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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
13
Williamsport Pa June 5 Mrs Matilda Quiggle 52 an inmate of a charitable home collapsed and died while attempting to beat another elderly resident in a friendly race to the breakfast table today authorities said she suffered a fatal collapse during the contest and was pronounced dead at the scene
Catalog notes show porch furniture and baby coaches with prices from 43 to 75 cents. Items include kiddette body dolls with bisque heads, sleeping eyes, shoes and stockings. Special sale advertised for Saturday on the Third Floor at Bowman’s.
Silk fabrics offered include 33 inch natural silk pongee 79 cents per yard 36 inch silk and cotton crepe de chine in multiple colors 42 to 59 cents per yard 40 inch silk crepe de chine 98 cents per yard Printed silk crepes feature various designs Satin stripe wash silks 43 cents per yard. Bowman’s advertises main floor displays and mail order service.
County commissioners in Steelton conducted drawing lots to resolve multiple ties for Republican, Democratic and Washington committee nominations. Names drawn included W H Kell and William Taylor winning in the Second Precinct Third Ward Steelton, with Poindexter’s name drawn though he did not appear.
Local shop advertises the Mystery Ball and Rainy Day Box to amuse children, plus handmade baby clothes. The Marianne Kinder Markt, 218 Locust Street, invites mothers to shop for contented babies and suggests coffee blends from B B Drum at 1801 North Sixth Street. Also promoting men’s tailoring by George F Shope, the Hill Tailor, 1241 Market Street, with emphasis on fit and workmanship.
New polling locations for the Ninth Ward were chosen under revised precinct lines from a board of viewers and will go to the June quarter sessions grand jury for approval. Viewers William D. Block Thomas F. Beidleman and Ed F. Doehne visited the area yesterday to decide suitable polling sites.
Officials monitor Huerta actions in Tampico as gunboats may enforce blockades and arms shipments to Carranza face hurdles. A New York to Galveston ammunition ship reportedly sails today with potential transshipment to Mexican ports.
Bishop Darlington ordained two men to the priesthood in the chapel at his home. The Rev. David Pugh Griffith of St. Mary's Williamsport and the Rev. Henry Draper Speakman of the Mt. Alto Tuberculosis Sanatorium received holy orders, with Rev. Burnett Le Roy Paugh of Marietta ordained a deacon after graduation from Sewanee.
Forty young immigrant girls in a muslin garment factory were awarded literacy certificates at a city graduation in an industrial plant. A year earlier they could not express themselves in English or write their names legibly. The event extends the public school system into industrial schools.
Charles A. Ridley, an American, was freed by order of President Huerta at the Brazilian minister's request after arrest in Saltillo on April 22. He was briefly liberated May 7, rearrested, and brought to Mexico. He plans to return to Los Angeles. Four other Americans remain jailed on political charges in Mexico City and Orizaba. The Japanese envoy Mineichiri Adachi traveled toward Colima for talks with Commander Moriyama aboard the cruiser Idzumo.
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