Coal Commission Sets Retroactive Wage Date in Scranton
The anthracite strike commission ruled any wage change shall take effect from November 1, 1962, to avoid haste. The panel, led by Recorder Wright, plans inspections at Manville colliery near Scranton and surrounding miner housing today, with President Mitchell departing for Wilkes-Barre.
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Scranton
Anthrarake Strike Commission
Tommorrow
Recorder Wright Mn
Ite
Recorder Wright
Mportant
Illinois Con Operators Refuse to Answer Mine Leader Questions
Illinois Con Operators Association declines to answer questions from United Mine Workers President Mitchell. Commissioner Hermann D. Justi says none will be given until called by the Commission, and the anthracite strike commission may later seek a composite operator view of joint interstate and state movement.
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Illinois Con Operators’ Association
Chicago
Black Diamonds Today
Illinois Col Operators' Association
Hermann D. Justi
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Inols
Mg Justi
Mitch
Cveanie Panh
Midysti
Theoreannan
Arrivog of Ba Heene on board 1000 slate
Trangart Sherig in Arrivog caused a revolt aboard 1 000 slate with SQOpH of the Ninth pa' airy.
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Trangart Sherig
Arrivog
Novel Punishment in South Carolina Whipping Duel
In Anderson County two enslaved men robbed a farmer and chose punishment over jail. They fought in a field until one had delivered 100 lashes to the other, refereed by a neighbor. the victor received five dollars, and both men left badly hurt with no arrests made.
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Charleston
Anderson County
South Carolina
Disease Yields in Case of Chicago Woman Louise Hoge
Holmes Hoge of Chicago tells how his daughter Louise Hoge traveled to Washington in October and toward the end of the month began improving under treatment. He denies press exaggeration and says his daughter is steadily improving and in satisfactory condition while she chooses medical care over religious coercion.
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Washington
Holmes Hoge
First National Bank of Chicago
Sherman
Pennsylvania
Louise
Ellen Brown Linecott
Woodruff’s Son Mot Sparks Campaign Desertion Joke
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff offers a bon mot accusing Democrats statewide of deserting the Coler campaign. He quips that at the current rate of desertion Coler will have grounds after election to sue the Democratic party for abandonment.
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New York
Woodruff
Coler
BALLOTS UNDER GUARD In Delaware election preparations
Unusual precautions shield official ballots for next Tuesday's Delaware vote. Armed guards supervise ballots delivered to Sussex county authorities and sworn to prevent theft or tampering. In Kent, ballot boxes are kept in a fireproof, nearly impregnable room until distribution to election boards began.
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Delaware
Dover
Del
Sussex
Kent County
Unique method to prevent breakup of Jersey City choir
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jersey City choir, seven women and two men, passed a resolution requiring any member who marries within a year from October 28 to pay a $100 fine to the remaining members to deter marriages that have historically dissolved church choirs.
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New York
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Jersey City
German Day Celebration Adds Holiday in New York
German societies in New York, numbering over 103 groups, will celebrate German Day on Sunday November 9 in Besslaan Square garden with about 80 000 members representing allied bodies. The event honors German pioneers and the German American contribution to U S progress.
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New York
Besslaan Square Garden
United States
Child Run Over by Freight Train Near LeMars
Barney Roldinger, eight, was struck by a switching freight engine near LeMars around noon. Both legs were severed. doctors fear the boy will die from his injuries.
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LeMars
Barney Roldinger
MGLINEUX FINISHES and Groses Examination of the Prisoner
McLineux finishes Groses examination of the prisoner iy Sonaladeda in a courtroom scene. The article details prior testimony and the judge's rulings as the case proceeds, outlining defense and prosecution positions and upcoming sentencing date.
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Groses
iy _ Sonaladeda
Morgan profits top 42 million as Morgan thrives
New York reports J Pierpont Morgan & Co. has posted profits totaling about 42.2 million for 1903, largely from steel and other major deals. The article details Morgan’s roles in United States Steel, L N, Northern Securities, and Milwaukee Harvesting, with projected future mergers and anticipated gains as year end approaches.
