General meeting planned on Sept 21 over Kanawha coal strike
In Charleston West Virginia on September 16 Governor Glasscock announced a plan for a mass meeting at 10 o'clock September 21 in the state capitol. The meeting would include miners coal operators and business organizations from various West Virginia towns to discuss the ongoing Kanawha field strike and labor dispute.
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Charleston
Kanawha
Lasscock
Noa
Glasscock
Capitol
Basen Eee
Vario Swest
Virginia Towna
Cancer Cure Not Found Says Heidelberg Professor
Professor Winzensz Czerny of Heidelberg University reports to the German medical congress that no cancer cure exists and likely never will. He warns that metallic salt chemotherapies have cured mice only and are too dangerous for humans, urging governments to boost funding for cancer research.
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Monster
Prussia
Winzensz’ Czerny
Heidelberg University
German Medical Congress
Czerny
British steamer Aground Off Pensacola Coast
A British steamer named unknown is hard aground thirty miles from Pensacola. It was blown from the Gulf during Saturday morning’s storm and lies broadside in about six feet of water, report says. A river boat brought the information to town today.
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Pensacola
Fia
Sfrom
Gulf
Italy and Turkey Near Peace Agreement
Paris dispatch reports peace terms between Italy and Turkey nearly settled. A major hurdle remains a proposed loan of 500 to 600 million francs, with Italy seeking financing from French English and Belgian bankers, a line communicated to Paris Temps from Rene Puaux in Geneva.
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Paris
Italy
Turkey
Temps
Rene Puaux
Geneva
Settlement Terms Outline Italian Tripoli Accord Details
The dispatch notes tacit acceptance by the Porte that Italian control of Tripoli is an accomplished fact with Turkey allowed a Mediterranean port at a Libyan extremity and a land corridor to Arab interiors. It envisions Sultanate suzerainty in Tripolitania, Arab chief stipends from Italy, and Turkish debt relief funded by Libyan revenues. It mentions possible retrocession of Massowari and avoids pushing Aegean islands.
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Tripoli
Turkey
Libya
Tripolitania
Italy
Red Sea
Massowari
Eritréa
Aegean Islands
Train Kills Three Women at Local Crossing
In Muskegon Michigan three women Mia Ole Beagler Mrs Gertrude Witt and Mrs Adolph Tureck were killed when a train struck their rig at a crossing. The engine dragged the victims and debris about 500 feet before stopping.
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Muskegon
Mich
Ole Beagler
Gertrude Witt
Adolph Tureck
Girl Free to Wed Man of Her Choice
Bopsila Oksztulewicz will marry Paul Usuwitek with court approval after her half brother Martin Barsul challenged the union claiming she was too young. The judge Hardy dismissed the brother's injunction request after the girl stated she was 17.
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Bopsila Oksztulewicz
Paul Usuwitek
Martin Barsul
Hardy
Orders Increase for Cambridge Firemen
The Cambridge firemen and police are entitled to higher salaries granted by the City Council before Henry J. Cunningham became commissioner. Judge Sheldon ordered a writ of mandamus to compel Cunningham to pay the raise. The police had won the same increase last week.
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Cambridge
Henry J. Cunningham
Sheldon
Cunningham
Hunting Woods for Bad Gunman
Heavily armed men search Clearfield and Somerset counties for John Keeler a teamster who on Saturday night forced entrance to a Clearfield brewery office fatally wounding John W. Rassner and injuring three clerks Keeler a former US soldier known as a deadly shot escaped but was tracked near Clearfield the shooting stemmed from a wage dispute with authorities assuming he will not be captured alive
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Clearfield
Penn
Somerset
John Keeler
John W. Rassner
Keeler
United States Army
Philippines
Veteran James A Lord Seeks Will Ruling in Court
An 80 year old Civil War veteran James A Lord contests Mrs Sarah Maria Wadsworth will on undue influence grounds. Judge Loring halted the trial and invited attorneys to their lobby where a compromise is under discussion. The jury has been discharged.
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James A. Lord
Sarah Maria Wadsworth
Sttth
Loring
Supreme Judicial Court
Veteran testifies in Boston will contest over Wadsworth estate
Mr. Lord, inmate at Togus Maine, testifies in Boston to contest Mrs. Wadsworth's will leaving about $11 000 to Lyle Wadsworth Gleason niece of her late husband. He recounts Civil War service from August 1862 in the Thirty-fifth Massachusetts and prison time at Libby and other prisons. the case hinges on a possible Arizona compromise.
