Misrepresented Facts Is Claim in Pittsburgh Stock Case
Lakin C. Taylor president and W. C. Watkins auditor of the Pittsburgh Tinplate and Steel corp were arrested on charges of conspiring to cheat and defraud in a $12,000,000 stock venture. Taylor posted $25,000 bond. Watkins remained jailed. Authorities say over $1,000,000 of stock has been sold locally at $10 to $14 a share and allege plant and asset values were inflated. Hearing set for Wednesday. Watkins calls arrests an outrage and asserts solvency.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Lakin C. Taylor
W. C. Watkins
Pittsburgh Tinplate and Steel Corporation
Taylor
Watkins
Charles B. Pritchard
Pennsylvania
Blue Sky Corporation
Pritchard
Chautauqua Tent Erected For Week Of Entertainment
A large tent has been raised on Boyle's field for the upcoming Chautauqua performances. The program promises a varied mix of music lectures magic and humor featuring well known entertainers. New Castle expects a week of top tier entertainment for all audiences.
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Boyle
New Castle
Lobby Decorated at Leslie Hotel With Cream Plan
The Leslie Hotel lobby received a week long decorating update. Decorators cleaned walls then applied cream tinted paint, making the lobby and dining room appear pleasing and restful to travelers.
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Leslie Hotel
Proclamation Offers Reward for J Perdue Capture
City of New Castle offers two hundred dollars for the apprehension arrest and conviction of James Perdue alias Red Perdue alias Red Franklin a colored man who shot and wounded Policeman Creighton G Logan in selfless duty on June 25 1920 in New Castle.
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New Castle
Creighton G. Logan
James Perdue
Red Perdue
Red Franklin
McAdoo Favored As Democratic Convention Nears
Demonstrators and delegates push for McAdoo with some states backing Cox Palmer or Davis. Southern and midwest factions rally around McAdoo while others show scattered loyalties and mixed planks on alcohol and League of Nations.
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Iowa
Meredith
McAdoo
Cox
Palmer
Montana
Sam Stewart
Nebraska
West Virginia
Ambassador Davis
Kentucky
Nevada
Columbia Expects To Break Records This Summer
New York June 26 Columbia's twenty first summer session begins July 6 and is expected to surpass last year's enrollment of over 10 000 students at Morning side. Hundreds of instructors from Columbia and other institutions will teach a wide range of courses from folk dancing to pathology and architecture to football coaching. State groups are arranging student travel with the Southern Club naming Atlanta Louisville Lexington and Nashville as meeting points.
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New York
Columbia
Morningside
John J. Coss
Southern Club
Lee Kirkpatrick
Paris
Kentucky
Atlanta
Louisville
Lexington
Nashville
Glee Club Picnic At Neshannock Falls
Members of the New Castle Glee club with wives and friends enjoy a basket dinner at Neshannock Falls. The afternoon includes sports with a lively ball game between married and single men as the featured event.
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New Castle
Marriage Licenses Granted in Steubenville Area
Sharon Madeline Reno and Sharon Sidney A. Morris issued licenses in Steubenville area. Margery E. Adams of Mingo Junction listed among couples obtaining licenses in the same record.
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Odharies
Sharon Madeline Reno
Sharon Sidney A. Morris
Steubenville
Lakewood Park Lakewood Resort Eyes Summer Hotel
Eastbrook Outing Association contemplates a pavilion style summer hotel at Hettenbaugh Run’s Lakewood Park resort opened last year. Miss Marguerite Lackey won a $10 prize for naming the site Lakewood Park. Canoes and skiffs to be added, 25 acres hold 75 cottages, and lots are selling fast as Fourth of July plans unfold. Bathing, fishing from hatcheries, and new access road are in focus.
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Eastbrook Outing Association
Hettenbaugh Run
Lakewood Park
Marguerite Lackey
Ray Street
Cleveland
J. A. Perry
Landrum home mystery leaves two held for 10 days
Clara Jones testifies a white man hunted George Mason and a scuffle followed in the Landrum residence. Carrie Landrum confirms only being away an hour. Both women are held for 10 days as police seek two men Red Perdue and George MacAbee in related shootings. Detective Logan, wounded, describes how Perdue grabbed his revolver and fired six times.
