Stricken Blind In Station While On Way To York
Philadelphia Sept 11 Stricken with blindness in Broad arrest station while en route to York Pa to arrange for exhibition lights in that city Thomas J Towle a Boston aviator was taken to Hahnemann hospital under care of physicians Doctors say sight may never return and he hired a guide to Boston Cited nerves in the eyes broken down from strain of recent flights He says eyes injured while watching blacksmiths weld his monoplane parts with electrical equipment emitting a light stronger than a bright arc light He watched for over an hour without protection glasses.
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Philadelphia
York
Thomas J. Towle
Boston
Hahnemann Hospital
Boat capsizes near Denholm claims Lewistown woman
A small motor boat carrying five from Lewistown capsized in the Junotha river at Denholm. Four survivors were rescued more than a mile away. Mrs Maize Kahley drowned when her garment snagged on a nail. Buer, aged 86, is in precarious condition. Edward Irving Joe Weber Isaac Etter and Miss Olive Lantz aided in rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Denholm
Edward Irving
Joe Weber
Isaac Etter
Olive Lantz
Mra
Maize Kahley
Buer
Notable Deaths and Accidents in September
Obituary notices span Dr. F. A. March of Lafayette College dying at eighty six on the college campus in Easton Pennsylvania. A man buried alive near Bervieck narrowly survived after two foreigners rescued him from sand. A Wellsville Ohio man was jailed for nine decades for assaulting his wife with a plow. An emperor’s son attended school in Beijing. A French aviator Nazly was saved from drowning in the Ohio River after a crash landing. An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Liniment for sprains with fast relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Easton
Francis Andrew March
Lafayette College
Bervieck
John W. Vastine
Vastine
Four News Snippets From Pa and R I on Small Tales
A six year old from Columbia Pa swallowed strychnine candy and survived after a tonic soda saved him. In West York Pa a three year old, Martin Stonlemser, died within minutes after a street accident by a horse. Harry Funk found a giant mushroom in Cool Spring Park Franklin County Pa measuring 47 inches across and 48% inches around. National City cases in New York involving stock acquisitions were sent back to Washington as Taft plans future action with Wickersham and MacVeagh. Colonel John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine Force wed in Newport R I aboard the yacht Nema and set course for Rhinecliffe after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Blank
Columbia
West York
Martin
Leona Stonlemser
Harry M. Funk
Cool Spring Park
Franklin County
National City Company
National City Bank
New York
Washington
Taft
Wickersham
Treasury
MacVeagh
Caloniel
Joan Jacob Astor
Madeleine Force
Newport
R. 1
Point Judith
Rhinecliffe, N
Astor
Joseph Lambert
Elmwood Temple Congregational Church
Providence
Heir to Gazzam Millions at Traumerel Cornwall NY
Great rejoicing at Traumerel home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Galvin Cornwall over the birth of an heir Mrs Galvin formerly Miss Antonette Gazzam heiress to millions whose search for a mate drew wide attention and ended with Charles Galvin an aqueduct engineer Sept 11 Newburg NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Charles
Galvin
Newburg
N. Y
Traumerel
Charles Galvin
Cornwall
Antoinette Gazzam
Briber gets three years for aiding bribery case
Columbus Ohio September 1 Rodney Diegin former sergeant at arms of the Ohio state senate was convicted of aiding and abetting in the bribery of State Senator J Ro Andrews. He was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary with sentence suspended until September 1948 to allow appeal to the circuit court, and he was released. His wife stood beside him as the judge imposed sentence. In Valentine Nebraska September 1 Bernice Murphy arrested for inciting the lynching of Charles Sellers two months ago was bound over to the district court after Sellers and accomplices fled his home. The judge held Miss Murphy guilty as the four men taken in the lynching plot. Bail was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Senate
Columbus
Rodney Diegin
Ohio State Senate
J. Ro Andrews
Valentine
Neb
Burnice Murphy
Charles Sellers
Bellers
Miss Murphy
Taft Leads Class at Harvard Law School
President Taft is shown as head of the class in his first year at Harvard Law School. A letter from Dean Thayer praises Taft’s eldest son Robert for his performance, while Taft notes the significance of leading the class for his guests. Taft plans to address miners at the American Mining Congress meeting rescheduled to late September with Taft attending the final day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taft
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Americ Mining Congress
A Chick Fountain for Young Chickens
A simple device allows youthful chickens to drink water through a small fountain. The design uses two boards forming a right angle and a bottle as the water source. Easy to assemble for a boy who can saw and drive a nail, it takes about an hour to complete.
Tin contraption for chick feeding and bottle access
A description explains lining a bottle with tin to let hens drink easily, placing a tin can lid under the mouth to allow controlled water flow to keep a small receptacle full for chicks, and storing the contraption in a cool shady spot as advertising activity spurs business.
Collision in Air Claims Aviator at Aerodrome
The aviator Raimint Esrins died when his plane collided with a mast at the field after the aircraft was warned against flying in darkness. The accident occurred at the aerodrome where a field mast marked the end of the field. An advertisement for The News is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esslinger
Seodi
Raimint Esrins
Exring
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Ark
Albert Vaughan
Arthur Dean
Tom Ligon
Dean
Ligon
Dall
Clarke
J. T. Bestleman
Wakting
DR. F. A. March
Lisbon
Jacob Zimmerman
Wellisville
Pekin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jean Nazly
Nazly
Etchison & Cline
W.H. B. Etchison
C. E. Cline
W. H. B. Etchison
Gazzam
St. Loui
Teer
Septtt - Unione
Edward Ro
Botier Cartaust
Losus
Goa Ac
Jean
Cbickens
Doll Bros
N. Market St
Frederick, Md
the People's Fire Insurance Company of
Maryland
Oa Stock Company
Cor
Court and
Church Sts
Ing
Nobby
Jack
Price
Columbia Yarns
Germantown
Saxony
Columbia Floss
Carty
Carty’s Furniture Store
Patrick Street
BEAD
Foot Outfitters
Frederick
Migrchant Tailoring
Schloss Bros. & Co
B. Rosenour & Sons
Market Street
the Ebert Hardware CO
West Patrick Street
Dow
Geo. L. Cramer & Sons
E. Church Se
Ernest Helfenstein
West
Doll, the Jeweler
South Market
F. Columbus Knott
Sesant & Knott
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