INTERESTING EVENTS of 1934 TAKEN out of the 'BERNE REVIEW' FILES (Continued from Image 1 & 2 ) June 11

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INTERESTING EVENTS OF 1934 TAKEN OUT OF THE 'BERNE REVIEW' FILES (continued from Image 1 & 2 ) June 11 - Nicholas Stucky dies; Mrs. William Skinner of Portland killed in crash; Leon Tucker, former Union meeting speaker dies; Jeanette Baumgartner is bride of Thurman Fuhrman; Mildred Jean Hirschy dies; Edna Headington weds James Michaels. June 14 - Reuben Clark dies in Michigan; Dan Kirchhofer dies in Ohio. June 18 - Bernice Liechty, Edison Lehman wed. June 21 - Double wedding of Henry Monce, Margery Williams, Thurel Parr and Delcia Monce announced. June 25 - Melvin Burry dies from lock jaw; Miss Rachel Amstutz weds Abe Lehman; Merlin Norr weds Trella Liechty; Mrs. Pearl Whitehurst gets divorce from Clarence Whitehurst. June 28 - Glen Cowan, county auditor dies; Julius Hofer dies at county hospital. July 2 - Virgil Wagner dies at county hospital, following a blood transfusion; James Stauffer weds Wilma Chronister; Doris Myers and Charles Lough of Geneva wed. July 5 - Virgil Wagner funeral held. July 9 - Stanley Hoffman weds Doris Marie Schafer; Lucile Plummer, Wilmer Biberstein wed; Virgil Laisure dies at Monroe; Grandma Speheger celebrates 102nd birthday; Harry Osborne of Bluffton killed in auto accident; mother of Mrs. W. R. Sprunger dies at Pioneer, O. July 12 - Jacob Huser dies here; Billy Baumgartner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Baumgartner dies; John Pickering dies at Ceylon. July 16 - Mrs. Mattie Klopfenstein, sister to Rev. Eli Lantz, dies at Grabill; Lawrence Lehman weds Miss Martha Waltup at New York. July 19 - Dorothy Brewster and Arthur Weaver wed. July 23 - John Dillinger killed at Chicago; George Andrews dies at Monroe. July 26 - Edwin Moser dies at Richmond; John A. Amstutz dies here; John Dillinger buried near Indianapolis; Mrs. Katherine Dolch dies from heat stroke. July 30 - Mrs. Bertha Messner of Ceylon dies; Cora Votaw dies at county hospital. Aug. 2 - Edward Liechty of Ft. Wayne weds Edna Moody; Mildred Grimm, formerly Mrs. Dale Eley of Portland dies; Aug. 8 - Mrs. Fannie Augsburger dies in Ohio; Billy Brady, 5, killed at Payne, Ohio; Mrs. Ellen Philips buried at Linn Grove Aug. 13 - Emma Eckrote dies at county hospital; Mrs. John Bollenbacher dies; Mahala Burley weds Chester E. Schuelke; Mrs. Doyt Striker files suit for divorce; John Nevil dies at Ceylon. Aug. 16 - Thurman Liechty weds Catherine Peters at Fort Wayne; Mrs. Gid Bucher dies at Bluffton, Ohio. Aug. 20 - Adeline Neuenschwander weds Wilbur Berkey; Anna Locher dies at Bluffton, Ohio; Mary Schwartz is bride of Paul Bahner; Henry T. Rainey, speaker of the House, dies suddenly; Edward Rottet dies at Jasper. Aug. 23 - Chris Gilliom celebrates 90th birthday; Fred Tabler dies at Monroe. Aug. 27 - Death takes Roman Ryf; Eli French dies. Sept. 6 - Mrs. Neva Zerkle Droegemeyer commits suicide at Fort Wayne. (date missing) - Mrs. Ella Shoemaker dies at Geneva. Sept 13 - Dorothy Hoffman, Carl Headington wed. Sept. 17 - Harry Kaehr claims bride. Sept. 20 - Buddy Reichert weds Beatrice Davidson; Luetta Huser dies at Celina; Harvey Kessler killed on highway near Monroe; B. F. Lugibihl, brother to Mrs. H. M. Reusser, dies. Sept. 24 - Charles Makley slain in effort to break prison, Pierpont being wounded; Zella Bauman bride of Emanuel Kistler; Ben Barklow, formerly of this place, dies. Sept. 27 - Miss Berneta Reusser, 16, dies; John Badders dies at Monroe; Harry Pierpont sentenced to die Oct. 17. Oct. 1 - Walter Hirschy killed in Michigan; many pay respects to Berneta Reusser at funeral held at Reformed church; Anna Fetters of Jefferson township dies. Oct. 4 - Lois Fuhrman weds Rev. Martin Cobble; John Hammitt of Bryant fatally burned; Amanda Cross dies suddenly; Aaron Yoder weds Fern Young; John David Bollenbacher dies at Celina. Adams County Historical Museum 1935 Scrapbook, image 03 Transcribed by Karin King .

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r AVEKAQB OAILT OIBCXCA'nO.S tor tfte Hiantb of done 1M4 TBB WBATHBB Poreeost of B. H. WobUmt Bomoo. 5,428 Bmrtford Member of tke Aodlt Boreon of CIrealattoiM. Pair tonight and Tneeday, little cbaqge In temperatarcL (Clasetltod Adveitlelng on Pago tdi) MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, JULY 23, 1934, (TWELVE PAGES) PRICE THREE CENTS THREATEN PRIESTS 500 National Guards FEDERAL GUNS BLAST UFE Move Into Minneapolis WITH KIDNAPING FROM DILLINGER AFTER HE a L A U D D R . D O L A N violence, as police’ ! conveys were drawn un’tn 1**!^ “ d 67 others fast C.lhpses W l... Ma. DEMOCRATIC trucks through the ranL ‘of sTr°ik* ' »u«"‘rig”poace~buck ing truck drivers | from The ahoi>W down came on th» which the guardsmen Convicted of Bombing ikine ‘he fair grounds to the of the deal LEAVES CHICAGO THEATER Charges Gets Jail Sentence TORCH that of last Friday were warned by truck owners that unless they return today, other The strikers, demanding higher wages and wider recognition of REACHES END OF TRAIL Vienna, July 23.—(A P)— The drivers will replace them immedi- Manchester Party Leader ately. pelr union, essayed to sell pamph- expectation of at least a dozen Mayor A. G. Balnbridge said In a lets to raise funds for their cause. BANDIT, TRAPPED, 'The laundry and dry cleaners hangings In Austria this week un- public statement armed police were der the new compulsory death pen- Given Lavish Praise by ready to- convoy any necessary union has voted to call a sympathy strike beginning at 7 a.
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