Connery Sees Auto Fire Engine In Operation
Fire Chief Frank Connery returned from Syracuse where he inspected the Knox Auto Fire Engine being built for News Castle. He plans a fire committee meeting, notes minor alterations likely, and says delivery for demonstration may occur mid August. He also visited Elmira factory. nine other engines are under construction.
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Frank Connery
Syracuse
Knox Auto Fire Engine Company
News Castle
Connery
Fire Committee of Councils
Elmira
N. Y
Knox
New Castle
Hast Street
No Clue Found in Black Hand Case
Poles of Greenville have not found any clue to the sender of the Black Hand letters to Mr and Mrs Fred J Hughes demanding 100 dollars and threatening to kidnap their children unless paid They remain worried and are moving their effects to Meadville where they will take possession of the Lafayette hotel recently purchased by Mr Hughes.
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Greenville
Fred J. Hughes
Hughes
Meadville
Lafayette Hotel
Mr. Hughes
Dr Jacobi Heads Medical Association in 1912 Vote
Dr Abraham Jacobi of New York was elected president of the American Medical Association at a June 30 meeting in Los Angeles. Dr W Jarvis Darlaw of Los Angeles became vice president and Dr Andrew Craig of Chicago was chosen secretary. Atlantic City will host the 1912 convention. Jacobi, age 85, did not attend the convention and earned an unprecedented honor as an absentee to office.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Abraham Jacobi
New York
American Medical Association
W. Jarvis Darlaw
Andrew Craig
Chicago
Atlantic City
Jacobi
John B. Murphy
Carl Schurz
United States
Warren Concerns Merge Interests in Local Utilities
An announcement from Warren states the Hydro-Electric & Gas Co. and Warren Water & Light Co. will merge. Both firms supply water, light, and power to Warren, Newton Falls, Niles, Leavittsburg, and nearby towns. Control shifts to local capitalists from earlier eastern influence.
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Warren
Hydro-Electric & Gas Company
Warren Water & Light Company
Newton Palls
Niles
Levitsdare
Hydro-Elettric Company
Practical Teaching for Boys at Interlaken School LaPorte Tod
Hibert Hubbard argues for hands on education combining half day school with outdoor farm and craft work. He cites William James on industrial training, urges sericulture in schools, and notes that soil and animal care build responsibility, health, and wisdom.
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Interlaken
LaPorte
Tod
Sehool
Tito
William James
Harvard
Herolamini
Vandal
Alfred Runwet
Wallies
Hibert Hubbard
Whiskey Flask Straws Hat and Nails In Fish Stomach
In Scranton Pennsylvania a motor boat strike on Lake Sheri fan yielded a 10 foot, 45 pound fish that claimed a whiskey flask, straw hat fragments, nails, a knife, a letter, and other items from its stomach. The letter to hotelkeeper Jon Reader from San Francisco references California wine purchases. The owner may recover the whiskey flask marked J. M. through the fisherman Zurflich.
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Scranton
Joe Miller
John C. Zurflick
Lake Sherifan
Zur Hieh
Zurfieh
Zurflied
Jon Reader
San Francisco
J. M
Zurflich
Were the Big Fish Now On Exhibition
Fishermen who saw the monster cannot classify it and say it resembles a young whale, prompting curiosity about its origin and nature while it remains on display.
Edna Weaver tops Kansas City civil service tests
Edna G Weaver, twenty, passes seven civil service exams for women in Kansas City. She earns first places in six tests and second in one, amid comments on progressive party leagues and slow progress in politics. The note cites Indianapolis News and Memphis Commercial Appeal perspectives about policy and public reform.
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Edna G. Weaver
Kansas City
tIndianapolis News
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Warren Concerns Merge Interests
RED Cross
YALE
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Miesakes Herrman
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Harry Gross & CO
John Stillman
East Washington Street
Stillman
E. Washington St
New Castle, Penna
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Tilly
Xeb
Membes
S. Jefferson St
Arbuckles
Golden Sun
P Glee Glub
Old Homestead
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White House
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Union Phone
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