Harriet C Connor Wins Stewart L Woodford Prize
For the first time a woman, Harriet C Connor of Burlington Iowa, wins the Stewart L Woodford prize in oratory at Cornell. Meanwhile steerage passengers at Ellis Island since January 1 1954 total 1206 with 1206 sailing for Europe in the same period. An equestrian statue of General Hancock is completed and accepted by the Gettysburg monuments commission for Cemetery Hill, becoming the first mounted statue on a battlefield in this country once cast in bronze.
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Cornell
Stewart L. Woodford
Harriet C. Connor
Burlington
Elis Island
Europe
America
Italy
Russia
Gen
Hancock
Gettysburg
Cemetery Hill
Postmaster General Tissiia Criticizes Women Postmasters
The Postmaster General reportedly dislikes women in postmaster roles saying there are more complaints against them than male officials. The remark followed a rejection of a woman candidate and involved about four tied to the department.
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Tissiia
Department
Worgan
Mala
Couple’s unity saves neighbors from prison in defraud case
The oneness of husband and wife saved Mr and Mrs Metarer of the Hivffs from prison for conspiring to defraud a neighbor. The text notes a wind, bargain erosion, and numerous tasks needed to accomplish the scheme in the town case.
Public debate over removal of statue from Austin
The fragment mentions proposals to remove an astslot’s remains and erect a monument in Austin Texas. No concrete action has been taken and several propositions await legislative action.
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Phoustan
Phintsville
Pex
Austin
Study of Insect and Spider Limb Coordination
Mm Heh Pans studies imsets and spillers diyomeanos of instantanensite photographs. He notes that limb movement groups move together in insects and spiders with distinct leg pairings across sides.
Private in Secamb infarntey engaged in target practice
A private in Secamb infantry faced charges tied to alleged target practice on Sunday. The case stirred talk of military discipline and sparked wider discussion within the War Department and the Prostatearian general assembly.
Defending Birdlife Helps Fight Tree-Destroying Worms
A defender in Mr JM Pray argues before the American Naturists Society that the sporrow coinesticated creature is miscast as evil while it is a useful and peaceful, diligent helper in consuming noxious pests. It guards literature on its value against pests.
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JM. Pray
Turtheern Advances by S F Christian in Poplar Astronomy
In Poplar Astronomy S F Christian argues stellar scintillation is caused by vast numbers of tiny Wieteoric dewbies passing between stars and Earth. He suggests meanetitaey pooculiations of stars would occur if these teenes revolved outside corratraphere, with veatization hinting at their presence.
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S. F. Christian
International Exhibitions Announced From Milan to Hobart
An array of international exhibitions is planned from Milan opening May 8 with ten fine arts shows and wines, to Toulogne hosting a sanitary and health fair from September to next month. Additional events include Bucharest in August and Hobart inviting world participation in November.
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Pas
Milan
Phes
Toulogne
Bacharest
Chews
Tasmania
Hobart
Facial likeness in couples mirrors kinship in study
The Geneva Photographic Society examined 78 portraits and found 24 cases where husband and wife resembled each other more than siblings, 34 where resemblance was about equal, and 24 with no likeness at all.
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Our Photographic Society of
Geneva
Vanetian Iron Work Trends In Domestic Craft
The piece describes Vanetian iron work as a popular women’s craft featuring long strips half an inch wide that bend easily. It lists antique candlesticks brackets chains lamp frames and other ornamental items like scrall work for desks and sideboards as examples of the craft.
Atwater Cited as Top U S Authority on Nutritious Foods
Government nutrition expert Prof Atwater ranks round steak as more nutritious than tenderloin or oysters for the same money. He notes that in 99 of 200 cases people choose porterhouse despite paying 25 to 50 percent more.
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Atwater
United States
Goverment Servicer
Prof
Porter House
Cholera Vaccine Demonstrated Effective in India
Experiments by Dr Haffkine and Pasteur's Paris lab show anti cholera vaccine is a strong preventive. In a village near ooe nearly all inoculated. afterward cholera struck ten people, seven died, all cases among the unvaccinated. This record provides strong testimony to the vaccine's efficacy.
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India
Haffkine
Pasteur
Paris
Ooe
fifteen Hundred Rifles Ready in Government Building War Alarm
War jitters grip the nation as militia and federal troops mobilize. Fifteen hundred rifles and thousands of rounds display in the government building while Arnedd and Deputy Donnelly maintain order. Union leaders threaten nationwide disruption if transit blocks persist.
