Miners Ordered to Return to Work andSeek Conciliation
The executive boards of district mineworkers order all miners on strike or locked out to resume work immediately while the board of conciliation settles differences. T. D. Nicholls W H Dettry and John Fahy named as miners representatives. six member board to include three operators. President Mitchell names Rev T R Watkins as national organizer for United Mineworkers. Carroll D Wright declines comment on potential breach of award.
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Wilkesbarre
T. D. Nicholls
Scranton
W. H. Dettry
Hazleton
John Fahy
Shamokin
Joint Board of Conciliation
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Mitchell
T. R. Watkins
United Mineworkers of America
Pay Taxes by Rural Mails In Indiana County
Indiana farmers save time paying taxes by a new method using rural mail routes. County Treasurer Obenchain employs stenographers to mail notices to farmers asking for money orders via rural carriers, allowing tax payment without town trips during the busy spring season.
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Indiana
Logansport
Ind
Obenchain
City Reformers In Session In Detroit Conference Opens
Delegates to the eleventh national conference for good city government meet in Detroit Michigan on April 22 under the National Municipal League. The three day session opens with introductory addresses by Governor Bliss Mayor Maybury and John Davis. James C Carter of New York president of the National League responds.
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Detroit
Mich
National Conference For Good
National Municipal League
Bliss
Maybury
John Davis
Detroit Municipal League
James C. Carter
New York
National League
Street quarrel leaves man dead in Mattoon
In a street quarrel in Mattoon Illinois on April 22 Fox Jones a colored man was shot and killed J A Locke and H C Harris two white men involved in the altercation were shot by Jones but neither is seriously injured.
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Mattoon
Fox Jones
J. A. Locke
H. C. Harris
Jones
Troops Sail for Philippines Depart from Plattsburg
The Twenty third United States Infantry regiment of about 1000 men, commanded by Col J M Thompson, sails from Plattsburg for the Philippines via San Francisco.
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Philippines
Plattsburg
N. Y
Twenty-third Régiment
United States Infantry
J.M. Thompson
San Francisco
Wheat holds high quality as crop reports trickle in
Springfield Illinois reports for the week ending April 20 show wheat at a high standard with chinch bugs in a few fields. Oats sowing stalled by wet weather, corn prep minimal, soil too wet to plow. Grasses, meadows and pastures praised. Fruit prospects and peach outlook in the south are promising. Orchards bloom heavily and livestock conditions are good with few diseases.
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Springfield
Infants Proposed for Universal Appendix Removal
Dr Edward Andruss of Holden Missouri argued at the Missouri Institute of Homeopathy convention that infants should have their appendices removed a few days after birth to prevent appendicitis later in life. The suggestion sparked vigorous discussion with many attendees supportive of the idea.
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Kansas City, Mo
Edward Andruss
Holden
Missouri Institute of Homeopathy
Spain to honor heroes with reburial at Barcelona pantheon
Madrid April 22. The cabinet will seek a bill to permit transporting the bodies of the Reina Cristina crew recovered from the Cavite wreck. The plan is to inter them in Barcelona, joining about 700 others buried there who died in the Philippines and Cuba.
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Madrid
Cavite
Barcelona Pantheon
Philippines
Cuba
Elkins Sued for 500000 Over Railroad Plans
Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia is sued in the District Supreme Court by Robert Burton and George A. Dubrueil for 500000 claiming loss of professional services in laying plans to control the Western Maryland railroad. Plaintiffs allege the senator earned 6000000 from the deal.
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Washington
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
District Supreme Court
Robert Burton
George A. Dubrueil
Mr. Elkins
Western Maryland Railroad
Woman Escapes a Life Team
Des Moines reports Mrs. Margaret Hossack once sentenced to life for her husband’s murder may be freed after a second trial ended with a hung jury. The prosecutor moved to dismiss the case to avoid further county costs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Margaret Hossack
Supreme Court
Gould Yacht in Fast Spin in Glasgow Trials
The turbine yacht Emerald chartered by George Gould completed Clyde trials racing a mile against a strong tide in four minutes six seconds at an average speed of fifteen knots.
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Gould Yacht
Glasgow
Emerald
George Gould
Clyde
Abandon Flour Mill Consolidation Plan
Promoters of a major Pacific coast flour milling consolidation have abandoned the project in Portland Oregon. The plan aimed to create one of the largest coast industrial corporations and involved merging several prominent mills.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Coast
Zoo Swept Overboard from Ocean Liner Bucrania
A zoo rich in animals was lost from the ship Bucrania sailing from Calcutta. valued at more than 10000 dollars the animals were bound for western cities at the time of the sinking.
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New York
Calcutta
Honor for Franz Sigel Monument Progress
Fine progress is being made in the erection of a monument to Gen. Franz Sigel admired by German Americans for his Civil War service.
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Franz Sigel
New York
Gen
Teamster Fells as Iron Beam Strikes Wagon
Bert Fell, a Chicago teamster, was struck by an iron beam that fell from a wagon and broke his back while he walked beside the vehicle. The incident occurred in Chicago on an April day.
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Chicago
Bert. Fell
Cotton King Going Abroad Prep for European Trip
Providence advised that Cotton King Daniel J Sully plans a long rest for his family in Europe after a strenuous campaign. The April 22 note indicates the journey is underway.
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Cotton
King
Providence
R. I
Cotton King
Daniel ‘J. ‘Sully
Europe
Multistyle Recipe Page and Local Society Notes
Recipes include Muffins, Corned Beef Hash au Gratin, and Fried Rye Drop Cakes with precise ingredient lists and steps. The column also covers a London wedding with motor cars and floral decor, laundry tips for shrinking fabrics, wedding fashion details, candlesticks and dining-room decor, a humorous catechism anecdote, and a miner's claim jump by Miss Jessie McCubben of Alamo Oregon.
Boston Women Swamped by Tea Habit Says Doctor
A Minneapolis Times parody cites Dr. Mark Blake claiming 100000 Boston women are hooked on tea and 20000 enslaved to it. It jokes about teens drinking tea to ruin health and contrasts past hot water with sassafras against husbands who dumped tea into the harbor.
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Boston
Mark Blake
Order of
Redmen
Minneapolis Times
Queer Alexandra Faces Linens and Silks Perfumed by Eton
A garbled line mentions Alexandra, linens and silks, and perfume associated with Eton, but the text is fragmentary and offers no clear event or context. The readable parts suggest a description rather than a reportable action.
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Alexandra
Eton
Danish Parish Councils Bill Lets Servants Vote
In Copenhagen the new government bill creating elective parish councils for church matters was found to exclude servants from the franchise. The servant girls federated and with social democrats forced the folkething law committee to drop the disfranchising clause.
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Copenhagen
Social Democrats
Law Committee
The
Folkething
Gilmore's Caustic Oil Offered With Reward
A 25 dollar reward is offered for cures of spavin splint wind galls bows and similar ailments not cured by Gilmore's Caustic Oil. The ad claims thorough testing and guarantees satisfaction or money back. Bottles priced at 50 cents and sold by Gilmore Drug Co Fletcher Ohio and Thomas' Drugstore.
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Gilmore
Gilmore Drug CO
Fletcher, O
Thomas’ Drugstore
House plans cause clash between husband and wife
A brief exchange in the Philadelphia Press notes a home project gone awry as the husband complains the plans don’t suit him while the wife and the architect favor them.
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Philadelphia Press
Lawyers Turner and Jobin Move to Law Exchange Building
Perry L Turner and Jobin MMop schein have moved their law office to the Law Exchange building near Marton Street.
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Perry L
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