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Herbert Parker
Lord
Thirty-fifth
Massachusetts Regiment
Tracy P. Cheever
Boston
Chelsea
South Mountain
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Vicksburg
Libby
Personville
Salisbury
Milan Prising
Loting
Thirty-fifth Regiment
Tufts Opens 59th Year With Faculty Changes
Tufts College begins its 59th year on Thursday with larger enrolment and several faculty changes. Karl Schmidt becomes head of philosophy replacing Herbert Cushman, Henry Marvin heads physics, Arthur Andrews leads history, and new instructors join modern languages and engineering. Promotions include Lucius M Bristol to assistant professor of applied Christianity and Samuel L Connor to assistant professor in civil engineering.
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Tufts College
Department of Arts and Sciences
Karl. Schmidt
Marburg
Herbert E. Cushman
Henry H. Marvin
Gwinnell College
Columbia’. University
H. G. Chase
Arthur I. Andrews
Brown University
Harvard
Hugh Wiley
Puckett
Southern, College
Tulane
Birmingham College
Merrill C. ‘Hill
Bowdoin
Lafayette College
Engineersna
Frank. W. Pete
Rose Polytechnical Institute
Ohio’ University
Melville Darst Liming
Miami University
Lucius
Bristol
Samuel L. Connor
Husband Accuses Littleton Woman in Contested Divorce
Edward A. Hall of Littleton sues Mrs. Ethel M. Hall in East Cambridge Divorce Court claiming misconduct occurred on several occasions. Mrs. Hall denies the charges saying he deserted her and their son Arthur F. Hall on March 21, 1911 and has provided no support since. The couple wed March 2, 1902 and the case resumes this morning.
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Edward A. Hall
Littleton
Ethel M. Hall
Cambridge
Fox
Hand Laundry Firm Declares Bankruptcy in District Court
The Allston Hand Laundry, Inc. of Braintree Street filed for voluntary bankruptcy in U S District Court. The company disclosed liabilities of 4153.21 and assets of 1134.94.
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Allston Hand Laundry, Inc
Braintree Street
United States ‘District Court
Unsightly skin cleared by Poslam remedy claims
An advertisement touts Poslam as a cure for eruptions pimples eczema and other skin conditions promising rapid healing and relief. It promotes Poslam Soap for daily use and claims safety for tender skin including babies with prices and a New York City address for samples.
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West 26Th Street
New York City
Peruna claims both catarrh and constipation cure
An advertisement promotes Peruna with a revised laxative version claiming to relieve chronic catarrh and constipation by addressing the catarrh first. The copy asserts long years of laxative use and promises permanent relief once catarrh is cured, urging readers to request a free booklet from KA-TAR-N.
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Peruna
Ohio
Damage claims rise from army gun tests across farms
Washington reports six years of firing from army big guns has spawned many damage claims by farmers cottagers and fishermen totaling at least 32616 among 220 claimants. Most items cover smashed window glass but a 46 cent claim notes artillery passage through a Filipino rice field. the largest is 3000 for a summer home blast at Fort Balwin Maine.
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Washington
Fort Baliwin
Among the Churches of Greater Boston Reception for Witter Missionaries
A reception at Warren Avenue Baptist Church will honor Rev Edward Witter D D and Mrs Witter, their son the Rev Theodore C Witter and his wife, plus Mr and Mrs William Smith before departure with outgoing missionaries of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Pastor Rev Herbert S Johnson D D will preside. Congregational ministers met at Pilgrim Hall with Rev William M MacNair D D elected moderator, discussing the obligations of the ministry.
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Edward
Witter
D. D
Theodore C. Witter
William ‘Smith
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Baptist Foreign ‘Mission ‘Society
Warren Avenue
Herbert 8. Johnson
D. di
Pilgrim Hall
Corrects statements about Mrs Peabody in Boston Post letter
A reader defends Mrs Anna May Peabody recounting her church affiliation with the Church of Disciples Unitarian in Boston and denying support for women suffrage discussion. The letter notes her suit for guardianship of her children in 1912 and alleges her husband failed to meet court obligations.
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Anna May Peabody
Peabody
Church of Disciples
James Freeman
Clarke
Boston
Ames
Postoffice Square Memorial Fountain Construction
Five foundation supports were laid for a new memorial fountain in Postoffice square Boston by the city and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Workers dug 12 feet to reach original ground, revealing layers of old bricks ashes tin cans and boards. Completion is expected in about one month.
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Postoffice Square
City of
Boston
Maassachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Post Office’ Square
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Restores Natural Color
A Wyeth Chemical Co product, Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hairs Remedy, marketed to darken gray hair and improve scalp conditions. Claims fast color restoration, reduced dandruff, and stronger, shinier hair. available for fifty cents with money back guarantee.
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Wyeth Chemical Company
New York
Wyeth
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