Pittsburg Street Car Strike Ends After Two-Day Tie Up
Pittsburg workers and the Railways company reached a final settlement in Mayor Magee's office. The pact cuts short runs to 106, bars work on holidays, and rehiring specifics include Conductor McGibney reinstated and Halboth paid for six days. Arbitration to rule on James Ashford's discharge centers on the moral conduct issue.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Railways Company
William A. Magee
Railways Company
Pitteburg
Halboth
Nix
McGibney
James Ashford
Mayor Magee
Archibald Mackrell
Mackrell
White Man Turns Black in Mysterious Bellevue Case
New York street car driver James McFaul shows a rare organic condition at Bellevue hospital with his skin darkening unevenly for about a year. Doctors cannot explain the cause beyond tissue softening, and the transform remains dramatic yet puzzling to clinicians.
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James McFaul
New York
Bellevue Hospital
McPau
Akin
Bellevue
Polly Shannon Defies Bristol Cannon Ban On Fourth
In Bristol, Polly Shannon blocks windows with wax and blankets to silence the Fourth of July, following a mayoral order banning crackers, guns, and cannons due to the mayor’s illness. Neighbors note the quiet, while Polly endures heat and tension, awaiting a safe holiday.
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Polly Shannon
Bristol
Phom
Porte
Polly
Making Roman Candles How Fireworks Work in Fourth of July Displays
A discussion of Roman candles describes construction from pasteboard tubes, clay plugs, powder charges, and alternating stars and powder. Colorful stars use nitrate of strontia, pulverized gunpowder, rosin, salt, amber, zinc, or lampblack. The piece includes humorous local dialogue about Independence Day in Loneliville, noting sensational fireworks anecdotes.
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America
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