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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
WAS ON THE VERGE
OF BREAKING DOWN
Lewiston Woman Suffered
So Much She Got No
Rest Day or Night

IF / talked from now till doomsday
/ couldn't say helf the good things
about Tanlac IL deserves" said Mrs,
May Hanrahan, n Middle street. Lew
iston, Me.
Nobody knows how ! suffered from
stomach trouble, neuritis, and rheuma-
tism. My hands and arms hurt me SO
| couldn't sew or sweep and ! suffered
so much that / couldn't rest either day
or night and was on the verge OF a
nervous breakdown.
"Tanlac benefited me in every way
right from the start and kept inn
proving unit, | was restored to per.
feet health. It's just wonderful
Tanlac is sold In Barre by Barre
Drug Co., in Groton by 9. c. Smith,
in Marshfeld by Z. W. Gilman, and in
Plainfeld by K. +. Leavitt.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
-
If Stomach is
Out Of Order
"Diapepsin'

Every year regularly more than a
million stomach sufferers in the United
States. England and Canada take
Pape's Diapepsin, and realize not only
immediate, but lasting relief This
harmless antacid helps digest anything
You eat and overcones a sour, gassy or
out of order stomach in five minutes.
Ii your meals don't fit comfortably, or
what you eat lies like a lump Of lead
in your stomach, or if you have heart
burn, that is sign of Indigestion. Get
from your druggist 60-cent case OF
Pape's Diapepsin. Where win be no
sour risings, no belching of undigested
fsod mixed with acid, no gas or heart
burn, no fullness or heavy feeling in
the stomach, no nausea, headache or
intestinal gripping. Prove to yourself in
five minutes that your stomach is as
good as any; that there is nothing
really wrong. Stop this food fermenta-
tion and begin eating what you want
without fear of discomfort or indiges-
tion.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
Almost
Choked
Last Night

with gas around my heart. cpuinn
breathe many people say.
No such choking or anxiety il you VIII
take Baalmann's Gas-Tablets, which are
prepared distinctly and especially for
Stomach Gas. and particularly for all the
had effects from gas pressure against your
most vital orzan-4your heart
That empty, gone and gnawing feeling, Mt
the Dit of your stomach will disappear, that
anxious, nervous feeling, with heart PAL
pitation, wiz vanish. and you will once more
be able to take deep breath. SO often pre-
vented bv Gas pressing against your heart
and lungs These unique Tablets are sold
By Cummings 4 Lewis and all reiable drug
rists. Be careful and insist on the gem
uine Baalmanns Gas-Tablets in yellow
package, price one dollar. J. Baaimann'
Chemist, San Francisco.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
LOST AND FOUND

FOuND-Fountain pen owner can have w
proving and paying for advertising. 2oItz
FoUND-Last Saturday on Washington
street, a small pocketbcok containing
ANAL amount OF money; owner can have
same by calling at Cliff street pros.ns
property and paying for advertising 2oln
IJoST-oef 22nd. between and 6 D. m. on
rad from East Tcpsham to Groton VII
lxge, leather travelling bag. containing
ehildrs clothing, therrnos bottle and other
things return TO Joseph Caldwell 6roton
VT, reward. zs.ls-
LOST yeariing and e-two-year-old black
and white hcifsrs, strayed from pasture
h.s,y,,n Williamstown and West hill NOV.
6: finder notify Pietro Sormani. az No
Main street, Tel. 55e-w and all expenses
win be paid. zvato-
LosT-On Oct % a COW between Plain
Geld and Barre On East Montpelier road
John f. BENJAMIN. Tel. l05-R. lsfu
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
HOUSES FOR SALE

