Conference of Epworth Leagues Opens in Rochester
Rochester May 18 Genesee conference of the Epworth League meets at West Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, four days of sessions led by Rev Newell Dwight Hallis and a slate of speakers from Buffalo Jamestown Albany Chicago and beyond with temperance and parliamentary sessions plus platform talks by bishops and missionaries. The gathering includes junior league sessions led by Buffalo Rochester and Le Roy delegates and ends with a May 20 sermon by Bishop Henry Spellmeyer and closing service by Rev Dr B M Taylor.
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Rochester
Genesee
Epworth League
Board of Control
West Avenue Methodist Episcopal Enurch
Newell Dwight Hollis
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beech
League
Kenyon
Bradford
Emma Hf. Tourney
Buffalo
Hamilton
Alban
G. C. Jones
Hornellsville
Laura J. Stone
le Roy
Lwter
William H. Anderon
Anti-Saloon League
M. H. Lichliter
Olean
EB. M. Mills
Penn Yan
Clarence A. Barbour
Joseph F. Berry
Henry Spellmeyer
Cinccinnati
Spellmeyer
B. M. Taylor
Boston
Mass
Methodial Missionary Society
Delega
City weighs water works bond purchase and new plant plan
An upcoming election will decide if bonds are issued to acquire the water works plant. A second election may follow within sixty days if needed. Mayor Roce and commissioners favor buying the current plant over a municipal plant, while citizens split on municipal ownership awaiting the vote.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Watery Works Company
Roce
GOOD WOMAN DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Mrs. Mary Ferguson Kistler died at her home on Eighth street at 7 45 pm Wednesday from gastritis and heart trouble at age 78 after nearly three weeks illness. Funeral held at First Methodist church Thursday at 3 30 pm with a touching sermon by Rev. Thomas Harwood. She was the wife of the late Rev. W R Kistler and mother of R A Kistler and W D Kistler, born August 1 1928 in Columbia county Ohio. Her life spanned many Western and Midwestern towns before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Mary Ferguson Kistler
Eighth Street
First Methodist Church
Thomas Harwood
Albuquerque
R. A. Morley
W. R. Kistler
W. D. Kistler
R. A. Kistler
Columbia County
Ohio
Hancock County
Ufe
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Alsa
United Hrebren Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Publc Ife
Webster
Melmore
Clyde
North Ohio
Warena
Wabash
Kendallville
Mia City
Port
Witchenter
Huntinate
Angin
Diananee
Seneca and Waterville
Kansas
New Mexico
Jordan
Obituary and Health Ad Highlights in Paradise Echo
An obituary praises Hess as a devoted mother joining loved ones in heaven and recalls a bereaved son editor R A Kistler. The page also features testimonials for Dr King’s New Discovery noting cures for consumption and general coughs with a free trial offer.
Jenks Manslaughter Case Is Dismissed
In district court Assistant District Attorney George Bullard moved to dismiss Hallie Jenks manslaughter charges. Judge Kent granted the motion after noting the jury favored conviction only two to ten for acquittal and acknowledging no new facts exist for a new jury. The judge expressed concern about punishing a woman who might have acted under severe pressure and suggested the case, once dismissed, would deter others.
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District Coum
Distret
George Bullard
Hallie Jenks
Kent
Phoenix
Arizona
Bullard
Key
Kent Eald
Hellittes
Erin
Qacir
Dashing army officer silent in prison cell
Port Leavenworth May 18. Convict 5169 Sidney Burbank, former dashing lieutenant of Company A Sixth Infantry, is serving a court martial sentence for embezzlement and conduct unbecoming an officer. He denies misdeeds, married Philippine Belle Concepcion Vasquez, and now hidden away in a gray prison suit. He longs to be forgotten and receives no visitors.
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Washington, D. C
Plattaburg
France
Spain
Leavenworth
Kan
Uncle Sam
Sidney
Burbank
Company A
Sixth Infantry
United States Army
Kansas
Philippines
Port Leavenworth
Miss Stone
Senator Stone
Kansan
Negros
Concepcion Vasquez
Valladolid
Vasquez
Mirs
War Department
Samuel Houston Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Samuel Houston, 18, was found guilty of second degree murder in Chaves County District Court. The April shooting of Charles Johnson occurred after a confrontation at a boarding house. Johnson died from a heart shot, and Houston was sentenced to a lesser penalty following jury deliberation.
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Charles Johnson
Roswell
Sim Houston
Chars Johnson
District Court
Chaves County
Airéee
Jets
Houston
Xome
Johnson
John
Uy Vb
Cinity
Turkey's Row and Ten Commandments in Sinai Dispute
Britannica style piece links Turkey Sinai land dispute to Mount Sinai and Ten Commandments tale. Mentions Abdul Hamid, Britain and European powers pressing Turkey to pull 6000 troops from Tabah Sinai area amid regional tension. Also notes Las Vegas adultery case pleas and local jail terms in San Miguel county.
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Turkey
Great Britain
Tabah
Sinai
Mount Sinai
Moses
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Epworth
New York
America
Minneapolis
Minn
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
University Heights
International Sunshine Society
N. Y
Pouch Mansion
New York State
Long Island Council of Women's Clubs
Cropsey Avenue
Bensonhurst
Iowa
Mount Vernon
Cornell College Conservatory of Music
Theodore Thomas Orchestra
Chicago
Frederick A. Stock
DeWitt
J. Hh, O'Relly & Co
Dr King
Mary Kistler
Las Vegas
Hess
Paradise
Heaven
Mother
Father
Brother
Slater
Optic
Livonia
T. J. Dwyer
Graysville
Dr. King
Jenks
Lieut. Burbank
Philippine Belle
Concepe
Pelo Vaspuez
Samuel Houston
Joan
Tom Lawson
Sinai Peninsula
Jebel
Sina
Red Sea
Suez Canal
England
United
Remegio Silgear
Isabel
Archuleta
Mills
Salazar
Ale
San Miguel
Matias Vilanwey
Deo
Chizon
Wer
Minye Orl
Rae
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