Four Hundred Entombed in Monongah Mines West Virginia
Four hundred miners are believed dead after colossal explosions at Consolidated Coal Company mines Nos 5 and 6 in Monongah West Virginia. The blast, heard eight miles away, wrecked boiler facilities and caved entryways. Rescue attempts were delayed by gas and smoke. the connected shafts cross the West Fork River and are linked by a steel pier bridge.
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Consolidated Coal Company
Monongah
W. Va
Monongahela River
Fairmont
Moneangahela River
West Fork River
Car Company
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Hainois
Ohio
Clarence W. Watson
Baltigiore
Tee Mailene
No. & Mine
West Virginia
Peetectiig
Federation B Defends Boycott In Supreme Court
In a case before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Buck Stove and Range Company of St Louis seeks to restrain the American Federation from boycotting its products. The defense argues for judging union acts by common law and Sherman anti trust standards. The federation contends the boycott forms a permissible union action and not an unlawful restraint of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ju. Gould
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
American Federation
Tater Iron
Qdaintil
Attiack on Goempers Renewed
The American Thdustties attacks the America Federation of Liberals led by President Samuel Gompers. It questions the federation’s finances and management as reported, and at a Norfolk convention Gompers sought permission to respond the next day, a request reportedly granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attiack
Goempers
National Manufacturers’ Association
Federation
Norfolk
Gorupers
Story fragment on vivisection fears and reform figures
A fragmentary report mentions Mrs Speageer Waert a New Jersey federation member and activist backing a probe into a presumed Rockefeller vivisection farm. It cites John D Rockefeller figures and calls for humane use of funds while noting anti smoking measures and a Workers Company firearms stance amid unrest.
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Aight Weeks Farm
Speageer Waert
New Jersey Federation of Women’s Clubs
John J. Rockefeller
Geeny
John D. Leckegeller
Worsiure Hadlears Company
Opera
Thread Company Profits Report Shows Record Year
The J. & DP Pawtucket thread manufacturing firm reports its most successful year with profits of 15,280,620 dollars, about thirty percent.
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Thread Company
Goats of
Pawtucket
BR Ot
Thread R Manufactur
Deputy Sheriff Held by Boy After Trespass Incident
Indiana deputy Charles Nelson, serving papers near Madison, was detained by Sylvester Thomas’s son Guy who ordered a brush pile replaced after Nelson chased a rabbit. A negro helped move the brush, then refused to assist in restoring it. Nelson spent about two hours redoing the task before leaving.
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Charles Nelson
Nelson
Madison
Sylvester Thomas
Guy
First Episcopal Church Planned for Gary Area
The missionary board of the diocese of the Episcopal church, led by Bishop John Blazen White, approves building Garys first church on four centrally located lots donated by United States Steel Company. The edifice, costing about 20900 dollars, will be funded largely by the steel firm, with ground breaking planned for spring.
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Missionary Board of the Diocese of the Episcopal Church
Albert C. Harlan
South Bend
John Blazen White
Michigan City
Episcopal Church
Gary
United States Steel Company
Boy Nearly Chokes on Candy at Mun Vie School
While John Hartley secretly ate candy in a Mun vie schoolroom a piece lodged in his throat and he nearly died. Miss Helen Carr tried to dislodge it as children summoned physicians. The boy’s mother arrived first and freed the obstruction with a finger poke. Physicians soon arrived and the school was dismissed for the afternoon.
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John Hartley
Munvie
Helen Carr
Fatally Hurt Under Train In Desertion Case
Claude Davis, 80, was brought to Ted ford on a charge of deserting his wife and three children. He fled after his father signed a bond for his appearance, then fell beneath a passing train on the Indianapolis Route, losing life and sustaining other injuries. The incident follows a bail bond forfeiture related to the case.
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Claude Davis
Tedford
Indianapolis
Guelen
Gustave
Sweden
Drottningholm
Duke
Vermland
Upsala
Europe
Tle
Gustafve
Norway
Storthing
Cremated In His Barn Amid Fire Deaths And Coal Shutdowns
Benton township farmer Zacharias Weddell perishes in barn fire likely while trying to save horses and cattle. Two horses burned. his wife and four children survive. Coal demand dips as Pragil Glock Coal Company runs one mine. district mines temporarily idle. Nearby crash on Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway injures twenty. Lizzie Schnitz red Aa killed crossing near Schereville. her father, GPente Solara, a wealthy stock buyer, died in a train disaster two years ago.
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Zacharias Weddell
Benton Township
Weld i Deaves
Pragil Glock Coal Company
Lizzie Schnitz
Schereville
Tragic Suicide of 17 Year Old Clara Albright
Miss Clara Albright aged 17 killed herself by drinking carbolic acid. She leaves a widowed mother in Perkinsville. She had been employed as a domestic in the Noblesville home of David House for a year. No motive given.
