City urged to act on sewage plant plan amid typhoid fears
State Health Commissioner Dr Samuel G Dixon questions the city about complying with orders to build a sewage disposal plant. Typhoid cases in Beaver Valley are blamed on river sewage from the Trds section. Estimated cost for plant and sewers runs near 250000 with Shaw's Island site below Mahoningtown.
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Beaver Valley
Tyler
State Health
Samuel G. Dixon
State Department
Shaw's Island
Mahoningtown
Sanitary Committee of Councils
Stockman Considered as City Electrician Replacement
Electrician Stockman may secure the appointment to succeed City Electrician J M Triplett. Assistant Electrician Miller currently filling the position will likely be retained.
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Stockman
City Electrician
City
J.M Triplett
Miller
Mrs Emma Welker Dies on Her 61st Birthday
Mrs Emma Welker wife of William Welker died at the family home in North Beaver township near New Middletown. She died on her 61st birthday after a period of stomach trouble. Born in North Beaver township she spent her life near New Middletown and was a longtime member of Westfield Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her husband and children Curtis Jeannette Clyde California Perry Maurice Ruby and Elizabeth. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
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Emma Welker
William Welker
North Beaver Township
New Middletown
Jesse 8
Corneling
Westside
Samuel
Elizabeth Martin
Westfield Presbyterian Church
Curtis
Jeannette
Clyde
California
Perry
Maurice
Ruby
Elizabeth
Balfour Attacks Miners Strike and Wage Bill in Commons
Former Premier Balfour, leading the Conservatives, urged rejection of the government's minimum wage scale bill as the gravest crisis in Britain. He called the measure extreme and warned it would harm prosperity while denying dissolution for party gain. Continued on Page Two.
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United Press
London
Balfour
House of Commons
Commons
Organist Eddy Makes Gift to Church
Organist Clarence Eddy of New York returned $50 of the recital fee to First Methodist Church, after playing the inaugural recital on the new Moller pipe organ. Eddy had contracted at $50 below his usual rate, giving a substantial gift toward the church debt and deepening local appreciation for his playing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Clarence Eddy
New York
George Greer
Move For Erection of New Detention Hospital
Councilmen Campbell Stoyer and Stuchinsky of the Sanitary committee with Mayor Tyler visited the city detention hospital this morning in the patrol wagon. The trip highlighted the deep mud and rough travel as part of the discussion over a $2,000 appropriation to erect a municipal hospital of the cottage plan on the city poor farm property. Continued on Page Nine.
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Campbell
Stoyer
Stuchinsky
Sanitary Committee of Councils
Tyler
Sanitary Committee
Farm Sale in Scott Township Names Heirs and Purchaser
Property of the late John L Hettenbaugh in Scott township sold to William J McCracken for 9400 with proceeds to heirs. Attorney R L Hilderbrand guardian for Sarah McConahy posted bond 3700 for faithful performance. In Commonwealth v McClurg guilty verdict with costs. process issued by Judge Porter to secure appearance.
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John L. Hettenbaugh
Scott Township
Wm. J. McCracken
R.L. Hilderbrand
Sarah McConahy
Commonwealth
R. A. McClurg
McClurg
Porter
County Jail Inspected by State Officer
State inspector audits county jail addressing sanitation and ventilation standards. Findings highlighted facility compliance steps and need for improvements to meet health and safety requirements.
Juvenile Home Sought and Jail Upgrades Urged
State Prison Inspector Tyre visited Lawrence County jail in New Castle and urged immediate steps. He recommended a water system change, shower baths, improved ventilation via skylight, new bedding with straw ticks, and a separate juvenile facility away from adults. The county commissioners will consider the recommendations.
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Lawrence County
Tyre
New Castle
Sheriff Whaley
Inspector Tyre
Rivers Reach Flood Stage In Pittsburg District
The Monongahela and Allegheny rivers are rising toward a predicted 30-foot crest by tomorrow noon in Pittsburg. Residents in low lying areas flood warnings and efforts to save belongings continue as headwaters report heavy rainfall and river towns face increasing inundation.
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Pittsburg
Pennywitt
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Special Services at West Pittsburg Begin March 25
Evangelistic meetings begin Monday evening March 25 at the Methodist Episcopal church West Pittsburg, held each evening for two weeks except Saturday. Services start 7:30 with preaching at 8, invitations extended by Rev. C C Smith pastor and urged for worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
West Pittsburg
House of God
House of the Lord
C. C. Smith
Crazed mother kills herself and three children in Toronto
Emily Orr, 53, murdered herself and her children aged 8, 6, and 4 by closing bedroom doors, stuffing cracks, and turning on gas after a night of study in spirituality. A note claimed the husband would welcome her death, indicating a mentally unbalanced state. Dorrit Hofflett underwent adenoids and tonsils removal at Shenango Valley hospital and rests comfortably.
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United Press
Toronto
Ont
Emily Orr
Dorrit Hofflett
West Washington Street
Shenango Valley Hospital
H R Boyd to Manage Pittsburg Store
H R Boyd, longtime head of the Ambub music store, leaves this city to take charge of another store in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Boyd
Pittsburg
Nugent Seeks Re-Hearing In Ferguson Killing Case
Robert Nugent sentenced to twenty years for the 1903 killing of John Ferguson at New Castle Junction seeks a pardon re-hearing. Attorney S. P. Emery argues Nugent has served enough time after drinking, moving with his family from the city, and firing on Ferguson who had no provocation. Ferguson, a Pittsburg landscape gardener, was with a Salvation Army worker when shot. Nugent’s next hearing date is expected at the board’s upcoming meeting.
