McGuffey Clan Holds Second Annual Reunion in Ohio
About a hundred McGuffey descendants gathered at William Brownlee s farm near Coitsville Ohio for the second annual reunion of the McGuffey association of Youngstown Lawrence county and vicinity The group discussed preserving the original 1803 log house foundation stones and securing the farm as a state park They also arranged to reletter graves markers at Hopewell and Deer Creek cemeteries and to erect a suitable stone for William and Ann McGuffey leaders of the family The Akron McGuffey club urged memorial preservation and a future reunion was planned with Mrs Matilda Reed presiding over the meeting.
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William Holmes McGuffey
McGuffey
McGuffey Association
Youngstown
Lawrence County
William Brownlee
Coitsville
State
State of
Ohio
C.R. McComb
Covert Road
William
Ann McKitrick McGuffey
Deer Creek U. P
New Bedford
Alexander
Anna Holmes McGuffey
Hopewell
Indiana
Serena Osthemier
Alice McGuffey
New York
Alexander McGuffey
Katherine Stewart
M. E
Scienceville
Akron, O
McGuffey Club
Matilda Reed
J. W. Brewster
Mt. Jackson
B.C. Stanley
Bell restores phone service after double storm damage
Bell Company crews repaired extensive damage from two weekend storms that knocked out 589 lines. District Manager W. R. Bingham said the outages were the worst in recent history, with lightning and water causing most of Friday afternoon damage. By Saturday evening most phones were back in service.
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W. R. Bingham
Auto axle breaks causing three injuries on New Castle-Butler road
An axle failure send an automobile down Weller hill on the New Castle-Butler highway. Three Akron youths Floyd Hensel 15 George Hensel 14 and Blanche Hensel 13 suffered slight cuts while Floyd Hensel's wife endured shock. The driver was Floyd Hensel of Akron.
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Weller Hill
New Castle-Butler
Akron
Floyd Hensel
George Hensel
Blanche Hensel
Mission Group At Mercer On Sunday
A group from City Rescue Mission visited the Mercer county home on Sunday and conducted an inspiring worship program for the inmates. Superintendent White hosted the visitors.
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Mercer
Mercer County
City Rescue Mission
White
Morley on how writers finish books and their plans
Christopher Morley told the Philobiblon Club that finished works rarely match a writer’s original plan. He argued themes can seize the mind and suggested a book describing what great writers think about while composing a work, to guide younger writers.
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Philadelphia
Christopher Morley
Philobiblon Club
News Daily Cross Word Puzzle References and Clues
A grid styled puzzle listing across and down clues with numbers for capitals heavenly bodies times and various wordplay hints. Includes terms like Argentine capital Buenos Aires and earth goddess Gaia along with multiple cryptic cues and foreign language hints.
Slaver Of Girl Dies In Chair At Rockview Today
Peter Spirellis 38 of Pottsville was executed in the Rockview electric chair for the murder of his sweetheart Mary Cashion 28. He repeated a short prayer, was led to the death chamber at 7 a m and pronounced dead at 7 06 a m by Dr W R Barrett. His last request was not to tell his mother how he died.
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International News Service
Rock,view
Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Peter Spirellis
Spirellis
Pottsville
Mary Cashion
F. R. McCreash
W. R. Barrett
Farley Denies Touring For Roosevelt Campaign
James A. Farley, head of the Democratic State committee, refuses to confirm his western trip is a Roosevelt for president canvass. He plans stops in seventeen states, including Seattle for the Elks convention, with visits in Indianapolis Milwaukee St. Paul Portland San Francisco Reno Salt Lake City Lincoln Omaha Topeka Kansas City and Chicago.
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New York
James A. Farley
Democratic State Committee
Roosevelt
Farley
Seattle
Wash
Elks’ Lodge
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Portland
San Francisco
Reno
Salt Lake City
Lincoln
Omaha
Topeka
Kansas City
Chicago
Rainfall In Inches Equals Tons Of Water Per Acre
Farmers learned that one inch of rain weighs 113 tons per acre and equals about 22 five ton water trucks per acre. With 1.35 inches last Thursday and Friday total rainfall amounts to 152.55 tons per acre and a 100 acre farm would receive about 15 255 tons of water.