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Clara Albright
Perkinsville
David House
Noblesville
Two Men Killed by Train on Mitchell Track
Mathew James of Medora and John Wade of Fort Pitner were killed by a Motenfreleht at Mitchell while they were working on the tracks. The incident occurred when a train struck them, ending their lives. Investigators and local officials began inquiries into the accident.
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Mathew James
Medora
John Wade
Fort Pitner
Mitchell
Gored by Bull Kills 19 Year Old Near Jasonville
A 19 year old man, Domer Swinehamp, was fatally gored by a bull near Jasonville. Authorities report the incident occurred in a rural area as the youth attempted to herd the animal. The tragedy is under local investigation with no further details available.
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Hulk Domer Swinehamp
Jasonville
Peru boy dies after accidental gun discharge in hunt
Ten year old John Savage fatally injured when an elder brother’s weapon discharged during a hunting trip. The incident occurred as the boys hunted in a field near their home. Authorities report no foul play.
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Peru
John Savage
Stoessel Trial Opens Not Guilty Plea Made
Lieut General Stoessel faced a court martial in St Petersburg on charges of surrendering Port Arthur. He pleaded not guilty before a crowd of veterans and high officers, including Kuropatkin Linovitch Rennenkampf and Wiren, with many Port Arthur veterans present in full dress and medaled, some missing limbs or using crutches.
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Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Army and Navy Club
Gen. Kuropatkin
Linovitch
Rennenkampf
Wiren
Gen
Stoesse
Order of St. George
George III
Chicago the Winner The 1908 Republican National Convention
The Republican National Committee chose Chicago to host the 1908 convention on June 16 in Washington. Chicago led on the first ballot with 31 votes, defeating Kansas City and Denver, and secured the guarantee to cover legitimate convention expenses. The decision highlights Chicago's capacity to handle the expected crowd and news transmission to a broad national audience.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Washington
Kansas City
Denver
National Committee
Foreign News Notes From The World In Brief
Reports from Formosa recount mutiny by Chinese troops who killed sixty three Japanese. Horace McKinley of Portland escaped Mukden jail. In Kiev two hundred students were arrested to quell an incipient riot. Richard Croker plans leaving Ireland for Egypt. The Pope postponed a December consistory to January. Admiral McClintock died in London, a naval mainstay. The King of Spain was entertained at a ball in the subterranean palace of the Duke of Portland. A stone hit a car window in St. Petersburg injuring the Austrian ambassador. Mrs Thaw’s sister Mary Thaw faces divorce rumors. Miss Mary Robinson fainted in a London court during the Druce case testimony. The Russian duma session opened without extraordinary scenes.
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Formosa
Horace McKinley
Portland
Ore
Mukden
Kiev
Russia
Richard Croker
Ireland
Egypt
Francis Leopold McClintock
London
Spain
Duke of Portland
St. Petersburg
Mad
Yarmouth
Marry K. Thaw
Mary Robinson
Druce
Duma
Pumpkin Pie and Two-Egg Sponge Cake from Early Recipes
A vintage recipe passage detailing a large pumpkin pie crust with pastry flour lard and cold water then filled with stewed pumpkin ginger cinnamon salt sugar eggs milk and whipped cream or grape garnish. Also includes a simple two eggs sponge cake method with sugar boiling water lemon rind flour and baking powder baked in a shallow pan.
Gustav V Crowned King of Sweden After Oscar II Death
Gustav V sworn in as king four hours after Oscar II died in Stockholm. Proclamation pledges to unite the people for the fatherland while England’s press notes his ascent amid grief and Sweden’s constitutional limits.
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Oscar II
Sweden
Norway
Stockholm
Oscar
Gustav
Gustav V
Lindman
Carl
Gustave Y
Oscars
Gustave
Random snippings on finance politics and society
A mosaic of era opinion items from multiple papers. Topics range from bank runs and inflation to divorce prepayment and political candidacy. Notable lines reference stock markets, meat prices, currency elasticity, and urban governance with humorous asides on dime mottos and peanut diets.
Modern Home Cookery Tips and Recipes
A collection of kitchen guidance and recipes including chicken wiggle with peas, anakeing chicken pie from old hens, macaroni in cream dressing, grape and raisin jam, onion and potato sauté, tomato and pickle mix for cold use, and tips for ironing, storing soup, washing mauve fabrics, and baking cookies to prevent burning.
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West Virginia Coal Company
Federation B
Indiana State News
Sota
Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway
Alishawaka
State News
Japan
Stoe
Gustave V
Berg, “Edgren
Plensburg
New York Mail
Philadelphia Ledger
Philadelphia Press
Washington Post
Westinghouse
New York World
Philadelphia Inquirer
Edward
Philadelpha Inquirer
New York Sun
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Kaiser
Windsor Castle
Jerome K. Jerome
New York Tribune
Armour
Weather Bureau
Washington Herald
New York Stock Exchange
Atlanta Constitution
Massachusetts
Colorado
Pittsburg Exchange
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