Wilson College Commencement Draws Large Wilson Class
Thirty seven graduates received degrees at the forty sixth annual commencement of Wilson College for Women in Chambersburg. Rev. Dr. Robert MacGowan delivered the oration. Dr. Ethelbert Dudley Warfield presided. Degrees awarded included Bachelor of Arts to Jessie Null, Margaret Greenawalt, Mary Thrush and others from Chambersburg and nearby towns. music graduates listed as well.
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Chambersburg
Wilson College For
Robert MacGowan
First Presbyterian Church
Lancaster
Ethelbert Dudley Warfield
Jessie Regina Null
Margaret Brough Greenawalt
Mary Lydia Thrush
Lillian Claster
Lock Haven
Huléa Enterline
Big Run
Dorothy Elizabeth Gherst
Millersville
Corinne Barnett Rawsey
New Bloomfield
Emily Mae Reichard
Milton
Martha Harriet Ross
Lebanon
Auto wheel collapse kills man in Altoona incident
In Altoona on June 13 an automobile wheel collapsed at Allegheny Furnace, killing Samuel Stonerook aged 50, a blacksmith from Woodbury. Injured were Jesse Settle, 55, with a broken right arm and severe facial lacerations, and Howard Pressel, 43, with cuts and bruises.
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Altoona
Allegheny Furnace
Samuel Stonerook
Woodbury
Jesse Settle
Howard Pressel
Charges Forgery In Carlisle Case Involves $500 Note
Special to the Telegraph reports Florence Nunemaker once of Carlisle now in Philadelphia has claimed a blank note presented as a $500 instrument was forged. Miss Anna McCammmon, a former local real estate agent, has been arrested on forgery charges.
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Carlisle
Florence Nunemaker
Philadelphia
Anna
McCammon
Carlisle Considers Gettysburg Franchise for Blue Ridge League
Carlisle Pennsylvania June 14 A movement by baseball enthusiasts aims to buy and move the Gettysburg team’s Blue Ridge League franchise to Carlisle for the rest of the season. Gettysburg reportedly asks about $500 for the franchise with Eugene Hanks mentioned as proposed manager.
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Carlisle
Gettysburg
Theattlefield Town Nine
Eugene Hanks
Mercersburg
Hagerstown
Auto Kills Reading Child On Bridge
Reading Pa June 14 a nine year old girl Omine Damato was struck and killed on the Binghaman Street bridge by an automobile owned by William H Kohl a Reading businessman and the death was instantaneous.
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Reading
Yes ‘Terday Omine Damato
Binghaman Street
William H. Kohl
Democrats Open Their Convention Hailed By Delegates
Delegates cheered Governor Glynn’s prediction of Wilson’s reelection as the convention crowd waved flags and flooded the floor. A procession formed with New Jersey and other states bearing stanchions while the gallery filled slowly and only band music and fixtures offered amusement.
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Glynn
Wilson
New Jersey
Illinois
Maryland
Indiana
Tame
Carpenters
Convention Opens as Bryan Receives Row and Resignedviews
Convention called to order by William F. McCombs with J. Bruce Kramer reading the call. Opening prayers by Rev. Dr. James W. Lee. Delegates filed in, coats shed in heat, and Texas delegates tossed cotton to the galleries. Bryan takes his seat to an ovation as McCombs conducts the session amid cheering.
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National Committee
J. Bruce Kramer
James W. Lee
Martin H. Glynn
New York
Chicago
Wilson
America
Texas
Bryan
Columbia
Dixie
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Mr. Bryan
McCombs
Methodist Episcopal
St. Louis
Nebraska
J. J. Thomas
Stuart
Neb
Thomas
W. D. Oldham
W. H. Thompson
Ollie James
Kentucky
Daniels
Healer Claims Moses Incarnation in Defiance of Indictment
The Rev Francis Schlatter testified in his own defense asserting he is the reincarnation of Moses and the King of Divine Healers He spoke amid efforts to prevent his removal to Los Angeles for trial on a Federal indictment charging use of the mails to defraud Witnesses testified he had cured by him in what authorities describe as a miraculous healing spree
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New York
Moses
Francis Schlatter
Los Angeles
United States
Houghton
Millersburg Council Approves Paving of Key Streets
Millersburg Pennsylvania on June 14 the Borough Council voted to pave North and South Market streets and East Main street a total distance of about feet. The paving will be of concrete or asphalt as decided by council officials.
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Millersburg
Market Street
East Main Street
Democratic Convention Odds in Coli seum St Louis
At the Coliseum in St Louis on June 14 delegates and spectators filled seats as the convention opened with cheering and a national airs medley. Bryan entered to cheers, Ollie James arrived to applause, and Ex Gover Glynn of New York delivered the keynote at 1 PM as temporary officers were named.
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St. Louis
Bryan
McCombs
Ollie James
Kremer
National Committee
Glynn
New York
Wilson Resists Platform Pledge On Judge to Office Move
Administration officials disclosed President Wilson rejected a proposed Democratic plank barring federal judges from resigning to seek elective office. He warned against petty politics and conveyed to St Louis that such changes would not be countenanced.
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Wilson
St. Louis
Deaths and Funerals Listings for Toland and Cottman
Harold E Toland 21 died at home of parents on Green street after brief illness. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm Paxtang Cemetery. Emma S Cottman died at son in law Paxsons Emerald street after noon. Survived by daughter Mrs Paxson and son William Cottman. Funeral Thursday 7 30 pm Roslyn, Pa.
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Charles F. Toland
Green Street
Messiah Lutheran Church
Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief Association
Paxtang
EM Ss. Cottman
Emma
Cottman
Joseph Paxson
Emerald Street
Joseph L. Paxson
William Cottman
Philadelphia
Roslyn
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