Fight for Work at Cleveland Plant Ends in Riot
Riot outside the American Steel and Wire Company plant near Cleveland’s southern outskirts left one man fatally injured and several others seriously hurt. Crowds gathered at the gates as word spread that extra workers were being hired. A clash broke out with stones and weapons. a rioter shot another after being struck with a rock. Police arrived, clubs were used, and rioters lay unconscious. Charles Wryelot, one of the rioters shot, cannot recover.
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Len
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
Todepelence Road
Aconec
Charles Wryelot
Bayliss Charged With Buried Coffins Insurance Fraud
Shavill A B Adams of Cohors New York recently arrived in Los Angeles and detained Bayliss who is wanted in New York for defrauding Prudential Life Insurance Company of thousands. He allegedly buried empty golfing deaths to collect on forged death certificates and fictitious policies. Bayliss was captured at Demuir Cul.
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California
Shavill A. B. Adams
Cohors
N. Y
Los Angeles
Tra 4
Bayliss
New York
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Bayles
Demuir, Cul
Five Die in Oklahoma Resort Fire Murder Case
Fannie Ritchie and Barry McCuen were arrested in Dennison Texas after Ritchie accused McCuen of killing five people in a burned Oklahoma City resort last August. She also claims a stranger was murdered for robbery and the resort fire was started to destroy bloodstains. News from Bratain Minnesota reports a major fire destroyed the town’s business district with no fatalities. A boy survived a stake ordeal in Suffern North Carolina where an older boy tied him to a tree and set a fire beneath his feet. In St Louis iron workers Charles Haviland and Albert Hale fought on a narrow beam of the National Bank of Commerce building, Haviland injured badly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Ritchie
Barry McCuen
Dennison
Texas
McCuen
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ritchie
Russell Shuart
Suffern
N. C
Charles Haviland
Albert Hale
National Bank of Commerce
Pine Street
Broadway
St. Louis
Haviland
Kron Wilhelm Collides in Fog Near New York Bay
The transatlantic steamer Kron Wilhelm fresh from Wupple collided with an unknown vessel while entering New York harbor. She anchored off St George, Jamaica, with a large gash in her stern above the waterline. Fire damage noted.
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Wuppe
New York Bay
St. George, &. 1
Former Chief Engineer Predicts Panama Canal Failure
John F. Stevens, vice president of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and former Panaman Canal chief engineer, declares the canal will not aid U S trade with South America or the Pacific islands. He argues coal and wheat are inland, shipping via Atlantic then canal would be cheaper, forecasts China as coal leader, and says the canal would be costly and limited in military value with finishing date seen as January 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Panama Canal
John F. Stevens
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Pantink Canal
Lings
United States
South Ameria
Pacific
Atlantic
China
Siberid
India
Mr. Stevens
Panami Canal
Sxea
Great Vale
Church Leader Denounces Doctrines at Bayonne Pulpit
Rev. Dr. William N. Bocock of First Reformed Church in Bayonne declares the modern church system unsuited to the twentieth century. He argues the sixteenth century doctrinal heritage is outdated and plans to seek permission to preach his views for two years. Support splits exist among members, with some loyal to him and a potential church division feared.
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William N. Bocock
First Reformed Church
Bayonne
N.d
Trath
Daniel
Dr. Bovovk
Breakfast Brotherhood Club feeds Pittsburg hungry every Sunday
At Second Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg a Breakfast Brotherhood Club formed to serve free breakfast to the poor before services. Pastor Edward Young helped organize the effort after 200 parishioners gathered at the church door thinking it a joke. Coffee and food were provided in the church basement, and the initiative aims to sustain feeding the needy each Sunday.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Breakfast Brotherhood Club
Edward Young
Railways Guilty Under Safety Appliance Law at Chicago Court
Six railway companies including the Michigan Central and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe were found guilty in Chicago federal court of safety appliance law violations. Some sentences suspended. others fined from 100 to 300 dollars. Orders for steel rail announced as industry shows gradual recovery with railroads ordering 37 000 tons and Pennsylvania Railroad freeing fifty freight locomotives on the Pittsburg division.
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Migin, Joliet and Eastern
Grand ‘Frank Western
Belt Railway Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Chicago and Northwestern
Michigan Central
United States District Court
Chicago
Erie Railroad $S. Mken
TIL Nails Central
Central of Georgia
Harriman
Ocean
Corinth
Miss
Unleyville
Ala
Ce Raing
Birmington
Travka
Alabama
Brisco
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Fire traps threaten cities after Collinwood tragedy
Richard L. Humphrey warns that fire hazards are widespread across villages, towns, and cities. He urges strict local laws to require fireproof structures for crowds in schools theaters and hospitals to prevent future disasters like Collinwood and Hoyertown.
