Scranton Convention Opens as Mining Strike Rumors Grow
The tri district convention of anthracite miners met in Scranton with formalities. Mitchell opened without an address as delegates prepare to decide strike action. The fight is to be carried into politics with union leaders named for state legislature seats, aiming to influence policy and abolish the state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerippe-Befine Press Association
Scranton
Bresident Mitchell
John Mitchell
Fmoon
Mitchell
Myles Dougherty
National Board
Membor
Ulucrict No. 9
Worthumberland County
Demosyatia
John Fallon
Wilkesbarre
Harrisburg
Printing Concerns Merge Assets In Indianapolis Industry
The Aetna Printing company and the Indianapolis Bank Manufacturing company, both of Indianapolis, merge under the Aetna Printing name. Each firm had capital stock of 320.0 and the new company’s capital stock is 4.00. Directors are Addison T. Page, Gustave A. Haller, and Karl W. Hofman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aetna Printing Company
Indianapolis Bank Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
Steck
Sr Ie
Addison T. Page
Gustave A. Haller
Karl W. Hofman
City News Highlights From Grand Hotel Retreat and Local Events
Retirements at the Grand Hotel announced as Thomas Tageart leaves again and William Hall 19 plans to form a company with a new partner. A diverse set of arrests and court actions include a highway robbery charge against a man nicknamed Bhacks, a woman seeking her antid from her former husband’s mother, and a sane adjudication for Adelina Knopp. A $350 damage judgment against Traction Terminal Co. and bids for five-year garbage removal are noted. Various incidents feature theft, accidents, a turtle abduction, Butler College pranks, and a range of police court outcomes. The city considers market stand subletting, and notable local figures face personal injuries and lawsuits. Shriners head to Los Angeles as federal grand jury plans wrap.
Warships at New York Ready for Jones Funeral Ceremonies
The 61st division of the Atlantic Fleet, including Maine Missouri Kentucky and Kearsarge, arrived at New York from Hampton Roads to take part in John Paul Jones funeral rites at Annapolis. Second division ships Alabama Illinois Indiana and Iowa expected to arrive. A large flotilla will anchor in the North River with West Virginia Pennsylvania Colorado Maryland and visiting French cruisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Preas Association
New York
Atlantic
Feet
Maine
Missouri
Kentucky
Kentsarge
Hobley D. Evans
Hampton Roads
Alabama
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Charles H. Davis
John Paul Jones
America
Annapalta
North River
Prince Louis of Futtenkers
West Viginia
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Maryland
Palisades
William Hl. Trownson
Dolphin
Tiffany Godfrey Wedding Stuns New York Society
Marie Havenever Tiffany former wife of Perry Tiffany married Henry Fletcher Godfrey at St James Church this afternoon. Mr and Mrs Godfrey are prominent in New York social circles. Mrs Godfrey is the fourth daughter of the late Theodore Havemeyer.
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Tiffany-Godfrey
Kerippa-McHae Press Association
New York
Marie Havenever-Tiffany
Perry ,Tiffany
Henry Fletcher
Godfrey
St. James
Chereh
Miro
Godfrey W
Theodore A. Havemeyar
Painters Work Force Restored After Short Strike
Labor demand surged at the Indianapolis Painters’ Union headquarters as contractors offered 40 cents an hour, ending the brief strike. Employers sought 32 and 18 men for major contracts, drawing union members from other cities and leaving strike managers with little to do. Painters express gratification at full employment returning.
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Indianapolis
Officiers Fail In Proof In Case Of Cruelty To Animals
James Hunter a wagon driver was acquitted of cruelty to animals by Judge Fremont Alford after witnesses testified he beat a horse with a whip and struck it with a coal shovel. Humane officers faced questions over their handling of the case and church on the witness stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hunter
Fremont Alford
Criminal Court
Hunter
Smith
Axtell
Bluffton Man Ends Life After Family Quarrel
Fred S McDowell 70 a popular Bluffton resident ended his life yesterday after a tense quarrel with Miss Hazel Gilpin, a young woman he had courted. They had just returned from a Marian visit when he stopped an animated exchange, walked to W A Kunkle’s lawn, drew a revolver and shot himself in the head, dying instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Ind
W. A. Kunkle
Strike for Eight Hours Rerippas Metal Preps Association
Paris reports show four thousand carriage builders and about sixteen thousand Seine department workers striking for an eight hour day. Officials say eight in ten factories have seen workers leave. many employers threaten to dock pay for overtime. A fresh crisis may unfold within two weeks if deductions proceed.
