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Newspaper
The Daily Sentinel
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
3
Railway schedule brief listing North South DLW trains with morning and afternoon departures and arrivals, Sunday variations, and connections to Berwick Danville Catawissa, plus P R R linkages and Market Square car shuttle times.
If you suffer from bleeding itching blind or protruding Piles send your address and I will tell you how to cure yourself at home by the new absorption treatment and will also send some of this home treatment free or trial with references from your own locality if requested. Immediate relief and permanent care assured. Write today to Mrs. M Summers Box P Notre Dame Ind.
The commissioners office issued orders to enroll voters in multiple townships with payments listed. Names include Richard Joyce Hemlock $15, R C Johnston Scott West $7.50, O B Sutton Benton borough $15.50, Emanuel Harger Beaver $21.25, George B Dresher Stillwater $13.13, A H Wenner Fishingcreek east $22.50, A B E Karns Fishingcreek west $12.50, Robert Morris Bloom 2nd $30, Levi Kocher Briarcreek west $1000, R J Vanderslice Hemlock north $17.50, M Yocum Roaringcreek $27.50, O B Case Scott $6.94, Tillman Stadler Millville $10.25, A H Pritz Sugar loaf north $11.25, Curtis Mensch Locust $13.75, Miles Everhart Jackson $15.00.
The Hess family held an annual reunion at Columbia Park with officers elected for the coming year. President Bruce Hess, secretary Edna Hess, and treasurer W H Hess were named. Attendees included numerous Hess relatives from Bloomsburg Berwick Stillwater and other places. Next year’s reunion will be at Columbia Park with the date left to officers.
President Huerta of Mexico declines any mediation in the Mexican situation in response to President Wilson notes. Ex-Governor Lind forwarded Huerta's answer to Washington and awaits a reply as the legal government considers the proposal.
Washington reports show officials less optimistic on the Mexican situation while weighing the possibility of lifting the arms embargo as a last resort after pacification efforts fail. Senator Bacon notes the United States must publish its views and test the land law issue may involve Japanese residents. In Belle Fourche, two boys died after eating cherries and drinking milk, the acid from the fruit and dairy linked to their deaths.
Memphis August 19 report says the Mississippi river packet Bob Lee Jr was burned to the water's edge at the Memphis wharf with the steward seriously injured.
Newport police search for robbers who cleaned out Herrmann’s jewelry store, estimated loss about 10000 dollars. Suspects fled in an automobile after the burglary reported August 19.
General markets report steady flour and rye flour prices with No 2 red wheat and No 2 yellow oats around typical levels. Poultry, butter, eggs and oats show steady to firm trends with varying regional quotes and small percentage changes.
In Pittsburgh Union Stock Yards cattle stayed steady with prime values around 8.30 to 8.60 and choice at 8.75. Sheep moved slowly with prime wethers near 2.30, lambs about 4.50 to 7, calves at 10.50 to 11. Hogs were slow with heavies 8.50 to 8.55, mediums 9.25 to 9.30, and roughs around 7.60 to 7.60. Workers’ and fgs traded 9.30 to 9.35, with roughs at 7.60.
In Chicago on August 19, Mrs. Lucinda Anderson of Oneton Harbor Michigan claims the estate of publisher William H. Lee as her husband. Lee allegedly used the name William A. Anderson and was colored though light complexioned. The estate is estimated at 20 000 and the body may be exhumed for identification.
Fifty persons are reported drowned after the Pacific Coast Steamship company steamer State of California wrecked off the Alaska coast near Juneau. The vessel sailed from Seattle on August eighteenth with Captain T. H. Conn at the helm, carrying over eighty passengers and a crew of sixty. Sussex County Delaware returns to dry status as Webb law enforcement resumes. express companies halt liquor deliveries and shipments to violators.
Observations from weather bureaus show 8 p m readings with many cities reporting cloudy skies. Temperatures range from 72 to 98 degrees with Buffalo Chicago New York Philadelphia St Louis and New Orleans among sites noted. Weather forecast calls for fair today and tomorrow with cooler north winds.
Detroit defeated Philadelphia 5 to 4 as Dubuc Stanage and Pank starred for the Athletics in Detroit. New York beat St. Louis 4 to 2 at St Louis while Chicago shut out Boston 1 to 0. Cleveland topped Washington 6 to 3. Standings show Boston leading with 53 wins, Cleveland 69, Detroit 49, Washington 62, St Louis 45, Chicago 61, New York 38.
Baseball results feature Philadelphia, New York and Boston wins with details on key batteries and standings. The Bloom School District financials for 1913 list receipts, expenditures, balances, and auditor certification for the town of Bloomsburg along with a public auction notice in Newark, New Jersey.
Kansas City Missouri dispatch reports only slight relief from weekend rains. Heaviest precipitation was about one and a half inches with wide areas receiving light sprinkles. Drought conditions remain largely unchanged across Kansas and Missouri.
The U.S. gunboat Wilmington narrowly avoided destruction in Shanghai harbor as its anchor dragged toward shore during a typhoon. A powerful tug helped pull her clear, and the storm caused significant damage to nearby structures.
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