Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-04

Funeral Of Mrs. Rose DweIler
Case f Diptheria Report-
ed-L2st Meeting Of Season
0f D. A. r.
Funeral services for Mrs.. Rose
Dweller, who was found dead IN the
well at her home in Frankfort Mon
dag morning. viii be held ON
Wednesday forenoon at her home
Further particulars of her tragic
death reveal the fact that when her
SON went to her room at A. n. to
give her some medicine. she was
missing. He at once began a search
and with the help Of neighbors
hunted for about two hours before
she was found in the we'll near the
house. As the we'll had curb
about it and the pail and rope which
usually hung on it were carefully
lain one side. it il believed that
she deliberately threw herself into
it, and not accidentally. For some
months Mrs. pweller had been very
respondent and had said that she
would never be any better. This il
attributed as the cause Of her rash
act. Besides the son and daughter
at home, one son is now in France.
Her mother. three brothers and two
sisters also survive.
A case Of diptherIa has been re-
ported in Belfast in the Stevens fam
lily near Grove cemetery. The house
and family are under quarantine
and every effort will be made to
keep the disease from spreading.
Several cases Of mumps are also ~
ported in the city.
The following L. s. widows PEN
sions have been granted. the claims
filed through the r A Greer Pension
agency of Belfast: Mrs. Mary e.
Overlook. Belfast: Mrs. Ellen Cum
ningham. Waldo; Mrs. Susan n.
Nickerson, Searsport: Mrs. Leathis
A. Crocker, Centre Lincolnville.
each to receive SIS per month.
The last meeting Of the season of
John Cochran Chapter. Daughters
of American Revolution. was held
on Monday night at the summer
home Of Mrs. Evelyn Frost in East
DGiACol, AAAA .. x.1AAAd 4LIIC2 as
sisting her. A picnic supper was
followed by a brief business meet
ing at which the newly elected re-
gent, Mrs. Ida Mahoney presided.
A unique musical program under
the direction Of Mrs. Hazel Shaw
Bowker was entitled A Musical
Romance. the story told by the
songs. which were sung by members
Of the Chapter, in answer 10 ques-
tons. Answering the first question.
who was the heroine" came the
answer, Nancy Lee. sung by a
chorus. Where was she born" On a
Little Farm Well Titled. sung by
trio. Mrs. Bowker. Mrs. Frost Mrs.
Pitcher: who was her father Old
Man Moses. chorus: who reared her
Mrs. Lofty and !. sung by Mrs
Pitcher: Who was the hero Solo
mon Levi: where was his home
Within a Mile of Edinboro, sung by
Mrs. Frost: where did he attend
college? Fair Harvard. chorus:
Where did they meet" Aunt Dina $
Quilting Party: what did he say
l Would that My Love. Mrs. Frost
and Mr.. Pitcher; where did he Of
| fer his heart and hand. IN tbs
! Cleaning. sung by Miss Isabel CHM;
what did he plead. o Promise Me
/ sung by Mrs. Bowker: whom dc
! they consult" The Old Folks a,
Home; what followed" Mendelsohn'
+! Wedding March. played by Mis-.
Amy E. Stoddard: what were the
decorations" Blue Bells of Scotland
chorus: where did they spend their
honeymoon? Dixie Land. chorus:
what Gift did they have" A Little
Brown jug. chorus: what was their
motto. Home Sweet Home. chorus;
in what country did they settle =
America. chorus. A reucfng. Old
Songs, by Mrs. Z. 5. Bowker was
also enlDved