Delegates Head to Scranton Miners Convention amid Strike
Five delegates depart from BhaMoRiN to Scranton to join the miners convention. With 13 local unions spanning Excelsior, 11,000 workers are urged to back powder price of 1.50 per keg and a 10 percent raise, provided employer payrolls stay set for a year. The Williams town colliery closes as strike support grows, about 9,500 idle in Igkena valley.
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Bhamorin
Scranton
Excelsior
Harrisworo
Williamstown
Om| Rives
Lykens
Conisco
Onion
Igkena
Benastos
Lackawanna
John Mitchell
Shamokin
Clash Near Pottsville Prompts Striker Clash at Oneida Mine
Report from Pottsville Pennsylvania describes a morning clash between striking and nonstriking workers at Core Bros Co coal mine in Oneida Schuylkill County. Stones and sticks used, several injuries, two shots fired, mine officials seek sheriff protection.
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Union
Nonunton
Pottsville
Core Bros. & Co
Oneida
Schuylkill County
Murdered Wife's Insurance Suit Born From Media Tragedy
Professor Swithin C Shortledge of Kennett Square sues Provident Life for 7023 to recover proceeds on his wife Mrs Shortledge's life. The Dec 31 1895 Media murder, insanity acquittal, and subsequent asylum confinement frame this extraordinary case.
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Shortledge
Swithin OC. Shortledge
Kennett Square
Chester County
Provident , Life and Trust Company
Professor Shortledge
Media Academy
Sortledge
Professor Sholedge
Mario Dixon Jane
Professor Shortledgge
Wae
Lipton Sends A Challenge For Americas Cup Series
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton may renew his challenge for the America's cup with a new series of races. NY Yacht Club officials confirm inquiry but no official statement yet. Lipton’s letter today announced the Lipton cup for 70 footers aboard the Germanic arriving soon.
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Sir Thomas
London
Sir Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
New York
V. Odie
Cumberland buys East Tennessee Telephone System
President James Sewell and General Manager Leland Hume arrived in Chattanooga enroute to Knoxville and other points to confirm the purchase of the entire East Tennessee Telephone System by Cumberland. The combined property will see extensive improvements including new Cumberland buildings and hundreds of miles of new lines this fall and winter connecting with major eastern and southern lines.
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Tennessee Telephone Company
Cuattanooga
James Sewell
The
Cumberland Telephone Company
Leland Hume
Nashville
Knoxville
Lexington
East Tennessee
Cumberland
Plana Am
Governor Candler backs radical reform of convict system
Change in convict system urged by Governor Candler and the prison commission proposes abolishing the misdemeanor convict system of about 3400 inmates. Misdemeanants would move under prison control while the penitentiary lease system could extend to them, keeping the two classes separate. Counties would not lose earnings from convict labor.
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Artasta
Candler
General Assembly
Prison Commission
Comantanton
Logoo
I. Iuture
Prison, Commission
Cabstoria
Lic Milau
Count Ito Fears an International War
Count Ito warns powers must act in concert over China to avert chaos and partition. He urges a negotiated return of the emperor to Peking, evacuation of foreign troops, and a unified conference to prevent war across the empire.
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Count Ito
China
Torre
Ito
Peking
Li Hang Chang
Prince Ching
Tuan
Kang ¥i
Tang Fuh Liang
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Health Restored
Letters from Mrs Bett of Canton Ohio and Mrs Tollee of Philadelphia praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for relieving backache, monthly suffering, and womb issues. Bett reports improved health after several bottles. Tollee claims weight gain and relief from headaches and weakness after eight bottles.
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Wa. V. Bett
Walnut St
Canton
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ensley furnace adds to world’s largest plant claim
The No 5 furnace at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Ensley plant is now in blast, boosting daily pig iron output to over 1200 tons and lifting the Birmingham district to 27 furnaces with about 4700 tons daily capacity. In Greenville a shooting left one man dead, self defense claimed by the killer. The Southern Interstate Fair opened in Atlanta with free features and exhibits. Wabash railroad directors re-elected in St Louis, new officers to be chosen in New York. Youtzey case delayed due to defendant’s ill health in Gronortown Kentucky.
