Brunswick Finishes Payment New Engine
A well attended Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company meeting reported progress on funding a modern fire engine. E C Shafer presented details of a 13 000 dollar triple combination American LaFrance unit bought for 10 350 dollars from local contributions, with a 2 050 dollar loan, plus equipment and hydrant hose.
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Branswick
Firemen’s Hall
E. C. Shafer
Fre
Meir
la France
Frederick City
Brunswick
Frederick
People’s National Bank
C. & P. Telephone Company
Harper's Ferry
Town hears report on fire hall fund and park improvements
A committee reports generous donations including cash, a large street light, and funded wiring for the firemen's hall and park lighting. They thank the mayor and council for park concessions and vow to retire remaining debt of 2050 dollars. Contributions are welcome, with acknowledgments promised. Man About Town.
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Brunswick
Messrs Shafer & Brown
Embezzler Sentenced For U P Funds Theft
Walter A Unger a 27 year old secretary at the Yan’s Dental Institute funds was sentenced to eight to twelve years in prison for stealing about 175 900 in bonds and cash. Judge William J Shoemaker urged arrest of bucket shop brokers for receiving stolen goods and a legislative change to hold brokers culpable.
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U. of P
Philadelpua
Walter A Unger
Yans Dental Institute
Kasetta
William Js. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Gaid
Dynamite blast targets Chester blackmailer and family
Rocco Scrago of Marcus Hook and his wife and five children escaped injury when a rear kitchen shed at their home 25 Church street Chester was dynamited after he ignored Black Hand threats demanding 5000 dollars hidden at Twenty ninth street and Gray's Ferry road. Six letters have warned him since January with the latest March 15. He fired at a fleeing man he glimpsed across the field. The blast shattered glass and damaged furniture.
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Chester
Lfe
Twenty-ninth Street
Gray's Ferry Road
Rocco Scargo
Marcus Hook
Delaware County
Church Street
Scargo
Scrago
Sctago
Marcel
Gray’s Ferry Road
Anemia Linked Headaches Promoted by Gude’s Mangan
An ad claims headaches stem from weak blood and urges use of Gude’s Pep to Mangan to build blood and strength. It describes iron content, red blood as health foundation, and promotes forms and availability through druggists.
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Gude
Threatening letter to family prompts police omission
An Italian letter warned to blow up a home and kill the residents if money was not paid. The message threatened death to the reader and their family and urged surrender of funds. Scrago did not inform police about the threats.
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Angels
Scrago
Women in McKeesport Refuse Taxable Status for Suffrage Belief
Tax assessors report that about 80 percent of women of voting age in McKeesport have refused to be listed as new taxables. They oppose paying taxes as they do not want to vote. The article notes eight out of ten taxable women decline registration.
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McKeesport
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