Italian Riots in Florence Over High Cost of Living
Rioting across central Italy inclines to Florence Imola and Bologna as prices surge. City authorities impose a new price scale with wine bread butter and meat reductions. Stores open and close under mayoral order while crowds form to obtain goods with limited violence and police and soldiers supervising.
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Baris
Italy
Provintes
Imola
Bologna
Florence
Weeven
Iday
Price Reductions in Rome Amid Romagna Riots Spread
Shopkeepers in Rome cut prices voluntarily after learning riots in Romagna were spreading to Arezzo Pisa Pistoia Leghorn Genoa Milan. The move follows disorder reported to have impacted several northern cities as unrest continued.
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Rome
Romagna
Arezzo
Pisa
Pistoia
Leghorn
Genoa
Milan
Market reductions spark unrest in Rome and Palermo
Across Rome and Palermo, crowds faced shortages and stores offered a 4 percent cut on food and essentials. Shopkeepers in Rome issued a resolution promising reductions as a patriot duty to prevent clashes between consumers and sellers, while avoiding cuts on luxury items.
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Palermo
Rome
Dump Town Site into Mine by Lehigh Valley Coal
In Hazleton Pennsylvanians recount the Lehigh Valley Coal company dumping an entire town into a surface mine to access underlying Arracite. The firm owned houses, cleared occupants, sold homes to buyers who demolished them, and now the site shows large cracks as pillars of virgin coal are removed. Charles F. Keech of Washington visited family on West Third Street.
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Coal Company
Sella
Hazieton
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Charles F. Keech
Washington
West Third Street
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James E. Doll
Frederick
Jesse H. Michael
East Third ST
Doll Brothers
Panama
Corvaeni
Nace
Morocco
Chas. Segaloff
Prop
South Market Street
Neptune
Kahki
Hank
Mens Union
Powell
Thos. Kemp
Kemp’s
Carty
Carty’s Furniture Store
Patrick St
Frederick,Md
Palm Beach
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Frederick, MD
Rosenour
B. Rosenour & Sons
Market Street
Patrick Street
C. R. Landis, Jeweler
South Market St. Frederick, Md
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Marylan
T. H, Lewin
Bs Ik
Frestien
Catarra
DR. Fahrney
Diagnostigian
Hagerstown
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