Harrity Visited by Mourners at Atlantic City Event
National Committeeman Harrity remained in Atlantic City with friends and supporters visiting from Reading and Allegheny. John T Lenahan of Luzerne County recounted a stage altercation during the convention when a rival allegedly drew a revolver, but Lenahan escaped without injury after threatening to prosecute. Chairman Garman defended statements on campaign funds, clarifying misinterpretation about a Luzerne congressman race and state committee spending. Officers elected at a meeting include President R E Wright, Vice Presidents Frank Silliman Jr and Dallas Sanders, Secretary S P Light, Treasurer W H Lais, and executive committee members.
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Philadelphia
Harrity
Atlantic City
Reading
Charles A. Fagan
Allegheny
John T. Lendhan
Lugerne
Lenahan
Garman
Reading Today
State Committee
Luzerne County
Aongressman
Luzerne
Well managed and in good condition
Bank Commissioner Gilkeson reports for 189% on Pennsylvania building and loan associations and foreign ones. Domestic assets total 107 million plus, with 941 foreclosures, 42 new PA associations, 55 612 shares, and foreign reports show 62 associations, real estate loans and values as detailed, concluding most institutions are sound and well run.
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Markshore
Gilkeson
Hastings
Pennsylvania
Miner John Barlow Dies After Coal Fall at Exeter Mine
Pittston September 1 John Barlow 45 Austrian miner employed at the Exeter mine of the Lehigh Valley company was crushed by a coal fall this morning. He died shortly after hospital arrival. He leaves a wife and four children in the old country. He boarded in Sturmerville.
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John Barlow
Exeter
Pittston
Lehigh Valley Company
Barlow
Sturmerville
Penniless Bishop Abruptly Halted
Philadelphia reports Immigrant commissioners detain on the liner Indiana a 27 year old Greek archdeacon Nicholas Isles who claims penniless status and plans to raise funds for a church in Babylon he is bound for New York to seek subscriptions and may be released after verification of his education and language skills.
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Philadelphia
Indiana
Liverpool
Nicholas Isles
Isles
East Thirty-fifth Street
New York
Babylon
Is This the Man? Suspect Detained in Nichols Murder Case
Clearfield Pa Sept 1 The suspect David Weeks detained in Clearfield county jail on a warrant issued by Constable Woomer Morrisdale says his name is James Dougherty and his home is Saugerties NC Officers believe he is the Nichols murder suspect George Marcus Nichols killed July 20 at the Daniels farm Trumbell Fairfield Conn A reward of 4500 was offered split 1000 by the State of Cincinnati 1000 by Trumbell and 2600 by relatives
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Clearfield
Nichols
David Weeks
Clearfield County
Woomer
Morrisdale
Jo James Dougherty
Saugerties
N. C
George Marcus Nichols
Daniels
Trumbell
Fairfield County
Conn
Cincinnati
Traction Managers Meet in Scranton Pennsylvan ia Street Railway Assn
The sixth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Street Railway Association convened in Scranton with General Manager Silliman of Scranton and Le Chosen Vice President Allentown presiding. Papers by Richard W. Day on relation between claim and operating departments, T. M. Douglass on service in the future, and Dal Banders on street railway legislation were read.
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Silliman
Scranton
Allentown
Pennsysvania Street Railway Association
Richard W. Day
Te Railways
Tt. M. Douglass
Futura
Dal- Banders
Legis
Young Farmer Fatally Gored Near Reading
Clinton Hock a 21 year old farmer from Ruscomb Manor township was found dying in a field near Reading after being gored by a bull. He had gone out to tend the cows and died shortly after the injury.
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Reading
Clinton Hock
Ruscomb Manor
Governor Hastings Addresses Immigrant Policy in Waynesboro
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania on September 1 Governor Hastings spoke at the centennial celebration urging that ignorant foreigners be excluded unless they bow to the flag and institutions. The event featured a large parade with Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia units and a granite monument unveiling by the women’s relief corps.
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Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Buena Vista
Women's Relief Corps
National Guard
Grand Army
West Virginia
John M. Wolff
Hastings
Lowndes
Latta
Mylin
Haywood
Reynolds
Trexler
Paxton
Gold Democrats to Nominate a Ticket in Philadelphia Conference
A group of prominent gold Democrats from the Jeffersonian wing met at the Hotel Walton in Philadelphia to consider nominating candidates for state treasurer and auditor general against Republican and Democratic nominees. No decision was reached, with a vote to be taken at tomorrow’s Jeffersonian state committee meeting in the city.
