Striking Anthracite Miners Depart. Regions Resume Work
Wilkes-Barre area labor disruption ends as five month strike leaves a labor shortage. Many skilled workers quit, some going abroad or refusing to return, complicating restart efforts. Mines begin refurbishment. several collieries slowly operate, with rail embargoes and rationing planned to ship coal to eastern cities and northwest users.
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Wilken
Serre
Moon
Pottaville
Schuylkill
Great Lakes
Kills wife and self and a Colored Man at Claymont
In Claymont Delaware a insane colored man named Edward McKim 48 killed his wife 83 and then killed himself using the same razor while their four children three boys and a girl cried for help McKim lay dead in a bloodied room McCoy a state police lieutenant broke in and found them safe children unharmed. The report covers also coal mining resume in Lackawanna Valley and a dynamite blast at Huntingdon shops with minor damage.
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Claymont
Del
Wilmington
McCoy
Edward McKim
McKim
Tax Revision Proposes New Personal and Corporate Rates
Washington Sept 12 A Senate bill by Democrat King Utah proposes revamping income taxes. Personal rate would rise from 2 percent to 40 percent for earnings over 70 000 with gradual scale. Corporate tax would start at 10 percent on net income up to 10 million and rise to 20 percent above that, plus 1 percent per additional 1 million to 20 million. A separate measure would publish an annual tax directory with names and addresses and amounts paid. A Virginia cow dies after moonshine mash ingestion. Detroit Free Press notes a new trial version on a dog.
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King
Washington
Senator King
Democrat
Utah
Virginia
Detroit Free Press
Domestic in Just the Shades You From 7e Upward
A compact notice lists a shift in styling or product group described as domestic shades for customers starting at seven units upward. The item emphasizes color options and tiered pricing or catalog placement.
Local Drapery Department Ad Reveals Fast Fabrics
A city store announces its new drapery department featuring cretonnes serims lunettes and nets with fast colors and Marquis prices. Serims start at 12 146 per yard cretonnes 20 cents per yard and ginghams in multiple colors. A fresh lace collection for fall is also highlighted with patterns and prices intended to attract shoppers as school begins.
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Lehigh Valley
Conlon Company
Temple Iron
Kingston Coal
Pennsylvania
Hudson Coal
Awithin
Lackawanna Valley
Scranton
Huntingdon
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Srea
Yellow Springs
C. E. Cline
Doll Brothers
Dreses
Coats
Fox’s Stove Store
East Patrick Street
James E. Doll
Optician
Columbia
Germantown
Saxony
C. Thomas Kemp
Asi Roeder
Gingham
Charles Segaloff
South Market Street
Frederick, Mi
T Deller Wa
Scottine Gree
N Today
Saturday Evening Post
Patrick
St. Gastes Frederick-M
Bennefi
Ray
Fastene
Markell & Ford
Robert F. Barrick Motor Car
West South
Frederick, Md
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