Rioting and Troops Grip Pennsylvania Coal Areas
In five of ten anthracite counties Philadelphia reports troops patrolling from Forest City to Williamson as strikes fuel lawlessness. Sheriff Maxey seeks more soldiers while Forest City see outbreaks near Grassy Island colliery and Susquehanna requests aid to curb mob violence.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Forest City
Susquehanna County
Williamstown
Dauphin County
Maxey
Philadelphia City
Shenandoah
Panther Creek
Lebanon
Iron and
Susquehanna
Stone
Hillside Coal & Iron Co
Harrisburg
National Guard
Scranton
James Winston
S. J. Lewis
Grassy Island
Nichols
Michael Grimes
Grimes
Knorr
Columbia County
Centralia
Gobin
Detroit
Mich
Common Council
Smith
Father defends son in murder case in New York
Paris reports John W. Young, father of William Whopper Young, says he is convinced of his son's innocence in the Anna Pulitzer murder. He adds his son is not a Mormon and that they have been estranged for 15 years, and vows to aid in seeking justice.
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Paris
John W. Young
William Whooper Young
New York
Anna Pulitzer
Young
Mormon Church
Southern mills consolidate under holding company plan
The Record reports a plan to consolidate 60 percent of southern spinning and weaving mills under a holding corporation. Managed sources say enough mills joined to guarantee success, with cash capital now $25,000,000 and to grow as more mills enter the coalition.
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Philadelphia
Emigration to United States surges from Athens
Athens correspondent reports 8,000 people left for the United States in the past year and the exodus is continuing, drawing official notice in London.
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London
Athens
the Standard
United States
Double Fatal Explosion in Greenville Electric Plant
In Greenville Maine last night a steam boiler exploded at an electric plant killing Mrs Keith and her 10 year old daughter instantly while Engineer Keith was likely fatally injured.
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Greenville
Keith
Ohio Legislature Code Debates Across Septembers Sessions
Ohio lawmakers debate municipal code provisions with salaries for council members in small cities and power shifts over elective officers. The senate and house advance franchise and charter reforms, appoint commissions, and consider damming rivers while a police court is established in Ashtabula.
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Ohio
Columbus
House Code Committee
Saill
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Senate
Overturf
Patterson
Krause
Tom L. Johnson
General Assembly
House
Oaio Senate
Cincinnati Traction Co
Ashtabula
Hanna to Campaign in Ohio for Four Weeks
Senator Hanna will spend nearly four weeks on an Ohio campaign. He opens October 6 in Steubenville with speeches planned in Steubenville Barnesville Parkersburg Wheeling Caldwell Marietta Nelsonville Hamden Chillicothe Ironton and Columbus. He then goes to Washington Xenia Springfield Greenfield and nearby areas before a final ten days touring Cuyahoga county with trips to Norwalk and Fremont.
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Columbus
Hanna
Ohio
Steubenville
Barnesville
Parkersburg
Wheeling
W. Va
Caldwell
Marietta
Nelsonville
Hamden
Chillicothe
Ironton
Washington D. C
Xenia
Springfield
Greenfield
Cuyahoga County
Norwalk
Fremont
Jay Cooke Suffering Brain Congestion At Summer Home
Jay Cooke, the Philadelphia financier, at his Gibraltar near Put in Bay summer home, suffered a passive congestion of the brain yesterday. The nurse found him on the floor unconscious. medical help arrived and his condition improved.
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Toledo
Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
Gibraltar
Putin Bay
Iron and Steel Furnaces Shut by Coke Shortage
Ironton Ohio reports the Martin Iron and Steel Co. and Union Iron and Steel Co. halted operations due to a coke shortage from strikes in the Kana wha and New river coal fields. About five hundred workers are laid off.
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Ironton, C
Martin Iron and Steel Co
Union Iron and Steel Co
Kanawha
New River
Conductor fatally shot after window dispute on streetcar
Canton report says James Shetler a 43 year old street car conductor was shot Friday by Melvin R. Smith a passenger following a quarrel over closing a window. The wound is described as probably fatal.
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Canton
James Shetler
Melvin R. Smith
Shetler
Smith
Gibson Memorial Proposed by Tiffin Group
The Gibson Memorial association with state G A R backing plans a granite and bronze heroic statue memorial to Gen William H Gibson famed as Ohio's silver tongued orator.
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Gibson
Tiffin
Gibson Memorial Association
William H. Gibson
Ohio
Burned at the stake in Mississippi for multiple murders
Corinth Mississippi September 29 Tom Clark alias Will Gibson a young Black man was burned at the stake after confessing to the murder of Mrs Carey Whitfield on August 19 and other crimes including two killings on an excursion train theft of 1500 dollars and an assault. Crowds gathered as a committee of twelve publicly executed him at a telegraph pole in the street.
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Corinth
Miss
Tom Clark
Will Gibson
Mississippi
Carey Whitfield
Clark
Here
Memphis
Tidal Wave Follows Earthquakes In Mexico Port
Seismic shocks at Salina Cruz amid a Pacific storm triggered a monstrous tidal wave that wrecked harbor works and swept a 30 to 50 ton Titan crane into the sea. The calamity damaged the new sea wall and port facilities, with losses estimated at $500000.
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Mexico City
Salina Cruz
Pacific
Tehuantepec National Railway
Titan
Kentmore Arrives After 197 Day Voyage From Yokohama
The British four masted bark Kentmore owned by Standard Oil Co arrives in New York after 197 days at sea. Dr Doty reports most of the crew suffer from scurvy with several in pitiable condition. Moon blindness or moonblink reported among sailors due to lack of vegetables and other fruits.
