Women Raise Funds With White Robes At City Outlets
About 809 women in white robes and caps conducted a red Cross tag drive to fund a Homeopathic maternity hospital. They staffed street corners rail stations and offices with large red pasteboard boxes and collected from passersby and even strangers. James Butler of the Empire City race track contributed a large sum from his pocket after a brief tug. The effort extended through Central and Yonkers avenues and included factory workers clerks and tradesmen. The total raised was at least $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra RR
Central
Yonkers Avenues
James Butler
Empire City
Drowning in Schuylkill Republic News Briefs
Ellwood McCullus, ten years old, drowned after getting beyond his depth while bathing in the Schuylkill river at Norristown Pennsylvania. A severe electrical storm struck an oil tank near Olean New York igniting about 26 000 barrels of oil. James R Hull a fireman on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad was killed at Washington New Jersey when his locomotive was sideswiped by another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood McCullus
Schuylkill River
Norristown
Olean
N. Y
James R. Hull
Delaware, Lackawanna’ & Western Railroad
Washington, NJ
Long Walk for Army Officers Over Riding Test
President Roosevelt orders some army officers excused from the thirty miles a day riding test if they complete a fifty mile three day walking test. Walkers must average about two and a half miles per hour and may include staff officers of high rank. The measure targets especially artillery officers, with walking allowed as an alternative to riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Ast
Suicide at Hotel Russ in Harrisburg
Howard H. Swope of Lebanon an employee of the Philadelphia Reading Railway shot himself in the basement of the Hotel Russ Harrisburg dying at once The act occurred after he left a boarding house nearby and delivered the fatal wound without warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghot Himeslf
Harrieburg
Howard H. Swope
Lebanon
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Russ
Swope
Ared
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Letters from Mrs. A Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs. Alvina Sperling of Chicago claim Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female troubles without surgery. The ad touts twenty year history, lists conditions treated, and invites women to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Alvina Sperling
Cleybourne Ave
Chicago
Lydia
Pinkham
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Chep
Charley Jonca
Jimmie
Exchange
Howell
Prns
Powell
Colton
Orr's Island
Albert Richardson
The
School For Savings
Foulard Silks
Doll Bros
North
Garmens
Belant & Knott
City Hotel
W. L.douglas
Oxfords
H. R. Flautt
City Opera
Rouse Shoe Store
Jas. E. Doll
News Office
Patrick Street
Rederick, MD
Amos Uri
Clary
Devilbiss & Urner
Insurance
Officr
Doll & Albauge
Predecker, Md
Sporting Goods
Carty
Carty’s Furniture
Frederick, Md
Bennett
India
O. P. Bennett
Split
Sennit
Tackmaw
Milan
Panama
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
B. Rosenour & Sons
Market and
Patrick Streets
Mobley & Bro
West Patrick Street
C. E. Cline
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