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Robert Nugent
John Ferguson
State Board of Pardons
Nugent
S. P. Emery
Ferguson
New Castle Junction
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Furguson
Salvation Army
Water boiling advised as typhoid fears ease
Health Officer McCandless urges continued boiling of drinking water due to surface contamination from spring thaws and rains. He notes many keep boiling but some laxity remains, stressing precaution, even as the typhoid epidemic appears near end with few new cases in the past month.
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Oficer McCandless
McCandless
Dollar Savings Elects Directors
At a stockholders meeting of Dollar Savings association the directors elected were J. H. Preston Thomas D. Wilson James C. Patterson R. P. Pomeroy and John G. Nothdurst. Officers to be elected by the directors later.
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The
Dollar Savings Association
J. H. Preston
Thomas D. Wilson
James C. Patterson
R. P. Pomeroy
John G. Nothdurst
Death Notice for Mrs. William Welker in North Beaver
Mrs. William Welker of North Beaver township has died. The notice provides minimal details and offers no obituary information or surviving relatives in the readable text.
First Day of Spring Brings Mixed Weather Signs
The Alamanac and seasonal cues mark spring despite a brisk morning. Boston reports a 30 degree swing with ten days of warm air followed by a heavy snow storm and robins returning. Cleveland endures a record blizzard with two inches of snow and sleet. Streetcars delayed and utilities strained.
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Robins
Sassafras
Miss Spring
Boston
Mass
Cleveland
Hop Tonic Case Verdict In South New Castle
District Attorney Thomas W. Dickey prosecuted Thomas Thomas in the hop tonic case. The former LeRoy hotel worker sold a beverage in South New Castle that the jury found guilty. About a dozen similar cases were set for trial, with one grand jury sparing indictments earlier. Dickey's analysis showed the drink contained 4 to 6 percent alcohol, comparable to beer.
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Thomas W. Dickey
the Commonwealth
Thomas Thomas
Thomas
LeRoy Hotel
South New Castle
Dickey
Mrs. Collins Buys Merrick House Boarding Establishment
Mrs Rose L Collins widow of William Collins buys the Merrick boarding house on North Mill street from Mrs Lou Merrick. She will take possession next Monday after visiting the city for the past week she has lived in Grand Rapids Michigan since her husband’s death two years ago. She is well known and expected to increase the house’s popularity under her management.
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Rose L. Collins
William Collins
Merrick
North Mill Street
Lou Merrick
Collins
Grand Rapids
Mich
Roosevelt to Speak in West Virginia Cities
Col. Roosevelt will deliver speeches at Parkersburg Huntington and Charleston during a two day stopover on his return from the western speaking tour.
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Teddy
West Virginia
United Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Col. Roosevelt
Parkersburg
Huntington
Charleston
Mine strike in Dravosburg over screen size dispute
More than 400 men at the Risher mine in Dravosburg walked off the job on March 20 after grievances over mine screen sizes. Workers say it allows too much coal to pass to the slack pile and reduces payment weight.
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Pittsburg
Dravosburg
Birth announcement for child of Mr and Mrs Fred Martin
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Fred Martin of Highland avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. Martin
Highland Avenue
Adison Newton Granted Adoption of Goldie Gillespie
In court this morning Adison E Newton and his wife were granted permission to adopt Goldie Gillespie aged 10 daughter of Elmer Gillespie. The child will take the surname Newton.
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Adison E. Newton
Goldie Gillespie
Elmer Gillespie
Newton
Roosevelt Faction Near Collapse in Candidacy Fight
Washington dispatch reports Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential bid is in danger as insurgent leaders shift from backing a Taft challenge. Key figures like Bristow Clapp Murdock Norris Lenroot reveal doubts, signaling a potential Waterloo for Roosevelt and jeopardizing their own political futures. Continued on Page Seven.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Congress
Roosevelt
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Bristow
Kansas
Clapp
Minnesota
House
Murdock
Norris
Nebraska
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Careful Plan to Assassinate Knox in Nicaragua
New Orleans dispatch reports a well planned attempt on Secretary Knox as his party traveled from Corinto to Managua Nicaragua. Thirteen dynamite bombs were found between tracks connected to an electric battery. Connection failed and the train passed. About fifty arrests were made with some leaders said to face death.
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New Orleans
Knox
Corinto
Managua
Nicaragua
Bluefields
How Jury Stood in the Patterson Tingley Case
The Patterson Tingley trial featured a 80 minute jury deliberation with votes 9 to 3, then 11 to 1, then 10 to 2 in Patterson’s favor. Foreman John Walker said there was never doubt about the verdict though unanimity was debated. other cases included Elliott facing costs, Greer’s false pretense matter, and Macom’s assault verdict.
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Patterson-Tingley
San Diego
Cal
George l. Patterson
Katherine Tingley
Patterson
George Patterson
Madame Tingley
John Walker
Union
Page Nine
Geneva Preeiving Co. Plant Destroyed by Fire
Fire gutted the Geneva Preeiving Co. plant in Geneva New York today causing about 300000 dollars in losses. Fire officials reported no further details on the blaze or casualties.
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Geneva
N. Y
Geneva Preeiving Co
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William J. McCracken
W. Pittsburg
Case
Board of Pardons
8. P. Emery
Dollar Savings
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la Follette Find Themselves
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Joseph T. Elliott
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