Picnic at Lake Minnehaha by Women’s Club Members
Women of the P EB O eisterhood took their children sewing and baskets to Lake Minnehaha for a secluded picnic with men invited later for supper. The RBILs enjoyed praise of the feast and returned home content. An art exhibit and musical tea will follow at Carnegie Library to benefit the children’s reading room with paintings, copies, and a modest admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. EB. O. Eisterhood
Lake Minnehaha
Falco
Kinkead
Galen A. Fox
Bert Gleason
Rosalie Btone
Carnegie Mbrary
Civic League
Lbrary
Mount Mellick Club to Meet Afternoon with Mrs Howard
The Mount Mellick club will hold an afternoon meeting with Mrs. Howard presiding. Members are urged to attend and participate in planned discussions and activities for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Mellick Club
Ice Cream Social Planned in Baptist Church Circles
Mrs. Rh. L. Young will host an ice cream social at 814 West Nineteenth Street Thursday evening to benefit the Baptist church. Young people and children sell tickets and hope for good support. music will be a feature of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rh. L. Young
West Nineteenth Street
Baptist Church
T Lo
Muele
St Mark's Guild to Meet With Two Hostesses
Mrs Fe J Niawander and Mrs William Daley will host the St Mark's Guild meeting Friday afternoon at the Parish House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fe J, Niawander
William Daley
St. Mark's Guild
Missionary Society Meets. reviews missions and youth work
The Presbyterian Ladies Missionary Society met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. L Harold Forde. Mrs. Colin Hunter reviewed the year’s mission books, followed by Mr. Harry Henderson Jr on Young People’s Place in Mission Work. He shared retirement work among foreigners in New York City and incidents from his urban ministry. Refreshments were served to twenty ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Ladies’ Missionary Society
L. Harold Forde
Colin Hunter
Bhe
Harry Henderson, Jr
Minaston
New York City
Metropol
Forde
Pleasant Methodist Sunday School Picnic at Lake Minnehaha
Rossman and Mr. R Kinport with families and classes enjoyed a Lake Minnehaha outing. Thirty people joined a merry picnic with perfect weather, playful games, and hearty supper described as fit for a king.
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Rossman
R. Kinport
Methodist Sunday School
Lake Minnehaha
Local Hospital Notices On Recoveries And Illness
Mrs W J Jones, convalescing, re entered Private hospital for second operation and is improving daily. Complete recovery expected. two weeks more at hospital. J Stimson recovering from right leg fracture after an auto accident near Bordeaux. weeks more before full activity. Mrs George Hager ill at home West Twenty fourth Street. Miss Mabel Branson slowly recovering from a long illness caused by catarrh of the stomach. able to be up and walk a little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Jones
Mr. J
George Hager
West Twenty-fourth Street
Mabel Branson
Saring Girl Aviator to Take Miss Quimby’s Place
Blanche Stuart Scott, Americas only professional aviatrice since Harriet Quimby’s death, plans to duplicate and extend Quimby’s cross Channel flight. Within a month she will depart Dover in a hydroplane to fly to Calais and back.
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Miss Quimby
New York
Blanche Stuart Scott
Harriet Quimby
America
English Channel
Mise Scott
Dover
Calais
Chicago Y W C A Bars Old Maids
Directors of the Chicago Young Women's Christian Association state a 26 to deadline balance between sprightly youth and sober maturity. The board sealed the view with 21 pink cups given to local lodgers inviting the girls to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Young Woman's Christian Association
Percy Hoyts Party Heads for Calgary
Percy Hoyts party departs for Calgary with plans to perform in Canada after a stop in Spokane and a night in MacLeod. The group, supported by boosters from Cheyenne, rents a room at the King George hotel and plans to cover estimated $10,000 in expenses. Two porters and a cook accompany the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Wne
Woodickh
Hoyt
King George Hotel
Former Wife Sues King’s Dentist for Damages
Mrs. Irma Blanche Wright Helme, a singer, sues Dr. Henry Francois Helma, once dentist to the king of Italy, for 200000 dollars claiming defamation of character after he charged she was a drunkard and too friendly with Arturo Targoni during their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Irma Blanche Wright Helme
Henry Francois Helma
Goetor
Italy
Arturo Targoni
Corporal Long Wins Rifle Championship
Corporal C. M. Long of the Fifth Massachusetts regiments is named champion military rifleman of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison. He defeated over a hundred competitors including top marksmen from the regular army and national guards with a score of 235 to 231 by Sergeant King of the Fifty Third Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benjamin Harrison
C. M. Long
Fifth Regiment
Massachusetts
United States
Seraéant King
Iowa
Parkman Fire Destroys Main Business Quarter
Word reached Sheridan that Parkman, twenty five miles northwest, suffered almost total destruction by fire Saturday night. The Parkman hotel Big Polly general merchandise store livery barn ice house two barns and three residences were burned.
