Poisoned whisky case linked to Memphis woman
Five Memphis freight handlers became ill after drinking poison from a bottle found in a broken package at Adams Express Co. in Cincinnati. The bottle allegedly came from Memphis and was sent by Lizzie McCormick to Kate Nobbe. John Flicker died, others recovered. Authorities pursue extradition as Miss McCormick faces murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Adams Express Co
Butler Street
Friendship Alley
John H. Flicker
Memphis
Tenn
Lizzie McCormick
Kate Nobbe
McCormick
John Flicker
Millikin
Gov. Nan
Elizabeth McCormick
Sutton
Edward Pell
Nashville
Francher
Gov. Nash
Ohio
Lizafe McCormick
Robbers loot Union station ticket agent office in Birmingham
Burglars broke into the private office of Jack W. Johnson at the Union passenger station in Birmingham and stole seven thousand dollars from the safe. The haul included one dollar fifty in endorsed checks and five thousand five hundred dollars in currency and gold coins. The robbers escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Jack W. Johnson
Union
Daniel J. Kelly Seen at Chateau Frontenac in Montreal
Daniel J. Kelly, a key witness in the St. Louis baking powder scandal, has been staying at the Chateau de Frontenac in Montreal for the past several weeks and declines to discuss the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Daniel J. Kelly
St. Louis
Chateau de Frontenac
Murder on a Train in Harriman Tennessee
May 18 report from Harriman details James Swicegood attacked by two unknown passengers aboard No. 8 Co. S. from Rockwood to Harriman. He died from a knife wound as the assailants fled. Also Vienna dispatch notes Emperor Francis Joseph granted audience to Count Apponyi, Hungary lower house president, arranged via Premier de Sze after a court dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Tenn
No. 8 Co. S
Rockwood
James Swicegood
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Count Appoyni
Hungary
Premier de Sze
Confederate Cemetery Admission Sparks Toward Memorial Split
The Hilltop Improvement association near Camp Chase cemetery in Columbus refuses to take part in June Confederate dead memorial ceremonies after a stormy session. President Potts urged participation but a member stated the war remains unresolved, tying it to the 1414 and 1519 amendments. The resolution to refuse passed by a majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Hilltop Improvement Association
Camp Chase
W. B. Potts
Warner
Potts
Camphase
China
Pistol Duel Ends in Death in Kansas City Room
George E. Spencer formerly a Birmingham Alabama clothing merchant was shot and killed in a West Fourteenth Street room. Patrolman Stephen Flanagan was mortally wounded as he attempted to arrest Spencer. No witnesses reported. both men fired about six shots with revolvers. Spencer had been bothering residents and refused orders to leave before the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
J. Cox
Spence
Cox
Janagan
Labor Troubles Prompt First Court Injunction
Denver May 15 Judge John I Maliis issued the first injunction in the labor troubles. The order, filed for the joint executive committee of the labor unions, bars the Citizens Alliance from threats or intimidation against union members and its own adherents. It also prohibits agreements to avoid union labor, unlawful payments to break unions, bribery of union officers, importing non union labor, and pressuring landlords to evict unions from meeting places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Junction
John I Maliis
District Court
Citizens Alliance
Alliance
Ing Junction
Straight eight hour day demanded by machinists
A Milwaukee area Mayr ls unit reports machinists in contract shops under the International Association of Machinists will seek a straight eight hour day on May 1, 1944. The plan excludes railroad machinists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Mayr Ls
International Association of Machinists
Well known Milwaukee editor Louis Bleyer dies at 68
Louis Bleyer, veteran newspaper man and founder of a lakes marine department, died after a months long illness. He served as marine editor of the Evening Wisconsin. He was 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Mary
Louis Bleyer
Evening Wisconsin
Mayor Low halts street Mormon preaching in New York
The mayor revoked permits for Mormon elders to preach in the streets in New York. No new permits will be issued, halting street preaching activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Low
Wireless Telegraph Service Linking San Francisco and Farallone Islands
Acting Secretary Moore outlines plans to establish a wireless telegraph service between San Francisco and the Farallone Islands, located 30 miles off the coast. Washington also reports completion of plans to improve the White House approach with an asphalt elliptical driveway and a macadamized roadway leading to the northern entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moore
San Francisco
Farallone Islands
White House
Health board plans bubonic serum inoculation in Manila colony
Manila on May 15 reports the health board will inoculate the Chinese community of about 80 000 residents with bubonic serum to curb a plague outbreak. In St Paul Minnesota on May 15 the Great Northern railway situation eases as an amicable agreement ends the strike danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
