Police Urge Week of Watch For Forty Missing Autos
The chief of police reports about 40 stolen cars in the past week, with Detroit and Cleveland supplying many. New Castle has recovered most cars, one remains missing, as authorities pursue a clue. W. E. Metzger of the Detroit Automobile Club cites nationwide losses, totaling millions, urging harsher penalties for thieves.
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Detroit
Cleveland
New Castle
W. E. Metzger
Detroit Automobile Club
United States
How to Can Tomatoes in Fruit Jars for Storage
Instructions describe selecting firm red medium tomatoes and boiling briefly, cooling, coring, peeling and packing into quart jars. Add sugar and salt, fill with hot tomato sauce, seal loosely, and boil in a water bath for 30 minutes or ten minutes under eight pounds steam if using a pressure canner. Check for leaks after cooling.
Knox to Demonstrate Rifle Shooting at Red Triangle Circus
Knowns Knox, assistant physical director of the Youngstown Y M C A, will perform at the Red Triangle Circus at the country club grounds on June 27. He will shoot on his head and execute complex knife shots breaking targets with two rifles and mirrors, assisted by Harry Hirst.
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Red Triangle Circus
Country Club
William Arthur Knox
Youngstown Y. M. C. A
Knox
B. F. Keith
Harry Hirst
How Women Stay Up Strength with Vincl in Cleveland
Mrs Wm. D. Dawson credits Vincl with building her up and restoring energy after prolonged illness. The ad touts Vincl as a constitutional remedy containing beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates. Clutton Drug Co. and druggists everywhere.
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Cleveland
Wm. D. Dawson
Clutton Drug Co
Public Utilities Praised By Wilson McAdoo Williams
The article notes letters from President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo thanking public utilities including Electric Railways for aiding war efforts. It credits Comptroller John Skelton Williams for prior government study on utilities and their role in national war power across transportation, munitions, shipbuilding, and military organization.
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McAdoo
Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
John Skelton Williams
Congress
War crisis heightens need for utility firms in distress
The article argues that war demands force public utilities to expand services and raise prices. It urges state commissions and communities to grant aid and forbearance to railroads and gas firms to prevent national calamity. It notes bank-held railroad assets at 763 million and links fare hikes in New Castle and Sharon-Farrell to funding needs.
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Williams
New Castle
Sharon-Farrell
New Castle and Lowell
Mora barred at Chicago beaches in clothing ban
Acting Chief Alcock orders no flesh colored swimsuits at Chicago beaches to prevent exposure above armpit level. The rule targets see through or revealing suits and requires camouflage clothing for bathers.
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Mora
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Alcock
Thought Harmony Depot Was Hotel Disorderly Arrest
George Munnell was charged by Mayor A D Newell after police found him drunk and resisting an officer at the Harmony and Butler station claiming it was a hotel. Officers were summoned late Saturday night and confronted him Sunday morning.
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Harmony
Butler
George Munnell
A. D. Newell
George Sleeping and Arson? Not applicable
Unable to determine event from provided text. contains a confrontation with officers, a knife attack, and a hospital report.
Cutting Affray on Long Avenue
Ben Harper was arrested Saturday night on cutting a man named Thomas following a quarrel at the corner of South Mill Street and Long Avenue. The men, once friends, argued about the mill strike of bygone days.
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Ben” Harper
Thomas
South Mill Street
Long Avenue
Harper
Two enlist in Navy from local city on Saturday
Charles W. Johnston and Aaron L. Boalick enlisted in the navy at the Pittsburgh recruiting office on Saturday. The article notes a veterinary role in the British army that helped bring back to the front horses valued at over 125 million dollars.
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NAVY
Charles W. Johnston
Aaron L. Boalick
Pittsburg
Weasels Meet End From Flivver Exhaust Trick
In Arcola New Labrador June 24 David Kanitz used a car exhaust to gas a visiting weasel infestation. He attached a rubber tube to the exhaust and fed the fumes into a tile under a corn crib. The weasels perished in the attempt, a vivid example of unconventional pest control.
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Arcola
David Kanitz
Kanitz
Captain Charge Rally Cuts Across Town
A brief civic notice records a public event led by the Ribbon Clerk Regiment featuring Captain Charge. Pelican is listed as the venue or sponsor with a call for attendees to provide names and addresses for participation.
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Pelican
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Diamond
Lawrence County
People’s Store
W. Washington St
East Washington St
Approva
Marry Gross CO
UANEY
Chichester S
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Dr. Williams
J. N. Euwer
Lopes
Euwer’s
Will
William A. Knox
National Banks
Mahoning & Shenango Railway & Light Co
Harmony Depot
George
New Castle Hospital
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