Freight Hous es Grounded as Union Strikes Grip Chicago
A 1000 freight handlers vote for a strike over higher wages overtime pay and union recognition. The action halts entry and exit of goods in Chicago as crews from Michigan Central Illinois Central and Wisconsin Central walk out. Police prepare to maintain order while reserves bolster downtown yards amid tense scenes.
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Michigan Central
Ilinois Central
Wisconsin Central
Lake Front
Mandalph Street
Aivil Warehousemen's Union
Curran
Mary
Teammsters
Packers
Teamsters
Sonatnion
O'Neill
Cheyenne Indians anger over sun dance ban near Calumet
Guthrie Oklahoma reports the Cheyenne Indians near Calumet in Canadian county are angry after Maj. Stouch Indian agent forbade them from practicing the sun dance torture rites. About 2000 Indians joined last week in a religious festival, with whites frightened as the protest grows. Maj. Stouch has notified the war department.
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Guthrie
Okla
Calumet
Canadian County
Maj
Stouch
Stoueh
War Department
Old Cameo Jewelry Revival Gains Fresh Interest
A New York jewelry house reports a surge in restoring and altering antique cameo pieces this year, saying it has done more work on old cameos than in the previous two decades. The trend marks a revival of camo jewelry as a fashionable accessory.
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New York
Colorado
Monte Vista
Col
San Luis Valley
RIS WAY OF GIVING
A fragmented 19th century style passage notes individuals like Abraham Summers and Mr Stim in a tale of philanthropy. It mentions donations to a Sisters of Charity hospital and a people’s home, with reflections on wealth, generosity, and social value. Carnegie referenced as a contrast to show wealth not guaranteeing happiness.
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Waverly
Cincimavine
Abraham
Sisters of Charity
Stim
Carnegie
Returning to Work After Strike Affects 150 Jobs
Slaving voted to return to work at United Traction Co in Providence. About 400 applicants competed for 150 vacancies as old workers reclaimed positions. Pawtucket strikers refuse to heed union decision and stay out. In Oneita New York a man killed and another fatally injured when a freight car overran them while they slept under a box car. George Moorman, 85, from Syracuse, died. Norman Till, from Titusville, injured.
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Providence
Tormen
United Traction Co
Pawtucket
Ie Street Railway
Oneita
George Moorman
Syracuse
New York Central
Norman Till
Titusville
Moorman
Moorman and Hill
Maorman
The New Coronation Date Set For King Edward
London reports King Edward to be crowned between August 1 and August 13 with a curtailed pageant and ceremony at Westminster Abbey. The royal procession will follow a route from Buckingham Palace to the abbey via the Mall and Whitechapel. Trade figures show June imports down 1,045,700 pounds and exports down 1,192,000 pounds.
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London
Edward
Westminster Abbey
Buckinghamy Palace
Whitechapel
Board of Trade
Man Kills Intruder In Home Near Rockwood
In Connellsville Pennsylvania during the night an unknown man entered the home of Led Pritts near Rockwood and went toward his wife. Pritts, hearing screams, seized a Winchester and shot the intruder dead as he fled the scene.
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Connellsville
Led Pritts
Rockwood
Pritts
Heat wave slams Pittsburg with six deaths and prostration
Pittsburg Pennsylvania reports six deaths and many prostrations in 24 hours as temperatures climb to 85 by 10 am and threaten a yearly high. Mill workers suffer as heat drives others home. In Wilkesbarre the coal miners strike enters its eighth week with an estimated 46 million loss and no settlement in sight.
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Pittsburg
Wilkesbarre
Miners Hold Quiet Week as Anthracite Convention Opens
Warrants viewed for the arrest of ten stalkers at Williametons near te Rlot-President New York for some Witkenbarre. The ninth week of the anthracite coal miners strike opens quiet with district miners gathering at Nantike for their annual convention. President Nicholls expected to be re elected. opposition to Vice President Adam Ruscavage and Secretary John Dempsey noted. Mitchell’s sudden departure for New York stirs curiosity among local miners.
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Williametons
New York
Witkenbarre
Stelkers
Forest City
Betanton
Shickshinny
Nantitoke
Nicholls
Adam Ruscavage
John Dempsey
Mitchell
Warrants Issued for Strikers in Williams Town Riot
Harrisburg July 8 Sheriff Treiff swore out warrants for ten strikers in Williams town for inciting to riot and hindering deputies protecting non union miners in Lykens and Williamstown. He warns of militia protection if further outbreaks occur. Twenty rioters were arrested earlier in Williamstown. warrants target others to appear in Harrisburg for hearing. Authorities seek to quell a critical regional situation amid ongoing labor tensions.
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Harrisburg
Treiff
Williamstown
Lykens
Guv. Stone
Unbounded Thanks As Prince Praises King’s Recovery
London reports the Prince of Wales praising unbounded thankfulness to God for the king’s merciful recovery after a major operation. The public applauded the surgical skill and nursing, and the king’s condition was described as progressing with nine hours of sleep and less pain from the wound.
