Lightning Strikes Twice Near David Davis in Widely Reported Incidents
David Davis of the plank road north of New Castle recounts two near lightning strikes inches from his chair. In the first event he felt numb. in the second a strike three feet away stunned a man outside but left Davis unharmed. Born March 22, 1852 in Lawrence County, Davis spends years moving between homes and once rode across Iowa on horseback.
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Criminal Court At Mercer To Continue Through Next Week
Mercer Pa June 28 the June criminal term with 52 cases listed for trial will be continued next week. Past weeks saw two murder trials and a sedition case in hearing along with smaller matters. Smaller cases mainly liquor violations will be disposed of quickly. The county jail prisoner count hovered around 70 for two weeks, unusual for this time of year, with ten women among those held a record for the period.
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Criminal Court
Mercer
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Fireworks Display To Feature Fourth Program At Mercer
Mercer plans a Fourth of July celebration with an evening fireworks show budgeted at 300 dollars. The display is the main feature of the town’s Independence Day entertainment.
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Mercer
Daylong celebration at Mercer Fair Grounds under East End Fire
The Mercer Fair Grounds hosts a daylong program under East End Fire with fireworks closing the events. A field of 40 horses will compete in four harness races and two farmer races are planned. A monster crowd is expected as prize racing stock from northwestern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio is entered.
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Mercer Fair Grounds
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Baker to Submit Minority Report on League Plank
In a June 28 bulletin from Madison Square Hotel New York Newton D Baker former secretary of war said he would submit a minority report on the Democratic national committee plank endorsing a League of Nations. The adopted plank calls for peace outlawry of war and a working world peace arrangement through the league and world court. It criticizes Republican policy since taking office and stresses the need for a stable foreign policy across administrations.
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Quicksand Delays Mercer Sewage Plant Work
At Mercer Pennsylvania on the N T Robinson farm quicksand found 20 feet deep in the excavations for one of two disposal plants this summer. Four feet of quicksand already removed leaving seven feet more to reach final depth. Plant A awaits completion of Plant B and terrain examination before starting. Fifteen men are digging the site.
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Mercer
Ex Service Men Apply for Bonus at Legion Home
Every evening ex service men gather at the Legion Home to file for adjusted compensation under a recent Congress bill. A joint Legion and Vets committee attends nightly from seven to nine p m, with additional sessions at three o clock and until ten this afternoon. The service is free and open to all eligible ex service men and women.
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Fatal Ladder Fall Narrows Greensburg Painter
James Miller, 48, fell from a ladder while painting in Greensburg and suffered a fractured skull that caused his death. Ed Leiser of Dover, Ohio, claims the big strawberry record with two berries weighing two and three quarter ounces. Eleven smallpox cases have developed in Warren, Ohio this month, all under strict quarantine by officials.
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Independence Day on the Quiet Bank
A small town considers a July Fourth celebration with parades and speeches, but one speaker favors a peaceful private observance by a shaded stream. He ties in a favorite patriotic tune on the radio while fishing, seeking calm amid the nation’s birthday noise.
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Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Garden Party For Mercer Children's Home Held Friday
Thousands visited the Mercer County Children Home Friday for the annual Garden Party raising funds for its maintenance. Ice cream and cake were sold, with programs of music from county artists and groups. Last year the event raised 3,000 dollars.
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Mercer
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mercer County
Invention of a toothed wheel for glue application
A toothed wheel has been invented to apply melted glue to furniture joints before assembly, promising efficient bonding and quicker production.
Gardening Pun Prompts Husband To Weed With Niblick
A humorous note suggests a wife might motivate her husband to work in the garden by planting a row of golf balls and making him pull them up with a niblick.
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