Dust blast entombs dozens at Cross Mountain mine
Knoxville News reports a dust explosion in the Cross Mountain system near Briceville entombed a large number of miners. Rescue gangs entered the shaft as flames drove rescuers back, with 160 men entering before the blast and estimates ranging from 125 to 268. Briceville, Anderson County, and Knoxville Iron Company officials coordinate federal rescue due to cave ins and heavy smoke.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Cross Mountain
Briceville
Knoxville Iron Company
Anderson County
Coal Creek
Fraterville
Stephenson
Southern Railway
Afr
New Haven News Highlights Local Moves and Events
W Resenberger conducts Rochester and Wabash business while Patrick Ryan Jr works Monroeville. Edna Jacquay becomes bookkeeper at Hisner Minsel elevator. News covers visits, illnesses, moves, a Christmas drama by Miss Metcalfe, and a candle of obituaries. The New Haven State Bank marks three years of operation with a new block and strong local trust.
Harlan News Briefs Highlight Local Society Visit and Sleighing Party
Miss Frances Cook of Shelby Ohio visited her grandparents Mr and Mrs J G Mack in Harlan Indiana. The Jolly Twelve club met at Mrs Mack s home on Wednesday for a social gathering. The Bea je sleighing party was described as the first of the season with young people enjoying the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Ind
Frances ‘Cook
Shelby
Ohio
J. G. Mack
Jolly
J.G. Mack
Beaj
Garrett News from Garrett Indiana Society and Local Events
The Garrett News reports on illness and hospitalizations in town including Mrs. Bridinger Mrs. Driscoll Mrs. Smead Mountz and Carruthers. Social gatherings feature the Pansy club and Round Table circle with refreshments and plans for future meetings. Local election results grant saloon licenses to several businessmen amid community updates.
Antwerp News Highlights Local Farm Crop and Health Concerns
Chas A Graves reports 191 crop testing and boxing for seed with an estimated 1000 bushels worth about 3000 dollars. Eloy Harris suffers severe burns. skin grafting planned with Fort Wayne doctors. Antwerp Farmers Institute to host educational nursery and orchard exhibits December 29-30 with W F Fleck and R J Hoddy present. Several locals plan winter travel to St Petersburg Florida and Chicago stock show visits. Typhoid fever strikes the Hoover family. two deaths in analysis, others ill. Tom Johnson to relocate to Los Angeles. local agent duties ending.
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Antwerp
Ohio
Chas
A. Graves
Eloy Harris
W. F. Fleck
Antwerp Farmers Institute
RE. J. Hoddy
N. KE. Shaw
John B. Asher
St. Petersburg
Fla
Loyd Long
Chicago
Freda Seely
FE. V. Gordon
Frank Arme
Benjamin Kempf
Wanefield
Vivian Hummel
William Duval
West Washington Street
Ralph Bratton
Columbus High School
Dr. Bratton
J. R. Coulter
John Drehr
Florida
Jacob Hoover
Tom Johnson
Wabashit Waugdon
Monroeville News Digest Relays Local Happenings
Monroeville Indiana reports on Dr. C L Meyer’s business trip to Decatur. Guest visits include Mrs Elias Bolyard of Indianapolis and Mrs Effie Dunraven of Columbus. Community notes cover business moves, births, illnesses, travel, and local society officers.
