Enon Valley Granges Meet With Lawrence County Pomona
The Lawrence County Pomona No. 65 met Little Beaver grange No. 1590 in Enon Valley on June 24. Eight of nine subordinate granges attended despite heat. New members were received in the morning, and after a picnic lunch the program continued with papers recitations and solos. State lecturer R. P. Kester discussed rural delivery and parcel post. Little Beaver hosted supper and an evening program led by Hon. A. L. Martin and E. B. Dorsett who spoke on the benefits of organization. The local grange exceeds a thousand members and some own halls. fall plans include meeting with Westfield grange. Mrs. A. H. Fullerton is local lecturer.
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Lawrence County
Pomona No. 65
Little Beaver Grange
Enon
Wurtemburg
R. P. Kester
Newtown
Grange
Little Beaver
Entertaining Grange
A. L. Martin
E. B. Dorsett
Mansfield
Westfield
Big Beaver
A. H. Fullerton
Villa gains, federals collapse in Zacatecas fight
The piece describes Villa’s forces overrunning Zacatecas with disorganized federal troops fleeing rooftops and streets. Rebels arms include machine guns and captured artillery, while looters face death warnings. Villa’s new garrison plans and supply efforts are outlined as the battle ends.
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Villa
Central
Mexico
Natera
Zacatecas
Gomez Palacio
Torreon
Saltillo
Viva Villa
Visla
Chihuahua
Jentes
Queretaro
der Pascual
Rebels Face the Colorados in Time of War
The passage notes that the colorados carry a red flag and that rebels avoid quarter, choosing to fight to the death if captured. It emphasizes a long standing custom dictating no mercy for the colorados and the certainty of facing defeat or death in battle.
Doped gasoline blamed for Sharpsburg crash
Sharpsburg police investigate a fatal crash caused by allegedly doped gasoline. Miss Anna Leffler died and Benton Davis of Hot Springs Ark. was injured, along with Pittsburg residents Eleanor Henderson Andrew Ross Willis Meredith and Pattie Acer. Rescue crews pulled victims from a burning car after it smashed through a fence amid an explosion tied to the tainted fuel.
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International News Service
Pittsburg
Sharpsburg
Anna Leffler
Benton Davis
Hot Springs
Ark
Mills to close 18 as union and manufacturers clash
The Amalgamated Association and sheet and tin manufacturers will shut down 18 mills on June 30 if no agreement is reached. Wages are not seen as rising amid weak market prices, with 29 sheet mills and 15 tin plate interests listed as union represented in nine and eight respectively.
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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Sheet and Tin Manufacturers
A. A
Amalgamated Association
American Rolling Mill Co
Middletown
Brier Hill Teel Co
Youngstown
Canton Sheet Steel Co
Canton, O
Deforest Sheet and Tin- Plate Co
Niles
Follawsbee Bros
Follawsbee
W. Va
National Enameling
Griffiths Charcoal Iron Mills
Washington
No News in Claflin Situation
New York June 27 With no definite tabulation of H. B. Claflin Co liabilities and assets in sight creditors and receivers delay reorganization or liquidation. James S. Alexander president of the National Bank of Commerce and noteholders committee says no major developments until accountants report to the receivers.
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International News Service
New York
H. B. Claflin Co
James S. Alexander
National Bank of Commerce
Street Couple Visits Kin in Kentucky for Two Weeks
Mr and Mrs A B Street of Highlands Avenue travel to Stanton Kentucky to spend two weeks with the sister and brother in law Rev and Mrs Hanley.
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A. B. Street
Highland Avenue
Stanton, Ky
Bride dies from burns at Passaic wedding reception
Mrs. John Bissek died from burns received at her wedding reception after a lamp was knocked from a table during a dance in Passaic New Jersey.
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Passaic, N. J
John Bissek
Martin says crops improving with better farming methods
The article reports farmer Martin touting a bumper wheat outlook for Pennsylvania and improving crops across corn hay oats apples and fruit. It notes advances in drainage home sanitation farm sinks and fertilizer use plus the rise of crop rotation and better roads boosting land values and profitability.
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Martin
Pennsylvania
Millions of Sunday School Men Parade in Chicago
More than 30,000 Sunday school men from across the nation marched in Chicago as the International Sunday School convention continued. Mayor Harrison and other leaders reviewed the parade from Grand Park, with fifty altars carried by marchers each bearing an open Bible.
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Chicago
Harrison
Grand Park
Comrox Ponders Opera Style and Grand Spectacle
Mr Comrox questions if wives will wear diamonds to the grand opera. He argues that music should interest even spectators who merely look on, not just avid concertgoers.
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Mr. Comrox
The Easier Way
A reflective line notes many men expect greatness to be thrust upon them rather than earned through effort and action.
Commencement at Epworth Sunday School
Epworth M. E. church hosts graduation exercises for the Sun day School Teachers' Training class on June 28. Members include Marian Andrews Ethel Grafton Kathryn Klee Mae Lewis Alice Lowers Eleanor Marshall Marie Randall John Regester Emily Rice Roy Ringer Mildred Roberts Althea Stewart Hester Wylie. Program lists hymns prayers addresses readings and diplomas with Rev. H. C. Weaver and M. J. Hamilton directing.
