State to pay 10cent Gettysburg veteran rail fares
Gettysburg dedication plans set to bring 6000 veterans to the battlefield with a 10 cent per mile rail fare funded by the state. General H S Heidekoper says rate settled in New York at 1.5 cents per mile. transportation applies to Pennsylvania regiments regardless of current residence, with outside-state segments paid by travelers.
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Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Commonwealth
Great Battlefield
State Memorial
Little Round Top
H. 8. Heidekoper
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Commission
Pennsylvania
Lewis Moore
Nilled Because He Would Not Dance
In Beaver Falls Pennsylvania John Augustine aged 24 died from a fractured skull after being attacked for refusing to dance at a boarding house gathering in Pricedale. His brother in law Antonio Nadona is hospitalized with a scalp wound. A suspected assailant Ernesto Craporo fled as County Detective Braden investigates the case.
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Beaver Falls
John Augustine
Providence Hospital
Antonio Nadona
Augustine
Victor Capripa
Pricedale
Ernesto Craporo
Nadona
D. C. Braden
Craporo
Buffalo Bill Announces Retirement Farewell Tour
Col William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill says he will retire from public life and bid farewell from the saddle in each city visited. He begins the tour at New York's Madison Square Garden and moves across the continent, planning to pursue agricultural oil coal mining and gold claims in the West. He notes the move is timely as time and aging affect his old associates and routine. The Old Scout vows to end his Wild West and Pawnee Bill show later.
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W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Madison Square Garden
Temple of Amusement
New York
Col. Cody
Europe
New Castle
Plains
Louisiana Purchase
Texas
Mexico
America
West
School Principals In Demand In Butler County
Butler County faces three principal vacancies at Eau Claire Prospect and Hooker with no clear applicants. R Baldwin formerly of Eau Claire was elected for Fairview Township Karns City and Mars schools at 90 dollars monthly, undecided which post he will take. C Hale Sipes of Butler was elected Petrolia principal at 90 but declined. Miss Mary Marshall not seeking Concord township post.
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Butler County
Eau Claire
Prospect
Hooker
Do. R. Baldwin
Fairview Township
Karns City
Mars
J. B. Story
Mary Marshall
Concord Township
Marshall
C. Hale Sipes
Butler
Petrolia
Penn Township
Butler Eagle
Beaver Falls Gears for Boomer Celebration Boom
New Castle's Fourth of July plan spreads through the Beaver Valley with balloons and certificates redeemable for dollars. Fifty balloons to be released near New Castle and a special Pennsylvania Line train parade may reach Beaver Falls with aerial bombs marking the events from July 2 to 5.
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New Castle
Beaver Valley
Beaver Falls
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
Warren
Sharon
Sharpsville
Ellwood City
Butler
Jefferson Street Churches Plan Summer Evening Services
The Jefferson Street churches First Presbyterian First Methodist and First United Presbyterian will hold joint July and August evening services. The first union service is next Sunday at First Methodist with Rev James W Campbell of Newtonville Mass preaching at 7 30. Dr Hershey and Dr Given will conduct, with Campbell in rotation.
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Jefferson Street
First Presbyterian
First Methodist
First United Presbyterian
First Methodist Church
James W. Campbell
Newtonville
Mass
Hershey
Presbyterian Church
Given
First
U. P. Church
Campbell
Formulas for Fly Traps and Sugar Water Lethality
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt warns about luring swatting flies with sugar water and formaldehyde. It notes the solution is not dangerous but should avoid contact with food. The piece quips on irrelevant statistics about Americans and coffee cups.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Bond issue defeated in Sharpsville school vote
Sharpsville voters rejected the proposed $80,000 schoolhouse bond in Saturdays election. In three wards the tally showed 208 against and 83 for the issue, a 125 vote margin.
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Sharpsville
German Thourghness Courses Promote German Goods Abroad
Berlin sponsors instruction courses for storekeepers and salespeople to cultivate the artistic taste in German goods aimed at boosting overseas sales.
