Drowned Local Boy Karl Ritter in Monongahela Canoe Crash
Karl Ritter a 24 year old La Belle View resident and baker by trade drowned while canoeing on the Monongahela River at Charleroi Pennsylvania. Emil Ritter 13 and Anthony Licking 17 were with him. Ritter was inexperienced and fell overboard as the canoe nearly capsized. Licking dived to help but Ritter sank and could not be revived. Ritter's body was returned to his mother's home on Pennsylvania Avenue and burial is set for Thursday August 7. He was born October 9 1891 in Lobager Germany, survived by his mother Mrs Louise Ritter sister Miss Annie Ritter and brothers Emil Otto and William. He belonged to First M EB Church Charleroi the Free and Accepted Masons and the P H C lodge.
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Karl Ritter
Louise Ritter
Pennsylvania Avenue
la Belle View
Monongahela River
Charleroi
Ritter
Emil Ritter
Anthony Licking
Tenth Street
Annie Ritter
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Otto
William
Lobager
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Beech Bottom Safe Heist Deepens Mystery
Foundations Company safe at Beech Bottom was robbed Sunday and officials withhold amounts. Superintendent T B Kelsey allegedly deposited about 7000 dollars in cash in Windsor while investigators, including Hastings Cleary and Patterson, pursue leads. Diamonds worth around 1000 dollars belonged to a Windsor Hebrew merchant and were placed in the safe for security.
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Foundation Company
Beech Bottom
T. B. Kelsey
Windsor
Wheeling Register
Vegg
American Gas and Electric Company
Panhandle
San Jose
T. S. Kelsey
Hastings
Cleary
Wheeling
Patterson
Wellsburg
Annual Meet of Jefferson County Teachers' Institute at Smithfield
Jefferson County teachers plan a one week institute at Smithfield starting August 28 with noted instructors Dr. John W Slaughter Prof A M Crane Miss Maude Harrold and W L Prince. All county educators are urged to attend to hear plans for the coming year and to meet the Normal Director David Dodd.
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Jefferson County
Teachers’ Institute
Smithfield
Boards of Education
County Institute Guidance Encourages Shared Effort and Planning
The message urges teachers to work in harmony with a clear plan, attend the County Institute fully to gain useful insights for next year, and notes all sessions will be held at the Presbyterian Church unless otherwise announced.
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Presbyterian Church
Railroads Face Hourslong Strike Vote Demand
About 400000 railway workers including engineers conductors firemen and trainmen pressed managers of the four brotherhoods to grant an eight hour day and time and a half for overtime or face a strike. The managers gave no firm reply and adjourned to continue discussions tomorrow. A B Garrekson warned the talks must move to a modified position if offered.
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New York
Four Brotherhoods
National Committee of Railroad Managers
A. B. Garrekson
the Order of Railway Conductors
Man Bound Over in Edwards Restaurant Cash Tapping Case
Joe McKeever, arrested Sunday for tapping Edwards' Restaurant cash register, was bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond by Mayor McMaster. He remains remanded in the county jail.
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Joe McKeever
Edwards
McMaster
Five Arrests Include Walter Smith On Threat Charge
Five arrests were made on Monday including Walter Smith of Lower Market Street. He was taken into custody on his wife’s complaint accusing him of threatening to kill her. Smith received a heavy fine and was sent to the county jail.
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Walter Smith
Lower Market Street
Walter
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