Demands Made by Anthracite Miners in Strike Case
The miners filed a detailed statement with the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission listing wage, hour, and weighing reforms. They seek a 20 percent wage increase, a 10-hour day shortened to eight, and payment by legal ton, plus union recognition to regulate wages and grievances avoiding strikes. John Mitchell, representative of the miners, signs the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
United Mine Workers of America
Anthracite Coal Companies
Forsed to Sign Checks After Hypnotic Influence
May Aarvold testifies she forged employer John Pius names on checks under hypnotic influence by Hattie Kohlman. Aarvold fainted in court as Kohlman denies the charge. both held to grand jury in 800 bond. Aarvold recounts meeting Kohlman at a North and Spalding hallway and paying for board with $40 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Aarvold
Hattie Kohlman
Miss Aarvold
Miss Kohlman
North and
Spalding Avenues
Wedding Ring of Brass
Ferdinand Kenzel, a laborer from Dela field, Wisconsin, was committed to a hospital after being examined for sanity. He believes he has been promised the hand of Alice Roosevelt by the president upon his death and has made wedding plans around a cheap green ring and a brass 18 carat ring he says will seal his marriage to Miss Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Wis
Ferdinand Kenzel
Delafield
Alice Roosevelt
Pm Toy Store
Roosevelt
Linen and dine ware purchases cited in memoir
The speaker notes buying linen table cloths, turkey red, napkins in bandana blue and other home furnishings. He plans to start cheap but hopes Teddy may supply white goods later. He is well educated and fluent in five languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maye Teddy
Miss Louise Hoge Ill With Typhoid in Christian Science Case
Miss Louise Hoge daughter of Holmes Hoge assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Chicago lies ill with typhoid at Dr Samuel W Bogan's home. She declines medical care due to Christian Science beliefs while her parents press for treatment. She had come to Washington to attend her school friend Miss Ethel Bogan as a bridesmaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louise Hoge
Holmes Hoge
First National Bank of Chicago
Samuel W. Bogan
Miss Hoge
Ethel Bogan
Flashlight Picture Leads to Hoboken Divorce Suit
William Brewer of Hoboken files for divorce after spotting his wife in a flashlight photo of the Empire theater taken October 12. The image appeared in shop windows citywide with a man beside his wife in an orchestra chair, prompting an investigation and legal action. The complaint names several Hoboken youths and a New York man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Empire Theater
Hoboken
William Brewer
Sixth Street
Brewer
Paris banker and alleged archbishop courted in fraud case
Paris investigators pursue a banker named Boulaine and a self styled man of letters in a case involving Mme Civet who lost about 160000 to their schemes. The pair enlisted priests and a grand chancellor to secure a church decree annulling her marriage, costing her 12000 in false signatures and sham ceremonies. The banker escaped custody and remains at large as police search for the archbishop figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partibus
Officers of Justice of
Paris
Palais de Justice
M. Boussine
Mme. Civet
Isss
Asn
Mme. Oliver
Boulaine
Mmé. Civet
Passy
Boise de Boulonge
Rome
Amiens
Malmaison
Avenue de Vopera
Cyprus
British Consul General Reports Barcelona Export Conditions
The British consul general at Barcelona states in his latest report that export conditions are changing due to recent policies. He notes trade pressures and potential shifts affecting shipments to Britain and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Barcelona
Electrical Trap from the New York Sun
An electrical crew recounts a mysterious ground leakage on an underground 2000 volt line in Ohio. Despite nightly checks and tests, the trouble vanished and reappeared on several circuits, finally traced to an old factory building where the transformer was examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Ohio
Rats, Cables, and a Curious Electric Accident
An account describes a transformer site with a ground level trench and a coal junkroom where decayed rats climbed to gnaw lead cable sheathing. The rats were burned by the copper, and a naturalist suggested they perceived hum from AC cables and pursued the pipes believing water lay inside, leading to their deaths.
Youth Weather Prophet Foresees Rainless Days
Frank Farley a 14 year old New Brunswick messenger is famed as a human barometer. He accurately predicts weather for the next day without instruments, even correcting the state weather bureau when forecasts miss. Local businessmen rely on his judgement after a trusted card predicted rain incorrectly. Farley says his skill is inherited and shown when he reveals his arm to read atmospheric conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
New Brunswick
N. J
Frank Farley
Farley
E. W. McGann
New Jersey State Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Dansberry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gem of
The
Connaught
Ulster
Leinster
Munster
John F. Finerty
Chicago, Ill
Ireland
Anaconda Standard
Anaconda
Butte
Great Falls
Missoula
Standard Publishing Company
Jemands
John Mitchell
Hattie
Kohliman
Ihe
Lapest
Sation
Paris Lette
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Spain
Prade
Antilles
New Jersey Bay
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!