The
Health Board
St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern
Woman Throws Cayenne Pepper at Cincinnati Judge
In Cincinnati on May 16 Mrs. A. E. Leland hurled cayenne pepper at Judge William H. Lueders outside his law office, injuring him and an office boy. She faces an assault charge but the judge will not prosecute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
A. E. Leland
William H. Lueders
Walnut Street
Lueders & McCabe
Oscar Keidel
Robert Grear
Theodore Foucar
Leland
Orden
Hiram Allison
Holmes
Ogden
City Hall
Judge Lueders
Judge Luieders
John H. Lueders
Bob” Grear
Lueders
Herman Luechtenberg
Judge Taeders
Fire destroys West Chester apartment on Cottage Grove
Two lives were lost in the blaze that gutted the West Chester building at 5017 Cottage Grove Avenue. One man is missing and believed dead. In the flames two persons jumped from windows, probably fatally injuring them, with others seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Chester
Cottage Grove Avenue
Army of the Potomac Plans Boston Reunion
A Society of the Army of the Potomac meeting in Boston on May 16 arranged a reunion for June 26. All surviving Potomac generals are expected to attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Potomac Army
Coal Lands Bought by Oil Operator in West Virginia
May 16 Col. James M. Guffey, oil operator and coal land owner, via agents at Fairmont West Virginia, concluded a deal for 100000 acres of coal lands in Tyler and Barbour counties West Virginia for $200000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
James M. Guffey
Fairmont
W. Va
Tyler and
Barbour Counties
West Virginia
Christopher H. Payne Appointed U S Consul at St Thomas
Christopher H. Payne has been appointed United States consul at St Thomas. A colored man with a background in West Virginia politics and service in the Internal Revenue Service, his selection marks a notable career move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Thomas
Washington
Christopher H. Payne
United States
St. Thomas
West Virginia
Internal Revenue Service
McCarty Fatal Poisoning Precedes Hanging Delay
Wm McCarty white 32 was to be hanged for wife Lucy Hubbard murder in Lexington on Friday morning when he took poison about 1 am and died before the scheduled execution. Sheriff Wilkerson postponed the hanging and authorities vow a full investigation into who supplied the poison. The death watch and jailer reported the incident as doctors tended him. The governor approved an exhaustive inquiry into the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Wm. Mc Carty
Lucy Hubbard
Wilkerson
McCarty
Alexander McKeever
Wallace
McKeever
William McCarty
F. A. Bullock
W. P. Kimball
Ill treatment of Italian workers in West Virginia case
Speranza secretary of the New York Italian immigrant protection society reports to Italian ambassador about alleged abuses of Italian laborers on a railroad project in West Virginia. He cites tying workers to a mule and tying hands in a Brickley grand jury room under sub-contractor T C Harmon, with a justice of the peace cutting the ropes. The district attorney will present the matter to the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Speranza
The
Society For the Protection of
New York
West Virginia
Senor Mayor Des Planches
Brickley
T. C. Harmon
Justice of the Peace
Grand Jury
Fierce race war reported near Burns Smith county
A race riot erupted near Burns in northern Smith county on Friday as whites hunted and attacked Black residents. A white man was mortally wounded and several Black individuals were killed while reports say a Black worker left a crop cultivated for white farmers triggering the violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Miss
Burns
Smith County
Land curb set near Gardner Kansas for tree culture experiments
At the secretary of agriculture's request the general land office withdraws 90.01 acres near Gardner Kansas from settlement to permit experiments in tree culture. Secretary Wilson expresses confidence in the experiment’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
General Land Office
Gardner, Kan
Wilson
Business failures rise in United States for week ending May 14
New York reports 182 business failures in the United States for the week ending May 14, up from 175 the prior week and compared with 190 in the same week of 1902. Canada shows 1 failure, down from 15 last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Canada
Nicholson name sent to Roosevelt for civil service post
Indianapolis May 16 Meredith Nicholson the Indiana poet and novelist has been presented to President Roosevelt for consideration in filling one of the vacancies on the civil service commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Meredith Nicholson
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Negro Church Wrecked by Dynamite in Evanston
A dynamite blast at the African Methodist church in Evanston shattered the interior and blew out the front. The attack followed a Friday night incident in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evanston
Standard Oil of New Jersey Declares Quarter Dividend
New York May 16 The Standard Oil Co of New Jersey declares a quarterly dividend of 7 dollars per share, down from 10 dollars per share in the same quarter last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Monument Contract Awarded for Lookout Mountain
