Epidemics and incidents reported across towns on May 29
Washington pa reports Morris township mumps and measles epidemic. Monessen steel plant worker John Dominic, 24, killed in accident. Ashtabula cow struck by lightning. milker Curtis injured. Kittanning men guilty of dynamiting fish. fined 100 each. Sidney man Frank Millett e dies after visiting brother in New Bedford. Marion couple Sophia Hacker and Robert Stewart wed after 50 years apart. Pennsylvaia Bill Posters and Distributors' convention opens in Harrisburg. Charles Thomas receives 3000 from Indian trader John Farley will. Xenia delegates support Bryan for Democratic convention. Harrisburg mayor appoints Caldwell city highway commissioner. Ravenna coffin mixup reveals live Jones in Gallipolis. Wilkesbarre drunken bear locked in Shamokin station cell. police attacked by bear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittanning
Charles Aas
Walter Curren
Merrltts
Crooked Creek
Justice Mobley
Sidney, O
Frank Millette
New Bedford
Mass
Empire City Comptroller Leads Prosperity Congress
Herman A Metz New York comptroller and head of the Commercial Travelers Interstate Prosperity Congress announces a national campaign to revive confidence and trade. He cites letters of support from businesses nationwide and outlines plans for a August 14 15 meeting in New York City with events at Manhattan Beach hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman A. Metz
New York
Commercial Travelers’ Interstate Prosperity Congress
New York City
United States
Congress
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Portland
Interstate Prosperity Congress
C. Mead
Merchants’ Association of New York
Metz
William Hoge
Prosperity Congress
United Commercial Travelers’ Association
Columbus
Commercial Travelers’ Protective Association
St. Louis
William McCarroll
New York Board of Trade and Transportation Association
Public Service Commission
Alleghanies
McCarroll
United Commercial Travelers
Travelers Protective Association
Manhattan Beach
Romac
Golden Medium
Bessie Mack
Bessie Mac
Pleasant City
Ohio
Miners Return to Work in Maryland Collieries
Cumberland Md May 28 The coal mines in the Fairmont and Clarksburg regions controlled by the Consolidated Coal company have resumed work on full time under lake trade responsibility. From 7 000 to 10 000 men are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Fairmont Andlarksburg
Consolidated Coal Company
Prize of a Botanist and the Ancient Dioon
Professor C J Chamberlain of the University of Chicago returns from a Mexican botany expedition with the rare dioon a plant from the geological period and tales of three earthquakes and a tiger pursuit. He braved Puebla Jalapa and Mitla trains and forests then brought back a nut as big as a man’s head and sixty to seventy seeds inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Chamberlain
Charles J. Chamberlain
University of Chicago
Chicago
Mexico
Botanical Society of America
Chamberlain
Kansas City Star
Professor Chamberlain
Professor Land
Puebla
Jalapa
Mitla
Mitha
Old Mexico
Daylight Limited Riders Farmers’ Rail Line Reopens
Six miles of Wabash abandonments between Shumway and Effingham near Mattoon Illinois are repurposed by nearby farmers. A gondola hand car with a long pole propels twenty riders, dubbed the daylight limited, making regular market-day trips along the old tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway
Effingham
Mattoon
Wabash Railroad
Mauser Rifle Improvement Invented
Herr Mauser claims a new automatic reload feature for his famous rifle, enabling it to chamber a cartridge without manual cycling. The device is presented as an improvement to the standard Mauser design, promising faster firing and smoother operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauser
Herr Mauser
Stur geon Nominated By Prohibition Convention
Daniel Sturgeon of Uniontown Pa nominated for judge of the superior court by the state Prohibition convention. Delegates elected include Michael J. Fanning George Hoffman Burton L. Rockwood R D Williams James W. Houston Godfrey Stringer P T Routledge H L Stem R S Irwin Frank L. Morton. McCalmont reelected state chairman. Presidential electors chosen across districts with names from Philadelphia Coatesville Norristown Ephrata Scranton Wilkesbarre Schuylkill Sayre Dannville Pittsburgh and others. The platform reaffirms allegiance to the national Prohibition party and opposes liquor as a tax burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayre
Daniel Sturgeon
Uniontown
Michael J. Fanning
Philadelphia
George Hoffman
Ardmore
Burton L. Rockwood
R. D. Williams
James W. Houston
Allegheny
Godfrey Stringer
P. T. Routledge
Livermore
H. L. Stem
Union City
Howard Leopold
Norristown
D. S. Vannede
Ephrata
W. H. Richmond
Scranton
W B. Beerles
Wilkesbarre
W. H. Mallory
Schuylkill
J. H. Schneller
Catasauqua
J. F. Warner
James Mansell
Williamsport
F. P. Johnson
Dannville
J. S. Gankee
Fayetteville
Swallow
Harrisburg
J. L. Edwards
Belsano
Cyrus
Greit
Gettysburg
Dr. A. McAlpine
Bradford
L. G. Wieck
Butler
John O. Stever
Berlin
M. S. Marcus
New Castle
Isaac Monderean
Meadville
George T. Kline
Easton
W. J. Freeman
St. Petersburg
K. J. Fithian
Grove City
J. H. Knox
Pittsburg
Knox C. Hill
McKeesport
R. F. Glass
F. P. Hirshberger
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Tri-State News
Washington, Pa
Morris Township
Monessen
John Dominic
Ashtabula, O
A. B. Curtis
Mr. Curtis
Marion, C
Sophia Hacker
This City
Robert Stewart
Shelbyville
Ind
Indiana
Pennsylvania Bill Posters and Distributors’ Association
Capitol
Greensburg
Charles Thomas
John Farley
Oklahoma
Thomas
Xenia
Matt Denver
Wilmington
James M. Fletcher
J. A. Runyan
Lebanon
Bryan
Mayor Meals
William W. Caldwell
House of Representatives
Caldwell
Capitol Hill
Dale Meals
Carlisle
Ravenna, O
Joseph Jones
Sharlesville
Harry R. Jones
William Jones
Galli Lis
Shalersville Jones
Gallipolis
Wwesbarre
Pering Bear
Shamokin
Gilban
State Constabulary
Empire City
Cleveland Hippodrome
Cleveland
Cleveland Hippodrome Company
Hippodrome Theater
Kessler
St. Louie Republic
Tuxtepec
Sturgeon
Prohibition
Alliance
Campbell
Latrobe
Sebring
Canton, O
R.S. Shields
Abner McKinley
Anna
Allen
Shields
B. W. Andrews
Kane
National
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Ruamc
Nancy Hanks
Lou Dillon
Pete the Great
Admiral Dewey
Lady Mac
Lord Roberts
Peter Sterling
Trampfast
Happ*y Medium
Roma
Romancer
Billy Cole
Max G
Happy Medium
Hambletonian
Komacc
Lida May
Shre
Hiram Woodruff
The
United States Food Co
Pleasant City, Ohio
Erie
Toledo
Detroit
N. Y
Niagara Falls
C & BR
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit CO
W. F. Erman
Gem
Cota
What Is
Castoria
Pany
Jeffersonian
Ohio Farmer
Pittsburg Stockman
World
Enquirer
J. M. Amos & Sons
Cambridge, O
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