Scouts Open 1924 Camp Season At Mc Curdy Farm Site
About seventy five members of Lawrence County Council Boy Scouts depart for two weeks at the Mc Curdy farm near Kennedy's Mills for the 1924 camp opener. Troops from Ellwood City New Castle and nearby towns join in organized athletics, inter-troop contests and daily program under Scout Executive J. Lee Calahan. The 65 acre site has modern improvements and riverside tents ready for a busy outdoor season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Lawrence County Council
McCurdy
Kennedy's Mills
Shelby
Ewing Park
Sons of Italy
Ellwood
New Wilmington
Wampum
Rotary
Kiwanis
New Castle
Lawrence County
Slippery Rock
J. Lee Calahan
Fred Poister
Ellwood City
Arthur McCombs
Rotary Troop 2
Ben Franklin Junior High
Officials Guard Homes After Bombing in City
City police place constant guards at the homes of Mayor William H. Dunlap and District Attorney R. L. Hildebrand following the bombing of County Detective J. M. Dunlap's residence. No threats reported since, but protection remains due to their roles in prosecuting bootleggers and crime. A suspicious man was seen near the mayor’s property the night of the bombing, though no direct evidence links him to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Dunlap
R. L. Hildebrand
J. M. Dunlap
D. S. Pyle
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
S. Plummer Emery
Hildebrand
Dunlap
Fred L. Rentz
The
New Castle News
New Castle
Where To So Tonight Where To So Tonight
The listing highlights showings at several theaters with titles including Ro sita starring Mary Pickford, Stephen Steps Out with Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Theo Roberts, Harold Lloyd in Haunted Spooks, and Pathe News. Regent presents A Two Fisted Tenderfoot with Franklyn Farnum, plus Please Teacher with Buddy Messenger. Nixon features Tom Mix in The Trouble Shooter and Al St. John in His Bitter Self.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Stephen Steps
Theodore Roberts
Harold Lloyd
Pathe
Pathe News
Franklyn Farnum
Buddy Messenger
Nixon
Tom Mix
al St. John
Penn Marion Davies in Little Old New York News Reel
Film notes highlight Marion Davies in the production Little Old New York with a light News Reel segment and Fun From The Press showcasing scenes and reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
Marion Davies
New York
Delegates Rally Against McAdoo at City Convention
At a midnight Biltmore conference anti McAdoo forces converge on a plan to block his nomination. Key backers include Governor Smith and George Brennan with Underwood and Davis allies. Bryan signals potential floor speech if needed to attack New York privilege.
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The
Biltmore
Governor Smith
George E. Brennan
Illinois
Joseph M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Norman E. Mack
New York
Fred Lynch
Minnesota
Underwood
Ralston
McAdoo
Smith
John W. Davis
Oscar W. Underwood
Davis
Vanderbilt Hotel
Washington
Doheny
Charles W. Morse
Treasury
William Jennings Bryan
Florida
Bryan
Baltimore
New York Democracy
Wall Street
W. J. Bryan
al Smith
Citizens Debate Law Enforcement Attacks and Justice
City leaders and officers discuss recent arrests and the impact on crime fighting. District Attorney R. Lawrence Hildebrand praises Mayor W. H. Dunlap while stressing the need for a strong judge to ensure lawbreakers face penalties. An apparent attack on a citizen is treated as a matter of communal concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dunlap
Lawrence County
R. Lawrence Hildebrand
W. H. Dunlap
Patrolman M. J. Miller Joins Civil Service Board
Professor M. J. Miller of West Side schools serves on the city civil service board for policemen and firemen while working as a Cascade Park patrolman. His duties include safeguarding children at playgrounds and bandstands and he vows to perform his duty promptly when needed.
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M. J. Miller
W. N. Aiken
West Side
City Civil Service Board
Cascade Park
Civil Service
Miller
Daily Street Scene Ramblings From North Mercer
Oil barrels on North Mercer street and part of the road oiled. Watermelons in markets and cheries ripening on trees. A traffic jam on Public Square and a new electric sign lighting the square. Nine boys on North Jefferson street hill wait for rides to the Field club to caddy for golfers. A man reads a paper on a curb waiting for a street car. A motorist makes a left turn at Mill and Washington. A kind gentleman helps a woman lift a baby buggy over a curb. Downtown store windows show Monday washing.
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Jefferson Street
Field Club
Funeral services for Mrs Elsie Beighley
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Robbins Beighley wife of Samuel Beighley will be held Tuesday afternoon at her home College Hill Beaver Falls. The funeral party will arrive in this city about four o clock and burial takes place in Oak Park cemetery.
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Wilson Boyd
Wilson McClelland Boyd
Maude Comstock
Millburn
Taylor
White Chapel Methodist Church
Fair Oaks Cemetery
Isabel Bates
Edwin Bates
Greenwood Avenue
Youngstown
Bates
England
Thomas Hawkins
New Castle
Methodist Church of
Jack
North Jackson
Walter Kinder
David
Benjamin Bates
Fannie Bumm
W. O. Hawkins
Oak Hill Cemetery
Thomas J. Price
Reese Price
Long Avenue
R. Frank Jones
First Congregational Church
David Hoskins
Williamson Avenue
Beighley
Elsie Robbins Beighley
Samuel Beighley
College Hill
Beaver Falls
Oak Park Cemetery
Elsie M. Robbins Beighley
Beaver Fails
Thirty-fifth Street
Providence Hospital
Dorothy
Margaret Robbins
Alfred J
Theodore L. Robbins
Patterson Heights
Norman Binks Buried After Death in Little Beaver River
Funeral services for Norman Binks, World War veteran who drowned Friday in the Little Beaver river, were held Sunday at the Re formed Presbyterian church of Darlington with Rev. Alexander Savage officiating. Pallbearers were fellow miners from Francis Clay Mines in Darlington. Interment followed at the church cemetery.