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Chterygo
Adams Street
United States
Arnedd
James Donnelly
Enrelimen
Beran Iearnest
Atmanan
Arebda Tavetoek
Tiomnedivy
Opti Sidoai Corppls
Feveloeis
Bisermdcie
Due Island
Arpald
Tewil
Mengrtime
Enat
Ts Jieage
Sanday Merning
Tt ‘Union
Davirht
Croftan
Ft. Sheridan
Gil
Railway strike action seeks mail interference prosecutions
July 2. The local railway union plans to petition Judge Hallett to prosecute the receivers of the Santa Fe railway for mail interference. They request permission to remove trains after cutting Polivian cars, but the petition was denied.
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Jeaver
Col
Hallett
Uolanta Fe Road
Chains
Represent Ives
Wes Hatiy
Whisky tax abated on barrels belonging to Myr Monarch
The 2.-Secretary Car Hivehun abated tax on twenty thousand barrels of whisky owned by Myr Monarch of Glenmore dis- Gusy Cavensbors Ky. The tax against it was seven thousand? and the whisky destroyed by fire about a year ago.
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Wastursetas
Car Hivehun
Myr
Glenmore
Cavensbors
Sugar Trust Investigation Indicts Two Men
In Wasnxeton on June 2 indictments were returned against Heoters Chapman of New York and John McCartney of Washington for refusing to answer questions posed by the Senate Sugar Investigation Committee.
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Sugar Trust
Wasnexeton
Grand Fee
Heoters Chapman
New York
John McCartney
Washington
Senate Sugar Investp Eting Committee
Central Labor adopts resolutions on boycott protest
Approved by Heston Labor on July 2 Central Labor adopts resolutions approving the Pallan boycott and protesting against interference by Attorney General Giney.
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Heston Labor
fesTox
Central Labor
Aigh
Pallan Boyecott
Giney
The Naturalist: Spider Silk and Mite-Ant Relations
The article notes spider silk from Midegasear used by natives to fasten flowers to sunshades. It cites a female spider spinning two miles of silk in twenty seven days and mentions Micuazis detailing relations between mites and ants. It also describes a Baelia species living in a spider web in harmonious relation to ferocious hosts.
Washington Church Holds Mass for Carnot Seated Leader
In St Matthew’s Washington a requiem mass for the repose of President Carnot was celebrated with President Cleveland and cabinet members in attendance. French ambassador Patonotres and other diplomats joined the ceremony, the first such grand, imperial gathering in years. the service followed the usual requiem form with an omitted sermon.
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Washixngton
Church of St. Matthew's
Washington
Carnot
Reduiem Manes
Pope Me Nono
King Niphonse
Spain
Pho Sheridan
Carnet
Meen
Cleveland
Foreshamm
Attarne Fienerabe
Olex
Herbert
Thurber
Steven
Janerdal Uissell
Peny
Mondes Patenotre
France
Haren Puasa
Ttehlan Legathon
Terion
Gaeruyvin
Pahthune Vank
Washinton
Dutstier Harken
United States
Sip PeTie
Silies Syers
Curtets
Motmerey
Rantugko
Tavely
Senate
Hutte
Tator Sherman
Omef
Es-Chatirmins
Amd
Huttlof Phimois
Esx
Em Forview
Preneh Ooosidents
Employment Agencies Opened in New York and Elsewhere
The article reports new employment agencies opened in New York and other cities to hire men for railroad work at Christie. It notes plans to recruit switchmen at $65 per month with transportation and a chance of steady work, while many applicants refused to move without details. Other offices were opened in Boston, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington.
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Yorn
Duie
United States
Fulton Ame
Charles Theise
Aveney
Jo Mo Exon
Chicarro
Stace
Ties
Hoston
Athaoy
Builaie
Pittsiareh
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Electrician framed theft on train cars in long running scam
Electrician Scott Lyken, a longtime employee, robbed contents from railroad boxes after unlocking them Saturday night. He admitted at a hearing Monday morning. the company suffers a heavy loss. Monty Merritt, former Highland Street Railway president, marries Miss Hesper Caprice in Mexico. Gov Altgeld orders militia to Danville and Decatur in response to railroad disruption. Grand Trunk rail line partially idle as workers strike. Mile Paulina of Holland, eighteen, twenty inches tall, weighs under nine pounds claims the record as the smallest woman on earth.
