Tragic Accidents and Crimes Reported in Towns Across State
The week brought numerous deaths and injuries including two laborers killed by a Lehigh Valley train near Westaerly Tucs, a Grapeville tanner fatally burned, two Horton children burned in an oil incident, a worker crushed at Leyathanna mine, and several drownings. Additional notices include postal changes at Zeller Seaver county, a new post office, a sheriff’s office topic, various county teachers institutes, and a spate of accidents, fires, and deaths across towns such as Rochester Reading Beavercreek and West Lester. Weather and crop reports note warm, dry conditions aiding crops with limited rainfall and ample sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iblen Botton
Corn Alius Zacharius
Lehigh Valley
Westaerly
Tucson
Jemne Barnett
Grapeville
Cunie House
W. Kamijetka
Leyathanna Works
Walla
C. Sluckman
Kew Buena Vista
Red Land
N. E
Zeller
Seaver County
Henry C. Zeller
Bester
Boyer
Gem Hert Ewing
Parison Boving
Rochester
Beavercreek
Uwe
S Bern
Souderton
KE. Jones
Indiana
West Bridgewater
Caledonia Cost
William Blair
Allegrippus
Jona Arphy
Ag Sephotel
West Deoebecken
Rdacive Phungett
Reading
Jecks Row
Seeps Dune
Shider
Kimmel & Warner
McKeesport
Edna
Uwerver
Oscar D. Stewart
Philadelphia
Ahr
Cannon
Conemaugh
Paris
West Lester
Dec Omer of Public Instruction
Allegheny County
Allegheny City
Blair
Julidaysburg
Beamler
Uder
Butler
Ecember
Cambria
Fulton
Meconnellsburg
McKean
Smithport
Mercer
Monro
Stroudeburg
Pike
Miltod
Somerset
Sullivan
Dustore
Union
Sewisburg
Venuugo
Frank- Ha
Warren
Washington
Westmoreland
Greensburg
Washington County
Barning
Fayette Courty
Ergabeth Epolf
Casisie
George Stora
Egoll
Harrisburg
Sreerstate Aiding and Loan Association of
Sheomint An
Heaniquarerman Pittsimirg
Beetugar
St. Henry
Memer County
Louis Foyle
Kane
Sheling bin
Jie
Charly Emerick
Crow Island
Banday
Philadelphna
Nesr Latvaster
Fucsiay
Grifith
Amalgamated unions and strikes across states and nations
A coastal Pennsylvania court heard William McBride and two others charged with depriving J H Johnston of a livelihood over union status. The piece covers union wage scales at Columbus Iron and Steel Uniontown, Welsh tin plate imports, and multiple strikes in the Midwest and England, detailing non union labor, wage fights, and factory responses across Braddock, Moorhead, St. Louis, and beyond. It notes shifts toward non union operation, pending broader bargaining, and tolls from international unions on local mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
William McBride
Robert Wait
David Wilson
J. H. Johnston
Columbus Iron and Steel Company
Tniontown
Amalgamated Association
Weslie
South Wales
International Boot and Shoe Makers’ Union
Ludlow Shoe Factory
Elgin
Ibs
Sharpsburg
Vesuvius
Moorhead Bros. & Co
R.C. Jenkins
Pittsburg
Chicago
Amalgamated Trovises
Weihe
Moorhead
Neidringhaus
St. Louis
Braddock Wire Company
Amalgamated
Duquesne
Carnegie Concern
Association
Lebanon
Pennsylvania Xnt and Bolt Works
Portsville
Catasauqua
Fullerton
Allentown
Columbus Iron Works
Columbia
Lancaster County
W. Th. Wood & Co
Volcano near Menastash lights up night in Washington
Reports from Ellensburg Washington dated August 18 describe an active volcano 35 miles southeast of the Menastash mines. Observers say it emits a great light with lava running down its slopes and it is thought to be the same volcano referenced by a prior party that climbed Mount Tacoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Activa
Ellensburg
Wash
Menastash
Mount
Tacoma
Nine-Hour Day Defeated in Typographical Union Vote
The International Typographical union vote on a nine hour workday failed. Among 29,815 members, 12,898 cast ballots, far short of the three quarters needed. 9,243 voted for and 3,356 against. short by 332 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
International Typographical Union
NEWLY GLEANINGS REPORTS GLOBAL TRADE AND DISEASE NEWS
Texas exports wheat while a deca electric car earned 93.45 in a day JaPax plans 700000 for fair exhibit Marxe expects bay crop to 1230000 tons Smallpox epidemics in Acapulco yellow fever in Vera Cruz Ontario bread seized amid inst debts Micelisx corn blighted in southwest region GuaTamMata to produce at Alneago Fair 211 mile lane in Argentine Republic Braix Society aided homeless last year with 103000 men and 15004 women It costs 1 per minute for London Paris line 250 miles More boats on Lincoln River and profitable A YsEMNTR near Garden City Kan attacked Brasshoppers with seventy lerseys San Miguel Cal hot week caused drugstore fire Public school law in New Mexico spurs certification demand Hamburg taxir gesiste issue unknown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
