Aged Wampum Woman Passes Away At Home
Mrs. Sarah Webster Henry aged 74 died at her home in Wampum Pennsylvania. She was born in Mercer County and lived in Wampum 45 years a Methodist church member. She leaves husband Robert Henry three daughters and two sons. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the Methodist church with interment in Clinton cemetery. Also notes of local church meetings and officer elections.
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Wampum
Sarah Webster Henry
Robert Henry
Henry
Mercer County
Methodist Church
Julia Robb
Woodlawn
Elizabeth Caldwell
Newport
Laura Reynes
Joseph
William Henry
Mary A. Lakey
Nancy Johnson
Beaver Falls
Adeline Harryhill
Lincoln
Neb
Clinton Cemetery
Presbyterian Sunday School Class Outing at Jenkins Bridge
Members of Class No. 8 of the Presbyterian Sunday school enjoyed a basket picnic at Jenkins Bridge yesterday. Taught by Mrs. C. L. Repman, the outing used Repman’s machine for transport both ways. The group spent the day bathing and wading with special guests Rebecca McConahy, Bessie Noggle and Eugene Repman joining the event.
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Presbyterian Sunday School
Jenkins' Bridge
C. L. Repman
Repman
Rebecca McConahy
Bessie Noggle
Eugene Repman
Jean Abernathy
Alberta Pettigrew
Mary Eliza
The Unbeliever at Regent Theatre draws crowds
Townsfolk flock to Washington Street to see The Unbeliever starring U S Marines and hear audiences praise the photoplay. The Regent theatre shows the film and locals urge all to attend.
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Washington Street
U. S
Regent Theatre
Smith Keeps Smith as Married Name in Canton Nuptials
Helen Smith of Marchand near Canton wed Frank Smith of Massillon. She kept her maiden name Smith, following her mother's example who married John Smith of Marchand, continuing the Smith line in the family.
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Canton, O
Helen Smith
Marchand
Here
Frank Smith
Massillon
Smith
John Smith
Love Powder Wonder Arrested
ST LOUIS Mo June 7 Mrs Emma Bracken 30 of this city was arrested here following a report that she would enable young women to win the affections of any man they sought The direct charge against the woman is fortune telling.
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ST. Louis
Emma Bracken
Man Declares Innocence In Castle de Shannon Bank Robbery
Nick Kern Manos testified he was hired to drive the getaway car for seven dollars and proclaimed his innocence after being sentenced to die in the electric chair by Judge MacFarlane for the Castle de Shannon bank robbery that left two employees dead in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Nick Kermanos
Castle de Shannon
Sen~tenced
MacFarlane
Kemanos
How Women Prevent Food Profiteering in St Louis
St Louis women organize by wards and circles to curb food profiteering. A 2000 to 3000 woman effort will visit grocery stores monthly, collect price data from commodity sheets, and report violators to the U S Food Administration with secret service involvement for enforcement.
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Committee of Public Information
George Gellhorn
Women’s Central Committee On
United States
Gellhorn
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
Secret Service
Quaint City of Bailleul in War Geography Bulletin
The National Geographic Society reports Bailleul in northern France now in German hands with its medieval bell tower, church, and musee mentioned. It lies nine miles east of Hazebrouck and seven miles west of Armentieres on the Calais Lille line, once noted for lace and other crafts. The Baliol lineage links Guy de Baliol to England in 1066 and John de Baliol as a Scottish contender.
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Lys
Hazebrouck
Armentieres
Calais
Baliols
Scotland
Kailleul
Guy
Guido de Baliol
England
William the Conqueror
John de Baliol
Robert Bruce
Dampierre
Harcourt and Vinoy
Tons Of Dandelions From City Lawns
Hutchinson Kansas reports a two weeks cleanup campaign by the city clean up committee removing five tons of dandelions from lawns and parks. The effort cost about $50 with 509 pounds collected by Eugene Smith and 485 pounds by Galen Finch.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Eugene Smith
Galen Finch
Wives' Pin Money Defined by Old Newspaper Quotation
A line of dialogue frames a wife’s allowance as “pin money” used for small purchases. The Old Matron quips that husbands think money only buys basic items like pins to hold clothes together, diminishing a wife’s needs to feed and sustain.
Surgeon Colonel Bruce Arrives for American Medical Congress
Surgeon Colonel Herbert Alexander Bruce, consulting surgeon to the British forces in France, arrives in the United States to attend the American Congress of Medical Societies in Chicago the week of June 10 to 14. He has been associate professor of clinical surgery at the University of Toronto since 1897 and serves as president of the Ontario Medical Association.
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Herbert Alexander Bruce
France
American Congress of Medical Societies
Chicago
Bruce
University of Toronto
Ontario Medical Association
61 County Fairs Are Scheduled
Harrisburg June 7 County and local fair associations laid plans for a fat fair season in Pennsylvania despite the war sixty one associations have registered dates with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Last year eighty one fairs were registered but many were not held. Present indications show little curtailment this year with usual purses for track races and a noticeable rise in agricultural premiums at some associations.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Canadians push for labor representative on veterans training committee
Canadian unions urge inclusion of a labor representative on the committee tasked with aiding vocational training for returned soldiers. The move aims to ensure worker input in job reentry programs and apprenticeship oversight.
Sunday Movies In Sharon Sought In Mills District
Petition drive in Sharon Pennsylvania seeks Sunday motion pictures as workers in mills have no leisure options. Petitions will be presented to Burgess Theodore Morgan. The effort argues six day workweeks leave men with nowhere to go for amusement on Sundays.
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Sharon
Burgess Theodore Morgan
Petitioners Face Opposition From Valley Ministerial Association
Petitioners expect stiff pushback from the Valley Ministerial Association as they push forward with their proposal. The group plans to mobilize clergy and lay leaders to oppose the plan at upcoming meetings.
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Ministerial Association of the Valley
German jailed for gloating over submarine activity
Albert Karl Hoch, 50, of Altoona Pennsylvania, was jailed after admitting praise for German submarine actions off the Atlantic coast. He reportedly said the stars on the American flag reminded him of beer bottle tops and he saw no reason saloons should be closed when drafted men were leaving.
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Altoona
Albert Karl Hoch
Atlantic
Hoch
Father to Fight Against His Son in German War
Pittsburg June 7 Igna Wesolowski has gone to Canada to join the engineer corps of the Potish army that is being recruited there His three sons are fighting with the German army.
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Igna Wesolowski
Canada
Engineer Corps
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