Insurgent Democrats Block Currency Legislation In House
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Washington July 24 The currency bill stalled in the House Banking and Currency Committee as insurgent Democrats oppose the measure President Wilson stays in Washington delaying vacation while White House talks with Rep Henry and Rep Ragsdale on amendments to permit currency issued on cotton corn and wheat warehouse receipts The committee chaos and potential full chamber fights threat loom as leadership seeks a way forward with the bill.
Woman's Effort Spotlight in Spring Valley News
July 24 report from Spring Valley New York highlights a community effort by women of all ages in town. The special piece notes broad participation and a collective impact on local activities.
Son of the President Sets Back Country During Carnival
The Old Home Week Carnival in Spring Valley features a talking contest with a $25 prize for the best female speaker. A 12 member committee will monitor entrants while the fire company seeks funds to buy an $8,000 auto fire truck. Attendance is planned for up to 12,000. Separately, Gen Atys S. Grant Jr. wed in San Diego, but the Grantees skipped the ceremony and plan a two year honeymoon abroad, possibly settling in France.
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Spring Valley
Atys S. Grant, Jr
President Grant
U. S. Grant
Diego
Cal
America W. Will
Grant
San Diego
Mulhall Denies Cash Borrowing From Washington Contacts
In Washington on July 24, the Senate Investigating Committee pressed Mulhall as he denied charging Cummins with private conferences. Mulhall claimed payments to a House page and House and Ways and Means messengers were loans for small jobs, and that he lent money to J. H. McDermott of Chicago which he says was borrowed and not repaid.
Rooster Saves Life After Tracheotomy by Owner
Mrs. Anna Marshall of Georgetown Del performed a tracheotomy on a choking rooster to save its life. She cut the throat with a carving knife, removed a beet fragment, sewed the wound, and nursed the bird until it walked about the barnyard alive and vigorous.
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Georgetown
Del
Anna Marshall
Bernice George Swallows Needle. No Ill Effects
In Newark Ohio on July 24, Bernice George aged 14 swallowed a two and a half inch darning needle at her home on Bowers Avenue a week ago Sunday. She has suffered no inconvenience since the incident.
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Bowers Avenue
1918 City Directory Names Johnsons Olsons And Smiths
The 1918 city directory lists 2400 Johnsons with 490 starting A, 1040 Olsons, and 800 Smiths, highlighting common surnames in St Paul. The figures reflect name frequency in the community.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Fruits Must Be Sold By Weight Says Ohio Official
Dairy and Food Commissioner S. E. Strode enforces a new law requiring all fruits vegetables and food sold by weight. In Columbus deputies arrest multiple grocers as Mayor Karb declines enforcement. Inspectors will survey Cleveland and Cincinnati to gauge local compliance and pursue wholesale prosecutions if needed.
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Strode
Columbus
George J. Karb
Dairy and Food Commissioner’s
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Bloodshed on Cabin Creek in Wake Forest mining area
Four men die in a quick attack by union men at the Wake Forest Coal Company mine near Cabin Creek. Two attackers also killed. Don Slater wounded, Ginn fatally shot. Slater killed two assailants before being hit. Wake Forest mine under Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal. UMWA strike ongoing. Special grand jury to investigate.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
Wake Forest
Cabin Creek
Frank Ginn
Wake Forest Coal Company
Ohley
Ginn
Slater
Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Copper Mine Strike Turmoil Forces State Troops Anew
In Calumet Michigan 15000 striking miners defy Western Federation orders causing disturbances and triggering a buildup of nearly 2400 State troops including cavalry and artillery to patrol the Upper Peninsula mining fields by tomorrow night.
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Calumet
Midh
Western Federation of Miners
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Boy Saved From Well Fall In Kansas
An eleven year old sister rescued her brother Lilo Church after he fell into a fifty foot well near the Colorado line in West Haskell County Kansas. He sustained a broken left arm and shoulder blade but survived.