JaPax
Marxe
Acapulco
Vera Cruz
Ontario
Ito Chantabie
Micelisx
GuaTamMata
Antique
Braix
Society For the
London
Paris
Ysemntr
Garden City
Kan
San Miguel
Cal
New Mexico
United States Senate
Hamburg
Pennsylvanian Republicans Convene in Harrisburg Nominees Named
In Harrisburg on August 3 the Pennsylvania Republican convention convened with 195 delegates present. Henry Hall declined temporary chair and John Elkin was elected permanent chair as a long party platform was adopted praising Harrison, Wannamaker, and Pennsylvania diplomacy. The resolutions endorse McKinley era measures, biannual tax reforms, and constitutional changes including a constitutional convention referendum. Nominees for state offices were chosen: D. Mc dregs for Auditor General and John W. Morrison for State Treasurer. Watres named state chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Andrews
Senator Flinn
Henry Hall
Mercer
Hall
Committee On Permanent Organization
John Elkin
Committee On Resolutions
Republican Party of
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Post Office Department
John Wannamaker
Commonwealth
State Department
S Ons
United States
James G. Blaine
Maine
Republican Congress
McKinsey
The
Knights of Labor
Republican Party
Pattison
Philadelphia
Jose
Watres Ags
D. Mc +dregs
Berks County
John W. Morrison
Allegheny Co
Fragmented foreign news across early 1900s items
A collage of brief international calamities and curiosities: London scaffold collapse with nine workers, four dead. a Riga mushroom poisoning kills nine. Alsace Lorraine military deaths from shell mishaps. Berne’s 700th anniversary celebrations. Czarowitz of Russia betrothal to Princess Mary of Greece with a Copenhagen date. French wheat crop deficit. French authorities display the Savior’s holy coat. unrest feared in Shanghai over Chinese government stance. suspension of British Bank of Australia with 800,000 liabilities. Italian aeronaut drownings. Austrian cloudburst destroying Kulman village and flooding the Bremer railroad. Italian harvest projected to match 1400s yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Czarowitz
Russia
Mary
Greace
Fredensborg
Copenhagen
Argenteul
France
Shanshai
Marcerata
Italy
Adriatic
Botzen
Kulman
Kollman
Bremer
Washington notes and big fires hit Jacksonville and St Louis
Treasury shipments reach 4.3 million this month and over 5 million since crop removal began. Harvesters in Winnipeg facing alien contract labor law removal. Cherokee Strip cattle removal order draws wide interest as whites move herds to Indian owners. Jacksonville fire destroys 55 buildings causing extensive damage and explosions. St Louis fire at J B Pocock Can Factory and Missouri Distilling incident cause heavy losses. watchman badly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Winnipeg
United States
Pembiny
N. C
Indian Territory
Secretary of the Interior
Cherokee Strip
Tresaury
Jacksonville
St. Louis
Fla
Knight's Crockery House
Hubbard Block
Western Union Telegraph Office
Tremont Hotel
Seminole Club
Smith & Mattair's
Hotel Placido
Chelsea House
Tilton Base
McMurray & Baker's Carriage
St. Joseph
Missouri Distilling Company
Barton and
DeKalb Streets
Charles Miller
Kansas Farm Mortgage Releases Fell In July in Kansas
The Daily Capitol reports from registers of deeds in 60 Kansas counties show a large release of farm mortgages in July. Net reduction reached 351,453 dollars, with 1,427,057 dollars released in 48 counties over the prior 312 months. Officials expect total releases may reach about 16,000,000 dollars by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Daily Capitol
Kansas
Fatal river accident claims three teens and a man
In Cincinnati on August 3 a skiff accident on the Ohio river Sunday caused the deaths of Clara Fedheimer age 19 of Cincinnati Laura Samberger age 17 of Chicago and Emil Block age 18 of Cincinnati. George Solomon and the others were involved as the boat overturned and the victims drowned with only one survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
Clara Fedheimer
Laura Samberger
Chicago
Emil Block
George Solomon
A Harvest of Gold Across U S Crops Soar
