Easter Egg Hunt Plans By American Legion
Preparations begin for the annual Easter egg hunt run by Chief Cornplanter Post American Legion. The event, for boys 10 and under, meets at Beaty Field on April 7 with 200 dozen eggs buried last year and prizes for special eggs. Commander Ben Kinnear may appoint a committee. More than 2,000 children participated in 1927. this year organizers vow enough eggs for every participant.
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Legion Committee
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Probe of Crossing Wrecks Sparks Local Investigations
Bradford Pa March 12 One killed and three injured as trains collide with autos at the Buffalo Rochester Pittsburgh crossing. Victims include Harry Monjar 16 of Gifford and Webster G Drew city official hospital bound. Watchman ended shift at 11 p m as accidents occurred after hours prompting probes by railroad city and county authorities.
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Buffalo
Rochester
Conference Opens Wednesday in Central Pennsylvania
Altoona Pa March 12 Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Detroit was due to arrive for a cabinet session and the opening of the sixtieth annual Central Pennsylvania conference of the Methodist church at First church Wednesday Pastoral changes are expected as several pastors retire or leave active service Officials visiting include Dr Merton S Rice of Detroit and Dr Clarence True-Wilson Washington DC from the temperance and public morals board
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Thomas Nicholson
Detroit
Central Pennsylvania
Methodist Church
Merton S. Rice
Clarence True—Wilson
Washington, D. C
Board of Temperance
Prohibition
Two Murder Cases to Be Called Tuesday
Pittsburgh dispatch reports two murder cases set for Tuesday in Allegheny county criminal court. Defendants Thomas Terijah and Frank Dominico face charges for fatally injuring Stephen Cenkovicch, 36, with a hatchet on September 17 and fatally stabbing August Clerice, 37, during an argument on November 13.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Criminal Court
Thomas Terijah
Frank Dominico
Russellena
Terijah
Stephen Cenkovicch
Dominico
August Clerice
Franklin Woman Dies at Age Ninety Three
Franklin Pa March 12 Mrs Anne Smith 93 Franklin oldest resident died today after a long illness following a house fire that destroyed her home years earlier Her husband had died years before and the article notes the city’s social ties and impact of the tragedy on the family.
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Franklin
Franklin, Pa
Anne ‘Smith
Franklin’s
Two Men Wounded After Pool Hall Feud Sparks Arrest
In Harrisburg a feud outside a Steelton pool hall ended with William Watkins and William March fighting with knives. March is in critical condition and Watkins was arrested after both men were treated at a hospital.
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Harrisburg
U. P
William Watkins
William March
Watkins
March
Pittsburgh Man Invites 60 Guests for Paris Silver Wedding Voyage
Walter A. May, Pittsburgh chain store owner, will celebrate his twenty fifth wedding anniversary in Paris on April 27. He has provided trans Atlantic passages for more than 60 guests, sending each invitation with a steamship ticket. The group sails from New York April 18 aboard the Aquitania and returns May 11 aboard the Berengaria for a Grand Hotel Paris party. May and his wife had recently toured the African coast.
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Pittsburgh
U. P
Walter A. May
Paris
May
New York
Grand Hotel
Pennsylvania
Al’s Their Chance Noted in Smith Voter Comment
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat item notes that among 1,320,000 Smiths in the United States about 500,000 are voters, framing the statistic as a chance for political impact.
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United States
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Faulty Compass Believed Cause Of Sea Disaster
Mass March 12 The coalwise liner Robert E Lee ran aground in a blinding snowstorm near Manomet Point with 150 passengers and 113 crew aboard. Captain H W Robinson said a faulty compass caused the disaster while rescue operations claimed three coast guard lives when a surfboat overturned. Frank Griswold, missing surfman, was found dead after the lifeboat wreck.
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Manumet Point
Mass
Robert E. Lee
Mary Annledge
New York
Coast Guard
Sundey
H. W. Robinson
Lee
Robinson
Frank Griswold
R. B. Sherbourne
Manomet Point Coast Guard
Griswold
Plymouth
Four Injured When Car Skids Into Tree Near Greensburg
Four members of the Wagner family were injured when their automobile skidded and crashed into a tree on the Delmont road sixteen miles north of Greensburg. Driver Joseph Wagner, 18, Slickville, suffered a crushed chest. passengers included Mr and Mrs Jacob Wagner and Ernest Wagner, all injured with varying severity.
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Delmont Road
Here
Joseph Wagner
Slickville
Jacob Wagner
Ernest Wagner
Election cases to be tried this week in Allegheny
Two more conspiracy cases against members of election boards in Allegheny county from the last primary election were scheduled for trial in the Allegheny county criminal court this week. Defendants served on the ninth district of the third ward and the twentieth district of the twenty first ward boards.
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Pittsburgh
Allergheny County
Allegheny County Criminal Court
Tweny-First Ward
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