Rail unions count vote as trainmen push to avert strikes
Chicago and St Paul reports show railroad workers cast a strike vote. Local leaders expect a 6 to 1 result in favor but aim to avert action while 2,000,000 workers prepare ballots. Union chiefs urge workers to stay on duty amid threats of unauthorized actions at major centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Big Four Brotherhoods
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Railroad Department
American Federation of Labor
W. G. Lee
John Grannau
Rebekah Lodge Hosts Ad Club Visit in Wheeling
The newly formed Rebekah lodge of Wheeling will host the Princeton Advertising club on Sept 1 at the Wheeling camp meeting grounds. About 100 business leaders and families are expected for fried chicken dinner and social time. Bargain Monday prizes for best window displays will be awarded monthly with a judge chosen by President May. The Ad club marks its second year with plans for advertising discussions at each meeting. Also noted are visits by Mr and Mrs W H Herman to relatives in East Water street and a Oklahoma City trip by Mrs Laura Cox after visiting Mrs Clyde Cato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebakah Lodge
Wheeling
Princeton Advertising Club
Wheeling Jadkey
Ad Club
May
W. H. Herman
Mt. Carmel
Cleveland
Gary
Fort Branch notes and a ball team win
August 30 special report from Fort Branch with visits by Earl McKinney Fred Wright and Arch Phillips. Missionary Society at General Baptist church praised. Winslow balloon game cited. attendance at Sunday game set a record with 1,078 paid admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N T. Branch
Earl McKinney
Fred
Wright
Boonville
Missionary Society
Generid Baptist Church
Thomas
Guam
George T. Ford
Indianapolis
Nuntingburg
Princeton Elks
Slaughter House
Decatur Youth Visits Winslow Relative Before Mt Carmel
Qral Atkinson of Decatur Illinois arrived for a short visit with his grandmother Mrs Stella Coleman in Winslow. He travels with his aunt Mrs Will Brown. They plan to go to Mt Carmel and stop with Mrs Mary Pierce and Mrs Win Brown in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qral Atkinson
Decatur, Il
Stella Coleman
Winslow
Will.Brown
Mt. Carmel
Charlotte, Pierce
Miss Carroll Lewis
St., ‘Louis
Mary Pierce
Win Brown
Traffic Passes Princeton in Hour Count of 136 Autos
Patrolman Dan King observed 136 automobiles passing a point on South Main Street near the Radcliff-Colymn morgue between one and two on Sunday afternoon. He estimated 1,682 cars per day citywide, equating to about 4,160 daily viewer exposures if five people ride each car, underscoring the advertising impact of tourist traffic on Princeton streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iltres
Princeton
Dan King
South Main Street
Radcliff-Colymn Morgue
St. Branch
Almanac Weather and Local Note on Mrs Carrie Layman
Fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler spells in the northwest. Sunrise tomorrow at 3 18, sunset 6 23. Temperatures show 98 tomorrow, yesterday high 90, low 66. Mrs Carrie Layman of Winslow is here today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie
Layman
Winslow
Battle erupts as officials clash over saloon closures
A violent confrontation near the border between civil and military authorities left Louis dead and many civilians injured. The fighting followed a mayoral order to shut down saloons and gambling houses, escalating into a pitched battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Teachers Tour Yellowstone Vacation Climax
Miss Stella Danks Miss Sue Danks Mayme Criswell and Etta Gayhart Princeton teachers are summering at the H. F. Bar ranch Buffalo Wyoming and are touring Yellowstone park this week, a climax to their pleasant vacation per a letter to their father J. C. Danks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella
Sue Danks
Mayme Criswell
Etta Gayhart
Princeton
H. F. Bar
Buffalo
Wigo
Yellowstone Park
Danks
J. C. Danks
Miller pleads not guilty on two felony charges
Aaron Miller, 29, of Fort Branch, enters a not guilty plea on two felony charges at arraignment before Justice of the Peace Miller. A hearing is set for Friday at 9. Delphie May Dilbeck, 15, daughter of blind parents, was allegedly attacked Saturday night. Miller was arrested by Deputy Virgil Compton and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Miller
