McNamara Brothers Describe Lifelong Iron Trade in Jail Interview
John J. and James B. McNamara, leaders of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, recount their lives in Cincinnati and across the Midwest. John outlines a career from 1898 on bridges and unions, noting moves of the international offices and his belief that ironworking fosters fatalism. James, also born in Cincinnati, earned a printer’s trade and remains less active in unions.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
James B. McNamara
Cincinnati
Union
Middle West
Cleveland
International Association
Kansas City
Toronto
Rockefeller
New York
Indianapolis
Indianapolis College
Wice
Chicago
Mail Bag Stolen From Southern Pacific Freight Office
In Shriever Louisiana a mail bag believed to hold 5000 dollars was found missing from the freight office of the Southern Pacific railroad. Police inspectors are on the case and working at the scene since early Saturday.
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THE
Associated Press
Shriever
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mission of Peace Celebration Opens in Atlanta
Atlanta hosts thousands of eastern and southern military men for the Mission of Peace events marking 50 years of peace. The day includes a luncheon for Governor Baldwin and Connecticut officials, a reception at Continental Hall, and arrivals of units from Boston and Hartford. The proceedings also cover a busy court docket backlog across state and federal courts.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Gate City
Simeon E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Matthew T. Scott
Bloomington
Lll
The
Daughters of the Revolution
Continental Hall
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston
Putnam Phalanx
Governor's Foot Guards
Hartford
Conn
Fifth
Maryland
Four Die as Dynamite Explodes in Park Shaft
Four Italian laborers are dead and six injured after a dynamite blast sixty feet underground in a central park aqueduct shaft for the Catskill water system. Foreman Michael Kearney and night superintendent John Waco were jailed on criminal negligence charges as a drill mishap triggered a rock burst.
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Associated Press
New York
Central Park
Catskill
Michael Kearney
John Waco
Kearney
John W. Martin
Supreme Court Docket Rounds Up May Be Largest Yet
Washington October 9 More than 600 cases await the Supreme Court today the largest docket in memory expected to test the court’s capacity and set new legal precedents across civil and constitutional issues with intense docket activity anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Supreme Court
Mexican insurgent leader Ramos Montara stabbed near border
Reports say Ramos Montara commanded a troop in lower California insurrection. He was lured to the border, stabbed, and carried into Mexico where he was allegedly slain. A former Guerrero band member supplied the account, noting a large reward had been offered for Montara. Nursing Mothers and Malaria. The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELaria and builds up the system. For grown people and children, 50.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Ramos Montara
Lower California
International Boundary Line
Mexico
Guerrero
Lower
California
Montara
Football Player Dies From Injuries At Newburg
Franklin P. Topping, 19, right tackle for the Newburg academy, died at his Newburg home after being injured in a game against Poughkeepsie high school a week earlier. He finished the match despite chest injuries, then fell ill that night. Doctors cited heart complications from the injuries as the cause of death.
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Newburg
N. Y
Newburg Academy
Poughkeepsie High School
Francis P. Topping
Topping
Lodge Women Open Their Annual Session in Houston
The twenty-ninth annual session of the grand chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern Star opened in Houston with four days of events at the auditorium. Welcoming remarks were given by Mayor Rice, John H. Kirby, and Mrs. Cora Cohn. visitors were led by Mrs. Laura F. Seaman. Daily activities included credentials, work committees, school of instruction, and rituals examinations, followed by a Japanese visitor reception.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Lodge
Grand Chapter of
Texas Order of the Eastern Star
Rice
John H. Kirby
Masonic Fraternity
Cora Cohn
Laura F. Seaman
Greenville
School of Instruction
Independent tobacco firms prepare court appeal counsel expansion
A committee of independent cigarette manufacturers led by John W. Surburg announces the augmentation of legal talent for a possible United States circuit court submission. Samuel Untermeyer, noted corporation law authority, will seek permission to appear in the case.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Circuit Court
John W. Surburg
Surburg Company of
Samuel Untermeyer
Garner in Corpus Christi Seeks Federal Court
Congressman John N. Garner arrived in Corpus Christi and planned an evening address to residents on obtaining a federal court for the district. The proposed district spans Nueces Jim Wells Duval Willacy San Patricio Aransas Refugio and Bee counties.
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Garner
Corpus Christi
Tex
John N
Nueces
Jim Wells
Duval
Willacy
San Patricio
Aransas
Refugio
Bee
Cascarets Foster Gentle Bowel Help For The Elderly
The piece urges folks past fifty to use Cascarets regularly to prevent constipation. It argues aging softens muscles and bowels require gentle, natural tonic care. It claims Cascarets are harmless, cost ten cents per box, and work while you sleep.
Dockstader’s Minstrels at the Grand in prominent engagement
The Grand hosts Lew Dockstader’s Great Minstrels with Neil O’Brien Bob Albright Happy Naulty and Lester Copeland among the cast. The show arrives for Wednesday night and Thursday matinee and night and again Friday night and Saturday matinee and night. The production features the Red Those and a large company including a beauty chorus.
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Dockstader
Lew Dockstader
Mr. Dockstader
Neil O’brien
Bob Albright
Happy” Naulty
Lester Copeland
the Grand
Globe Theater
New York City
O’brien
Albright
Naulty
Copeland
O'Brien
Les” Copeland
America
The Red Rose Advance Seat Sale Opens Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 9 o clock advance seating begins for John Fishers big musical production The Red Rose with potential audience interest and ticket sales details hinted in this fragment.
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John
Fisher
Award Corn Contest Prizes
Prizes awarded in the corn show at Flatonia Texas list sweepstake first to Arthur Kloppenburg Sublime second to Antoin Brown Flatonia corn on timber land first to Roger Linaum second to Edgar Olle prairie land first to William Natuseck second to Emil Klobedam bottom land first to Harry Scheberte second to Eliha Holstein.
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Flatonia
Tex
Arthur Kloppenburg
Sublime
Antoin Brown
Roger Linaum
Edgar Olle
Prairie Land
William Natuseck
Emil Klobedam
Harry Scheberte
Eliha Holstein
Corpus Christi Autos Plan San Antonio Trip For International Fair
Hundreds of Corpus Christians will travel to the International Fair in San Antonio November 3 to 12 by train, while many car owners expect to drive. An automobile dealer says the Corpus Christi to San Antonio highway is in fine condition and predicts at least forty cars will make the journey. Australia is a land of horses with forty five per hundred inhabitants.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
San Antonio
Alamo City
Australia
Wife learns of husband Charles Walgreen murder in Kansas
In San Francisco on October 9 a telegram to Mrs. Charles Walgreen reveals her husband Charles Walgreen was murdered in Lakin Kansas on October 1. A black man is serving life in prison for the crime. The wife had traveled to Sweden two weeks earlier and learned of the tragedy only after a telegram to a local business friend was misread as a joke.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Charles Walgreen
Lakin
Kansas
Hégre
Charles' Walgreen
Sweden
Walgreen
Ducks Open Hunting Season Draws Many to Corpus Christi Wetlands
Ducks led the opening weekend of the hunting season in Corpus Christi area with large crowds of local hunters at Hearns Ferry Gum Hollow and nearby grounds as geese were also seen in numbers.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Hearns Ferry
Gum Hollow
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