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New York
J. Pierpont ‘Morgan
J. SP. Morgan & Co
Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Morgan
Steel Corporation
Atlantic
Chicago
Indianapolis
Northern Securities
Bas Hs
Wall Street
Kila
Risked Life For Gold in Burning Store Inferno
Mount Vernon Oct 31 A merchant C D Cook narrowly escaped death when a fire ignited by a lighted match spread through his store while he and B H Sulzer drew benzine from a tank. About 30000 in hoarded money was lost or damaged as flames trapped Cook in a sleeping room reaching for bills under his bed.
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Sincia
Mount Vernon
C. D. Cook
New York capitalist seeks Santa Cruz Island hotel site
New York financier H. M. Ditkinson arrives in Santa Barbara aboard Phun Rin with a party to inspect Santa Cruz Island. Plans reportedly aim at a hotel hotel project for up to four tourists, possibly involving purchase of the island or use for resort purposes. The island lies twelve miles off Santa Barbara and is noted for marine caves. At present it is owned for 40, Francisco.
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New York
Santa Cruz Island
Santa Barbara
H. M. Ditkingon
Catalina
Jide
Santa Barbara Channel Group
Poe
T ‘Nite
Francisco
Controversy Over Sampson Schley Name In Supreme Court
Washington November brief courtroom clash over naming in United States v Sampson Rear Admiral et al. Key issue who should be cited as plaintiff or defendant as prize money dispute from Infanta Maria Teresa capture. Chief Justice Fuller weighs substitutions while lawyers note rank and command implications in the naval dispute.
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Schley-Sampson
Supreme Court
Washington
Sampson-Schley
United States Supreme Court
United States Va
W. T. Sampson
Infanta Maria Terese
Santiago
Fuller
Sampson
Hoyt
Admiral Schley
Force Is Necessary to Stop Doukhobors Mad March
Yorkton, Nov 1. Colonization Agent Speers says exhaustion and hunger have driven the Doukhobors beyond reasoning. He wired Ottawa for the harshest measures, declaring force may be needed as kindness has failed. Two women are described as hopeless lunatics and men slept in ditches and on tracks.
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Yorkton
Persey
Ottawa
Russland
Nso
Speers
Three Boys Die After Sleep on Railroad Tracks
In Lafayette Indiana early morning, Daniel Neal and Stanley Buford were instantly killed while sleeping beside the tracks. William Rousch was fatally injured as a Big Four freight train struck the three Watseka youths who had left home three days earlier seeking freedom from school.
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Lafayette
Ind
Daniel Neal
Stanley Buford
William Rousch
Here
Watseka
Sioux City Live Stock Markets Update and Grain Quotes
Sioux City markets report hogs mixed and common heavy prices around 6.45 to 6.60 per cwt, cattle and feeders at mixed levels, and butcher steers near 5.00 with calves and yearlings showing varied figures. South Omaha and Kansas City brief notes cover hogs steady, cattle and sheep steady to stronger, with cash grain quotations and delivery prices for corn and oats.
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Sioux City
South Omaha
Bouth Omaha
Dev
Orelal Glo
Fiege
Kansas City
Kansan City
Texas
Arket
Orks Sk
Educated Indians Criticized in Oklahoma Agency Report
Washington dispatch prints a harsh annual Indian affairs report by Agent Orwin. He condemns educated Ponca and other tribes as largely useless, citing idleness and debauchery while urging reservation boarding schools and Oklahoma state schools to foster farming and stock raising using trust funds.
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Washington
Ponca
Ota
Oakland
Oklahoma
Orwin
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indiana
United States Treasury
Cable Completed Links British Empire Pacific Line
London reports the final section of the Imperial Pacific cable was laid at Fiji. A congratulatory message to King Edward reached him this morning, the first sent over the line. In Victoria, the last link from Suva to Norfolk Island should be completed today with a theater celebration planned to mark the Canada Australia connection.
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King Edward
British Empire
London
Fiji Islands
Victoria
B. C
Suva
Norfolk Island
Victoria Theater
Canada
Australia
Judge rules Cuba a foreign country since Spanish evacuation
United States Judge Thomas of Brooklyn holds that Cuba has been a foreign country from the Spanish evacuation until the new republic. He states that all crimes on the island during U S military rule fall under Cuban republic jurisdiction.