Gen H. W. Boynton telegraphed from Washington that New York state has awarded the contract for erecting a $50,900 monument on Lookout Mountain to commemorate peace between the North and South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
H. W. Boynton
Washington
State of New York
Look
Mountain
Bulgarian Cabinet Resigns as Prince Accepts Resignation
Sofia May 36 The Bulgarian cabinet resigned Friday Prince Ferdinand accepted its resignation Petuoff leader of the Brambulof party. A coalition cabinet may be formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Petuoff
Brambulof Party
Rioting Strikes Injure 35 in Bridgeport Trolley Clash
In Bridgeport Connecticut on May 18 a clash with 12 strike breakers triggered a riot as 4,000 mobbed car barns along Barnum and State streets. Police fired five shots in the air, a brick struck Mayor Mulvihill, and firemen fought the crowd with a hose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co
Barnum and
State Street
Wheeler & Wilson
Hendrue
Plumb
Mulvihill
Coffin
Birmingham
Buffalo mother misrepresented need sparks check stop
A Buffalo woman claimed she was mother of 13 children and destitute, writing to Mrs Theodore Roosevelt for 15 dollars. Roosevelt sent a 15 dollar check via the Buffalo bureau of charities, which investigated and found she had only two children and a husband earning three dollars a day, so payment was stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Church struck by lightning in Beloit idle
Lightning struck the Methodist church at Rack ton Wisconsin during services. Three people were seriously burned though expected to recover. Clothing torn from their bodies as the bolt passed along a chandelier and the church suffered no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Wis
Rackton
Good Price For a Three Year Old
New York May 18 Hermis the champion 3 year old of 1992 has been sold by L W Bell to Edward R Thom as son of the late Gen Sam Thomas The price reported is 60000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hermis
L. W. Bell
Edward R. Thomas
Sam Thomas
Thomas
Norton Body Cremated in California Funeral
The body of Capt. W. E. Norton, Louisville financier and philanthropist, who died at Coronado, was cremated at Evergreen cemetery in Los Angeles. Ashes will be sent to Russellville, Norton’s former home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Capt
W. E. Norton
Louisville, Ky
Coronado
Evergreen Cemetery
Russellville
Norton
Killed By Insurgent Prisoners In Mindanao
Manila May 18 Capt Clough Overton of the 15th cavalry and Private Harry Noyes were slain May 15 at Sucatlan Mindanao by insurgent prisoners they guarded. Also Sofia May 18 the Stambuloff party leader Petkoff fails to form a new cabinet after long audience of the Russian envoy with Prince Ferdinand over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Clough Overton
15Th Cavalry
Harry Noyes
Sucatlan
Mindanao
Sofia
Bulgaris
M. Petkoff
Stambuloff Party
Ferdinand
Command Change On US Cruiser Chicago in Chicago
Captain Charles Cornwell has assumed command of the United States cruiser Chicago. He succeeds Captain James aoe Dayton, who has retired and left for London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nillefranche
Charles Cornwell
United States
James
Oe Dayton
London
Enthusiastic Baltimore Meeting Supports Russian Jewish Victims
About three thousand people gathered at the Academy of Music in Baltimore to support victims of anti Jewish outrages in Russia. Dr Fabian Franklin presided as speakers included ex Gov William Pinkney Whyte ex Congressman Joan Lindsay and Mayor Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Academy of Music
Russia
Fabian Franklin
Baltimore Evening News
William Pinlkney Whyte
Joan V. Lindsay
Hayes
Roger W. Cull
Leon Greenbaum
John Walter Smith
United States
McComas
Isador Raynor
Simon Wolf
Kitcheneff
Daniel C. Gilman
Carnegie Institute
Teachers in the Philippines Exams to Pick 200 for Civil Service
The University of California reports that all teachers sent to the Philippines after September 1, 1903 must follow civil service rules. Clarence H. Edwards says exams across the United States next summer will form an eligible list of 200 teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California
Cal
Philippines
The
State University
Clarence H. Edwards
Division of Insular Affairs
Co. Edwards
United States
Charley Quinn Weds Miss Hopkins In Quiet Society Ceremony
In San Francisco on May 18 Miss Mabel K. Hopkins heiress to a million and Charles J. Quinn horseman and Kentucky gentleman were married in a quiet romantic ceremony. Society was surprised as debutantes and matrons had little chance to attend, yet Mrs. Quinn and her dashing husband are happily married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mabel K. Hopkins
Charles J. Quinn
Mabini Funeral Procession Draws Thousands in Manila
Mabini, the Filipino politician and leader, died of cholera but was accorded a public funeral. About eight thousand Filipinos marched from his residence to the church and La Loma cemetery, with hundreds of former insurgents led by Aguinaldo participating. no anti American demonstrations occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Mabini
la Lofa
Aguinaldo
Drought Hits Porto Rico With Dry Weather
