Young Millionaires Help Miner in Local Mine Rescue
Harold Vanderbilt and George F Baker Jr both sons of leading financiers joined Vice President E H Loomis in a mining tour at the Delaware Lackawanna and Western, Neuticohe mine. Disguised in common mining attire they helped dig coal for several hours before emerging with four tons of ore on Thursday morning, drawing curiosity from the Wilkes-Barre community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
MiIner
Harold ‘Manderbilt
George F. Baker, Jr
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna & Wester Company
Neuticohe
Young
Vanderbilt
Baker
America
E.H Loomis
Laware
Latkawanna & Western
Todd
Bott
Loomé
William K ‘Vanderbilt
Harvard
Cercle Francais
Vanderhill
Josion
London
Gonn
Ole Point-Comfort
Glenora
Sears
Grace Smith avoids lynching after Gary shooting
Mrs Grace Smith shot Clarence Murphy in Gary last Wednesday night and fled with aid from Mayor Knotts and Gary Police Chief Neuman to Crown Point. A mob of Switchmen’s Union members planned to burn or tar and feather her, but officials escorted her by car along a safe route to a county seat, delaying the mob. The escape was carried out with rifles and pistols in pursuit, but the interurban trip proceeded without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown. Point
Ind
Grace Smith
Clarence
Murphy
Gary
Knotts
Neuman
Crown Point
Switchmen’t Union
Inter Urban
Two Men Drown as Boat Lands Near Dam in Reading
Two men drown and a third is saved when a rowboat containing three fishermen capsizes at a dam on the Schuylkill River near Klapperthal Reading Pennsylvania May 3. The deceased are Matthew Pawling 40 Anthony Lemmer 45 and Harry Livis 5. One survivor clung to a tree limb until pulled to safety by fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Schuylkill River
Klapperthal
Matthew Pawling
Anthony Lemmer
Harry Livis
Player felled at plate in New England league game
May 5 in Lawrence New England league game pitcher Lee of Portland Me struck hitter on forehead. Player fell unconscious later grew worse and died at Lawrence General Hospital feared skull fracture doctors report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henders Mies
Lawrente
Mast
Lowi Conriner
Masquerading as a Man Revealed After Fifty Years
In Quincy a woman from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home lived as "Albert I. Cashier" for over fifty years, enlisting as a man before the Civil War and serving in the Ninety-Fifth Wisconsin Infantry. Her secret emerged after a series of incidents at the home and a long history of concealment from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Soldiers' and Sailors
Albert
Ashe
Ita
J. M. Ligh
Llyingston County
Mr. Lish
Ireland
Hoy
Atlantic
Witners
Suburban Pittsburgh Girls Spark Cigarette Fashion Rush
In Bellevue and Avalon suburbs, a group of affluent young women have been seen in several automobiles on California and Lincoln avenues in the afternoon smoking cigarettes. Observers note the sight as shocking yet the girls act politely when with men, while smoking alone in cars. Several families reportedly warned their daughters to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Bellevue
Avalon
California
Lincoln Avenues
Six Children Drown in Charles River Hire Tragedy
Six children aged unnamed drowned after hiring a rowboat on the Charles River without an adult. Police investigate cause amid claims of rotten plank and a shared penny-funded boat. Two boys, John Walker and Anthony M Cambridge, survived and await questioning as three bodies are recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles River
John Walker
Anthony M Cambridge
eSkey, Om
Four Poisons Take Toll as Engineer Hurdles Death
Fargo New York May 5 David J Sundquist a railway engineer drank four poisons from separate phials. He survived the attempt and shows signs of recovery though his condition remains critical as doctors treat the self administered poisons and monitor vital signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N.Y
David J. Sundquist
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baker Mt
Wilkes ‘Barre
Plati
Chamberlain
Ty A
Evelyn Thaw
New York
Evelyn
Olympic
Cher Hoerry
Etchison & Cline
Pfuneral
W. H. B. Etchison
C. E. Cline
Braddock
Baltimore & Onto Railroad
Alberta
Arizona
British Columbia
Colorado
Idaho
Mexico
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Saskatchewan
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
J. A. Ramsburg
Frederick, Ma
News Office
Doll Bros
Doll Brothers
The
People's Fire ‘Insurance Company of
Maryland
Frederick
Kew
York
Eng
Kemp's Rest
C. Thomas Kemp
the Square
Frederick, MD
Kemp's
Carty
Lane
Carty’s
Patrick
Lel
Style
Lowenstein& Wertheimer
Outfitters
B. Rosenour.& Sons
Market and
Patrick Streets
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
H. F. Shipley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!