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United States
Cuba
New York
New Republic
Thomas
Brooklyn
Republic of Cuba
English Wins It In Seventh Round In Sioux City Bout
Clarence English defeated Dick Green of Leadville in the seventh round of what was to be a fifteen round match held in an ice house of Consumers Ice across the river in South Dakota. About 660 spectators watched English dominate early, Green rallying in spots but knocked down three times in one round and counted out each time. Patsy Magner refereed, with English the betting favorite at 2 to 1.
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Sioux City
Clarence English
Janet Hriday
Dick Green
Leadville
Consumers’ Ica Company
South Dakota
English
Green
Tosk
Patsy Magner
Yankton
Hengiish
Prominent Missouri Couple End Marital Troubles in Death
Joplin Missouri reports the shooting death of D. R. Randall a Carthage real estate dealer. He was killed by his wife Mya Randall during a divorce-related meeting at a lawyer's office. Randall was armed with a knife and a struggle followed as she fired five times. she was arrested.
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Missouri
Joplin
R. D. Randall
Carthage
Randall
Jne
Mya
Randalls
Fire destroys Chicago malt house in early morning blaze
Fire swept through the Ghigago Malt House on una owned street in Chicago early today, destroying the building and causing an estimated loss of 175,000 dollars. The blaze was reported by the Detroit Free Press and involved First Water.
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Ghigago
Burne
Chicago
Una
Ea Eed
Loas
Roosevelt Proclaims Thanksgiving Day for November 27
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation designating Thursday November 27 as a day of general thanksgiving. He notes the nation’s prosperity and moral uplift, urging Americans to cease work and offer thanks to Almighty God for blessings of the past year. The proclamation is dated October 29, 1902.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Theodora Roosevelt
United States
Rander
Theodore Roosevelt
Bryan in a Wreck Reaches Colorado Towns After Train Crash
The Bryan special crashed into a freight caboose near Arena Brown Canyon fifteen miles above Leadville. The caboose derailed, three people saved themselves, and Mr. Bryan was unharmed. The party rode in a Swift refrigerator car to Lathrop then to Buena Vista Leadville and other towns while Bryan spoke at Alamosa Saida Leadville Buena Vista Canyon City Florence Victor and Cripple Creek.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Arena
Brown Canyon
Leadville
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Lathrop
Buena Vista
Alamosa
Saida
Canyon City
Florence
Victor
Bryan's Tour Ends After 20 Colorado Speeches
Denver report states William J. Bryan completed his Colorado campaign trip delivering more than twenty speeches and then departed for home this afternoon.
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Colorado
Denver
Willam J. Bryan
Registration ends as riots flare in Puerto Rico
San Juan October 31 reports say registration for elections in Porto Rico finished yesterday. Riots occurred in several towns with five policemen and several citizens killed in San Lorenzo. Landing damage noted in Patillas. Further trouble is feared.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
San Lorenzo
Fies Et Patillas
Justice Excludes Key Testimony in Molineux Trial
New York Oct 31 Justice Lambert Keday ruled to exclude testimony from Mamie Melande and Joseph Farrell in the Molineux case. The witnesses, both New Jersey residents, could not attend. Prosecution rested its case this afternoon and the trial adjourned until tomorrow.
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Lambert
Mamie Melande
Joseph Farrell
Molineux
New York
Lambert Keday
New Jersey
Jerome Appeals to New Jersey Governor Over Molineux Witnesses
District Attorney Jerome urges Governor Franklin Murphy to block the Molineux trial by preventing New York prosecutors from summoning Newark witnesses Mamie Melando Robert A Zeller Detective Joseph Farrell and Detectives Glory Curran. Newark authorities refuse to compel officers to testify. Jerome says no legal means to fetch them across state lines.
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Molineux
New Jersey
New Yor
Attoreney Jerome
Franklin Murphy
New York
Rom Pigences
Jeromy
Mamie Melando
Robert A. Zeller
Joseph Farrell
Glory and
Curran
Newark
Jerome
New York Budget Details for 1903 Expenditure
Fragmentary OCR describes New York budget plans for 1903 with figures and allocations. The text mentions millions in expenditures and anticipated spending, but the details are unreadable. The article likely outlines departments and totals, reflecting early 20th century city budgeting practices.
Duty on live stock measures announced by Reich
Reich announces new duties on live stock with tensions rising over the levy. Officials from the IEP and other groups signal possible challenges as trade officials weigh impact on markets and farmers.
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Woodruff’s Son
Mot
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Milwaukee
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