Two lives lost as storm hits Beaver Valley
A Behtning and hail storm swept Beaver Valley Sunday night killing Mrs. Mary Todd 69 and Walter Todd 35 of New Sheffield who died during the incident. Several injured include Charles Blackmoor 40 E. W. McLaughlin 40 and Margaret Lentz 10. Trees, wires, and roofs damaged. rail lines washed out. towns battled flooding. officers reported widespread destruction and emergency crews aided families through the night.
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Beaver
Mary Todd
William Todd
New Sheffield
Walter Todd
Charles Blackmoor
E. W. McLaughlin
Dravo Avenue
Butler Man Nearing 107 in County Archive
In Butler County, 106 year old John Cable known as Uncle Jake of Connoquenessing township nears his 107th birthday this October. He credits moderate tobacco, diet of bread potatoes and fruit, and regular exercise for long life. He was born on a Whitestown farm, served briefly in the Civil War, and now resides at the county home where physicians study him.
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Butler
Jake’’ Cable
Connoquenessing Township
Jake
Butler County
John Cable
Albert Cable
Whitestown
Pittsburgh
Cable
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
Rochester Truck Driver Hurt In Forehead Injury
William Howard aged 40 of Rochester was injured when an empty five gallon cream container rolled from his truck and struck him on the forehead in front of the Ideal restaurant on lower New York avenue. The impact caused a deep gash nearly three inches long.
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William Howard
New York Avenue
Rochester
Howard
Burns Healed Without Leaving A Scar
A Personal testimony praises San Cura Ointment for treating a severe facial burn and an infected toe with rapid healing and no scarring. The ad claims relief for old sores piles eczema cuts bruises and chapped skin and offers San Cura Soap for blackheads pimples and clearer complexion.
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Hattie S. Pitts
Iowa Circle
Washington, D. C
Clutton Drug Company
Stoneboro Berry Crop Largest In Number Of Years
MERCER Pa June 30 The largest strawberry crop in the Stoneboro region will be harvested this year doubling last year’s yield There are 20 large berry farms and the 3000 bushels last year are expected to reach about 6000 this season The crop will fill 30 carloads with Pittsburgh as the main market Picking has begun and will peak next week the two and a half week season will bring berries in their best flavor First picked berries lead at about 4 00 though price may drop as the crop widens
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Mercer
Stoneboro
Pittsburgh
Two Cars Stolen and Recovered in New Castle
Two automobiles were stolen Saturday night and later recovered. A Chevrolet sedan owned by H. E. Shaklee of 712 County Line St. was stolen from Weaver Street between 7 and 10 p m and found behind 28 North Beaver St. A roadster owned by Sam S Irvine of 912 Maryland Ave. was taken near the New Castle Dry Goods Co. store on Croton Ave between 7 and 8 p m and found Sunday near 232 Vine St.
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H. E. Shaklee
County Line Street
Weaver Street
North Beaver Street
Sam S. Irvine
Maryland Avenue
New Castle Dry Good Company
Croton Avenue
Vine Street
Woman Drowns When Car Flows Through Flood Near Salem
East Liverpool Ohio June 30 one person drowned four others escaped when their automobile overturned while fording a flood swept road between Salem and Alliance during the storm Saturday night Mrs Joseph J Saiowski Pittsburgh was caught beneath the car and drowned in several feet of water her son his wife and their two children were rescued
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Court House
Beaver
First Presbyterian Church
West Bridgewater
Little Conservatory of Music
Third Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Junction Park
Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Twenty-fourth Street
Beaver Falls
Walnut Bottom Run
Travers Engineering Company
East Liverpool
Salem
Alliance
Joseph J. Saiowski
Pittsburgh
Officer Reynolds Goes on Vacation
Motorcycle Officer H. M. Reynolds is on a two week annual vacation. He will depart Tuesday with his wife and son on an automobile trip visiting Erie Buffalo Niagara Falls and Montreal Canada.
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H. M. Reynolds
Erie
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Montreal
Canada
Reynoldstown Reunion Date Set for August 12
Members of the Reynoldstown School association announce the seventeenth annual reunion on August 12 at the old Pearson Street school. Attendees who studied at Pearson Street between 1858 and 1890 are urged to respond to the town bell and report at 1 p.m. for a business and social session, then proceed to Cascade Park for a picnic supper.
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Reynoldstown School Association
Pearson Street
Pearson Street School
Cascade Park
Constable Graham Finds Stolen Ford Roadster
Constable W. J. Graham reported finding the Ford roadster of the Warnock Hanna Electric Company on the Harlansburg road Friday night. The car was blocking traffic. owners were notified and the vehicle secured.
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W. J. Graham
Warnock-Hanna Electric Company
Harlansburg Road
Complaint filed over vicious bulldog attack in city
Willard Tribby of 929 Warren Avenue reports to police Saturday night that a bulldog owned by a East Washington Street resident has bitten him three times on the leg. Police investigate the incident and pursue remedies.
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Willard Tribby
Warren Avenue
East Washington Street
Fish Invading Prairie Farms Amid Flooded Wheat
reports from western Reno and eastern Stafford describe catfish carp and buffalo wandering across prairies once holding buffalo as nine inch rain flooded Rattlesnake creek and old marsh lands. Farmers claim fish outnumber buffalo and gather in wagon loads from flooded fields.
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Topeka
Reno
Stafford
James Keesling
City life overruns rural stereotype on rural types
A brief reader note suggests that the share of so called hicks and yokels may be higher in urban areas than in the countryside, challenging common beliefs about rural types.
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Seountry
All Maids Quit May 5 in Bulgarian Custom
In Bulgaria, domestic servants end their jobs on St George's day May 5 and may not return. The old custom tied maid service to spring farming needs, with workers returning only if the owner requires plowing help. Many girls do a brief break then resume chores in the same kitchens.
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Bulgaria
Sofa
St. George's Day
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