Aged mother found starved after two years in cellar prison
In Mahaney City Pa an 85 year old woman was rescued from a damp cellar where she had been imprisoned for about twenty months by her daughter and son in law. Police learned from residents that fear of aging and death may have driven the confinement. The victim, fed only scraps, was guarded in a dark cell with rats as companions until authorities intervened.
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Mahaney City
A. P. MacLaughlin
Irs
Stephen Navilsky
Iberty
Seized For $9000 Theft Involving Morer and Minor
In a Pittsburgh area case a man named Morer is charged with misappropriating $9000. Police say he attempted to cash high priced payments using a car, aided by his 13 year old son. Detectives tracked the activity to a post office window where they observed Meyer and a carpenter associate their.
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Syracmes
Quinton Morer
Charsey
Canada
Meyer Bas Brn
Results and Stories From Biray Not Clear
Fragmentary OCR text mentions dates and a person named Biray, with unclear quotes about results and a plan involving a Maumper's suit for summer. No coherent events or entities emerge beyond vague references.
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Las Maumper
Mrs Harding sent check for old horse Clover
Catawissa Pa Aug 14 Accompanied by a check for 100 for Clover the 51 year old horse Meg Dr A Myers owner of the animal has just received a letter from Mrs Warren G Harding wife of the president praising the sacrifice for a faithful animal The letter urges compassion and faithfulness and wishes long life for Clover with a note of good fortune to the old horse Florence King Harding signed the message
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Catawissa
Meg
A. Myers
Warren G. Liarding
J. D. Jaccard
Hudson County District Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Mother Earth
Clover
Florence Kilng Harding
Paper bullets for police use in Detroit mobs
Detroit police plan to equip with tear gas bombs and paper bullets. Police Commissioner Inches advocated nonlethal measures to disperse mobs, proposing paper bullets loaded with bird shot. Despite machine guns bought to fire 1500 bullets per minute, the paper project aimed to stop crowds without lethal harm.
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Detroit
America
Inches
Child Saves Mother's Life After Chicken Bone Lodges In Throat
In Philadelphia, Aug 14, 6 year old Lester Jaffe summoned a passing motorist when his mother Ida Jaffe choked on a chicken bone at 2980 Arizona street. The driver took them to the Women’s Homeopathic Hospital where a physician freed the bone. A separate car accident near Cincinnati killed one person.
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Philadelphia
Lester
Ida Jaffe
Arizona Street
New Anthracite Parley Likely After Lewis Talks
Cleveland reports President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers said important developments occurred in the anthracite coal strike and a conference with operators to reopen wage negotiations would be held in a few days. He declined to elaborate, but sources indicate he was in long‑distance talks with Philadelphia operators.
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Lewis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Fire destroys 15 locomotives and roundhouse in Portland
In Portland Maine on August 14 a blaze gutted 15 engines from the Maine Central Boston and Maine and Portland Terminal line and damaged a roundhouse. Estimated losses reach 1 million dollars. Police suspect merchandise or arson as two explosions were heard just before the fire was found by deputy sheriffs on guard.
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Portland
Maine Central
Boston and Maine and Portland Terminal Company
Strikers Cut Train Air Hose Near Seaford Delaware
Strikers or sympathizers severed several air hoses on a freight train north of Tulls Crossing near Seaford on August 14, uncoupling the engine after crew members saw two cars stop nearby and men alight from automobiles before the cut was noticed.
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Seaford
Del
Tulls’ Crossing
Man Killed Stepping Before Furnace Train at Bethlehem Plant
Bethlehem Pa Aug 14 Anthony Singley age 57 was killed instantly stepping in front of a furnace train at Bethlehem steel plant. He served the company 35 years leaving a widow three sons and a daughter.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel
Anthony Singley
Question on Work Programs for Convicts and Inmates
The query asks whether state road convicts and county jail inmates are used on county roads or city streets. It seeks clarification on which jurisdictions and locations apply to convict labor programs.
Violence at Easton shopmen strike in Lehigh Valley incident
Ten to twelve replacement workers at Easton South Side shops were attacked by a near fifty-strong mob as bricks and stones rained down during the dawn shift. Police fired into the air to disperse the crowd after roughly 40 to 50 shots rang out, but no injuries or fatalities were reported among workers or attackers.
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Easton
South Side
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Allentown
Asong Canal Street
Liieutenant
Frank Garbarino
Lehigh Division
Lehigh Valley
Fell Street
New Special Delivery Stamp Designs Replace Bicycle with Motorcycle
United States postal authorities announce a new special delivery stamp design that will substitute a motorcycle for the bicycle currently used. The change aims to modernize the emblem while maintaining recognition of the service.
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United States
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Lew Graham
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Mrs. Harding
Cincinnati
G &J Tires
Myersville Motor CO
Myersville
Hamend G&j Tires
Bronx
New York
George Eliot
Ford
Ford and
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Tilt
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