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Vol. IV
SEWICKLEY,  PA., SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1907
No. 48
THE BUSINESS
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It Will  Be About the  Best
Ever at Rock Point.
. The Sewickley Valley Business
Men's Association has made arrangements for rendering the picnic at Rock Point on Wednesday,
Aug. 14, the finest one ever given
at this picturesque resort. The
leading, chief events of the outdoor sports will take place in the
forenoon, and be the ball game between the bothers' and the grocers'
teams. The,captain of the former
is Mr. Getz, of the Fulton Market,
Broad street, and of the latter, Mr.
Stanley McElwain. Other events
are these: hundred yard dash, open
to • all; hundred yard dash, for
members of the Association only.
The winner in this gets a handsome loving cup. Hundred yard
dash, for business men's employees; ladies' race, for married
w'omen, a great chance for active
matrons; young woman's race,
wherein the dear girls will show
which is the quickest on feet, even
though they can't beat Gupid; fat
men's race, at which the O'Bese
ranks will strive for victory, and
some heavy chap will be an em-/a.-
ic success. Then comes the lean
men's race, followed by the children's race, for girls and boys.
This race promises to furnish much
amusement to spectators, as well
as participants. The shoe scramble
is an event which will yield a host
of laughs, and the boy who finds
his own from a mass of shoes and'
stockings and puts them on first
will get a nice prize. A decidedly
funny contest will be the ladies'
base ball throwing event. The fair
one who throws the ball the farthest will get a prize of a.$7 gold ring,
Precautions  will   be  tsken  that
those directly behind the pretty
thrower will not be hit by the ball.
The prizes to be given are many
and valuable. These are suitcases,
umbrellas, vests, trousers (the
"pants" will be furnished by the
fat men during their race), a fine
loving cup, and lot of other things,
to say nothing of solid cash prizes.
The Gitizens' Band will be on
hand all day and play at all the
out-door sports; while a good orchestra will serve out lively noelody
at the dancing pavilion. A good
safety committee will be on duty
to look after the children, keep
them away from trains, from falling into the creek or over the rocks,
and free from all accidents. A
basket committee is to keep watchful eyes upon the chips and wicker
holders of good things.
In fact, the Association will extend every privilege to its guests
on this day at Rock Point, and see
to their safety and enjoyment. The
tickets are only 55 cents for adults
and 40 cents for children. From
present indications it seems reasonably certain that 1600 people
will attend this great picnic.
As for refreshments, these will
be plentiful and selected by good
judges pf nice eatables.
In the way of trains, the first
leaves Sewickley station at 8.50
a. m., and others will follow, leaving
Haysville at 8.46 a. m„ and stopping at Sewickley, Edgeworth and
Leetsdale; 8.50 a. m. from Sewickley, 1.25 p. m. stopping at Leetsdale. Returning they leave Rock
Point at 7,SO, 7.40 and 10 p. m.
It might be added that there is
no charge for admission to the
dancing platform. This is an important feature, for, at ordinary
outings it costs to dance.
AUTOMOBILE TOUR.
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Rose, of
Thorn street, will accompany Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Henry on a trip in
.their touring 6ar to Boston, and
will remain for two weeks.
GAS EXPLOSION.
Two Men Seriously but Not Fatally Burned
at the Sewickley Automobile
Company's Garage.
Shortly before 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon an explosion of natural gas took place in the engine
room of the Sewickley Automobile
Gompany garage, Beaver street
near Ghestnut, which resulted in
severely burning Albert F. Mohn
and Max Feltwell, members of
the firm.
The awful deluge of Wednesday
night had flooded the garage engine room, completely submerging
the electric plant and almost covering the large gas engine which
furnishes power for the machine
shop and electric light, and the
theory is that some of the floating
debris misplaced one of the gas
valves, and while the men were
making an effort to start the engine the electric ignitor set off the
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accumulated gas in the engine
room.
Mr. Feltwell was burned about
the face and hands and both arms
to the elbows.
Mr. Mohn was burned very badly
about the lips and hands.
Fatal results are not anticipated,
but the men suffered severely
from their injuries. Both are reported as recovering rapidly.
There was no damage to the
building as a result of the explosion.
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ication Sc
Thousands of Bunches of Flowers
are Sent from the Valley WeeKly
to be Distributed Among the
Poor Children of the City.
Among the contributors of flowers
for the Ninth Ward Vacation school
which were bunched at the residence of Mrs. George P. Rose, of
Thorn street, were Mrs. B. F.
Jones, Sr,, Mrs. William Thaw, Jr.,
Mrs. W. P. Snyder, Mrs. R. H.
Boggs, Mrs. Gharles Baker, Mrs.
Mrs. Albert Moore, Mrs. J. M. Tate,
Jr., Miss Betty Wardrop, Miss
Victorine, Mrs. John E. Porter,
Miss Possiel, Mrs. Louise Graff,
Rev. R. A., Benton, Mrs. Walter
Miller, Mr. Tracy Kramer,   Miss
Mary Lowder, Mrs. Nixon, and
Master Frederick Richardson.
Those who assisted in the
hunching of the flowers were Miss
Virginia McGready, Frances Atwell, Hannah Nevin, Jean McGague,
Jane Gunningham, Miss Grissman,
Margaret Adair, Margaret Bell,
Mrs. F. K. White, Miss Gastleberry,
Mrs. G. F. Stolzenbach, and the
little Misses Mary Booth, Mary
Atwell, Helen and Anna Stolzenbach. The total number of bunches
sent from Sewickley was_ l^'SS.
Four hundred bunches were tied
and made ready for distribution at
the home of Mrs. F. J, Gluley, of
Thorn street. Those who contributed were Mrs, James Stewart,
Misses Emily Cornell, Elizabeth
Garr, Isabel Adams, Sara Graig and
Frank Eshelman, Jr. During the
absence of Mrs, Rose from her
home the flowers will be bunched
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