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Sheridan
Wye
Parkman
Big Polly
Transport ship Liscom sinks beside Shanghai wharf
Shanghai Aug 27 The United States transport Liscom sank here alongside the wharf in forty feet of water. The cause of the accident has not yet been ascertained. She was undergoing repairs and the captain as well as the ship builders are of the opinion that she can be raised with ease.
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Shanghai
China
Liscom
Kid Williams Keeps Title Hopes Alive at Garden A C Bout
Kid Williams of Baltimore fought Kid Kelly of New Orleans at the Garden A C. Williams dominated the match and left with the crowd’s cheers, staying near the bantamweight title in a bout against a real title holder Ike.
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New York
Kid Wil Hams
Ike
Kid Kelly
New Orleans
Tragic Ice Pond Drowning In Deadwood Town
In Deadwood South Dakota an 8 year old boy Onl Griffen died trying to rescue 12 year old John Lamyon after both fell through ice into fifteen feet of water in a pond near Terraville. A watchdog led rescuers to the clothing and the tragedy was discovered too late. Both boys lived in Terraville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Griffen
John Lamyon
Terraville
Bombardier Wells Arrives Ahead of Oct 1s US Visit
English heavyweight champion Bombardier Wells will come to America around October 1. He seeks a return match with Albert Palser and hopes for bouts with other leading white hopefuls. Wells has increased weight to 204 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombariner Wells
America
New York
Bombadier Wells
Albert Palser
Wells
Condition of His Majesty Deteriorates Amid Illness
A royal patient shows ongoing decline with neck muscle issues nearly vanished and mobility limited as he recovers from muscular rheumatism and a cold. He remains confined to bed and is attended by physicians guiding his care.
Frances Burnett Charms Flowers in Garden Passion
Frances Hodgeon Burnett, famed for coaxing blooms from reluctant ground, tends a Plantiome garden near Manhasset showing her experimental methods. Her past Maytham Hall garden in Kent inspired a vast rose landscape where climbing roses and low shrubs created a single blaze of color around the old walls.
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Dows
Frances Hodgeon Burnett
Plantiome
Manhasset
L. 1
Bho
Gechtman
Width of Country Roads Needs Standardized Width
The piece argues for a uniform country road width from city to county boundaries, noting current roads range 40 to 106 feet. It proposes 70 or 80 feet as official width, with excess sold to acquire land to reach the standard, and calls on the County Board of Forestry to plan roadside trees despite varying road widths.
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County Board of Forestry
Los Angeles Times
GOOD IN SCHOOL GARDENS
Teachers visit homes to inspect student gardens. Parents and pupils discuss gardening and follow simple directions, creating friendlier relations between school and family. The visit provides a basis to gauge home garden results and reinforces school work through practical guidance.
Woman May Jones Arrested After Street Altercation
A woman identifying as May Jones was arrested by Officer Garey for mwoling on the streets. Police activity has been quiet for two days. Fort Russell troops were in the city last night buying items to transport to Pole Mountain maneuver grounds this morning. the men were orderly.
