White damp kills in Hazleton mine disaster slates seven dead
July 12 Hazleton Pennsylvania seven Italian miners died in an abandoned slope of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company at Honey Brook from white damp gas. Foreman Lavanno led rescue efforts until he perished. Bowda escaped. officials restricted further entry until ventilation is installed. In a second item, Mrs Ida Hall is restrained by injunction from interfering in her son in law Charles Miller’s family affairs.
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Hazleton
Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal company
Honeybrook
James Lavanno
Frank Lachinko
Frank Proula
Harry Scarpola
Raply Lucias
Frank Roman
Joseph Roman
James Lavanne
Lavanno
Frank Bowda
Bowda
James Goldsmith
Charles Schaar
Phillip Hiarsleft
J. K. Farrar
Audenried
Lavanna
Morgans
Wilkes- Barre
Nes Moines
Ida Hall
Charles E. Miller
Miller
William Mc Henry
Fourteen Japanese Evade Immigration Officers in US
Fourteen Japanese laborers barred from landing under immigration law eluded authorities after arriving aboard the Erskine M. Phelps, sugar laden, from Shanghai on May 29. They were paid off in Philadelphia and are now at large somewhere in the United States.
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Washington
Philadelphia
United States
Erskine M. Phelps
Tlawali
Man Arrested After Cutting Trees to End War Talk
In Danielson Connecticut on July 12 James Caliinas hacked about 1000 trees with a hatchet claiming to halt war talk between Japan and the United States. Authorities arrested him after the spree. He said he believed a biblical inscription on the trees would stop the conflict.
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Danielson
Conn
James Caliinas
rtbe
Japan
United States
Found Dead In Sleeping Car In Charlotte
The body of Mrs Francesca V Gerrard a 70 year old Ocean City Mississippi resident was found in a sleeping car berth on a limited train arriving in Charlotte North Carolina. The conductor located the body and noted she had left Ocean City to visit relatives in New York City.
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Charlotte
N.C
Francesca V. Garrard
Ocean City
Miss
Gerrard
New York city
Toy cannon injures man in accidental blast at Bloomifiell
Robert Thompson aged 28 from Lembert's Lane attempted to fire a toy cannon. It misfired as he bent to inspect the mechanism, resulting in facial injuries from powder. He was admitted to St. Wineraut's Hospital for treatment.
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Bloomifiell, LTD
Robert Thompson
Lembert's lane
Thompson
St. Wineraut'’s hospital
Canada Population Figures From Census Update
Ottawa July 12 The census and statistics department reports Canada's population at noon April last stood at 6,504,000 an increase of 1,514,000 over six years. The data note April last as the reference point and show growth across the nation with the latest figures.
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Canada
Ottawa
Can
census and statistics department
Father 100, His Boy 72 in Wilmington WI
In Wilmington Wisconsin on July 12 Ashel Bissell celebrated his 100th birthday. His son Charles Bissell survived him, living to the age of 72. The event marks a family milestone with local observance.
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Wilmington
Bissell
Charles Bissell
Harvesters Brighten West With College-Yarned Yells
A Newton Kansas correspondent notes harvests draw farmers and college youths who form impromptu baseball teams and even host dances. To curb mischief, a farmer wires daily baseball scores to his field, and a persistent young woman wins votes for school superintendent by promising a nourishing harvest meal. The piece pictures college influences and local responses during harvest in the Kansas wheat belt.
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Kansas wheat belt
Newton
Kan
Kansas City Star
Ife
Uier
Atchinson
wheat
Kansas
Salinee
rome
flere castle
Modern Colonial Cottage by J H Daverman and Son
A 1907 design for a six room, 19 by 36 foot dwelling suited for a barrow fit. It features a combined parlor and living room, a sizeable kitchen with a connecting pantry, and a full seven foot basement beneath the entire footprint. The first story is shingled, second story walls are also shingled, with hardwood finish in key rooms and Georgia pine detailing. Estimated total cost with full plumbing and mantel work is 2000 dollars.
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J. H. DAVERMAN & SON
Harvest labor exodus and western to eastern farming appeal
Fragmentary notes describe farmers and workers migrating from prairie states to the east for harvest, with sentiment on wages and labor needs. The piece references wheat belts spanning large territories, outside help, and varied migrant types, including factory workers and tramps, all drawn by harvest demand.
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sharvest belt
Tansas
Hinds
Indiana
Boy Held For Chum's Death In New London
Ten year-old Frank Morgan of Ledford is jailed in New London County charged with murdering his playmate Ive Ul Trecers during a fishing trip. A separate arraignment saw Judge Kimball fine Henry J Rice 150 dollars for selling strawberries in raised bottom boxes.
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Chum
New London
Conn
Frank Morgan
Ledfard
Trecers
Dhawpernes
naiseasortom
Washington
Jiy
Kimball
Henry J, Rice
Glass house repairs and banker encounter noted
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a July 17 reference to a New York banker AF Woodbury at Teochhurst. The text mentions walls and partitions likely to be altered, wearing cream colored glass in winter and cool in summer, with unclear references to opiates and presser apples.
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Sless Howse
New York
Woodbury
Teochhurst
Sunday School Lesson on the Rock of Christ and Moses
The article comments on Exodus stories of water from the rock, the rock as Christ, and "Jehovahnissi" as victory over self. It cites Moses, Amalek, and the law’s role in showing sin, urges reliance on redemption through Christ, and notes the need for a new heart kept by faith, not works.
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Moses
Horeb
Christ
Amalek
Simon Peter
God
Egypt
luke
Christ Jesus
John iv
Jesus Christ
amd
Yale Diploma To Chinese Minister At New Haven
Yale awarded a diploma to Liang Tun Yen, the new Chinese minister to the United States, after two years as a Yale student. President Hadley noted the university’s decision to grant the diploma during the class of 1882’s quarter centennial reunion.
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Yale
Kew Haven
Conn
Liang Tun Yen
Hadley
Liang
Miners Wages Advance Notified at Reading Pa
Statistician P Neill informs mine workers and operators in Reading Pennsylvania that the price per ton for sunes is one dollar. The increase entitles certain classes of miners to a per cent rise above the wage basis, marking the first advance after a spring reduction of fifty four cents in the price of hard coal.
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P. Neill
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