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J. R. Haswell
Extension Agricultural Engineer
Penn State College
States
Restaurant Fire Causes $35 Loss in East Washington
Fire started in the kitchen of the Washington Lunch at East Washington and Kurtz streets when flames issued from a pipe near the stove. Grease on the pipe ignited the wood around it. Four fire companies responded quickly to extinguish the blaze.
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Washington Lunch
East Washington
Kurtz
Lynn
Minister To Lead Kiwanis Program
The Rev. Charles B. Wingerd, chairman of the Kiwanis committee on education, will head the weekly luncheon program on Wednesday July 1 as the club begins the second half of its year.
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Charles B. Wingerd
Kiwanis Club
Smith and Brown Exchange Testy Quip at Party
Smith asks if his wife shares all she knows and Brown replies she goes even further than that.
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Smith
Brown
NYU Students Hired by Bell Labs In Cathedral Test
Fifty New York University students were paid to listen at St Patrick's Cathedral as part of an articulation test by Bell Laboratories. They were seated in groups of five for four hours to evaluate acoustical qualities of the cathedral.
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International News Service
New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York University
Bell Laboratories
Sudden Graveyard At Sheffield Island Harbors Wrecks
Norwalk residents report two vessels stranded near Sheffield Island this spring. The schooner W. B. Wilson from Boston grounded on a reef May 12 and remained there six weeks. A tanker, Tudor bound Bayonne to Portland, later sank into nine feet of water close to the Wilson.
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Norwalk
Conn
Sheffield Island
Norwalk Harbor
Long Island Sound
W. B. Wilson
Boston
Tudor
Bayonne
Portland
Maine
Wilson
Last Tudor ruler and presidential salary trivia
An old miscellany quiz notes Queen Elizabeth as the last Tudor and states the president cannot have a salary change during office. It also includes a comment on language and a dated remark about Howe’s troops withdrawing from New Jersey to Staten Island in 1777.
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Howe
New Jersey
Staten Island
Garfield Davis’s near miss for city treasurer at 23
The recalling note recalls Garfield Davis losing by 300 votes in a city treasurer race at age 23. It mentions pumper funding via higher taxes and a long Shenango Pottery vs Bessemer league game, won 2-1 after 3 hours 30 minutes, with Shenango prevailing.
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Garfield Davis
Shenango Pottery
Bessemer
Lawrence County League
Shenango
Appeals Fine On Cry Baby Charge
Beaver Falls Pa June 29 Accused of calling Mrs Alice Rad cliff a cry baby Petrus Monaca was fined 10 dollars plus costs before Justice Harrison Weigle Monaca Steve Petrus Monaca appealed to the Beaver court. Petrus denied calling the term or speaking to her.
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Beaver Falls
Alice Radcliff
Monaca
Harrison Weigle
Steve Petrus
Beaver
Petrus
Six year old girl released after self inflicted chest wound
Catherine LaRocco daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank LaRocco of 301 South Jefferson street was released from New Castle hospital Saturday after stabbing herself in the chest with scissors while playing. Police had rushed her to the hospital as curious children gathered near the central fire station where she was found bleeding.
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Catherine LaRocco
Frank LaRocco
South
Jefferson Street
New Castle Hospital
Central Fire Station
Pittsburgh Grand Jury Expands Probe Of City Supplies Dept
Pittsburgh grand jury revisits city supplies affairs and is to hear bank records. The panel already indicted Mayor Charles K. Kline and former supplies director Bertram L. Suecop, with potential probes into City Solicitor Charles A. Waldschmidt, City Treasurer Roy D. Schooley, and Rank Swaney, secretary to the mayor. District Attorney Andrew T. Park offered little comment on past or future actions.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Grand Jury
Department of Supplies
Chas. K. Kline
Bertram L. Suecop
Kline
Suecop
Charles A. Waldschmidt
Roy D. Schooley
Rank Swaney
Children Present Annual Program at Primitive Methodist
A live congregation welcomed children at the Primitive Methodist church for their annual program of speeches on Children's Day. Themed The Time of Beauty, the decoration committee created a striking setting with summer flowers and artful greenery as a backdrop for the service.
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Primitive Methodist Church
AHEPA suspends July August meetings here
The Order of Ahepa will cancel all meetings in July and August while maintaining regular officer conferences. A decision from Sunday’s meeting at the Modern Woodmen of America hall on East Washington Street also rejected sending a delegate to the Achaca convention in San Francisco in August.
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Order of Ahepa
Eviliar
Woodmen of America
East Washington Street
Achaca
San Francisco
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