Railways Death Toll Aboard Prussian Archive Study
Herr Guillery of the Prussian archive bureau presents a table comparing railway harm across nations. He asserts the United States leads in fatal and injury rates, with 25.9 injuries per 100 workers and 10,000s fare worse, compared to England Belgium Germany and Switzerland, though figures are incomplete.
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Teerlin
Herr Guillery
Archive Bureau
Prussian Railway Administrati A
United States
United State
Switzerland
England
Belgium
Germany
British India
France
Russia
Italy
Tragic Death of Takbors Club Shortstop in Tarboro
Raleigh July 25 a Takbors club shortstop from the Eastern Carolina league died after leaping from a second story window in Tarboro hospital. The ill player, delirious, overpowered an attendant in a struggle and fell to the pavement, dying almost instantly. The incident follows a report noting travel injuries and death records among nations.
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le Eeare
Raleigh
N. C
Preston
YD. Jones
Takbors Club
Carolina
Jon
Tarboro
Flo
Poisoning and Burned Victim Thriller in Holly Beach
In Holly Beach New Jersey Mrs Mary Coombs alias Mrs Mary Hand is accused by Joseph Watson of poisoning an aging Philadelphia man named Smith or Schmidt, hiding the body in marsh and later burning it in a kitchen stove. Watson says a love powder killed the man and the couple disposed of the body, with later threats against him.
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Holly Beach
N. J
John Woodrutt
Deller
Lore
Mary Coumbs
Mary Hand
Joseph Watson
Smith
Watson
John Hand
Hand
John Johnson
Phlladelpha
Coombs
Philadelphia
Schmidt
Mr. Young
J. W. Young
Rattler Attacks Child Then Killed by Son in WV
In Beverly West Virginia on July 25 a nine foot rattlesnake attacked three year old Minnie Jackson as the mother tried to defend her child with a knife. The reptile pursued the mother until John Jackson arrived and crushed the snake's skull with a heavy club.
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Beverly
Minnie Jackson
Silk Mill Employes Strike in Scranton Area
Reports from across the county indicate a broad but uneven silk mill strike movement. About 900 girls in Scranton and 200 in nearby towns are on strike with fears that thousands of wives may be affected by week’s end. If possible to grant, owners face demands for an eight hour day as ten silk mills shift work to other centers amid keen competition.
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Scranton
Arm Lost at Antietam Found by Museum Photo Sent
Captain J F Allen of Saint Paul once asked Minnesota congressmen to locate his lost arm from the Antietam battle. A surgeon kept the limb and sent it to the army medical museum where it was found in excellent condition and a photograph was mailed to him.
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Henry Watterson
Allen
Army Museum
Washington
Congress
Fom
Minnesota
J. F. Allen
St. Paul
Antietam
Captain Allen
Army Medical Museum
Colonel Ayers Retired After Army Methods Critique
Colonel Charles Ayers of the 14th Cavalry is retired from the U S Army after a board found him incapacitated for active service. An interview cited as criticising army administration reportedly triggered the retirement. The Mississippi plantation tale and other notes follow. Gustavus H Thiel, founder of the Thiel Detective Service, is reported dead by asphyxiation.
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West Point
Ishington
Charles & Ayers
14Th Cavalry
Tas
Horn
Cases Lo Avers
Avers
Boomtr
Chivagra
Gustavius H. Thiel Paschent
Thiel Set Ctive Service Company
Apopegy
Thiel
United States Secret Service
Cardinal Gabbons Birthday Observed At Westminster
Report notes Cardinal Gabbons celebrated his 73d birthday Tuesday with friends at Westminster. Mentions a seag fold accident near Conneaut that killed two and seriously injured five, plus other scattered items from the period.
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Cardinal Gabbons
Westminster
Conneaut
Pennsylvania Lumbermen’s Association
Wilkes-Barre
Hassabeck
Wallace Givens
Leva
Grind Rapids
Mich
Hille Crisin
Ivan Medes
Darrow Attacks Idaho Labor Policy in Haywood Plea
Clarence Darrow opens three hour plea for William D. Haywood, denouncing Steunenberg’s use of troops, marshal law, and state actions. He portrays culture education and wealth as a united force against workers, praises labor unions, and attacks the constitution and Idaho administration with fervor.
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Boise
Idaho
Frank Steunenberg
Clarence Darrow
William D. Haywood
Miner's Magazine
Western Federation of Miners
Darrow
Steynenberg
United States
Marshal Law
Orchard
James H. Hawley
Pinkerton
Supreme Court
Wealthy Recluse Murdered Near Amsterdam Cranes Hollow
William E. L. McLachlan, a wealthy recluse valued at about 75000, was found dead with eight stab wounds in his Cranes Hollow farm home near Amsterdam North Carolina. No clear motive. money and several watches left undisturbed.
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Amsterdam
N. C
William EL. McLachlan
Cranes Hollow
McLachlan
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