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Rerippas Metal Preps Association
Paris
Thy Virtuers
Seine
Prris
Police
Yepter- Hay
Ag Hon
Goremykin to Head Russian Government Amid Reform Hopes
Peters burg May 3 Following Witte's resignation and Goremykin's appointment as premier observers warn he may fail to cope with court schemers. Stolypin becomes interior minister and Shcheglovytis minister of Justice as liberals hail potential reforms while Witte's recall remains possible amid turmoil. The shift aims to restore peasant loyalty and ease repression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerippe-McRae Frens
St, Petersburg
Count Wiete
M Goremykin
BL Stolypin
Interior
Af Shcheglovyot
Witte
Ala
Goremykin
St Petersburg
Tius
Aia
Real estate transfers list with numerous parcels and buyers
A long record of property transactions listing Edwin G Allen, Gordon C Dickson, Marcus Keppler, Frank Kennington, Lambert Hamaut, Lucy Langenders, Daniel Caplinger, John J Tibbetts, and many others selling or transferring lots. Property locations include Grandview, Hayden's sub, Fenneman Highland Home, Talbot's addition, Rosemont, Windsor Plane, Malvern, McCarty's, Fleming's, and more, with sizes, improvements, and prices such as 400, 1400, and 3060 dollars.
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Edwin G. Allen
Edwin
Harding
Bonweh
Marcus Keppler
Caroline Mapes
Fenneman
Sinha
West Alle
Bturmave
Daniel B Caplinger
William J Low
Reagan Park
Bellefontaineet
SGI
Lucretia Gentry
Roth BE
Gentry
Ito
McCarty
Rayat
Clark
James I Lowes
Fleming’ Pier
Eble Jones
Kappes
John J. Tibbett
Gilbert H. Graves
A. Fletcher
Olney-st
Twenty -Ffth-St
Walter B. Perkins
Leonard
Malvern
East Side
Tibbs-ave
John Rheinschild
Joseph Hofmeister
Windsor
Twelfth-st
Eliza S. M. Butler
Joseph Gardner
Woodruft Place
West Tide Middle Drive
Cross Drive
Mary F. Grimes
Lucretia Ghietry
Thlenes
Brookside
David Demotte
Fred Schilling
Perry Township
Arthur ¥. Brown
Frank Hawking
Brown
Brookalde Park
Fleventhst
Lurena
Fréderick Bender
West Park
Nouthwest Corner
Vermont
Kenwoad-ave
Jon W. Blackledge
Joseph W. Pattnsen
SL McKernan
Drake
Brookes Et
Amanda’ E. Stanbaugh
Fred
Behilling
Perry
L . Constantine B. Cones
Eliza SM. Butler
Julian
Irvington
Septimus H. Smith
Wenry Hopper
Fletcher Et al
Fletcher-ave
Prie St
Henry J. Brandon
Sarah A. Brith
Nsouth
Fletcher
Enuin
John N. Hobbs
Charles W. Howard
Hebb
Tenth-st
Oakland
Ave
Tentheat
John J. F. Steeg
Gustave Nees
Daugherty
Munter St
Interstate Life Insurance Company
Estelle P. Johnann
East Eide
Pennsylvania Sl
Brainard Rorlsen
William Tt. Brown
North Bide
Royal
Howland-aye
Brainard Robson
Alice M. Hegne
William R. Beach
Hease
Moore
Northwest Corner
Michigan
Goodlet
Elijah B. Martindal
Carthe Stuckmeyer
Aition
Twenty-fourth-o
Jentile W. Hollenbeck
Tena
Excited About the King Seripoas MoRar Presa Association
Rumors spread in London that King Fiward, present at the Athens Olympic games, had been assassinated in Paria. Buckingham police reassured the public that the king was in his usual health and would return to London on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seripoas MoRar Presa Association
London
May
Fiward
Athens
Grener
Loalan
Paria
Buckingham Police
Edward
Astor Shaw Nuptials Held at All Souls Church
William Waldorf Astor Jr and Mira Nannie Langhorne Shaw wed at All Souls church London with only close relatives present. The groom’s father, William Waldorf Astor Sr, did not attend due to a gout attack. A reception followed at Carlton House Terrace Astor’s town house.
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Scrippa-McHae Preas Association
London
William Waldorf Astor, Jr
Mira
Nannie Langhorne Shaw
Richmond
All Souls’ Church
Wiliam Waldorf Astor
Carlton House Terrace
Astor
Texas Floods Strain Railways and Crops at Port Worth
Torrential rain and hail across north Texas have disrupted rail traffic into Port Worth with trains delayed and lines damaged. Wheat and oat crops are praised as the best in years but gardens face damage and farmers grow despondent over losses from heavy storms and winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrippa-Werwe Press Association
Port Worth
Tex
Texas
Ita
Ouffouk
Antitrust agitation widens in Texas trade actions
Scripps-McRae Prean Abscciatl Fort Worth Texas May 5 Antitrust suits push penalties against Live Stock Exchange stockyards company and packing houses for sums over 1700. Next steps target Standard Oil and Waters-Tierce Oil. Texas attorney general heads to Washington for talks with the Justice Department and potential vigorous action against the corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRine Prean Abscciatl
Fort Worth
Tex
Anttrust
Live Stock Exchange
Stockgupids Company
Texas
Washington
UK Department of Justice
Jneswerted
Heir Apparent of Turkey Reported Dead
London May 2 An agency report states Mohammed Reshaad Effendi brother of the sultan and heir apparent to the Turkish throne is dead. The note confirms the royal line facing a potential succession crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serippae MoRnteream Association
London
Mohammed Res¢haad Effendi
Turkey
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Home Cure For Hemorrhoids
A dubious ad touts a home remedy called Pyramid Pile Cure that claims to cure piles without surgery. It promises quick relief, painless application with suppositories, and a free trial by mail to prove effectiveness, urging readers to send names and addresses for the sample treatment. The copy includes references to political topics and local figures to appeal to readers.
