Wall Street blast injures 200. Morgan building damaged
A mysterious explosion on Wall Street near Broad rocked New York's financial center. At least 31 people were killed and more than 200 injured as the J. P. Morgan & Co. banking house and other offices were wrecked. Some officials suspect an accident from a collision involving an explosives wagon, while others consider foul play unlikely.
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New York
Wall Street
Broad
Department of Justice
J. P. Morgan & Co
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P.morgan
Prohibition Fights Rise Over Enforcement Shortages
Washington officials report dry law enforcement is under manned while the anti saloon league accuses a vast conspiracy to discredit prohibition. Kramer notes federal court delays from cases ten to twenty weekly and warns of derelict officials. The league hints at candidate censure for congressmen opposing prohibition.
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Washington, D. C
Kramer
Antisaloon League
Prohibition
League
Anti-Salaan League
Congress
United Mine Workers Urges Vacationsists to Return to Work
The policy committee of the United Mine Workers in Hazleton Pennsylvania condemns the coal region turmoil as the result of unwise acts by a few. It urges loyal union men to resume work to honor contracts and justice. Kennedy says most mines would reopen soon and the committee will seek wage negotiations with Washington.
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Hazleton
United Mine Workers of
Washington
Presidential Coal Commission
Thomas Kennedy
Bandits Rob Laborers on Special Coach Ride
In Ortonville Michigan two unmasked bandits halted twenty laborers aboard a special coach hitched to a C M and St P railroad train and escaped with $200 in cash.
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Ortonville
Mian
News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers
Washington labor leaders seek amnesty for political prisoners as Attorney General Palmer vows continued case by case reviews. Directors of the General Federation of Women's Clubs back home-improvement work. The U.S. protests to Mexico over Americans’ rights. Bolshevik strength in Poland drops after a counter-offensive amid desertions. Navy yard labor forces face a 25 percent cut without wage settlement. New air mail routes planned for January. Obregon guarded to prevent assassination. Wilson refuses to reconvene the coal joint scale talks. Maine votes Republican by 65 000. Parkhurst top governor candidate by 65 000. Republicans win in Congress and both chambers. Cardinal Gibbons urges universal female voting as duty. Candidate speeches abroad canceled on orders from a threat specialist during Cox’s Portland visit.
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A Cook
E J Aspen Green
Rock —Island Arsenal
Newton D. Baker
Waukon
Barre
Charles Menefee
John Haldor
Flo
Elizabeth Keough
Smith
Carrie Schantz
Wayland
Washington
Honolulu
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Capital
Internal Revenue Department
San Francisco
Unionization talk at fire fighters' convention in St Louis
The third annual convention of the International Association of Fire Fighters in St Louis considered domestic plans to spread unionization among municipal fire department members. Other items include Jack Johnson's resentencing in Chicago and various international and political updates.
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Municipal Fire Department
International Association of Fire Fighters
St. Louis
Jack Johnson
Leavenworth
Kan
Carpenter
Chicago
Auto theft gang leader arrested in Atlantic Iowa
Police in Atlantic have arrested a woman believed head of a gang of auto thieves. The report also notes other local and state items including a farmer killed by a Northwestern train, a grain market effort in Chicago, and notes on local incidents and personnel changes.
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Atlantic
R. C. Towns
Oskaloosa
Northwestern
James Rohret
Guthrie Center
J. R. Howard
Farm Bureau Federation
Spencer
Allan Ranch
Hospers
Patrick Morgan
Charles City
Floyd County
F B Monahan
Nilesville
Morgan
Denver
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa
W. J. Creed
Ames
Archie Huffman
Lowell Woman Credits Vegetable Compound For Recovery
Mrs Theall Bessey of 186 Appleton Street Lowell Massachusetts says she suffered three years with pains in the right side and dizzy spells before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed strength and urges others to try the remedy.
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Lowell, Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Theall Bessey
Appleton Street
Lowell
Mass
Eatonic and Entonie Help for Stomach Troubles
Mrs Dora Williams recalls a year ago illness followed by ten months in bed. She credits Eatonic with restoring her health and enabling work. The ad explains Eatonic relieves indigestion acidity and gas by normalizing the stomach and recommends Entonie after meals with a druggist guarantee.
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Dora Williams
Eatonic
Teamster’s Life Saved by Peterson’s Ointment
William Haase of West Park Ohio credits Peterson’s Ointment with curing a long standing severe leg sore after doctors failed. He reports prior illness and sleepless nights and says doctors doubted recovery. Peterson’s asserts hundreds of similar cures for skin diseases and piles. Box 199 Buffalo mail orders available for 60 cents a box.
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Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Peterson
William Haase
West Park
Ohio
Care
P. G. Reitz
Peterson Ointment Co
Buffalo
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Solomon
Palmer
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Thomas G. Winters
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Wilson
Pennsylvania
Joint Scale Committee of
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Augusta
Frederic H. Parkhurst
Bertram G. McIntire
Cardinal Gibbons
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Cox
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Ketchikan
Alaska
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United States Commissioners
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Joseph ©. Alien
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