Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-20
City News in Brief

rear on the home ~ the REV John ID ulcka
1ef9 North Seventeenth street where he
was working TODAY. fracturlne his skull
Phynlclane Al Inc women's HomeopathIo
IIoapItai where ne vas taken heIIeve he
will die
HEART DISEASE was given as the cause
OF the death today Of Mrs.. Julia A. kneuer,
street. whose body was discovered lying In
the front room OF her home by n driver who
had called TO deliver coal She is survived
by seven young children.
CITY APPOINTMENT today Included
NJ lton Glenn. iet2 wakelinE strest, wheel
George J. Henkei 1875 Frankford avenue,
baker. Bureau OF Correction. 5000 John A.
Fox. 1881 Aspen street, coalpasser Bureau
of water. f72O. and John Stanton. 2526
Naudain street. brlcklayer, Department OF
Health and Charities t9.s0 n day.
BACkfIHE OF his automobile engine set
IRE TO the car aud destroyed II this morn
enth street was taking three friends for n
ride. The occupants OF the automobile were
not injured. but the loss was 500.
STRUCK DOWN and run over by q plate
glass company's automobile truck. Albert
Monday. 1916 Rlnggold street. negro em-
Company, suffered such injuries 10 his legs
that they both will have to be amputated.
The operation will be made today In Hahuo-
mann Hospital Arthur Dun 20 years old.
driver of the truck, was arrested, but re-
leased on his own recognizance TO appear
az hearing. The accident happened at
Fifteenth and Arch streets where Monday
was working on track repairs
THE RICHARD A. FOLEY Advertising
Building. has announced the opening OF a
new Office nj aO3 Fifth avenue New York
city. The branch was made necessary by
increasing business and the need Of extend
ing facilities for service i'm New York.
NEGRO RECREATION center. the
first of it's kind I'm the CITY has been inauRu-
rated by the Board OF Recreation. The old
Morton Boys Club. 5Oi East HaInes street,
purnoee w I Falkner nhvsicaI direc,or in
Y, NJ C. A. work who Is in charge has
completed arrn nRements and an enroIiment
OF several hundred.
THE OLD "BUTTOS BALL INNo was
| Included In the group of buildings at 5I22
| to bl36 Germantown avenue, acquired BY
| Fletcher & Boas for a consideration said TO
have been about 100000. The properties
| were part of the Casper Heft estate The
THE NEGRO Baptist state convention.
| in aession In Ifnion Rantist Church elect ed
| the following others: President E w
| Johnson of this CITY. vice nresldents II
| W. Chllds u ID Russell Of Pittsburgh and
| = n King Of WiIlIamsnort recordinr sac
retary, ]. M. Moses, of this city CORE
this city; statistical secretary, T. ID. Adkins,
| Of this city; treasurer, T. H. G. Messer Of
| Pittsburgh
| DEATHS DUE TO TOTAL DISREGARD
OF caution at grade crossings on the Penn
sylvanla Railroad system numbered thlr-
| teen for tho first eight months OF the
| present year according TO statement
| made public by the railroad; l04 persons
were Injured In the same period Many
rectly to csreIessness and willful running
4 OF rlsks, according 10 the statement
-
| IhE NoNcNioN hOsfON es"pnons
orunesra may enuoun,er Ae.ous ans-
euity IN tne recently unionlLeo stage nahus
OF the ACADEMY OF Music when u comes 10
this 'aty Octoper SV' Inc Boston orsahlha-
tion Is inc oihy Dig orchestra IN the country
wnlch is sun nonunlon. what action tne
,am, as , ."s oen ueseIiillheu' = ,ns -,
nas,ro,o .na ,Is,'s 1e.ee,'sne @ ""''" WIZ
| s.x ,yprus, .,,-, -, IN
onan IN Can,dan ~, s',s,Sa' ,rha snr,,,e' y
VIII he conductad nv I,,argaI,s, I'yon
| seryicoa viii hogIn S,nda,, r,ornIn. n,
ut 3:30 and preaching at 3 ocloek in the
| evening, but the doors will be opened a
| half an hour earlier for a song service.
|
! MII.wAuKrp Oct ao-FIx.,.. show,n,
| that al least 600 women die each year
in this country from causes connected with
fever, were quoted by DR.. Grace L. Meigs,
| OF the Federal Chiidrens Bureau washing
| ton IN a paper on caring Tor the mothers
| IN rural commuplties. read AT the opening
session OF the seventh annual meeting OF
the American Association Tor the study ana
prevention OF lnfant Mortality.
THE COHOCKsINK Business Mems AS
socation arranged last night TO have the
election returns flashed on a canvas In
mond streets, on ths night OF November Z,
Plans were also discussed for neighbor-
| hood Christmas celebration. The associa-
| ton will send a delegation to attend the
| transit hearings when they are held before
| Councils William Hancock presided.
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