Panhandle Machinists Strike Over Piece Work
About 50 Panhandle city machinists walked out Friday morning protesting piece work amid a wage scale dispute. They favored regular pay and asked Master Mechanic Swanson for a settlement after union leaders met Thursday evening and a conference was held Friday with another planned for the afternoon. The union expects an amicable ruling. workers say piece work is uncertain though they could earn 40 to 50 cents more when work is plentiful.
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Panhandle
Union
Lefa
Nechanic Swanson
See
City Life Highlights Local Court Actions and Civic Hopes
Seventh presbyterian church passes resolutions regretting Rev Wint er's move to Terre Haute. Various minor cases include Neary Me Berger suing for 2000 dollars, John Glenn fined nine dollars, and Lewis Jackson bound over for theft. Gov Chase urges Russian relief via Albert Gall. Commercial club seeks a large sewing machine factory. Widespread notices cover street numbers, fire protection, and a wagon barrel incident on Maryland street. World’s fair interest grows. export lists sought by German consulate. Community notices list births marriages and deaths. farmers institute meets with musical interlude and talks on farm waste and poultry keeping.
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Seventh Presbyterian Church
Winter
Terre Haute
Berger
Starper
Hoo
Billy Patterson
John Glenn
D. O. Patterson
Justice Smock
Gov. Chase
Indiana
Albert Gall
Controller Woollen
Eureka Hose Company
Commercial Club
Fort
Booker
G.I. Roots House
N. Merician St
Walker
Della Abbitt
Union Station
Wright
Tom Markey
The
Insane Hospital
Webster
Webster Mill
College-ave
Indiana Board of Commissioners
Smith
Board of Trade
Imperial
Ife
Indianapoli
Mack
J. Shay
Lawrence
Etta Richards
Henry
Nellie von Spreckelson
Wiliam
Emily Bremer
Haskell
Alice Bundy
Marshall
Mary Moore
Denths
Ellen Kervan
Carl Weinman
Market St
Chas. DeWitt
Meek
State House
Col. Roberts
E. J. Howland
J. B. Connor
J. A. Mount
Shannondale
Senate
Robbers Stop Fresno Street Car in Bold Holdup
Early Thursday morning in Fresno two men held up a street car as it neared its route. One robber halted the horse while the other boarded the car and pressed a revolver to Driver Kerr head demanding money. He resisted briefly before yielding his change. A passenger, described as Armenian, leaned out the window to glimpse the thieves. a robber pressed a pistol to his head and fired before the duo fled, leaving one wounded and the robbers at large.
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Fresno
Cal
Kerr
Ker
Wild Scene At New York Stock Exchange Onrush
Immense crowd surrounds the rail as trading opens in a frenzy at the stock exchange. Telegraph operators struggle amid pushing and shouting while the day sets a record with 1,109,232 shares traded and over 100 million dollars in stocks changing hands including railway bonds valued at 7.094 million.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Move to her coffin and revival in Warsaw
Mrs Z Wilson of a home 12 miles north of Warsaw was reportedly pronounced dead while being prepared for burial. On Thursday while in the coffin she suddenly moved and seized a handler by both wrists. After restoratives she revived enough to speak of the agony during the preparations.
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Warsaw
Z. Wilson
Hungarian worker fatally injured by dynamite blast at Pottstown steel works
In Pottstown Pennsylvania on February 1 120 Joh Havervill a Hungarian was badly injured at the Pottstown iron company steel works when dynamite exploded while workers were breaking with dynamite. A fragment struck him in the head causing fatal wounds within hours.
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Pottstown Pa
Joh Havervill
Pottstown Iron Company
Wile
Haverill
The Police Patrol Delight At Muglish’s Theatre
Review of The Police Patrol at Muglish’s, praising the cast from Blanche Seymour to Etella Wardell and Chas. Chappelle. Noting the police quartet, horse action, and stage rhythm, with lively audience response and multiple encores.
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Blanche Seymour
Etella Wardell
Will English
Clock for sale at Ld. Ducas store on Washington
Advertises a reliable clock sale at 115 West Washington Street offering guaranteed timepieces for one dollar with promise of quality.
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Ld. Ducas
Washington St
Gallery gods and a Park theater oddity in Indianapolis
A humorous account describes theatergoers as gallery gods at Indianapolis venues Grand Inglish Park with Captain Campbell enforcing order. The writer recalls the mischief and cheers as the audience interacts with the onstage action, including a toppled performance and a responding outburst. The notice also reports a settled dispute over the Stine board of agriculture and Mr Shotgun Demott with fairground improvements planned. Elijah Todd trustee of Polk township died. an alleged $1500 shortage in the trustee books prompts an upcoming investigation.
