Great Colliery To Be Flooded To Control Fire
The Woodward colliery at Glen Alden Coal Company in Wilkes Barre Pa to be flooded to suppress a No 3 shaft fire 800 feet underground. Mining operations will pause indefinitely, leaving over 2000 workers unemployed after gas explosions and a major blast damaged headhouses and surrounding buildings.
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Associated Press
Wilkes Barre
Great Woodward
Glen Alden Coal’. Company
Wyoming Valley
Local Rites Held for Capt William R Snodgrass
Winchester residents traveled to Martinsburg West Virginia to attend the funeral of Capt William R Snodgrass retired Pennsylvania Railroad conductor who died Saturday morning. Rev Dr F M Woods Presbyterian pastor conducted the services and Green Hill Cemetery was the burial place. Pennsylvania Railroad officials attended the service.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
William R. Snodgrass
Pennsylvania Railroad
F. M. Woods
Presbyterian Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Walter Jamison Visits Relatives in West Virginia
Mrs. Walter Jamison of Montgomery West Virginia is visiting her aunt Mrs. John Clowser on East Leicester Street. She recently stayed with friends and relatives in Martinsburg and plans a return trip via Baltimore where she will stop with former friends.
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Walter Jamison
Montgomery
W. Va
John Clowser
East Leicester Street
Jamison
Martinsburg
Baltimore
Flood Menace Expands Across East Atchafalaya Area
Associated Press reports that water from the Mec levee crevasse drives a growing flood toward three towns Grosse Tete Rosendale and Maringouin. West of the Atchafalaya the flood declines to New Iberia where evacuation is complete. A rescue fleet forms at Plaquemine with relief operations centered in Baton Rouge.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Atchafaiva River
Gulf of Mexico
Grossé Tete
Rosendale
Maringouin
Atchafalaya
New Iberia
Red Cross
Bayou Teche
Spanish Lake
Grosse Tete
Iberville Parish
Plaquemine
Baton Rouge
Hable Buys Keller Estate on Loudoun Street
Heirs of George W. Keller sold to Herman H. Hable a two story dwelling and adjoining brick building on South Loudoun street between Kurtz and Woodward. Fronting about 58 feet and extending 200 feet to Indian alley, the deal near 13000 dollars. Real estate dealer B. M. Sullivan handled the purchase.
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George W. Keller
Herman H. Hable
Loudoun Street
Kurtz
Woodward
Indian Alley
B. M. Sullivan
Keller
George Keller
Charles L. Crum
Crum
Fifteen Entered In Great Balloon Elimination Race
Fifteen pilots and aides enter the national elimination race at the Cleveland Akron speedway to win the P. W. Litchfield trophy and join the American racing team for the Gordon Bennett cup. Balloons lift at 4 45 p m with 15 minute intervals and head east toward the Atlantic on a west to east wind.
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Associated Press
Akron
Ohio
Cleveland-Akron Speedway
Atlantic
Pinedo Arrives at Horta with Plane in Tow
Commander Francesco de Pinedo, Italian aviator, reached Horta on the Italian steamer Superga. His seaplane Santa Maria II accompanied by tow, is in town for the visit on Fayal Island May 30.
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Associated Press
Horta
Fayal
Azores
Francesco de Pinedo
Superga
Vinol Promises Strength At Age Eighty Four
An 84 year old man reports Vinol strengthens him, improving appetite sleep and weight in a week. The ad promotes Vinol as a tonic iron and cod liver oil compound used for nervous or run down individuals and children, available at Miller's Drug Store.
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E. M
Vinci
Miller’s Drug’.Store
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Army and Navy Store
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Virginia
Yale
Jolliffe & Jolliffe
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Shryock Avenue
F. A. Shryock
Empire Tonight
John Barrymore
Orndoff & Brown
the Union Bank OF Winchester
Frank Gearing
East Piccadilly Street
F. R. Crane
South Main Street
Wenchester
Louisiana
Keller Estate
Pinedo
Vinol
Webster's
Schloss Baltimore Clothes
PEP
Hable
Tha
Federal Reserve System of Banks
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Bank
Our Bank
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Sturdi-chex
Fruit Growers
Southern Chemical Company
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