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Lilo
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Haskell
Colorado Line
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Dream Vision Ends In Blackout on New York Rail
James Burke 27, a trackman on the elevated lines, told friend Pat Mahoney he dreamed of giant apes and strangulation before a fatal accident. An iron crow bar touched the third rail and Burke was electrocuted. ambulance and Gouverneur Hospital confirmed the death.
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New York
James Burke
Pat Mahoney
Burke
Mahoney
Gouverneur Hospital
Kisses 100 Costly in Gotham Youths Case
Alexander Baris and Jay Goold, Brooklyn men both in the Nutley New Jersey town lock up, lament the high price of kisses after paying fines for courting Miss Bessie Searle of Franklin Avenue Nutley. Baris faces a $27.50 penalty and Goold a $12.50 fine.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Alexander Baris
Jay Goold
Nutley
N. J
Jersey
Baris
Bessie Searle
Franklin Avenue
Goold
Broklyn
Miss Searle
Aeel
Seven Die in Beloiel Gunpowder Plant Explosion
A ton of gunpowder exploded at the Canadian Explosive Company plant in Beloiel Montreal killing seven men. Brick and wood debris fell up to a mile away. cause of the blast is not known.
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Montreal
Quebec
Canadian Explosive Company
Beloiel
Seven dynamite sticks blow man to pieces
In Honeoye near Rochester on July 24 a man named John Everitt was carrying seven sticks of dynamite in a basket when the charges exploded. The shed was blown apart and nearby buildings shook, with windows broken and residents panicked. Only fragments of Everitt's remains were found.
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Rochester
N. Y
John Everitt
Honeoye
Everitt
Gas Tank Explosion Shatters Windows in Melrose
An explosion on a Boston and Maine car roof in Melrose Massachusetts shattered windows for blocks. A five foot long gas tank burst, its cap weighing ten pounds tore a hole in the roof of the First Universal Church near the scene, causing property damage across the area.
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Melrose
Mass
Boston & Maine
First Universal Church
Picks Bryan as Mediator
Official circles report to Edward I. Bell that more than 100000 Japanese are quartered across Mexico with 20000 near Mexico City ready to be concentrated in days for possible use by the Japanese Ministry in the Mexican capital. 5000 in Mexico City and 80000 in interior and Pacific towns are said to be employed as laborers in peon disguise.
Evangelist to Inherit After Turning Back Wayward Girl
Chicago July 24 David S K Byrne Pittsburg evangelist seeks to prove identity under will that may make him wealthy The money stems from a Baltimore girl Lucy Byrne who wandered and was returned to her family Her father later asked Byrne to preach and take his name Byrne then received word of a large legacy and executorship Byrne has been gathering testimony to confirm his past connection to Lucy and the Baltimore family
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Chicago
David S. K. Byrne
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Lucy Byrne
Byrne
Evangelist
David S. Kidd
Noted Woman Educator Quits a $10,000 Position
Mrs Ella Flagg Young longtime Chicago Public Schools superintendent resigns effective immediately at age 68. She cites harmony issues with the Board of Education and says she is too old to fight for herself. Young led vocations training and teacher improvements since 1909.
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Ella Flagg Young
Chicago School Board
State Board of Education
National Educational Association
United States
Chicago
Wilson Plans Mediation to End Mexican Civil War
President Wilson weighs mediation via a U S commission led by Secretary Bryan to halt Mexico's civil war. House and Senate committees back the plan while Huerta Carranza and Pesqueira show mixed response. Possible envoy John E Lamb may be considered. decision hinges on White House talks with Ambassador Wilson.
Garrison and Party Spend Day at El Paso
Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison, Major General Leonard Wood and Major General J. B. Aleshire spend a day in El Paso. The party tours military posts and reviews preparations, meeting local officers and troops.
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Garrison
EL Paso
Tex
Lindley M. Garrison
Eral Leonard Wood
J. B. Aleshire
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