| Frank Taylor
Passes Away Wednesday In Bend, Oregon
Word was received Thursday from Bend, Oregon announcing the death of
Frank Taylor on Wednesday. Mr. Taylor had been ill for some time
from the fly. He is survived by his wife and two children. Funeral
services will be held at Spokane, Washington where burial will also
take place.
Mr. Taylor also leaves his father, Eli Taylor of this
city and a sister, Mrs. Wesley Youngchild of Nekoosa. He was born in
Wisconsin Rapids where he received his education. The family later
moved to Nekoosa and Frank Taylor went west about fifteen years ago.
March 23, 1923 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune,
Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin
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P.J. Leithauser, former resident of Defiance, is dead at his home in
Bend, Oregon, at the age of seventy-five years.
April 25, 1931 Van Wert Daily Bulletin, Van Wert Ohio
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SOCIALIST LEADER LOSES HIS LIFE
Frank T. Johns, Former Candidate For President, Perishes In Attempt
To Save Drowning Boy.
Bend, Oregon, May 21-Frank T. Johns, of Portland, Ore.,
socialist labor candidate for president in 1924, was drowned here
yesterday in a vain attempt to save a boy from a similar fate.
The youth, Jack Rhodes, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
J.C. Rhodes, of Bend, was fishing from a bridge over the Deschutes
river when he lost his balance and fell into the swift stream.
Johns, who was on his way to a political meeting in a park along the
river, saw the boy being swept downstream and plunged in after him.
Johns reached the boy 25 yards from shore and managed
to tow him to within ten feet of the bank. There the rescuer became
exhausted. He made a desperate attempt to push the boy ashore and in
the effort both went down.
It was said that Johns was to have been a candidate for
the presidency again this year on the socialist-labor ticket. He had
lived in Portland about nine years and was a member of the
carpenters union there. He had been active in politics for several
years.
May 21, 1928 Gastonia Daily Gazette, Gastonia
North Carolina
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Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Hall, Well Known Here, Die In Crash
Details of the tragic death of Mr. and Mrs. Don C.
Hall, former residents of Stevens Point, who met death when their
automobile crushed over an embankment in the mountains near Bend
Oregon, July 18, have been received here. Mr. Hall drove his car too
near the edge of the road over the high cliff and the road gave way
allowing the car to tumble 1000 feet below and the bodies rolled
nearly as far, badly crushing them and causing death immediately.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. Hall of Stevens Point went west
arrange for their burial. Mr. Hall was well known in Wisconsin
Rapids as he was formerly assemblyman from Portage county. He
was a man of distinguished appearance and wore long hair. The older
residents of the city will remember him well.
July 25, 1922 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune,
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
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