Miners Flee From Rush of Turgid Waters
In Uniontown Pennsylvania a wall of water from the Edenborn mine swept through the Edenborn shaft six miles southwest of town forcing 20 to 30 miners to escape for their lives and leaving about 403 workers jobless. The flood threatened three neighboring operations, prompting officials from the Frick Coal and Coke Company to shut the Ralph and Leckrone mines and causing significant damage to Edenborn.
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Uniontown
Edenborn
Here
Ralph and Leckrone
Frick ,Coal and Coke Company
Rare snake plant draws a crowd at exhibit
Mrs. E. E. Morganstein and Maugans Wille display Africa Lilly or snake plant in a public showing. The plant grows without earth or moisture and blooms a second time after five years. It stands 38 inches tall with a diameter of about 24 inches.
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E. E. Morganstein
Wille
Major Parties Spent 16 Million On Campaigns
Washington Feb 28 The national campaign cost the two major parties 16 586 115 excluding district county city and precinct groups The Senate campaign funds investigating committee issued a final report listing expenditures of 9 433 604 for the Republican party and 7 152 511 for the Democrats The committee said responsible political organizations especially the national committee had complied with the Federal Corrupt Practices Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
National Committee
Fournier Sells Insurance in St. Louis After Baseball
Jack Fournier says he is through with baseball and is selling insurance in St. Louis. The former major league player who last year played with Newark announces his career change.
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Fournier
Jack Fournier
Newark
St. Louis
Fresh Merring Roe and Buck Shad at Shipp's Fish Mkt
Ady announces fresh roe and buck shad at Shipp's Fish Market stall 17 on City Market, contact phone 2476 for availability and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipp's Fish
Ady
Eity Market
Detroit schools chief chosen to lead national educators
Frank Cody, superintendent of Detroit Public Schools, was unanimously elected head of the National Educational Association at the Cleveland meeting. The dispatch notes his unanimous election and location of the gathering.
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Frank Cody
Detroit
National Educational Association
Cleveland
Cody
Deaths and obituaries from Tilghmanton and Keedysville
Two local obituaries note William Smith of Tilghmanton dying of paralysis at 74 with many relatives listed. Emma Snively of Keedysville dies of complications aged 66, with service details and Eastern Star ties. Baby George Dinson Harbaugh of Funkstown dies at nine months. services set. Card of thanks from the Gigeous family.
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Emma K Snively
Vera Snyder
Oak Hill Avenue
Keedysville
Salent
Church
S. J. Hammond
J. R. Hooter
A. H. Line
Order of Eastern Star
Bill Aims to Ban Gambling at Maryland Race Tracks
ANNAPOLIS March 1 A House measure by Irvin C. Hamilton Allegany county would ban all gambling at Maryland race tracks including betting machines and bettors, with track officials responsible for keeping such activity away. The bill has backing from the State labor body and the American Federation of Labor. A separate measure would create a vocational rehabilitation bureau under the State Board of Education. In the Senate a pension bill would aid residents over 65 with 15 years in state, up to one dollar daily, plus a state admin board. The Senate also killed a weights and measures bill after a finance committee review. Indians coming Washington and workers demonstrations in London also noted.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Irvin C. Hamilton
Allegany County
Maryland
Hamilton
American Federation of Labor
State Board of Education
Edward J. Colgan
Senate
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Finance Committee
Pastor James S Webster Dies After Pneumonia
The Hancock preacher Rev Dr James S Webster longtime pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Hancock died in City Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia from pneumonia after gallstone surgery He was 58 born in Scotland and served as medical missionary in China before settling in Hancock Survived by wife Sarah A Gray and two children James W and Helen T and a sister Mrs Jack Burden. Funeral likely Saturday at Hancock church with Rev Dr G Pohlman and Rev Dr J A Trustle officiating.
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William Smith
Tilghmanton
John William
Oscar B
Mereesport
Charles Victor
Hagerstown
George W
David
Carl
Annie M. Moats
Spielman
Frisby B
Daniel
Tilgh- Tmanton
Manor Church
Mr. Baker
Manor Cemetery
City Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
James S. Webster
Hancock
Presbyterian Church of
James W
Helen T. Webster
G. Pohlman
Philadelphia
J. A. Trustle
Herndon
Dr. Webster
Scotland
Petersburg
W. J. Webster
British Isles
Ching
Webster
United States
Capon Bridge
Sarah A. Gray
Jack Burden
Burden
Australia
Washington Prepares For Hoover Inauguration Crowd Welcomes Changes
Washington nears Herbert Hoover's inauguration with flags and makeshift woolen stands on Pennsylvania Avenue as crowds gather. Veterans, Indian delegates, and state officials prepare for the ceremony while Coolidge plans to depart soon after the oath. Charles Dawes and Curtis head to their roles as the 31st presidency arrives.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Herbert [Foover
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Herbert Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
Evanston
Illinois
Path Across the Hill staged by Peters Township Teachers
In Greencastle on Feb 28 a school play titled The Path Across the Hill was presented in Uptown by Peters Township Teachers. The cast included Samuel Crawford Grand pa Clair Keefer Robert Post and others with Ruth Conrad nicknamed hobbie and Zuzu among the roles. Separate notes mention visitors Knode and Mary Stith in Waynesboro and church services at Evangelical Lutheran with Lent themes plus occupancy changes at Hostetter building and Arco drugstore plans.