HOME FOR sAIE-To settle the estate of
Inc late Chas. A. Junsrcn ! ofer for sale
IN, home Of rooms. a. l25 East street !;
Interior in good condition bath, barn. cN-
ira los some fruit good location and an
ideal home for someone; for paruculnrs ap-
,iv 10 M. y. Spencer. Admr., 3 Mount
str.et saste
TO SETTLE THE HARRIET l.. Ed
WARDS ESTATE-Will sell the siN-rcom
cottage house at las Washington street; y
interested. call Edith M. Carr. 3ss-ll. 1851
FOR SAI.E-lThe Z. A. Prindle house at
Is Keith avenue. corner Summer ST. and
Keith avenue ltfu
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18

f. A. Murphy of Ripton has just
finished husking his corn and finds b
has 4G5 baskets, the largest crop o.
corn in that town for number q
years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

GOOD OPPORTUNITY for party wshins
10 engage in the manufacture 81 special
~ granite well known 70 the retail trade.
Ifp-to-da,e plant ready TO operate. tome
capital required communicate with u. ":
w" Times Office. lseu
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
AGENTS WANTED

SELL guaranteed Goodyear rsincoatsl so
Der cent commission. Samples free. Write
at once. Carter. Manufacturers Agents, 20
Main, Springfield. Mass. 2osts'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
FARMS FOR SALE

FOR SALE--A hill farm I mi. from Mont
peIier; "a mi. from school; con-
age, level fields and SO acras OF pasture !;
balance in woodland, mostly hard rood
first class sugar orchard Of 1000 trees or
more; buildings modern and IN hrst-clrss
condition to be sold with or without stock ;
ticn l97t2e
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
HELP WANTED-MALE

WANTED Blacksmith steady JOB for right
man also tenement II wanted apply 20
w. w. Jackson. Worcester. VT. zoo.o
WANTED-Two first class draughtsmen LOT
our New York Office: apply by letter stat
ing experience and salary Wanted; Inc Law
cry Granite Co., 243 East 44th 1T, s. Ne%
York City. 1v1-o
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
Farm of Isl Acres

Must Be Sold to- Settle Estate I!
Good buildings, spring water runs at both
harm and house: good pastate. VIII trsp
Ok COWS hest Of location IN state road.
o,.-.hird mile 70 school. miles 10 vills~c.
Z miles TO railroad; one q the best farms
in town price and terms Reasonable II
thinking of buying It vii pay yoa &c lcck
AZ this farm About as tons Of hay for
sale b. II. Adams. Adm. Chelsea VI istu
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Intereet from
Different Sections.

Elya Sears Of Morrisville reports
seeing flock Of wild geese going north
Nov. II.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18


has a yellow chrysanthemum which has
100 blossoms. The plant is one year
old and 81 inches in height. Each bios
som will cover silver dollar. She also
has a tuber rose which measures 80
inches in height and has 20 buds
A former student at Derby academy
has recently presented that school
six-acre field to be used as play
ground and athletic field. 1t lies direct
" back Of the academy and adjoins
the campus. The presentation Is IN
memory of Elizabeth Bisbee Hunt, VINO
was the wife of Judge Nathan T. Hunt
of Manchester, N. H.
The use Of motion pictures for sun
day evening church services is being
tried out at the Congregational churcn
in East Charleston, where the pastor
II Rev. Gearge H. Dierlamm. Last Sun
night sRevclations" was the picture
shown. which deals with the discovery
and use Of the X-ray. At the East
Charleston church one reel OF pictures
follows the sermon.
a fire was narrowly averted at How
and Clark's in Addison few days. ago.
A leaky kerosent can had been set on
a stove in which there was no fire ana
left there several days. Then It was
removed and . fire was started IN the
stove. AL once the whole stove was a
sheet of flame and had to be covered
with blankets and taken out OF doors.
where it burned for some time, as the
oil had gone all through it.
The milk plant of the Windham
County Cooperative Mix Producers,
Inc. has been success above expecta-
tions, 80 that it has been able to pay
large price for milk and is paying
81 600 month on its debt. During
the last six months business approx
mating Sl3OO00 has been done. The
Brattleboro plant is one Of the few IN
New England which is able to sell all
its surplus milk in the form OF sweet
cream.
Mrs. Harriet Bean Spaulding OF
Brookfield celebrated her Tooth birth
day anniversary Oct. 81 by an auto
trip to Randolph. She resides with her
daughter, Mrs. Belle Williams, and IS
the mother of seven children, four OF
whom are living. Mrs. Spaulding was
born in Brookfield, where she lived
until about Is years of age, when she
moved to Mortified with her parents.
Most of her life has been spent in that
town and in Roxbury. Mrs. Spauldr
ing's health is good, she is able to read
with the aid of reading glass and is
only a little deaf. She took number
OF long auto rides last summer
Damage OF $1,000 was done Sunday
in Waterford village when dwelling
house and shed belonging TO III. j. Choc-
auette were burned to, the ground. Mr..
and Mrs.. Chocquette were away Wis
ting and the FIVE children of the family
were in the house alone. Although the
Oldest boy was 10, when he discovered
the fire the other children were all
asleep and he had not much time ex-
sept to awaken and save them. Neigh
bors responded as soon notified of the
fire, but piano was the only article of
any value that was saved from the
house. However. bucket brigade
saved barn on the property and an
adjoining house. The fire started be-
hind the kitchen stove.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18

