War department orders Capt Wheeler to inspect 5 inch gun
The War Department sends Captain Wheeler to Watervliet to complete inspection of the 5 inch gun nearing finish. The piece should fire a 2,370 pound ball up to 21 miles, weighs 130 tons, and runs 49 feet 29 10 inches long.
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War Department
Wheeler
Ordnance Bureau
Watervliet
Insular Division
New York
C. W. Neely
Secretary of War
Neely
Veiled petroleum smell ends in Somerset County incident
A petroleum product with a benzine odor is involved in an incident tied to a 4 percent coal company in Somerset County Pennsylvania. The substance remains unidentified and no injuries are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocal Company
Somerset County
Indian Bureau Reports Record Government School Enrollment
The Indian bureau notes 25,868 Indians in government schools, the highest ten year total. A New York City fire killed two women and injured several in a five room apartment building. Chicago banks shipped 20 million dollars in currency to New York for margin calls amid stock and bond buying. Eight hundred soldiers sought discharge over union rules, while Indiana gas and window glass consolidations begin reducing local capacities. A Moline plow option could form a 50 million dollar combine with 1000 workers employed. A New Orleans bank official was arrested for a 36000 dollar shortage. A Chicago collapse during firewood gathering killed one child and injured seven others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Bureau
New Yorkity
Chicago
New York
Twelfth Regiment
Williamsport
Deiterich Syndicate
American Window Glass Co
Indiana
Moline (Tn) Plow Co
Taggart Elected Ohio G A R Department Commander
Taggart of Akron won 319 votes to Squire 145 and Dunn 128 for the Ohio G A R department commander. Swisher named vice commander and Day chosen delegate at large to the national encampment in Cleveland. Mrs. Anna Howe elected president of the Ohio W R C. Speelman named colonel of the Sons of Veterans. Patterson senior vice commander. Encampment to be held in Lancaster next year.
Mysterious Safe Robbery at Brown Bros Store
In Cleveland between Saturday night and Monday morning a peculiar safe robbery occurred at Brown Bros., Ontario street Nos. 131 and 133. The safe opened and a large sum was taken with no tampering marks, suggesting no burglary. The firm’s money and Cecil, Aldrich & Co.’s cashier money were in the safe as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Brown Bros
Ontario Street
Cecil, Aldrich & Co
Machinists Rejected Wage Rise in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on May 11 the Metal Trades association refused a 12 percent wage increase and shop control. The only concession granted is a reduction of weekly hours from 57 to 54 starting May 20, with a strike likely as machinists press for higher pay.
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Cincinnati
Metal Trades Association
Disorders in Barcelona and fires in Ottawa report deaths
Dispatches from Barcelona indicate several killed and many injured amid unrest on the seventh. A board house fire in Ottawa destroyed tenements and Roy & Savigniz's hotel, killing three and causing about 30000 dollars in losses. Royal pension news notes Victoria’s ladies receiving small pensions after waiting months. A Constantinople report states revolutions in Macedonian towns with numerous executions across Monastir Beria Jating Seres and Uskuhb.
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Barcelona
Spain
Roy & Savigniz
Ottawa
Constantinople
Monastir
Beria
Jating
Seres
Uskuhb
Storm Strikes Second Baptist Church in Delaware
An electric storm hit the southern part of town tearing off the roof and starting a fire at the Second Baptist church. Miss Sarah Washington was knocked unconscious while two babies nearby were knocked senseless as firefighters saved the structure from total destruction.
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Delaware
Second Baptist Church
Sarah Washington
Death of Hon S M Burnham Akron Leader Dies at 77
Akron May 10 Hon S M Burnham prominent citizen drops dead from heart disease. He served in the Ohio legislature from Summit County in 1872 and was Summit county auditor for four terms. Burnham sat on the Buchtel College trustees since 1870. He was 77.
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S. M. Burnham
Akron
Wade Confesses Self Defense in Toledo Case
Akron reports Sheriff Kelly brought Joe Wade from Massachusetts to Tallmadge for the murder of Joe Turner. Wade admits his identity and says he shot Turner in self defense.
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Akron
Kelly
Massachusetts
Joe Wade
Joe Turner
Tallmadge
Wade
Turner
Multiple Local Incidents Crowd Early January News
A fire incident in Waterloo Indiana leaves Mrs James Miller burned by kerosene explosion as she built a fire. An avalanche in Campo Delcine Switzerland kills eight Italian laborers. Ebervale coal miners return to work after a discharge dispute. Southern Illinois Central mail derailed near Hazelhurst Mississippi with two dead and two injured. Atchison Topeka Santa Fe raises wages for shop workers after union talks. American Cigar Co factory in Binghamton New York closes with 500 workers locked out after a strike by 190 girls. Buffalo Savings and Loan in Buffalo New York has a receiver appointed amid dissolution action. Albany and nearby line workers reject a wage settlement offer from United Traction Co. Pan American exposition reports 80 percent of exhibits in place. David Wolman inventor of Holman life slides dies in Bangor Missouri at age 75. Union Iron Works San Francisco workers donate to a gold tablet for President McKinley ahead of the launch of the Ohio.
