Miners Ratify Agreement. Anthracite Region To Return To Work
In Wilkes-Barre Pa May 20 the 170000 miners and boys in the Anthracite mines prepare to return to work after ratifying a four year agreement with operators. The vote 323 to 64. workers gain higher wages without a strike. Several collieries already resume on short notice.
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Wilkes-Barre
John. P. White
United Mine Workers of Wh
John T. Dempsey
Kennedy
John. Fahy
Anthra Iy
Galier
Conover
Lackawanna Valley
Scranton
Reading
Pottsville
W. J. Richards
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Shenandoah
Mahanoy City
Mahanoy Valley
Baseball Scores From Saturday And Sunday Results
Baseball scores recap from Saturday and Sunday across the American and National Leagues, with game details, battery lines, and club standings for Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Boston, Cleveland, and others. Includes notes on divisions, Friday and Saturday fixtures, and league leaders.
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Philadelphia— Athletics
de i
Tterices
Coombs
Brown
Enna
Travers
Maguire
Juae
Washington
St. Louis
Lake
Stephens
Hughes
Greeme
Akers
Henry
T. New York
Cleveland
New York
Mitchell
Planning
Gregg
Easterly
Quins
Naughn
Sweeney
Boston
Chio
Bens
Bedient
Tartigan
W.l.pow
Chicago
Philadelphia
Stons
Alcore
Doomn
Steele
Wingo
Brooklyn
Cheney
Needham
Kent
Knetzer
Trainmen Consider Strike Vote Amid Arbitration
May 20 reports show an independent committee formed by Donati and Wagiriemen. they will not strike unless necessary. They seek to negotiate questions with General Manager Long before any action. Some favor waiting on arbitration decisions already submitted to a commission. The railroad promises staff reallocation for lines electrified.
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Polidaneide
Wagiriemen
Enginemien
Lassoed Whale Stranded Then Captured Off Rockaway Beach
A twenty foot long whale weighing about two tons was lassoed off Rockaway Beach by John Ehrhart a visitor to the lifesaving station. He improvised a rope lariat and with a net cast a noose over the whale after it seemed to struggle free from a sand depression. The creature lay tied to a driven piling as the tide ebbed and died, drawing crowds of beach strollers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockaway Beach
New York
Long Island
Avenue Life Saving
John Ehrhart
Ebrhart
Popular one floor bungalow plan touted for quick building
The plan shows all rooms on one level, economical and popular. Features include a full basement and attic stair access from the rear closet, with finish in red oak or birch with maple. Size 22 by 42 feet, buildable for $1800 not including heating. Publisher offers Saxton's book of plans upon receipt of $1 for readers.
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Saxton
Suit to Break Coffee Trust in New York
Attorney General Wickersham moves against the so called coffee valorization scheme in equity. The court is asked to declare the plan unlawful and enjoin the committee from withholding coffee and to appoint a receiver to sell 950000 bags valued at 10000000 stored in New York Dock warehouses. Government seeks temporary injunction preventing removal of coffee held in American seas pending suit. Valorization committee charged with conspiring to withhold coffee to raise prices and restrain world trade and injure the public for personal gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wickersham
United States
New, York Dock Company
Valorization Committee
Amer
Sea
Death in boiler blast at sawmill in East Govington
Phoenixville Pa May 20 two men died in a boiler explosion at John Delrain s sawmill East Govington township Chester County three others were injured Chester Smith and Charles Herzog died both were sawyers Injured were John Clay John Somely and Charles Swede the boiler failed due to low water the building was wrecked and the men could not recall details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenixville
John Delrain
Smith
Sawyers
Despondent man found dead. revolver and photo involved
Alpena Michigan May 20 four children born to Mrs E Weneski near Posen village. The couple has no other child. A note cites despondency over loss of a woman and a fiancé. authorities report a revolver found in his hand and a photograph of the late Mrs niece. A separate item notes an ordinance to ban circus licenses on Memorial Day Independence Day or Labor Day.
