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Newspaper

Greensburg Standard

Location

Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1912

Page

3

Carnegie Hero Fund Awards Honor Drowning and Rescue Feats

The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission lists bronze and silver medal awards for rescues from drowning and trains and other dangers across the U S and Canada. Recipients include Biddle Hiles John L La Marche Samuel N Parks James J Doyle William B Hutton Fred L Maneval and many others with accompanying sums toward home purchases education or pensions for dependents. The report also notes funds recently given to Oklahoma and West Virginia committees to aid families of miners killed in mine explosions and long term support for dependents.

Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Biddle Hiles Hiles Salem John L. la Marche la Marche Leonard L. Slipp Watertown Mass Samuel N. Parks Parks T. Edward Meley de Soto Tex James J. Doyle Doyle Lineman Abbie T. Danforth Royalton William B. Hutton Hutton William Porter Stockman John Rykmans Foreman Mike Lewicki Los Angeles Cal Fred L. Maneval Maneval Elna Newburg Ridgway John W. Freeman Freeman Johnnie Porter Fort Smith Ark Thomas W. Erwin Erwin Jetta W. Caudill Clyffeside Roy T. Hughes Hughes Elma J. Stafford May Turner Letot Newton Law Law Luther F Anna Nettie L. McClanahan Dorris A. Stafford Letot. Tex Nathan Record Record James A. Bales Bales W. Bruce Fowler McKinney Elijah A. Walker Walker John R. Northcutt Palopinto George A. Blitch Blitch George H. Paul Paul William Hamilton California E. Thompson Benbow Benbow Pearl Drummond Bryan Archie Robinson Robinson Marion P. Greiner Miss Greiner Lora Madon Plattsburg N. Y Charles A. W. Hansen Hansen Joe A. Jones Galveston Klaus L. Larsen Larsen Sub A. Anderson Anderson Robert B. Walker Collinsville William H. McDaniel McDaniel Alonzo L. Smith Kosse Henry J. Schanewerk Schanewerk Fort Worth Thomas J. Gibbons Gibbons Robert M. Meek Edwin A. Sutton Cokedale Colo Arvey N. Florence Florence W. Hampton Arrasmith Cincinnati Benjamin F. Langsdale Langsdale W Hampton Arrasmith Charlen A. West West Express Edward W. Hargett Hargett Nora N. Higdon Anna E. Wendelborn Globe, Ariz A. Reginald Eltringham West Fairview Bert Raymond Raymond Hershel F. Shelby Indianapolis Walter A.smith Smith Frederick H. Voorhis Middletown Louis G. Burkhalter Burkhalter Ruth E. Mastellar Veda G. Hemstock Bradley T. William Hutchins Hutchins Leila de Llorens Ship Island Miss Michael O'Loughlin O'Loughlin Patrick McMahon Stoneham James Higgins Higgins Francis E. Park Park Richard S. Stokes Stokes Lillie B. Evetts R. Ashley Greaves Eva Foster Lometa Lance H. Mardiss Mardiss Charles A. Hill Naco Ariz Frank Fi Isenberg Arabella V Paul K. Krist Altoona Dennis P. Morgan Morgan Armando I. Briscoe Gustine Henry W. Burge Burge Walter C. Bailey Delba William T. Howard Howard Thomas R. Lewis J. Edgar Rogers Parker Alvin J. Miller Miller Hugh and Henry Cooper Leo J. Lockard Lockard John A. Roberts John H. McGee Pittsburgh Percy Walker Abram B. Henrickson Keen Camp George W. T. Snare Bonavita N. F J. Louis Little Robert Brown James C. Little William Ford James Ford Eli Paul McCurtain Okla Jed W. Va

Miss Barton Will Leaves $20,000 Estate to Kin

Clara Barton founder of the Red Cross left a will filed in Worcester Massachusetts probate court. The estate valued at twenty thousand dollars is to be divided among relatives. A committee is named to write her biography.

