Pressed Steel Car Co in probe by federal and county officials
In Pittsburg Allegheny County prosecutors launch a formal inquiry into alleged workman abuses at the Pressed Steel Car plant. Federal agents pursue peonage charges linked to the McKee's Rocks zone. Company president Hoffstet denies peonage claims and explains the strike breakers were warned and free to quit. Mrs Kate Soffel dies of typhoid in Pittsburg. she aided the Biddle brothers' jail escape in 1902.
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Pittsburg
County of Allegheny
Pressed Steel Car Company
Seymour
Pressed Steel
Sake Zone
New York
Frank N. Hoffstet
McKee’s Rocks
New York City
Soffel
Kate Soffel
Allegheny County
Biddle Brothers
Cousin of Thaw Hunted by Convict Treatment Hearing
J G Thaw, claimed first cousin to Harry Thaw, sits in Huntsville Texas penitentiary serving a five year sentence for swindling. The father, a Wall Street broker, gave ten thousand dollars a year yet Thaw sent back drafts demanding payment, leading to his arrest and conviction during a commission hearing into convict treatment.
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Huntsville
Tex
J. G. Thaw
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Wall Street
Ministers to stomachs in Wall Street physicians seek wealth
In New York August 31 a trend of specialized stomach doctors serving a Wall Street clientele is described. Many operate on retainers, travel with patients, or treat a few wealthy clients, leaving broad access to the public limited. The piece suggests wealth and stress on Wall Street corrode appetite and health. It notes that if the district’s best known names were listed, few stomachs would be sound.
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New York
Wall Street
Rockefeller
Harriman
Oice
Whisky Made by Convicts at Western Penitentiary
Eight guards at the Western Pennsylvania penitentiary in Pittsburgh have been dismissed amid allegations they failed to detect prisoners making whisky in the big prison. Other staff are implicated. The illicit liquor was said to be produced from prune juice yeast and sugar.
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Pittsburg
Western Pennsylvania
Taft Gets The Documents, Ballinger Goes On Carpet
RHEIMS Aug 31 Aviation week closed with a gala breakfast honoring aviators. Bleriot attended with a sling, receiving ovations with Curtiss Farman Latham and Paulhan amid praise. Cortlandt F Bishop thanked the committee and invited world aviators to America. Marquis de Polignac announced award results as speeches followed. Plans for a second aviation contest were set for Aug 21, 1910 with Curtiss shipping his machine to Paris and possible return delays for New York.
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Rheims
Blerjot
Glenn H. Curtiss
Henry Farman
Hubert Latham
Louis Paulhan
Cortlandt F. Bishop
American Aero Club
America
Bishop
Wallace
British Aero Club
Gordon Bennett
Europe
Bleriot
Marquis de Polignac
M. Langlis
Loreau
Aeria Commission
France
Curtiss
Paris
Tgether
New York
Brescia
Italy
Moon Eclipses Mars Across United States In September
The moon will obscure Mars in a total lunar occultation visible across the United States on Wednesday evening September 1. The event lasts about an hour from 8:42 to 9:39 p.m. Washington time, with earlier occultations west of Washington and later ones east of it, visible to the naked eye.
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Geneva
United States
William R. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Washington
Camp Bachelor ends after merry outing in Grafton
Graftonians in camp for a brief period as Camp Bachelor dissolves after a cheerful gathering. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Owen and Mr. Arthur Martin of Grafton, with others from the community enjoying a fine day by the pleasant camp.
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Harry Owen
Arthur Martin
Grafton
H. C. Owen
William Triplett
Fought
William Russell
Bertha Fuller
Dan Cauley
Bee Lang
Paul Summer
Will Stephens
Upson Harris
Harold Williamson
Howe
Parkersburg
Harriman Says Rest After Medical Review Plans
An official Harriman statement from New York indicates plans for a long rest following treatments abroad. E H Harriman cites doctors Crile Brewer Lyle and James in Munich. He asks press surveillance of his Arden home be withdrawn while he recuperates and later may receive reporters if beneficial.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Munich
Crile
Brewer
Lyle
James
Arden
Brewer and
Walter Jones
B. H. Harriman
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward
A vintage testimonial advert from Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. claims a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh case. Walding Kinnan & Marvin certify Cheney's reliability. internal remedy targets blood and mucous surfaces. Includes price 7.50 and urges use of Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Senior Senator Elkins Visits City Between Trains
Senator Stephen B. Elkins spent a few hours in the city on a business mission between trains and spoke nothing of politics. He had no remarks of a political nature.
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Stephen B. Elkins
In Emergency Use Pinealve Carbolizedtt Red Crosse Pharmacy
In emergencies requiring salve, use Pinealve Carbolizedtt and Red Crosse Pharmacy for supplies. Sweet Melody Flour referenced as a brand in the note.
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Tt Brson
Red Crosse Pharmacy
Hundred New Ovens Planned At Cascade Plant
Morgantown August 31 The Preston County Coke Company doubles plant size at Cascade by adding a hundred new ovens. Complaints arise along the M. and K. railroad due to a shortage of workers.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Preston County Coke Company
Cascade
Family group returns from Fox Hall outing
Mr and Mrs Howard Kinter and Mrs Thomas BE Moran with family members Belle Moran Hugh Warder Charles J Flanagan and William B Cruise have returned from an outing at Fox Hall, according to the local social notes.
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Howard Kinter
Thomas BE. Moran
Will Moran
Belle Moran
Hugh Warder
Charles J. Flanagan
William B. Cruise
Fox Hall
Sweet Melody Flour sale of bankrupt estate items in Grafton
Trustee of Louis J. Stern estate will auction September 15, 1909 at 2 P M in Grafton West Virginia. Sale includes stock of men clothing hats shoes shirts underwear collars neckties rubber goods jewelry cases trunks and related items plus store fixtures and one repeating rifle. Terms cash or half cash and 90 day credit with note and security.
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Louis J. Stern
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virginia
Notice of reference in chancery for real estate report
In Taylor County West Virginia First National Bank of Grafton files a chancery action against Jeremiah Hawkins and others to ascertain and report real estate owned by Hawkins, its annual and fee simple value liens and payments. The order of reference issued April 8 1909 directs the commissioner Gene W Ford to hear evidence at his Grafton office September 16 1909 and report to the Circuit Court with findings.
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First National Bank of
Grafton
West Virginia
Ve. Jeremiah Hawkins
W. H. Batley
A. EB
N. Means
Adolphus Armstrong
Jacob Rogers
G. M. Musgrove
Circuit Court
Taylor County
Court House
W. Va
Jeremiah Hawkins
Gene W. Ford
W. R. D, Dent
Pitt
Notice to Claimants of Jeremiah Hawkins Real Estate Liens
Public notice from Taylor County West Virginia requires all persons holding liens or claims against Jeremiah Hawkins to present them for adjudication by September 16, 1909. The hearing occurs at the commissioner's office in Grafton, Taylor County, with attorney Dent a and judge New Ford overseeing proceedings.
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Jeremish Hawk
Circuit Court
Taylor County
Jeremiah Hawkins
Grafton
Taylor Co
West Virginia
W. Ford
R. D. Dent
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