Battle at Martinez as strikebreakers face boilermakers clash
About 500 strikebreakers from Oakland pitted against boilermakers at the Associated Oil plant near Martinez in a Wednesday battle. Deputies from Martinez, led by Sheriff T. R. It, moved in to quell the fighting after hundreds were brought in overnight. Rocks bricks and clubs flew as the marchers crossed yards. one hundred strikebreakers were halted at Baypoint while reinforcements were blocked near Gaypoint. The clash capped days of employer efforts to import replacement workers in a weeks-long boilermakers strike.
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Oakland
Calif
Associated Ol Company
Martinez
Sheriffe
Battlegoons
Baypoint
Gaypoint
Unique Models in Miniature of Activities of Mehenkwetre
John Dickinson Sherman II surveys the Tut Ankh Amen tomb find in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. He notes the $15 million treasure hoard and the dramatic catafalque, the death of Lord Carnarvon, and the ensuing international dispute over funerary furniture and mummy ownership. The piece highlights global fascination, political angles, and museum interest surrounding Egyptian antiquities.
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Fharach
Egypt
Valley of the Kings
Luxor
Catafalque
Lord Carnarvon
Howard Carter
India
Etir
British Museum
Mehenkwetre Tomb Miniature Models At Met Exhibit
The Metropolitan Museum exhibit in New York displays Mehenkwetre tomb models from the Valley of the Kings, revealing twenty four miniatures of his life and work. Egypt experts debate their purpose from feeding rituals to social status, with the six foot long central scene showing the ruler reviewing his herds and boats.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
High Ife
Egypt
Ambrose Lanskig
the Museum
Valley of the Kings
Mehenkwetre
Birsa
Posterby
Mehenkwetra
Blowin Mehenkwetre
Nile
Perhoaps
Detalia
Niasgara
Watters
Fire destroys garaged cars in Midvale and other Utah notes
News Notes from Utah report a Midvale garage fire of unknown origin destroying two H. T. Nordberg vehicles on Gingham highway. Other updates include a defeated 140,000 bond for Springville waterworks, Logan approving 200,000 for canyon power plant, Payson tragedy of Niela Tar Ben, and multiple local items across Ogden Salt Lake City Provo and Price involving accidents deaths and civic events.
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Garaca
H. T. Nordberg
Gingham Highway
Logan
Logan Canyon
Payson
Niela Tar
Ben
Utah
Mexico
Larsen
Vegetable Compound Relief Cited By Amarillo Woman
In Amarillo Texas Mrs Robinson of 608 N Lincoln St reports severe backache cramps and tiredness eased after trying Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She states the medicine helps with irregularity and nervousness and encourages other housewives to give it a trial.
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Mrs. Robinson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Amarillo
Texas
Lydia Brinkham
Mra.c
Rosinson
Lincoln
Tex
Mia
Robinson
Subpoenaed Lawyer Faces One Man Grand Jury in St Joseph
Cult lawyer Dewhirst, attorney for the House of David, was subpoenaed to appear before Judge Marry Dingeman as part of a one man grand jury in St Joseph. Olaf Brewitz, notary public, testified and contradicted earlier statements regarding affidavits from a colony doctor and nurse about Ietta Dolpha Smith, a girl bride mother at the colony, who was too ill to testify and later left the colony.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Tornado Ravages Greensburg Kansas Causes Extensive Damage
A deadly twister struck Greensburg Tuesday night injuring many and leaving over 1000 homeless. One person near death, more than 80 injured, and damage pegged at about 150000 dollars. The cyclone swept southeast to northwest, destroying 17 houses and damaging many more on the town outskirts.
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Kansas
Greensburg
Kans
Sole Crow survivor Curly dies in Billings burial
Sole survivor of the Custer massacre Curly, a Crow scout who carried the first news of the Little Big Horn battle in 1876, was buried at the Crow agency. He died Tuesday of a fever after failed primitive treatments. He was 65 years old.
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Billings
Mont
The
Little Big Horn
Curly
Crow Agency
Fireman Killed In Denver Train Derailment Near McCook
One trainman died and two were injured when the Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train 2 derailed near McCook Nebraska shortly after leaving Denver at 9 45 PM Monday. The fireman named Tanney was killed while the engineer and a baggage man were injured.
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Colo
Chicaco
Burlington and Quincy
McCook
Neb
Tanney
Pope creates two new cardinals in secret consistory
Pope creates two new cardinals in a Vatican secret consistory on Wednesday. Monsignor Juigi Sincero is named assess or of the consistorial congressation and Monsignor Giovanni Battista Nagalli-Stocca is named archbishop of Bologna. The Pontiff receives various archbishops and bishops, many already appointed.
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Pope
Lua
Vatican
Juigi Sincero
Giovanni Battista Nagalli-Stocca
Bologna
Jersey City gun duel ends in siege at attic
In Minnesota police confront Frank J. Sayes after he resists arrest for a holdup. Two officers die and two are wounded in a gun battle. Sayes fortifies a police attic barricade and surrenders after tear gas bombs. A woman claiming to be his wife is captured with him.
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Jersey City
Frank J. Sayes
Sayes
Leprosy Case Found In Prison at McNeil Island
A federal prison at McNeill Island evacuated inmates for medical screening after the discovery of an advanced leprosy case among inmate Jesus Liara a Mexican. He is being deported after a commuted sentence and immigration officers are involved.
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Seattle
Wash
McNeill Island
Jesus Liara
Liara
Franklin tree near extinction noted by explorations
The Franklin tree once nine hundred population is now about six specimens known to arboriculturists. It was discovered in 1763 by John Bartram on the Altamaha river in Georgia and named for Benjamin Franklin. Saplings may have been exterminated by seed gatherers, with surviving specimens at Chevy Chase Georgetown Fairmount Park Philadelphia Slyattsville and Germantown.
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Chevy Chase
Georgetown
Fairmont Park
Philadelphia
Slyattsville
Germantown
Weather and Weddings Through Time in Old Customs
Weather influenced wedding planning and fortunes in old times. A bride hoped the sun would shine and the saying Rest in the bride that the gun shines on appeared. Marriages moved from church porch to body of the church after the Reformation and brides were urged to shed tears for future happiness.
Various Uses of Honey in Disease Treatment
Honey is described as a safe alternative to other sweets in diabetes and other illnesses. It notes honey combined with saccharine or with creamed mixtures as a substitute for sugar rich foods. The excerpt also mentions honey with butter as a substitute in cod liver oil related remedies.
Small Boy Misreads Inscription at Public Building
A juvenile companion, noting the corner inscribed A. D. 1912, quips that it must mean all done by 1914. The remark captures a child’s playful misinterpretation of a historical marker seen at a public building.
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