Clara Barton The Red Cross Worcester Mass Barton

Practical Fashions Pattern 5828 for Women Dress

Charming dress design emphasizes simple waist and one piece sleeves with a four part skirt. Front closure shown features braid trim ideal for pongee taf feta mohair linen pique and similar wash fabrics. Pattern 5828 fits sizes 32 to 42 inches bust and requires 5 1/2 yards of 36 inch material plus 2 yards for insertions. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.

Pattern Department

Simple One Piece Corset Cover For Misses

Design for a corset cover suited to small figures, cut in one piece with a regulating waist tape. Neck edge beading adds detail, with optional scalloped edges or ribbon. Suitable fabrics include lawn and cambric. pattern 5810 in sizes 14 16 18 years. Requires 1% yards material and 1% yards beading plus 1% yards ribbon. Include name town and NC 5810.

Odious Comparison in Circus Banter

A circus magnate scoffs at a friend’s praise of a large animal collection saying Noah carried only two elephants on the ark. The remark frames a humorous biblical comparison in a witty exchange.

Noah

Repeated Divorce and Remarriage Highlight Love Claim

A man proclaims he cannot live without his beloved. The tale notes he has divorced and remarried the same girl three times, underscoring the paradox of enduring attachment despite multiple separations.

Panama Canal Opens Oct 23 1915 First Passage Hailed

The Panama canal is nearing completion with an official opening for traffic planned on October 23, 1915. The Oregon or another small gun boat may be the first through, honoring the Horn voyage. Formal ceremonies are set for January 1, 1915, with widespread preparations and training for canal operation underway.

Panama Canal Oregon San Francisco Panama Big Ditch Horn Gatun Lake Uncle Sam

New Russian Stamps Break Fifty Year Portrait Ban

New postage stamps will feature portraits of rulers including Peter the Great Catherine the Great and Elizabeth Petrovna marking a shift from the long held view that stamping a czar or czarina’s likeness on mail was disrespectful. The series also includes Nicholas I III and Michael Feodorovich the first Romanoff.

Peter the Great Alexander I III Catherine the Great Nicholas I Peter II Elizabeth Petrovna Michael Feodorovich Romanoff

Nagasaki Coal Dominates District Mining Output

Coal formed about 91 percent of Nagasaki district mining products in Japan, with total value exceeding 25 million dollars.

Nagasaki’s Nagasaki Japan

Honest theft tale from eighteenth century London anecdote

In eighteenth century London Montenegro’s law about found valuables led Garibaldi's grandfather to carry nearly $2,000 in gold and silver. He placed the bag on a post to fix his shoe buckle and returned later to find it still safe atop the post after more than three quarters of an hour.

London Montenegro Garibaldi Dickens Leadenhall Market

Peculiar Source of Income for Carafa

A curious tale explains how the composer Carafa was sustained by an unusual income. The Rothschilds aided him through a snuff-box gifted to the author of La Prison. The box proved his principal earnings in days when he was not wealthy.

Carafa la Prison

Trade in a Jewel Between Baron Rothschilds and Carafa

A historic jewel gifted by Baron James de Rothschild to the musician about 30 years ago passed between Carafa and a jeweler in a repeated trade. Carafa sold it within a day for 75 napoleons to the same jeweler, Rothschilds’ heir revived the gift next year, and the cycle persisted until the banker’s death, continued by his sons.

d'Edinbourgh James de Rothschild Carafa Rothschild

Favorite Fiction Headlines Baffle and Sway Readers

Column subtleties reveal quirky notes on tonic excess city water fear of gentrification and odd misdirections. Vignette sketches tied to a neighborly milieu and a morning milk remark show tension over style and access in a changing city.

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Carnegie Fund Robert McD. Logan, Jr Logan William E. Schell Schell W. Sterrett Parkinson Parkinson Charles L. Graham John D. Graham Carlisle John G. Wolfe Nother Wolfe Miss Barton Tos Guthrie & Mitchell
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