Murderer Johnson Makes Novel Safe Souvenirs
Frank Johnson, jailed for life for the murder of Herman Genkinger, sent match safes carved as mini barrels to Attorney W. H. Falls and Col. Oscar L. Jackson. The devices deliver one match at a time and resemble a coal barrel. Johnson’s life sentence was commuted after appeals, a rare clemency in murder cases.
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W. H. Falls
Oscar L. Jackson
Frank Johnson
Tern Penitentiary
Herman Genkinger
Johnson
Supreme Court
Pardon
Dominick Panaro
Dust Nuisance Abatement Ordered by City Council
City council in joint session passed a resolution to relieve a dust nuisance. It orders the City of New Castle Water Company to supply water to the street railway and to the Mahoning and Shenango Railway to take water. If the railway neglects sprinkling, police will enforce the ordinance.
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Sesson
City of
Ward Nail Co. Plant Ready To Begin Operations
The Ward Nail Company factory at Struthers is equipped and ready to start this week. About 30 men and boys will gain employment as the plant comes under patents held by D. K. Ward, its general superintendent and promoter. Officers include President A. B. fod, Vice President Mayor A. B. rough, Secretary-Treasurer T. Irwin, and Manager H. B. McMaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Nail Company
Struthers
D. K. Ward
Morgan Springs Comany
Ward Concern
Memorial Service for Frank Welar at Moose Club Rooms
Moose members are notified to attend a memorial service for the late Frank Wel ar in the Moose club rooms this evening.
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Moose Club
Pd Bce
Frank Welar
City awards multiple contracts for repairs and improvements
Last night councils let contracts for city improvements totaling over fifteen thousand dollars. Kimbrough and Elder won the North Mercer street sanitary sewer project at 5242.06 with two other bids. Winter avenue paving went to New Castle Contracting at 6762.74. Other awards include McCleary avenue sewer 451.70, South Mill street sewer 511, Reis street sewer 671.90, and Electric street sewer 94.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Street
Kimbrough & Elder
Winter Avenue
New Castle Contracting Company
McCleary Avenue
F. M. Mayberry and Son
South Mill Street
Reis Street
Burns Brothers
Grand Officials of K of P Lodge Visit
Grand Chancellor Commander Harry A Thompson of Tyrone paid an official visit to the Robert Blum lodge Knights of Pythias and conferred the grand lodge degrees on 12 past chancellors. Deputy Chancellor Commander Hilderbrand and others spoke. refreshments followed the degree conferral.
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H. A. Thompson
Tyrone
Robert Blum Lodge
Harry A. Thompson
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Mr. Thompson
Hilderbrand
A. Earl Douglas
Fidelis Lodge
Samuel J. Chambers
Western Star Lodge
Jacob Cosel
Robert Blum
Man of 30-Pound Stature Charms Audiences in Exhibition
Maj Charles Gantz billed as the smallest man on earth weighs 30 pounds and stands 18 inches high. Born August 27 1865 near Fairfield Iowa he grew up on a farm and later ran a stock business before starting his show. He is owner and manager of his exhibition travels in winter and resides with his parents in Fairfield.
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Maj
Charles Gantz
the Wonder
Fairfield
Iowa
Major
Romance by Bottle Leads to Missouri Marriage
In Independence Missouri Grace Stafford age 18 of Hardin and Edward Tillman age 28 of Mexico were married by justice of the peace Thomas Caldwell after Tillman found a note Grace placed in a bottle in the Missouri River. The couple recounted how a message cast into the river two years earlier led to their union.
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Independence
Thomas C. Caldwell
Grace Stafford
Hardin
Edward Tillman
Mexico
Tillman
Grace
Atlanta six Sundays of strangling murders shock city
Telegraphic notes report six consecutive Sundays in Atlanta with murder by strangulation and mutilation of a colored woman in each case. Other items include Richards Barry expelled from the Players Club and various brief notices from New York, Washington, and Chicago.
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Atlanta
New York
Richard Barry
Muck Raker
Players’ Club
A. Rogers
Boston
Bunker Hill
Red Sox
Patrick Finn
Ardkeenaugh
Ireland
Waldo
Washington
Mann
Fowler
Mike Ferguson
Kansas
Lynn
Mass
Journeymen Barbers’ International Union
Sand Springs
Okla
Ithaca
N. Y
Sue Worshees
Old Ladies
Punxsutawney
James Stoner
Chicago
Louis Hanson
Lorimer
A. W. McArthur
National Life Insurance Co
35Th Ward
Republican Club
Billy Sunday Fight On At Johnstown
The city debates Evang elist Billy Sunday’s coming next year as petitions spread through churches. German Lutheran leaders oppose the visit and city leaders face a binary choice in the mayoral and council primary as officials must declare sides.
