Three Girls Drown in Leaking Boat on Schuylkin River
NORRISTOWN Pa July 12 three young women drowned when their boat sprung a leak during a thunderstorm on the Schuylkin river near a crowded riverbank. The victims are Mises Mary Livergood Emma Rex both of this city and Helen Green of Philadelphia daughter of Rev D W Green. Margaret Green sister of Helen was rescued. The storm struck suddenly while the party was some distance from shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Schuylkin River
Mises Mary Livergood
Emma Rex
Helen Green
Philadelphia
Mies Green
D. W. Green
Chestnut Hill
Visiting List Reflects Wide Travel and Family Ties
Sidney residents Miss Legna Oberfelder is linked to sisters Mrs Joseph Wasserman and Mrs 8 5 Pearl stine. Mr and Mrs W L Whipple and family toured to Laramie for a Sunday visit. Ensign Walter Doyle left for San Francisco to join the Maryland after wedding Miss Gertrude Post. The piece also notes Mabel Knight’s Kansas City trip and Canadian eastern tour by Mr and Mrs Fred McKie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legna Oberfelder
Sidney
Joseph Wasserman
Pearlstine
W. L. Whipple
Madame Whipple
Marjorie
Edith
Donald
Laramie
I. W. Brill
Chicago
Julius Allenstein
Allenstein
Walter Doyle
Bach Featured in Women’s Club Piano Section Meeting
The piano section of the Mualeal club met at Mrs Arthur Sanhting’s home to continue Bach as subject. Mrs Freund read life extracts, several compositions were performed, and Mrs Fores and Mrs Coffman repeated pieces from two weeks prior. Current events were shared at roll call, an impromptu program added to the study, followed by social time and refreshments. Mystic Maze Club will be hosted next Thursday by Mrs Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bach
Mualeal Club
Arthur Sanhting
Freund
Methodist Aid Society Meeting at Mrs Hadley Fort Russell
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs Hadley at Fort Russell. Attendees are asked to take the 8 O'clock car if possible. The Methodist Mission Circle was hosted by Mrs T F Durbin at her home Friday afternoon with 18 present. Mrs Nelson led devotional exercises in Mrs Ross's absence, and Mrs A L Putnam directed the program and read an engaging paper titled Memoriam ax o Life. A general discussion followed.
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Methodist Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Hadley
Fort Russell
Methodist Mission Circle
Mra
T. F. Durbin
Mission Circle of the
Ross
Nelson
A. L Putnam
Tillage Tour Reports Strong Wheat and Dairy Prospects
A farming party tours the Golden Prairie district near Cheyenne and Hillsdale noting extensive winter wheat and rye fields, high yields expected, and a rising dairy sector. Farmers Mr. Kerk and Mrs. Whitehead are highlighted for advanced tillage, careful sealing, and prosperous dairy herd prospects.
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Jones ‘County
Towa
Golden Prairie
C. H W. Borsick
Burng
Meeker
Hilledale
Whitehead
Hillsdale
George W. Kerk
Birus
Hvery Crep
Grange
Schmoker
Bastian
Rural Cheyenne Area Itinerant Report Details Harvest Income
Clarence Sorenson near Cheyenne reports roving through the Igh lind Colony noting rye harvest and maturing crops. The group collected fares from many named men and observed dairy sales to a local creamery yielding about forty dollars monthly, with farmers expecting higher July incomes as more cows are milked.
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Clarénce Sorenson
Cheyenne
Aede
Ware
Ilbert MM
Brown
John Morris
C. &. Adolpheson
Arthur Carpenter
Glenn Hel Idgeworth
Arch Welch
Bimer
Or Reneon
William Kipp
Thetias Orville
HW. Tf. Smith
Witl
Stop the Lobby Probe Cry Echoes Old Standpatters
A speaker blasts lobbyists and corruption in Congress, attacking Democratic tariff tactics and secretive caucus proceedings. He cites President Wilson and Underwood tariff history, arguing secrecy and party control hinder free debate and open amendment.