Mrs. Frank Lawrence Of West Milton
has a yellow chrysanthemum which has
100 blossoms. The plant is one year
old and 81 inches in height. Each bios
som will cover silver dollar. She also
has tuber rose which measures 30
inches in height and has 20 buds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
5000 Secures 100 Acre Farm

Hay. fodder, equipment included !; gosng
farm assures substantial income. quick re-
turns mile village, advantages short drive
RR town; productive loamy tiliage; brook.
watcred, wire-fenced pasture; estimated
1000 cords wood good 7-rcom house. piazza,
excellent view substantial barn, garage.
Other interests force sacrifice $1,000. only
$500 needed, easy terms. independence
starts day you move in. Come now. Cat
alox free. Il. j. Mathews. Hardwick, VI.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
MISCELLANEOUS
LIVE STOCK FOR SALE

ron .sAI.E-T~o pure bred Jersey bulls
thirteen months old. vel Trywn. SOLE
color and good ones telephone Sss-if; c. A
Brirrs. Willanst0wn. VI COST
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
HELP WANTED-FENIALE
HOUSES TO RENT

TO RENT-Four large room nat unfurn,
ished, with all modern conyeniences, snea
room. screen porch and bathroom cal ae as
So Merchant street. -- -Vo =
FOR RENT--A four room tenement at At y
Hill street. Noo''
TENEMENTs TO RENT-On West street,
Eo~vthe PLACE. Laurel street, Seminary
street: q. L. Smith, inquire at n. M.
Clark, painter. TEL 2a6-Y. zoesI
SMALL TENEMENT 1853 North Sem
inary street to rent; inquire at above al
Dress 100
FOR RENT--6-roorn cottage house On
Third street: electric lights; John !:
Beniamin. Tel. lo5-R. le7f
To RENT--Four-room tenement, first noor,
70 Maple avenue; three rooms and Datn
tenement Is Seminary street; hve rooms ana
bath tenement "a Brook street MeAlister
& Kent. l2se.
SOME SMALL TENEMENTs TO REM
On West street: inquire at A lark ~, ~. :
TEL l7A-W -yl.l
TO RENT-six-room cottage on Branch ST:
call 1888. l.on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
POULTRY AND EGGS

FOR SAI.E-A lev good eeese for Thanks
sivlhE: call J. =. Robbins. Tel. ssz-is
Barre. @.tto'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
ROOMS TO RENT
WANTED

