Legion Rally to Draw 100000 at Omaha Convention
President Coolidge may address 100000 World War veterans at the American Legion national convention in Omaha October 6 to 9. The event features mimic warfare, pageants, parades, and a massive parade with 25 000 seats, special trains, and 800 Pullman cars hired to transport attendees.
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J. L. Medcoff
International News Service
Indianapolis
Coolidge
The
American Legion
Omaha
Nebraska City
United States
Legion
James A. Crain
Crain
Pershing
South America
American Expeditionary Forces
Night Parade and Feats Don Military Fair Scene
Speeding aircraft will create smoke screens while veterans stage 1918 style attack and defense demonstrations. Three caravans of Western cowboys will ride in an ear down rodeo with over 100 outlaw horses. The Knights of the Ak-Sar-Ben present a $75,000 electrical parade. A night parade and frolic of the Forty and Fight tops the attractions.
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West
Knights of the Ak- Sar-Ben
Legion
Father Of Collins Who Died In Cave Missing Two Days
Sioux City Iowa report on Lee Collins missing two days after leaving the fair grounds. He is Floyd Collins’ father and was entombed search for possible foul play after a large sum of money was reportedly carried during his Sand Cave exhibit disappearance.
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Collins
Cave
Sioux City
Lee Collins
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Fair Grounds
Fisheries Officials Inspect Hatchery in Corry Pa
State Commissioner of Fisheries Nathan R. Buller and board members M. A. Riley Ellwood City John Hamberger Erie and Daniel R. Schnabel Johnstown with H. R. Stackhouse secretary inspected work and improvements at the Corry hatchery. The board met with delegations from Tionesta and Warren about establishing hatcheries there. A New York film company is shooting educational pictures at state hatcheries.
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Corry
Nathan R. Buller
M. A. Riley
Ellwood City
John Hamberger
Erie
Daniel R. Schnabel
Johnstown
H. R. Stackhouse
New York Film Company
National Civil War Musicians Honor Adam Onstott
Resolutions of respect from the National Association of Civil War Musicians commemorate Adam Onstott of New Castle Pennsylvania. He died at home and was buried May 7 1925. The association grants condolences to his family and pledges minutes be updated.
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Adam Onstott
National Association of Civil War Musicians
Association of
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Jasper N. Callicott
D. W. Edgar
George Redman
Prominent Names In Best Divorce At Youngstown
Sensational testimony opened in the divorce case of Alexander Best, former official of the William B Pollock company, against Sybil Best. Prominent men were named as witnesses. Mrs Best denied riding in a motorcycle side car with Patrolman T Joyce or that Charles Williams visited her home. She described her married life as one continual argument and said she visited Milton Reservoir with Harry Payne, First Ward councilman, and drank home made beer, but stated their conduct was above reproach.
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Youngstown
Alexander Best
William B. Pollock
Sybil Best
First Ward
Betty Four Is Fined For Speeding Cake Refusal
A four year old, Betty, had been reproved for running and making noise while baking. Her father, noting her unusual quiet, asked why she was so still and she replied I guess I ve been fined for speedin and I have been denied my usual piece of cake after baking.
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Betty
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by New York Mother
Mrs Agnes Wignall of Taleville New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing post birth discomfort and bladder issues after multiple pregnancies. She says she began taking it after seeing an advertisement in a Liverpool by land paper and would not be without it. The letter notes the product is sold by druggists everywhere.
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Taleville
New York
a _ Liverpool byland
Lydia Pinkham
Brockville
Canada
Agnes Wignall
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mine President Seeks Annual Miner Layoff Holiday
Andrew Mattey, president of district No. 7 UMWA, says a yearly two weeks to two months layoff clause could suspend operations during low demand without deep conflict. He argues such a holiday would avoid forcing miners to work every day of the year in brisk anthracite periods.
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International News Service
Hazleton
Andrew Mattey
United Mine Workers of America
Plan To Improve Teachers Training At State College
Penn State aims to strengthen agriculture teacher training in vocational schools under Prof. W A Broyles. About twenty schools will be visited to analyze methods and revise the college training course, with slides created for visual teaching aids.
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State College
Penn State
W. A. Broyles
Agricultural Education Department
Argentine Congress Debuts Woman Suffrage Bill
A woman suffrage bill has been introduced in the Argentine congress. The move signals potential reform in voting rights and expands participation for women in national elections. Local reactions are mixed as debates prepare to unfold.
Alley Cat Delays Small Town School Budget
In Mount Carmel Pennsylvania the Kulpmont school district faces an unexpected expense after an alley cat enters the furnace area causing damage to a pipe leading to the force draft. The cat’s retreat forces removal of a large pipe section to extricate it delaying the start of the school session. The incident is linked to repairs needed before operations resume.
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Mount Carmel
Kulpmont
Young People Conference At Centre U P Church
The annual Young Peoples conference convenes Saturday at Center U P Church with sessions in the afternoon and evening. Rev A M Stevenson of Ellwood City will give the address. Isabel Zehner provides music and separate sessions are led by boys and girls presidents focusing on truths about body mind and social life.
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Centre U.P
Princeton
Young Peoples Conference
U. P
A. M. Stevenson
First Presbyterian Church
Ellwood City
Isabel Zeh
Jean Harbison
Paul Blair
Luetlie Sutton Charles Blair
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State of
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Wallace Bldg
Jacob F. Perelman
Smith
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Washington Street
Long Avenue
Fishers
Homer H. Sparks
Butler, Pa
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Anderson
North Mill Street
NEW Castle Drug Corp
Percy B. Walls Motor CO
South Mercer Street
Credit
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Scholl
New Castle Electric Co
Spencer Paint
Capitol Theater
East Side
East Washington St
Vance Williams
Ons
Cairy
SILK
Wrigley’s
FiDé
Helen Farrell
Clyde Myers
Florence Zehner
Finley Wilson
Mildred Mershimer
Helen Turner
Rour
John T. Howarth
Princeton Presbyterian Church
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Houk
J. M. King
Bell Memorial
Elwood City
Friendship Circle
A. Krupp
Center
U. P. Church
G. RB. Krupp
Martha A. Houk
Charles Blair
Martha
Madame Dolingette
Africa
Ben
Legion of Honor
Dr.caldwell
Caldwel
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Kingsport
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