Riot at Johnsonburg erupts in two hour melee
A violent riot in Johnsonburg on August 15 involved around 20 Italian participants. A serious fire started near Grant Street, with knives and blows causing injuries including a woman knocked down. Police arrived but could not stop the fighting as rioters attacked countrymen. order was restored after retreating toward the railroad tracks.
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Italiana Johnsonburg
Johnson Link
just _ aventhis
Norioudly
Tuvidig
Johnsonbury
Alde Killumhoya
Three More Wounded At Erse In City Riots
In a violent clash tied to a ten month strike, three more men were wounded and hospitalized as police, including mounted officers, battled strikers near the western city mill district. The unrest followed the murder of Stanley Boxer, a union moulders member, and a confession from Joseph Cutler to stabbing another worker to death. A second riot erupted at Twelfth and State streets as hundreds returned from work, with George Hall and others implicated. Overall the strike has about 1,600 workers out.
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Kily
Tniesmer
Stanley Boxer
Joseph Cutte
George
Hall
Sola Digelo
Lola
Hum
Wilon Moulders
Pfar
Lost Limbs but Won the Girl in Oregon Romance
In Marshfield Oregon Aug a man named Howard Brett lost an arm and three legs after a logging train accident but returned with artificial limbs and married his childhood sweetheart Mine Wing Cempsters from Virginia. They had been sweethearts since childhood and rekindled their romance after his injury and recovery in Port Wid.
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Marshfield
Ore
Aug
Howard Brett
Sweetheurta
Virginia
Brett
Coos Bay
Smith-Powere Logging Company
Hig
Ako Wa
Miss Dementors
Church Notices Ad List of Local Denominations
Multiple churches list services and times including First Presbyterian First Baptist United Brethren Columbus Ave Methodist Episcopal Christian Science Salvation Army Christian Missionary Alliance Emmanuel Church Spiscopal and Christian Endeavor notes with morning and evening services Sunday school and special meetings across August days and locations.
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First Baptist Church
Cor
W. Plansant
Second Ave
O. H. Wallace
Bible Uohool
Brenterro
Salvation Army
Washington
Pam
Ion Aen
Bill
Prion
National Upadquartons
New York
Salvation
Gome
Jaar
Christian Missionary Alliance
Spring Street
S. Strap
Simma
the Times
Ghostly Apparition Triggers Boy’s Convulsions in Indiana
In Fort Wayne Indiana on August 16 Scott Jones 17 son of farmer Frank Jones of Whitely County suffered convulsions after a ghostly apparition arose from a grave while he and his sister drove past a cemetery. A younger brother fainted and fled. the boy later died. The event is suspected to be the work of a practical joker.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Scott Jones
Frank Jones
Whitely County
Slater
Cigarette Offense and Tragic Accident Report
In Barrinburg on August 16 the anti-cigarettes law led to Roy Garter, a four year old, being arrested and fined six cents for minor possession after claiming he bought cigarettes from a dealer who proved he never used the brand. In New York blood transfusion deaths, Arthur Prolan dies at Bellevue Hospital after a wrench injury at 007 Fourth Avenue.
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Barrinburg
Dauphin County
Roy Garter
Royalton
Falla
New York
Arthur Prolan
Fourth Avenua
Bellevue Hospital
Wanted Female Housekeeper For Desirable Place
Fragmented advertisement seeks a female housekeeper for a desirable residence and asks for information via Journal. The garbled legal notice references an application to the Governor of Pennsylvania in 1913 for a sanitary charity and various medical provisions, then notes executorship and estate debt settlement in Cosy Pennsylvania with Amanda M Scully as executrix.
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Indyav
Journal
Pennsylvania
J. .G. Alph
Rich
G. C. Fewn
Fox
Aly
Lodge Riddle
James J. Scully
Ory of
Corry
Iirle
Amanda M. Ecully
Executrix
Cosy
Aue
Believe Lad Skipped With The Circus
Warren police seek 15 year old from Stoneham who ran away to join a circus show. Grandmother says boy weighed about 145 pounds, wore a blue and white serge suit, and vanished after leaving home to travel with the touring act. Local officials report previous cases of youths joining circus outfits wandering from town.
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Warren
Stoneham
Mrw
Ghiderun
Tua
Berdine
Qiidh
Ott Ale
Circus Roustabont
Starom
Chief at Scranton Asleep Thieves Loot Dunmore Store
In Scranton on August 16 three burglars broke into Joseph Wimmer’s Dunmore borough shop and, after turning on lights, prepared a luncheon before stealing goods. A pedestrian alerted Wimmer by phone and he notified the town hall. Chief Burke reportedly slept and orders to disturb him were refused before police arrived three hours later to investigate.
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Seranton
Joseph Wimmer
Dunmoré
Intes
Wimmera
Are
Wimmara
Jobo Burke
Tleves
Pankhurst Flees From England Amid Conviction News
London dispatch reports Mrs. Pankhurst sentenced to three years for conspiracy and fleeing to Havre France after a miner strike. Authorities seek her, while her daughter Christabel remains in exile and a broader agitation is noted.
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United Press
London
Dinme- Jing Pankhurst
Havre
Froney
Panktnrat
Wontoneo
Wom Q
Christobel
WANTED A driver and a cleric Erie job notices
Wanted male help seeking a driver and a cleric. Several terse listings offer steady employment with good wages at Continental Rubber Works located at 19th and Liberty Streets in Erie Pennsylvania. Other scattered lines mention travel, shop positions, and general help.
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Blair and
Main St
Continental Rubber Works
19Th & Liberty Sts
Erie
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