Latimer-Ellen Returns to Port Washington Summer Threads
Ellen Latimer, an orphan living with Aunt Blale in Port Washington, begins a slow return to life after a riding accident and a year of illness. Gibbs Josselyn, son of her host couple, meets Ellen again during the Decoration Day yacht club celebrations, rekindling a quiet attraction as Ellen balances romance with recovery and patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen
Gibbe Osselyn
Gibbs Josselyn
George Lathrop
Port Washington
Main Street
Aunt Fisto
Joe
Willa
Bobby
Ellen Latimer
Mrs. Rose
Bermuda
Latimer House
Leonard Hienshaw
Leonard Henshaw
Henshaw Boys
Bobby Carnival
Eaglet
Miss Latimer
Lucia
Manhasset Harbor
George
Junior
Gibbs
Savinkoff Sentenced to Death in Moscow
Moscow reports former assistant minister of war Boris Savinkoff, a noted anti Bolshevik leader, was sentenced to death. The news notes his prominent role in the Kerensky era and the severity of the decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Boris Savinkoff
Kerensky
Widow of Russian nobleman marries Los Angeles grocer
Mme Anna Jouromska, said to be the widow of Count Leo Jouromska who fled Petrograd during the Bolshevist revolution, has become the bride of J. George Ramsey, a Los Angeles neighborhood grocer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mme
Anna Jouromska
Leo Jouromska
Petrograd
Russia
J. George Ramsey
Baltic fish growing smaller in Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea fishermen report shrinking fish sizes this summer, especially among herring, as catch for German and Baltic markets declines. Scientists conduct investigations to determine the cause of the size shrinkage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danzig
Baltic Sea
Baltic States
Community Notes From Young America Area
Local residents visit relatives in Des Moines and Keota. threshing completes in Young America with neighbors moving to Dublin for work. Family reunions, house parties, and visits to kin described, including travels to Columbus and Camp Dodge encampment, plus purchases and attendance at local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marry McKee
Leora
Des Moines
Melville Kline
Kansas City
B.C
Bridger Porter
Carl Phillips
Jen Priley
Dublin
Vincent
Pringle
Keota
Donald McLaughlin
Robert
Lloyd Harmeston
Harriet Phillips
Hilda Durst
Edgar Porter
Keith Swisher
Camp Dodge
Charles Cherry
Ben Briley
Frank Beatty
Charles
Ernest
Columbus
Ohio
Beatty
Morris Swisher
M. Swisher
Crawfordsville
August community notes and upcoming events in TitusTitus
Jean Beddoce left for Beardstown Illinois after visiting Martha Godfrey. Cecil Triplett visits grandparents in Tremont Iowa. Dale Atkinson's threshing assisted by Jim and Mrs Marsh of Washington. Harry Davidson family visiting Galesburg. Boyd Dill shipped cattle to Chicago. Threshing completed. hail damaged grain. Melvin Booth visiting relatives in Sibley Town Franklin Centre. School opens with Mildred Davidson as teacher. Martha Godfrey to Galva to teach. Lemley family to hold 12th annual reunion at Sunset Park on Friday August 29. Esther Booth to Sibley Iowa to teach second year. Mrs J E Lemley traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titus
Jean Beddoce
Martha Godfrey
Beardstown
Cecil Triplett
Tremont
Iowa
George Hayes
Jim Marsh
Washington
Dale Atkinson
Harry Davidson
Galesburg
Boyd Dill
Chicago Ly
Melvin Booth
Sibley Town
Franklin Centre School
Midred Davidson
Galva, Jr
Lemley
Sunset Park
Grace Hill Visitors and Threshing Busy Days
Grace Hill residents report rapid threshing as farms stay busy through daylight. Visitors include Benj Romig family from Bethany Missouri and groups from Crawfordsville Washington Muscatine and Cone. General updates mention home repairs school preparations and recovering relatives.
Ghouls Loot Ruby Rickoff’s Vault at Clinton Cemetery
Ghouls broke into Springdale Cemetery after gates closed scooping the grave of Clinton midget Ruby Rickoff buried since 1912. They dug four feet into earth and pried open the vault stripping jewelry worth near 1000 dollars. She died from a circus parade fall in Kankakee Illinois twelve years ago. The other note reports Mrs Josephine Bishila exonerated by a coroner jury after confessing to stabbing her husband in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Junior
George, Junior
Gibbs
Hilen
Hehshaw Boys
Elsie
Joe
Latimer
Clinton
Springdale
Ruby
Rickoff
Kankakee
Illinois
Des Moines
Josephine Bishila
Secretary Wilbur Visits Birthplace in Boone Iowa
Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur toured Boone Iowa birthplace regions revealing his deep genealogy interest. He traced Wilbur Langley ancestors from Ohio to Iowa and beyond, recalling childhood haunts and a memory of the house of his birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Iowa
Navy
Curtis D. Wilbur
United States
Des Moines
Wilbur
Supreme Court of California
Washington
Congressional Library
Langley
Ohio
South Dakota
Montana
Pacific States
Boonesboro
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Josselyn
By Kathleen Norris
Irwin Myers
Kathleen Norris
Joe Latimer
Blale
Portshington
Emall New York Town
Sewall Rose
Dayton
McCook Field
Germany
Department of Agriculture
Lynchburg
Carter Glase
Young America
Fe.ll. Fart
Olows
Grace Hill
Andy Augustine
West Chester
John Windahl
Mr. Coverdale
Chautauqua Park
Harry Kleese
Clement Griffith
Misa Esther Booth
Sibley
J. E. Lemley
Benj. Romig
Hoelen
John Richard
Bethany
HH. A
Engel
Pickard
J. B. Sherlock
James
Benz Romig
Katharine Buxbaum
Eugene Engel
Will Hopkins
Geo. DeCornu
Clyde
Muscatine
Wes Engel
Lorel Guy
Lathel
Maurice Gowey
Lucy
Elmer Swickard
Lloyd Hayes
Carl Miller
Ed Libe
Paul Harvey
Miss. Jones
AR & A
Milwaukee Railroad
Eapecas
Puget Sound
Ninetieth
St. Mihiel
Graham Theatre
Sept. 4Th
Sth
American Legion
Vermont
Langwell Langley
Marshalltown
Kellogg’s
Cliquot Club Ginger Ale
Marion Ave
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