Deserted on Wedding Day After Husband Drinks Too Much
A Millville New Jersey bride, Miss Josephine C Butterworth, left her newly furnished home seconds after her wedding when her husband drank at the celebration. She returned to her parents' home citing he did not drink. The couple had married in a ceremony led by Rev John H Magee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Clarence Toole
Sharp Street
Millville
N. J
Sixth Street
Toole
Josephine C. Butterworth
George Butterworth
John H. Magee
Second Methodist Episcopal Church
Borough Council Proceedings April 7 1908
Regular meeting notes resignation of McGaughy accepted. Street and footpath disputes discussed. footwalk obligations assigned or deferred. Water taps reported and town property noted. Tax rate set at Borough 4 mills and Water 23. Secretary salary approved at 66. Bills totaling 156.18 examined. T. I. Bower, Sec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
J. F. Rickrode
Littlestown Road
J. A. Cashman
J. F. Miller
Southwater Street
West High Street
John #. Miller
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Bank
Pitt Street
J.S. A. Smith
Jas. W. Smith
H. K. Schnell
W. High Street
Council On
N. Dicks
T. I. Bower
Wentz Bros. & Frey Carpet Store Ad in Hanover
Local retailer Wentz Bros. and Frey promotes carpets oil cloths and rugs at 33 Ralto Street in Hanover. The brief notice invites customers to inquire about products and likely highlights store offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentz Bros. & Frey
Ralto
Hanover
The Price of Healthy in a Malarious District
Ella Slayton of Noland Arkansas advocates Dr King s New Life Pills priced at 25 cents per box as a remedy for malaria districts. The ad claims gentle cleansing and renewed vigor with a satisfaction guarantee from Ep T Auken s drugstore.
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Dr. King
Ella Slayton
Noland
Ark
Ep. T. Auken
Adams County Orphans Court notices May 11 190s
Legal notice lists many first and final accounts to be presented for confirmation at the Adams County Orphans Court on Monday May 11 at 1 30 am. Accounts include Eliham Walhay Mary F Hook Gideon Baugher H O Beamer Annie Payne Jonas Oyler Mary R Mowery Jacob A Smith Pius Unger Harry Rothaupt Matilda Kauffman and others for estates in Bendersville Menallen Union Biglerville Mountpleasant Hamilton and other townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Adams County
S. B.gochenour
Eliham Walhay
Bendersville
Pius 8. Orner
Andrew J. Funt
Menallen Township
Adams Co
N. R. Beamer
W. A .Beamer
O. H. Beamer
Bigierville
Mary F. Hook
Charles H. Hook
Mountpleasant
Zachariah Oyler
Henry M. Mowery
Mary R Mowery
Hamilton Township
W. S. McCreary
Jacob A. Smith
Hamiltonian Township
Matilda Kauffman
Lalimore Township
Aduls County
Mystery of Delaware City Store Killing Solved
State Detective Gillis arrests Edward Black after the 17 year old confesses he accidentally shot John Cook in Lacey's store Delaware City. Black claims he was loading an old revolver when it discharged and fled, a hearing will determine the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cook
Lacey
Delaware City
Del
Gillis
Edward Black
Cook
Black
Bellefonte Girl Dies After Drinking Carbolic Acid
Miss Minnie Clark, nineteen, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Clark of Bellefonte Pennsylvania, died in hospital from carbolic acid. A farewell note to her parents cited love disappointment as the reason and named pallbearers and the minister for her funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Clark
John Clark
Bellefonte
Postmaster Beaten By Burglars In Maryland Town
Postmaster Morris of Sassafras Cecil County Maryland was shot in the leg and beaten with a club by three burglars who forced his wife at gunpoint to surrender $90 after breaking into the post office and stealing stamps. The trio fled in an unknown direction and remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Sassafras
Cecil County
Vetoes His Own Salary in New Brunswick
New Brunswick reform mayor W. E. Florance vetoed his own quarterly salary bill and all overdrawn appropriations bills. He states there is insufficient money in the salary appropriation for city officials this quarter. The mayor is a Democrat and the council a Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
W. E. Florance
Common Council
Council
Penrose Assured of Re E lection in State Senate Race
Reports from Pennsylvania indicate Boies Penrose will secure re election to the United States senate by the next assembly. Until official returns are filed in Harrisburg no estimate on local option is possible though the issue appears favored in some agricultural counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Boies Penrose
