Denver labor bulletin., 1915-12-04
Printing Trades
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

TYPOGRAPHICAL.
Mrs. Mary A. Long, sister of Secre-
tary-Treasurer Frank C. Birdsall, died
Tuesday morning of pneumonia after a
brief illness, at the family residence,
s45 Humboldt street. Funeral services
under direction OF Haclathal Bros, were
held Thursday afternoon at , o'clock
at the home, DIR. Wilcox. former pastor
Of Trinity NJ i. church, of which the
deceased was q cnsistent member, deliv
eriug the sermon. The pail bearers were
Harvey +. Garman, Clint c. Houston,
John f. Collett and August Rooster. y
large number of friends and members
of d. T. U. No. 40 were present. The
floral offerings We're very numerous and
beautiful. The remains, accompanied by
Brother Birdsall, were conveyed Satur-
day to Milford, Mich, former home of
the deceased, for interment. Mrs. Long
was known personally by many mem
bers of No. 40, she having come to
Denver some 20 years ago to live with
her brother, being made a widow at
that time thru the death of her hus
band Besides the brother, Secretary
Treasurer Birdsall, Mrs. Long leaves
daughter, Mrs. w. j. Mummery of Ann
Arbor, Mich, and five grand children.
A pathetic incident of the sad occur
renee was that Mrs. Mummery was
taken seriously ill at her home and was
On her way to Arizona, and stopped in
Denver, not knowing her mother was
i'll, and arrived just before the end. She
will probably remain here for n time in
hopes of regaining her health. The multi
tude of friends of Mr.. Birdsall extend
to him the deepest sympathy in his
hour of affliction.
During the absence OF Secretary-Treas-
arer Birdsall, who accompanied the re-
mains of his deceased sister to Mihchi-
gan, John L. Collett of No. 49's execu-
tive board, is performing the duties of
secretary treasurer.
President Frank j. Pulver has been
confined to his home this week with
serious attack OF the grip. His wife and
three children We're also suffering with
the same affection, which is almost cpl
denic in Denver at present
Regular monthly meeting OF No. 40
tomorrow Sunday afternoon at O'Clock
in Horan's hall, 1921 Cleveland place.
Considerable business of interest to the
craft is to be considered.
George T. Williams, an old time mem
Der of No. 40, is working on, rotary
motor, and has great hopes of perfect
ing it. Should he be successful he will
not need to work at the trade any more.
Joseph G. Brill, foreman at Wahl-
green's who has been very ill for sew
erai weeks, has been taken from the
hospital to Mt. Airy sanitarium, and
his condition is considered very grave.
The plant of the Columbia Printing
company on Stout street will be sold
at receivers sale next Wednesday after
noon
Reports from Washington are that
Mrs. w. +. Shields underwent the oper-
alton all right, and is on the road to
ieCoNeis.
William Wandell, one of the appren-
tice boys of the Kistler chapel, was run
down by an auto Thursday morning
and seriously injured, but it is hoped
they will not prove fatal.
If you note an improvement in the
appearance of the linotype department
of The Bulletin this week, charge it to
Harry Parker of the Trades Union Ben
eft association. On bet that he could
not do it, he worked two full days on
the machine and never begged off once,
and overset the paper SO we had to bor-
row so pigs of metal from AL May of
the Western Newspaper Union. At that
Harry is an Al operator and has es-
tablished priority on The Bulletin, just
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