Explosion at starch plant kills six workers in Providence
Six men were believed dead after two blasts at C. S. Tanney starch factory in Providence. Three others injured as one building burned and a second ruin followed. Named dead include Richard Gomes John Dautt Tony Jack Lanton. A. L. Girechiz is missing in the rubble. Cause suspected as spark from faulty wiring igniting the mixer.
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Providence, RL
Providence
Tanney
Richard. Gomes
John Dautt
Tony
Jack Lanton
A. L. Girechiz
Judge Grosscop Seeks Real Corporate Reform
The article quotes Judge Grosscop questioning if the public has gone mad as it discusses the clash between workers and corporations. It argues for broad reform and a shared domain where working people, savers, and capitalists can prosper, urging President Roosevelt to steer reform away from endless recriminations toward lasting change.
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Roosevelt
Alvord Testimony on Corruption Fund Targets Senate Probe
Theodore Alvord testified about a reported 150000 fund before the Senate Investigating Committee, which is expected to report soon. The prohibition amendment awaits that report. Delegate Strickling introduced the county salary bill, with judiciary committee session and expected tomorrow morning review. Senate Bill No 28 creates a state school book commission and a uniform textbook system. The house showed insurgent opposition yet passed the administration’s salary measure and related items.
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Senate
Charleston
W. Viv
Strickling
Judiciary Committee
Senate Investigating
Theodore Alvord
House
Bryan Busy Man in Buffalo on Feb 12
William J. Bryan arrived in Buffalo at 1 PM and spent the day meeting with a women’s organization at the Twenty Century Club and clergy at the YMCA. He conferred with Democratic leaders, attended a reception, then spoke at a mass meeting in Convention Hall and addressed members of the Saturn and Buffalo Clubs, Knights of Columbus, and Modern Woodmen of America. The Convention Hall gathering was public and filled, with Mayor Tom L Johnson of Cleveland on the platform alongside Buffalo Democrats.
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Buffalo
N. Y
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Twentieth Century Club
Democratic General Committee
Erie County
Saturn and
Buffalo Clubs
Knights of Columbus
Modern Woodmen of America
Convention Hall
Bryan
Tom JL. Johnson
Cleveland, O
Democratic Party
New York
Remarkable death by own action in Central City
Edward Boyd a young married man fired a bullet into his brain at Central City dying tonight after a desperate struggle to obtain his revolver. His wife who had just undergone an appendicitis operation had hidden the key to the trunk and fainted from the shock. Boyd had been in a nervous condition for two years.
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Owensboro
Edward Boyd
Central City
Boyd
George Meredith Reaches Eighty In London Birthday
George Meredith, hailed by many as England's top fiction writer, turned 80 in London today. A deputation from the Society of Authors delivered congrats. The celebrated novelist enjoys good health and lively spirits in a Surrey hillside home, aided by outdoor sports and a long, active career begun in the 1830s.
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London
George Meredith
Society of Authors
Surrey Hills
Meredith
Rca
Independent Labor Party declares no alliance with major parties
The Independent Labor party states it is unallied with any existing political organization and especially free from association with socialist parties active today, according to a New York dispatch dated February 12.
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New York
Independent Labor Party
Labor leaders weigh forming a national political party
Labor officers from major unions discuss launching a new party before the current campaign. They favor a national convention either via the American Federation of Labor or a direct labor union call. Seuckerman of the Cigar Makers and Healy of the Stationery Firemen urge workers to act politically, without endorsing a formal labor party.
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Healy
International Brotherhood of Stationery Firemen
Foley’s Honey and Tar Cures Coughs and Cold
Advertisement for Foley’s Honey and Tar with gentle laxative action. The yellow package is genuine and guaranteed. Sold by G. H. Wade, druggist.
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Foley
G. H. Wade
Freed by Divorce
Christiana Schwamb, a Salvation Army worker, has obtained a divorce from Dieter Schwamb after he disappeared eight years earlier. She learned at a Harlem saloon that the missing husband, known as Philip Albert, lived at 1810 Second Avenue and found a Mrs Albert at that address.
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New York
Christiana Schwamb
Salvation Army
Germany
Dieter Schwamb
Schwamb
Philip Albert
Second Avenue
Bigamy case ends with divorce and jail time in New York
Interviewed wives reveal Dieter Schwamb and Philip Albert are same man. Schwamb confronted by both wives in Harleti court, pleads, and is sent to Blackwell’s Island for six months for assault on the second wife. First wife seeks a divorce. Justice Newburger grants an interlocutory decree.
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Albert
Newark
Dieter Schwamb
Philip Albert
Schwamb
Ater
Harleti Court
August P. Wagener
Chambers Street
Salvation Army Lassie
Blackwell's Island
Salvation Army
President nominates Louis A. Coolidge for Treasury post
Washington reports the president has sent to the Senate the nomination of Louis A Coolidge of Massachusetts to be assistant secretary of the treasury. The note mentions Mt Vernon Flour and Sublette Barnes as vendors and advertises various cakes.
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Louis A. Coolidge
Massachusetts
Senate
Washington
the Treasury
Mt. Vernon
Sublette & Barnes
Railroad Schedules Show Roanoke Norfolk Lynchburg Routes
Train times list daily departures from Roanoke Norfolk Lynchburg and other Shenandoah division stops. Services include Pullman Sleepers Parlor Cars Dining Cars cafe cars and connections to Philadelphia Columbus Cincinnati and Welch areas. Norfolk and Western Railway agent Bevill announces schedules from Romoke Virginia.
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Roanoke
Norfolk
Shenandoah
Pullman
New York
Hagertown
Richmond
Pullman Sleeper
Lynchburg
Shenandoah Valley
Philadelphia
Gary
Bluefield
Kenova
Columbus
Cincinnati
Toledo
Tazewell
North
Clinch Valle
Nora
Clinch Valley Division
Wayne
Welch
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
Romoke
Virginia
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