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Clara Jones
Landrum
Mr. Burns
George Mason
Mason
Carrie Landrum
Red” Perdue
Logan
George MacAbee
Harley Gormley
Dysart
Henry Dysart
Shenango Valley Hospital
Perdue
Franklin
City detective shot as Logan fights Landrum
Reports describe a July shooting at an ice plant after Logan confronted Cy Landrum over a prior incident. Logan was struck by six bullets, four in the body, with two misfired. his precise condition was unclear at noon. Perdue, alias Red Perdue, described as a known criminal, is sought. a $200 reward is offered.
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Dysart
Cy Landrum
Landrum
Cutting
Mr. Logan
Logan
Shenango Valley Hospital
Elder
Gaston
Hazelton Moore
Mrs. Franklin
Perdue
James Perdue
Red Perdue
Jim Franklin
Barnes
W. T. Burns
Gerbey
Harding and Roosevelt discuss campaign finance limits and scope
Senator Harding and President elect Roosevelt talk over campaign money controls and keeping money scandals from influencing the election. The plan favors small contributions, Marion Ohio backers, and strict limits up to 1000 dollars. Col. William Boyce Thompson notes Democrats may attack to regain control. Harding steps from dictation to golf with Hitchcock Elkins and Hale, jokingly with Hitchcock seeking the Democratic nomination.
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Marion
National Committee
William Boyce Thompson
Ways and Means Committee
Legislative Branch
Republican Committee
Thompson
Harding
Hitchcock
Elkins
Hale
Soviet Deposits Gold To Buy Food
London report says the Moscow government deposited gold at Stockholm Copenhagen and Reval to pay for food once trade resumes. Gregory Krassin, Bolshevik trade commission head, told Alfred Davies that Russia would honor national debts if the Soviet government is recognized by the Allies.
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International News Service
London
Moscow
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Reval
Gregory Krassin
Bolshevik Trade Commission
Alfred Davis
Lancashire
Davies
Krassin
Russia
Alumni Triumph Over Varsity in 7-0 Exhibition
The NC H S alumni defeated the varsity seven to nothing in a exhibition game. Cy Ingham delivered a dominating effort on the mound as former players hit freely and stole bases, exposing the varsity’s defensive woes.
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N.C. H
Varsity
Cy Ingham
Battery B Men Set Annual Reunion at Westfield Grange
Members and friends of Battery B First Pennsylvania Light Artillery plan a large reunion on Monday June 28 at Westfield Grange Hall near Mt. Jackson on Enon road. Comrade William A. McCormick of Mercer Pa will give the address. The event is open to the public and to veterans of other wars.
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Battery B
First
Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Westfield Grange
Grange Hall
Enon Road
Mt. Jackson
William A. McCormick
Mercer
Well Known Horseback Riders In New Castle
In New Castle two old time horse back riders stand out Col Levi Brinton a Civil War veteran and Thomas F Morehead. Brinton remains erect and soldierly atop his horse enjoying riding over automobiles. Morehead, younger but steady, rides for exercise and is noted for a spirited mount. Both are seen frequently on parade with a few other riders around town.
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New Castle
Col
Levi Brinton
Thomas F. Morehead
Col. Brinton
Brinton
Thomas F. Morehe
Mr. Brinton
Mr. Morehead
Anniversary To Close On Sunday
St. John s Lutheran church marks its 25th anniversary with special services on Sunday Rev J Maurer president of the synod of Central Canada will preach in the morning and Rev J L Miller of Youngstown will speak at the evening Sunday School and Luther League night featured tableaux tracing a scholar from cradle roll to church leadership C W Herman Hess Grace E Zeigler and Stella Diefenderfer presented the league s history Rev M M Allbert of Zelienople spoke on Worth While Things and How to Do Them.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
J. Maurer
Synod of Central Canada
J. L. Miller
Youngstown
C. W. Herman Hess
Grace E. Zeigler
Stella Diefenderfer
St. John's Luther League
M. M. Allbert
Zelienople
Turkish Death Toll Reported After Marmora Bombardment
A June 26 dispatch from Athens reports about 1000 Turkish fatalities after bombardment of Nationalist positions along the Marmora shore. It notes heavy British attacks near Ismid, Gieve, and east of Bagtchik with 600 Turkish prisoners captured and the fleet violently shelling the Turkish line.
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London
Senate of Marmora
Athens
Ismid Anatolia
Gieve
Bagtchik
Card of Thanks for Charles Kenehan Family Note
The Kenehan family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of their son Charles. They appreciate the floral tributes and donations in lieu of flowers, including the cars donated for the funeral. MR. and MRS. C J KENEHAN and FAMILY.