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Bioaminetox
Ind
Elijah Todd
Polk Township
Town Talk Billy Freeley Hurt In Milling Co Switch Incident
Billy Freeley, 13, was left with a mashed left foot after an engine mishap on the Acme milling company switch Thursday afternoon. He was taken home to 608 West Vermont Street by Flanner and Buchanan ambulance. Military units in the city prepare for the national drill in Omaha next summer. Captain Curtis of the light artillery told a Sun reporter that Captain Mulford at the head of affairs expects success and strong interest will drive close competition.
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Billy. Freeley
Acme Milling Company
Vermont St
Flanner & Buchanan
Omaha
Neb
Curtis
Light Artillery
Sun
Mulford
Lincoln League plans work in coming campaign disrupted by tavern move
Lincoln League in a Friday session in a federal courtroom with Attorney Billee Taylor presiding. Attendees from each congressional district discuss organizing for active work. Newport figures and visitors described linger over a hotel lobby visit noting a saloon room converted to a wine store and jokes about the abolished liquor department.
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Lincoln League
Federal Court
Billee” Taylor
Mose McLain
al. Wishard
MG Taylor
Lincoln
Fedornd
S. O B. Tavis
Fall
Newport
Ind
Denison House
Republican State Committee
War on the Trust Over Morton Place Gas Piping
Residents threaten action as the trust company faces delays in extending Miawins gas lines and a pending supreme court test case. The dispute centers on extensions, debts, and a potential mandamus when Morton place is piped, with locals ready to sue for gas access. Samuel Shearer linked to a prior sale without written nomination.
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Morton Place
Supreme Court
Trust Company
Amuel
Matas
Morton Phice
Morton Price
Samuel Shearer
Western Paying
Explosion near Spanish consulate linked to anarchists
In Lisson Feh 12 excitement rose as a dynamite bomb exploded before the Spanish consulate. The blast shattered windows but caused no other damage. authorities suspect anarchists sympathetic to those executed at Neressin. Cadiz police reportedly detained three armed anarchists with circulars urging revenge.
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Lisson
Feh
Governor reorganizes state defense forces
The Governor announces a reorganized state defense structure with artillery led by J. B. Curtis as colonel and chief, engineer corps under W. A. Oliphant, and inspectors of rifle practice including Chas. Kahler and Geo. Z. Pugh. Signal corps is headed by Charles T. McIntire with Robert T. Oliver and Otto F. Pfafflin. Curtis notes he may accept.
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Stat
Chase
J. B. Curtis
C. C. Schreeder
Crary
Todd
Ville Carver
W. A. Oliphant
J. W. Thayer
Leuteniant
Chas. Kahler
Pugh
Weather forecast for Indiana and Indianapolis area
Local forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers the 36 hours ending 8 p m Saturday. Friday will be slightly warmer and fair, with continued fair conditions and further warming into Saturday.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Vicinity
Will Pave Asphalt Roads on Several Stretches
The board of public works decided Friday to pave with asphalt Pennsylvania Street from Sixteenth Street to Seventeenth Street Virginia Avenue from Washington Street to Maryland and Massachusetts Avenue from Delaware to Collowe Avenue.
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Board of Public Works
Pennsylvania-st
Sixteenth
Seventeenth-st
Virginis-ave
Washington-st
Maryland
Massachusetts-ave
Delaware
Collowe-ave
Fire destroys furniture warehouse in Kixestox area
A Friday morning blaze in Kixestox, New York, leveled a large furniture and undertaking warehouse. Total loss estimated at about $70,000 with authorities investigating the cause.
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Kixestox
N. Y
Powderly predicts strong Knights presence at Grangers meeting
Powderly says the Knights of Labor will be strongly represented at the Grangers meeting in St. Louis on February 22. The statement ties together Philadelphia organizers and the upcoming gathering, highlighting labor solidarity and regional participation.
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Ytogether
Philadelphea
Powderly
Knights of Labor
St. Louis
Revolution in Servia and World Fair Funding News
Fresh foreign facts report a revolution in Servia, Ceylon voting 68000 dollars for a world’s fair exhibit, and ancient gold coins stolen from the Cluny museum in Paris. Also noted: Mexico seeks a New York paper to publish a Mexican edition and Edward de Cobain faces expulsion from the house of lords amid impeachment charges.