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Fiallvas
Monty Merrill
Fiestoes
Manty Merrit
Highland Street Railway Co
Hosten
Justice
Merrit
Hesper Caprice
Chihuahua
Mexico
Atl
New Hampshire
Tur
Mile
Paulina
Holland
Cooks See High Turnover Affects Household Staff
The article notes twenty five cooks have left in two and a half years, while purveyors of servants say three months counts as a long stay for a cook. Nurses and housemaids change less, perhaps due to more agreeable work.
Remarkable Pleasure Carriage Then Drawn By Three Horses
A citizen recalls seeing a striking turnout described as a first time pleasure vehicle drawn by three horses abreast. The scene impressed as a vivid and handsome sight among the local street sights.
Tornado Leaves Long Trail Of Destruction In Minnesota
A cyclone rips through Collegeville and surrounding areas causing structural wreckage at St Johns University and John a College. Dozens of buildings destroyed and crops flattened with multiple injuries and expected deaths. Local hospitals treat the injured as crews assess the widespread damage.
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T. John
Collegeville
Minn
Laiverrieno
Duns
Litchfield
St. Jons’s University
Hee Aevelong
St. John’s University
Coleceville
Showa
Speery Eysr
Pune
Mielke, Jr
Mielke
Osterrod
John Schmidt
Schmidt
Peter Frott
Delonge
Gilford T. Wick
Hick
Million Dollar Fire Kills Two and Injures Two in Brooklyn
Fire at Franklin Woodruff & Co storehouse in Brooklyn collapses a wall burying workers from Union Ferry Co. John C. Barrow and James Prentice are dead. Samuel Salon, 42, loses a leg and is fatally injured. Andrew Miller, 55, dies from head injuries. Total loss near $1,000,000.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Franklin Woodruff & Co
Union Ferry Co
John C. Barrow
James Prentice
Samuel Salon
Ohio Body Debates Ohio Detroit Smallpox Quarantine
Health officials in Toledo discuss Ohio Detroit smallpox threat. Detroit reports twenty five cases all quarantined. Ohio may not quarantine against Detroit but decision rests with the state board.
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Cmeer Wood
Toledo
Ohio
Cerroyars
To Wook
Probst
State Board of Health
Detroit
Letroit
Destran
Kentucky Treasury Delays Payments Amid Fast Mail Debate
The state treasury will not suspend payments Saturday as expected. Receipts from sheriffs cover only a day or two next week, and Treasurer Hale hopes continued remittances will bridge the gap until relief arrives. Suspension may last until November 15 or later. Senator Blackburn opposes Sherman’s fast mail expansion and would seek Louisville parity if the amendment passes.
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Kentucky
Hale
Wasimisetos
Blackburn
Sherman
Cincinnati
Louisville
Casimir-Perier Accepts Presidency Bid Amid Political Turmoil
Paris dispatch reports M. Casimir-Perier agreed to stand for the Presidency after intense pressure from republican leaders. Dupuy’s humiliating minority loss forced resignation from the premiership, with his future candidacy for the chamber of deputies in doubt. A mother’s appeal invoking family history influenced Casimir-Perier to accept, despite fears for his political career.
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M. Casimir-Perler
Loenponx
Paris
the Times
M. Dupuy
Chamber of Deputies
M. Casimir-Perier
Congress
Tne
Mob Lynching Nabs Prisoner Near Newton County
At Innumerables Missouri on June 3 a mob seized Ulysses Hayden a Black man from Newton County sheriff custody and hanged him to a telegraph pole half a mile south of town near Yoeiack. Hayden had been arrested for shooting Botz Greenwood a brakeman on June 10 while being moved to Cassville jail. The southbound train carrying the sheriff and prisoner was halted by the mob.
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Monxerr
Ulysses Hayden
Newton County
Yoeiack
Llayden
Botz Greenwood
Cassville
Radical move by Debs group men call strike on railroads
President Debs and associates of the A R E U boxed every road in the General Manager's association. Instructions were given to committees representing road employees to call out the men at once once sufficient support is obtained to warrant a strike.
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Debs
A. ER. U
General Manager's Association
Omaha
Neb
ARB. U
Railway Managers Resolve to Resist Pullman Boycott
At a meeting of managers and superintendents of various railways centering in this city a resolution was adopted protesting the Pullman boycott. They resolved to resist it to protect existing contracts and public interest and to act united toward that end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sr. Levis
Railroad workers head to Chicago to join strike relief
Twenty rail roaders from Alliance left Friday for Chicago to take the places of striking switchmen in the railroad yards after job reductions on the Ft Wayne line left them unemployed for months.