Garrett News Briefs From Garrett Indiana
Local notes report Mrs. Gus Demske of Avilla improving after gallstone surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Martin, after Sacred Heart hospital care, are home and improving. Mack Shreves’ daughter ill with pneumonia showing signs of recovery. Garrett Military band plans a minstrel show with only their own talent and a future concert. Patsy Donovan undergoes tonsil and adenoids removal at Sacred Heart hospital and is improving. Chas Holsinger injured hand at B and Q shops with two fingers badly crushed. Masquerade party at Mrs. Mike Dougherty’s home yields comical and hair pin prizes. Mrs. E. J. Manion and Ada Barrett win. Round Table ladies and Athena club hostesses noted with refreshments. Mrs. J. Whitford gravely ill with slim hopes of recovery. Keyser township Sunday schools convention to be held at the Christian church next Sunday. attendance hoped to be large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Chas Winter
Redlands
California
Chas. Hinger
Dave Ham
B. Lay
Margaret Riley
Lye
Defiance
Ohio
Garrett
Harry Burke
Chicago
H. Mountz
Sacred Heart Hospital
Clara Carruthers
Arthur Hickman
J. Ff. Thompson
J. F. Turney
Lara Myers
San Antonio
Texas
John Shoaff
Edna Gaff
Winona Lake
Grace Zerkle
GS. Fullmer
Round
O. M
Chas
Umbenauer
Cromwell
B. of
L. E
L. Ee
J. G. Cole
Kim King
F. G. Heinlen
CC. Hamilton
Abs.c. Chew
C. Fitzgerald
Sentinel
Hankard
Messrs. Behler
Millikin
Whirledge
Trapp
I. P. Gamour
Cattell& Manion
H. F. Reutter
Sam Revier
Alva Widmer
Harley Clayton
Irvin Clayton
Irvin Deal
William Miller
Ind
Gus Demske
Avilla
Thompson
Martin
Mack Shreves
Garrett Military Band
Patsy Donovan
Chas. Holsinger
Mike Dougherty
E. J. Manion
Ada Barrett
Round Table Circle
Wm. Smith
Athena Club
W. B. Satterfield
J. Whitford
Keyser Township
Christian Church
Revival Meeting Opens at Robison Chapel
Leo Indiana reports Rev. E Dickson began a revival at Robison Chapel Sunday night. The item notes local residents Walter McComb and wife welcomed a newborn boy. William Hellopeter is reported quite ill. August Schnitter attended church at Robison Chapel and Rev. Edwin Dickson with Joseph Shiler of Kokomo shared dinner with H L Moody and wife.
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Fort: Wiyne
Apent
Henderson
Anna
Cook
Takir
Dull Barr street market as farmers stay away
Local markets open flat with few farmers in Barr street. Prices little changed from Monday with eggs around 38 to 40 cents a dozen and storage eggs selling at two thirds of fresh. Potatoes firm at $1 to $1.10. poultry demand light and turkeys priced by farmers.
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Barr Street
Main
Columbia
Commission
Chicago
Minneapolis
Local markets report grain flour and produce quotients
Street prices show Wheat 90 cents a bushel, oats 46 cents, corn two figures, rye 80 cents and barley 80 cents. Flour prices include winter wheat straight at 4.40 to 4.80 per barrel, patents 5.40, grocer ranges for cornmeal and middlings. Produce quotes list butter, eggs, potatoes, onions, apples, poultry and cheese with varying local shop figures. City scale prices cap hogs, cattle, and sheep at several dollar ranges.
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Mayflower Mills
Well Brothers & Co. Prices for Hides Seeds and Grains
Historical listing shows Well Brothers & Co quoting prices for hides seeds and grains. Green light hides calf skins old rubber boots zinc and lead scrap iron copper ginseng and gold seal roots are priced per pound or per ton with seed values for clover and timothy hay and various grains listed. Corrected by W. D. Henderson & Co. and includes ton prices for hay and per bushel prices for corn oats barley rye and timothy seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Well Brothers & Co
S. Bash & Co
Timothy
W. D. Henderson & Co
Market Prices for Wildlife and Fur Trade Read
Corrected by Well Bros Co lists fur prices including mink from $1.00 to $7.00 per unit, muskrats at 10 cents, skunk at 50 to 83 cents, red fox $1.00 to $6.00, and similar rates for other skins. Trade notes reflect regional fur values and buyer ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Well, Bros. & Co
Market Receipts Across Cities Report Varied Slates
Pittsburg and Cincinnati show mixed cattle and hog receipts with steady to firm prices. Chicago notes large cattle and hog totals with range prices for steers, heifers, sows, and pigs. Indianapolis and East Buffalo report hog volumes and steady or slow markets with specific price bands for each category.
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Cincinnati
Dee
East Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Chicago and New York Dairy Markets Report December 12
Chicago dairy markets show steady butter creameries 264 35c and 34 82c with 2 227 cases receipts and various firsts. New York butter market unsettled with 9,862 pack today and creamery specials at 35c with many firsts and seconds trading around 22 to 24c.