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Servia
Ceylon
Cluny Museum
Paris
New ‘York
Edward de Cobain
House of Lords
London
Inmmorci
Hint
Heirs contest old land deed tying Minneapolis tract
Brown, trustee for Marti Mower estate, reveals a deed transferring 84 acres to Myr Mower in what is now central Minneapolis and southern Minnesota. The document, dating back through transfers to 1850s Wisconsin territory, is being contested in court as Brown pursues the heirs' interests.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Blinnegota
Syippwarren
Eos. Brown
Marti Mower
Myr. Mower
Iid
St. Anthony Falls
Stnnesota
Brown
Register of Deeds
St. Croix County
Wisconsin
A Centenarian Dies in Vincennes Oldest Citizen
Vincennes Feb 12 Todays edition notes the death of Spil Ton, dorace Bo Shepard at his home. Born in 179X he served as county treasurer in 18xx and representative to the Indiana legislature. Appointed in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln as collector of internal revenue for the first Indiana district, he was Vincennes oldest man and a valued Christian church member leaving a large estate.
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Vincennes
Viscennes
Tod
Dorace
Bo Shepard
Fle
Tas
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln
Internal Revenue
Shepard
The
Christian Church
Accidents Reported In Chicago Fractured Death Toll
A Curacao field dispatch describes a wave of Chicago injuries and fatalities on Friday morning. Emanuel, a teamster, died of heart disease within an hour. Nelson fell from hay and broke his neck. Treifner fatally struck by a train. Bulte run over and dying. Bergman killed by a Chicago Northwestern train.
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Curacao
Phere
Chicago
Euiuan Find
Nelson
Louis Treifner
Henry Bulte
Will
Ucory Bergman
Chicivo
Northwestern
Question of Legal Power Over Re-Arrest
A debate over Judge Buskirk authority to rearrest recently fined defendants. The city wants detention in jail until fines are paid, while the state argues past sentence limits prevent rearrest and suggests suing the bondsman. Judge Buskirk set a Tuesday hearing to rule on the issue.
Dr Newman Horton 53 Inventor Kansas City
Dr Newman Horton aged 53 of Kansas City is noted as an inventor. General Marcos Carrio commands troops sent to confront the Iaqui in Dians Sonora Mexico.
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Newman’ Horton
Kansas City
Marcos Carrio
Sonora
Mex
Evangelist Alfred Mace to Speak at Chapel Next Sunday
The chapel will host Evangelist Alfred Mace next Sunday at 4 PM as the membership improves and prices advance. The women's auxiliary sent two checks totaling 75 dollars for the reading room, which has selected 18 magazines and papers and plans to grow to 30.
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Alfred Mace
New bookcases at Wm. L. Elder's Grippe holdouts
Druggists across town advertise a grippe remedy with a bottle price emphasis. The notice mentions William L. Elders shop and new bookcases as a local feature.
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Wm. L. Elder's
Grippe
K. K
Morris Ross Hibering Clarion Theory
A brief, fragmentary note mentioning Morris Ross in relation to a vague Hibering Clarion concept. The readable text provides no clear event, date, or outcome to anchor a full news item.
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Morris Ross
Morris Morris Labor Temple Face Rift Over Editor Ties
Delegates plan Friday meeting to decide Morris Ross fate amid claims he fronts a newspaper hostile to labor. Report says Ross may quit or be pressured from the project as $1,700 subscriptions and business support hinge on his removal. Opposition cites press alignment as reason to block assistance.
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Labor Temple
Morris Ross
Orhey Ocean
Ross
Morris Hoss
Ife
Drummer Stengel Raided Over Furniture Debt in Lima
Traveling agent S Stengel of Cincinnati faced a rough day in Lima as constable seized his trunk from a hotel. Furniture dealer Sanford had pursued the debt, sending visitors to the drummer’s room while he slept. By noon Stengel paid the bill and retrieved his trunks before leaving for the swearing rooms.
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Cixncinson
Je. S. Stengel
Lima
Stengel
Sanford
Knight of the Grip
That Awful Bottle and Fatal Fall on Brooklyn Bridge
A well dressed woman left a bottle at Racine county court steps on a February afternoon. Officers suspected a bomb, but a man retrieved and carried the bottle to the sheriff. Cork pried. a red tag and note claimed to cure love in an hour. Police seek the presumed insane woman. Also reported is the death of Christian Lanklin after a fall from the Brooklyn bridge.
