Woman Burns Herself to Death in Yard Tragedy
Philadelphia paper reports Mrs. Rose Ratner, 54, mother of seven, died by self immolation in her back yard at 334 Moore. She wore a kerosene soaked nightgown and lay on a pile of paper ashes. Husband Benjamin found her body after hearing a noise about 3 AM. she had suffered mental distress since a car accident ten months earlier.
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Philadelphia
Rose Ratner
Moore
Benjamin
Ratner
Harry Apel
Shriners Train Wrecks Near Tennessee Pass
In Colorado near Leadville, a Denver and Rio Grande Western eastbound train carrying Shriners from a San Francisco gathering derailed two miles east of Tennessee Pass. Four Pullman cars and the engine of the first section turned over, injuring twenty people, four of them seriously.
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Shriners
Jeadville
Coy
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Tennessee Pass
Leadville
Eastern Shriners
San Francisco
Mother of Five Missing in Lancaster Area
Mrs David Ehrhart, 26, mother of five, vanished from her Martinville area home on Saturday evening. State and local police report no trace found. Husband unable to explain her disappearance and fears she may have harmed herself.
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Lancaster
David Ehrhart
Martinville
Men Work Under Guard in Shamokin Building District
Mounted troopers patrolled Shamokin business district to protect workers returning to sites under a new wage dispute. Hodcarriers and laborers seeking 4 290 a day minimum. contractors offer five cents an hour for an eight hour day. State police protection limited disturbances, with more projects expected to resume soon.
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Bhamokin
Shamokin
American Legion Memorial Hall
Hodcarriers
American Local Union
Minera
Posinear
Ultimatum From Belgium Demands German Decision
Brussels June 21 Premier Theo nia of Belgium gave the German delegation forty eight hours to accept or reject proposed arrangements for the redemption of the 6 000 000 marke war debt in exchange for Belgian money. He warned that if no decision was reached Belgium would immediately begin liquidation of sequestrated German property to end delays.
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Germany
Brussels
Theonia
Belgium
Comfort is the modern watchword New Jersey hen laid a fat egg
A short quirky item notes a New Jersey hen laying an unusually large egg, with a bemused aside about comfort as a watchword and the hen’s expected setting. The Flint Journal reports the odd domestic moment in a light column tone.
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Comfort
New Jersey
Flint (Mich
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Frederich
Puddine
Fruit Puddine Co
Baltimore
East Patrick Street
Frederick
Maryland
McHenry Bros
Cor. 7Th and
Bentz Sts
McHenry Bros. Cor
C. E. Culler
Frederick, MD
Sport Oxfords
Brosen
Market ST
Patrick ST
Fisk
Cord Tires
Aenck
Fordson
Ford
Frederick Motor Co
R. L. Wartie A
Ana Mgr
West
Bese Merhl F. Mooberly
Phece
East
Patrick Street
Dr. Fahrney
Helfenstein & Urner, Insurance
North Market Street
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