Armstrong the Pioneer Soldier statesman of Carlisle
John Armstrong born in 1720 in Ulster emigrated to Pennsylvania settling in the Kittanning area. He surveyed Carlisle, led frontier defense, and rose to brigadier general and major general in the Revolution. He served in Congress and helped form Fort Armstrong for frontier defense. His son John Armstrong Jr. also held major posts, including Secretary of State Adjutant General and U.S. Senator.
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John Armstrong
Congress
Ireland
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Kittatiny Valley
Susquehanna
Cumberland County
Jol Armstrong
Hamilton
Lim
Armstrong
Morris
Connecticut
Pube
Edward Braddock
Three Forks
Youghiogheny River
Confluance
Wills’ Creek
Cumberland
Maryland
Braddock
Joseph Armstrong
John
Jaboe
Shingas
Kitttanning
Balland
Corporation of
Philadelphia
John Worbes
Fort Duquesne
West Branch
Great Island
Benjamin Franklin
John Armatrong
South Carolin
Peter Parker
Charles Lee
Haddrell’s Point
Moultrie
Leabourne
Fort Moultrie
Brandrwine
Germantown
Armatrang
Washington
General Assembly
Kittaning
Stephen Beyard
Fort Armstrong
Allegheny
Westmoreland
Lycoming
Newburg
Pennayventa
United States
Madison
Street Corner Mirrors Abolish Blind Spots
Elmira plans mirror system at intersections to remove blind corners. Wambin Bryan of the Elmira Automobile Club says mirrors let drivers see around corners to prevent incidents. Also notes include a quip about an educated man and an unrelated joke about a Green makes dark women attractive.
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Internalianal News Service
Hlmira
N. Y
Wamblin &. Bryan
Elmira Automobile Club
League Council Prepares Program In Private Session
The league council convened in private session at 11 a.m. with Austen Chamberlain presiding to prepare a program. Attending were foreign ministers including Skryneki of Poland and Benes of Czecho-Slovakia and former premiers Brinad of France and Venizelos of Greece. The Geneva protocol fate and disagreement were under consideration as a public session was planned for this afternoon.
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Bullatin
Internatione
Geneva
Mar
League Council
Austen Chamberlain
Miketers Skryneki
Poland
Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Brinad
France
Venizelos
Greece
Ecumenical Patriarch Erection Figures in Council Debate
The council weighed the erection of the ecumenical patriarchate from Constantinople amid tensions between Greece and Turkey. Key questions centered on authority, legitimacy, and regional influence shaping church leadership in the era.
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Greece
Turkey
New Castle Plasterer Injured in 25-Foot Fall Off Scaffold
William Hannah a 49 year old New Castle plasterer at the Worth Street church of Christ scaffolding collapse left him with a fractured collar bone. He was helped into an ambulance and taken to Butler County Memorial Hospital in stable condition.
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Butler
William Hannah
New Castle
New Worth Street
Church of Christ
Buller County Memorial Hospital
Hannah
Kiel
Olive Tablets Offer Harmless Calomel Substitute
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets marketed as a mild laxative and liver helper. Claim they replace calomel without damaging teeth, easing headaches and dullness from constipation. Sold in 30 cent packages with assertions of quick relief and improved energy.
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Edwards
Ariel
Triangular Debate Contest Opens Tonight
Wexlminscey ed ge hosts a triangular debate with Grove City and Geneva Westuilas ta teame. Westminster, New Wilmington and Carnegie players named as judges and participants with Dr Charles Freeman and Westminster faculty judging the Grove City Geneva affair. The debate topic asks if Congress should declare unconstitutional laws by two thirds vote.
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Wilmington
Pa Mareh
Aie
Wexlminscey
Edge
Tue
Rove City
Geneva
Westuilasta
Pry
Jeneva
Dobarera
Ak Seth
Tom
Segative
Tain
Maurice Anderson
George Maxwell
Halden Williams
Carnegie
Grove City
Hale Bucher
New Wilnington
Robert Ferguson
Bellevuun
Brown Bricker
North Braddock
Artiny Wilson
New Cimington
al LorNale
Magulty
Grey College
Claries Free
G. W. Mead
C. W. McKee
Westminster Faculty
Beaver Falls
Congress
Supreme Court
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Eva Novak
WM. Wairbanks
International
Xeely Edwards
Bert Roack
Alice ‘Howe
Bray Magazine
Carbaugh
Robert Morton
Florida Brorgladee
Gladys Hulette
Specator
Bill Cody
Peggy O’dare
Ren
Pathe News
Union Store
Agency For
Physicians Pharmacy
Washington St
Love
Megown
Penn Theat
The
Winter Co’s
New York
Winter
Penn Comedy
Penn Orchestra
Penn News
Mazie Bilger
PENN
Inca
Hollywood
Anna Q. Nilsson
Lewis Stone
Mary Astor
Genevs
Robin’s
East Washington Street
Anine Star
Bex
RUN To
TIN
OUR Man Ae Story
Darryl June Marrowe
Erec ST. Clair
Charlie Chase
Ostmiinster
Oratora
Stace
Charita Wallace
Moscow
America
Gapitol Theatre
Myrche Ot
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