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Collinwood
New York City
Ohio
Richard L. Humphrey
Enghiver
Structural Imiaaterials Laboratory
United States
Vilage
Hoyer Town
Lower Wages Inevitable Says Henry Clews at Institute
Henry Clews, banker and broker, told the Pittsburg chapter of the American Banking Institute that broad wage cuts in railways and major industries are now necessary after years of high prosperity. He urged unions to reduce wage scales promptly, arguing half a loaf is better than none, and said workers owe society a duty to accept cuts. Clews defended stock speculation as no more gambling than real estate or merchandise. The piece notes concerns over attacks on Wall Street by Roosevelt and Bryan.
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Henry Clews
New York
Aud
Pittsburg
American Banking Institute
Clewn
Wil Street
Roosevelt
Bryan
Morgaiwh Bank Annex Plans Wirst Security Co
The First National Bank of New York and the Colonial Institution led by J P Morgan plan the Wirst Security Company funded by bank surplus. Organized under state law it will engage in activities unlawful for the federal bank. Capital comes from a 100 percent dividend on the bank’s ten million dollar capital.
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Morgaiwh Bank
Wirst National Bank of New York
Colonial Institution
J. P. Morgan's
Financial Power Station
Wirst Security Company
Concrete Roadwalk Underway In Atlanta Reconstruction
Atlanta City begins the replacement of the famed wooden boardwalk with a concrete promenade. The project marks a major reconstruction effort as crews upgrade the waterfront path, improving durability and safety for pedestrians.
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Atlanta
Congress Debates Pensions and Fiscal Bills in Period
Senate and House sessions feature debate on the currency bill and pension appropriation, with leaders praising and criticizing federal policy. Key actions include large postoffice funding, river traffic and rail bonds, and the restoration of In God We Trust on coins. Notable figures mentioned include Taft, Roosevelt, Bryan, Aldrich, La Follette, and Whyte.
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Senate
House
Hamlin
Missouri
Langley
Kentucky
Mr. Hughes
New Jersey
Tilman
South Carolina
Beveridge
Indiana
Manila
Medical Department of
the Army
Consular Service
Alaska
la Follette
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Roosevelt
Taft
William J. Bryan
Whyte
Maryland
Mongers
Ohio
Hull
Tennesse
Hongo
President Roosevelt declines speech at Lincoln-Douglass anniversary
National Capitol notes report President Roosevelt will not speak next fall at the Lincoln-Douglass debate anniversary in Galesburg. A Senate committee on post offices and post roads named a panel to study bills for a postal savings bank system, chaired by Carter with Proctor Burrows Banisend as members.
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National Capitol
Roosevelt
Galesburg
Senate
Benatora Carter
Proctor, Burrows
Olay
Banlsend
Healthy maternity aid advertised by Lydia E Pinkham
A column of ad copy extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments and as a path to motherhood. Include testimonials from Maggia Gilmer and Josephine Hall praising restored health and motherhood. Also mentions general claims of ills treated and invites writing for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggia Gilmer
Wesc Union
S. G
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Lydia XK
Pinkham
Grape-Nuts Endorsed For Elderly Nutrition Reform
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts and Postum as ideal foods for aging digestion and brain nerve health. It cites an Iowa elderly user over 74 praising strength and daily work, plus a 92-year-old customer attributing vitality to the products. The copy promises easier thinking and writing and notes the slogan There’s A Reason.
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Iowa
Postum
Pontum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Tund
Pho
Wellville
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Elgin Echo
Ww. Hughes
Braham
Minn
Bratain
Chicago ‘County
Minneapolis
Alla
Giuseppe Alla
Heo Heinrichs
Denver
Robert H. Widdicombe
Bark Wesxer
Lima
Gallon
Orwesta
Tower House
Legislature
Oklahoma
Mme, Anna Gould
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Wioglop
Fresno
Cst
Burbanker
Burbank
George Richardson
Lowell
Mass
General ‘Store
M. AE
Petula
Work OF Congress
Senator Bacon
Georgia
White House
Panna Canal
Simmons
North Carolina
Overstreet
LaPollette
Wisconsin
Washington
Fitzgerald
I'nft
Messrs. Harrison
Williams
Mississippi
Thomas W. Laveson
Naval Observatory
Hunter
Central
Mountain
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Guam
Philippines
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