=
WANTED as bcokkeeper; best OF
references address "a. X. CT care Times
or phone 324-Y. zooeo
WANTED TO EXCHANGED 4 year-old
roYt for older horse for delivery team
want 10 buy second hand forge blower Tor
blacksmith shop: also 2-year-old Hodstein
bull for sale M. A. Mclean, Graniteyiiie,
Tel 2eI-W. -,ss'
WANTED--A position by young man,
graduate OF Spaulding high school, nave
had experience in Office work, COLLECTING
type writing, etc; best OF references iur.
nished address, Young Man, care OF
Barre Daily Times. zo..o
WANTED-To exchange good first mort
cages or good renting property for farm
atork and tools call Geo. F. Lackey ana
son. IL STATE street. Montpelier. phone
i4s-M or ses-M. zvV,l
RAW FURs wANTED--A word 70 the use
Il SUFFICIENT don't issue price list Az
shiprents held separate for 10 days subject
10 return We need for our own manu-
faeture extra large fox, mink and coon for
which we can pay fancy prices. ]. you
want anything made up we soficit your
trade. 1t is too early yet to say wher.
prices will be but II is safe to say on most
an fur they win be higher. Wait for the
man who had the nerve to stand BY you
last year as I shall be around to see you fii.
Twenty-Five years Of suct essfnl business
speaks for itself know those ! have dealt
with will wait for me and to those have
not dealt with II will be to your beneht 70
ret acquainted with G. L. Silver. the real
fur man. Plainfeld, VT isstI
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18

A former student at Derby academy
has recently presented that school q
six-acre field to be used as play
ground and athletic field. 1t lies direct
" back Of the academy and adJoins
the campus. The presentation is IN
memory of Elizabeth Bisbee Hunt, who
was the wife Of Judge Nathan P. Hunt
If Manchester, m. III.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18

.er the bridge 70
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18
FOR SALE

/ FOR SALE OR TRADE One fox hound
and games stag; J. $. Gay, Bethel, VI
| 20Tt3s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-18

ugar has come and viii give is lbs.
Sl.00 a. we agreed 10 do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
April IS and 2a Arbor Days

DR.. Thomas f.. Fincgan, s,utc super
intcndcnt of public instruction. today
announced that Governor Sproul had
designated April u and 90 as the
spring Arbor days. Under the laws Of
PENNSYLVANIA these days are also to be
designated as bird days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
BOND SALE PERMIT
SOUGHT BY P. R. R.
Railroad Would Issue 500, ,ooo,-
900 Securities to Acquire Pa.
Company Holdings
WANTS TO BUY SHARES

The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Co. asked
the Interstate Commerce COMMISSION
today for authority to issue S12O.o'W'O"
worth Of gold bonds.
Half Of the amount. bearing intcrcSt
nt 81 per cent, would bc sold. ana the
other half. bearing interest Mt u per
cont. would be pledged as security Tor
the bonds placed on tho market.
OF the funds to be derived from sale
of bonds $50 600 900 would be- used to
purchase equipment of the IennsNlva-
mia Co.. of which the railroad company
owns majority stock. and S22.O0O,O'N'
would BE- used in purchasing shares
owned by the Pennsylvania Go. In the
Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railway Go. and in other units Of the
Pennsylvania system. The balance
would be held md spent for capital cX 1,
pcnditurcS authorized by the general
mortgage to be- contracted to secure the
500 900 900 second issue.
The Louisville and Nashville ltGt'w"r
Go. applied for permission to issue
! $500. 900 Of first mortgag" DUnns 10
| be secured By general mortgage on the
properties of the Southeast and st.
| Louis Railway Co., Of which the J."
and y. road is the lessor, The money
| is TO be used to retire II like amount of
! bonds maturing on March ].
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
BISHOP Buckley ARRIVES
AT SINGAPORE STATION
Methodist Dlenitary Left Here With
Wife Two Months Ago

