Mine fire threatens to engulf town in Carbondale
Citizens of Carbondale Pa plan to ask Governor Stitt to order state aid to extinguish a long burning mine fire beneath a densely populated district. The fire has persisted despite efforts and bankruptcy of the coal company. The city faced potential insolvency over the firefighting cost and court rulings, leaving only gubernatorial action as hope.
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Carbondale
Sthatt
Jewry Court
Supreme Court
Stiart
Baltimore Plans 1914 Star Spangled Banner Centennial
Mrs. HK W Hubbard backs a patriotic 1914 centennial for the Star Spangled Banner birth in Baltimore with support from Maria Bassett and local groups. Taft endorsed the plan and DAR involvement grows. Gen Leary urges unified effort for national scope. Major Hubbard heads Fort Moultrie, linking to Fort McHenry legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HK. W. Hubbard
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association of Baltimore
Francie Scott Key
Charleston
S. C
Major Hubbard
Fort Moultrie
Hubbard
Fort McHenry
Key
Bassett
Taft
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society
Society of the War of 1812
Peter Leary, Jr
Sewerage Commission
Leary
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Baltimore
Maryland State Colors in Heraldry Misconceptions Corrected
The Maryland Society of New York elected William K. Briggs Robert Y. McKim and Dr William E Barnard to resident membership. A society year book corrects the popular misbelief that Maryland colors are orange and black noting the official arms are gold and black with a diagonal stripe and crest details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Maryland Society of New York
Wiliam K. Briggs
Robert Y. McKim
William E. Barnard
William Hand Browne
Maryland Historical Society
Sir Richard 1St George
Norroy
England
Calvert
Marsland
Willam Nugent
of the Severn
Cecilius Calvert
Alice Crossland
Advertisement spot offers to reach broad buyers and sellers
A brief notice invites readers to place classified ads for selling items buying services hiring staff or seeking positions. It promises low cost and wide reach, noting ads will reach thousands or targeted readers.
Rapid Transit Strike Near End as Talks Move Toward Settlement
In Philadelphia on March 16, banks press Rapid Transit directors toward settlement with unions. George H. Earle shifts from refusal to arbitrate to backing terms, while Kruger and directors cling to opposing stances. One major hurdle remains over reemployment versus recognition of the unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rapid Trafait Company
George H. Earle
Rapid Transit
Rapid Transit Company
Earle
Kruger
Mr. Earle
Antonn
Pierce
William JD. Mahon
Clarence Wolf
Pratt
Keystone Union
Butt
William D. Mehon
Mahon
Wanlon
Rapid Tranalt Company
John K. Reyburn
John
McNichol
Ware
Republican
Rapti Transit Company
Belliconity
Republican leaders return as trolley strike talks loom
State Senator James P. McNichol Recorder of Deeds William B. Ware and other Republican leaders have been in Miami for a month and are now returning home. They are expected to arrive in the city today and political circles anticipate a possible settlement plan between Tranalt representatives and striking carmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. McNichol
Recorder of Deeds
William 8. Ware
Republican Organization
Miorida
Tranalt Company
Carmen
Taft Heads West on Eight Day Chicago Trip
President Taft left Washington for Chicago on an eight day tour covering over 2300 miles. Captain A W Butt and Charles C Wagner accompanied him as he faces a demanding schedule with stops in Rochester and Albany where he will meet Governor Hughes. He plans no formal speeches on Insurgents but expects to encounter the topic often in the varied engagements ahead.
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Chicago
Washington
Taft
A. W. Butt
Charles C. Wagner
White House
Rochester
Albany
Hughes
Federal aid to settle Bethlehem Steel strike
Washington reports government officials will send an official from the commerce and labor departments to South Bethlehem Pennsylvania to review the Bethlehem Steel strike. Both management and striking workers seeking government intervention prompted the move. The goal is arbitration to resolve the dispute and speed up government contracts affected by the strike.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Company
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bethlehem
Schwab
Steel Company
Bethlehem Company
House
Representative Rainey
Dem
Tthols
Secretary of the Navy
Bethlehem Steel reports rising workers return amid strikes
Bethlehem Steel officials say more men are returning to work in the Saucon plant and across the Bethlehem operation. A Hungarian employee was stalked by a fellow Hungarian over a disputed price, though the wound was not serious. South Bethlehem officials, after a close vote, demand the withdrawal of the state constabulary and will confer with Sheriff Persoon on the request.
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Bethlehem Company
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Saucon
South Bethlehem
Burgess Peysert
Persoon
Two-Thirds Drunk Buckson Fined In Wilkes-Barre
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on March 16 John Buckson with a wooden leg was arrested for drunkenness. Alderman Donohue ruled he could not be drunk all over but only two thirds drunk and fined two thirds of a dollar. Buckson paid 67 cents and was released.
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Wilkes-Barre
John Buckson
John F. Donohue
Senator Daniel in declining condition in Florida
United States Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia grew worse and family members, including his daughter, were summoned to his bedside in Daytona Beach, Florida, from his Lynchburg home as his health deteriorated.
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Virginia
Ypaytona
Fla
United States
John W. Daniel
Lynchburg
Revolt at State Industrial School at Mitchellville
Five hundred girls at the State Industrial School at Mitchellville rose in open revolt. They damaged furniture and threatened to demolish buildings. Miss Hattie Gartisos, the matron, telephoned Governor Carroll for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Moines
Bmitchelville
Irle
Migs Hattie Gartisos
Metron
Carroll
Averted Western Locomotive Firemen Strike
Chicago March 18 A walkout by 27000 locomotive firemen and 125000 other workers was averted after the Interstate Commerce Commission offered federal mediation. W S Carter president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen accepted the plan, which directs immediate action on mediation to decide arbitration scope on wages promotions and representation in the union. The mediation team will visit Chicago and is not to arbitrate but to define what shall be arbitrated, with a strike possible if mediation fails.
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Chicago
Western
Washington
Western Railroude
Martin A. Konpp
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. P. Nell
W. 8 Carter
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Western Federated Board of the Brotherhood
Carter
Mr. Carter
A Rail Road Romance On The Congressional Limited
A reporter recalls a Northbound run past Magnolia where the smoking car porter known as General tossed bundles of papers from the baggage car for years. The tale links a Newfoundland dog, local families, and two Bowman brothers now railway engineers.
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Congressional Limited
Congressional
Magnolia
Bowman
Charles Bowman
Henry Bowman
Texas
Forrest
Pennsylvania Railroad
Advertising as a driver of business success
The passage asserts that major businesses and leaders achieved success through relentless newspaper advertising. It notes the Ladies' Home Journal founder borrowing $400 for ads and John Wannamaker spending his first day's proceeds on an advertisement for the next day, illustrating the central thesis that persistent, intelligent advertising fuels growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
John Wannamaker
Burial in concrete will of William Lay defies mourning norms
William Lay a Honeoye Falls coal merchant left a will demanding a concrete grave built six inches under ground with a six inch air space and no coffin or funeral service. He specified no females present at burial and no mourning attire, naming Ada Lay executrix and leaving $25 000.
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William Lay
Honeoye Falla
Lay
Ada
Wielian
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