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Racise
Wis
Court House
Train Wreck in Rociston Wounds Local Resident
An Auburn train wreck occurred Friday morning near Ningt on the Rociston line injuring Mrs W th Cady of New York badly. The accident disrupted service as emergency crews aided the injured passenger and investigated the cause.
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Rociston
N.Y
Auburn
Ningt
Sporting notes and league tidbits from across the country
Features of Sporting Lith reports varied items from baseball boxing billiards skating and hockey. Dave Rowe to manage Omaha team and New York to skip Sunday games. Prohibition questions arise as Sullivan signs to fight Maher in New Orleans for 35000. Mile skating title decided in St Paul with John Johnson winning in 3 18 3 5. Harry Jones defeats Billy Newell in six rounds. Long John Ewing seriously ill in Cincinnati.
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Dave Rowe
Omaha
New York
Kelly
Ife
St. Louis
Boston
Maurice Daly
Sullivan
Maher
New Orleans
St. Paul
John Johnson
Minneapolis
Kansas
Harry Jones
Spokane
Billy Newell
Philadelphia
Figld
John” Ewing
Cincinnati
Grippe
Buck” Ewing
A Bullet in His Head and a Nihilist Plot In London
Paris reports rumors that Russian General Von Uatsford was killed by assassination rather than suicide amid widespread famine and emigration plans, while London police court hears Mrs Osborne charged with perjury as jewels theft case proceeds with Yargrave testimony and commitment for trial.
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Paris
von Fafsford
Louvre
Seliverstoft
Padlewsky
van Uats- Ford
Must Do Some Buckting New Year Reb 12
The Conmer al Bulletins editorially ring the coal coalitions and private operators may transport coal to market on good terms and as low rates as any company. Inter-state commerce commission may be powerless. Coxe Bros case suggests individual operators' rights may be protected. Pennsylvania company and Erie each hold shares. coalition cannot control transportation lines.
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Coxe Bros
Pennsylvania Company
Erie
Rich Arias
Wittil
Plassey Clears Philadelphia with Record Grain Load
The steamship Plassey departed Philadelphia on Thursday carrying 164 115 bushels of No 2 corn, the largest grain cargo ever loaded on a vessel here and within about 4 000 bushels of the Atlantic coast record. The vessel was towed in one hour.
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Atlantic
Opera house rock at Montmouth and El Paso venues
Opera house incidents report a fire at Montmouth and a collapse at Grand Centead hotel in El Paso. Pex loses 8.2 million dollars insured for 860 thousand.
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Montmouth
Grand Centead
EL Paso
Oatmeal Mills at St Joseph Missouri Closed
Liabilities and assets listed with figures missing. receivership appointed for United States rolling stock company. Winbane replaces Adolph Teeewisch who resigned as receiver. Names Verteman, Stureidb, Denison, Pes and Chicano noted in fragmentary text.
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Oatmeal Mills
St. Joseph
Laevis
HOO Uco
Winbane
United States
Canary
Adolph Teeewisch
Recruiting Station Notes Reveal Slow Intake
In two weeks only 12 recruits have been taken in as notes from the recruiting station detail facial features and habits of volunteers. Theodore Brust attends a funeral in St. Louis for his sister while Capt. Vance is active with a gray mustache. Sergt Welch keeps shoes polished and hair short, Corporal Skillen smokes a pipe and attends church. A wife seeks her deserting husband in Wisconsin, who is enlisted at threat ton, leaving three children in need while she works in paper mills.
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Theodore Brust
St. Louis
Capt
Vance
John O'Leary
Sergeant Welch
Corporal Skillen
Lias Peese
Uncle Sam
Mllinois
Columbus
Wisconsin
Chilren
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Vankk
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Wendala
Inglish’s
Bothing
Baller
Capt. Campbell
SUN Men
Throne of the Gods
Tannhauser
Vetus
Park Theater
Campbell
Garden of the Gods
Stiie Board of Agriculture
Shotgun Demott
Demott
Voss Farm
Next Fair Tiine
Feasy
Clork
Dhaths
Wii Morris
Christian Lanklin
Brooklyn Bridge
Sporting Lith
Austria
Vera A
Loxpos
Osborne
Hollway
Qld Danley Criminal Court
Verteman & Stureidb Dry Woods
Denison
Pes
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