Ricksher Alias John Park Hanged in Kansas City Jail Yard
In Kansas City Missouri William Ricksher also known as John Park was executed by hanging in the city jail yard at 11 10 a m Friday his neck broken Clarix and accomplice Harry Jones who was hanged at Independence Friday morning were involved in the murder of Mme Wright
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Kassas City
Wm. Ricksher
John Park
Clarix
Harry Jones
Independence
Mme. Wright
Ericsson left for St. Louis under tow on raft
Davenvent of Toronto boat Ericsson departed here towed by a raft toward St. Louis. She is two weeks from competition and may fail to pass shoal sections due to the river’s falling stage. Twenty mechanics accompany her to finish the voyage, with no expected stops between here and St. Louis.
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Davenvent
Ladone O
United States
Toronto
Ericsson
St. Louis
Coal price rise and July output forecast by agents
New York on June 30 reports coal sales agents voting a fifteen cent per ton advance for all sizes of anthracite aimed at duty deliveries both east and west. The July output is set at 3,560,000 tons.
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New York
Labor Day National Holiday Signed Into Law
Mr. Cummings of New York first introduced the bill and took it to the president Thursday for signature making Labor Day a nationwide holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
Cummings
New York
TieUp Disrupts Transit on Webster Street in Canaan
In Canaan on June 30 Friday morning the Narrow Grange train on Webster street was the only line not tied up causing people to seek unusual routes to reach San Francisco.
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Oakland
Cal
Canaan
Webster Street
San Francisco
Northern Pacific Strike Ties Up Montana Line
June 29 report from Nenenxas Mont says all American Railway union men on the Northern Pacific left work Wednesday night under President Debs order. The complete Montana line including branches is shut down.
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Northern Pacific
Nenenxas
Mont
T Welock
American Railway Union
Northern Pacific Railway
Debs
Senate approves funeral fund for Carnot in Paris
Paris on June 30 reports the senate passed M. P. Pypuy's bill to grant a credit for Carnot's funeral expenses. The chamber had previously approved the measure and the senate voted to drape the rostrum in crape for the remainder of the session.
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Carnot
Paris
Senate
M. Piypuy
Chamber of Deputies
M. Carnot
Crape
Chicago Strike Declared Ties Up the Rail System
In Chicago at 1 a.m. Thursday a strike was declared by the American Railway Union with all members expected to walk out within an hour, threatening to halt the Chicago Mile to St. Paul line and disrupt the system.
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Chicago
Pa Glove near Scies dies as family troubles rise
The article reports the Glover family turmoil leading to a fatal outcome. Wright surrendered to authorities following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
National Irrigation Congress to Meet in Denver
The national executive committee has called the third National Irrigation Congress to meet in Denver for seven days beginning September 2.
Maxwell's Disgrace Court Martial Dismisses Lieutenant
The president approved the court martial finding that dismissed Lieut Marcus M Maxwell. Maxwell, stationed in Omaha, faced charges of duplicating his accounts and conduct unbecoming a gentleman.
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Maxwell
Marcus M Maxwell
Omaha
Assassination of French President Carnot Moves Senate
The Senate opens with tributes after the death of President Carnot. Resolution expressing condolence passes, and the House adjourns until Tuesday as messages from the President arrive. Fiscal amendments to the income tax and tariff measures are debated in both chambers with the process continuing.
Senate Tariff Bill Reported After Thirteen Weeks Debate
The tariff bill has been reported to the Senate after thirteen weeks in committee of the whole. It will be taken up Monday with the fight renewed. Amendments on immigration taxes and whisky bond period were debated and rejected, including a 350 per head immigrant tax and shortening the whisky bond from ten to four years.
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Washington
Jung
Senate
Jesus Christ
Morgan
Committee On Foreign Relations
Carnot
TuesdaHe
Bagby
Proden
McCrearsident
Hitt
Til
Paris
Crisp
House
Zinn
Mefiann
Hill
West
Csubh
Savirers
Monda
Sixnate
Hillhursday
Aldrich
United States
Committee On Naval Affairs
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
New Mexico
St. Wowsdeak
Boowss Teei Fram
Dennis Murphy
Murphy
Senaauikxner
West Virginia
North Gakets
Fr. Totten
Secretary of Agriculture
Yeas
Pfeifer
Platt
Teller
Sherman
Gallinger Frep
N. IL
Canada
Vreas
Allison
Debs urges railway workers to abstain from violence
President Debs issued a message to railway employees urging unity and a nonviolent approach amid the strike. He appeals for no property damage, respect for the law, and a steadfast, orderly policy to win support from the public and maintain an unbroken labor front.
