Tennessee Furnaces to Make Their Own Coke
The article describes East Tennessee coke production from Dorchester Wise county ovens and a large Tennessee coal and iron push. Bon Air Coal & Iron Co plans Ravenscroft mine access on Cumberland plateau with 2000 coke ovens and 2500 tons daily coal output to feed Middle Tennessee furnaces.
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Tennessee
Dorchester
Wise County
Middle Tennessee
Pineville
Bon Air Coal & Iron Co
Buffalo Tron Co
Bon Air Company
Cumberland Plateau
Ravenscroft
Bon Air
McMinnville
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Ravenecroft
Jane
Eatland
Caney Fork Fiver
Sewanee
Tracy City
Whitwell
Eastland
Boo Air
Home Capital
White
van Bures
Cumberland
Putnam
Nashville
Wayne
Hickman
Lewis
R. O. Campbell
Dorans Cove
Marion County
Pitteburg
Bridgeport
Ala
South
Pittsburg
Tenn
Cumperland County
Isoline
Johneon
Clear Creek Coal Co
Crab Orchard Coal Mining Co
Waldensia
Rockwood
Chicago
Hasio
Renfro
Cumberland County
Cumberland Coal & Coke Co
Millstone
Lantana
Meadow Creek
Great Gathering of Wings reunion in Sandwich Massachusetts
The Wing family of America holds its second annual reunion in Sandwich with nearly a thousand visitors from over twenty states. The event, honoring Deborah Wing with a memorial tablet, traces lineage to 1687 and includes distant ties to President Roosevelt. Judge George W. Wing of Kewaunee, Wisconsin, heads the association.
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Sandwich
Mase
Wing
America
Roosevelt
Deborah Wing
Massachusetts
George W. Wing
Kewaunee
Wis
Unknown man found dead near Cumberland under a tree
The body of a well dressed unknown man with black mustache, about 170 pounds, was found under a tree near North Branch three miles east of Cumberland. Coroner Conner says the man hanged himself with a rope made from socks and a leather belt. belt later unfastened, body dropped. Soap fragment noted. Deceased estimated to have been dead several days.
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Camerland
Inield
North Branch
Cumberland
Conner
Stop Fierce Fight Until Ladies Pass on Mountain Feud
A deadly clash on Quaker Gap Mountain in Stokes County left Captain King dead and several wounded after an old neighbor feud escalated. Russell Jons shot Deputy Sith. John Rhodes shot King and was jailed. A passing party of youths halted the violence by calling on bystanders to stop until the crowd of women and men passed.
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Winston-Salem
Quaker Gap Mountain
Stokes County
Captain King
Sith
Russell Jons
King
John Rhodes
Rade Mecom Springs
Eight-year-old drowning near Piedmont hides from fear of whipping
In Piedmont West Virginia on June 26 eight year old Harry Eppler slipped from a store wall while playing with Walter Parsons and drowned his body not recovered. The Parsons boy did not realize the accident and the event remained unknown for about an hour as he feared a whipping for getting his clothes wet.
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Piedmont
W. Va
Walter Parsons
Harry
Frank V. Eppler
Parsons
Society Woman Dies by Suicide on Train Front
The body of Mrs M. A. Potter identified at the Little Morgue in White Plains as the socialite and recent divorcee who fought death last night by leaping in front of an express train on the New York Central line.
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New York
New York Central Road
White Plaine
M. A. Potter
Cornell Dominates Intercollegiate Shell Races at Poughkeepsie
The inter-collegiate shell races at Poughkeepsie June 26 saw Cornell win all major events. In the two mile varsity race Cornell placed first with Pennsylvania second and Wisconsin third. The freshman eight finished first, Syracuse second, Wisconsin third. The four mile varsity race also went to Cornell, with Georgetown second and Wisconsin third.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Inter-Collegiate Association
Cornell
University
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Syracuse
Weversity
Georgetown
War to the death in New York building trades clash
In New York on June 26 the opening of the labor dispute between the employers' association and the merged board of building trades leaves thousands of workers who had just returned to work idle again as the conflict escalates.