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May Jones
Garey
Fort Russell
Pole Mountain
Ambassador's Daughter Injured in Bavarian Car Crash
Countess Louis de Gonteut Biron and Miss Nancy Leishman daughters of US ambassador John G. A. Leishman were seriously hurt near Ingolstadt Bavaria. Mrs Leishman escaped injury. One daughter had brain concussion and the other leg injuries. They were moved to Munich for care. The chauffeur swerved to avoid a wagon and struck a tree.
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Berlin
Louis de Gonteut-Biron
Nancy Leishman
John G. A. Leishman
United States
Germany
Ingolstadt
Bavaria
Lelaiman
Inglestadt
Munich
Taxes Reduced On A Haunted House
Chicago August 27 J S Deuterland appeared before the board of review and secured a $200 cut in the valuation of his house claiming it is haunted. Neighbors say a girl was killed years ago and tenants report strange noises, leading to high vacancy and lower rents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. S. Deuterland
Board of Review
Councilman Bound Over on Bribe Charge in Detroit
Detroit August 27 Al derman Thomas E Glinnan president of the common council and alleged bribe receiver was bound over to court in 1000 bail at the conclusion of his examination in police court which started yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Thomas E. Glinnan
Common Council
The Distome and the Pearl
The text explains pearls form from decay in mollusks, with free pearls seen as tombs for marine worms called diatomes. In August some mollusks show reddish yellow points signaling imprisonment, then carbonate granulations begin on the histome leading to calcareous deposits around the organism.
Civic Center Idea Revisited as Unified Public Space
A discussion sketches a civic center as a consolidated complex linking courts, administration, and public buildings. It envisions a single, cohesive architectural scheme where all facilities are visible together, echoing an old concept of public life.
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Civic Center
Labor endorses woman’s suffrage at New Jersey meeting
Patterson New Jersey August 27 the New Jersey State Federation of Labor endorsed the woman’s suffrage movement at its meeting and pledged to support women in their economic organization wherever possible.
Snake Attacks Woman Handling Farm Produce
In Allentown Pennsylvania on August 27 Miss Lea Helfrich narrowly escaped a copperhead that sprang from a heap of vegetables brought by her farmer from Maxatawney. The snake retreated to a closet before being killed by Doctor McAvoy after the woman screamed and her dog barked.
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Allentown
Lea Helfrich
Maxatawney
Perks County
Miss Helfrich
McAvoy
Manry Man from New Jersey Receives 2000 Letters
Patrolman Charles Marchant, newly returned from vacation, learned he had been named in a $100,000 legacy. Upon his return he found 2,000 letters from widows and maidens expressing concern and admiration, seeking his attentions.
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Estfield
N. J
Charles Marchant
Germany Seeks US Stance on Wheat and Rye Flour Duties
Berlin reports no reply from Washington to Germany’s inquiry about a US plan to impose a countervailing duty on German wheat and rye flour and split pens. The note frames this as part of a larger tariff war tied to pulp duties and export certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Washington
United States
Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
The
Zeitung
America
American Crucible Steel Company
Governor Marshall Speaks at Democratic Rally in Maine
Governor Marshall of Indiana, Democratic vice presidential nominee, addressed a rally in Augusta and earlier spoke in Gardiner predicting broad social upheaval if trusts and tariffs are not reined in. He warned that a few cannot determine peace or war, famine or plenty, saying such conduct breeds socialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Marshall
Indiana
Gardiner
Steamer Rosecrans Destroyed By Fire Off Alcatraz Wharf
The oil steamer Rosecrans owned by Associated Oil burst into flames from an explosion in the engine room near Alcatraz wharf. It sank in deep water after the blast. Valued at $30,000, the vessel’s forty crew members escaped by jumping into the sea and swimming to shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Cal
Rosecrans
Associated Oil Company
Alcartraz Wharf
Jupiter launches as first electric fuel ship on Pacific coast
Vallejo Cal Aug 27 The United States fuel ship Jupiter the first electrically driven sea going vessel ever built and the largest ship on the Pacific coast was launched today at Mare Island Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallejo
Cal
United States
Jupiter
Pacific Coast
Mare Teland Navy Yard
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the Invalids' Bulletin
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NYAL/S
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Percy Hoyt
Sufsa
Corporal Long
Wyoming
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