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Berlin
Dr Leonhardt Hem Roid Internal Pile Cure
An advertisement claims external treatments fail to cure piles and promotes Dr Leonhardt Hem Roid tablets as the first guaranteed internal pile cure. It lists sellers John F Neely and Geo W Clutton of New Castle Pennsylvania and the Dr Leonhardt Co Buffalo New York price one dollar for a large box.
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Leonhardt
John F. Neely
Geo. W. Clutton
New Castle
Dr. Leonhardt Co
Station
Buffalo
N. Y
Raising Funds for Philip Pano Trial in Sharon
Friends of Philip Pano raise funds to pay legal help for his murder trial at the next court term. Horace Davis is retained to defend the 18 year old, who says he acted in self defense after Wesko threatened him. Pano, a Massachusetts native who moved to America less than three years ago, had worked at a plant and recently recovered from a long hospital stay.
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Sharon
Philip Pano
John Wesko
Horace Davis
Pano
Louis Poolos
Poolos
Wesko
Pano J
America
Massachusetts
Driges- Sebury
Elliott Hospital
Christian Endeavor Union to Convene in Franklin
Franklin Pa June 27 Practically everything is ready for the biennial state convention of the Christian Endeavor union to be held here July 12, 13 and 14 The city will accommodate 1500 delegates An interesting program features Rev Dr Francis E Clark of Boston founder of the society who will speak three times Others include Former Gov Frank J Hanly of Indiana and numerous pastors and professors from Williamsport Pittsburg Buffalo Columbus Meadville and Allegheny College Allegheny county is expected to send 250 delegates
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Williamsport
W. A. Jones
Pittsburg
J. T. McCrory
Carl P. Case
Buffalo
New York Christian Endweaver Union
Daniel A. Polling
Columbus
of the Ohio Christian Endeavor Union
A. E. Wagner
Altoona
J. S. Martin
Camden N. Coburn
Allegheny College
Meadville
Allegheny County
Old Teacher Cary Dies in Calgary Visit
Dr. George Lovell Cary aged 80 former Meadville Theological School president and professor emeritus died of pneumonia at his daughter Mrs Frank W Pratt's Calgary Alberta home where he had gone for a visit on June 2 He graduated from Harvard in 1852 and taught New Testament literature at Meadville from 1862 to 1892 retiring as president emeritus in 1902 He authored several books on New Testament literature and was a noted theologian He is survived by his widow and one daughter.
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Meadville
George Lovell Cary
Meadville Theological School
Frank W. Pratt
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Harvard University
Meadville School
Skin graft saves burned leg in Sharon hospital
Charles Deltrich of Logan Avenue underwent a difficult skin grafting operation at Elliott hospital. Drs. Tom and John Elliott transplanted 60 square inches of skin from the uninjured leg to the burned knee area after a prior accident at the Sharon Steel Hoop plant. The grafted skin adhered and the doctors expected a successful healing.
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Sharon
Elliott Hospital
Tom and
John Elliott
Charles Deitrich
Logan Avenue
Sharon Steel Hoop
Wade's Golden Nervine Offers Restorative Strength
An advertisement touts Wade's Golden Nervine as a cure for nervous debility and related male weakness. It claims a long trusted physician, simple vegetable composition, and strong restorative properties. Packages priced at one dollar or six for five dollars. mail orders available with a free trial offer and booklet upon supplying stamps.
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Wade
Icine CO
Dept. N. St. Louis
Iby Geo
W. Clutton
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Gettysburg Battlefield
Hajdgner
Missouri
St. Paul Dispatch
New Castle Loan Co
Fos Wallace Bldg
Washington and
Jefferson Sts
Whitman
Buffalo Bill and
Pawnee Bill Company
UNION
Franklin
Euwer
Loaea
Madras
Euwer’s
Washington St
J. P. Hays & Co
Pittsburg Street
Haviland
REW Castle Glass & China CO
New Castle, PA
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