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New York
Employers’ Association
Board of Building Trades
Bridge Collapse Kills One Five Hurt in Franklin
A makeshift structure under construction on Eighth Street in Franklin collapsed, killing one worker and injuring five others who faced likely fatal injuries. Seventeen men were on site when the accident occurred yesterday.
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Franklin
Eighth Street
Negro Killings Mark Wilmington Riots In June
Wilmington Del June 26 Quiet this morning but tensions rise amid riots between white and black communities. Deputy Cramer and a black man were shot last night in the cadet district, the man dying at Delaware Hospital. Authorities may call out the military. A Howard school graduation heard Rev George Alexander McGuire urge graduates to resist racially motivated violence and pursue education and a crusade against evil.
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Wilmington
Del
Cramer
Fiddes
Delaware
Howard School
George Alexander McGuire
Thomas P. E. Church
Philadelphia
Roosevelt Heads Off on Summer Vacation Today
President Roosevelt plans to depart Washington for his annual summer holiday with family. In Oyster Bay locals prepare a festive homecoming with a welcome committee, waving flags, patriotic songs, and Audrey Avenue decor. A Civil War gun gift will be unveiled as part of the celebrations.
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Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Fomner
White House
Post Office
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island City
Sagamore Hill
Audrey
Great Factory Piano Sale Urges Quick Purchase
Five days remain in the Great Factory Piano Sale at Menane's Jewelry Store 221 Princeton Ave. D. H. Baldwin & Co. display factory cost pianos and promise careful guidance from Cincinnati manufacturers with five large factories. Buy now to save a big sum before time runs out.
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D. H. Baldwin & Co
Cincinnati
Menane
Princeton Ave
Ford Returns After Disappearance and Marriage
James E. Ford, who vanished in February from Gloucester county, returned home in Newport News hours after marrying. He had left his wife claiming a brief absence and joined an oyster boat crew. Earlier reports identified a body found in Norfolk as Ford, leading relatives to mourn him as dead.
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Newport News
James E. Ford
Gloucester County
Norfolk
Ford
Earthquake Shocks Edna Hungary Collapses Suburbs
Four violent shocks were felt in Edna Hungary this morning. Several suburb houses collapsed and most buildings were damaged. Panic gripped a town of about 20 000 with groceries still listed at cost. Grave's Merchandise Co. 105 Princeton Avenue. June 27, 2t.
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Edna
Hungary
Grave's Merchandise Co
Princeton Avenue
Wanted Workers Advertises Energetic Applicants
The notice seeks energetic, treatworthy young men and a young woman to take orders at a rate of $2.50 a day. It lists Jead in Sing Street, first flat, with a date of 6-26 03-tt.
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Sing Street
Motorman and Two Soldiers Hurt in Richmond Ambush
A night ambush outside Richmond wounded a motorman from Philadelphia and two soldiers from the Lynchburg Home Guards. Authorities captured two men, including a streetcar employee with matching cartridges, as a bridge on the Seven Pines line was reportedly set ablaze by strike sympathizers.
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Richmond
Hinkel
Hatchiaon
Staunton
Seven Pines
Rtchmond
Stony Row
John B. Easley
Charles Easley
Lynchburg
George Anderson
King Edward Birthday Observed in London Parade
London marked King Edward born November 9 1841 with a June 26 celebration to honor the coronation anniversary. The Home Guard parade dropped colors as His Majesty attended with a brilliant escort and notable nobility in attendance.
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London
Edward
Home Guard
Murderous Farmhand At Sherman Aims for Escape
New Milford Conn June 26 At Sherman six miles from there a farmhand employed by Orland Pepper cut a woman's throat struck another woman with a hammer and then cut his own throat All three are yet living The Daily Telegraph notes the grisly incident and ongoing medical condition of the victims and assailant.
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New Milford
Conn
Sherman
Orland Pepper
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