All Did Not Quit As West Virginia Coal Strike Spreads
The United Mine Workers ordered a West Virginia strike that began Saturday. Reports show mixed effectiveness with several thousand more miners striking overall, affecting coal roads and river navigation while armed guards watched some sites. The action drew sympathy from other states and varied by district.
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Wheeling
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Norfolk @ Western
Baldtimerre
Chesapeake & Cite
Vaetenee
Lieles Weothe
Tedooas
Virginia
Amerya
Watas Velas
Arvid Mi
Wemeden Bead
Fragmented OCR Summary From Unclear Local Text
The readable parts describe a historical notice or brief item with names and dates obscured by damage. It mentions a person or event, but key details are missing. Readers should consult the original page for clarity.
Volcanic Catastrophe in Guatemala Reports Large Losses
Reports received from Valparaiso via the Palena describe Tacana volcano erupting near Champerico Guatemala with more than 1000 deaths and half of Batalhulen destroyed. Earthquakes have shaken the region daily since April 18 when Quezaltenango was laid waste. Ash and pumice blanket Champericoes area as tremors continue and repairs are impeded.
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San Francisco
Batalhulen
Guatemala
Tacana
Palena
Valparaiso
Ratabulen
Champerico
Quezaltenango
Champeries
Guatemala City
Anti Negro Mob Disturbs Tecestur Community
A mob of about fifty organized to drive Black residents from Tecestur early Sunday. Some Negroes fled to outskirts while a counter group formed to defend them. A street clash ensued with blows exchanged. one man hunted a Black man, who fled, while another was cornered upstairs but later aided and sheltered. The town had few Black workers until recently, and threats to remove them persist from hotel employers despite two staying and resisting.
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Tecestur
Ind
Negra
Train Wreck Night After Switch Opened in Tunnels
A railway incident near San day night involved a switch failure and a collision on a tunnel line. Passengers sustained injuries with John Smith and others seriously scorched while crews battled fires and secured the wreckage. An investigation noted the switch showed a white light during the attempt to wreck the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pene
Johu Smith
Shaunéer
Fragmented OCR History Item From Denver District
An OCR damaged snippet mentions Denver and a district event with a DOA a person tied to a turkey and a strange sequence of words. It references a breach involving children and a clash with an unknown group. The readable portions are insufficient to confirm dates, names, or outcomes.
May adjournment delays vacation plans for Congress
Members expect a possible break from Washington by month end while others push for ongoing work. Some anticipate travel to begin by the second week in July amid uncertain schedules and uncertainties about adjournment dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Juty
Governor Jenerson Davis Rejoins Baptist Church in Roselville
In Little Rock Arkansas on Sunday Governor Jenerson Davis accepted an invitation to return to the Baptist Church of Roselville his home town and rejoined that congregation. His friends say the move vindicates him against the Sevent Baptist Church of Little Rock which had withdrawn fellowship.
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Little Rock. Ark
Jenerson Davis
Baptist Church of
Roseeliville
Chrch
Sersat Baptist Church
Littl Rock
Merger Proposed Between Major American Auto Firms
A proposed merger would unite Amerioder and Pour swooned car companies to form a single corporation with broad freight and passenger service reach. The plan envisions twenty two industry partitions under a unified system and aims to strengthen operations with a shared national network.
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Iry Company
Fost Dacuis Aid
New York
Scott Boeosseed
Steed Car Companys
Pitts Speetel
Amerioder
Pour
Eerbitt
Ogise
Petiwais
Comiiui
Ufeet
Setae
Cain Ford Lynched in Walterboro After Jail Runover
Cain Ford, one of four African Americans linked to the murder of the railroad section foreman’s wife, was lynched Saturday in Walterboro after a jail flight plan failed. The case followed last Wednesday’s death of Jim Black, who implicated Ford and others. Sheriff Owen attempted to transport Ford to the penitentiary but was stopped by a posse en route to the railroad line.
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Walterboro, Son
Cain Ford
Meester J. W. Jones
Colleton County
Walterboro
Jim Black
Black
Watterboro
Qwen
Ford
State Penitentiary
Change of Fort Wayne News Ownership Sealed
Clarence F. Micknell and Ernest P. Bicknell, with A. T. Hert, have completed the purchase of the Fort Wayne News from W. D. Page. The deal closes Monday and transfers possession June 16. Clarence Bicknell becomes president and business manager at a price around 25000 dollars.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Clarence F. Micknell
Tate
The
Terre Haute Tribune
Fort Wayne News
W. 2 D. Page
Bicknell
Ernest P. Bicknell
Indianapolis News
A. T. Hert
Indiana Reformatory
Clarence Bicknell
Dual Fatal Shootings Out of Jealousy in Falmouth
In Rushville Indiana two men died after a Tuesday afternoon confrontation in front of Oliver Cameron’s home. John Batley a barber and Oliver Cameron a retired farmer died from gunshot wounds amid a jealous dispute involving Batley’s wife.