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Trun
Jones
Dome FrramWi Bidg
Marshall, Maen
Von Buelow Birthday Observed Amid Illness
Berlin May reports Prince von Buelow, the imperial chancellor, celebrated his birthday today while still incapacitated and unable to work. The Kaiser and other officials visited him, with no prospect of resuming control of affairs before October or later.
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Berlin
Prince von Buelow
Kemmer
Eines the Tatler
Buelow Ie
Charges Dismissed in National Trotting Association Case
In New York on May 9 the Board of Review of the National Trotting Association dismissed charges against Memphis Trotting Association manager Smithers. The case alleged tampering with the trotter Low Dillon before a race with Major Delmar. Counsel for the prosecution was absent at the decision.
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Acrippe
Chee Ress Amsomatias
New York
Tne
Memphia Trotting Association
Aganet Smithers
Amathers
Dillon
Delmar
Powder boiler blast kills farmer, injures mill worker
In FARMER Kentucky on May 3 a potter at Thomas Razor's sawmill blew up, Walter Scott was killed and Robert Jones seriously injured as a low water level was blamed. Mount Carmel troopers reported friendlier reception with no arrests. In Cincinnati whisky price rose due to corn cost increases, March pricing noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Preas Association
Farmer, Ky
Thomas Razor
Walter Scott
Robert
Jones
Cincinnati
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Mount Weather and Other Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission lists exams on May 3 and 4 for a weather bureau mechanic at Mount Weather Virginia with a salary of a year and five years experience as an instruction maker in a high grade physical laboratory. A drafting position at the Office of the Purveyor General is set for June 6 and 7 with vacancies in Arizona Nevada Washington and Idaho. Applications urged. address Millhouse Federal Building Indianapolis for details.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Weather Bureau
Mount Weather
Virginia
Mit
Dratiemin
Arizona
Neemda
Washington
Idaho
Millhouse
Federal Building
Indianapolis
Windhere Arson Charge Shocks Miners Union Chief
Charles Shank, president of the Windhere miners union, was arrested in Windhere Pennsylvania on an arson plan charge. He is accused of setting a double residence of the Bartin White Coal Company, employed by Berwind White, with Somerset county sheriff leading the arrest amid local uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrippac McRae
Pittsburg
Charles Shank
Miners’ Union
Windhere
Beg “Yay
Somerset County
Bhank
Bartin-White Coal Company
Berwind‘White Company
Hie
Tongue Coat Warns of Bowel Health and Digestion
A dated health ad urges readers to improve digestion through ten mile walks or artificial bowel exercises. It touts a coated tongue and bad breath as signs of poor bowels, promotes Cascarene and other remedies, and claims exercise will move food through the intestines, boosting nutrition and vitality.
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City News
Thomas Tageart
Grand Hotel
Willliam Hall
Morris Wynn
Bighway
Derr
T Kird
Laura Blackwell
George Masters
Adelina Knopp
Jennie Niland
Traction Wd Terminal Company
Roy Bourrier
Edward J. Wachstetter
Matson
Gus Barthil
Pallen
Broad Ripple
Butler
A. B. Muro
Theodore Stein
Frederick Vordermark
E. J. Craig
M. J. Shea
No- Hee
E. Washington
Herman Huffman
Miss Macy Hudson
Howard McCorkle
McCorkle
BR. W. Nichols
Thiet
Cal
Sergi
Henry Sandmant
Aieutenant
Elmer Stoddard
Federal Grand Jury
Louisville
Shriners
Los Angeles
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Compant
Josh
Man
Horge
Oung Man
Millionaire
Mrs. Shaw
OL. Combine
Niles
Mendes
von Buelow
Eve
Hoy
Onde Pure Steeeree
Ife
Tanvasback
Abe
Hamadiched the
Chemlare
The
Herchiefe
Moen
Brita
Atte
Volte
Serene Oe
Jean Drawers
Iawa
Saageninges
We Quality
L. S. Ayres , Co
MT. Carmel
Mount Carmel
Page
Civil Service
Windbere
Ness
Billi
Sterling Remedy Company
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