Union Church Service and Bake Sale Report
A union church service is planned at the Congress tonal church with Dr. Dodds in the pulpit. The Baptist ladies announce a bake sale next Saturday at Johnston's grocery store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Tonal
Hey
Dr. Dodds
Baptist
Johnston's
Old bachelor quips on women's sphere and religion
An old bachelor argues that a woman's proper sphere is a hall of yarn while a gentleman praises women and religion, reflecting a dated, humorous social stance.
Head of Bankers Association Dies
Clarlet Henry Hauttle, president of the American Bankers' Association and of the Third National Bank of Bt. Lewi, died at his Adirondack summer home after years of illness including an intestinal complication and a 1911 malignant growth operation. He had recently attended the Detroit meeting and was elected president before health declined.
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New York
Clarlet Henry Hauttle
American Bankers’ Association
Third National Bank of
Lewi
Adirondacks
Frederick B. Farnaworth
Huttig
Muttle
Tle Wariner
Detroit
Herkimer County
Striking Waiters Call for Removal of St Louis Officials
The waiters union petitioned Governor Major demanding the removal of Samuel H. McPheeter president of the St. Louis police board accusing him of attempting to break the union through hire violence. They also sought removal of Lyman T. Hay and C Butler from governor staff colonelcies for allegedly locking out white waiters and replacing them with Black workers. Sheriff Dickmann declined to organize a posse to guard strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiters’ Union
Major
Samuel H. McPheeter
St. Louis Police Board
McPheeters
Lyman T. Hay
C. @. Butler
Sherif Dickmann
Banker Kossuth FY Heath Ends Life in Chicago Tragedy
In Chicago on July 12 former Hammond Packing general manager Kossuth FY Heath, aged 60, shot himself after a morning of visiting banks to settle affairs. He fired a test shot before ending his life at his temple, witnessed by children on a prairie south of the city. Wealthy, he faced a lengthy marital dispute with his wife seeking separate maintenance.
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Chicago
Kossuth FY
Tel
Hmamond Packing Company
Tits Temple
Bell
Heath Wee
Pell
Miss Jessie Wilson and Fiance Leave Church at Cornish N H
Miss Jessie Wilson daughter of the president and her fiancé Francis Sayre were photographed leaving a Cornish New Hampshire church on Sunday July 6. Sayre, who has relatives in New York, is noted as the pair’s intended marriage approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Wilson
Cornish, N. 4
Misa Joaale Wilean
Sor
Francis Howes Bayre
Cornish
N.H
Sayre
New York
Counry
White House
Ming Wailea
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Columbia
Goggory
Mab
L. KR Tyson
18Th Street
Philip Dopdridge
Mies Helen Reaver
Hereford Grove
Methodist Sunday School
Charles Deitz
Deitz
Women's Club
Railway Mall Service
Lake Minnehaha
Cluir
Mre
Kk. Ly
Young
the Paquot Church
J. Hl. Conney
Min. M. HM. Hartung
Bennett Ranch
Ner Kimball
Minnie Carpenter
Lot
Milas Atta Cran
Rabeart Clark
Kirk Hartung
Walter Junk
Mra. Hartung
Hanson
Nate Hanson and Son
Migaion
Mystic Maze Club
Mra. Taylor
Hilladale
Highland Colony
A. R. Carpenter
Duiry
Laramie County
Ngly Welloeckly Brothers
Urna
W. W. Tatne
Burns
Linison Pacific
Alex Dolt
Carpenter
J. A. Garwood
Mr. Holt
ET. Stoner
Andy Hannonk
Myers
George Humphrey
James Bread
W. O. Bryer
Dr. Smith
Ben Lonning
Tion
Stowe
Ptt
Lower
Alti de
Amore Paeh
Onaha
Johm Kitake
Turkestan Alfalfa
Tivestock Company
Eghert
Sou i
Peter Namelecun
C. M. Hubbel
Congress
Wilson
Princeton
Washington
Marriel Thy
Bens Ft Fe
Sigs
Bristow
Kansas
Dome
Wyoming
Bankers Association
St. Louis
Alice
Worthington
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