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Rushville
Ind
Falmouth
Rush-Fayette County
John Batley
Oliver Cameron
Cameron
Bailey
Bailey House
Fred Cameron
Oliver
Farley
Bailey Fred
Camerons
Fire at St Luke's Sanatorium Kills Nine and Injures Many
A Monday afternoon blaze at the five story St Luke's Society sanatorium on Wabash avenue and Twenty first street killed nine men and one woman, with seven others missing and about thirty injured. The building formerly Hotel Woodruff Lancaster, brick structure, 40 by 70 feet, valued at 100000 and insured for half. Patients, mostly opium and alcohol addicts, faced harrowing escapes as flames trapped occupants on upper floors. Firefighters saved some by lowering others from windows while the stairwell and elevator shaft carried heavy smoke and heat. The St Luke's Society operates independently of St Luke's Hospital and treats addiction to opium cocaine tobacco or alcohol.
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Wabash Avenue
St. Luke's Society
Lancaster
Woodruff
St. Luke's Hospital
Three Young Men Killed in Train Crash Near Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana a westbound Panhandle passenger train struck a buzzy containing three young men Saturday night killing all. Victims were Harry Young Thomas Jame and Will Patterson all residents of Galveston. Skulls crushed and the buggy demolished. Accident occurred three miles west of Kokomo.
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Kokomo
Ind
West-Houng Panhandle
Victme
Harry Young
Thomas Jame
Will Patterson
Galveston
Amesty for Americans in Cuba Passed by Senate
Havana reports Senate action granting amnesty to all Americans jailed or awaiting trial in Cuba. President Palma vows to sign promptly. Estes G. Rathbone, freed from postal case charges, seeks a new U S trial or Congressional inquiry if Cuba cannot provide one.
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Havana
Cuba
Senate
Palma
Estes G. Rathbone
United States
Army Promotions Prominent generals nominated to Senate
Washington dispatch reports President nominates Army brigadier generals to major general ranks. Theodore J. Wint Frank D Baldwin Jesse M Lee William H Carter named brigadier generals, with Tasker H Bliss and William H Forwood in key medical posts. The list signals further Civil War veterans may receive future promotions as vacancies arise.
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Theodore J. Wint
Frank D. Baldwin
Jesse M. Lee
William H. Carter
Washington
Senate
Army
John C. Bates
George W. Davis
Sixth Cavalry
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Wiliam H. Carter
Tasker H. Bliss
William H. Forwood
Henry W. Terrell
Uney
Silas W. McFarland
St Nottingham
Austria
Frank W
Retchender Nottingham
Englan
War
Silk Importers Arrested in Major New York Fraud
Two merchants Martin L. Cohen and Atercham S. Rosen thal of A. B. Rosenthal & Co. were held on $60 bail on charges of government fraud related to silk import declarations. The scheme allegedly involves millions and contributed to the era’s trade turmoil, affecting national officials and policy decisions.
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New York
Martin L. Cohen
Atercham S. Brosenthal
A. 8
Rosenthal & Co
Greene Street
Lyman J. Gage
Coltertaur Edwell
Wakeman
Reid's Half Million Mansion Plan Stalled in Richmond
Daniel G. Reid, tinplate magnate, can not complete land purchase for his proposed half million dollar mansion in Richmond. All parcels on the block are secured except M H Dill’s property. Reid reportedly offered $5,000 for the homestead site but hesitation over removing it delays the project.
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Richmond
Ind
Daniel G. Reid
Mr. Reid
M. Hi. Dill
Fatal Lamp Explosion in Marion Leaves Child Dead
In Marion Indiana Wallace seven year old son of Mrs Hattie Steele of 427 North Adams Street died Monday after noon from burns suffered Sunday afternoon while playing with a lamp in a neighbor's rear yard. The boy was related to Representative George W Eisele. His father FE R Steete was killed in December at the Toledo St Louis & Western Railway. A damages suit for ten dollars against the company was decided in favor of the defendants in Grant County circuit court Saturday.
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Marion
Ind
Wallace
Hattie Steele
North Adams Street
Burns
George W. Eisele
FE. R. Steete
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railway Company
Steele
Grant County
Liberty Bell Returns to Independence Hall in Philadelphia
The Liberty bell, previously exhibited at Charleston, was returned to Philadelphia on Tuesday and reinstalled in Independence Hall.
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Philadelphia
Charleston
Independence Hall
Examination Fraud in Grant County Teacher Licenses Probe
The Grant County investigation into teacher license exams centers on a scheme to obtain exam questions before the May test. Joseph Hall of Delphi is accused of selling questions to about twenty applicants, including students from the Marion Normal College, with payments ranging from 2 to 14 dollars each. Further scope suggests the entire examination may be discarded as the case unfolds.
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Marion
Ind
State Board of Education
Joseph Hall
Delphi
Bradford
Hall
Ryan
Thompson
A. B. Thompson
Miss Chambers
Marion Normal College
Howard County
Burr Sherron
Pleasant Township
Paulus
Circuit Court
Tie
Indiana Medical College
Indianapolis
Carroll County
State Superintend ent and officials discuss exam paper leak
The State Superintendent and Jones returned Tuesday afternoon from Marion and Terre Haute. Goshen County Superintendent Elis plans to visit Indianapolis to discuss the leak of examination papers becoming public, while efforts in Frankfort to convene the grand jury before July 1 proceed. evidence places Vindis in Goshen around the mailing and telegram to Marion.
