Union Telephone Seeks Payment for Manhole Work
F R Hillhouse manager of Union Telephone appeared before council seeking payment of a $72 bill for enlarging manholes to accommodate Bell Telephone changes. Union argued the work was not required of them while Bell agreed to cover enlargement costs. council sent the bill to committee for consideration.
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F. R. Hillhouse
Union Telephone Company
Council
Bell Telephone Company
Hillhouse
Union Company
Bell Company
Black Hand Letter Threat Encloses Hidden Cash Appeal
A Black Hand threat is reported along the Mt Jackson road near Mahoningtown. Investigators found a tin can with lid partly opened near a tree where white rag strips hung, placed at a secluded curve behind thick woods. The note demanded $1,000 or harm to Mr Johnson’s grandchildren.
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Mt. Jackson Road
Mahoningtown
Mt. Jackson
Mt. Jackson Hill
Johnson
Lawrence
German U-51 sinks British battleships in Dardanelles
Captain Otto Herzing describes a 5,000 mile voyage from Wilhelmshaven to the Dardanelles. The U-51 torpedoed the British battleships Triumph and Majestic, after circling by destroyers, surfacing near Constantinople on June 6 after 42 days submerged.
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North Sea
Trumph
Majestic
Dardanelles
Otto Herzing
U Boat
Wilhelmshaven
England
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Triumph
Constantinople
Black Hand threat targets Hillsville limestone magnate
Savings and Trust head and Hillsville quarry operator Mr Johnson seeks to trap the Black Hand blackmailer who sent a threatening note. Police guard his home and that of Mr Johnson's family as detectives pursue leads. The note may stem from a private grudge or revived gang influence in the Hillsville area.
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Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Black Hand
New Castle
Hillsville
Black Hand Society
Black Hand Organization
Logan
Johnston
Mt. Jackson Road
Charles H. Johnson
Fine Residence on Berger Place Construction Under Way
P J Flaherty is erecting a nine room brick and stucco residence on the Berger property near the high school. W G Eckles is the architect and supervises three other large projects including a $60 000 twelve room Natrona school building a $30 000 Shoustown school building and a $17 000 Akron church.
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P. J. Flaherty
Berger
W. G. Eckles
Swelled Heads for the Cab Bages
A Louisville Courier Journal humorous note imagines scientists praising vegetables to swell their heads. The cartoon caption plays on the idea of cabbages gaining ego from praise.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Union Telephone Co
H.ill. Majestic
the Atlantic Refining Company
Knox
Panama
Winter Bros
Alae
NEW _ YORK
Berger Place
Axminster
Rosenblum
Cretonnes
Art Needle
Brown
Hamitron Co
the News Company
the Daily News
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