Strike stretches across mills as unions seek end to walkout
Pittsburg July 18 reports from Amalgamated official Shaffer claim no contact from the other side since last Saturday. Strike actions include Wellsville plant nonreopening, proposed $2,000,000 in aid from federations, and organizing the Van dergrift sheet steel plant. Guards patrol closed mills. Wellsville meeting to present strikers’ side. McKeesport may see shift if Wellsville resume operations. Monessen tin mill faces pressure. 500 men idle. voluntary wage increases posted.
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Pittsburg
Lincoln Hotel
Shaffer
Tur
Amalgamated Association
New York
Wellsville
Federation of Labor
American Window Glass Workers’ Association
Vandergrift
Amalgamated
Persifor E. Smith
Sheet Stecl
P. F. Smith
Sheet
Battle Great
McKeesport
W. Dewees Wood
American Sheet Steal Co
Enterprise Lodge
Monessen
Percy B. Danener
Monnessen
Combine
Michigan flood devastates town and damages several buildings
A July cloudburst at Tonia Michigan flooded Main Street turning it into a rapid river within 15 minutes. Roofs torn from the Standard Oil building, Pere Marquette shops damaged and floods plagued Lafayette and Rich streets. Other notices describe a burial, a clerical post, a cyclone near Niles, a hospital patient in Montreal, and local commercial ads.
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Tonia
Mich
Main Street
Residence
Lafayette
Rich Streets
Main
Standard Oil Co
Local Advertisers Promote Health Salve in Bend County
In a compact notice, H. ie. Wyatt & Co. and Johnson & Andrews advertise Banner Salve claiming it can treat tetter eczema piles sprains scalds barn ulcers and other open or old sores. The terse appeal seeks validation from readers.
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Foley
H. F. Wyatt & Co
Johnson & Andrews
F. Wyatt & Co
Johnson& Andrews
H. Ie. Wyatt & Co
Michigan Briefs Highlight Local Accidents and Fines
The state tax commission spent 120600 for the year ending June 30. An Muskegon driver was thrown from a wagon hitting a phone pole, breaking his hip. A Howell justice fined Charles Beebe 15.50 for horse cruelty. A child drowned in a cistern at Entry can. A Kentucky man was arrested for attempting to shoot Frank Birdsall near Turner's sawmill. Eighth Michigan cavalry set for a September reunion at Pryden. Jackson & Suburban Traction pay rose from 14 to 17 1/2 cents for motormen and conductors. Sugar beet weeders at Singing factory earned over 4000. company paid 50000 to weeders locally. A two-year-old child of James Ughee died after falling into a pan.
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State Tax Commission
Martin Anderson
Muskegin
Charles Beebe
Justice Roche
Howell
Henry Elkins
Can
William Nichols
Kkentucky
Frank Birdsall
Turner
Detlaire
Pryden
Eighth Michigan Cavalry
Jackson & Suburban Traction Co
Singing Sugar Factory
James Ughee
Shocking Deshavity In St. Joseph Girl Case Sparks Outcry
A young girl from St. Joseph, misled by a hobo after years in the city, alleged assault alarms ministers as prosecutors consider dropping charges. The case centers on a 4, a 20? year old claim and sensational details that unsettled the community.
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Joseph
Daly
Gracie Pryan
Misty
Crete
St. Joseph
God
Ation
Iusecutor Rifard
Ohio Day at Pan-Am Open With Eighth Ohio Leading Parade
Buffalo hosts Ohio Day as the Eighth Ohio regiment arrives and camps at Camp Fillmore. Gov Nash and Chief Geronimo participate in ceremonies at the temple of music. Laylin and other Ohio officials tour exhibits and the governor receives a silk flag, later named “Big Buckeye.”
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Ohio
Gov. Nash
Geronimo
Buffalo
Eighth
President's Own
Exposition Grounds
Camp Fillmore
Nash
Temple of Music
House of Representatives
Washington
A. C. Laylin
The
State of
Big Buckeye
One Day Sensation Here After Attempted Murder
Paris reports a pistol shot aimed at Pierre Bandin minister of public works during a cabinet trip. Madame Olsewsky and husband claim the act drew attention to poverty and misery. Italy refused compensation over the arrest of M Olsewsky as a spy. Foreign office notes the official gains for Olsewsky. In Canton a farmer, George Lane, aged 50, was found dead by strangling. initial heart disease theory proved false. The murder remains a mystery with prominent locals involved.
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Paris
Pisttel
Pierre Bandin
Madame Olszewsky
Foreign Office
Madame Olsewsky
Olsewskys
Hgstond
M. Olsewsky
Ituly
Italy
Olsewsky
Canton
George Ww. Lane
Bne
Fastest three heats crown pace at New Haven meet
The article notes Coney failing to win the race yet pacing the fastest heat with time records in the 5000 pacing event. Anaconda and Connor dispute first heat outcomes as New Haven gliding ace shows overexertion, with times 2 02 and 2 20. Further items report John W Wise dead at 60, a G A R member and Civil War veteran, and Joseph J Bargood pursuing Vernie Trowbridge amid a spree of insanity and threats in Sherman and Yuma counties.
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Coney
Tersey
Che
Scen
Pan
New Haven
Anaconda
Connor
Baseball results from American and National Leagues
Detroit 4 Washington 2 Cleveland 3 Boston 8 first game Cleveland 2 Boston 10 Ath 5 Milwaukee 1. Boston 2 St. Louis 1 first game St. Louis 6 Boston & Brooklyn 7 Pittsburg 3 Chicago 7 New York 4. Toledo 14 Fort Wayne 9 Day ton 2 Marion 3 Columbus 1. Rocky Mountain Tea ad by Johnson & Andrews claims grateful women praise its benefits.
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Coast Line
St. Ienace
Mackinac
Cheboygan
Alpena
Detroit
Toledo
Cleveland
Bufalo
Pittsburg
New York
Cincinnati
A. A. Schantz
Mich
Washington
Johnson & Andrews
Suffered for years in Windsor Ontario kidney claim
An elderly Windsor reader reports long kidney trouble improved by Dr C D Warner's Compound of Seven Cures, claiming life changing results after courses of the remedy. The letter, dated January 13, from B Stickle, praises the medicine as one of the greatest cures of the era and urges others to try it. Also notes Foley's Kidney Cure cured H F Carter of Ashboro, NC with a bottle reportedly perfect.
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Geo. Ewing
Smith's Grove
Ekq
Foley
H. F. Wyatt & Co
Johnson & Andrews
Srygur
Caniropxia PG Sygur Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
All Druggis
Pricv
Windsor
Ont
Thos. W. Carter
Ashboro
N. C
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South African Association
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South Africa
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W. G. Rinearson
Michigan Briefs
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Twentieth Michigan Infantry
B. M. Cutcheon
Margaret
Normal College
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Wise Brothers
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Joseph J. Bargood
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Yuma
Vernie Trowbridge
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Syrupee Thug
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Baseball
Geo. Gempel
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Bell Phone
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North Main Street
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Tom Watts
Will Carleton
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