State Sabbath School Convention to Meet in Shamokin
Lawrence county leads Pennsylvania in Sunday school ranks as Shamokin hosts the forty fourth annual Pennsylvania Sabbath School association convention October 14 15 and 16 with an expected 1500 delegates from all denominations. Noted speakers include John Wanamaker H Heinz and James M Gray plus E O Excell will conduct a mass singing. A religious census will be attempted in two hours as the Teacher Training Alumni banquet is held. Write to Mrs J L Stratton at 11 Hays Ave for details.
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Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Shamokin
Jerusalem
Shoomkin
Pennsylvania Sabbath School Association
Teacher Training Alumni Association
J. L. Stratton
Hays Avenue
Correpon
Lawrence Couny
Ballot Arrangements for Pennsylvania November Election
The official Pennsylvania ballot for the November election features six party columns for presidential electors and a six block straight ticket area. Parties listed are Republican Democratic Prohibitionist Socialist Independence and Social Labor with a single certified slate for supreme court judges William D Porter Webster Grim Daniel Sturgeon Thomas H Kennedy Luther S Kaufman. Ballots will be certified this week as objections filing ends Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania
Capitol
Supreme Court
William D. Porter
Webster Grim
Daniel Sturgeon
Thomas H. Kennedy
Luther S&s. Kauffman
Independence
Contract Awarded for Mercer County Court House
Mercer county commissioners awarded the new court house to Layster company of Dayton for 324100 dollars with possible reductions. Heating was let to American Warming & Ventilating of Pittsburgh for 11300 dollars and plumbing to J W Byers of Mercer for 4410 dollars with potential changes. Iron City Engineering of Pittsburgh received the wiring contract.
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Mercer County Court House
Layster Company
Dayton
American Warming & Ventilating Company
Pittsburg
J. W. Byers
Mercer
Iron City Engineering Company
Good Time Here for the Merchants
The notice extols crisp fall mornings signaling shopping season. It encourages readers to check advertising columns for merchant fall goods and promises merchants will deliver.
Card of Thanks for Antoinette Heller’s death
Mrs. Catherine Heller thanks friends and relatives and neighbors for kindness during her daughter Antoinette Heller’s illness and death and for the floral tributes.
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Catherine Heller
Antoinette Heller
Carriage accident injures Mrs. Blanche Stafford in Youngstown
Mrs Blanche Stafford of Boardman Street sustained serious injuries when she was thrown from a carriage in Youngstown Saturday night.
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Blanche Stafford
Boardman Street
Youngstown
Ohio county votes end 22 dry 2 wet in protests
Columbiana and three neighboring Ohio counties vote on prohibition with East Liverpool and Wellsville going wet while Salem and parts of Columbiana stay dry. The result sparks heavy turnout, with large crowds, rallies, and extensive campaigning by both sides across names and towns.
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Columbiana
Ohio
East Liverpool
Wellsville
Salem City
Salem Township
Leetonia
Ashtabula
Carroll
Speakers’ Bureau
Temperance
Seaborn Wright
Georgia
Carrie Nation
Salem
F. S. Smiley
Kansas City
Sebrings
East
Palestine
Homer Laughlin China Company
Carrollton
Carroll County
Anti-Saloon League
Parisian Sage Ad Promises Hair Revival at 50 Cents
A promotional piece urges readers to buy Parisian Sage from Geo W Clutton claiming it stops hair loss dandruff and itching with a week of use. Several testimonials praise its odor and hair improving effects while noting regional distribution from Buffalo and express delivery. Prohibition news from Ashtabula Carrollton sections report dry votes and local sentiment.
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New Castle
News
Geo. W. Clutton
Ida Wilcox
Coldwater
Mich
Geo. W. Clutton’s
Express
Giroux Mfg. Co
Buffalo
Ome
Late News of the Churches Social calendar and events at multiple churches
A Sunday service focused on children featured a simple story by Dr E B Higley about following the right leader. Upcoming plans include monthly children talks, officers elections, lectures, official board meetings, mothers’ gatherings, and choir socials across First Baptist Mahoningtown M E and Epworth M E with various society meetings and receptions scheduled this week.
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E. B. Higley
Gertrude M. Cogan
Epworth M. E
Prohibition Believer Ends Life After Dry County Vote
Edward Hancock, 44, of East Liverpool Ohio, predicted death by his own hand if Columbiana County went dry. After official returns showed a strong vote to abolish saloons, he ingested carbolic acid at home and died shortly after.
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Ashtabula, O
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Jefferson
Geneva
George B. Raser
Pennsylvania
East Liverpool
Edward Hancock
Columbiana County
Hancock
Regions set for local option votes across Ohio counties
Counties including Union Defiance Madison Pickaway Logan Wood Wyandotte Paulding Shelby Putnam Darke Coshocton schedule local option elections in early October with Trumbull county petitions listing 4383 names. East Liverpool and Wellsville in Columbiana vote on saloons. wets win in most districts amid mixed local outcomes.
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Union
Defiance
Madison
Pickaway
Logan
Wood Counties
Wyandotte
Paulding
Shelby
Putnam
Darke
Coshocton
What Do They Cure Dr Pierce Medicines
The article extols Golden Medical Discovery as a potent blood purifier and tonic improving mucous linings including nasal passages throat and stomach and claims it cures a large percent of catarrh. Favorite Prescription is said to build strength regulate female functions and restore vigor in worn out women. It notes non alcoholic glyceric extracts and warns against secret nostrums while mentioning Pierce’s Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Community Church Plans Rally Day and Meetings
F F Smith West Wabash hosting rally day for Sunday school October 18 with a goal of record attendance. The Sunday school board meets Monday at 7 30 to elect officers. various church groups hold midweek meetings and services with Rev John G King of Columbus preaching Wednesday and Thursday.
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First Baptist
Ladies’ Aid Society
Women’s Missionary Society
F. F. Smith
West Wabash Avenue
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Queen Esther Circle
John G
King of Columbus
Christian Union
New Brighton
Women's Missionary Society
Mary Winter
Highland Avenue
Central Presbyterian
Strail murder case hearings set for clemency review in Oil City
Proceedings in the James Strail case, a man convicted of murdering his wife in Oil City last August, will occur this week before the governor for possible commutation from death to life imprisonment. The board of pardons earlier commuted another murderer's sentence, prompting remonstrances. Frank Milliken, Ellwood City Prohibition candidate for county commissioner, campaigned today across the region.
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James Strait
Oil City
Strail
Mikolay Holka
Policeman Meehan
Franklin
Board of Pardons
Frank Milliken
Ellwood City
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Geo. W. Clut
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M. E
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