New York Aug 18 Farm profits rise by 31 billion dollars this year with corn at 2,000,000,000 bushels wheat 500,000,000 oats 240,000,000 and total crops 3,122,000,000 bushels, 28.8 percent above last year and 14.7 above the eleven year average. Value to farmers around 1.75 billion dollars. Minnesota notes a big Northwest harvest with wheat yielding 23 to 30 bushels per acre, labor shortages, storage limits, and rail lines strained to move grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
American Agriculturist
Minnesota
J. Paul
Minn
Northwest
Dakotas
Death's Best Role. Rail disaster at Zollickofen kills many
August 13 at Zollickofen north of Berne reports a Paris express colliding with a waiting special train. The high speed impact wrecked rear cars. 13 dead, 18 seriously injured, 30 more hurt. Several bodies mangled beyond recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Zollickofen
Here
Ig 13
Desd
Fatal Balloon Accidents in Cincinnati and Tacoma
Miss Anna Hawkes of Indianapolis, known as Leroy, died after a balloon ascent at Coney Island when the trapeze rope broke and she fell to the ground. In Tacoma, aeronaut Johnson fell from about 2000 feet and died instantly, with reports noting possible intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Anna Hawkes
Indianapolis
Leroy
Coney Island
Tacoma
Wash
Johnson
Murphy’s Sig Budgess Bacchus Downed In War Western
In Helena Montana on August 13 Francia Murphy led a temperance revival resulting in more than 3000 residents pledging total abstinence and receiving blue ribbons. The event drew about one sixth of the town’s population to commit to sobriety despite local challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Francia Murphy
Montana
Labor world labor union figures and actions report
The piece lists union sizes and activities across nations and sectors, noting 500000 factory hands in Loxpox, 15000 CopExaaGen unionists, 250000 labor candidates, 17000 Journeyman Tailors, and various wage and gender pay patterns. It cites Belgium women workers, Chinese palace repairs, and shifts in Austrian unions, plus actions by the French Labor party and Massachusetts unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpox
CopExaaGen
F Starn
Journeyman Tailors’ Union
New York
SixTmen
Oue First Trades Union of Women
Belgium
Antwerp
Evenanp
Labor Congress
Brussels
United States
SIS
Australia
Workshops and Factories Commission
Austria
Jean Colima
Fourmies
France
French Labor Party
Maseachusetse
Baseball Braves Season Gusts Amid Mixed Results
The article reviews ongoing baseball season drama with players like Nash of Boston and Hamilton of Philadelphia. It notes tight NL standings among Chicago, Boston, and New York, recounts streaks, shifts, and a notable Ebensburg game incident. It lists team records, league totals, and mentions player trades and signings across multiple clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gnarrie
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Dickey Johnson
Boston
Loxe Joux En
New Yorks
Chicaco
Merritt
Chicazos
Boz Bare
New York
Buffalo
Toa Kuxyy
Philadelphias
Esra Sutton
Nash
Hutchinson
Anson
Pittsburgs
Dahlen
Feld
Chicagos
Hamilton
Hiliea
Bostons
Carcaer Daizey
Philadelphia
Tiernan
Clements
Zimmer
Philadelphian
Chevelani
Association
Tares
James Wolf
Louisville
Hoe
Evansville
Brotherhood
Beltimore
Columons
St. Louis
Washington
Ebensburg
Penn
Father Christy
Prominent People and Notable Figures From a Century Ago
A collage of prominent individuals including Prof Rogxria of Palo Alto University who speaks thirty languages, composer Veroi endowing $80,000 for a Milan hospital, Dr Talmage traveling 234 miles in 234 minutes, and General Isidro Uradho as head of Nicaragua’s army. Also noted are M Vanpington’s $360,000 diplomat salary, Jupee Frevo’s linguistic prowess, and electrico motor innovation. A correlative vignette shows the aging Empress's mother, Tom Taume, and Bishop Walker’s stature, with Comte de Lesseps depicted fondly with his family as he nears 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogxria
Pao Alto University
Veroi
Milan
Talmage
Doburne
Sioux City
Kan
Isidro Uradho
Wast Point
Hamiltox Fis
Jupee Frevo
United States Supreme Court
Epison
Tae Veasonlels
Austria
Naples
Tha Ae Ce
Sraghty
Tom Taum8
America
Bridgeport
Conn
Inz- Ury
Esse
Phillips Brooks
Bishop Walker
North Dakota
Pater Grorcez B. Rousers
Lesepsia
Frightful Port au Prince bridge collapse kills eighty
Ninety people were swept away as the St Mark River bridge near Port au Prince failed after storms. The disaster occurred last Friday when observers on the stone bridge watched foundations give way and the structure plunge into the river. Most victims were carried to sea. a few survived by reaching the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au Prince
