Troops Guard Shenandoah as Miners Seek to Resume Work
Shenandoah Pennsylvania September 24 A warlike mood grips the area as Governor Gobin moves troops to safeguard workers rights. Regiments patrol coal towns including Turkey Run West Shenandoah Kohiner Cambridge and McAdoo while rail strike talks unfold and mine operators plan to restart despite fears of mob violence.
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Pennsylvania
Gobin
Twelfth
Turkey Run
West Shenandoah
Kohiner
Cambridge
Knickerbocker
Maple Hill
Ellangowan
Nicholas
Suffolk
McAdoo
Keeley Run
Indian Ridge
Shenandoah City
Mahanoy City
Bryan Heads to Chicago for Brief Campaign Conference
Lincoln Nebraska September 24 William J Bryan left Lincoln for Chicago at 6 p m over the Burlington to confer with Chairman Jones and national committee members on campaign plans and future movements. The next touring will begin Wednesday with Nebraska City speeches and moves into eastern state stops then South and North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Indiana with a special car for the remainder of the trip.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Bryan
Jones
National Committee
Nebraska City
Sioux City
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Duluth
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Indiana
Cleveland Divorced Men Form Has-Beens Club
A Cleveland club for divorced men forms at Dr. H. B. Wideman’s office with twenty ex husbands ready to join. Membership open to those with ongoing divorce proceedings as well as those already divorced, aiming to establish a clubhouse to help forget lost homes.
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Cleveland
H. B. Wideman
Pearl Street
Mull's Lightning Pain Killer Ad Claims Instant Relief
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Pain Killer as an instant cure for internal and external pain. It promises absolute purity and lists 25¢ and 50¢ price points at all druggists.
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Fane
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Mull
Fall of an Elevator in Fisher Building Injures Ten
A passenger elevator in Chicago’s Fisher Building dropped from the fourth floor on a Saturday night, wrecking the car and tangling cables. Ten occupants were injured, with several in serious condition. The crash followed a burst water valve that left the system without power. Elevator Conductor Topping failed to halt the descent. The worst injuries included Edwin C. Booth with a dislocated ankle and broken foot bones, L Doggett with hip and leg injuries, J Ellsworth Gross bruised and interned, and Pami Hamill with a broken left ankle.
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Chicago
Fisher Building
van Buren
Dearborn
Edwin C. Booth
L. ©. Doggett
J. Ellsworth Gross
Pami Hamill
Insurgent Demonstrations Extend Across Northern Luzon
Manila reports show insurgent demonstrations spreading from Cagayan and Isabela provinces to northwestern Luzon. American forces bolster precautions as clashes yield about 100 casualties in ten days. At Siniloan ten enemy bodies were recovered. Aguinaldo rejects Buencamino peace proposals and refuses any compromise.
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Manila
Cagayan
Isabela
Luzon
Wone
Siniloan
Senor Buencamino
Aguinaldo
Editor shoots gang leader after confrontation in Anderson
Ora V. Pogue editor of the Fortville Sun shot Wood Torrence three times after Torrence confronted him near the Sun office over an article denouncing the Boo gang. Torrence was wounded in the neck and may die. Pogue surrendered to the authorities in Greenfield.
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Sun
Pogue
Torrence
Greenfield
Republican Platform Endorses McKinley and Stable Economy
The Iowa Republican convention adopts a platform praising four years of Republican policy, denouncing currency debasement, pledging protection of public credit, supporting self government for new citizens, opposing anti competitive trusts, and urging McKinley’s renomination as well as the studied leadership of Speaker Henderson and the Republican Congress.
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Republican Party of
Iowa
Republican Party
McKinley
Congress
Henderson
Senate
House
Judge sentences silk thief to seven years in state prison
Bay City reports Judge Shepard in circuit court sentencing James S. Conroy alias Pomeroy to seven years in Jackson state prison for silk theft. Other verdicts include William Moore jailed five months for freight car burglary and suspensions for George W. Taylor and John Thompson on property charges. Pontiac notes a county fair drawing bunco thieves as Chester S. Parshall and Thomas Patton lose cash to scams. Lincoln announces Dr E Benjamin Andrews inaugurated chancellor at the University of Nebraska.
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Bay City
Mich
Shepard
James S. Conroy
Pomeroy
Detroit
Jackson
William Moore
Ionia
George W. Taylor
John Thompson
Pontiac
Chester S. Parshall
Waterford Township
Thomas Patton
Four thugs dynamite safe in Nebraska express robbery
A masked robber seized a Northern Pacific train near Athol Florida and escaped with 500 dollars. Nearby in Nebraska, four assailants repelled a Burlington express safe with dynamite and fled. President McKinley returns to Canton with Hanna stopping to speak politics en route. Glass chimney makers accept 6 percent wage rise. Adler Sorensen roams Chicago 10 hours away from home. Baltimore votes after declaring Porto Ricans U S citizens. Saginaw population drops from 46522 to 42345 since 1890. Sixty four bodies recovered at Galveston. Odd Fellows close annual session in Richmond. Swedish Baptist Church closes annual conference in St Paul. Spain reports grasshoppers devastate Extremadura crops. National Prison Association holds congress in Cleveland with 200 delegates. Cornelius Sullivan dies in Chicago aged 19, born in Ireland. Cornel Joseph H Wood, Grand Army parade grand marshal, dies aged 66 in Chicago.
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Burlington
Lincoln
Neb
Vpacific
Athol Fla
McKinley
Canton
Hanna
Adler Sorensen
Chicago
Baltimore
United States
Saginaw
Mich
Galveston
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Richmond
Swedish Baptist Church of North
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarete Candy Cathartic
A mocked advertisement touts Cascarete as a cure for constipation claiming guaranteed relief and refunds from the manufacturers. The copy imitates a sales pitch with a humorous disclaimer about a gruff tail and gruggists.
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C.C.C
Building Trades Benefit to Aid Chicago Strikers
The New York Building Trades council announced a benefit for Chicago strikers on Oct. 1 at the Lexington Avenue Opera House. Democratic and Republican national committees will be represented by speakers, with Ex-Governor Altgeld for Democrats and O F Williams, Manila consul general, for Republicans.
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New York
Building Trades Council
Chicago Building Trades
Lexington Avenue Opera House
Altgeld
Illinois
Democratic Committee
O. F. Williams
Manila
Republican Committee
Water Tank Collapse Delays Work At Rock Island Plant
An 80,000 gallon water tank on the Rock Island road near the Rockdale plant of American Steel and Wire collapsed flooding the wire drawing department and destroying $2,000 of product. Telegraph wires are down and traffic delayed. Estimated damage totals $8,000. An advertisement promotes Mull's Lightning Cough Cure.
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Joliet
Rock Island Road
Rockdale
American Steel and Wire Company
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