Continued southerly winds bring an alarming drought to San Juan Puerto Rico as orange blossoms drop cane crops delay and cattle suffer from hunger and thirst. Small whirlwinds occur while crops remain scarce and coffee stays in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico
Death of Bishop Starkey in East Orange
Bishop Thomas Alfred Starkey of the Newark Episcopal diocese died at his East Orange home aged 84. Born in Philadelphia, he began preaching on May 31, 1848.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starkey
East Orange
N. J
Thomas Alfred Starkey
Episcopal Diocese of
Newark
Philadelphia
Wife Deserted Him 23 Times Sparks Divorce Suit
Joplin Missouri May 18 Samuel Enders sues his wife for divorce claiming she deserted him 23 times and stating he will no longer endure it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Samuel Enders
Government completes sixth payment to Germany under protocol
Caracas reports the Venezuelan government paid Germany through the legation the sum of £63,500, the sixth payment required by the protocol. The seventh payment, due next month, is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Germany
Strike Ends for Philadelphia Carriage and Wagon Builders
Carriage and wagon builders in Philadelphia end a three month strike after agreeing with employers at a Sunday meeting. The dispute began March 2 over higher wages and shorter hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Indictments Quashed in Telluride Riots Case
Telluride Col May 18 District Judge Theron Stevens has quashed 24 indictments returned by the grand jury last December for the Smuggler Union riots and murders, ruling the jury was illegally drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telluride
Col
Theron Stevens
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Convenes in Denver
The national convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen began secret session in Denver on May 18. All officers of the national body and 700 delegates arrived by Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Railroad
Denver
Col
The
Ing
Yeager Murder Preliminary Hearing in Kokomo
Kokomo Indiana May 15 officers arrest Logan Ingles Frank Eads and Dillard Eads Hemlock youths charged with Louis Yeager murder. Hearing began and adjourned to May 22 due to absent witnesses. Birch Green testified about plotting and presence near Yeager the night of the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Logan Ingles
Frank Eads
Dillard Eads
Hemlock
Louis Yeager
Birch Green
Green
Yeager
Finley
Miss Finley
Ingles
Eads
County Line Road
Roarside
Frank Burns
Oscar
Evans Pickering
Fred Johnson
Equalized wage agreement ends Bedford stone strike
Bedford Ind May 16 The labor dispute between stone mill operators and workers was settled Friday and production will resume Monday on an equalized wage scale across all stone branches. Delayed contracts can proceed and stone workers on the federal building project in Indianapolis will return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
Federal
Indianapolis
Grubbs Elected Commander at Indiana G A R Encampment
George W. Grubbs of Martinsville was Thursday elected commander of the Indiana department G A R at the encampment in Anderson. The site for next year is left to the council of administration with no invitation received except from South Bend in 1906.
Dynamite Wrecks Ligonier Carriage Factory
Friday night a dynamite bomb exploded in the wall of the Ligonier Carriage Co factory tearing away the west end and wrecking about 60 finished buggies. Detectives have been dispatched to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligonier
Ind
Ligonier Carriage Co
Calf Bites Off Woman's Finger While She Tries Milk Trick
Mrs. Johnson of Emerson avenue Irvington a suburb of Indianapolis was teaching a fat calf to drink milk from a bucket when the animal seized her forefinger and bit it off Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred in Indianapolis Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Johnson
Emerson Avenue
Irvington
Saloon Building Damaged in Noblesville Fire
In Noblesville Indiana on May 15 crossed electric wires ignited C O McNulty's saloon. The rear portion burned out the interior suffered heavy damage. Private electric light plant ruined. Loss estimated at 2500 dollars with no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
C. O. McNulty
Lawrenceburg Arrests Tied to River Death Case
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John H. Russe ordered the arrest of James Harrison known as Ragtime Jimmie and Frank Caseline in connection with the death of William Gully whose body was found in the river at Lawrenceburg Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
John H. Russe
James Harrison
Jimmie
Frank Caseline
William Gully
Six Fires Brighten Terre Haute Early Friday
Six fires were discovered in Terre Haute Indiana's business district between midnight and 1 30 o'clock Friday morning. The fire department controlled all blazes before any great damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Indianapolis Traction Co. Sold to Hines and Light
The Indianapolis Shelbyville and Southeastern Traction Co. was sold Friday to Fletcher Hines and Dr. R. C. Light of Indianapolis for the entire stock issue of 600000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis, Shelbyville & Southeastern Traction Co