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Prince of Wales
Eapreas
London
Guy's How Pits
All World
Farm Hand Gwynes In Fatal Secondhand Firefight Near Americus
A dispute at the Ripey plantation near Americus Georgia left a Black farm hand fatally shot after Gwynes fired on him. A Black woman was dangerously wounded when she stepped into range and took a shot. Gwynes was struck twice but survived claiming self defense.
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Americus
Jilly
Gwynes
Suicide in Police Cell Ends County Murder Case
Chicago July 8 Theodore Oecl fener who murdered his wife and wounded his baby and a 17 year old stepdaughter committed suicide in his cell at the police station Sunday night. His body was found Monday morning hanging from a rope made from his underwear garments. Early Sunday night the prisoner expressed sorrow over his crime and midnight was apparently approaching. Oolf efer's outer clothing had been taken from him.olf efer's winded baby, though still alive, probably will not recover.
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Chicago
Theodore Oeclfener
Oolfever
Ovlfever
Vanderbilt gift funds Yale Sheffield dormitory and land
New Haven, Conn. Frederick W. Vanderbilt of New York donates a half million dollar gift to Yale University’s Sheffield Scientific School. The project funds a dormitory system and includes land bounded by Wall Temple College and Grove streets plus a dormitory building. Yale officials note Vanderbilt is a 1876 graduate.
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New Haven, Conn
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
New York
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Russell HL. Chittenden
Vanderbilt
Wall, Temple, College and
Grove Streets
Deluge Causes Widespread Flood Damage in New York
Reports from Belfast to Portageville describe river cresting and heavy rain flooding bottom lands along the Erie and Pennsylvania rail lines. Trains run on single tracks as repairs proceed. bridges wash away and stock perishes. A boy drowns in the Allegheny river as waters rise, and Mohawk valley crops face near total loss in several areas.
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Hoy
Olean
Allegheny County
Rochester
New York & Pennsylvania
Erie
Salamanca
Hornellsville
Seio
Paul Fahrer
Allegheny River
N.Y
Mohawk River
Rome
Mohawk Valley
Secretary Joseph Chamberlain Hurt in London Cab Crash
London July 8 The colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain was seriously cut on the head after a cab horse slipped in Whitehall. His hansom struck the cab’s glass front and his head lacerated. a policeman took him to Charing Cross hospital for treatment.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Whitehall
S Hanson
Mr. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Charing Cross Hospital
Treasury seeks transfer of Sledge Island for smallpox quarantine
Secretary of the Treasury asks the Interior Department to move jurisdiction of Sledge Island near Nome Alaska from Interior to Treasury for use as a smallpox quarantine station. Island already hosts a surgeon and marine hospital station amid Alaska smallpox prevalence. A formal quarantine relation is considered desirable.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Interior Department
Sledge Island
Nome
Alaska
Interior
Treasury Department
Saninas
Colonial troops postpone London departure for Kitchener parade
London: The departure of colonial and East Indian troops in London is indefinitely postponed. They are expected to rejoin the parade honoring Ed Kitchener on his return around the 12th.
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London
Ed Kitchener
Ugly American Girl in Japan Sparks Vanity Shock
A visitor from the Orient recounts a Japanese pair mocking foreign women by dubbing them large nosed and ungraceful. The tale contrasts Western beauty with local comments as the traveler fears vanity and awkward dress. In St Louis, Charles Thoener is shot in the leg by a policeman's revolver discharge on a streetcar. the wound is not dangerous.
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Orbere
Orient
Japan
Cloee
Roy
Earth
St. Louis
Charles Thoener
Charles Thoenes
Monteagle Summer Schools and Assembly Opens July
Mont Eagle hosts the Great Southern Chantauqua on Cumberland Mountain 2400 feet above sea level. Opens July and closes August 4 offering ideal summer resort conditions with accessible prices and wholesome surroundings. Features include free, extensive summer schools led by able professors across many branches.
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Cumberland Mount
Monteagle
Chiet
Summer lectures offered at Monteagle by three colleges
The College of Music of Cincinnati and New York School of Expression announce summer sessions starting July at Monteagle with about 20 lectures. Greatly reduced travel rates and low hotel board offered. For information contact M. B. Pilcher, General Manager.
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I Aio
Monteagle
M. B. Pilcher
Non-Resident Notice in Columbia Chancery Case
The Clerk and Master in Columbia Tennessee issues a non-resident notice for James King and Lig King in the case of A Sneed et al versus Jane Thomasson. Defendants must plead answer or demur within the next term or risk default, with the order published four weeks in the Columbia Herald.
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Columbia, Tenn
A. Sneed
Jane Thomasson
James King
Texas
Lig King
Tennessee
Chancery Court
Columbis
Columbia Herald
N. Akin
J. A. Dinning
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