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New York
Middle West
Muscovado
New Orleans
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Springs
Wall Street opens with broad stock gains and late firmness
Active buying continues as orders for long accounts pile up after yesterday's rise. Canadian Pacific leads with a 1 percent gain and other rails and industrials rise, while St Paul and Wabash show declines. Trading grows dull as prices recede, but bonds finish steady with small gains in the last hour.
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Wall Street
New York
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Reading
Louisville & Nashville
International Harvester
American Smelting
St. Paul
Last Sale Report for Commodities and Stocks
New York markets record include Amal copper 635, Inter–Met 145, Am. Beet Sugar 46. My Am. & Fdy., Louis & Nash 1564, Am. Cat. Gil. 4844 Missouri–Pac 38, Am. BS 6& Ref, Nat. Biscuit 1397%, Am. Sug Ref NL Y. Central 1084, An. Min. Co 30, Atchison 11s, Northern Pac 11s, At. Coast Line 137, Pacific Matt Balti. & Ohio 1024, Pennsylvania Br. Rap. Tr. People’s Gas 102, Canadian Pac 2407s, Pullman Co. ta7, Col. & South 44, Union Pac Den. & Rio G. 204, S. Steel Ches. & Ohio, Reading Chi. & North 112, stock Is. Co. 2 GC, Me. & St. Pll do ytd oc, Am. Loco 87, M. K. & To. gn, Col. F. & Tron 27, Southern 2: do pf, do pfd, Wabash Cit. Nov. pfd 22s5, do pid 1 a, Gt N. OL Cufs 35te, Western Union 79% Uavis Central 112's.
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New York
Fdy
du Louis. & Nash
Missouri -Pac
Nat. Biscuit
Am. Sug
NL Y. Central
An. Min. Co
Nor & West
Atchison
Northern Pac
Coast Line
Pacific Matt
Balti
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Canadian Pac
Palo Car
Col
South
Southern
Del
Union Pac
Rio
S. Steel Ches. & Orio
Chi. & North
Stock Is. Co
Western Union
Uavis Central
Markle News Briefs Reflect Local Deaths and Visits
Markle Indiana December 9 L N Line aged 67 died Monday night of acute asthma fifth member of the Line family to pass since August. Orland Corn and Miss Ioa Jennings were married Saturday afternoon by Rev Miller Evangelical church. Bank directors reelected at regular election. Ervin Minear Huntington business visitor. Mrs I J Baumgardner and sons visited Bluffton relatives Sunday. Wm Crouse Bluffton business visitor Saturday. Mrs Homer Geiger Fort Wayne visitor Wednesday. Ray Ditzler spending week in New York. Wm Mintz Indianapolis guest of friends. Mrs Orval Davis Huntington visitor Monday. Sam High Ossian Huntington business visitor. J B Dumbauld purchased new Ford for livery service. Marion Quick Huntington business caller Friday. Jesse Crites ill in critical condition.
