Demonstration Of Daily Bible School On Sunday Evening
A demonstration of the Daily Vacation Bible school at Third United Presbyterian church will be held Sunday July 4 at 8 PM. Pupils from June 14 to July 2, totaling 76, will perform memory work dramatizations and songs under instructors Mildred Allison Clayton Bryan Pearl Hutchinson Eleanor Harper and Emily Rice.
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Third United Presbyterian Church
Mildred Allison
Clayton Bryan
Pearl Hutchinson
Eleanor Harper
Emily Rice
Old Fort Porter Passes Into History
Buffalo marks the closing of Fort Porter as an army post with a civic and military ceremony at The Front. The event opens Buffalo’s observance of the Sesqui Centennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as taps sound and a bugler plays at the historic site.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fort Porter
Interconnection of West Virginia power lines completed
The final 300 mile loop of the interlink joining the Western Penn Ohio System with Duquesne Light and others was placed in service. The juncture between Ellwood City and Valley substations links five large transmission lines and was commemorated with a dinner in New Brighton Pennsylvania.
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West Virginia
penn-Ohio
du Pennsylvania
Eastern- Ohio
Alquesne Light Company
Ellwood City
Valley
New Brighton
Penna
Fort and Colors Removed at Peace Bridge Approach
The flag supporting the fort and the old post near the cannon site are lowered and turned over to civil authorities. The site will become parkland and provide access to the Peace bridge approach as Niagara's bridge stretches its girders. Fort Erie on the Canadian side lies ruined and eroded into gray stone and grassy malls.
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Canada
Peace Bridge
Niagara
Fort Erie
Nantucket Records First Auto Fatality in Island History
Nantucket Mass June 30 The island formerly banning autos since 1918 reports its first fatal auto accident. James B Taylor 45 died from a broken neck when a car driven by Miss Lillian Bartlett skidded near the Mataket Coast Guard Station and overturned. Frank Gilbert owner of the car also injured.
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Nantucket
Mass
Iland
James B. Taylor
Lillian Bartlett
Mataket Coast Guard Station
Bartlett
Frank Gilbert
Surfac ed Road Mileage in United States Reaches 270000
Nearly 18 000 miles of state highways were surfaced in 1926 and 6 316 miles graded and drained, totaling 23 162 miles improved that year with over 10 000 miles built with federal aid. End of year surfaced mileage reached 145 508 miles with 2 218 miles of earth road graded and drained.
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United States
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Mercer County Slayer Goes to Trial Thursday
In Greenville Pennsylvania on June 30 1930 one of Mercer counties most notable murder cases opens with Ford Harding ten set to testify that his father Clyds Harding thirty five shot neighbor Wylie Mouck who died September 6 authorities say the boy provided the first clue leading to the arrest. The trial hinges on the minors testimony as the state seeks a verdict.
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International News Service
Greenville
Mercer County
Ford Harding
Clyds Harding
Wylie B. Mouck
Mouck
Hardings
Ley Shock
Sean
Harding
Atar
Neag
Local Temperance Workers Attend Mercer Institute
Annual inter county W C T U Institute will be conducted Thursday and Friday July 4 and 8 at the Second United Presbyterian church Mercer Pa Attending from the Woman s Christian Temperance Union of this city are Mrs Martha Etter Mrs J B McGraren Mrs Charles Campbell and Mrs J J Stratton Counties involved are Clarion Mercer Beaver Lawrence and Butler Some women are able to take an hour off for lunch
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W. C. T. U. Institute
Second United Presbyterian Church
Mercer
Woman's Christiand Temperance Unions
Martha Etter
J. B. McGraren
Charles Campbell
J. J. Stratton
Clarion
Beaver
Lawrences
Buller
Apenas Ae
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