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Vindis
Marion
Goshen
First Degree Murder Indictment in Soesten Case
An indictment for first degree murder was reported against J Wilfrid Blondin of Soesten Mass. He is charged with murdering his wife in Boston and moving the body to Chelmsford where it was found in a brush heap with the head removed. Authorities traced the case through a long police investigation involving Boston Cambridge and state police efforts.
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Soesten
Mass
J. Wilfrid Blondin
Blondin
Boston
Chelmsford
Poston
Cambridge
Canada
Whaleback Steamer Thomas Wilson Sunk After Collision
The whaleback steamer Thomas Wilson under Captain Cam ten was cut nearly in two by the steamer George C. Hadhey commanded by Captain Izgersid a half mile south of the Duluth canal Saturday. Nine men were lost in the wreck.
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Dpeluth, Minn
Thomas Wilson
Camten
George C. Hadhey
Izgersid
Duleth Canal
End of a murderer in Michigan City
William B. Wheeler of Warrick county was hanged at 12 05 after killing his son in law Elias Burns last fall. The execution followed the law with warden Reid, deputy warden Barnard, clerk Lewis, chaplain Henderson and six guards present. Wheeler died after a 10 minute drop and his body was to be buried locally with no outside requests.
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Michigan City
Ind
William B. Wheeler
Warrick County
Elias Burns
Warden Reid
Wheeler
Sife
Barnard
Lewis
Henderson
H. L. Streaker
H. W. Wilson
President, Labor Chief Weigh Anthracite Crisis
The President conferred with Carroll D. Wright, U S labor commissioner, about the anthracite coal region situation. Wright, invited to discuss possible actions under law, will report to the President or Congress. Wright then departed for New York for several days of business, with no public result announced.
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Washington
Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
Wright
Commissioner of Labor
Congress
White House
New York
Insane organist sets fire to church in Fishville
In Bay City Michigan a 39 year old church organist and schoolteacher Joseph Reich set fire to himself in the Catholic Church at Fishville after dousing his clothes with kerosene. His charred remains were found in front of the altar Sunday morning, with the floor burned through by the blaze. Authorities deem the act a result of temporary insanity.
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Bay City
Mich
Joseph Reich
Fisheville
Rejch
MISS STONE COMING TO INDIANAPOLIS FOR LECTURE
Ellen M. Stone who escaped Bulgarian brigands after 172 days will lecture at Roberts Park Church in Indianapolis on June 17. She travels to raise funds to reimburse friends who paid her ransom.
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Indianapolis
Ellen M. Stone
Roberts Park Church
Miss Stone
Notable Sundays School Workers Invite London Leaders to Denver
W J Semetoth of the International Evangel reports a London cablegram announcing Hon F F Belsey Jr president of the world Sunday School convention in 1889 and Rev Frank Johnson editor of the London Sunday School Chronicle will attend the International Sunday School Convention in Denver June 26 to 30.
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St. Louis
W. J. Semetoth
International Evangel
London
F. F. Belsey, Jr
Frank Johnson
London Sunday School Chronicle
Denver
Snow and Steam Rising From Mount Rainier Report
Tacoma readers report two columns of steam or vapor issuing from Mount Rainier’s summit. Weather experts offer ideas such as melting snow, sun heat, or wind driven snow, but no single explanation satisfies all observers.
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Tacoma
Wash
Mount Ranier
Palm industry shifts roots from Europe to United States
A Washington florist explains that most palms used for Palm Sunday in the city are now grown in the United States. Palmetto sprigs come from Gulf States, with gathering employing hundreds nationwide. American palm nurseries expanded after Belgium's preeminence, yielding wider-spread, less crowded plants suited to domestic trade.
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Washington
United States
Philadelphia
New York
Arabia
Gulf States
Washington Florists
Belgium
Europe
America
Atlantic
Palmetto
Fla
Florida
Valimento
Washington Post
Harold’s Appetite Causes Dinner Deception
A short piece notes Harold, a boy famed for a large appetite, attending a birthday luncheon where he barely touched food. Hostess asks what’s wrong and Harold replies that his mother says he is always disgracing her with his big appetite after being told to eat ten bowls of rice before leaving home.
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Harold
New York
Uptowne couple jaw about cigars and heat
The exchange between Mrs Uptowne and Mr Uptowne reveals a joke about cigars meant for a janitor to secure more heat next winter. The judge notes the man did not dare address the janitor directly.
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Decatur
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OlShore
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Turkey
Pat
Oliver Camerson
Cameron House
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Patles
Chicago
Panhandle
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J.C. Bates
Geo. W. Davis
New York Custom House
Daniel Reid
Liberty Bells
J. W. Blondine
Mabe Samos
Roosevelt
Mr. Wright
Burne
Rassom
Indiana
Tonion Cable
Lambeth
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Chicas
Phiiladelphia
University of Pensylvania
Otheys
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