Miner Killed in Pennsylvania Mine Fall
John Gasper a miner at a Pennsylvania mine was killed instantly by a rock fall on the seventh floor of the 300 level. Four men were at work. Gasper was struck on the head and neck. Perovich escaped injury. the others reported minor harm. Gasper, 45, married with two children, had lived on Jefferson Street and worked at Putte for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gasper
Pennsylvania
John Hendricks
Andrew Perovich
Frank Sheantz
Miukne
Gasper
Jefferson Areet
National Anti-Graft Movement Opens Offices in Washington
Washington, June 12. A national drive to suppress graft begins this week with new offices opened in the capital. Harry W. Walker will lead the effort as the movement forms under a provisional name likely National Anti-Graft Movement. The plan follows anti graft speeches by former Governor Folk of Missouri at a Missouri democracy banquet. Members identified include Perry Belmont Rudolph Spreckels Augustus Thomas Joseph Willett and Norman Hapgood. A national convention date will be set in Paris where Belmont and Spreckels meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry W. Walker
Folk
Missouri
Missouri Democracy
Perry Belmont
Rudolph Spreckels
Augustus Thomas
Joseph G. Willett
Alabama
Norman Hapgood
Paris
Messrs. Belmont
Spreckels
German Societies Monthly Social Draws Largest Attendance
The regular monthly social at German hall on North Main Street drew the largest attendance in recent months. The event supports the grand lodge of the Sons of Hermann, meeting in Butte August 25 for four days, with a musical and literary program followed by dancing.
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German Hall
North Main Street
Grand Lodge of the Sons of Hermann
Butte
Snake around boy's neck ends fatal
Indianapolis News reports 12-year-old Charles Cummings of Jackson Creek tried to decapitate a black snake with a jerk after seeing his father do so. The snake instead coiled around his neck choking him until the father killed it, the reptile measuring 4 feet 5 inches.
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Indianapolis News
Charles Cummings
Robert Cummings
Jackson Creek
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promised Relief
Park Rapids Minnesota and Brookville Ohio women report relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for years of illness and irregularities. The ad claims the remedy cures female diseases without narcotics and invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham for free advice.
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Park Rapids, Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minn
Brookville
Ohio
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia I. Pinkham
Teaching Scientific Cooking For Italian Immigrants In New York
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor hires Miss Helen Smith of Rochester to teach Yankee cooking to Italian immigrants on the East Side. She will focus on affordable, nutritious meals, smart shopping, and home economics, joining veteran Miss Winifred Gibbs in expanding services.
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New York City
New York
Helen Smith
Rochester
N. Y
Miss Smith
Mechanics’ Institute
Upstate
Miss Gibbs
Housekeeping Center
House
Auction Ends Storrs Coal Camp Legacy in Montana
The town of Storrs near Chestnut and Bozeman faces complete demolition with an auction to remove houses and stores once owned by Anavenda Copper Mining. The camp, built by Anaconda, once planned as a model coal town, failed after coal pockets remained elusive.
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Poteman
Storrs
Anavenda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda Company
Chestnut
Bozeman
Northern Pacific
Lightning strikes kill six in Berlin excursion
Six people died and many were injured when a lightning storm struck a Berlin excursion group as they sheltered in an iron fenced building in Jungfernheide. The storm damaged telegraph and telephone lines and caused home demolitions. Nearby Dresblau reported seven deaths from lightning, raising regional fatalities to sixteen in three days.
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Berlin
Jungfernheide
Dresblau
Silesia
Misleading Names and True Origins of Common Goods
The piece notes how names mislead about origins such as Dutch clocks German manufacture India ink from China and China ink. India rubber from India while actually Chinese and American sources prevail. It also hints that phrases like old style country dance evoke rural images but the term is a corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Herald
Preyburg
Black Forest
India
China
France
Central
South America
Debunking Folk Terms and Misleading Labels
A compact explainer corrects common etymologies and myths. It notes contra dance does not relate to country dancing, camel hair is used in textiles not camel hair brushes, French briere pipes come from heath roots, and centipedes do not have 100 feet. It adds a tip to test vocal tone by closing nostrils.
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France
Linden wood tops in heating power say Washington scientists
Far News reports that researchers in Washington contest the belief that hard woods burn hotter. They find linden wood, a soft variety, holds the greatest heating value, with fir close behind and near parity. Pine follows, while oak trails Linden by 8 percent and red beech by 10 percent.
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Washington
Many Roses on One Bush by Lilienthal Plan
Hugo Lilienthal of San Francisco plans to graft 2000 varieties of roses on a single bush and expects blooms representing nearly every United States variety. He already has 100 varieties in bloom on the same plant.
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The
San Francisco Chronicle
Hugo Lilienthal
United States
Lilienthal
Insurgency Dying Says Sherman After West Swing
Utica New York June 12 Vice President Sherman declared the insurgent movement is subsiding after attending his niece wedding. He cited western trip observations and Wisconsin and Minnesota examples showing waning insurgent sentiment while Republicans favor protective policy and regulars win primaries in state contests.
