Severe Storm Causes Heavy Damage Across Washington County
A powerful electrical storm swept through Washington County late yesterday, damaging homes and barns from West Alexandria to Lone Pine. Farms of Harris and King near West Alexandria lost silos, a farm building and a house were struck by lightning, and a broadcasting station four masts were toppled. Electric and telephony lines were blown down, with significant property losses reported across Claysville Gladden Heights and Clare areas.
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Cnterchinnet
Washington
Whebington
Cran
Owl
West Virginia
Yesternis
Damry
West Alexandria
Claysville
Gladden
Lone Pine
John Harris
Walter King
Alexandria
Hinds
Scott
Thomas Barnes
Threystacks
G. KL. Miller
Clare
Hugh
WNAC
Silver Maples
Here
AMY
Lone Pank
South Peon Oil Company
Gladden Heights
Picnic Committee To Meet Tonight For Cascade Park Picnic
Members of the Harry L. McBride Post Veterans of Foreign Wars picnic committee will meet at the Region Home Association building this evening to inaugurate arrangements for the annual community picnic at Cascade Park on Wednesday July 30. The committee includes Charles E. Allen chairman Clarence A. Leslie George Christoff Orville Potter Ivor V. Davis A F Miller J B E Ellsworth Jack La Rue F L Wimner John Broner Ralph Montgomery Frank Weasie Wm Lewis George Thompson and Cilly Wadlinger.
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Harry L. McBride
Veterans of Foreigns
Region Home Association
Cascade Park
Charles E. Allen
Clarence A. Leslie
George Christoff
Orville Potter
Ivor V. Davis
A. F., Miller
J. BE. Ellsworth
Jack la Rue
FL. Wimner
John Bro
Dr Lee W Ames To Speak At Conference
Patrons of the Western Pennsylvania Bible Conference at the First Presbyterian Church of Slippery Rock anticipate the arrival of Rev Lee W Ames D D of Moody Bible Institute who will open with Shall We Know Each Other in Heaven On Friday he speaks at 320 pm From Jerusalem to Rome and at Doon The Mistakes of Moses On Sunday afternoon at 330 he delivers Advent of the Son of God Just as the Clock Struck The conference features Rev Frank Sayers and others with daily sessions in Eastern Standard Time and the upcoming schedule includes Vision That Changed the Map of Europe and Hell a Nonentity of a Reality Which
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Penn
First Presbyterian Church
Slippery Rock
Lee W. Ames
Moody Bible Institute
Dr. Ames
Jerusalem
Rome
Doon
Moses
Ahmes
Ames
Frank Sayers
Wm. Graham
Butler
Bert E. Williams
J.C. McElroy
Frank G. Sayers
Youngstown
Europe
SQ. Bilder
S. J. Cobb
Question Box central press Washington bureau query notes
Central Press Bureau offers information via letter to FP O Bor 126 Washington DC. It explains cryptograms and time designations and discusses why gold alloys discolor skin and how battery counts compare to electric radios in a Kadlo Retailiny survey.
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Central Press
Washington
Central Press Bureau
O. Bor
Washington, D.C
Radio ownership and unwired homes in the United States
A May survey reports about 13,000,000 U S families have radios. 7,700,000 with all electric receivers, 5,300,000 battery sets, including 2,300,000 in farms with no home wiring and 1,000,000 in unwired urban and suburban homes. It also notes The Federalist essays by Hamilton Jay and Madison and lists pamphlets available from the Central Press Bureau.
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United States
Alexander Ramilton
John Jay
James Madison
Camp East Brook Opens New 75 by 25 Foot Pool
A new swimming pool at Camp East Brook is nearly ready for cement pours after rapid construction. The 75 by 25 foot pool sits in front of the dining room with water pumped from the nearby Neshannock river and will be cleaned and refreshed. depth ranges from 4 to 9 1 2 feet as the camp season runs through July and August.
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Camp East Brook
Neshannock
Fire damages home in Wampum on Kay Street
A gas stove too close to a wall caused a double frame house on Kay street to suffer about 200 in damage. Firefighters responded at 11 am, but a second blaze at 3 pm worsened the damage as walls remained hot. Residents of Joseph Patokin and Pete Dudley occupied premises.
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Wampum
Kay Street
Joseph Patokin
Pete Dudley
Realty Transfers and Pension Note in 20 Year Cycle
Realty transfers list Amanda Conner to Stanley J Low and J Clyde Gilfillan to Daniel Linz in Neshannock with amounts and dates omitted. Another transfer shows James BR George to Edwin J George in Neshannock for 81. A separate editorial note suggests electing congressmen for 20 year terms to reduce pension increases, implying a pension rise only once every two decades.
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Amanda Conner
Stanley J. Low
Wayne
Clyde Gilfillan
Daniel Linz
Neshannock
James BR. George
Edwin J. George
Enon Valley Notables and Road Work Highlight Local Activity
Enon Valley residents listed include Mrs. Fred Alark in Pittsburgh and Prank McGeorge in critical condition at home. The Enon East Palestine road is being slagged and expected open July 4. Social visits span Beaver Falls Beaver Falls New Castle and Alliance Ohio with many calls and marriages noted. Dr DeWalt resigns from the health board moving to Columbiana amid a wave of local social engagements and hospital nursing temp assignments.
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Fred Alark
Pittsburgh
McGeorge
G. A. Binpson
Fallston, Pa
M. Kinney
Beaver Sun
Enon
East Palestine
H. E. Wogan
New Castle
W. G. Inboden
Pietsburgh
James Lambright
Beaver Falls
Callies
R. C G. Penick
W. A. Hoss
William Alexander
Alliance
Ohio
C. I Bowers
Russ Stella Shearm
Frances Inhoden
DeWalt
Board of Health
Fils
Columbiana
Eugene Daniels
Ison Riley
Eva Phillips
J. ©. Weir
East Liverpool
W. A. Ross
Christian Church
W. B. Wallace
Mrgaret Madden
McKees Rocks Hospital
Ella Madden
Harold Elder
St. Paul, Minn
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Eno
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W. G. Turner
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Vary Low
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Edward Marshall
Wallace Sunddaughter
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