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Charles
C. J. Kenehan
Woman manufactures nitroglycerine in Ontario oilfield work
Mrs. Clare W. Stokes of Petrolia, Ontario, is described as perhaps the only woman in North America engaged in nitroglycerine manufacture. Her factory produces large quantities of the explosive used mainly for torpedoing oil wells.
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North America
Clare W. Stokes
Petrolia
Ontario
Deaths of the Day Infants and adults noted in city notices
The record lists infant Burr child of Dr. Burr and Marjorie Smith Rodgers of 719 Carlisle street died Saturday born June 25. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Miss Mary Ellen Scully daughter of Patrick Scully of 729 Butler Avenue died Thursday at 10 a.m. Surviving relatives include her father one brother and three sisters. Funeral at St Marys Church Monday at 9 a.m. Interment St Marys Cemetery. Hiram W. Heck 72 died Friday morning at his daughter Mrs James Kincaid’s home 1501 Eastbrook street after a long illness. Born April 6 1948 in Columbiana County Ohio he was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Petersburg. Survived by one son M B Heck one daughter and several siblings. Brief service at daughter’s residence Sunday 1 p.m. then church services at 3 p.m. Petersburg Cemetery interment. (Youngstown Papers Please Copy.)
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Burr
Marjorie Smith Rodgers
Carlisle Street
Mary Ellen Scully
Patrick Scully
Butler Avenue
John Scully
Gary
Ind
John Conners
Youngstown
Josephine
Agnes
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Hiram W. Heck
James Kincaid
Eastbrook Street
Columbiana County
Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Petersburg
M. B. Heck
Delaware Avenue
William S. Heck
Margaret Varian
Springfield
Blien Collar
New Middletown
Reformed Church
Died at 70 Eli Booher of Shenango Township
Eli Booher age 70 died at his home in Shenango Township Friday evening after an illness with a complication of diseases. He was a well known and respected longtime resident. Surviving are his wife and three brothers Lorenzo Ellwood City Alzi New Castle and Noble Shenango Township. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 PM at Boyd School House with interment in Booher cemetery.
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Eli Booher
Shenango Township
Lorenzo
Ellwood City
Alzi
New Castle
Noble
Boyd
Truck Sets Coast To Coast Driving Record In 13 Days
A three ton truck completed a coast to coast journey from Los Angeles to New York in thirteen days thirteen hours and fifteen minutes. The feat surpasses the 1918 record of seventeen days and three hours.
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New York
Los Angeles
King of Greece to Review Army in Smyrna Campaign
King Alexander of Greece will depart for Athens this evening and travel to Smyrna to review the Greek forces engaged against Turkish Nationalists. He will be accompanied by his morganatic wife as far as Venice, then to Paris.
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Aris
Alexander
Greece
Athens
Smyrna
Venice
Paris
Quiet Resumed In Londonderry
Belfast dispatch reports many looters arrested in Londonderry by Irish volunteers. Londonderry is quiet with armed guards in the residential district and British troops patrolling all streets.
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International News Service
Belfast
Londondery
Londonderry
Wage boost averts general railroad strike in 22 percent range
Chicago June 26 railway wage action set July 20 as the deadline for new schedules. Union leaders say a nationwide strike was imminent but now appears unlikely as talks aim for an average 22 percent increase, from 20 to 27 percent for different pay levels. Traffic on major lines is improving toward normal.
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Chicago
Railway Labor Board
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Tranmen
B. and O
Pennsylvania
Texas Boys Set for Farm Regions Educational Tour
A train carrying 150 Texas farm boys chosen by competitive exam will tour central western northern and southern states. Directed by the Texas A and M Extension Service and the Texas Chamber of Commerce the 4000 mile twenty day trip aims to study best farming methods and visit packing plants and markets starting around July 31.
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Washington
Texas
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Texas Chamber of Commerce
United States
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Ohio
James E. Campbell
Buckeye
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Prohibition
James Magee
South Dakota
Thomas R. Marshall
Thomas Jefferson
Davis
St. James Court
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Alabama
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Delaware
Willard Saulsbury
Virginia
Carter Glass
Kansas
National
Samuel B. Amidon
Champ Clark
George H. Hodges
Kansas City
Missouri
League of Nations
Glee Club
Neshannock Falls
Burns
Roosevelt
Westfield
Thomas F. More
King of
Kodak Time
Bleakley Harness Co
Jefferson St
Texas Boys
W.F. Dufford& Co
Washington St
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Dunn Undertaking Company
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