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Billy Sunday
Johnstown
Evangelist Billy Sunday
Matthews in Picture Gallery Prominent Congress Portraits
A pamphlet features all House members with a large portrait of Congressman Charles Matthews. The half tone pictures are well executed and presented in a neat gallery.
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House of Representatives
Charles Matthews
Realty Transfers Report with Transfer Details
Realty transfers list several property moves including Jacob Fisher to Frank C. Fisher in Slippery Rock for 2800 dollars, Harry P. McBride to Ferdinand Isabella in the Eighth ward for 1, Clair W. Book to Cylde Vy. Book in Pulaski for 450, J. Walter Hay to Thomas Stanford in Neshannock for 150, Chas C. Rigby to Lena Merkle Davy in the Fifth ward for V.
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Jacob Fisher
Frank C. Fisher
Slippery Rock
Harry P. McBride
Ferdinand Isabella
Eighth Ward
Clair W. Book
Cylde Vy. Book
Pulaski
J. Walter Hay
Thomas Stanford
Neshannock
Chas. C. Rigby
Lena Merkle Davy
Fifth Ward
Woman's body held for debt over unsettled bills
The body of Mrs. Lysenda Bethel lies in Charles Breese's morgue Eatontown New Jersey awaiting removal to Beaufort North Carolina due to unpaid illness care bills and funeral charges alleged against executor J W Delamar of New York. Dr Homer T Partree will not sign the death certificate until payment. insurance will not pay without the certificate. Efforts to locate Delamar have failed.
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Lysenda Bethel
Charles Breese
Eatontown
N. J
Beaufort
N. C
J. W. Delamar
New York
Miss Bethel
Homer T. Partree
Mr. Delamar
Miss Sheppard
Mrs. Bethel
Farmer grows record onion crop in Columbia River valley
Kennewick Wash June 27 To F F Fox of Spokane should pass the title of champion onion grower of the Columbia River valley. Fox has a 40 acre tract on the Kennewick geeded to Bermudas from which he expects to harvest 400 tons of marketable onions. The sale of his crop will net him 8000 dollars or 200 dollars an acre.
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Kennewick
Wash
F. F. Fox
Spokane
Columbia River Valley
Patent Granted for Telescoping Flagstaff Design
A flagstaff manufactured in multiple telescoping sections for easy handling has received patent protection. The design allows compact storage and quick deployment, improving portability for flag display in various settings.
Silence Endures Between Father and Daughter After 15 Years
A marriage license for Franklin Sylvester Henry and Mary Margaret Kirkpatrick Wilson sparks a tale of a 15 year silence between her father Gen James Grant Wilson and his daughter. They shared a home and social circles but communicated only via others.
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New York
Franklin Sylvester Henry
Cloveland, O
Mary Margaret Kirkpatrick Wilson
East Seventy-fourth Street
Miss Wilson
James Grant Wilson
General Wilson
Mary H. Nicholson
Nicholson
Mother Falls and Kills Her Baby in Newark
In Newark New Jersey Mrs Anna Matta carrying her seven month old daughter Cecelia down stairs tripped and fell Her attempt to shield the child failed and the infant died Mrs Matta was unhurt but pandemonium followed as neighbors and a physician attended her She was restrained and taken to the Newark hospital
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Newark
N. J
Anna Matta
Cecelia
Mrs. Matta
Uniform success boosts Chamberlain remedy favor across land
The treatment for colic cholera and diarrhoea by Chamberlain has gained wide use and is described as reliable and dependable. It is available from all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Coupon offer for baseball game through local News offices
A coupon provides 10 cents toward a baseball game at The News office or Treadwell News Co. or Love and Me drug store, promising the greatest game ever seen.
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The
News
Treadwell News Co
Love & Megown’s
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Nail CO
K. OF P
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F. F. Dalley Co., Ltd
Buffalo, N.Y
Hamilton, Ont
New Castle
Messer Candy CO
Clutton’s
Matthews
Washington Street
Mrs
Tim Woodruff
Timothy Woodruff
Tom Sopwith
Morgue
Star Expansion Bolt Co
Sebco
Col
New Castle News
Union National Bank
E. Long Avenus
National Bank of
the National Bank
R. W. Clendenin & Sons
Hoyt
New Castle, Pa
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