Flooded districts appeal for aid to fund schools
A disaster meeting in Beaver and nearby towns appeals to state school boards and national benevolence for funds to rebuild schools destroyed by floods. Woodvale, Cambria, and Showy serve areas report extensive losses with thousands in property and equipment wiped out. A committee will seek federal or state aid and plan bridge projects as discussions continue.
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Jonxs Tows
Sapatigienion Beboo
Tans
Ace of PenneyiYatia
Conemaulch Valle
Woodvale
Ervant
Aryeens Chest
Donna
Different of Trade
Cameron and
Quay
Scull
Orsidea
Maf
Great Picnic Day at Will iams Grove Draws 2000 Campers
At Will iams Grove 2000 campers gathered for the Great Picnic amid clouds and sun. Farmers displayed exhibits from Franklin County and Oregon. speakers criticized state taxation and farmer burdens while praising the gathering as a showcase for rural life and progress.
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Williams’ Grove
Prohibitionist Goes Insane After Election News
J B Pear of College Hill Beaver Falls was taken to Dirmont after a rabid Prohibitionist temper sparked by the amendment election results. He wandered once more into madness last week and was found Sunday in a deteriorating mental state, muttering about threats and bloodhounds.
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the Dispatch
Beaver Falls
J. BR. Bpear
College Hill
Covenanter Church
Dirmont
Snally
Nominate a County Ticket and Organize for the Campaign
A call to residents to nominate candidates for county offices and to mobilize volunteers. Community leaders urge organized campaign steps, including meetings, outreach, fundraising, and voter engagement initiatives to support the slate.
Striking Italians Near Lima Cause Trouble
Striking Italian workers on the pew railroad drive off fellow employees this morning and threaten harm if they return to work. Afternoon warrants issued for the Italians as deputies arrest four prisoners. Guards to be stationed around the jail tonight as a militia presence is reported. A later telegraph note mentions revolver stories and a separate theft incident.
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Lima
Pew
Stolen Revolvers From Fruit Ohl & Co Hardware
Robbery at Fruit Ohl and Company hardware store occurred before dawn. A lone thief stole $900 worth of revolvers according to early reports.
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Fruit
Ohl & Co
Woman Held for Court on Theat Charge in Fayette
Mrs. Ann Rankin of Lick Hollow was held for court after a Fayette County hearing on a charge of being a common scold. Testimony said she frequently caused uproar and strife at home with her son. this marked Fayette’s first blue law case of this kind.
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AstorTows
Ann Rankin
Lick Hollow
Fayette
Altoona Railway Stock Extends West and East
At a stockholders meeting of the Altoona City Passenger Railway Company it was proposed to double the capital to 95 000 and extend the line six miles to Maiero on the west and Bell view on the east, reaching a total length of six miles.
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Disator Altoona
Altoona City Passenger Railway Company
Opera Vine
Maiero
Bellview
Helen Dauvray Drops Stage Comeback Plan
New York August 27 Helen Dauvray wife of John Ward abandons her return to the stage. Printing lithographs and tour plans were nearly set and a Union Square engagement was booked for October at 2500 dollars per week. Manager Harry Miner agrees to release her with no compensation and seeks a new buyer for the three week engagement.
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New York
Helen Dauvray
Harry Miner
Miss Dauvray
Ple
John M
Miner
Ward
Senator Ingalls Joins Fight Over Street Wires Project
Washington August 27 Senator Ingalls head of the Senate committee on the District affairs advised the Commissioners to slow a plan allowing the Electric Power and Heat Company of Pittsburg to tear up streets to lay wires. He questioned why foreign ownership mattered more here than for a local chartered firm and noted the commission’s earlier consultation with counsel Jerome Riddle who said the project could proceed.
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Washington
Ingalla
Senate Committee On
District of Columbia
Electric Power and Heat Company
Pittsburg
Delphins
Rae Son
Electric Heat and Power Company
Electric Company
Jereny Riddle
Treasury denies bond corner plot amid ample money supply
Washington reports investors sought to corner the bond market to force the Treasury into high premiums. Assistant Secretary Batchellor said the department is getting all bonds it wants at its own price, with offers for more. He asserted no danger of money-market panic under the current administration.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Batchellor
Somnambulist Doctor Fatally Falls From Window
Dr Garrett H Holton local agent of the Standard Oil Company died in Maysville Kentucky after a dream induced fall from a second story window. He believed his team had run off and leaped from the wagon while dreaming, sustaining fatal internal injuries that affected his brain.