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Epworth M. E. Church
Marian Elizabeth Andrews
Ethel May Lee Grafton
Kathryn Louise Klee
Mae Winifred Lewis
Alice Lowers
Eleanor Marshall
Marie Maude Randall
John Dickenson Regester
Emily Clarissa Rice
Roy John Ringer
Mildred Mary Roberts
Althea Stewart
Hester Wylie
H. C. Weaver
M. J. Hamilton
Roy Ringer
Marie Randall
Mae Lew
John Regester
Robert Raikes
Marian Andrews
John Wesley
Mildred Roberts
Methodist Church
Ethel Grafton
Kathryn Klee
Benediction
Bride Strangled, Husband Held After Tragedy in Lowell
In Lowell Massachusetts on a June morning Mrs Delimere Blais a bride of four months was found strangled in her home. Her husband Wilfred J Blais was arrested after he alerted police and told Captain Thomas Noonan he believed he had killed his wife.
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International News Service
Lowell
Mass
Delimere Blais
Wilfred J. Blais
Blais
Thomas Noonan
New York Bank Statement Details June 27 Averages
New York bank statement shows decreases across loans and deposits with notable drops in specie and legal tenders. Average reserves fell by 3.5 million while circulation edged up slight. Actual figures confirm declines in loans, specie, legal tenders and net deposits with reserve movement noted.
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New York
Thimble Led To First Gas Burner
English chemist Professor Vivian Lewes recounts William Murdoch’s early gas experiments in Cornwall. From lighting a pipe with a thimble to inventing the Cockspur, fleur de lis, Coxcomb and Batswing burners, his trials showed how small jets could illuminate better than a large flare.
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Vivian H. Lewes
William Murdock
Murdock
Redruth
Cornwall
Prof Lewes
Man Jumps From Second Story Window in Madison Ave Incident
Ed Delaney jumped from the second story of a Madison Avenue home this morning and headed toward Youngstown. Police reports say he is thought to be at least partly demented. Descriptions were sent to Lowellville and Youngstown.
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Ed Delaney
Madison Avenue
Youngstown
Lowellville
Railroad crossing blocked for forty minutes report filed
Scott Kline reported this morning that the Mc Cleary avenue crossing was blocked for 40 minutes. Several complaints have been made about this crossing recently.
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McCleary Avenue
Scott Kline
Cloudburst Floods Lanesboro Town
Lanesboro Minnesota, a town of about 1000, was covered by six feet of water after a cloudburst. Communication by wire and rail to the town was cut off with no loss of life reported.
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C International News Service
Lacrosse
Wis
Lanesboro
Minn
Stamford Woman Released on Bail in Ballou Death Inquest
Mrs Helen M Angle was released on 5000 bail furnished by her father Leonard Blandell after an inquest into Waldo R Ballous death. Ballou, a rich manufacturer and politician, was found outside the Angle apartment on June 23. Angle denies knowledge of Ballous injury and says he visited between 8 and 10 30 pm.
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Stamford
Conn
Helen M. Angle
Waldo R. Ballou
Leonard Blandell
Waldo
Angle
Ballou
New Castle Secures Two Major Industries
Industry growth continues in New Castle as stock subscriptions reach full for Colonial Chocolate and hosiery ventures. Plans for a Standard Wire plant add 150 to 290 jobs with cutting edge automation and a drying room expansion.
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Colonial Chocolate Company
Kanaga
New Castle
Standard Wire Company
United States
Weary Willie Returns as Tramp on the Road
A sympathetic motorist stops for a broken down pedestrian and hears the tale from Weary Willie, the familiar tramp. The exchange frames the encounter as a moment of hardship and pathos on the road.
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Willie
Bamboo the 100 Foot Grass A Useful Plant
A passage extols bamboo, a tree like tropical grass reaching 100 feet, and details its versatile uses. Its light strong elastic stem serves for light bridges ship masts water pipes water containers life preservers and fishing rods. Rattan nets hats thatch pulp for coarse paper leaves for hats other plant products shoots seeds and a sweet resin called Indian honey. Some thorny bamboo species are used as hedge forts against animals or enemies.
Westinghouse Strike Ends After Conference
Strikers at Union Switch and Signal plant in Swissvale decide to return to work Monday after a conference this afternoon. Westinghouse agrees to keep deputies out of sight but reserves right to have deputies on the premises.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Union Switch & Signal Plant
Swissvale
French Thrift Departing Guest Scrutinizes Bill
A London Mail quote depicts a hotel guest accusing the bill of charging for writing paper he claims not to use. The proprietor explains the charge covers the paper used to prepare the bill. The exchange highlights frugality and the era's humor about hotel charges.
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London Mail
Suitor pleads poverty as defense in court
A suitor admits poverty but the judge rejects it as a crime defense, noting action beyond poverty is required before approval of the match. The exchange between the suitor, his father, and the judge hints at a family dispute over marriage.
Passenger challenges stop at last station
A passenger protested a train stop claiming the last station was his destination. The conductor replies trains no longer stop there as the engineer is angry at the station agent.
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Sacred Heart Review
No News To Him Debtor Confesses Debt Logic
A short dialogue compares a debtor and a creditor noting that payment of debts would spare worry about cars, with the debtor agreeing a Boston Transcript view matches the sentiment. The exchange highlights financial responsibility and prudence.
Violin Purchase Frustration Turns to Resin Misery
A buyer paid $500 for a violin and $40 for a bow but cannot play it without resin. Mrs. J. C. Mayfield of Middlebourne West Virginia visits Mrs. L. L. Swan of Northview avenue.
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J. C. Mayfield
Middlebourne
W. Va
L. L. Swan
Northview Avenue
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George E. A. Hallett
Newfoundland
England
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Welsbach
Welsbach Co
Croton Ave
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