Fletcher Hines
R. C. Light
Aged Druggist H. J. Schlapfer Dies in Evansville
Evansville Indiana May 15 H J Schlapfer aged 70 a veteran local druggist died suddenly of heart disease after being in good health and working at the store until supper time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
H. J. Schlapfer
Prominent Physician Dr Evan Hadley Dies at Home
Dr Evan Hadley, a prominent physician long based in Indianapolis, died at his Mooresville home on May 15 after months of declining health. He was well known in the medical community and had practiced for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooresville
Ind
Evan Hadley
Hadley
Indianapoois
Indianapolis
Allen Smotley
James Green fatally shot during G A R parade
In Anderson Indiana on May 14 James Green 35 a laborer was fatally wounded when John Coburn fired three shots into a crowd on Main Street as Gov Durbin and entourage passed. The incident occurred amid the G A R parade. Separately the Woman's Relief Corps at its 20th annual department meeting elected officers including President Mrs Sarah White Rockville and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Julia Meacham Rockville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Cook
This City
Clementina McDonain
Columbia City
Julia Meacham
Rockville
Indianapolis man to die for wife murder
Ora Copenhaver is set to be executed June 12 for the murder of his wife in Indianapolis last September. The Indiana Supreme Court denied a stay and upheld the criminal court conviction. Judge Gillet's opinion recounts the killing after a separation when the wife, with her baby in her arms, was shot four times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Ora Copenhaver
Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Gillet
Copenhaver
North Noble Street
Dying Wish Granted for Indianapolis Child
Little Gladys Elizabeth Morris asked to be buried in violets and her funeral at the Hotel English featured a violet covered casket. The Morris family, active in Indianapolis society, noted her charity and her dying wish to fund a library for sick children at Eleanor hospital, amid typhoid fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Gladys Elizabeth Morris
William A. Morris
Adlace
Hotel English
Eleanor Hospital
Paroled convict sought after forgery and theft scheme
In Michigan City Indiana on May 13 prison officers search for Thomas Brown a paroled convict who hid his ex convict status to partner with Henry Bloom and open a store. They bought goods totaling eight thousand dollars and used Bloom’s funds. Brown borrowed funds from Bloom and others totaling about four thousand dollars before fleeing from Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Thomas Brown
Brown
Henry Bloom
Bloom
Indianapolis
Train wreck derails southbound Monon near Salem
Salem Indiana May 16 a south bound Monon mail train wrecked Friday morning one-fourth mile west of the station. Four coaches and the baggage car derailed about three hundred feet of track torn up. Passengers shaken but none killed. Stephen Smith of Bedford injured internally and his recovery doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ind
Stephen Smith
Bedford
Strike at Taylor Lumber Co. halts Lafayette factory restart
In Lafayette Indiana on May 15 the strike by painters carpenters timers and hod carpenters remains active. Attempts by Taylor Lumber Co. to reopen with non union labor were thwarted when emery dust was found in oil cups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Taylor Lumber Co
Pittsburg Gas and Oil Co Formed in Pennsylvania
A gigantic gas and oil combination including 16 Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania concerns with capital of 6 000 000 will be incorporated in Pennsylvania at once. The new company will be known as the Pittsburg Gas and Oil Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Gas and Oil Combine
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg Gas and Oil Co
United Commercial Travelers of Indiana in Session
Terre Haute Indiana May 16 United Commercial Travelers of Indiana hold a session with 200 delegates at the headquarters A banquet was given after the business session and the convention will adjourn after Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
United Commercial Travelers of
Indiana
United Commercial Travelers
Dr Wallace St John Appointed at Rangoon University
Dr. Wallace St. John pastor of the First Baptist church in Franklin Indiana has received an appointment from the national board of Baptist foreign missions to the chair of history at the Baptist university in Rangoon Burmah this May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace St
Muncie trades council opposes Carnegie library dedication
In Muncie Indiana the trades council voted unanimously to use its influence to prevent inviting Andrew Carnegie to attend the dedication of the new fifty thousand dollar Carnegie library in July. In Indianapolis Indiana Allen Smotl ey died suddenly. he left Brookville to study medicine. Otto Sieloff of Chicago won a decision over Martin Judge of Philadelphia in a hot ten round bout on points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Sieloff
Indianapolis
Otto Sieloff
Chicago
Martin Judge
Philadelphia
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