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Maysville
Garrett H. Holton
Standard of Company
Prodigal Son Watrous Seeks Australian Inheritance
In Paul August 27 a young man named Watrous, living in St Paul for six months as a laborer, learns of his father J. B. Watrous’s death and a £3,000,000 Australian estate. He plans to sail for the Antipodes to claim the fortune and return within six weeks. The estate includes Bendigo mine interests and property in Melbourne Sydney and Auckland.
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In Paul
Charles L. Watrous
St Paul
Awa
Taberia
J. B. Watrous
Sydney
Young Watrous
Ethago
Hobart Town
Polly
Watrous
Melbourne
San Francisco
Bella Union Theater
America
Oerye
Golden Fleece
Bendigo
Auckland
New Zealand
Sandhurst
White Hills
Australis
Tired of Her Ties The Doctor Wife Seeks Divorce
A divorce suit in Chicago involves Dr Ella Jennings Macdonald a 40 year old medical graduate and manager of a workingwomen’s dispensary at 89 East Tenth Street. Her husband Wilson Macdonald a sculptor once a spiritualist and alleged statue modeler faces abandonment and non support charges. The involved case unfolds with testimony in New York and Washington.
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Dispatch
New Yorek
Chicago
Ella Jennings Macdonald
East Tenth Street
Wilson Macdonald
Fitz Greene Halleck
Acdonald
Philadelphia
Marriage Licenses Granted Yesterday
A list of marriage licenses granted yesterday including William Kamgat and Rose Vought and others from Pittsburgh and Allegheny. Names such as Henry Earps Ernest Faulener Fox and Kunzler appear with details of ages and residence and funeral notices follow. The notices cover deaths and funeral arrangements in various localities including Pittsburgh Allegheny and Wilkinsburg.
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Steubenville and Montes
Faulener
Chicago
Anes
James M Faulener
Samson
Sixth Avenue
FOX
Anthony Rox
Corner Hill
Fourth Avenue
Ha’ x
Leno
Linton
Joan B. Havers
F. Hayear
Holmes
Loscet Taroer Atlegheny
Texre
Third Avenue
City
Monongahela City
O’keefe
Los Angeles
Annie Socmsen O'Keefe
E. Rox
Frank M. Roe
Hull Street
Wilkinsburg
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Center County
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Rhone
Farhr Suri
Tye
Ginta
Siegors Ie
Real
Pintitea
West Chester
Stats Pring
Tut
Blair Democracy
Altoona
Blair County
F. M. Davia
John W. McFadden
John H. Law
William M. Akers
E. H. Flick
James McIntosh
A. V. Dively
J. Burke
James Funk
H. A. McFadden
Hollidaysburg
State Central Committee
Jon Commanee
Harrison
Corporal Tanner
John Dumry
Dieratem
Bsuanox
Fayette County
John Ward
Ingalls
Sarena
Hood
Apollinaris
Apollins
Frequenti Cniil
Apellinaris
St. Paul
Minn
Treasury
Willian A. Kamgat
Osceeeee
Beottdal Rose Anoa Vought
O' Hara
Sveoesee
Allegheny Ssevesee
Allegheny Slary
Ellen Fhe Hickeon
Eoranns
Bower
Franker
H. E. Wer
David Holliday
Leetadale
Anthony Meyer
Meyer, Arnold & Co
Lim
UH Penn Avenue
James M. Fullerton
Devure
Agen
Vaureet
Fink Ageuay
A. M
J. B. Murdogh
Ain
Facwr
John R. & A
Murdoch
Telephone
Jet 5
Fifth Avenue
P. C. Schoeneck
Liberty ST
N. B
Pall Anc
Ingrain
Tapestry
Brussels
Felvet
Moquette
Axminster
Wilton
T. M. Latimer
Federal St. Allegheny, Pa
Bitz Theater
San
Anstey
Saat Poustis
Scania
Pound
Adobe
Whiting
Fairchild’s
Fleishman & Co
Market St
Pittsburg, PA
Federal St
Allegheny
Wanamaker
Brown
Sixth Street and
Penn Avenue
Ete Bisck
Wood Street
Chas Pfeifer’s
Men's Furnishing
Smithfield Street
Federal
American Fire Insurance
Edwards & Kenney
Wer & Tt
Www
Federal Street
anZi D
Atin Roof
Web
SS Sy Et al Merchant 4 Co
Philada
London
Erewarrsy
Bradley's
India
Boggs & Buhl
Alegheny
Evenson
Vichy
Boston
Housekeeping
Srebeed Dren
Thed.p. Smith Lamp, Glass and China Co
Penn Ave
Rogers
Orator Sansber
Hopper Bros. & CO
Auz- Wee
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