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Utica
N. Y
Sherman
Washington
Wisconsin
Congress
Middle West
Memorial services for Woodmen of the World in Bozeman
Special Dispatch reports Bozeman services at the Baptist church for Woodmen of the World and Women of Woodcraft with music by Mrs. Watson of South Dakota. Rev. O P Bishop preached on The Age of Brotherhood. A monument to Henry Langehr was unveiled at the cemetery. Odd Fellows also held memorial services and decorated graves.
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Standard
Bozeman
Woodmen of the World
Baptist Church
Woodcraft
Watson
South Dakota
O. P. Bishop
Henry Langehr
Odd Fellows of
Presbyterian Church
J. M. Ross
Order
Maine log driver rides through Hell Gate on log
Edward A. Chase of Bangor Maine, perched on a log, rode Hell Gate in the East River as he promised. Life savers followed, he jumped to a dredge, then back to the log and completed the swim without incident.
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New York
Edward A. Chase
Bangor
Hell Gate
East River
Chase
Wood alcohol poisoning claims several lives in Cadallic
In Cadallic Michigan on June 12 A L McGaskill Will Martin and George Teachout are dead and Clarence Smith and Lee White are dying after consuming wood alcohol. Police and medical responders investigated the incident and suggests tainted spirits caused the poisoning.
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Cadallic, Mich
L. McGaskill
Will Martin
George Teachout
Clarence Smith
Lee White
Whiskey scheme ends in trio of deaths at Meauwataka
At Meauwataka village Mc Gaskill ran out of whiskey Saturday night and proposed mixing wood alcohol with sugar water and pop to continue drinking. He died that night and four hours later Martin and Teachout also died.
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Meauwataka
McGaskill
Martin and
Teachout
Taft alarms over Canada movement as lands open
President Taft signs forest land reclassifications to release over a million acres from national forests this week. The accelerated proclamations aim to curb U S emigration to Canada by opening more than 3 000 000 acres to homestead entry and settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Forest Service
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Canada
Utah Travelers Arrive at Helena to Boom Ogden
A strong contingent of Utah traveling men arrived in Helena to campaign for Ogden to host next year's Grand Council meeting of the United Commercial Travelers. Boise also contends for the honor as the convention opens in Helena for a three day session with a monster attendance expected.
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Helena
Utah
Ogden
Grand Council of the United Commercial Travelers
Boise
Insurance Companies Held Liable for Fire Losses
A San Francisco jury ordered three insurers to pay 268446 dollars plus 56616 dollars legal interest to policyholders whose properties burned in the April 18 1906 disaster. The defendants named are Commercial Union Assurance Alliance Insurance and Palatine Insurance.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court
Commercial Union Assurance Company
Alliance Insurance Company
Palatine Insurance Company
Two Aeronauts Rescued After Balloon Falls Into River
Louis von Puhl and Wooster Lambert, aeronauts, fell into the Mississippi River north of St. Louis today. They were rescued unhurt after their balloon Saint Louis II descended from about a thousand feet following two hours of flight. Motor boats picked up the pair.
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St. Louis
Louis von Puhl
Wooster Lambert
Mississippi River
Here
St. Louis SI
Public library sparks village humor in exchange
Squire Durnitt of Lonelyville quips about lacking a public library while Uncle Welby Gosh of Drearyhurst notes a town that cannot finance a baseball club must find other amusements.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Squire Durnitt
Lonelyville
Uncle Welby Gosh
Drearyhurst
Daring Youth Climbs 6000-Foot Balloon Flight
Lincoln boy Clyde Heckle aged years clings to a balloon rope during a 6000 foot ascent at a summer resort near Lincoln. He severs the parachute lines with a knife as the craft lifts, climbs the rope, and after over a mile of ascent, lands safely. Adolph Weiberg arranged the flight and was left on the ground.
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Lincoln
Neb
Clyde Heckle
Adolph Weiberg
Young Heeckte
Heckle
Mayor Gaynor Reflects on Year in Office and Reforms
New York June 12 Mayor Gaynor grants his first interview on his tenure. He cites an aim to make government honest and intelligent and to free administration from outside influence while criticizing his predecessor and Tammany Hall. He emphasizes reducing corruption and external control.
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New York
Gaynor
George B. McClellan
Tammany Hall
McClellan
The American Revolution Seen as a Mistake
The speaker argues the American Revolution was legally and ethically wrong, claiming the colonies belonged to England and that colonial subjects had no right to independence. Restitution could still be possible to compensate widows and orphans harmed by the breakup.
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Ingland
Trusts
Philippines
England
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Boy
Tory
America
Ataconda Company
TL. S. Storrs
Northern Pacific Railway
Dias
Misleading Navin
India Rubber
India Ink
Hunt
Pine
Whitman & Barnes
New Chicago
New Yorka
New Electric
Henderson Bros. Co
Maine
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