Methodists Plan Old Age Pensions For Ministers
A Franklin Pa meeting related to the Erie Conference Methodist Episcopal Church campaign to raise 240000 for a Permanent Amity Fund. Bishop McGoint presided with about seventy five pastors and laymen from northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York pledging support. The plan aims to boost the fund to 100090? with the goal of aiding conference claimants through annual interest.
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Franklin, Pa
Bullenads
Erie
Methodist Episcopal Church
DuBois
Franklin
Francis J. McGoint
Pittsburgh
Erie Conference
Pennsylvania
New York
C. W. Miner
Rey
Homer Davis
Herbert Ellis
Chicago Learns To Foil Alligator Threats From Reptile Team
Chicago readers were told of a security breakthrough after Karl Schmidt and Leon Walters returned from British Honduras with rare reptile specimens. The scientists at the Wild Museum of Natural History demonstrated methods to foil alligator threats, easing public concern across the city.
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Roland Krebs
International News Service
Chicago
Judgment Of Solomon Dramatic Not Law Says Chicago Jurist
Chicago judge Joseph B. David grants Leona to Mrs. Julia Wargnn after Leona’s mother refuses to name the child’s father. He notes Solomon’s drama was not legal ruling, and praises maternal care without blaming Mrs. Leng. The decision hinges on proving not Leona’s biological mother.
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Solomon
Chicago
Little Leong
Felicia
Joseph B. David
Leona
Julia Wargnn
Nicholas Leng
Spokane Realtors Ban Leases to Moonshiners
Spokane, Wash June 16 Real estate firms in eastern Washington plan to insert no moonshining clauses in standard leases as owners near Spokane add such terms. Moonshiners seek tract leases near towns with good water supplies, offering up to 40 dollars a month for stall tracts, though such land is nearly useless for agriculture.
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International Mews Service
Spokane Wash
Spokane
Washington
Man saves daughter from car in river disaster
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania a car slid off McCann’s Ferry into the Monongahela River. L R McFadden and his 11-year-old daughter were pulled from 20 feet of water by the ferryman after the vehicle sped from the ramp. Both survived and went home shortly after.
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Carmichaels, Pa
McCann's Ferry
Monogahela
L. R. McFadden
Uniontown
McFadden
Botl
Mother Of 5 Found Hanging From Tree
The body of Annie Madar aged 35 of Frank avenue and Cherry street was found hanging from a tree in woods off Kennywood road near Braddock bridge last night. It was discovered by 14 year olds Anthony Lebake and George Lucas of Smith lane Munhall. Frank Dar her husband identified the body and said she left home yesterday afternoon saying she was going for a little walk. She leaves five children.
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Annie Madar
Frank Avenue
Cherry Street
Kennywood Road
Braddock Bridge
Anthony Lebake
George Lucas
Smith Lane
Munhall
Frank Dar
Children take turns swallowing poison pills incident
In Stevens Point on June 15 Rudolph, near here, two children Glyde Block, 3, and Cleo Block, 2, took poison pills after pleas from each other. Their mother seized the tablets and called a doctor who prescribed home remedies. The boy survived but the girl’s condition remained precarious.
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Stevens Point
Glyde
Cleo
Walter Block
Rudolph
Will Open Auto Headquarters In Downtown Section
The Lawrence Automobile Association plans to open headquarters in a prominent downtown building within the near future. A manager versed in highways and information for motorists will be chosen, and a membership campaign will be announced soon. The board met with retiring officers outlining the information bureau and campaign duties. A campaign office is to be established promptly, aided by the Keystone Automobile Club which provided a list of Lawrence County automobile owners.
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Lawrences Automobile Association
Board of
Jas
Board of Governors
Board of Trade
David Jameson
Hiram ¢. Miller
A. C. Hoyt
Information Bureau
Keystone Automobile Club
Law-Rence County
Ancient book warns tobacco dangers in Medina find
An old printed tract from 1621, reportedly the oldest book in Medina County, is in the possession of Wy. F. Rickert. The title page calls it a brief treatise on the penalties of tobacco and notes a movement in the Episcopal Church to grant women wider opportunities for theological training alongside men.
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International News Service
Medina
Ohio
Wy. F. Rickert
Medina County
Episcopal Church
Better Health for Women by Lydia E Pinkham Card
A Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company questionnaire shows 50 000 responses with 98 out of 100 women saying they benefited from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The piece promotes the product as offering better health for American women and urges trials for women with sex specific ailments.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Brooklyn native named imperial potentate of mystic shrine
Conrad V. Dykeman, newly elected imperial potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, is a Brooklyn native long prominent in business and philanthropy. He traces Dutch ancestry and has earned praise for aiding underprivileged boys through charitable work.
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Conrad V. Dykeman
Brooklyn
Dykeman
Civic leader aided first New York civil service bill
The text notes a Brooklyn civic figure who led the Boys' Welcome hall board and headed the Rotary Club committee for boys' work. It highlights his pivotal role assisting Theodore Roosevelt in pushing through the state’s first mandatory civil service bill in the New York legislature.
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Board of Trustees
Boys' Welcome Hall
Brooklyn
Rotary Club Committee
Theodore Hoosevelt
New York
U S Sells 60 Percent of Japan Silk Output
New York June 15 Sixty percent of Japan raw silk produced and exported to the United States and New York has since the war placed England as the center of Japanese foreign trade, Yoshio Sashidi says, Tokio Produce Exchange member and president. The International Moulders' Institute has spent nearly 4 500 000 in sick benefits since 1893.
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New York
United State
England
Yoshio Sashidi
Tokio Produce Exchange
International Moulders’ Inlet
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