Mother Jones Sees Roosevelt in Oyster Bay Amid Protest
Mother Jones and a small retinue visited Oyster Bay seeking a meeting with Roosevelt but were refused entry. The group toured local streets, attempted the executive offices, then retreated to New York. Roosevelt and his sons spent the night camping on Huntington Bay as part of a yearly outing, returning to Sagamore Hill after breakfast and discussing the financial scene with Senator Washburn.
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Commercial Tribune
Oyster Bay
Audrey Avenue
Mother Jones
South Street
Audrey Street
Roosevelt
Mr. Barnes
Huntington Bay
Sagamore Hill
Lloyd's Neck
Archie
Nicholas Roosevelt
Kermit
Philip
Oliver Roosevelt
W. D. Washburn
Minnesota
Washburn
Newon
Price of Cotton Garments Will Be Sharply Advanced
Chicago July 29. The price of over alls jumpers and other cotton garments for working people will be advanced sharply across the United States, according to T A White of Scranton PA Secretary of the Union Made Garment Makers Association in convention here. The association includes nearly all the makers using the Upton label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
T. A. White
Scranton
First Woman Bank President Selected in Richmond
Maggie L. Walker, the first woman elected bank president in this region, chosen to head St. Luke's Penny Savings Bank under the Order of St. Luke. The bank opens September 1 with $75,000 deposits. Walker is a respected local teacher trusted by both races.
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Richmond
Maggie L. Walker
St. Luke's Penny Savings Bank
Order of St. Luke
Walker
Drowned Man Found With Heavy Insurance Policies
Louisville July 29 It developed that Paul Caine the drowned man last week held 35000 in accident insurance plus life policies A New York company representative is in the city investigating the case and the body will be exhumed.
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Louisville
Paul Caine
New York
Drowning of Burnet Foulds At Ross Ends Camp Trip
Burnet Foulds superintendent of Foulds Milling drowned in the Ohio River near Ross Kentucky while on a camping trip with his wife. A capsize in a sailboat led to his disappearance and a search by friends and police, with the boat later found and traced to Dr. Simpkinson’s party. Police plan river dragnet with grappling hooks.
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Burnet F. Foulds
Foulds Milling Company
Ohio
Ross
P. C. Butler
Harry Benedict
Katurah Foulds
George
C. A. Simpkinson
Cincinnati
Harry Foulds
Smith Street
Millikin
Dr. Simpkinson
Burnet Foulds
Mary Gould
Parkersburg
W. Va
Trolley Party Crashes Into Lamp Pole Injuring Girls
A Brighton Hill trolley special with thirty one riders including many young women crashed down Colerain avenue striking an iron electric pole. Six injured mostly with cuts and bruises. none seriously hurt. Motorman Ben Fox and Conductor George W. Fisher escaped injury. crowd aided victims and a doctor treated the injured at nearby stores.
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Wil
Tra
Am ‘Ren
Porto Rico
Chester Park
Colerain Avenue
Ben Fox
George W. Fisher
Central Avenue
Rockwell
Signal to Children The Signal of Death
Dennis O'Leary a Big Four Railroad brakeman was crushed between cars at Lockland yards while signaling to a group of children. The engineer misread the wave as a signal to back the cars. O'Leary, 26 and married, died before medical help could arrive. coroner notified.
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Dennis O'Leary
Big Four
Millcreek Valley
Lockland
O'Leary
Carthage
Lockland Yards
Hunter
Weaver
Refusal to wed by Edessa Baldwin over marriage mockup
Miss Edessa Baldwin of Marquette Mich refused to marry Henry A Belknap who traveled from Elmira NY to wed her under an agency arranged match. She declared you are not my Henry and produced a better looking photograph. He pressed for the ceremony but she declined.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Josepti
Mich
Henry
Edessa Baldwin
Marquette
Henry A. Belknap
Elmira
N. Y
Belknap
Edessa
Pointblank
National Executive Committee Indorses Reform Conference
The National Executive Committee of the United People's party in Denver indorsed all proceedings of the reform conference held over the last two days and approved yesterday's proclamation. A meeting is set for February 22, 1964 in St. Louis to decide party nominations and timing.
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Denver
Col
United People’s Party
Reform Mrties
Aleo
Whisky Made From Sorghum Molasses Experiment
Robert O'Brien, a bacteriologist, reports in Upper Sandusky that he aided Prof. Luchea in Milwaukee with experiments to make whisky from sorghum molasses. They produced a sourmash imitation close to genuine rye at about eight cents a gallon, hoping to revolutionize the sourmash bourbon market.
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Upper Sandusky
Robert O’brien
Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Luchea
Germany
Europe
Conspicuous auto numbers ruled a valid police power
Judge Tuley upheld a Chicago ordinance requiring visible car numbers for identification. Albert C. Banker and others sought an injunction against enforcement, but the court found the display a proper exercise of police power to trace speed violators.