bishop George w. Buckley. formerly
secretary Of the Philadelphia area Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, with
Offices at 1IOl Arch street. phinkl
phin, has reached his station at Singn
pore, Malay Settlements. after n two
months journey from here.
Bishop Buckley, elected at the last
General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at DcS Moimrs. in
May last, was assigned upon election
to the newly created area of Malaysia.
with episcopal residence at Singapore
Accompanied by Mrs. Buckley, the
bishop left Philadelphia in the late au-
tumn to take up his new duties az gen
crnl superintendent of McthodiSt mis-
sion work throughout tho peninsula
and the islands of Java. Sumatra and
Rornco. lie sailed from San Francisco
10 Yokohama, Travelled through Japan,
Korea and China, visiting and studying
various Methodist and other mission
stations. hospitals and colleges.
In his letter Bishop Buckley declares
the very growth Of the Methodist
Church in his area was an cmbnrrass- =
mcnt owing to the distressing lack of
missionaries and teachers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
ACCUSES "SThR BOARDER"
Man Asks $4,000 From His Al
leaed Successful Rival

IN II suit for S2J, ,WlO for alienation
of his wifcs affections, filed against
DR.. Joseph Thurman, Albert W. Davis
asserts h" played "scCOnd tiddlr' in his
domestic orchestra after Thurman's ar
rival a. n boardcr nt the Davis home.
The plniutff is proprietor Of a paint
store at 232n East Cumberland street.
Tho suit was filed yesterday in Com.
mon Pleas Court No. !. Judge finl"t-
ter issued II rapius for Thurmun's ar.
rest, fixing bail at $1,000.
Uuvis asserted Thurman has been n
Star boarder" in his home for fifteen
m"um~ He Snid his wife met the de
fcndaut in Atlantic City in August,
1919. Th" "Star boardcr" and Mrs.
Davis, according to the plaintiff. visited
theatres and cabarcts hero, monopolizrd
Davis mutorcar and paid their OK
pcnscs with Davis money.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
FRUIT SELLS LOWER
Oranges and Lemons Brought by
Ship From California

A thousand boxes Of oranges and q
thousand boxes Of lemons. the much b
talked Of experimental cnrgo' brought
here from California on the steamship
Charles II. Cramp, via the Panama
canal. we're nuctiOnod TO dealers today
at Pier r. North WharvPs.
Dealers said that the fruit was
"about 10 pcr cent of " It sold at
about ~ per cent under the market
price. the oranges bringing $3.50 n box
and the lemons 81 box. The ship
pcrs will earn more money on their
fruit. however. because shipment by
steamer is GO per cent, or 90 cents n
bo" "hrr"o" nv boat than II is hv rail.
Fruit dealers have been greatly in o.
tcrrStrd in tn" experiment. The Charles
II. trump i the first ship over ~ bring
even partial rnrgo Of fruit to this
city from California.
Drnlrrs lnnkrd n.knncr apparently al
the plans to bring fruit here on steamer
alleging II wound glut the market II
fruit arrived by the shiploah.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
Revue and Dance to Aid Church

st. bartholomew Church fund will
bcnciit through revue and dance to be
held this evening in st. Bartholomew $
parish house, Twenty fifth street and
I.chigh avenue. An exhibition to hc
given from : to 10 o'clock will be fol.
lowed by general dancing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
DUBS COUNTY ]A|LS
CRIME FACTORIES
Prison League Director Attacks
Penal System at Women's
Federation Conference
HITS IDLENESS OF CONvICTS

Allentown. Pa, Feb. 4. County
JalIS were described as crime factories
by Edward II. Morrcll, director of the
twentieth Ccnturys Prison League Of
America. who addressed tho eastern
district conference Of the State Fedora
ton of Pennsylvania Women here last
night.
County jAls should be abolished. .
ne said. I'VE would like to so arouse
public opinion that we could abolish
the whole system Of Judges and jurics,
too, aud substitute n system of common
sense The jury system is farce. .
Mr.. Morrcll. who served sixteen years
in prison himself. is said to be tho
originator Of the honor system for pris-
oncrs.
All persons charged with crime. he
said should BE- given physical, men
tai and psychological examination.
Medical treatment and vocational train
ing should BE- provided When the pris
oncr leaves n penal institution, he de-
clar"d, II job should be provided go
the freed person could be producer
rather than Il destroyer.
Our county jailS are manufacturing
criminals overnight" he concluded
''Thcy enforce idlencSs, disease, ming
ling with hardened and Interchangeable
criminals, breed new criminals of the
young offenders. In our county jail'
throughout the country there are nov
'oO.OOO persons in idlcnoss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
JAILED FOR TWO TERMS
Camden Fireman Gets Double Sen
tence at Mays Landing

