Rock Island Wrecks Kill Dozens and Injure Many
Reports from the Rock Island line wreck near Marshalltown say from six to thirty deaths and many injuries as two passenger trains left the track and caught fire. Wrecking trains and physicians rushed to the scene from Waterloo Marshalltown Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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United Press
Des Moines
Rock Island
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Green Mountain
Marshall County
St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Chicago Greatwestern
Jacob Neuholz
Harr Mott
Mistook New Castle for Youngstown Leads to Fine
John Sananna mistook New Castle for Youngstown and will serve time to fix the town in his mind. Police arrested a man selling on the North hill after he admitted buying a Pittsburg ticket to Youngstown and thinking he was in Youngstown. The mayor fined him three dollars or five days, but he lacked the money.
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Robert C. Gailey
North Mill Street
Mercy
John A. Gailey
J. A. Gailey
John Sananna
New Castle
Youngstown
Court House
North Hill
Spiers
Pittsburg
Renewal of Baptismal Vow Crowds at St Marys
Seven hundred worshippers stood with lighted candles at St Marys church to renew the baptismal vow marking the end of a two weeks mission service. The Carmelite fathers directed the gatherings, with a first week for men and a second for women, both well attended.
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St. Mary’s Church
Epworth M FE Class Announces Sunday Meeting
A business meeting of Mrs. Sandersons class of Epworth M FE is scheduled. The notice notes a Sunday school gathering Friday evening at the home of Miss Millie Simpson on South Ray Street.
Proposed sanitation primer for public schools in New Castle
Health Officer McCandless seeks to add a new sanitation primer to the curriculum. The book covers germs malaria diseases ventilation and practical physiology aimed at teaching children. He argues it could reduce disease spread and improve home ventilation awareness.
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New Castle
Anu
McCandless
Missionary Offering Reaches 2100 At Gospel Tabernacle
An offering of almost $2,100 for missions was taken at the Gospel Tabernacle during Sunday afternoon and evening services. The annual donation by the Christian and Missionary Alliance members was led by Rev. Christopherson whose address drew a crowded evening service.
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Cause of Missions
Gospel Tabernacle
Christian and Missionary Alliance
the Tabernacle
Rev
Christopherson
Special Sessions of Council Tonight in New Castle
Both branches of the New Castle city councils convene for special sessions this evening to finish year end business before adjournment. The sessions are expected to run longer than usual as the old councils prepare to adjourn and the new councils organize in April.
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New Castle
Sergeant Farrell Off Duty Illness Relieves Officer
Police Sergeant Patrick Farrell was absent from headquarters due to illness. Contacts indicate the illness is not serious and friends expect a rapid return to duty in a few days.
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Patrick Farrell
Farrell
Five More Confess In Bribery Cases
In Srriau RG Pa March 21 former Councilman John F Klein confession led to disclosure that six Pittsburg banks would be named public depositories. Five former councilmen and one current member confessed before Judge Frazer receiving sums from 100 to 5000 dollars and face probable indictment with suspended sentences.
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United Press
Srriaurg
John F. Klein
W. A. Blakely
Pittsburg
R. 8. Frazer
Jefferies Receives Call to Mt Carmel P M Church
Rev. G. J. Jefferies of Maitland Memorial Primitive Methodist has received two calls to become pastor of the First P M church at Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania. The church is one of the oldest in the conference and ordained Jefferies in 1885, with a large salary increase offered.
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G. J. Jefferies
Maitland Memorial Primitive Methodist Church
Mt. Carmel
Jefferies
Death Records List obituary aged infants and adults
A partial death record lists Louis Ostrowski six months old of 64 Gardner avenue Frank Guy 538 Big Beaver township Robert C Gailey 68 of 1830 North Mill Street Robert Biddle 79 of Pulaski Pennsylvania John W Thompson three weeks 306 Taylor Street Mrs Elizabeth Cato 28 of Pittsburg Miss Nellie Parker 18 of Wayne multiple individuals named with ages and residences in a consolidated notice
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Louis Ostrowski
Gardner Avenue
Frank Guy
Big Beaver
Robert C. Gailey
North Mill Street
Robert ©. Biddle
Pulaski
John W. Thompson
Taylor Street
Elizabeth Cato
Pittsburg
Nellie Parker
Wayne Township
Missing Mantz Girl Arrested in Akron Massillon Murder Case
Catherine Mantz a 16 year old sought since the Massillon murder of her sister Elizabeth was arrested in Akron at the Goodrich Rubber works where she had worked under the name Effie Morgan. She admitted her identity and faced a warrant for murder by a deadly drug. She provided a partial account of her movements after arriving in Akron Friday night.
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United Press
Akron
Catherine Mantz
Ohio
Elizabeth
Massillon
Goodrich Rubber Works
Effie Morgan
Ertle
Catherine
Welch
Carl Georges
Sherman Street
Chester Parks
Georges
Harry Rosenblum
Young is Held for June Term in Stabbing Case
Robert H. Young charged with felonious assault and battery in the stabbing of Ernest Irwin of South New Castleboro. Alderman Mayne remanded him for the June term. Testimony said the quarrel began in a post office after Irwin allegedly called Young a name. Young claimed Irwin kicked him. He drew a pocketknife and stabbed Irwin in the breast, the blade penetrating the lung.
