Gas blast at Summit Branch mine kills seven in Williamstown
A gas explosion in No 1 shaft of Williamstown colliery near Pottsville Pa., part of Summit Branch Mining, killed seven men and seriously injured many others. Rescue efforts followed as families and workers gathered at the scene amid widespread devastation. A separate Johnstown trolley crash killed one man, George Kennette, with many injured as ambulances rushed to Memorial hospital.
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Summit Branch Mining Company
Williamstown
Pottsville
John Reilly
Arthur Hawk
Charles Rickert
John Whittle
Anthony Frelas
James Bowman
Michael Stakum
William Mainhart
Charles Parker
Martin Doyle
Ralph Finley
John Walsh
Isaac Hess
Charles Hepler
Monroe Shade
Aumen
Johnstown
George Kennette
Memorial Hospital
Retired minister shot dead in street in Newark area
F B D Prickett a former Metuchen recorder and Methodist minister was shot in the street. Archie Herron faced arrest on a revolver display before surrendering. Prickett died within minutes from a bullet to the right lung as his son Charles stood nearby.
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F. B. D. Prickett
Methodist Church
Metuchen
N. J
Archie Herron
Mr. Prickett
Herron
Prickett
Charles
Columbus Jackson
Clayton
Del
Boyer
Cleveland Will Probate Details from Princeton Home
The will of former President Grover Cleveland was probated at Mrs. Cleveland’s Princeton home. Surrogate John W. Cornell traveled there to perform the proceedings for her, as she declined to attend Trenton courthouse. The document notes no wealth disclosure, leaves $10,000 for each of four children, and bequeaths the remainder to Mrs. Cleveland with Mrs. Cleveland named executrix and Frank J Hastings named executor.
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Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
John W. Cornell
Cornell
Trenton
Mr. Cleveland
Mra. Cleveland
Frank 3
Hastings
Denver priest killer Giuseppe Alfa hanged for murder
Giuseppe Alfa confessed in Italian denouncing the Roman Catholic priesthood and shouting support for Italy and Protestants before being executed at St Elizabeth's church altar in Denver. He was hanged as the extreme penalty for the crime, the murder of Father Leo Heinrichs.
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Italy
Giuseppe
Alfa
Leo
Heinrichs
St.Elizabeth’s Church
Denver
Colp
Girl Shot Drunken Father in Delmont NJ
Amos Polhamus, intoxicated at his home, attacked his wife and four children with a hatchet injuring his sixteen year old daughter Sarah. Helen Polhamus, a postmistress, then shot him twice in the neck and abdomen as he tried to reach her mother and infant. He fell and begged not to be shot again.
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Amos Polhamus
Helen
Delmont
N. J
Polhamus
Sarah
Canoe tragedy on Schuylkill River in Pottsown
Four Pottsdown youths embarked on a canoe trip when two crews escaped. Peter Frankl eighteen and Marion Engle seventeen drowned after Engle moved to dodge a tree branch and caused the canoe to overturn. Elsie Fryer sixteen and William Edwards eighteen narrowly escaped. Edwards helped Fryer to shore while Frank and Engle were recovered twenty feet apart. All were residents of Pottsdown.
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Peter Frankl
Marion Engle
Schuylki
Pottstown
Elsie Fryer
William Edwards
Frank
Miss Engle
West Hazleton Man Swallows Ten-Inch Tableknife
Charles Henry 25 of West Hazleton Pa swallowed a ten inch tableknife during a knife eating stunt at his home. He underwent an operation at Miners hospital to remove the knife and his condition is reported as serious. The incident followed prior success at knife eating with blades slipping down his throat.
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Charles Henry
West Hazleton
Miner’s Hospital
Taft Sherman West Campaign Opens in Colorado Springs
Republican Chairman Hitchcock will launch the 1908 campaign for William H. Taft and James S. Sherman in the West. A conference with Republican leaders from states and territories west of the Missouri River is planned at the Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs on July 20 and 21.
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WIII
West
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Far West
William H. Taft
James 8
Sherman
Colorado Springs
Colo
Antlers
States
Jand Territories
Missouri River
Lightning Strikes Boy Aboard Steel Boat on Susquehanna
Spencer, seventeen, of Breelton, and Hart Paxton, both on a steel boat crossing Harrisburg’s Susquehanna River, were struck when a bolt hit during the voyage. Spencer died instantly while Paxton, knocked to the boat’s bottom, escaped serious injury. The boat is thought to have drawn the lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Spencer
Breelton
Hart
Paxton
Busquehanna
Harrisburg
Steel- Bea
War Panic and a Headless Officer at Worth
A historical note on abrupt battle nerves during the Franco-Prussian Campaign. It cites Worth and Forbach incidents where cuirassiers faced a headless officer and a severed arm, provoking terror among Prussian troops and shaking German nerves at Forbach. The piece discusses how even seasoned troops can panic, with examples from the Peninsular War and the unknown origins of such fear.
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Worth
Futzum de Lascarre
Forbach
von Goben
Auctioneer and real estate agent with forty years’ Lancaster work
An experienced Lancaster and Chester counties auctioneer offers private sale services for real estate and other properties. The writer emphasizes deep knowledge of property values and careful calling of sales to secure best advantages for clients.
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Torre Hill, Law. Co
Lancaster
Chester Counties
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Pottsville, Pa
Legal and Professional Cards
A W. Snader
New Hotnanp
Penn Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Chester County
M G Schaeffer
North Duke Street
J J. Kershner, We
F W. Sensenich
New Holland
Main Street
Senor Avenue
J F. Brubaker
Notary Public
East Main Street
Enterprise
Winuntyr
Duke St
Courts of Common Pleas
Yomariyr
E. Weber
E. Arch Street
CG. A. Eby's
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical Association
Enterprise One
J D. Warfel
J. D. Warfel
J I. Kinzer
Attorney-At-Law
East Grant Street
Lancaster, PA
M W Taylor
Reidenbach
Lane Co
Pa- Carefn
Mariti
W. Witmer
Goodville
Penna
A. Zel
Terre Hill
D. Kling
Intercourse
AM H. Hershey
Gordonville, Pa
Doerr
M.S. Graybill
Bareville, Pa
The
Clarion
New Holland, PA
Leola Machine Co
H. S. Mentzer, Prop
Leola, Pa
All-In-One
IN. Eo
Males Lin
Leola
Geo. W. Kinzer
Merry Widow Music
Coplea
Merry Widow
King St
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