Debates Over Delegates Hit At United Mine Workers Convention
Heated session follows a proposal to fine locals 50 for not sending delegates to the annual convention. The motion to table failed, and the issue was sent back to the constitution committee along with death and disability fund considerations. An appropriation of 40 000 was approved but kept provisional pending constitutional review.
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United Mine Workers’ Convention
Thetef
J. D. VanHorn
Greene
Constitution
Constitution Committee
Pational Executive Board
New York Public Library Nears Completion After Long Build
New York announces its magnificent new public library will finish within three years. The site covers two blocks on Fifth Avenue between Fortieth and Forty-second Streets. About 1.6 million dollars spent so far plus another million needed to complete. The building will have 200 rooms and six miles of shelves, using over 30 thousand tons of marble, with floor space surpassing Washingtons congressional library.
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New York
Fifth-ave
Fortieth
Forix
Great Congressional Library
Washington
Uncle Joe Cannon Worried Over Cough Medicine
Washington Jan 23 Speaker Cannon is troubled by his bottle of cough medicine Uncle Joe. He carries the pin tar mixture to avoid forgetting to take it but it has dropped from his pocket three times during the session and the bottle has broken each time. He notes if he leaves it at home he forgets to take it and if he carries it it breaks. Amid ten or so grievances his cough progresses fairly well.
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Non
Uncle Joe
Considerate suitor invites in neighborhood wedding quotes
A man explains his daughter’s upcoming marriage and recounts how the suitor casually mentioned the time and place and invited him to drop in if in the neighborhood, highlighting a courteous approach to family introductions.
Silver Substitute For Gold In A Clever Suggestion
A dialogue shows Brakeley proposing a clever ruse to secure a substitute for gold by asking for silver. Markley eagerly asks how, prompting the idea of using silver if a half dollar is not available.
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Brakeley
Markley
Probe Ordered Into Mine Horrors By Congress Inquiries
Washington reports fourfold greater coal labor loss in the United States than other nations despite better domestic conditions. Congress plans a thorough inquiry into mine safety and inspection, with talk of federal powers restricting interstate coal commerce from noncompliant operations.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Seolo
West Virginia
Gen John Coburn Dies Veteran Indiana Jurist and Congressman
Gen John Coburn veteran of the Civil War former congressman and Marion County jurist died at his Indianapolis home 1518 New Jersey Street from heart disease. He was 63 or 65 and died after a sudden illness while in his yard. Funeral Thursday at 2 at the residence with Rev Owen D O'Dell officiating. Burial at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Indiana
John Coburn
New Jersey
Coburn
Charles Coburn
Gen. Coburn
Indianapolis
Marion County
General Assembly of
Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Congress
Henry Coburn
Owen D. O'Dell
Second Presbyterian Church
Crown Hills
Fullgrown Man Defies City Paper Ambition and Bravery
Oscar Zimmer a crippled Indianapolis Sun carrier on crutches refuses to sign a forced delivery card and continues selling the paper amid threats from Indianapolis News staff. A warrant is sworn for Kress on assault and battery for taking bundles from Zimmer. Zimmer’s family and community defend his courage and resolve.
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Oscar Zimmer
Indianapolis Sun
Ben Istess
Indianapolis News
Kress
Mike Silk
Plug Ugly
News
Indianapolis Suns
Forgery Arrest Ends Rich Man's City Tour
Walter Lewis Mack, ex Stanford and Notre Dame student, is jailed after forging checks to cover a year and a half spree funded by a $20,000 inheritance. Miss Lulu Bishop and Mrs. Percy Leach were present when detectives halted a restaurant feast for two chorus girls and seized Mack on August Nagle’s forgery charges.
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Indianapolis Sun
Chicago
Walter Lewis Mack
Leland Stanford
Notre Dame
Lulu Bishop
Percy Leach
Mack
August Nagle
Marion Club Minstrels prepare explosive jokes show
The Marion Club minstrels promise a lively revue with copyrighted gags at their upcoming show. Doubles of Lew Dockstader and Nell O'Brien may appear as standins while the troupe debuts new material.
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Marion Club Minstrels
Marion Club
Lew Dockstader
Nell O'Brien
Senator puzzled over a centenge in canal zone
Senator Blackburn head of the zone civic government comments on appeals to the supreme court after a Jamaican man was condemned to death without a jury trial in the Panama canal zone. The report notes concerns about constitutional questions following the flag. Hood's Sarsaparilla is mentioned as a cure for loss of appetite.
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Washington
Blackburn
Panama Canal Zone
Supreme Court
Congressional Committee
Witnesses discuss Rhodius deed case in superior court
In the suit by Joseph Emminger and Werner Amict against George Rhodius, Judge Whallon and attorneys Cass Connaway and A Ayres testified on Wednesday. The proceedings questioned the 1907 deed of trust to Indiana Trust Co and Rhodius’s mental capacity when transferring control of nearly $1,000,000.
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Thomas €. Wharton
Cass Connaway and
A. ©. Ayres
Joseph Emminger
Werner Amict
George Rhodius
Rhodius
Indiana Trust Company
Pittsburg
Ayres
Cass Connaway
John P. Frenzer
James M. Berryhill
Whallon
Connaway
Lynching of Two Negroes In Commerce Miss Action By Mob
In Commerce Mississippi on June 24 a mob of Black residents captured two Black men accused of waylaying killing and robbing their father. The men were lynched by the mob. No further details are provided.
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Commerce
Miss
Anna Gould Plans Return to United States From Paris
Paris dispatch says Mme Anna Gould will sell her Paris property and move to New York due to notoriety over her alleged engagement to Prince Da Sagan. Her former husband Count Eonl de Castelane recently attacked the prince.
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Paris
Gillas
Mme
Anna Gould
New York
Prince da Sagan
Eonl de Cagtelane
Second Annual Farmers Institute in Charlottesville
The Farmers Institute of this township sits in session at the M EF church. Prizes are offered by Charlottesville merchants for corn and butter awards.
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Farmers’ Institute
Charlottesville
M. EF
Merchants of
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