Irish unrest reports and Sinn Fein influence Grow
Reports from Ireland describe continued disorder across counties including Cork and Roscommon. Attack on a landowner in Roscommon, damage to courthouses, and rail threats by workers amid Sinn Fein activity. Horace Plunkett argues de facto Sinn Fein control and calls for dominion settlement.
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Ireland
Cork
Waterford
Blarput
County Roscomb
Sinn Fenners
Bantrey
Irish Rec
Accordo the Chronicle
Eng
Chronicle
Horace Plunkett
the Times
Sinn Fein
Horace
Ulster
United Kingdom
Fein
United Ireland
Cand Iam
Questions And Their Answers From A Period Quiz
A reader quiz lists questions and answers on topics from political candidates to origins of the name Tommy Atkins. It covers presidential candidates Debs Bryan Cleveland, weights for market hogs, US oil wells, wool in suits, total US forest area, reasons gasoline inhibits insects, governor salaries in the Philippines, and production cost labeling bills.
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Eugene Debs
Bryan
Cleveland
Tommy
Tommy Atkins
Arket
United States
P. BE. H
U. Ss
Lerican Foresters
M. G
Bureau of Biological
Records in broad jumps and amphitheater seating at Arlington
World running broad jump record holder S R A O Connor is listed at 24 feet 11.75 inches dated August 26 1901 while standing broad jump mark holder R C Bury is 11 feet 4.78 inches set August 29 1904. Arlington amphitheater seats 5000 exclusive of 42 boxes seating ten each. Memorial day services were held there for the first time on May 31.
Britain Counts Over Sixty Thousand Boot and Shoe Workers
A survey shows more than 60,000 workers employed in the boot and shoe trades across Great Britain. The figure reflects widespread employment and regional distribution in several counties with notable activity in manufacturing hubs and retail sectors.
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Great Britain
Whiskey Row in Chicago Replaced by Garden Playground
The notorious whiskey row behind Chicago's stock yards has vanished. Ramshackle saloons were torn down and replaced with a garden playground and two nursery buildings for children of stock yard workers, bringing a child friendly scene to the area.
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Down
Robbing Churches Habit Nets Ten Year Sentence
Ben Lawson alias Dwight Carter admitted to robbing many churches. In court Judge Whitcomb noted “flow many churches” and sentenced him to ten years, with the remark that he could serve six months for each job. The defendant acknowledged the tally as “at least twenty.”
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Ben Lawson
Dwight Carter
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