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Monroeville
Ind
C. L. Meyer
Decatur
Elias Bolyard
Indianapolis
J. Wmeeks
Effie Dunraven
Columbus
Frank Webb
Wim. Walters
Bar
Harry Clem
Geo. H. Thomas Circle No
Lucinda Brown
Mrs. Waterman
Sadie Gailey
Mary Walters
Margaret Vince
Lizzie Rose
Sallie , Brown
Catherine Hunsicker
Hannah Miller
Millie Luenberger
Daisy Brewer
Sallie Brown
Z. H. Battenburg
Geo. Schlemmer
Chicago
Lillie Magner
Toledo
J. C. Miller
Arthur Taylor
Ashtabula County
Ohio
Taylor
Fred B. Brown, Jr
H. C. Davis
Monroeville Home Telephone Company
Mentzer
P. J. Alberthus
Fort Wayne
E. E. Campbell
H. E. Steinman
QO. Meyers
Chas. van Horn
B. I. Clem
J. D. Allegar
O. Bell
W. P. Walters
J. Marquardt
W. Smith
John Morgan
Onda Weirman
Harvey Onda
Fred Schaab
Weirman
Marvence Isenberger
Mary Helen Ahr
Pauline V. Jackson
Ruth Taylor
Christa Reilley
Theresa Pillers
Hazel
Edna Mundorff
Agnes Niczey
Virginia
Josephine Weirman
Robert Schaab
Onda
I. J. Baumgardner and Sons
Bluffton
Wm. Crouse
Homer Geiger
Ray Ditzler
New York
Wm. Mintz
Orval Davis
Huntington
Sam High
Ossian
Markle
J. B. Dumbauld
Marion Quick
Jesse Crites
Spencerville Social Notes Include Visitors and Navy Sailor
Spencerville residents report visits from Toledo Ohio and Fort Wayne Indiana. Carlisle Smith, aboard the battleship Idaho at League Island Penn., says four years of service end December 13 and will return to Richmond Virginia. Edward Cupp plans to come home from Kansas City soon. Local folks, including Mrs. Susie Seckler and Mrs. Emma Baltz, made trips to nearby towns Friday.
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Spencerville
Ind
King
Toledo
Raymond Rhodes
Fort Wayne
Is. Horn
Hicksville
Frank Bailtz
St. Joe
J. F. Baltz
John Benninghoff
Susie Seckler
Richmond
Convoy News Includes Local Visits and Social Calls
Convoy Ohio notices list several social visits and small-town errands. Mrs C D Sidle called from Van Wert, Grace Sponseller stayed with Rose Reynolds, Esther Lorber from Van Wert visited Convoy, and Mrs Lester Spratt of Middlepoint spent time with relatives. Additional exchanges include Mrs E Todd from Fort Wayne visiting with daughter Mrs R Price, Ray Fife of Van Wert visiting Robert Cleland, T A Kriescher and Abe Denig making business trips to Fort Wayne, and Prof Grevlach visiting from Van Wert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convoy
Ohio
C. D. Sidle
van Wert
Grace Sponseller
Rose Reynolds
Esther Lorber
Lester Spratt
Middlepoint
E. Todd
Fort Wayne
R. Price
Ray Fife
Robert Cleland
T. A. Kriescher
Abe Denig
Prof.Grevlach
R. Swaney
Vanepee
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Tennessee
Winers
John Long
Sam Farmer
Nort Hatmaker
New Haven
Reesenberger
Rochester
Wabash
Patrick Ryan, Jr
Edna Jacquay
Hisner & Minsel
Lulu Kernans
Agnes
Herman
Payne
John Schuckman
Edward
E. P. Brooks
J. BR. Bengnot
Anthony Bengnut
Frank Long
Willard Repp
Effie Barclay
Adrian
Mich
James L. Barclay
George Wolf
Wichita
Kan
A. J. Masters
Ellis Wolf
Snow White
Elwood
C. A
Seneca Club
Eggemenn’s
Ellsworth Vachon
Alfonso, Jr
Florence
August Kerne
Jacob Forthmiller
George Linden
Mary
Tra Butler
Creighton Butler
Charles Todd
Albert Furthmiller
Lewid Berry
Frank Repp
Eileen
Metcalfe
M. E. Church
Christ
Kate Douglass Wiggins
Nter
Iter
Habig
Charles Hutson
Aaron McLaughlin
J. R. Lenhart
Minerva Shipley
Beaver Dam
Allen County
M.P
Maples
Olive
Estella
Garnet
May
Ralph
George Shipley
Fra B. Sleet
Harlan. News
Garrett News
Monroeville, News
LEO News
Tureless
Grain and Provisions
Maur
Abergo
Duluth
USA
Goa
Msc
Sthoe
Aichy
Lima
Indiana
Wiener & Co
C. M. Wiener
Fancy Elgin Creamery
Tub
Beyer Brothers Co
Klein Creamery
Fred Eckart Packing Co
Pittsburg
Chicaso
Stocks and Bonds
NEW York Stock List
Markle News
Spencerville News
Wm. Sommers
Coburntown
Frances Chapman
Edward Dix
Vallien
Convoy News
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