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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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W. Sterrett Parkinson
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Charles L. Graham
John D. Graham
Carlisle
John G. Wolfe
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Wolfe
Miss Barton
Tos
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