St. Mark
Keystone Bank Conspirator Sentenced in Philadelphia
Charles Lawrence, former Assistant Cashier of Keystone National Bank, was sentenced in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to two indictments charging him with making false entries in the bank's books and with conspiracy. The August Philadelphia proceeding concluded the guilty plea in the bank fraud case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Bank
Philadelphia
Charles Lawrence
Broken Keystone National Bank
U.S. District Court
Liquor case and other city and state notices in brief
A colored porter in Atlanta was arrested for selling liquor to members of a session without a license, beer and whisky found in an ante chamber. Drouth damaged corn crops in parts of Indians and Michigan. Colima volcano ash covered the town. Georgia bans liquor near churches or schools, signed by the governor. Frayser decoyed and robbed in Memphis. Philadelphia coal dealer Haas found dead with a bloody office. Lamar Colorado fire loss 30000 with 10000 insured. Chicago dry goods firm failed for 42311. Hail and wind storms hit Minnesota and Wisconsin. Notable deaths and crimes across the country, including hangings in Missouri and Kentucky election results. Fire, explosions, and drownings also reported in various states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Ter McMichel
Atlanta
Sesem
Drouth
Michigan
Colima
Wex
Georgia
Northern
R. Dudley Frayzer
Memphis, Tenn
John A. Morris
Morris
Frayser
Lamar
Col
Ellsworth
Minn
Jas. K. Folk
Nashville
Tenn
Central City
J. W. Bole
Hentington
W. Va
Timothy Carney
Cattletisburg
Philadelphia
A. G. Elliott & Co
Wali
Louis Bergans
Frank Ingram Lumber Company
Louisville
Danville
Sam Perkins
Spencer Ewell
Minnesota
San Francisco
Bennington Celebrates Anniversary of Historic Victory
Bennington Virginia on August 2 reports the town alive with anticipation and festivity. Citizens display attire and visitors fill hotels and homes following the celebrated victory of August 1, 1776, with stirring excitement lingering over the anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Market commodity list with scattered prices and items
A fragmented historical price list includes eggs poultry live chickens turkeys potatoes oats rye wheat corn butter and flour. Entries mention U S regions and grade notes though many lines are garbled. Notable items include No 2 Red Wheat and No 2 Mixed Corn with occasional regional tags and partial prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Buttesr—Creamery Extra
Cerone Western
Bureeiemey
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Indiana Progress
Worms
Cossty
Keystone
Ion
Wilmerepe
Pennsytania
Barry Bove
Jehn Wyford
Woverthela
Pocade
Aes Ao
Evo
Wet Newton
Loyalimana
George WE. Livizle
Altoona
Siwoting
Industrial and Labor
Domes
Wege
Braddock. Pa
Tuo Cven
Worcester
Staffordshire
England
Minneapolis Dour Mills
Omaha Neb
Green Ridge Pa
Phoenix Glass Company
Phillipsborg
PENNA
General Gregg
Captain Morrison
Geckiers
David Mc
Martrie Gregg
Huntingdon
West Point
First Dragoons
Oregon
United States Cavalry
St. Mary’s Church
Loyal Legion
John Morrison
Lesson
Bellevue
Riga
Alsace- Lorraine
British Bank of Australia
Melbourne
Washington Notes
Tacoms
Murphy
SIG
Bacchus
Dever
Union Pacific
James Madden
Decatur
Thos. McKillick
Ogden
Utah
Flaherty
Savannah
Wallace Williams
Severn County
Williams
the Labor World
Philadel
Sai
Cinein
Ati
Cleveland
American Association
Loet
Columbus
Wi Lena
Siacia
Sway
Basimore
Wash’ Geo
Athletic
Joseph Bros. & Co
Chris Young
Steven Ferguson
Lexington
Henry Henson
Metrosé
Yiinn
Grant J. Reddick
Cyrus Edson
New York Board of Health
Lazaretto
Atlantic
W. H. Mortimer
Tressurer
National Capital Building and Loan Association
St.Paul
Monroe Evans
Cullman
Als
Pierce Mooney
Charles McCarlop
J. Marden
Manhattan Beach
Colorado
Denver
John Danning
Dan Fitzpatrick
Dad Edwards
Mike Feenelius
Dr. W. Judah
Bedford Ind
Red River
Grand Forks
N. D
William
Ark
Mary Sweet
St. Louia
Greenville
Merdocino County
California
Pacific Ocean
Kentucky
Brown
Wood
Erwin
People’s
Parris
Sal
Deer Creek
Isabella
Mrrojation Gana
Marron
Colums
Rant and
Fowem
Maj. Ainsworth
United States Army
Alger
O. O. Howard
J. B. User
Warner
Gov. Russell
A, Turtle
New Hampshire
Paiga
Vermont
Gov
Paige
E. J. Phelps
Ouniter
Plitssu Rt
Orleans
East Libeaty
Iaele
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