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Greencastle
Upton
Peters Township
Samuel Crawford
Clair Keefer
Robert Post
Gordon Winter
Walter Conrad
Ruth
Paul Yeager
Jimmie Reed
Robert Meckley
Salamander
Alexander John Henry Jones
Zuza
Merle Saylor
Mrs. Davis
Florence Bitner
Hostetter
J. c. Foust
Philadelphia
Arco Bullding
Seven Die in Stone Quarry Explosion Near Stone Mountain
Seven men were killed and ten injured, several seriously, when an air compressor exploded at the Stone Mountain Granite Corporation quarries near Stone Mountain Georgia. The blast happened as workers gathered by a time clock after finishing their shift.
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Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain Granite Corporation
Here
Fugitives Arrested In Chattanooga Train Depot
Dana Bias aged 19 and Adron Bias aged 23, two fugitives from Charleston West Virginia, were arrested in Chattanooga at Union Depot after detectives stopped them as they stepped from a train on Wednesday night.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Dana Bias
Adron Bias
Charleston
W. Va
Trio Held For Grand Jury In Car Robberies
Three men Russell Garfield Ebersole 27 Leroy street Cyrus Whitmore 21 High street and Scott Charles Munday 23 Summer street were held under bond for the May grand jury on charges of robbing Western Maryland freight cars. Whitmore released on bond. Police say Ebersole and Mundey confessed to candy theft and Ebersole and Whitmore to stealing padlocks. Mrs. Gladys Henry Ebersole helped arrest them after revealing the loot moved to Lanvale Street. Detectives found the lock container in her cellar and later the stolen rocks at an abandoned Downaville home. Chocolate distributed in the western city area.
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Russell Garfield Ebersole
Leroy Street
Cyrus Whitmore
High Street
Scott Charles Munday
Summer Street
Maryland
Whitmore
Bond
Ebersole
Mundey
Hebersole
Gladys Henry Ebersole
BE. J. Chapman
Downaville
Chicken Waffles Dinner at Hagerstown Camp No 1
W. O. W. camp in Hagerstown hosts chicken and waffles with meals served at 11 to 1 30 and 5 to 8. Dinner price 50 cents and supper period listed as 5 to 8 with proceeds likely supporting camp activities.
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Hagerstown Camp No. 1
Missionaries Choose to Stay Amid Northern Shantung Hostilities
American missionaries in Northern Shantung declined evacuation, citing duty to aid Chinese war victims. They expect to relieve suffering through hospital work while villages burn and commerce remains paralyzed under martial law as factions Chang and Lin vie for support.
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Chefoo
China
Shantung
U. S. Trenton
Chang’s
Lin
New Reparations Plan Aims at Compromise in Paris
Sir Josiah Stump English financial expert and war debt conferee in Paris outlines a revised Dawes plan. The proposal seeks a middle ground between the German Republics maximum annuity and the Allied delegates minimum acceptable annuity.
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Josiah Stump
Paris
Grain Market Ticker From A Dated Commodity Page
The fragment lists prices and percentages for corn and other grains across delivery months March May July and notes various percentage figures and figures like 1:30 Dp TM. It reads as a condensed market ticker with futures style updates but lacks clear events or entities.
Stocks Rally Under Leadership Of Steel Shares
Stock prices rose at the market open led by steel shares. Bethlehem advanced to a record high at 104, large blocks traded including 12,000 Central Alloy Steel at 503, and Radio opened with 10,000 shares at 144. Copper issues and other majors showed gains as bullish trading continued with many 5,000 to 35,000 share blocks. Total first half hour volume reached 1,168,300 shares with continued upward momentum.
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New York
Bethlehem
Radio
S. Casty Iron Pipe
Cerro de Pasco
Union Pacific
Kennecott
Adams Xpress
Midland Steel Products
Goodyear Rubber
Union Carbide
Johns Manville
American & Foreign Power
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Adams Expresa
Radio Corporation
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Pennsy
H. L. Mills
Baltimore St
Tom Cross
Hal Stackhouse
Dixie Troubadors
House
George Dinson Harbaugh
Russell_ Harbaugh
Funkstown
W. L. Remsburg
Jasper Gigeous
West Baltimore Fruit and Produce Co
Wholesale & Retail
W. Franklin ST
Florida
Fis
Serge
Gstra Ferney
Norfolk Kale
Ledox
Travnik
Bosnia
Bill
Curtis
London
Arlington
Mulberry & Antietam Sts
Squibb
Pepsodent
Johnson
Monnen
Inauguration
Hell
Dawes
Charles Curtis
Washington Monument
Charles P. Summerall
Coollidge
Hoover
White House
Capitol
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
John Coolidge
Trumbull
Connecticut
Scott Mandey
Russell Ebersole
Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran
Trinity
W. R. Spierman & Co
Wareham
Washington St
Klothes Shop
Hagerstown Tent & Awning CO
Ludwig Tire & Parking CO
Spanee
C. R . Rene
K. T. Hager
Prospect Sts
Florida Oranges
U. S
Stark Delicious Apples
California Naval Oranges
Stayman
California
Gox
Ibs
Florida Indian River Serines
Armour
Chicago
Arvevey
Armour’s Star
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