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Careage
Pullman Offerals
Debs Friday
Railway Employes of America
American Railway Union
Gren
Myselfe
Str
American Pathway Union
Welch Murder Trial Sees Eight Witnesses Testify
Eight witnesses including Prof. Whitehall of Morgantown University testified in the murder trial of F M Russell and wife accused of poisoning Mrs Amanda Welch near Brushy Fork. Whitehall linked the death to arsenic poison. The little brother testified his sister and brother-in-law prepared the last meal. About one hundred witnesses remain to be examined.
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Welch
Privatrs
W. Va
Prof
Whitehall
Morgantown University
F. M. Russell
Amanda Welch
Russel
Brushy Fork
Strike at Ottawa Water Works Spurs Labor Walkout
Ottawa Illinois June 20. A strike by laborers at the water works plant over wages. The company reportedly ordered three hundred Italians. Strikers at a meeting named committees to patrol the district and stop the men from working by argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Accidental Shooting Fatality Near Lapel Station
Carl Lee son of Luther Tee a leading farmer died instantly after accidentally shooting himself while talking to his sweetheart Carrie Woodard in Lapel Indiana. The tragedy occurred as Lee swung the gun despite warnings to be careful with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Lapel
Carl Lee
Luther Tee
Carrie Woodard
Tragedy on the Water at Baluth Harbor
A terrible struggle on Baluth harbor occurred Friday morning near Ducern Minnesota. Engineer Jas Sutton and Fireman Edyrd Porter were aboard a vessel moving at full speed when a dangerous incident forced a sudden action. Porter's fate is reported as tragic with unclear details remaining.
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Ducern
Minn
Jane
Baluth
Jas. Sutton
Edyrd
Porter
Indiana Worded News Bits From An Era
Indiana updates include Isaac Goodman's four year sentence for theft and a claim of band membership, a Crown Point resident cured by Christian service walking two miles, and Democratic state executives seeking funds for August convention. Conway-like towns report conventions, postmaster appointments, and judicial nominations amid varied local incidents and accidents.
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Ar Anderson Isaac Goodman
Guantrell
Jonnx Layton
Crown Point
Democratic State Executive Committee
Joan Foucaur
State University
Vincennes
Nettie Brookiee
Plymouth
Charles G. Conn
Elkhart
St. Joseph
Stoke
Sylvester Bertram
Knox
Bertram
Tyro
Starke
St. Josep
Laporte
E. V. Bingham
Mishawaka
W. H. Bruce
Michigan City
Brown
Clark County
Frederick Scharden
Tus Republicans
Twenty Eighth Judicial District
J. J. Todd
Billifton
C. W. Kennair
Montpelier
Hudson
Joan Day
Shelbyville
Ifany Grruan
Olin Quinn
Anderson
Danville
Lebanon
Muncie
Nokomo
Harteford City
Logansport
Madison
Windlay
Miami County
Siz
Indiana
John B. Conner
Indiana Farmer
Henry Discenee
Terre Haute
John ©. Leveren
Delaware County
Knights of Pythias
Delaware
Heary
Wayne
Randolph, Jay
Blackford
Grant Counties
Tur
White River Tron and Steel Co
Hants
B.C. Caleyron
E. R. Templer
W. L. Bal
V.O. Foulke
George M. Cobb
Mars
Lantern Erekson
Indianapolis
Joan Kortuway
Vral
Sucanine
Richmord
Ouer Knotts
Elwood
Peru
Bessie Stewart
Socth BeNp
Rowell Bartlett
Uxorts
Christopher ‘Knotts
Livy Canyon
Union Township
Howard County
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Wagner
Pullman Boxecott
Chicago & West Michigan
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Committee On War Claims
Lawrence Tobin
Frankfort
Stone
Sarah E. Roebrck
Cardiff
Caxpier
Albion
Southern Republican League
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Southern League
W. IF. Connel
The
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Pullman Coal
Cixcrynarr
McBride
Miners’ Association
A. BR. U
Col. Parsons
Charteston
St Gladyston
T. A Goodwin
James River
C. & O. Railway
H. C. Parsons
Natural Bridge
South America
Parsons
Goodwin
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