Apprentice Son Of Rich Connecticut Foundry Worker
Franklin Parrell Jr a Yale graduate and heir to millions begins an apprenticeship at his father's foundry in Derby Connecticut. He works ten hours daily at a grindstone earning four dollars a week initially, with potential pay of ten cents an hour after six months to eight years. His father Franklin Farrell Sr is among Connecticut's wealthiest men with an estate estimated between 16 and 49 million dollars.
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Franklin Parrell
Yale
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Franklin Farrell
Connecticut
Rich Strike for Heath Meath Finds Vast Coal Vein
In East Lakh City Wyoming on Sept 7 Verry B Meath reports the discovery of a large bituminous coal vein in western country. The strike could be worth at least 20000 dollars. Heath filed a patent to 620 acres of land in southern Wyoming on Aug by government claim. The vein runs deeply, from 13 to feet, and is traced eight miles. The strike lies seven miles from the Pacific and Oregon Short Line Railroads and three miles from the Burlington extension.
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Tan
Verry B
Meath
Heath
Wyoming
Dion Pacific
Oregon Short Hine
Burlington
Bryan visits Newport amid civic tour
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Newport on Sunday for a city visit. He declined to discuss politics, telling reporters he was there only to see the city.
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Bryan
Newport
Wewport
R. 1
William Jennings Bryan
Interview chit chat with Parry and Indianapolis talk
A fragmented dialogue records a Sun interview with Sr. Gom erst and mentions D. M. Parry, labor issues, and political talk. The speaker praises Indianapolis as the nation's most beautiful city besides Washington, expresses intent to join a parade, and signals a need to prepare for the group arriving to meet them.
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Parry
Indianapolis
Washington
United States
Tmoo
Fish Harvest by Hand Near Brooklyn Indiana
In Brooklyn Indiana near White Lick Creek heavy rains damaged a dam at the Wheeler mill, dropping water levels and forcing fish into shallow pools. Men and boys then gathered suckers bass catfish and carp with their hands, noting long-standing dam and mill conflicts and past dynamite attempts to damage the dam and water power.
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White Lick
Brooklyn
Brooklen
Ind
White Lick Creek
Wheeler
Walter
A. L. Wheeler
Boarescale
Jima
Waler Power
Labor Day Parade Draws Record Crowd in Indiana
A Labor Day celebration in Wi0Pptr PERL Indiana brought together union members from about a dozen nearby belt towns for the largest event of its kind in the state’s belt region. The main feature of the day drew the greatest turnout in local labor history.
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Perl
Ind
Rescue at National Wheel Plant Fire Saves Peter Hansett
Wiremen saved Peter Hansett, a man, from flames at the National Wheel Company factory Sunday around dusk. Firefighters had put out a tree fire in the building. Mr Hansett, moved by onlookers, groaned and was brought to safety by the crew.
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Peter Hansett
National Wheel Company
Painter Fell From Scaffold Near Thimeenthst and Senaleave
William Whitridge a painter residing at 4 Rankinst fell from a scaffold on a house near Thimeenthst and Senaleave. He dropped about 13 feet but escaped serious injury and walked to the corner awaiting an ambulance to take him home.
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William Whitridge
Rankinst
Thimeenthst
Senaleave
We’ll Try It That Grocer Said
A grocer recalls customers praising a food and his family’s trial with Grape-Nuts. His daughter had typhoid and four doctors failed to find a digestible diet until Grape-Nuts. In six weeks she improved from a skeletal state to a healthy, rosy-cheeked girl. The wife credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her child and urges others to try it, recommending the product and its accompanying booklet.
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Bramma
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Armory subscriptions total $1550 raised in carnival drive
Militia companies report $1550 raised for the armory through last week's carnival. Merchants promise immediate donations and a stock company may be formed soon. Officers plan a canvass to reach $25,000, with a possible $1000 more from a scheduled military ball during winter. Militiamen thank the public for support.
Cadets Allowed to Smoke at West Point
West Point cadets may now smoke for the first time in 23 years. Cadets can buy pipes and tobacco from the post store, effective Saturday, following Col. Mills's recommendation to the secretary of war. The order was a surprise except to the commandant.
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West Point
Academy
Col. Mills
Col. Mill
Twelve Hurt In Oakland Train Collision Near Oak landon
A Saturday evening wreck of a Union traction express near Oaklandon injures twelve. two badly. Among victims are Fred Simmons, age 14, with a broken arm, and Walter Kighre who suffered serious injuries after a sulky toppled onto him. Elijah Gray was possibly fatally harmed by a stepping horse, and Ed Boatman was knocked from a car door into barbed wire. Horses escaped unharmed though Lizzie Red suffered a skin wound on a valued carriage horse.
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Oaklandon
Fred Simmons
N. Haols Sr
Walter Kighre
Elijah Gray
Ed Boatman
Lizzie Red
Kate
Boy's Ear Burns While Pretend Trolley Wheels
A father recalls his four year old son imagining a streetcar and tracing a trolley line between trees. The child’s pretend play caused the father’s ear to be burned by the wire, as he explains the playful mishap and its curious cause.
Surprise wedding at funeral pauses graveside service
In Danville Illinois on Sept 1 Samuel Stdi Jey, a waiter, and Anna Wagner both of Beckwith Indiana, were married during a funeral service for Mrs. George Stavens. Rev J B Greening officiated as the sermon continued. The couple hurried away as the bride’s relatives on a train planned to object.
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Danville
Samuel Stdi Jey
Anna Wagner
Smiley
Kaiser's Army Maneuvers Witnessed in Halle Arena
Kaiser observed a large drill as 30 000 soldiers split into two opposing forces maneuvered within a field stretching from Halle to Heermne Leipzig and Franckenhausen about 50 or 60 miles.
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Germany
Heernne
Leipzig
Franken+hausen
Poison and Water Near End Life in Columbus
Clyde McFadden, 19, tried to kill himself Sunday by drinking laudanum and rat poison, then Soma whisky to face death. The whisky counteracted the poison, and he swam White River seeking a death place before officers intervened, his father’s authority noted in the report.
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Columbus
Ind
Clyde McFadden
White River
McFadden
Embezzlement Charge Targeted Columbus Press Manager
Columbus police seek E Gordon Belmont on a charge of embezzling $600 from the Columbus Press. Belmont, once circulation manager of the paper, is at large.
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Columbes
E. Gordon Belmont
Columbus Press
Wildcat Bride Story Ends in Florence Marriage
Florence Wisconsin recounts a tale of Miss Jennie Foes who faced a ferocious wildcat while returning home. She protected herself with an umbrella and retreated slowly, eventually reaching safety. John Dower of New Washington, Indiana, learned of the incident and wrote to her, proposing. They exchanged photographs and were married.
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Florence
Wis
John 2. Dower
New Washington
Ind
Jennie Foes
Wali
Ower
Burdock Blot Bitters Ad Promotes Health
A vintage advertises Burdock Blot Bitters claiming to fight blood and indigestion as deadly enemies to health. It lists transportation details for a special excursion train from Decatur to Indianapolis with departures on Sunday Sept 13 at 7 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. Passengers boarding without Ackers face local fare charges.
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Decatur
Indianapolia
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