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Robert H. Young
Ernest Irwin
South New Castleboro
Alderman Mayne
Irwin
Young
Another Victim Of Spotted Fever
A Grove City report states a miner’s daughter named Richardson near the borough is afflicted with cerebo spinal meningitis. The disease has already claimed Raymond Cleland and Frank Shoemaker last week. No new cases have appeared in the borough since those deaths.
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Grove City
Richardson
Raymond Cle
Land
Frank Shoemaker
Holy Week Observances Across Local Churches
Local churches prepare for Holy Week with Palm Sunday services and a sequence of Tenebrae rituals. Holy Thursday recalls the Last Supper, and Good Friday marks Christ’s death with muted bells and solemn psalms of lamentation and penitence.
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Christ
Calvary
Taft Visits Yale Corporation Meeting in New Haven
President Taft, guest of Yale as a Yale corporation fellow, spent hours in New Haven reviewing university affairs. He met with Yale President Hadley and fellow officers, lunched with Anson Sykes Jr, and visited his son Robert Taft who will graduate this year. Plans for extending building projects were mentioned.
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United Press
New Haven
Conn
Yale Corporation
Taft
Hadley
Yale
Corporation
Albany
New York
General Grey
Canada
Loeb
Anson P. Sykes, Jr
Robert Taft
Carmen Reet Ry Co Rejects Settlement in Trolley Strike
Philadelphia March 21 the executive committee of the carmen union rejected a proposed settlement from Philadelphia Rapid Transit after an all night meeting. The split centers on the company declining to meet a majority of trolley men the union says.
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Philadelphia
Carmen
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Gasolining Rigg tor Car Creates Interest
A gasoline motor car, the first seen in the Mahoningtown to Youngstown route, drew local interest as rumors of passenger service emerged. The vehicle was en route to the Rock Island road in the west and will operate on a branch line there.
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Mahoningtown
Youngstown
Rock Island Road
Miss Nellie Parker Buried at Slippery Rock Church
Ellwood City mourns 18 year old Nellie Parker whose funeral was held at Slippery Rock church near Ellwood City. She died at her Wayne township home on Friday and was a Bucher’s Business College graduate. Survived by mother Sadie Parker two sisters and two brothers with father predeceased.
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Ellwood City
Nellie Parker
Slippery Rock Church
Wayne Township
Bucher’s Business College
Beaver Falls
Sadie Parker
Measles Epidemic Showing Decrease In City
Measles is on the decline in this city after more than three months of outbreak. Very few new cases have been reported recently as the epidemic wanes.
Geneva Girls Basketball to Play Tuesday at Peerless Hall
The Geneva College girls basketball team from Beaver Falls will face the Y W C A first team in Peerless Hall Tuesday evening at 7 30. Admission is a quarter. the game is not ladies only.
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Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Peerless Hall
Ohio Board Orders Youngstown Filter Plant Enlarged
The Ohio state board of health has instructed Youngstown that its filter plant must be enlarged.
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Ohio State Board of Health
Youngstown
County Valuation Up to Thirty-One Million With Four Mill Tax
County commissioners’ figures show total property valuation for county purposes near 31 million, up about 700 thousand from last year. The county millage rises to four mills, up half a mill, with 124 thousand available for county use. Crescent Portland Cement at Wampum leads outside-city increases with a 200 thousand assessment. Ellwood City and New Wilmington also show gains amid limited farm value changes. Pending bridge projects and prior losses reduce funds, prompting a further half-mill tax increase.
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Crescent Portland Cement
Wampum
Big Beaver Township
Ellwood City
New Wilmington
Eshannock Falls
Enon
Pittsburg
Jefferson Street
Smith Case Before Court in Strike Troublemaker Prosecution
The Commonwealth brings Frank Smith to court for a shooting of Theodore Otto in a case tied to strike trouble. Proceedings began this afternoon as authorities pursue charges related to labor unrest.
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the Commonwealth
Frank Smith
Theodore Otto
Attending Cleland Funeral In Grove City
Miss Lizzie Neff and Mrs. George McFarland attended the funeral of Raymond Cleland in Grove City. Cleland died last week from cerebrospinal meningitis.
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Lizzie Neff
South Mil Street
George McFarland
Court Street
Grove City
Raymond Cleland
Lonely New York bachelor seeks to adopt found baby
New York on March 21 William Tatus a lonely bachelor of 415 2d Avenue plans to apply to the Supreme Court for permission to adopt a five month old baby boy found by Mrs Noa who lives above him. The infant was discovered on the building’s fourth floor and was neatly dressed wrapped in a blanket. Mrs Noa hopes the baby finds a good home.
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New York
William Tatus
2D Avenue
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Great Western Track
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Mt. Jackson
Gailey
J. A
Pittsburg Street
Orr Baking Company
Commonwealth
Parents of Tomorrow
Teddy
Eler
Romf
The
Council
Thomas F. McGrath
J. N. Purnell
N.F. Savage
Irwin Rothpletta
William Richey
J. H. Sheasley
Rev. Jefferies
New
Yale University
San Robert
Carmen Reetry. CO. S
Philadelphia Strikers and Transit Co
Geneva Girls
Co. Coms
Chicago
National Packing Pany
National Packing Company
Smith
Cleland
Lonely
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