Strike News Shows Rally of Strikers and Sheriff Action
Reported on ongoing strike conditions with deputies at Lehigh Valley Coal Duryea colliery facing a noon Saturday deadline. Sheriff Schadt's posse seized the colliery as miners faced jeers while some shot at striker colleagues. Erie and Pennsylvania rail firms offered 10 percent wage increases to workers who return to duty. The strike also moves into politics as J E Mullaly, secretary of the stationary firemen, enters the Third district legislature race on labor or independent lines.
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Lehigh Valley Coal Company
William A
Duryea
Schadt
Erie
Pennsylvania
J. BE. Mullaly
Notables and aging figures span politics and faith
Notes recount marriages and life events from prominent figures. John Francis Gable wed Lulu Silence in St. Louis last week. Moscow police chief M Trepoff seeks resignation. John B. Brooking nears fifty years as a church singer in Newburyport amid polo work. Senator Hanna hosts a pingpong set in Washington with secretary Elmer Dover rising in skill. Alfred B. Purinton dies. he helped escort Jefferson Davis to Washington. Saxe Martin, blind since age four, serves Port Chester fire department for 17 years. A Polk monument on Pine Mountain marks Kenesaw battle death in 1864. Alson S. Sherman, oldest Chicago mayor, just turned 101. Walter Gurnee, 1851-52 mayor, now in New York. Rev. Sam P. Jones thriving financially planning investments. Benjamin Buck Greene, Bank of England pioneer, dies at 94. Six-Governor Boutwell aids Tufts College fiftieth anniversary and receives honorary LLD.
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Lulu Silence
St. Louis
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John B. Brooking
Newburyport
Mass
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Washington
Elmer Dover
Alfred B. Purinton
Jerseville
Jefferson Davis
Tle
Saxe Martin
Fire Department
Port Chester
Leonidas Polk
Pine Mountain
Georgia
Kenesaw
Alson S. Sherman
Chicago
Walter 8. Gurnee
New York City
George 8. Boutwell
Massachusetts
Tufts College
Old Fashioned Scent Bag Recipe Idea
A vintage scented sachet plan using lavender thyme mint cloves caramel salt. The method suggests packing a half pound of lavender an ounce thyme and mint two teaspoons of ground cloves and caraways and an ounce of well dried salt in silk bags to place under pillows or in clothing drawers.
Choice Miscellany and a Disconcerted Detective
A column from a Chicago Tribune page discusses the whimsical and evolving use of the word only on UK postal cards, noting failed attempts to ban or clarify its placement. It also recounts a revived Michael Davitt story from Illustrated London News about a government reporter interrupting his Irish Land League speech. Lastly, Charles L. Hutchinson’s tulip farm tour in Holland is described, praising tulip blooms from mid April to May and bulb profits.
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Uncle Sam
Michael Davitt
Illustrated London News
Davitt
Irish Land League
Irish Constabulary
Charles Stewart Parnell
Holland
Charles L. Hutchinson
Chicago
Hutchinson
London
Paris
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Chicago Tribune
Bold urchins attempt New York trolley robbery
Two young urchins eight or nine swing onto a Third Avenue trolley car and one snatches a pocketbook from a cautious woman. A bystander calls it the boldest highway robbery seen in New York as the car doors open the crowd pursues.
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New York
Statue for Sydney Harbour A Federation Monument Planned
A proposed monument at the entrance to Sydney harbour would honor federation with a colossal statue titled Australia Facing the Dawn. Funds are scarce and a key advocate has asked Lord Rosebery to consider diverting part of Cecil Rhodes eight million pounds intended to promote English speaking unity toward this tribute.
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Australia
New York Bay
Lord Rosebery
Cecil Rhodes
Boston Transit Workers Impress Chicago Visitor
A Chicago visitor to Boston notes courteous conductors and motormen. Boston crews undergo thorough training before handling cars. They earn 2 26 for a ten hour day, five cents more than Chicago drivers for the same work.
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Chicago
Boston
Chicago News
A Darky and a Mule In Orchard Alignment Story
J H Hale, famed peach grower, recalls laying out a vast orchard. He watches Lulu the mule guide alignment using white-topped poles, delivering precise rows for over 250000 trees. The tale credits the mule and a plantation worker for order and success.
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Lulu
Henry
America
The Transition of the Gypsy on Automobiles
A Worcester Spy piece notes a band of traveling gypsies shifting from horses to cars. The three compartment auto is green with red running gear and gold decorations. The leader claims fifty miles a day and hints the next chief may travel in multiple autos for horse trading.
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Worcester
The O Conor Don Rights to Irish Throne Debated
The O Conor Don, The Right Hon Charles Owen O Conor, claims unbroken lineage to the last Irish king and would be legitimist claimant if such throne existed. He is described as sixty four, a longtime MP for Roscommon and Irish privy councilor who served on the royal commission on Great Britain Ireland finances.
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Charles Owen O'Conor
O’conor Don
Roscommon
Royal Commission
Great Britain
Ireland
New York Tribune
Alpine Power engineer L Thormann from Zurich
Alpine Power engages engineer L Thormann of Zurich for a project. The brief note names the engineer and his origin, signaling international collaboration.
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Alpine Power
Zurich
L. Thormann
Alpine Waterfalls Could Power Swiss Railways
Reports conclude that Swiss waterfalls in the Alps could generate enough electricity to run railways. From twenty-one falls, 80,000 horsepower could be developed though 60,000 would suffice to replace existing steam locomotives. Some falls are already partially used for industry. The shift to electricity may occur as coal imports are costly for Switzerland.
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Alps
Switzerland
New Type of Steamship Promises Fuel Saving
A Copenhagen company forms to build a trial steamship with screw under the bottom replacing the stern. The hull is flatter with reduced draft and a claimed coal savings of about 20 percent. The inventor expects greater speed using the same fuel.
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Copenhagen
Birds as friends aid Connecticut farmers and laws
Connecticut farmers found birds helpful to crop health and saw laws protect birds and enforcement. Some farmers planted cherry and mulberry trees hoping birds would visit fields to eat pests and worms damaging crops.
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Connecticut
Veneered Diamonds Enter Fashion Trade
An enormous trade now uses imitation jewels called veneered diamonds. Real diamond dust is mixed with acid to form paste, rolled into thin sheets, cut to shape, and cemented onto clear glass of the required form.
Exercise Method to Reduce Large Hips and Improve Posture
The text promotes a routine to reduce hip size and improve grace. It advises standing erect, bending forward with knees straight, reaching fingertips to the floor, repeating ten, then up to twenty repetitions morning and night. It also suggests throwing the hips back while standing or walking to allow the abdomen to align naturally and reduce prominence.
Elysian Extracts and Perfumery Promoted by A Oswald
A Oswald advertises agency for the celebrated Elysian extracts and perfumery claiming the finest goods made and inviting readers to try them.
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A. Oswald
Elysian’s
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