Passengers Taken Off Fall River Steamer Providence
The Fall River Line steamer Providence carrying 250 aboard ran aground off Fort Wetherill near Jamestown Rhode Island in dense fog. All passengers and crew were unharmed and taken to Newport for transport to Fall River. the ship suffered a hull puncture but is expected to refloat at high tide.
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Fall River
Newport
Fall River Line
Providence
New York
Fort Wetherallia
Narragangatt Bay
Wall River
Boston
Will Give Walter Hagen Big Reception
New York reports plans for a reception for Walter Hagen American pro who won the British open at Sandwich Arrangements include meeting at the pier by a committee with a band and motor cavalcade to city hall for a ceremony A dinner at the Hotel Biltmore will follow Mrs R B Cook of Monroe and Division streets is summoned to Lyndhurst Virginia by her mother’s illness
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International News Service
New York
Walter Hagen
Sandwich
Hagen
City Hall
Hotel Biltmore
R. B. Cook
Monroe and
Division Streets
Lyndhurst
Virginia
Picnic for all at the park under warm sun
Arthur Mometer hosts a village picnic with plenty of sandwiches beans cakes and pink lemonade. Hundreds of kids of all ages enjoy free rides and meals while adults declare the day a happy, carefree break from worries. The event ends with a lively mock parade and joyful cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gol
Ruln
Wearner
Plan For Sale Of News Bull Stock Widens Local Interest
Committee under De Lace Cole discusses selling 5000 one dollar shares of a so called News Bull, with proceeds to fund the Mill and Ice Fund. Stock certificates to be printed, stockholders registered, and a meeting to dispose of the bull will be held after a charity style drive promising 1000 percent dividends in civic pride and baby life support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walcome
Oklahoma
Texas
de Lace Cole
Howard
New Castle
Ten Survivors Of Battery B At Reunion Event
Ten survivors of Battery B First Pennsylvania Lights Artillery attended the fifty third annual reunion at Westfield Grange near Mt. Jackson. The gathering drew grange members and Civil War and World War veterans while officers were reelected. Attendees included Joseph Reed and James A. Gardner with letters from several absentees read.
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Battery B
Pennsylvania Lights Artillery
Westfield Grange
Mt. Jackson
The
Grange
Joseph Reed
Samuel Dunnaz
John Dunnen
John A. Craig
David P. Needler
Abram Rhodes
Willam W. Eichbaum
Amos H. Bowers
William A. McCormick
James A. Gardner
Battery B Association
Geo. W. Farrell
Goshen
Ind
William Guipe
Owasso
Mich
John Mellies
National Soldiers’ Home
Dayton, GO
Fage Two
Newly Weds Are Found Murdered in North Water Gap
STROUDSBURG Pa June 29 Letters from Mrs Fred De Munds girlhood reveal a warning of terrible events but offer only love for her husband detectives probe motive and suspect a brother Millard as scene of the double slaying shows the couple shot in bed dragged to the floor and the bed set on fire destroying the mattress and scorching the carpet brides body partially burned
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International News Service
Stroudsburg
Fred de Mund
North Water Gap
Millard
de Mund
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Pittsburgh Area Names
A record of marriage licenses includes W. W. Nelman and Jarett Noll in Pittsburgh, James A. Stansler and Esther M. Esch in Beaver Falls, Carl H. Wimner and Portersville names, Apdu M. Harlan in New Castle.
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W. W. Nelman
Pittsburgh
Jarett, Noll
James A. Stansler
Baayer
Esther M. Esch
Beaver Falls
Carl H. Wimner
Portersville
Apdu
Jealous husband kills wife then commits suicide
In Richmond on June 25 Francia E. Perry, 28, shot his wife of one year after jealousy prompted the act and then shot himself. He died later in Memorial Hospital after a plea to see his dying wife.
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International News Service
Richmond
Francia E. Perry
Memorial Hospital
Perry
Shopmen Set Atomic Strike Lockstep For Saturday
Rail shopmen across the country prepare to strike at 10 o clock Saturday morning in response to a call from the American Federation of Labor. Railroad executives in Chicago weigh an ultimatum demanding wage board orders be ignored and farming out shop work halted. A joint conference between union leaders and labor board members is seen as the only hope to avert action, though signs show dissension among all parties.
Failed To Stop Heavily Armed Man Shot Dead In Cleveland
John Harrington of Pittsburgh died at City hospital from bullet wounds after a running battle with Patrolman Gus Wild and Detective Appleton in Cleveland. Harrington, believed to be the man who shot Ray Evang at his home minutes earlier, fired on officers when commanded to halt. Wild shot twice, Harrington died a few hours later.
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International News Service
Cleveland
John Harrington
Pittsburgh
Gus Wild
Wild
Appleton
Harrington
Ray Evang
Warrington
Insurance Men Organize County Advisory Board Dinner
About 50 Lawrence County insurance men formed an Insurance Advisory Board during a June 38 meeting at the country club. Thomas F. Morehead acted as toastmaster as Thomas J. Donaldson, state insurance commissioner, spoke on the department’s work and the partnership with policyholders, agents, and home offices under policy contracts.
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Lawrence County
Thomas JB. Donaldson
Country Club
S. Plummer Emery
Thomas F. Morshead
Morehead
Donaldson
Harrisburg
America
National Unions Cited For Conspiracy By Rail Board
National officers of the Federated Shop Crafts Maintenance of Way Brotherhood Signal Men Clerks and Stationery Engineers and Firemen’s unions were cited by the United States Railroad Labor Board to appear before the board tomorrow at 2 PM on charges of conspiring to interfere with railroad operations. The move mirrors actions taken during the threatened railroad strike last September and marks the first government attempt to avert the shop crafts strike set for Saturday at 10 AM.
