Who Found North Pole Resolution Debates Cook Peary Claim
A House resolution offered by Rep. Smith of New York urges Congress to resolve the dispute over who first reached the North Pole. It notes the scientific and economic importance and calls for clarity on whether Cook or Peary reached the Pole before other explorers. The chamber previously honored Peary with thanks and a medal.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Admiral Peary
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
House
Representative Smith
New York
U. S
United States
Far North
Cook
Pearly
Pole
Peary
Smith
Baby skunk adopted by cat in Indiana township
Three young skunks found by Dwight Nichols on Charles Nichols farm near Indiana were placed in a basket with the kittens and were adopted by a mother cat. Dwight Nichols, member of the Boys' Naturalist club, reported the nest under the barn at White Township.
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Indiana
Charles Nichols
White Township
Dwight Nichols
Boys’ Naturalist Club of
West Pittsburg Communion Services at Mo ravia Church
West Pittsburg set for communion at the Moravia Presbyterian church next Sunday morning. Preparatory services scheduled Friday at 8 pm and Saturday at 2 pm. Rev. Hamil of Mt Jackson United Presbyterian to preach Saturday afternoon. H J Baumgarter pastor and Ladies Aid of Methodist to be hosted by Mrs H A Anderson Friday afternoon June 26. Members urged to attend for officer election.
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Moravia Presbyterian Church
Hamil
Mt. Jackson United Presbyterian Church
H. J. Baumgarter
Ladies’Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
H. A. Anderson
Local visitors join West Pittsburg group for weekend
Mr and Mrs Bert Stoten of Brad dock Dr and Mrs Ernest Campbell of Midland and Joseph Metro of Brad dock were guests of Mrs Jones and family at Center Avenue hotel over Sunday. The West Pittsburg order of the P H C will meet Friday evening in the West Pittsburg public schoolhouse.
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Bert Stoten
Braddock
Ernest Campbell
Midland
Joseph Metro
Jones
Center Avenue Hotel
West Pittsburg Order of the P. H. C
West Pittsburg Public School
Local residents spend weekends visiting neighbors and travel to New Castle
A flurry of short visits and trips is recorded with many residents from New Castle and nearby towns sharing weekends with relatives and friends. Names include Mrs. Carl Cochran Loretta McLane George Virtue J C Sankey J J Ricer Lillian Jones and others visiting in Wampum East Palestine Midland Braddock and New Kensington.
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George Whehn Son & Co
New Castle
George Virtue
East Palestine
James M. Keck
F. L. Pitzer
J. C. Sankey
Savanah
H. A. Anderson
J. J. Ricer
Lillian Jones
Midland and
Braddock
Walter Thomas
John Thomas
Dannie Harris
Dave Thomas
Robert
Nellie
Helen
Wurtemburg
George Schweinsberg
New Kensington
F. G. Morrison
Baseball Game Set Between Koppel Second and West Pittsburg A C
A Saturday game between Koppel Second and West Pittsburg A C is scheduled for 3 o clock in the afternoon. The matchup features local teams in a Division II contest with a late afternoon start.
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Koppel
West Pittsburg A. C
Mrs Gene Ward Shopping and Sunday Visit Noted
Mrs Gene Ward was seen shopping while Fred Smith spent Sunday with friends in Braddock.
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Gene Ward
New Castle
Fred Smith
Braddock
First Wife Aids 2nd Honeymoon
E D Luckie former principal and tour conductor visited his former wife Rebecca Luckie a few days ago and borrowed a traveling bag for his Europe honeymoon with Mrs Eliza beth Reed. Reed, a former Columbia schoolteacher, had joined a European trip Luckie led in 1911, a voyage tied to a divorce case over a toe ring said to weigh one and one sixteenths carats.
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ST. Louis
E. D. Luckie
John Marshall School
Rebecca A. Luckie
Europe
Luckie No. 2
Elizabeth S. Reed
Robert Brinsmade
Luckie
Redding
Conn
Miss Reed
Columbia School
Pottsville Seeks 200000 Nickels for Coal Region Payments
Pottsville Pa June 24 Government will be asked to send 10000 in nickels as a remedy after the Reading Coal and Iron company paid nearly 150000 in small coin failed to include any nickels. The shortage made it hard to pay miners exact sums.
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Pottsville
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Ring Stolen From Toe as She Slept in Train Berth
St. Louis June 24 A diamond ring disappeared from Mrs. Dixon while she slept in a Frisco sleeping car berth. Dr. Eugene W. Dixon of Oklahoma City reported the loss to police as detectives investigated the incident reported yesterday amid travel to Boston with his wife.
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Dixon
ST. Louis
Eugene W. Dixon
Oklahoma City
Boston
This youngster has many lives
Altoona June 24 Hurled from a power company tower at Canoe Creek. The incident left the youth with injuries but survived. Details on identity and motive were not disclosed. Local authorities investigated the event and set no further risk to the public.
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Altoona
Power Company
Canoe Creek
Boy Survives 2200 Volt Tall Tower Plunge
Ten year old Lloyd Blackstone survived a 2200 volt electric shock after falling 45 feet from a steel tower. He suffered a fractured right leg and burned hands with charred toe tips as the current passed through him during a dare in which he climbed the structure.
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Lloyd Blackstone
Pet pig seen as healthy option for households
In Philadelphia on June 24 Dr. D. T. Quigley of North Platte Nebraska urged that a pet pig can be a healthy choice at the Deveraux Methodist Church lecture on infectious diseases. He argued the common cold is worsened by cats and dogs as family pets and that pigs are not disease carriers.
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Philadelphia
D. T. Quigley
North Platte, Neb
Deveraux Methodist Episcopal Church
Quigley
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Baby Skunk
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U.S
el Tejar
Mexico
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Carl Cochran
Loretta McLane
Wampum
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