Wall Street Blast Kills 31. Damages Exceed Million
A massive explosion in New York's financial district near Broad and Wall caused by an internal machine killed 31 and injured over 200. JPMorgan & Co and other offices were partly wrecked. damage estimated above $1,000,000. Officials suspect accident from a wagon collision with explosives. no threats reported. Also reports on elected reinstatement of expelled Socialist Assembly members and Prohibition enforcement concerns across Washington.
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New York
Wall Street
Broad
Department of Justice
Financial District
J. P. Morgan & Co
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan
N. Y
Kings County
Nat Rubin
New York County
Lou's Waldman
Morris B Reiss
August Clessens
Augusta Rosengweit
S A. Dewitt
Milton Altschuler
Bronx
Samuel Orr
James J. Collins
Charles Solomon
J Schneider
Solomon
Vacationists Urged to Return to Work in Hazleton
United Mine Workers policy committee in Hazleton urges all loyal members to resume work after alleged unwise actions by a few men. The plan is to reopen wage negotiations in Washington and seek the presidential coal commission award once operations restart. Thomas Kennedy chairs the committee, stating most mines would be operating soon.
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Hazleton
United Mine Workers of
Washington
Presidential Coal Commission
Thomas Kennedy
Robbery on Special Coach Aboard C M St P Railroad
Two unmasked bandits halted a special coach attached to a C M and St P railroad train and held up twenty laborers. They escaped with $200 in cash. No injuries reported. Local authorities seek to track suspects based on passenger and crew testimonies.
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OrtonrHie
Mina
Labor and political prisoner policy draw White House remarks
Washington labor leaders seek amnesty for political prisoners as Attorney General Pabner notes continued policy of ceasing cases individually. Government presses Mexico for full protection of American lees and property. Obregon is guarded amid assassination concerns. Wilson refuses to reconvene the joint scale committee with anthracite workers.
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Pabner
Washington
Alvarado Obregon
Mexico
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Joint Scale Committee of
Maine Goes Republican by Plurality of 65000
Maine voters backed Republican candidates in a decisive statewide result. Col Frederic H Parkhurst defeated Bertram G McIntire by 65000 for governor, with Republicans winning all four congressional seats and both legislative chambers. Women voted in force as Cardinal Gibbons urged national suffrage duties.
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Maine
Augusta
Frederic H. Parkhurst
Bertram G. McIntire
Congress
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Plans for spreading unionism among city firefighters discussed
At the third annual convention of the International Association of Fire Fighters in St. Louis, delegates considered domestic plans to expand the unionization movement among municipal fire department members.
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Municipal Fire Department
International Association of Fire Fighters
St. Louis
Notable Americans and World Events Span a Turbulent Era
Springfield senator Lawrence Sherman faces possible year of rest or blindness due to overwork. Several high profile hires and deaths appear as Olive Thomas dies of mercurial poisoning in Paris. Military upheavals unfold with Bolshevik advances and new international justice project from The Hague. Local incidents include Belfast riots, Comrie earthquake, and a ship grounding near Libau.
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United States
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Springfield
Mills workers accept 10 percent wage cut to avoid closure
Two hundred employees at the Herbert Hosiery Mills in Conshohocken Pa agreed to a ten percent wage reduction to keep the plant operating, according to an announcement.
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Daniels
Washington
Herbert Hosiery
Conshohocken
Police arrest Iowa gang head in Atlantic thefts
Atlantic police seize a woman suspected of heading an auto thief ring. The dispatch also notes a sequence of regional incidents including a fatal train collision near Oskaloosa, grain market moves in Des Moines, Farm Bureau activity, and local crime reports across multiple towns.
Woman from Lowell Testifies to Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs M Theall Bessey of 186 Appleton Street Lowell describes three years of pain and constipation ending after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports doubled work capacity and urges others to try the product. The note promotes the remedy as a long standing female health solution with confidential expert advice from the company.
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Lowell
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs
Lydia BE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Stomach Ailment Lifts After Using Eatonic Remedy
Mrs Dora Williams credits Eatonic with a ten month bed rest and 16 months of illness ending after taking the remedy. The ad claims Eatonic balances stomach acidity and gases, aiding indigestion sourness heartburn belching and repeating meals with a large box priced affordably.
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Dora Williams
Eatonic
Teamster Recovers from Longstanding Sore with Peterson Ointment
William Haase of West Park Ohio credits Peterson Ointment with healing a severe leg sore after years of failed medicines and doctors. The letter notes many prior pains and claims hundreds of similar cures for eczema piles and skin diseases.
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Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Peterson
William Haase
West Park
Ohio
Care
P. G. Rei
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