Wealthy Chicago Packer to Marry Noted Opera Star
Charles H. Swift millionaire packer and vice president of Swift and Company confirms engagement to Claire Dux famed opera singer. The couple plan marriage this fall and Swift hopes Dux will retire from singing. Funds from their Flower and Civil War Veterans Aid Fund will support Union Veterans charity work with Mayor Dunlap backing the cause.
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International News Service
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Dux
North Shore
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Virs Dux
Misa Dux
New York
Europe
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Chicago Civic Opera
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G A R Ladies to Sell Flags for Funds
The Ladies of the G A R will, with approval from May or William H Dunlap, sell small flags on city streets Saturday to raise money for ongoing work and projects.
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William H. Dunlap
American youth on trial for desertion in Syria
Paris reports no sentence yet for Bennett Doty known as Gilbert Clare who faces desertion charges from the French foreign legion in Syria. A semi official message denies death sentence rumors as the trial, begun in June, remains unfinished in Biloxi, Mississippi?
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International News Service
Paris
Bennett Doty
Gilbert Clare
French Foreign Legion
Syria
Doty
Biloxi
Miss
Director Of Summer Camp Here Friday
Clyde Scott of Tarentum Pa a Thiel college student will arrive Friday to chair the St Pauls Lutheran church summer camp committee. The church has bought the former Loose Nut club site by Neshannock creek near New Wilmington Junction to host a camp for 16 to 24 people weekly. Scott brings six years of experience and is well suited for the role.
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Tarentum
Thiel College
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
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Neshannock Creek
New Wilmington Junction
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Rev C H Holcomb at Parsonage Park Avenue
Dr C H Holcomb pastor of First Christian church and his wife occupy the church parsonage at 322 Park Avenue Mrs Holcomb and son Grant came from Barbertown yesterday to New Castle Rev Holcomb began the pastorate here in April.
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C. H. Holcomb
First Christian Church
Park Avenue
Bandit Slain by Victim in Brooklyn Hallway
In Brooklyn a bandit was killed by his own gun after Samuel Laria, a 30 year old chauffeur, wrestled the weapon from William Decarro and fired. The other two bandits fled with $36, a diamond pin and a watch while Laria was briefly held on a homicide technical charge.
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International News Service
New York
Brooklyn
William Decarro
Samuel Laria
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Red Men to Name Officers Today
The 77th session of the Improved Order of Red Men will elect officers for next year in Philadelphia today after closing this year's convention. Mayor W Freeland Kendrick reviewed a parade of about 30,000 in buckskin uniforms with bands from 67 outfits. A new photoplay titled Red Hot Papa is prompting talk of a sequel named So's Your Old Man.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Order of Red Men
W. Freeland Kendrick
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