Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal Feasible Says Newcomer
Lieutenant Colonel H C Newcomer United States army engineer argues the Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship canal is feasible and could cost 60 million dollars not 50 million. He says tonnage exists to make it paying and government help may be needed for construction and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Lake Erie and
Ohio River Ship Canal
H. C. Newcomer
United States Army
Pittsburg
National Waterways Commission
Newcomer
Bridges Girl Clings 10 See: Trial Narratives in Court
The report describes Mildred Bridges asserting abuse at home and seeking independence from her father. It alleges she joined a controversial movement and quotes claims of planned ruin against Lee. Witness Stephen Bridges testified for the state while Cantwell attacked press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Bridges
Bridges
Lee
See
God
Cantwell
Stephen Bridges
Protest over garbage service in New Castle continues
Residents complain of unsystematic pickup due to can shortage and vow to seek state health help if service does not improve. Health officers lobbied for power to compel timely collection, but the council rejected the clause. Bond forfeiture remains the only potential action against the contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
McCandless
Cohen
Tafts Celebrate Silver Wedding and Visit
The Tafts marked a silver wedding with a royal visit by an American battleship squadron. Congratulatory messages came from Mehmed V and former President Roosevelt's family sent regrets. Gifts include an antique silver bowl from the Roosevelts and a Yale '78 fern dish, with many cabinet and army navy officers contributing. A silver wedding march manuscript reached the White House from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehmed V
Turkey
Roosevelt
Roosevelts
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Yale
Psi Upsilon Fraternity
Taft Philippine Party
Cincinnati Commercial Club
Sherman
Army
Navy
White House
Machowetzky
New York
Musical Institute
Warsaw
Russia
Taft
Fruit peddlers clash with Chicago police riot crowds
Six hundred fruit and vegetable peddlers defied a police order prohibiting crying wares and faced reserves with drawn clubs at Market and Madison. Mrs. Clara Redman urged the mass meeting to adjourn to a hall where a committee would seek mayoral intervention. Housewives report price hikes of 20 to 25 percent since truck farm goods vanished from retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clara Redman
Market
Madison
Garment Workers
Fried-man
Harrison
Personal notices from Omaha and nearby towns
Mrs Bowman of Omaha Neb hosts aunt Mrs Joseph Anderson on Wallace avenue Miss Margaret Adams of Bellevue returns home after visiting Miss Mary Griffith of Carlisle Street Miss Ellen Farrell of Reynolds ville completes a visit with her sister Mrs T V A Malloy of Highland Avenue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman
Omaha, Neb
Joseph Anderson
Wallace Avenue
Margaret Adams
Bellevue
Mary Griffith
Carlisle Street
Ellen Farrell
Reynoldsville
T. V. A. Malloy
Highland Avenue
Lost pocketbook on Friendship Street rewards finder
Lost pocketbook on Friendship Street contained savings of a newsboy. Reward offered for return to Robert L. Gaston of East Epworth Street. Bell phone 639 L.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship St
Robert L. Gaston
East
Epworth Street
Bell
Conwell Speaks at Baptist World Assembly Opening
The Baptist World Alliance opened in Philadelphia with Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur as a leading presidential candidate. Opposing him is Rev Dr Mullins of Louisville. Rev Dr John Clifford presided as 5,000 delegates from sixty nations gathered. Mayor Reyburn welcomed attendees before remarks by August Strong and Russell H. Conwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Philadelphia
Robert Stuart MacArthur
Cavalry Baptist Church
New York City
Baptist World Alliance Convention
Mullins
Southern Theological Seminary
Louisville
John Clifford
London
Mayor Reyburn
August H. Strong
Northern Baptists’ Convention
Russell H. Conwell
Grace Baptist Temple
Wives Quarrel Over Legal Wife Claim in Pittsburg
Peter C Sharp faces a domestic dispute as two women claim to be his legal wife. Anna Catherine 70 and wife No 2 50 quarrel over status after Anna Catherine traced him from California and Chicago. Sharp says he will not give up Louise and plans to build a house for Anna Catherine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Pittsburg
Peter C. Sharp
Peter Sharp
Anna Catherine
Chicago
California
Sharp
Louise
Crews Desert Morgan Liners Threaten General Strike
