Passengers Taken Off Fall River Steamer Providence
The Fall River Line Steamer Providence with 250 aboard grounded on rocks off Jamestown near Newport Rhode Island. All passengers and crew remained unharmed and were evacuated to Newport then to Fall River by train. The ship is lightly damaged and expected to refloat at high tide after freight is offloaded.
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International News Service
New York
Providence
Fall River
Jamestown
Newport
R. I
Fall River Line
Fort Wetherell
General
Narragansett Bay
Boston
Bielaski Outwits Mexican Bandits
A. Bruce Bielaski, former chief of the U S Bureau of Investigation, escaped kidnapping near Cuernavaca after guards slept. He crawled through a cave in darkness, fell into a river, swam to safety, and reached a grazing field. Bandits got no ransom, and authorities pursue them.
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Charles Marks
International News Service
Mexico City
Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
American Department of Justice
Cuernavaca
Bielaski
Tetecala
Mr. Bi
Jesus Barcena
Samuel Lecland
Hotel Regis
Morelos
Will Give Walter Hagen Big Reception
New York plans a large reception for Walter Hagen upon his arrival tomorrow after winning the British Open. A band will lead a motorcar parade to city hall for a celebration and Hagen will be guest of honor at a Hotel Biltmore dinner.
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International News Service
New York
Walter Hagen
Sandwich
Hagen
City Hall
Biltmore
Mrs. R. B. Cook Called to Lyndhurst for Ill Mother
Mrs. R. B. Cook of Monroe and Division streets is summoned to Lyndhurst Virginia due to the serious illness of her mother.
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R. B. Cook
Monroe and
Division Streets
Lyndhurst
Virginia
Picnic at the Park Delights Many Children With Free Food
Arthur Mometer hosts a park picnic offering bushels of sandwiches beans cakes and pink lemonade. Hundreds of children enjoy rides boats and games as rain clears by noon. Weather improves to warm sunshine and mild skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol
Sale Plan For News Bull Calf Stock Shares In New Castle
Committee announces 5000 shares of $1 stock in the News Bull Calf to be sold next week. Proceeds go to the Milk and Ice Fund with promises of 1000 percent dividends in civic pride and baby life conservation as stockholders vote to dispose of the bull at a future meeting.
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Oklahoma
Texas
de Lace Cole
Howard B
New Castle
Ten Survivors Of Battery B Return For Reunion Event
Ten survivors of Battery B First Pennsylvania Light 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. Officers were all reelected as Joseph Reed chaired the morning meeting and letters from absentees were read.
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Battery B
Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Westfield Grange
Mt. Jackson
The
Grange
Joseph Reed
Samuel Dunnan
John Dunnan
John A. Craig
David P. Needler
Abram Rhodes
William 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
Jealous Husband Kills Wife and Then Takes Own Life
In Richmond Virginia Francis E Perry 28 shot and killed his wife of one year and wounded himself dying later at Memorial hospital He reportedly pleaded to see his dying bride before he died The incident was prompted by jealousy.
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IntercHonal News Service
Richmond
Francis E. Perry
Memorial Hospital
Perry
Newly Weds Found Murdered in North Water Gap Home
Stroudsburg reports the deaths of Mrs. Fred De Mund and her husband in their North Water Gap residence. Detectives recovered letters from Mrs. De Mund’s Catskill childhood showing distress over a life incident. Authorities seek motive while a brother, Millard, is under investigation for odd behavior related to the case. The couple had married recently and were shot in bed after midnight, with their bodies dragged to the floor and the bed set on fire.
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International News Service
Stroudsburg
Fred de Mund
North Water Gap
Millard
DeMund
Marriage Licenses WW. W. Neb 5 oes es Pittsburgh pare 2
Pittsburgh James A. Stauffer and Esther M. Esch from Beaver Falls apply for marriage license. Carl H. Wimner of Portersville and Anna M. Harlan of New Castle also listed for license in this period notice.
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WW. W
Pittsburgh
James A. Stauffer
Beaver
Esther M. Esch
Beaver Falls
Carl H. Wimner
Portersville
Anna M. Harlan
New Castle
Strike Ordered By Shopmen Across Nation At Ten Saturday
Railway shopmen nationwide prepared to strike at 10 o clock Saturday after a call from the AF of L railway department. Rail executives in Chicago planned two o’clock talks to avert action while aims include restoring old rules and ending farming out repair work. Joint conference between unions, rail heads, and the labor board was viewed as the only hope to stop the walkout.
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Labor Board
Failed To Stop Is Shot Dead In Cleveland
John Harrington of Pittsburgh dies at City Hospital from two bullet wounds suffered in a running gunfight with Patrolman Gus Wild and Detective Appleton in Cleveland. Harrington allegedly shot Ray Evang at his home moments earlier. Harrington refusing to halt triggered the pursuit.
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International News Service
Cleveland
John Harrington
Pittsburgh
Gus Wild
Wild
Appleton
Harrington
Ray Evang
Morehead Named Toastmaster At Insurance Advisory Board Dinner
About 50 Lawrence County insurance men gathered at the country club on Wednesday evening to organize an Insurance Advisory Board. State Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Donaldson spoke of keeping the business clean and the partnership between policyholders, agents, and home offices. He urged simplicity in policies amid litigation and exclusions.