Harry J. Murphy, n fireman of Cam
den, was sentenced to consecutive terms
of one 20 three years and one to two
years today by Judge Robert II. lnger-
soil in Criminal Court at Mays Land
ing
Murphy pleaded guilty several weeks
ego to the holding up of trolley CROW
in NpntnOr ut the point Of gun. lie
went to trial on another indictment
charging the holding NJ Of jitncY
chauffeur aud was acquitted.
Judge lngrrsoll sentenced Murphy 70
ono to three years for carrying con-
CCalcd weapon and metcd out tn" other
punishment for the second charge.
Murphy, when he pleaded, said that he
came to Atlantic City to rcroup poker
losses IN Camden. as he trnrcd to fncr
his wife with his depleted pay envelope.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
LEAK" IN "WET" EVIDENCE
May Arrest hngIesea City Employees
as Whisky Disappears

Warrants for III" GIIru -, the Aug,r-
'ea Suloonmcn whose places wore raid
Cd by Philadelphia "dry" agents last
September will be sworn out today at
The Trenton office, John L. Albany.
snforc"mrnt agent. has notified Will
Lam {. ll"ndc". mayor of Wildwood.
Mr., Albany also informed the may
te Is considering issuing warrants for
,he arrest of city employees who are AL
eyed (" have removed some Of tho
seized liquors before they could he
transferred to III" government ware.
house
When agents visited the resort places
,houSandS Of dollars in contraband
liquor was Scilrh The Rev. X. f.,
Johnson, the "r'iAng parSon." was in
charge Of the raids.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
OFFER FOR DESERTED BRIDE
Shamokin Man Offers 10 Wed Cam.
den GirI-Trick Suspected

Mrs. Dorothy McCnbc Walker. whose
husband, William Walker, disappeared
the day following their marriage last
week from his home. at :i4S Kaighn
avenue. today received n proposal Of
marriage by mail.
Mich MuSlty. 1l2 Willow street. Shn
mokiu. Pa. wrote to Mrs. Walker. who
is sixteen years old. saying he had seen
in the papers that man believed to
have been her husband was drowned at
Wilmington. and announced that he is
"looking for n girl that can make
happy forever"
II want ono that ! can think the
world Of, and she n" same of me- he
wrote. ESQ | would like to correspond
with YOU"
Mrs. Walkers mother believes tho
letter was written at the request Of
the missing husband. She has commu-
nicatcd with the chief Of police of Sha-
mokin. asking him to conduct search
for Walker, who is twenty years older
than his deserted bride.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04
Deaths Of a Day
MRS. EUGEMlA BALCH
Descendant Of First Philadelphia
Mayor Dies

Mrs. Eugenia II. MacFarlane Balch,
II scion of one of the best known fam
lies in Pennsylvania, died yesterday Mt
her home, 1894 Spruce street She was
the wife of Edwin Swift Balch, an ut-
torney.
Mrs. Balch traced her lineage back TO
Edward Shippen, the first mayor of
Philadelphia George Clymer, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independ d.
cnce. and Thomas willing, one of the
prominent bankers of the post -revolu =
tionary period.
Mrs. Bnlch was the daughter Of James
MacFarlane. She studied art in Paris
and exhibited several times in the Paris
salon. She was member Of the Acorn
Club. one of tho directors Of the Morris
Refuge for animals and for a period
during the war was secretary of the
French Emergency Aid committee.