United States Senate
Harrisburg
Runaway Team kills toddler in Harrisburg incident
A two year old named William Howard Stair was fatally struck by a runaway team in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The grandfather, William H. Pressler, a retired railroad engineer, was injured while attempting to save the child as the boy wandered into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Stair
William H. Pressler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Woman Dies After Fall At Westmont Home
Isabelle Neeland fifty wife of Frank Neeland of the Park theatre fell in the dark while getting a drink at her Westmont New Jersey home near Camden. She broke her neck and died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Neeland
Frank Neeland
Park Theatre
Westmont
Camden
N. J
Miners Set to Return as UMW President Predicts Widespread Resumption
Wheeling reports Union President Lewis says contracts with operators will be signed by May 1, with the possible Illinois exception. About 105,000 miners in Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania are to resume work by Thursday, subject to district settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Lewis
Miners’ Union
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Drowned in floods at Hankow and Hupeh province
Disastrous freshet floods in Hankow Hupeh cause 2000 drownings and many ships sunk or wrecked. Nighttime waters caught people unaware as the disaster unfolded with heavy loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai
Hankow
Hu-peh
Resumption at Cambria Mills in Johnstown Pa
Cambria Steel will resume several departments this week after a three months suspension. About 1600 men will regain employment at Cambria Mills in Johnstown Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria Mills
Johnstown
Cambria Steel Company
Boston Chelsea Fire Destroys City in Twelve Hours
A massive blaze in Chelsea, sparked by rags on a city dump and fanned by a 45 mph northwest wind, destroyed hundreds of buildings, left 1500 families homeless, and claimed at least two lives with more feared. Firefighting efforts failed as the flames leaped across blocks toward City Hall Square and City Hall itself, while refugees streamed over Chelsea Bridge and residents scrambled to save belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Chelsea
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston Blacking Company
Everett Avenue
Frost Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Broadway
Chelsea Bridge
City Hall Square
First Baptist Church
City Hall
Maverick
Congress
Essex
Wanamaker Estate Valued At 20 Million For Family
The will of Thomas B. Wanamaker, who died abroad, admits probate in Philadelphia. The estate largely goes to his widow, mother, two sisters, and his brother Rodman Wanamaker. executors are Rodman Wanamaker and Samuel Welsh. Personal property valued at $100,000 plus. real estate not appraised. total value likely $20,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Thomas B. Wanamaker
Office
The
Register of Wills
Mary Lowther Welsh Wanamaker
Mary B. Wanamaker
Mary B. Warburton
Elizabeth Mcleod
Rodman
Louis Rodman Wanamaker
Samuel Welsh
Watch Hill
R. L
Rodman Wanamaker
Bird in Woman's Hat Sparks Church Alarm
In Swinfield New Jersey on April 14 a blue bird perched on Mrs. Simon Harrison’s hat at a Methodist service causing a disturbance. She removed the hat to reveal a nest with four eggs hidden among ribbons and feathers. The hat had been purchased recently and kept in an unused room at her home where bluebirds frequently nest on the Harrison farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swinfield
N. J
Simon Harrison
Women in Men's Clothes Robbery Ring Led by Buzzard
Bridgeton New Jersey April 14 police say Mrs Elizabeth Parson and her daughter, with boarder Harry Blizzard, committed forty to fifty robberies during weeks. Buzzard claimed ignorance until five hours of questioning. He then admitted the pair helped dress in men's clothes to climb through windows, explaining the difficulty of skirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
N. J
Elizabeth Parson
Harry Blizzard
Buzzard
Ground Keeper Scotty Renwicks fatally struck at Penn
William Renwicks known as Scotty, the University of Pennsylvania ground keeper, was struck on the head by a sixteen pound hammer thrown toward him at Franklin Field. He was rushed to the hospital with a severe skull fracture and is in critical condition after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. of P
Philadelphia
William Renwicks
Scotty
University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Daniel F. Luby
Peabody
Mass
Renwicke
Roosevelt orders action to enforce railway racial equality