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International News Service
Chicago
Federated Shop Crafts Maintenance of Way Brotherhood
United States Railroad Labor Board
Tabor Board
Irish Combatants Renew Battle In Four Courts Area
Dublin dispatch reports renewed heavy fighting between Republican Irregulars and Irish Free State troops around the Four Courts. Artillery shells bombard rebel positions as Countess Markiewicz joins Communist forces in George's Street and takes command of headquarters. Several officers are killed and many women enlist in Republican ranks.
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Daniel O'Connell
Mews Service
Dublin
Eamonn da
Bielaski Outwits Mexican Bandits
A. Bruce Bielaski former head of the U S Bureau of Investigation escaped bandits near Cuernavaca after being held for ransom. He crawled through darkness fell into a river and swam to safety Then he reached an open field with minor injuries. No ransom was paid and seven bandits were sought by federal troops and state authorities. He filed a report with the American embassy.
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Charles Marks
Ternational
Mews
Braft Corre Aa 1
Mexico City
A. Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
American Department of Justice
Cuernavaca
Bielaski
Tetecala
oMcial
Mr. Bielaski
Jesus Barcens
Samuel Lecland
Regis
Morelos
Wardrop Promoted in Pennsylvania Railroad Service
W. Miller Wardrop, a former New Castle man, is reported to be promoted to general superintendent of the Southern Grand Division of the Eastern Region of the Pennsylvania Railroad with headquarters in Wilmington Delaware. He has been superintendent of the Michigan Grand Division at Grand Rapids for two years and previously led the Erie and Ashtabula Division in New Castle. Wardrop began as train master for Erie and Ashtabula here and later moved to Fort Wayne Indiana. He will report to the Pennsylvania general manager in Philadelphia. Mrs Wardrop, formerly Miss Betty Donnan, and their wartime activities link the couple to New Castle.
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W. Miller Wardrop
New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wardrop
Southern Grand Division
Ernstern
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Delaware
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Betty Donnan
B.A. Donnan
Donnan
Americans Gain Freedom Bandit Makes New Raid
Six Americans among 85 employees held prisoner after a Mexican bandit raid on Dutch-British oil interests near Tampico. Officials say the 40 Americans and $250,000 in property were released, but the bandit corralled another camp at Tecero, seizing property and $5 in workers. Consul Shaw reports the raid and threats to return.
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International News Service
Washington
Cortez Oil Company
Tampico
Corozabe
State Department
Lacorona Oil Company
Tecero
Thea
Ransorm
Shaw
Gorozado
Woods & Golder Win Low Bid on 5 Mile Route 79
Woods and Golder of the city were the low bidders on a little over five miles of route 79 known as the New Castle and Butler road. Their bid was just over $267,000 and will be submitted to the county commissioners for approval. If accepted, the contract will be awarded to Woods & Golder. The project extends from the eastern terminus of the present concrete road on Butter avenue eastward.
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Woods
Golder
New Castle and
Butler Road
Harrisburg
Woods & Golder
Butter Avenue
Butter
Italians Slay Hundreds of Tripolitan Rebels
A Rome dispatch reports near Avizia in Tripolitania Italians killed and wounded hundreds of rebels in a battle. The Italians suffered 17 killed in the engagement, with additional casualties.
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International News Service
London
Avizia
Rome
Death notices for three women in Texas area
Death notices list Mrs. Alexander M. Wilson age 82 of 1825 East Washington Street, Mrs. Willian Henry Thompson age 04 of 810 Butler Avenue, and Mrs. Examin Gardner age 84 of Denison Texas.
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Alexander M. Wilson
East Washington Street
Willian Henry Thompson
Butler Avenue
Examin Gardner
Denison
Texas
Wyman Honored at State Meeting in Harrisburg
At the state convention of the P. H. CG held in Harrisburg, numerous New Castle delegates attended. George W. Wyman of this city was elected supreme representative with A. L. Conn as alternate. Bradford was chosen to entertain the next convention.
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P. H. CG
Harrisburg
New Castle
George Www. Wyman
A. L. Conn
Hradford
Notable reunions and shocks from Columbus and beyond
A Columbus visit marks a long awaited reunion as Mrs. John Stuart of Los Angeles meets sisters Mrs. Mary Kinft Mrs. Isaac Weaver and Mrs. Louis Brammer after forty years. William Miller of Beaver Falls narrowly escaped death from a fall from a third story. Oliver F Schoener of Allentown dies suddenly of heart disease at age 64 on a fishing trip. Florence Low, 12, in New York City earns 20 for best cook and 135 for best history essay. Frank Keno, Pennsylvanian brakeman, is in critical condition after a skull fracture from a fall. Three men beaten at Punxsutawney amid striker clashes.
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Columbus
John Stuart
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Kinft
Isaac Weaver
Louis Brammer
Florence Low
New York City
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Arthur Mometer
News Bull Call
J. Purvis
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Insuranve Men
T. F. Morehead
National Heads of Unions
Railway Labor Board
Four Courts
Free State
Dail
Dume Street
O'Connell Street
Ireland
EA Bence Biel
Ies
City
Del
Wyman
William Miller
State Department of Fisheries
Oliver FL Schoener
Allentown
Frank Keno
Latrobe
Punxsatawney
Saat
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