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Orange County
Virginia
Robert J. Ross
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
Baldwin
Philadelphia
American Locomotive Co
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Luigi Storti
Michael Calucci
Storti
Hazelton
Ebervale
G. B. Markle & Co
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
East Buffalo
Dover
N. J
Blessing
Albany
United Traction Co
Samuel Bolton
Troy
Bolton
Tarrytown
Robert Emmett Hopkins
Titusville
Tidewater Pipe Co
Atlantic Seaboard
Anchor Line
Erie
Buffalo
Lake Shore
Round House
Lackawanna Railroad
N.Y
Scranton
Financial Journal
New York City
Elbert Jackson
Samuel C. Jackson
United States
Canada
Latrobe
Millwond
Associated Banks
Treasury
James Miller
Locke
Waterloo
Ind
Berne
Switzerland
Campo Delcine
C. B. Markle & Co
Sinois Central Mail
Chicago
Hazelhurst
Miss
International Union of Stuchanists
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co
American Cigar Co
Binghamton
Justice Childs
Buffalo Savings and Loan Association
Attorney General's
State Superintendent of Banking
Watervliet
Cohoes
Rensselaer
Cherry
Transportation Department
David Shepard Wolman
Bangor
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
McKinley
Tax Value of Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Raised
Ohio auditors boosted the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad tax value from 5 million to 5.88 million dollars. Mayor Johnson’s figures show the company will pay on 13 percent of cash value instead of 12 percent previously.
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Cleveland
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Ohio
Johnson
Bridge Builders Strike Hits Nickel Plate Work
Conneaut May 14 sixty bridge builders on the Nickel Plate bridge struck over overtime pay demands. They seek time and a half for overtime and double time on Sundays and holidays. The American Contracting Co. of Cleveland is the contractor. Laborers have joined the strikers.
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Conneaut
American Contracting Co
Cleveland
Worker killed in grain belt incident at Cincinnati shop
Samuel Rodgers of the Cincinnati Roofing Co. was caught in a six inch belt at his work on Friday. He was whirled around the wheel and died instantly as every bone in his body was broken and parts of his limbs were scattered about the shop.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Rodgers
Cincinnati Roofing Co
Urys Trial Begins In Johnson Murder Case
George Ury the second of five defendants in the murder of W. C. Johnson was brought into the Upper Sandusky court Monday with his wife and six year old daughter Bernice present. Proceedings opened as the case moves toward trial.
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Upper Sandusky
George Ury
W. C. Johnson
Bernice
Demand Moro Pay In Maddying Valley Strike Looms
Youngstown reports roll turners in the Maddying valley form a union and demand wage increases from 30 to 35 cents an hour. If not granted, they plan a strike on May 15.
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Youngstown
Maddying Valley
Strike at Kenton Hardware Demands Spanish Foreman
One hundred twenty five employees of the Kenton Hardware Manufacturing Co. struck on Friday to protest that no Spaniard was appointed as foreman in their shops. The action occurred in Kenton on May 11.
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Kenton
Kenton Hardware Manufacturing Co
Suburba Trade Row Echoes Slow Pay Debate
In a Suburba exchange the coal dealer Boggs is accused of slow payments while a grocer counters with praise of spotless cash, illustrating a small town dispute over credit and trust between local merchants.
Why Dinah Felt So Had in the Navy Farewell
A Brooklyn wife and infant face a three year naval cruise. Dinah the colored maid sobs at the news, saying a black gentleman friend will sail on the same cruiser, contrasting griefs in a domestic scene.
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Dinah
Navy
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Chile
His Trip A wheel
A devotee of the bicycle started southward on his wheel at the beginning of Winter. Several weeks later he reached Florida none the worse for his journey. When asked if he rode the whole distance he replied that when he could not ride he walked by it. The piece notes there are multiple ways to travel by wheel.
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Florida
Easy Fishing in Oregon at Klamath Rapids
The Klamath Republican describes abundant mullet schools along Klamath rapids near Main Street, Oregon. Anglers can haul backloads in minutes using pitchforks or bare hands, as ordinary gear like hooks or nets would be too slow.
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Main Street
Klamath Rapids
Klamath
Boston Harbor Fish Taste Like Tea Revealed
A village grocer reports a customer complained fish tasted like English breakfast tea. The grocer explains the catch came from Boston harbor, a detail noted by a western correspondent as potentially sensational. The exchange highlights a quirky food-traud tale from the era.
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Boston Harbor
N. Y. Sun
Quack Remedies and Pithy Sayings From Chicago Papers
A collage of sharp tongue quips and patent cure claims from Chicago records notes dubious remedies like Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Hoxsie’s Croup Cure. Public skepticism shines through in quips about cures and jobs.
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Hale
Pike
Chicago Daily News
Endorsed Woman’s Remedy Cited For Menstrual Ills
A collection of letters from women across the United States praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from painful and irregular menstruation. Recipients include Mrs. Elsa Kuehl of Brooklyn and Miss Mancrete Pollard of Richmond, with dates from 1898 to 1900.
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Elsa Kuehl
Trautman St
Brooklyn
E. D
N.Y
Lynn
Mass
Mancrte Pollard
St. Richmond
Poinarp
Richmond
Emus
Pribble
Indianola
Lydia B. Pinkham
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Homer Thrall
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Ohio State News
Ury
Land of Plenty
Phdley
Ottaska
M.V Sicinn
Merrill Jr
Detroit, Mich
BE. T. Hobmes
Big ‘Our Bidg
Indianapolis
Oregon
Chicago Record-Herald
Hoxsie
National City Bank of
Baal
Lydia E. Pin Aled
Sanit Adress
Sterling Remedy CO
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