate from outsiders. They organized a debate on Which is it Easier to Serve God or the Devil, then sang psalms, while outsiders feared a revival mood at the courthouse.
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Peter Varvada
Hiram Woods
George M. Permar
J. 1D
Harvey
Court House
God
Devil
Court cases recap in midweek session
The Commonwealth tried Raffalo Menna Mike Zocor and G Stroda before Edge Miller. Verdicts vary from not guilty with costs to guilty pleas in separate cases including Maria Woodrow and Charles Lyons. Prosecution by McCracken and Johnston, defense by Weingartner Gregory McConahy and others.
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The
Commonwealth
Raffalo Menna
Mike Zocor
G. Stroda
Edge Miller
McCracken
Geo. Weingartner
Frank Cortese
the Commonwealth
Oliver Green
Maud Johnston
SS. L. McCrackus
HH. K Gregory
Charles Lyons
Maria Woodrow
J. Pritchard
IL. McCracken Represented the Plaintiff and John G. McConahy
William Stoughton
L. McCracken
Boy Struck By Street Car On South ME Street
Harold Watkins six year old son of Professor Lewis Watkins and wife was knocked near his home on South Mill Street as a Park Line car 222 passed. He jumped away from a wagon to avoid the vehicle, was hit as the hind wheels passed over him, and was removed by the crew to his home where doctors dressed minor scrapes and a cut above the left eye. He showed pluck and was reported to be improving.
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Harold
Lewis Watkins
South Mill Street
South ME Street
Reynolds Street
Insurgent meeting plans move to Lancaster gathering
Insurgent faction of the Jr. O. U. A. M. held a meeting in Allegheny to organize a future insurgent gathering in Lancaster week after next. New Castle delegates Jos. S. Rice and Fred L. Rentz attended. headquarters set at Franklin and American hotels. A special train from Pittsburgh will carry Western Pennsylvania members on June 25. New Castle and Lawrence County will be well represented. the Scranton work is expected to be completed at Lancaster.
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Allegheny
Lancaster
New Castle
Jos. S. Rice
Fred L. Rentz
Franklin and American
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
Scranton
George Grigsby Feels Better After Illness
The venerable George Grigsby of Shenango township, once reported at death's door from dropsy, surprised friends by driving into the city and visiting his doctor. The swelling decreased in his body and hands, legs less swollen and not as hard. He says he feels much better though still feeble.
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George Grigsby
Shenango Township
Eath
Found Cash Pocket Book Reunites Missing Miss Hunt Item
Plaingrove mail carrier Robert Burnsides found a pocket book on the road above Croton on Friday morning. It contained silver pennies and a card bearing the name Miss Kate B. Hunt of Scott township. He sent it to her home.
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Robert Burnsides
Plaingrove
City
Croton
Kate B. Hunt
Scott Township
Snakes Wilson Sentenced After Guilty Plea
James O'Brien alias John Wilson known as Snakes Wilson pleaded guilty to felonious assault with intent to kill and to receiving stolen reads and was sentenced to 15 years in the Western penitentiary. The court imposed additional terms totaling 13 years for related indictments. Wilson, described in court as a notorious burglar, faced the judge after a dramatic appearance and was led away in handcuffs to begin serving his sentence.
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James O'Brien
John Wilsor
Wedsiu
Western Penitentiary
Wilson
New Castle
Cyrus Horner
J. Lee McFate
Harold Bleakley
St. Vitas
Wallace
P. Emery
Himery
Vic
Bleakley
Potk
MecFate
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
America
Europe
Wilton
Horner
May Pal’s
Mink
Allegheny Station
New York City
Young Wife Dies of Typhoid at 26 in Morris Street
Mrs Abert Jinks of Morris Street South Side died this morning at home from typhoid fever aged 26. She leaves a husband and a small daughter. Funeral Friday at 3 p m from the family residence. Interment at Oak Park.
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Abert Jinks
Morris Street
South Side
Oak Park
Funeral for James H. Leslie Held in City Home
The funeral service for James H. Leslie of this city, who died in New Brighton Saturday, was conducted Monday at 2:30 PM at his father's Pine Street residence. Officiants Dr. J Q A McDowell and Dr B H Moore, with music by the Second United Presbyterian Church choir, led a large service. Interment followed privately at Oak Park cemetery. Pallbearers were W H McIntosh, R F Leslie, C W Haus, C W Pearce, H J Lusk, J L Holloway, C J Stritmater and J F Genkinger.
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James H. Leslie
New Brighton
Robert Leslie
Pine Street
J.Q. A. McDowell
H. Moore
Second United Presbyterian Church
Oak Park
W. H. McIntosh
R. F. Leslie
Charles W. Haus
Charlies W. Pearce
H. J. Lusk
J. L. Holloway
C. J. Stritmater
J. F Genkinger
Promotions for Wheaton and Barney in volunteers
Washington June 19 General Lloyd Wheaton promoted to major general of volunteers and Colonel Thomas H Barney here promoted to brigadier general of volunteers. Barney will depart for Manila at once to serve as General MacArthur chief of staff.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Washington
Lloyd Wheaton
Thomas H. Barney
Manila
MacArthur
Suit Settled After Train Wreck Damages
Frank Sirown an engineer injured in a wreck resulting in amputation of both legs settled with the company for 12000 plus costs after a previous offer of 10000 was rejected. Wille Brown in charge of a train air brakes failed due to a defective hose causing lifelong crippled status. Brown residing Mahoningtown Pa. counsel W S Anderson and Dr F Anderson.
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Frank Sirown
Wille Brown
Brown
Mahoningtown
Engineer Brown
W. S. Anderson
Dr. F. Anderson
Youngstown
Lost a Finger In Workplace Accident at Tin Mill
George Jenkins of ? Hill, employed at the tin mill, suffered an accident Monday evening in the annealing department. While steadying a casting on a moving crane, his right hand was caught, resulting in the loss of one finger and two other fingers badly lacerated. Dr. Walter Bh. Miller amputated the finger and dressed the hand.
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George Jenkins
Young Wife Dead in City Home at 27
Effie M. Westerling, wife of , died at her Hamilton street home from surgical trouble. A highly estimable young woman, she was 27. Remains to be interred in Park Cemetery. Funeral from the family residence at 2 o'clock Tuesday.
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Effie M. Westerling
Westerling
Hamilton Street
Park Cemetery
Fily
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Ladies’ Aid
Insurgent Meeting
Ment
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
New York
Funeral Service
Nettleton
Crouch, Beatty & CO
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