Fort Branch
of the
Miller
Delphie May Dilbeck
George Dilbeck
Fort Branch Suvalay
Virgil Compton
Dilbeck
Princeton
President Harding rejects miner head request for West Virginia talks
President Harding refused John L. Lewis’s call for a conference of mine workers and operators in West Virginia. The president said such a meeting would duplicate the pending Special Senate committee investigation that is due to begin September 19 to examine the coal field trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
John L. Lewis
United Wine
West Virginia
Lewis
Senate
Investigaton
Temporary bridge opens easing detour on state road
A temporary bridge built near the old sunken bridge by the Henry Blin residence on the state road south of the city was completed and opened at noon today. Motorists used the bridge in large numbers as the previous poor farm road detour is no longer needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Orry
Henry
Couple Deaths Spark Mushroom Poisoning Alarm
In LaPorte Indiana Fleming a 40 year old man and his wife died yesterday after eating toadstools. Fleming is reported dead while Mrs Fleming is in critical condition. A third party Mrs Penning recalls she believed they were cooking mushrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ding Laporte
Ind
Fleming
Michigan City
Penning
Community Notes Bring Refreshments and Delights at Meeting
A local club event featured a piano selection by Mrs Charles Chapelle and a contest won by Miss Leota Kolb and Blanch Hargrove. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. Upcoming meeting set for Sept 16 with Mrs Milton Lawrence. Several local families and residents are noted for visits and moves in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tere Widseke
Selec
Charles Chappelle
Perry Hargrove
Clarence Cream Dyer
Leota Kolb
Blanch Hargrove
Milton Lawrence
Joe Morrison
Vincennes
Miners Mobilize for Logan Mingo Advance Threat
More than 3,000 miners are said to have mobilized for an advance through Kanawha and Coal River fields en route to an assembly site. Armed bands pass through town as reinforcements from Ohio and Illinois reportedly head toward the invaders. Local citizens including World War II veterans join civil authorities to defend sovereignty of Logan and Mingo counties amid warnings of a bloody battle if the advance reaches Mingo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Mullen
Ohio
Illinois
Logan
Mingo
Arburn Spends Week in Petersburg with Friends
The record notes that Arburn is spending the week in Petersburg with friends, indicating a temporary social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
Federal action eyed as West Virginia mine crisis grows
Washington reports say the situation in the West Virginia mine area is most serious with a possible federal troop deployment. Secretary Weeks and Assistant Chief of Staff Barrnard discussed government action with President. A West Virginia delegation led by District Attorney Sutherland urged troops to Logan county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Wainwright
Morgan
Weeks
Barrbard
West
Virginia
Sutherland
Weels
Logan County
Arrests in Mine Workers' Strike Spark Ongoing Detention
Ambiguous report notes several Mine Workers' officers detained in connection with an industrial conflict. Early today, authorities attempted to foil what they say were planned actions by the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
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Henry J. Ziegemeir
Pritpy
Rebekah Lodge
AD. Club
Laura Cox
Clyde Cato
South Prince Street
Oklahoma City
Okla
Thos, Black
Sullivan, Ind
Wilkinson Lumber Company
W. A. Polk
Frankfort, Ind
Polk Genung Polk Company
O. M. Speer
Bethel Church
City
Madison Knowles Au
Arch Phillips
Owensville
IRAP
Ereoe
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Ruby
Ariture
Mexico
Yellowstone
H. F. Bar Ranch
FT. Branch
Mrs. J. Wicks
St. Louis
Mrs. J. Davis
Mary. Fields
Tulsa
Oka
Otis Wallace
Wallace
Charles Marsh
George
Sparta
Tenn
Yisue
Planch
Fern
Morrison
Dave Dunning
Thomas Kirby
Will Hyneman
Henry Gieseke
George, Ford
Madge
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