United Press reports Creole and Sol crews abandoned their Morgan liner ships on arrival in New York. Seamen's union officials say the action shows unity behind demands for higher pay and better conditions and warn a general strike could tie up the Southern Pacific fleet within a week if companies do not meet demands by tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Creole
Sol
Seamen’s Union
Southern Pacific
Steamship Line
Mrs. L. C. Copley Welcomed in National Capital Circles
Mrs. L. C. Copley wife of a newly elected Illinois congressman will be warmly received in congressional social circles at the capital. She is noted for social prominence and expected to attend events with lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Copley
Illinois
La Follette and Wilson to Address Social Center Conference
Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette and New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson will speak from the same platform in Madison in October. The event is the first national conference on social center development and not a partisan political rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Poker games flourish at Census Bureau in Washington
In Washington on June 19 poker games recur nightly among census clerks. The secretary of commerce and labor, Nagel, fired James R. Duke and demoted several others. Beginning Tuesday, tennis preliminaries for players under 20 start at the Country Club with partner drawings posted this evening at the club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
James R. Duke
Davies Bets $20,000 On Marriage That Never Was
Rolla M. Davies a Chicago real estate broker and club man bets $20,000 he would not marry before January 1, 1912. He later plans a wedding party funded by his bet after meeting Miss Lillian Johnson and agreeing to wed on July 6 at the Round Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rolla M. Davies
Lillian Johnson
Davies
Ilinois
Miss Johnson
Mrs. Edwin S. Douglas Arrives for City Visit
Mrs. Edwin S. Douglas arrives in the city for a visit with her sister Mrs. C. W. Watson of North Jefferson Street. Mrs. Douglas was formerly Miss Mollie Power of this city and has many friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin S. Douglas
City
C. W. Watson
North Jefferson Street
Douglas
Mollie Power
Last Chance to Buy New Typewriters at Discounted Prices
We offer two of eight remaining new typewriters, unused since factory. One has 14 inch carriage, the other regular length. Both close out at 55 dollars each with trade allowances for worn machines.
Dumas Denies Link to Northern Minnesota Robbers
Det ectives find six sticks of dynamite in the safe of Dr A F Dumas mayor of Cass Lake and leader of a gang of safe blowers and fire bugs. Dumas explains he showed how to open the safe and feared an explosion if forced to blow it. He says he bought the dynamite for a friend to clear stumps and denies any connection to the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Lake
Minn
A. F. Dumas
Dumas
Three Girls Drown When Canoe Capsizes
In Eaton Rapids Michigan on June 19 three girls Lela and Lena Stewart aged 16 and 14 and Fern Hall aged 14 drowned when their canoe capsized in the Grand River. The accident was not witnessed. The overturned craft was found downstream and search efforts recovered the three bodies near the river bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Lela
Lena Stewart
Fern Hall
Grand River
Fallen Barnhart Wedding Sets July Third
Monday July 3 is the date chosen by Miss Nellie B Fallen daughter of Mr and Mrs John Fallen of Pennsylvania avenue for her marriage to Mr Walter Barnhart of this city formerly of Stoneboro The wedding will be held in St Marys church with Father OShea officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie B. Fallen
John Fallen
Pennsylvania Avenue
Walter Barnhart
Stoneboro
St. Mary’s Church
Father O'Shea
Bible Class Meets At McFadden Home
The Anna McClaren Bible class will meet Tuesday afternoon at 621 East Reynolds Street. The class will be discontinued for the summer after this meeting with Mrs Aubrey McFadden as teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna McClaren
A. O. McFadden
East Reynolds Street
Aubrey McFadden
Ben Hur Memorial Service Held For Deceased Members
The annual Ben Hur memorial service was held Sunday at 2 PM in the tribe hall with Dr. H J Whalen delivering the address. Services remembered Mrs. Thomas Grannis Mrs. Anna M Coulter and Frank Waddington who passed away in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Whalen
Thomas Grannis
Anna M. Coulter
Frank Waddington
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Fisher’s Big Store
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Underskirts
Ohio River Canal
I Pg
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Cascade Park
Andrews
Chile
Walter Craven and
Wm. Roberts
Stationery CO
N. Mercer St
Conwell
Baptist Assembly
Desert Morgan
National
Mrs LC Cop
Washington ST
Ben Hur
R. W. Clendenin & Sons
Mill ST
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