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New York
Standard Oil Co
Port
Yokohama
Doty
Republicans Nominate Two Ohio Congress Candidates
Cincinnati Sept 26 Republicans named State Senator Nicholas Longworth for the First Ohio district and Judge W H P Goebel for the Second.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Congress
Ohio
W. H. P. Goebel
Died of lockjaw in Cleveland at age fourteen
Philip Kennedy, 14, son of Philip Kennedy Jr., of 41 Church Street, died from lockjaw. He had been vaccinated but contracted the disease after swimming in the river and wrestling on the bank, where his arm became sore and lockjaw developed.
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Cleveland
Philip Kennedy
Philip Kennedy, Jr
Church Street
Man Registered as Paul Gray Takes Morphine in Cleveland
Cleveland records a death by suicide after Owen Mere dith of No 9 Mall street registered as Paul Gray used morphine at the Prospect house on Wednesday night.
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Cleveland
Owen Meredith
No. 9
Mall Street
Paul Gray
Prospect House
East Chile Gas lines rushed in Cleveland ahead of Thanksgiving
The East Chile Gas Co. accelerates pipe laying in Cleveland with plans to turn on natural gas in many streets by Thanksgiving. The company reports over 17 miles of pipes already installed across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
East Chile Gas Co
William O'Brien Dies at 98 in Toledo
William O'Brien father of Rev. Patrick O'Brien of the Church of the Good Shepherd died in Toledo on Thursday at age ninety nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
William O’brien
Patrick O’brien
Church of the Good Shepherd
Minneaplis Flour Mills Set Eight Hour Day
Minneapolis workers will not strike as mills shift to an eight hour day starting October 13. Wages will drop, but employees accept the pay for eight hours. Previously under 12 hour shifts workers logged most of the 12 hours with short meal breaks.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Arrest Follows Bankruptcy At Rheinan Mannheim Co
Manheim dispatch reports Herr Henninger director of Rheinan Manheim Chemical Co arrested. Other arrests expected as the firm’s joint stock industry declares bankruptcy. Books show ongoing losses and concealed deficiencies. Capital of 625000 dollars nearly wiped out.
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Manheim
Herr Henninger
Rheinan-Manheim Chemical Co
Rheinan-Manheim Chemical Industry
War Department imposes new rules on military instruction in colleges
The War Department issues a general order tightening requirements for army officers teaching military science at colleges and universities. Inspections found many schools undervalue the military department and resist oversight. Institutions failing to comply risk removing army instructors and losing supplies.
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War Department
Army
Military Department
Washington
Connecticut Wagon Team Breaks World Mile Record
E. T. Bedford of Green's Farms drove Bemay and York Bay at South Norwalk fairgrounds to a world record mile time of 2 15 1 4 as splits show 0 35 quarter and 1 08 half. The owners sought the state 2 20 4 record but surpassed Toledo’s 2 16 1 44 mark.
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Connecticut
South Norwalk
Conn
E. T. Bedford
Green’s Farms
Bedford
Bemay
York Bay
Toledo
Justice Spring Rules Limited Divorce Not Grounded by Exorbitant Forgery
New York Supreme Court Justice Spring in the Court of Appeals dismisses a limited divorce action. He holds that a wife's gross extravagance and forgery to raise money do not constitute grounds for divorce in New York. He quotes that a husband cannot cast his wife for spending beyond his economy.
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Justice Spring
New York Supreme Court
New York State
Jewish population in Greater New York estimated at 584 783
The Jewish World derives a mid 1901 NY Jewish population from burials, noting 7 997 deaths and a 15 per thousand death rate in dense districts. It estimates 533 133 residents mid 1901, plus 39 225 arrivals and 21 400 births by Aug 1, totaling 584 783.
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The
Jewish World
Greater
New York
Board of Health
Bargain tale and medical ads in a bustling notice
A shop buyer and his son debate a peaches and melon picture priced at fifty dollars while the boy pitches a cheaper rival. The excerpt switches to ads for Dr. Fowler's Wild Strawberry extract, Scribbler verse praise, Dean's Ointment for skin itch, and a proverb about small unkindnesses.
Joshua Leads Israel Across Jordan to Possess Canaan
Biblical meditation notes Joshua's call after Moses death to lead the Hebrews into Canaan. God promises presence and success if he is strong, courageous, and faithful to the law. Emphasizes obedience, divine guarantee, and cooperation with fellow tribes in conquest.
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Moses
Joshua
Nun
Jordan
Israel
Lebanon
EU Phrates
Josh
God
B. C
Rephidim
Canaan
Jehovah
Endeavor Society
Jericho
Nisan
Reuben
Gad
Manasseh
Cure That Lasted: Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement
Veteran Josiah Heller of Urbana Illinois testifies that in 1889 he used Dean's Kidney Pills from Cunningham's Champaign store and found relief from kidney trouble back pain and other symptoms. He reports repeated satisfactory results and endorses the remedy with a free trial offer through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY priced 50 cents per box.
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Josiah Heller
South
Walnut St
Urbana
Dean
Cunningham’s Drug Store
Champaign
Doan
Mr. Heller
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Late Fashion Suggestions in New Hat Designs
Fashion notes describe four or five strong color groupings in new hats. Autumn models feature gowns with velvet sleeves paired with cloth fabrics.
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