Grangers Picnic Drafts Prominent Speakers at Williams Grove
At Williams Grove Grangers Inter-State Exhibition 15,000 arrive by Cumberland Valley line as Mortimer Whitehead and Honce Boyer address farmers. Governor Beaver and W A Armstrong also speak on farming needs. adjutant general Hastings to close program tomorrow with main speech.
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Williams Grove
Grangers
Cumberland Valley Road
Mortimer Whitehead
Washington
National Grange
Honce Boyer
House of Sentatives
Beaver
W. A. Armstrong
New York State Grange
Victor E. Piollet
Bradford
Hastings
Last day of Garlitz set for execution at dawn
Cumberland Missouri reports Melvin Garlitz the wife killer to be calm and jovial in his cell. Relatives bid him farewell as 8 religious services precede the reading of the death warrant and the gallows procession. The drop is scheduled between 9 and 10 o'clock.
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Cumberland
Melvin E. Garlits
Garlitz
Basil T.litz
Basil T. Garlitz
Alonzo Garlitz
John Listen
Unc
Betsy Hawkins
Cola
Butts Miller
Delegates urged to back Humes for State Treasurer
Crawford county Democratic committee met in this city with 39 districts represented. Andrew Gundaker was chosen as county chair for the current term and F W Ellsworth for the year starting January. Delegates John Fertig B J Logan George B Luper John O Sherred and Dan T Nash were elected to the State Convention and instructed to support Hon H J Humes for State Treasurer.
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H. J. Humes
Humes
Crawford
Aged Traveler Jane Clark 96 Crosses Ocean to Shamokin
Mrs Jane Clark aged 96 arrived in Shamokin from England and is noted as one of the oldest women to cross the Atlantic. Born in County Durham she traveled steerage on the City of Rome with her niece Jane Foster. She remained active aboard and never seasick during the voyage.
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Shamokin
Jane Clark
England
Atlantic Ocean
Houghtonle Springs
County Durham
United States
Jane Foster
Rome
Child’s fainting saves farmer from swindle near Dillingersville
Abraham Bechtel, a well-to-do farmer near Dillingersville, escaped a three-card monte confidence game after a child fainted in his carriage. A well-dressed trio lured him to a pretend farm purchase and tried to extract money, but Bechtel’s family crisis halted the scam and the swindlers fled.
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Allentows
Abraham Bechtel
Dillingersville
Bechtel
Ferry Boat Bottom Drops as Horses Fall Into River
A Susquehanna ferry crossing at Port Blanchard ends in disaster when the boat’s bottom drops out and a team of horses a wagon iron and three men plunge into the water. The ferryman and the driver escape with difficulty while one horse drowns in the accident dated August 20.
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Susquehanna
Port Blanchard
Barn Fire Ravages Seibert Farm In Wheeling County
In Wheeling county the Seibert farm barn burned overnight destroying about 500 bushels of wheat and farm machinery. Loss estimated at $3,000. Local fire crews battled the blaze but could not save the structure.
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Wheeling
W. VA
Henry Seibert
Evictions in New York Tenement Cigar Factory Turmoil
The Rosenthal Bros. factory at 351 East Seventy-third Street faces eviction actions as 92 workers, all nonunion, refuse to smoke and demand a 5 cent per thousand raise promised earlier. Some tenants have moved. others plan to quit paying rent beyond September 1. The firm insists on a 50 cent per thousand raise and cites no trouble with labor.
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New York
Rosenthal Bros
East Seventy-third Street
Jones’ Wood
Rosenthal
Cao
K. of L. Fight
Strange motive alleged in Lawrence murder
On August 25 Ben Leonard a colored man killed his wife in Lawrence county by slashing her throat. Inquest evidence from Harvey Woods owner of the plantation showed the wife had sought protection after Leonard threatened to kill her because she would not allow him to join the church while she was married to two husbands. Leonard killed her so he could join the church.
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Diefatceh
CoLumaBia
Ben Leonard
Lawrence County
Leonard
Harvey Woods
Ben
Woods
Ex-Sheriff Upton Hayes Stabs Man in Quarrel in Missouri
Kansas City report says ex sheriff Upton Hayes fatally wounded Monroe Sligor, a stone cutter, with a small blade that broke in the brain during a quarrel. Hayes escaped, Sligor near death.
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Kansas City, Mo
Upton Hayes
This County
Monroe Sligor
Sligor
Hayes
Jenkins and Matthews Wed at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church
On Thursday evening August 29 at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church Rev William West united William Jenkins and Lou Matthews in marriage. Another notice records Morrow and Fisher nuptials on Thursday evening August 20 1658 with Ernest W Monnow of Pittsburg and Annie Les Fison of Memphis.
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Jenkins —Matthews
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church
William West
William Jenkins
Lou Matthews
Morrow—Fisher
Koehne
Ernest W. Monnow
Pittsburg
Annie Les Fisnon
Memphis
Emge
Agust
Charles Ef T
Lithgow Avenue
Allegheny
Gauter
Florence
E.J
Nettie Gauter
Fifth Avenue
Boguet Street
Oakland
Eel
Friends of the Cereer
Saichail Hensebio
St. Paul's Cathedral
Henry
Angel
Atwood and
Bates Streets
Elizabeth Henry
Franklis G
Sob
Manat
Fiona
Obituary notices from a Pittsburgh area paper 1880s
A compilation of death notices and funeral announcements. Entries name children and adults by surname such as Asthalter Boren Bebout Earp Gauter Henry Jones Kramer Mussen Musler Quarts Thaw Williams with ages and addresses across Allegheny and surrounding towns. Funeral details include dates times and local churches or residences.
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow Fall Opening Sale
A local retailer promotes a quick end to summer stock with a fall opening soon. All departments see heavy markdowns from dress goods to silks and wash goods. Customer calls urge shopping today and tomorrow to clear remaining summer inventory at deep discounts.
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