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Auore
Ae St Millat
Binsixonam, Aln
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Ensley
Birmingham
St. Louisa
The
Wabash Railroad
New York
Lemon Elixir touted for liver stomach and kidney defense
An aged advertisement for Dr. H. Mosley’s Lemon Elixir claims regulation of liver stomach and bowels, relief for biliousness indigestion and various ailments with testimonials from Rev. 0. C. Davin and others. Mention of price 50 cents and 1 dollar bottles and Atlanta Ga production. Also notes the French cruiser Cecille and Rear Admiral Richard arriving in New York with 646 men aboard.
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H. Mosley
Atlanta
Welles
Mosley
Davin
Eld
M. E. Church
Tatnall St
R. L. Rocco
Hernando St
Memphis
Tenn
New York
New Yor
Cecille
Richard
Atlantic
Sydney
Cape Breton
Tillly Och
Chisapeake Bay
Final Meeting of the Army of the Cumberland Held in Oct
Officers are elected Stanley becomes president Louisville chosen for next meeting during Oct8 week Chattanooga may become permanent meeting place after next year Veterans to inspect Chickamauga park monuments location and inscriptions tomorrow Survivors of Turchin s First brigade reconvened at Missionney park DeLong point Spanish American war veterans discuss consolidating kindred organizations
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Army of the Cumberland
Onattanooga
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Louisville
Chattanooga
Stanley
Chickamauga Park
Turchin
Fourteenth Army Corps
Reantna
Missionney Park
DeLong Point
Deepen Savannah Harbor Channel to 28 Feet
War Department appoints a board of engineers led by Col. C. P. Hains and Capt. A. O. Sanford to meet by Oct. 14 in Savannah to investigate harbor improvements. The goal is a 28 foot channel from the city to the sea, following Captain Gillette’s recommendation amid existing 2 foot depth.
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Savannah
Savannan
War Department
Board of Engineers
C. P. Hains
A. O. Sanford
O. BE. Giette
Uct
Gillette
White Star liner Oceantc aground off Ireland coast
The White Star liner Oceantc touched ground very slightly off Three Castles head in thick weather while nearing the coast of Ireland on Oct 9. Captain Cameron reports only a very slight injury to the fore foot and no serious damage likely after inspection.
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White Star
Oceantc
Ireland
Liverpool
Oceanto
Cameron
Three
Garbled Historical Footwear Ad Tone Test
Fragmentary OCR describes Allen's Foot-Ease in Your Gloves with unclear phrases about foot care and a Chicago clinic claim. The text mixes product benefit lines and stray fragments, yielding little coherent facts beyond brand references and a mention of a clinic.
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Allen
Soren Rolinlittla
C. Ralitecot
Chrago
Bryan Heads East for Michigan Tour Stop One
Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan begins a two day Michigan swing with a morning speech at East Buffalo after Morgan City Indiana where he urged voters to back his anti tariff stance. He then travels to Benton Harbor for a brief breakfast speech before continuing the tour.
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Chcano
William Jennings Bryan
Ilinois
East
Trin
Benton Harbor
Mich
Bryan
Traste
Ios Porialiam
Bryan Replies To Meiklejohn Inconsistencies Of Party
Bryan challenges Republican stance on the constitution and slavery in a published reply to Meiklejohn. He cites treaty issues, the Thirteenth Amendment, and Porto Rico governance, arguing party views conflict with constitutional reach across regions.
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Bryan
Republican
Tikalamazoo
Miah
William J. Bryan
Meiklejohn
General Os
Congress
Republican Party
Sula
Porto Rico
West Indies
Pacific
Asia
Eczema Cure Advertised By Botanic Blood Balm
Sufferers urged to try B B B Botanic Blood Balm as a blood purifier for eczema itching pimples and skin eruptions. Claims long testing and a $1 per bottle price with six bottles at $5. Ad offers free advice and directions with each bottle from Blood Balm Co Atlanta GA.
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Druggista
Atlanta
Cotton Thieves Arrested After Bold Alabama Heist
Five African American men stole four bales of cotton from Zeke Bryant’s gunnery near Bauxprnar Alabama. Two men carried cotton to Louisville to sell, then returned as arrests followed. The raid led to recovery of part of the money from Allen and his sons, and the others attempted to burn the gin to destroy evidence.
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Bauxprnar
Ala
Zeke Bryant
Pegroes
Louisville
Bryant
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Jackson Street
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Jackson Streat
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Ball Telephone Company
Clayton Street
B.D. Stone
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