Baseball Scores From Current Major League Games
Washington defeats St. Louis 6 to 2 as Reisling and Street lead the battery for Washington while Gilligen and Stephens handle St. Louis. Philadelphia overwhelms Chicago 23 to 1 with Coombs, Donohue and Young, Scott, Payne powering the offense. Detroit tops Boston 12 to 8, Cleveland beats New York 7 to 6 in ten innings. Danville slips past Lynchburg 2 to 1. Norfolk nips Portsmouth 2 to 1 amid rain delays Roanoke-Richmond-Rain hints at weather disruption. American Association: Minneapolis 9, Louisville 3. Indianapolis 4, St. Paul 3. Milwaukee 3, Columbus 2. Toledo 4, Kansas City 3.
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Washington
St. Louis
Reisling
Street
Bailey
Gilligen
Stephens
Philadelphia
R. H.B
Chicago
Coombs
Donohue
Young
Scott and Payne
Detroit
Boston
American Association
Minneapolis
Louisville
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Columbus
Tolédo
Kansas City
Immigrants in the Bituminous Coal Industry Report Released
Senator Billingham of Vermont presented to Congress a report on Immigrants in the Bituminous Coal Industry. The study covers 88,000 coal workers across Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Virginia and West Virginia. It finds 61.9 percent foreign born and details origins, occupations, wages, and the shift of native workers as newer immigrants enter the coal mines.
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Senator Billingham
Vermont
Immigration Commission
Congress
W. Jett Lauck
Birmingham
Ala
Edgar Sydehstricker
Commission
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Diana
Ilinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Alabama
Virginia
West Virginia
Europe
Middle West
Southwest
Ungkilles
Gary F. W. 8S Coal Mines Near Welch West Virginia
The Gary area in McDowell County is a major U S Coal and Coke Company development with twelve mines employing about 8,000 workers. The plant features stone buildings, electric operation from a central power plant, steel tipples, electric coal ovens, and automatic loading into cars. General Edward O'Toole oversees the operation and a pioneering mining machine uses a 24 inch pneumatic tube to transport coal at high speed to the tipple, reducing manual labor.
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Gary
Tug Fork
Norfolk and Western
Welch
McDowell County
W. Va
United States Coal and Coke Company
H. C. Frick Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
Edward O'Toole
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Connellsville
O'Toole
West Virgina
Revolutionary mining machine seen boosting coal output
Two men stand by to watch a mine applying a new apparatus that could drop costs to 50 cents a ton at the mines and yield 44 cents for royalties and profits. The system eliminates tracks and mules, reduces dust, improves ventilation, and may employ fewer workers while turning 600 tons daily per site. Gary, a steel town, prepares new Miners’ houses and temporary work sheds as the plant expands. The piece notes transport gaps from Pittshuee and geographic hurdles posed by West Virginia’s mountains.
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Gary ‘O 'O Place
Gary
Steel Corporation
Pittshuee
Smoky City
Columbus
Parrisburg
Friction What Causes It and What Would Happen Without It
Lawrence Hodges explains friction origins in simple terms and offers imagined consequences if friction vanished. He notes teeth-like interlocking at contact, differences in material behavior, and industrial uses from bearings to track friction.
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Edison
Lawrence Hodges
New York Tribune
The Speaker's Mace Emblem of the House Ceremony
The article describes the ancient emblem used in the House of Representatives The mace embodies dignity senatorial courtesy and formal ceremony in the chamber. It notes the tradition of presenting and bearing the mace during sessions and key proceedings.
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House of Representatives
TIZ Claims Cure for Sore Feet in Jeffersonville
Mrs. Crocket reports relief after two treatments with TIZ. she walked stairs one foot at a time for the first time in five years. The ad touts TIZ as drawing out poisonous exudations, unlike powders, and sells boxes for 25 cents via druggists or Walter Luther Dodge & Co. Chicago.
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Earth
Gale
Drugg'srs
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
The Senate Mace and Its Quiet Traditions
The article notes the Senate lacks a mace, while the House uses a silver eagle mace on a staff. An attendant moves it before sessions and places it in a pillar during debates, returning it to the sergeant at arms after adjournment. The mace signals no business order, only elderly ceremony. Washington Car reflects from the St. Louis Star.
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Senate
House of Representatives
House
Washington
St. Louis
Sensitiveness of the Phone and Human Ear
The Washington Star notes Preece finds no audible sound at 6 to 10.13 amperes in a telephone, and Pellat reports sound from a mere two thousandth volt. The piece highlights the great sensitivity of both the telephone and the human ear perceiving diaphragm vibrations.
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Preece
Pellat
Washington Star
No Hurry Jam Closet Tale Cites Clergy Man
A clergyman laments over too many people gripping religion as a child does jam. A boy, with jam on his hands and face, insists he prayed to be a saint only after he dies, revealing a comical yet pointed conscience.
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Jacky
A Matter of Economy
The cartoon highlights a neighborly exchange about child care and savings. Mrs. Nocash Mercy questions leaving a girl home after school, while the neighbor touts fewer broken dishes as the saving.
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
It cures diarrhoea and bowel complaints and has gained worldwide approval. The product is praised by users for saving lives and is sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Remedy for lame shoulder from rheumatism
Lame shoulder is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles and yields quickly to the free application of Chamberlain's Liniment. This liniment is prompt and effective and not disagreeable to use. Sold by all dealers.
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R. H.E. Boston
Arrellanes
Carrifap
Kieinon
Kilnan and Stanage
Cleveland
New York
R. HE
Quinn, Hughes
Sweeney
Koestner
Easterly
Virginia League
Danville
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Roanoke-Richmond
National League
Cincinnati
R. H.E
Beebe
Doyle
McLean
Ewing
Moran
Pittsburg
L. E
Hays & Co
Aien
Pedigo’s
W. Det Lauck
Senator Dillingham
Hanna
Eureka, Hardware CO
Bluefield, W
Bn Coal Trade Jurnal
U. S. Coal and Coke (Co
Mace
Tiz
Cervantes
J. D. Shott Contracting Company
Bluefield
J. D. Shott
W. Caldwell
Rohtoke
Thomas E. Peery
N. & W. Railway
Bluefeld
D. B. Baldwin
THE
Pioneer Real Estate
First National Bank
A. D. Wood, M. D
Bluefield Lodge
Masonic Hall
Lagarud
Princeton Ave
Winfolkawetion
Roanoke
Shenandoah
Vpullman
Hageratown
Pullman
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Philaphia
Pullman Sleeper
Kenova
All Pointe West
Northwest
Laily
Tazewell
Norton
Clinch Valley Divi
Clinch Valley Division
Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
Bluefield Transfer 60
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