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y.Sprick
Gar
Aire Packer
Lcenses
Alpena
Mich
E. Weneski
Posen
Falling Limb Breaks. Man's Neck in Warren Pa May 20
Oscar C Barr twenty was instantly killed by a falling limb while felling trees in Watson township His brother beside him escaped miraculously The back of the neck and the spinal column were broken in the fatal accident reported from Warren Pennsylvania May 20.
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Warren
Oscar C. Barr
Watson Township
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Gains Popularity This Season
Growing sales and voluntary testimonials show the cure and relief provided by Chamberlains Cough Remedy. The notice urges readers with coughs or colds to try it and become acquainted with its good qualities. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Mall's Catarrh Cure testimonial oath 1886 Toledo firm
Frank Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Mall's Catarrh Cure. Notary Gleason witnessed on December 6 1886. Halas Catarrh Cures touted as internally acting on blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials. F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo ads claim nationwide reach. Ital's Family Pills for constipation advertised.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Mall
Frank Cheney
A. D
Seal
Gleason
Ital
Baseball Strike Spreads Amid Conference Clash
Philadelphia May 20 The baseball strike involving the Detroit team and Ty Cobb widens as President Johnson and owners Navin and Jennings confer with Connie Mack and Benjamin B. Bihbe. Players refuse to back down, facing $60 fines per game and potential season suspension.
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Philadelphia
Byron Bancroft Johnson
Jennings
Frank Navin
Detroit
Shibe Park
Ty" Cobb
New York
The
Athletica
Johnson
Navin
Athletic
Benjamin
F. Bhibe
Connie Mack
Athletics
Bellevue-Stratford
Aldine Hotel
Awan
eTy Cobb
Ameries League
Itay
New. York
George’ Stovall
St. Loua
Washington
Shortstop Olson
Abel
Shibe
Pame
Two Boys Entangled in Mill Shaft Escape Injury
In York Pennsylvania on May 20 Gilbert Beattie and George Knuedsen were pulled clear after a belt snagged them in Rochenour's flour mill at Mt Wolf. They were operating near the shaft when their cries drew help. Beattie suffered a major arm injury, while Knuedsen sustained severe bruises, and a miller acted quickly to shut down the machinery.
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York
Rochenour
Mt. Wolf
Gilbert Beattie
George Knuedsen
Beattie
Cherry Tree Disease Warns of Gum Disease Loss of Life and Usefulness
Oregon Agricultural College expert Fred J. Griffin outlines cherry gummosis a disease threatening cultivated Pacific Northwest cherries. Gum exudes from trunk branches buds and spikes on the bark with discolored spongy areas. Localized or generalized forms can blister large tree sections and reduce vigor.
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Pacific Northwest
Fred J. Griffin
Oregon Agricultural College
Mr. Griffin
Griffin
The Fool Ain't All Dead Yet in Some Rural Verse
A fragmentary historical page captures folksy dialogue and dialect around fools and ancestors. It presents banter about self made men, guns, and hunting, with lines about crowds in the woods and a refrain that fools are not all gone. The piece mixes folk speech with comic critique of vanity and inherited status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Peter
Barnits
Critter Wisdom on Silage and Roofing Material
The article discusses using silage as animal feed and mentions roofing paper as a cheap insulator for weatherproofing barns. It notes feeding horses only moderate amounts, grinding pig feed into meal, and mixing with milk or slop. A stray line references Warren asylum and a natalie sion.
Womanly system promises order and health advice
Fragmentary ad text touts a medical system to regulate women’s health. It cites Dr. Pierce and wife remedies, claiming many symptoms vanish with proper care, food, and timing. A personal testimonial says prior health failures were cured after using Favorite Prescription and Discovery products.
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Medea
ROV
Perry Pierce
Bufintos
Bolten
Pierce
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