President Roosevelt released a letter directing the Department of Justice to seek injunctions against railroads in the South that fail to provide equal accommodations for white and colored passengers paying first class fares. The Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Railway is cited for noncompliance, with the Interstate Commerce Commission insisting that separate facilities must be equal in convenience and comfort for the same price. The president calls for immediate enforcement unless another course is preferable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
South
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
State of
Alabama
Police Robbers Sentenced in Philadelphia Case
Four Philadelphia policemen arrested last Saturday for robbing stores and warehouses on patrol boats pleaded guilty before Judge Kinsey. They received seven year sentences in the eastern penitentiary for entering without breaking larceny receiving stolen goods and conspiracy. Cooperating defendants Harry Rothenberger and W A Frost also pleaded guilty. Frost got four years and Rothenberger was sent to Huntingdon reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ear
Dty
Kinsey
Eastern
John W. Straub
John Kelly
C. M. Luckenbill
A. R. Sithens
Iiarry Rothenberger
W. A. Frost
Frost
Rothenbberger
Rothenberger
Huntingdon Reformatory
Princeton University Receives $250000 Gift for Dormitory
At a Princeton University board meeting a $250000 donation from Mrs. Russell Sage was announced to fund a freshman dormitory. The board adopted a resolution thanking Mrs. Sage. Other gifts totaling $130133.54 were listed, led by the Princeton committee of fifty at 31978.50 and the general education board at 64666.66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton College
Board of Trustees
Princeton University
Russell Sage
Sage
Princeton Committee of Fifty
General Education Board
Fisher Fined Ten Dollars Per Mulleteacher
A warden of the state fisheries department captured Harry Witmer of York County Pennsylvania for spear ing fish in a creek near Harrisburg. He was found with six mullets and fined ten dollars for each fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fisheries Department
Harry Witmer
York County
Harrisburg
Senator Tillman Seeks Treatment in Atlanta Sanitarium
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina arrived in Atlanta and was taken to a sanitarium for several weeks of treatment. His condition is said to be satisfactory.
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Tillman
Benjamin R. Tillman
South Carolina
Atlanta
Week's News Condensed Headlines From April
Robbers dynamited the State bank at Huron Kansas escaped with 6500. Benjamin Rosenberger aged seventy died of heart disease on his truck farm near Norristown Pennsylvania. Abraham Lincoln Brick congressman from Indiana died in Indianapolis. Ruth B M Rea widow of Judge Rea and mother of Samuel Rea died in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank
Huron
Atchison County
Kan
Benjamin Rosenberger
Norristown
Abraham Lincoln Brick
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Ruth B. M. Rea
James D. Rea
Samuel Rea
Charles Henry Parker
Harvard
Boston
William L. de Lacey
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Closing Market Prices In Baltimore Wheat Corn Oats And Dairy
The latest quotes show Baltimore markets steady for wheat with No 2 spot at 9 1 2 cents. Corn holds mixed spot around 67 to 68 1 2 cents. Oats firm with No 2 at 58 1 2 to 59 cents. Butter remains steady with creamery extras around 3 1 2 to 3 3 4 cents. Eggs steady with Mary land and Pennsylvania at 14 1 4 cents and southern at 13 1 2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Southern
Marsland
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Live Stock Markets at Pittsburg Union Stock Yards Cattle
Live stock prices show cattle strong with prime and choice buyers up to 6.75 and 6.90. sheep steady with lambs higher and prime wethers around 6.25. calves at 6.27 to 7.50. Hogs active with heavy Yorkers around 6.00 to 6.25 and light Yorkers near 6.15 to 6.60. pigs 4.30 to 6.60 and roughs 5.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Union Stock Yards
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Cora May Grumbine
Joseph Long
York
Chambersburg
Long
German Baptist Church
Council Proceedings
Registeris Notices
Steffy
Annapolis Naval Academy
Antonio Pessoline
Akron
New York
Plymouth
Reading Railway
Flourtown
George SF. Kimbel
Leon Thurman
Norfolk Va
Dolson
Ed H. Galloway
Sulphur Springs
George W. Thomas
First State Bank
Newport
Wash
Hiram C. Millard
Bally Millard
Alum Creek Canyon
Cal
J. D. Shearer
Williamsport
Valvaline Oil Company
East Butler
Michael Suboda
Bedford
Cleveland
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