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Norman Binks
Little
Beaver River
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Darlington
Alexander Savage
Francis Clay
Mrs Mary Tindell Shells Peas in Covent Garden Market
For fifty years Mrs Mary Tindell has worked from eight to ten hours daily shelling peas for a firm in London's Covent Garden market.
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Mary Tindell
London
Covent Garden
Witness Granted Continuance in Manslaughter Case
The commonwealth against Jiamin Gurgonio for manslaughter in the Newport auto death of Margaret Pitzer called for trial when defense counsel sought a continuance due to an ill witness. A Beaver Falls physician's certificate supported the witness illness, and Dr. F E Eakin was sent to Beaver Falls for diagnosis at the district attorney’s request.
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Commonwealth
Jiamin Gurgonio
Margaret Pitzer
Newport
Emery
Thomas W. Dickey
Beaver
R. L. Hildebrand
F. E. Eakin
Beaver Falls
Labors Celebrate Labor Day At Cascade Park Outcome
A special Trades and Labor Assembly session on Tuesday June 24 sets final plans for a large Labor Day celebration at Cascade Park. Excursion trains from Connellsville West Newton McKeesport Pittsburgh and nearby areas will offer special rates. Unions in the United Trades Council across Ohio Monongahela and Allegheny valleys expect full representation with families. Each local union may send three delegates to the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Park
Trades and Labor Assembly
Connellsville
West Newton
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
United Trades Council
Ohio
Monogahela
Allegheny
Gambling House Raided by Police
Police raided the home of Frank Macchia last night. Proprietor charged with operating a gambling house. Four visitors Frank Born Chuck Mases John Brown and Pasquale Richard arrested. Proprietor fined 25 dollars visitors fined 15 dollars each.
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Frank Macchia
Syling, Augustine, Campbell
Thompson
Frank Born
Chuck Mases
John Brown
Pasquale Richard
Five Special Trains Here On Saturday
Five special trains were handled at the West Side station of the Pennsylvania Railroad on Saturday June 21 for the Jr U O A M picnic. All trains were dispatched on time and the picnic crowd was orderly. Special trains were sent to Jeanette Pitcairn Washington Pa New Kensington and Canonsburg.
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West Side
Pennsylvania Railroad
G. W. Thomas
Jeanette
Pitcairn
Washington, Pa
New Kensington
Canonsburg
Falls From Tree Fractures Leg in South New Castle
A South New Castle resident suffered a fractured leg after falling from a tree at home Sunday evening. He was transported to Shenango Valley Hospital and is reported to be recovering as well as can be expected. William Baker, aged 12, was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South New Castle
Boro
Hea
Shenango Valley Hospital
William Baker
Large Crowd to Attend Pennsylvania R. R. picnic
A large convoy of 24 to 30 coaches will transport employees from the Pennsylvania R. R. company to the annual picnic at Conneaut Lake Park on Tuesday June 24. About 900 New Castle Employees are expected to attend this affair.
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Pennsylvania R. A. Company
Conneaut Lake Park
New Castle
Shenango Valley Hospital Notes Admission List
Admission entries include Margaret Gibson J D No 3 E L Joseph Croton Avenue William McConnell New Castle Perry McAltin Altoona Frances Adams West Pittsburgh Mrs Hattie McConnell A D No 6 Mrs Amanda Flack Plaingrove Elizabeth Bartholomew New Castle William Baker South New Castle Thomas Hinkson New Castle Discharges include William Scott Hillsville John Garner Lowellville Elliott Swift Warnock Superior Street
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Margaret Gibson
J. D. No
E. L. Joseph
Croton Avenue
William McConnell
New Castle
Perry McAltin
Altoona
Frances Adams
West Pittsburgh
Hattie McConnell
A. D
Amanda Flack
Plaingrove
Elizabeth Bartholomew
New Cas
William Baker
South New Cas
Thomas Hinkson
William Scott
Hillsonville
John Garner
Lowellville
Ellicott Swift Warnock
Superior Street
Number of Women Run Barber Shops in the United States
A historical note states that between 12 000 and 15 000 barber shops are operated by women in the United States and some shops contain up to 35 chairs.
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United States
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E. Long Ave
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Convention City
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Homer S. Cummings
Connecticut
Board of Strategy
Derwood
David Rockwell
McDoo
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
Jack M. Dunlap
Ben G. Graham
Graham
Marion Burton
Michigan University
Burton
Patterson
N. J
Chicago
Ill
Pyle
C. M. Smail
First Christian Church
Ministerial Association
Robert Louis Stevenson
George T. Weingartner
Weingartner
Philadelphia
United States War Department
Hildebrand and
Herbert A. Ellis
First Methodist Church
Ellis
W. W. Campbell
W. P. Felch
Sam Lewis
Felch
Skeeter Skoot
Parologs Pharmacy
Fenall Store
New Castie Dry Goods
WE Duffords Co
M. J. Miller Park
News
Mercer Street
Electric Company
Mill
Washington Streets
White & CO
Neshannock Ave
East Washington St
Euwer’s
Euwer's
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