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Lawrence County
Thomas B. Donaldson
Country Club
Plummer Emery
Thomas F. Morehead
Morehead
Donaldson
Harrisburg
America
Labor board cites shop craft leaders over planned strike
National officers of the Federated Shop Crafts Maintenance of Way Brotherhood along with Signal men clerks and stationery engineers and firemen groups are cited to appear before the United States Railroad Labor Board tomorrow at 2 p.m. on charges of conspiring to interfere with railroad operations. The move mirrors the action taken during the threatened September strike though this time union chiefs are named, marking a government warning ahead of the planned Saturday morning strike.
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International News Service
Chicago
Federated Shop Crafts Maintenance of Way Brotherhood
United States Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Irregulars Renew Battle in Four Courts Area
Firing has broken out in Dame street. Bombardment of rebel strongholds in the Four Courts area continues. Republicans seize buildings of strategic importance in OConnell street. Shops close. Communication with the southwestern part of Ireland cut off. Countess aiding Irish irregulars. Many women join Republican ranks. Dail may not meet as scheduled.
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Dublin
Dame Street
Four Courts
O'Connell Street
Ireland
Dublin clash renews near Four Courts with Irregulars
Fighting resumed between the Republican Irregulars and Irish Free State troops near the Four Courts. Free State casualties include Colonel Moundenville and Captain Vaughton. Countess Markiewicz, a former Sinn Fein fighter, joins Communist HQ in George's Street and leads in support of the Irregulars. Women enlist in Republican ranks across areas.
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Daniel O'Connell
News Service
Correso
Dublin
Wardrop Promoted in Pennsylvania Railroad Service
W. Miller Wardrop, a former New Castle man, is reportedly set to become general superintendent of the Southern Grand Division of the Eastern Region of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with headquarters in Wilmington Delaware. He has served as superintendent of the Michigan Grand Division at Grand Rapids and previously led the Erie and Ashtabula Division in New Castle. Previously trained in New Castle, Wardrop rose from train master at the Erie and Ashtabula Division to higher posts and will report to the Philadelphia general manager. Mrs Wardrop, formerly Miss Betty Donnan, shares ties to local war work during the war.
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W. Miller Wardrop
New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wardrop
Southern Grand Division
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Delaware
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Grand Division
Erie and Ashtabula
Erie and
Ashtabula
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Betty Donnan
E. A. Donnan
Italians Slay Hundreds of Tripolitan Rebels
A Central News dispatch from Rome reports heavy fighting near Azizia with Italians killing hundreds of Tripolitan rebels. Italian casualties include 17 men killed and many wounded displayed in the field.
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International News Service
London
Azizia
Rome
Woods and Golder Win Low Bid for New Castle and Butler Road
Woods and Golder of this city were the lowest bidders on a five mile plus stretch of route 79 known as the New Castle and Butler road. Their bid, about 207000 dollars, was reported from Harrisburg after bid opening and will be reviewed by the county commissioners for possible award. The project runs from the eastern terminal of the present concrete road on Butler avenue east toward Butler.
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Woods
Golder
New Castle and
Butler Road
Harrisburg
Woods & Golder
Butler Avenue
Butler
Death notices for three women named in local column
Mrs. Alexander M. Wilson, 82, of 1825 East Washington Street, is listed among recent deaths. Also noted are Mrs. William Henry Thompson, 63, of 810 Butler Avenue, and Mrs. Emma Gardner, 84, Dennison, Wexicas, with brief residency details.
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Alexander M. Wilson
East Washington Street
William Henry Thompson
Butler Avenue
Emma Gardner
Dennison
Wexicas
Wyman Honored at State Meeting in Harrisburg
At the state convention of the P. H. C. in Harrisburg New Castle delegates attended. George W. Wyman was elected supreme representative with A. L. Conn as alternate. Bradford was chosen to entertain the next convention.
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Harrisburg
New Castle
George W. Wyman
A. L. Conn
Bradford
Reunion in Columbus as Los Angeles woman visits sisters
Mrs. John Stuart of Los Angeles arrived in Columbus to reunite with sisters Mrs. Mary Kraft Mrs. Isaac Weaver and Mrs. Louis Brummer after forty years apart. William Miller of Beaver Falls survived a fall from a third story with no serious injuries.
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Columbus
John Stuart
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Kraft
Isaac Weaver
Louis Brummer
William Miller
Beaver Falls
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Arthur Mometer
J. Purvis
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DE Mund
T. F. Morehead
National Heads of Unions
Railway Labor Board
Repub
Dail
Pennsy
Del
Cortez Oil Company
Tampico
Corozabe
State Department
Lacorona Oil Company
Tecero
Shaw
Gorozabe
Wyman
P. H. C. Convention
State Department of Fisheries
Oliver F. Schoener
Allentown
Florence Low
New York City
Frank Reno
Latrobe
Punxsutawney
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