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Chicago
Tuley
Albert C. Banker
Arrest of famed lawyer Rawlins in weed ordinance arrest in Springfield
George C. Rawlins, Clark County former Representative and leading criminal lawyer, was arrested in Springfield on an affidavit for failing to cut weeds on a vacant lot. The arrest occurred in a cigar shop as onlookers watched, with Rawlins joking through the moment before bonds were posted.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
George C. Rawlins
Clark County
Rawlins
Bonds Aga. Yan
Local Disaster Report Lists Victims and Survivors
The list Names George Finn John McMasters Louis Richards James Grady and others from United States Cartridge Company and Stanley Forwarding Company. It notes Gilbert and Michael McDermott and several Houligans and Galloways among those killed or missing. Fatally injured include Amadee Boulanger Clarendon Goodwin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Finn
John McMasters
Louis E. Richards
James L. Grady
United States Cartridge Company
James B. Sullivan
Charles Moore
Jean Roleau
Stanley Forwarding Company
Gilbert McDermott
Michael McDermott
Thomas Houligan
Joseph Houligan
William Galloway
Robert Galloway
Robert Galloway, Jr
Alfred LeBrun
Catharine Riggs
Eddie Rogers
Amadee Boulanger
Clarendon Goodwin
Cartridge Company
Howard Burkett
Miss McDermott
Eliza Galloway
Clara Superne
Dakota Divorces and England Jurisdiction Dispute
In London the validity of Dakota divorces was challenged in the divorce suit of D. S. Constan dindi against his wife daughter of Stephen Ralli. The jury found both spouses unfaithful and awarded damages of 125 000 to Dr Lance, with the petition dismissed pending a legal ruling.
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London
England
Francis Jeune
Stephen Ralli
Ralli Bros
New York
Lance
Constandindi
John Lawson Watson
Belgravia
Walton
Barbers Win Jurisdiction Over Patrons After Death
The Central Labor Union ruled that barbers retain jurisdiction over their patrons even after death. The decision followed months of negotiations prompted by a Barbers' Union complaint about undertakers allowing employees to act as barbers.
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Trenton
N. J
Central Labor Union
Meath
Barbers’ Union
Wife of rioter's wife killed crossing railroad bridge
Evansville Ind July 29 As a result of recent rioting in this city the wife of Robert Lee the Negro who shot and killed Louis Massey police officer lost her life her mind and was killed by a train while crossing the railroad bridge near Madisonville Ky The woman here on the night of the rioting which was started as a result of her husband's act.
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Evansville
Ind
Robert Lee
Andy
Louis Massey
Madisonville
Jealous Wife Kills Rival in Kentucky Neighbor Case
In Thacker West Virginia on July 29 Mrs. William Davis from near Winfield Kentucky killed Sadie Evans, a neighbor girl, with a Winchester rifle over suspicions of her husband’s love. Davis has not yet been arrested.
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Thacker, W. Va
William Davis
Winfield
Sadie
Stormy Diet Scenes Over Indemnity Bill in Budapest
In Budapest on July 2 the Diet erupted as Premier Count Hedervary began debate on the indemnity bill. Obstructionists shouted and pounded desks, a clerk’s paper was torn, tribune chaos followed, and two duels were reportedly arranged among deputies.
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Budapest
Hungary
Diet
Count
Hedervary
Beafen
Clerkie House
Kossuth Party
Presidential Tribune
Nash Returns From Lakes Visit by Governor Nash in Ashtabula
Governor George K Nash arrived in Ashtabula aboard the Richardson returning from a lakes trip. He was joined by K I Vorys Insurance Commissioner W C Rowland Treasurer-elect J D Ellice and HM Ellison. City whistles welcomed the party as they toured the harbor and city.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashtabula
George K. Nash
Richardson
Lakes
K. I. Vorys
Ohio
W.C. Rowland
Franklin County
J. D. Ellice
Columbus
HM. C. Ellison
Cleveamt
W. S. McKinnon
Fetty
Mother charges teen daughter with extravagance in dresses
Mrs. Reutermann, 724 David Street, says her 17 year old daughter Emma has been buying expensive dresses and other apparel, charging bills to her mother and borrowing money. After failed attempts to curb the behavior, the mother obtained a warrant for loitering and the girl was taken to police headquarters.
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Reuter Fanns
David Street
Col Miner of Ohio Promoted to Brigadier General
Washington July 29 Colonel Chas W Miner of the Sixth Infantry is promoted to Brigadier General and will retire immediately. He served in the Army of the Tennessee during the Civil War and later commanded the Sixth Infantry from 1899. He received brevet rank for actions at Spring Creek Montana and was commended for service in Negros Island as Military Governor from 1900 to 1902.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Chas. W. Miner
Sixth Infantry
Ohio
Army of the Tennessee
Regular Infantry
Spring Creek
Mont
Santiago
San Juan Hill
Taft
Island of
Negros
Russia denies passport visa change for travelers
St Petersburg July 29 The American press claim a new method for visiting passports to Russia is false The existing rule remains that ambassadors and the embassy issue visas while honorary consuls may not
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Catastrophic powder magazine explosion devastates Lowell area
Two gunpowder magazines at United States Cartridge Company in Lowell exploded killing over twenty and injuring nearly fifty. The blast collapsed seventy wooden houses within 400 yards, shattered windows for miles, and left dozens burned or missing. Rescue crews, militia, and hospitals rushed to the scene as authorities assessed a roughly $75,000 total loss.
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Lowell
Mass
United States Cartridge Company
Concord River
Clarence Goodwin
Amedee Boulanger
Boulanger
Sauiaxhoamne
Lowell Line
Tewkesbury
William Riggs
Tewksbury
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Emma Dobler
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Massachusetts
George A. McDermott
Josephine Perusse
Victoria Perusse
Zephiram Perusse
John Riggs
Patrick Spencer
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