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Philadelphia
Walton
Reading
William B. Given
Lancaster
Jeffersonian State Committee
Seth McCormick
Williamsport
J. D. Hancock
Venango County
John ¢. Bullitt
Democratic State Committee
Robert E. Wright
Messie
Wright
Hancock
Jeffersonian Party
Ninth Annual Western Pennsylvania Exposition Opens in Pittsburg
The Western Pennsylvania Exposition society opened its ninth annual session in Pittsburg with over 10 000 attending. Management billed the exhibition as the finest in the society’s history with many new features. The opening concert by the Hellstedt Ballenberg band of Cincinnati started the week followed by the Chicago Marine band and Sousa’s band later in the week.
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Pittsburg
Western Pennsylvania Exposition Society
Hellstedt- Ballenberg
Cincinnati
Chicago Marine Band
Sousa
Strikes Hold At Coal Company As Milnesville Accepts Wage Move
Hazleton Pa Sept 1 The Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal Company rejects most concessions but offers to raise laborers wages from 10 to 1 a day. Striking men vote to stay out, while Milnesville workers accept the wage increase. Coleraine crews resist and the future workday remains uncertain amid tense relations. Also a local death follows after a man dies by ingesting rat poison in an apparent self inflicted act after a domestic quarrel.
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Hazleton
Audenreidh
Warren
Lawall
Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
Alexander McMullen
Jones
van Wickle
Milnesville
Coleraine
Ritter Not Ready to Accept Nomination for Auditor General
Williamsport Pennsylvania September 1 Hon Walter E Ritter Democratic nominee for auditor general said he is not prepared to declare his course. He may decline the nomination due to business interests and surprise at being named. He notes support for the party platform and will decide in a few days.
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Williamsport
Walter E. Ritter
Garman
Mrs. Duggan Is Safe and Legal Police Appointment
Deputy Attorney General Elkin issues opinions: mutual fire insurance policies may require fixed periodic premiums to cover member death assessments. He also states Governor Hastings may appoint Annie Duggan of Scranton as a police officer on the petition of St. Joseph's society.
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Harrisburg
Elkin
Lambert
Hastings
Annie Duggan
Scranton
St. Joseph's Society
National Guard targets meet at Mount Gretna
In Mount Gretna Pennsylvania on September 1 the National Guard held a state target shooting event. The Twelfth regiment of the Third brigade won the silver cup with 22 points secured. Close competition saw the Ninth with 251 points and the Sixteenth at 350 while the Fourth regiment scored 336. Adjutant General Stewart arrived that morning and Governor Hastings was expected the next day. Individual Thirteenth scores listed Williams 34 Youngs 93 Watkins 79 Stout 77 total 343.
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Mount Gretna
National Guard
Stewart
Hastings Ie
Scranton Tribune
Mt. Gretna
Williams
Youngs
Watkins
Stout
Total
Death of Francis Davitt in Pittston at 60
Francis Davitt aged 60 died at his Pittston home. Born in County Mayo Ireland he had lived in Pittston for 24 years. He belonged to AOH Division 3 Emerald Division 84 Phoenix Key fund and is survived by wife and three children. Two sisters Mrs John Kane and Mia Gavigan and brother J H Davitt live in Dunmore. Funeral services set for 3 p m.
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Son
Nanticoke
Ferguson
Pittston
Francis Davitt
County Mayo
Ireland
Ancient Order of Hibernicians
Emerald
Phoenix Key Fund
John Kane
Mia
Michael Gavigan
J. H. Davitt
Dunmore
Dauphin Democrats Endorse Reading Ticket At Convention
Dauphin county Democrats met in the courthouse and endorsed the Reading ticket and platform in a decade first convention. The ticket nominated includes James M. Zeigler for jury commissioner Captain A C Lands for prothonotary John Keller for coroner and G W B Enders for director of the poor all from Harrisburg and Fisherville.
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Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Court House
Reading
Crawford County
James M. Zeiglear
A. C. Landis
John Keller
G. W. B. Enders
Fisherville
Disappointed In Love Ends Life In Delaware County
Emma Gorman aged about 18 committed suicide at her home just across the Philadelphia county line at Sixth and Cobbs Creek. She fired three bullets into her body with one striking the heart and causing instant death. The act followed a moody evening prompted by a disappointment in love.
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Philadelphia
Emma Gorman
Delaware County
Sixth-fifth Street
Cobbs Creek
Allentown Hardware Works Faces Sale After Court Judgment
The Allentown Hardware Works failed this afternoon on an execution in favor of the Lehigh Valley Trust and Base Deposit Company for 16000 dollars and H Reninger as trustee for 19000 dollars.
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Allentown
Allentown Hardware Works
Lehieh Valley Trust and Base Deposit Company
And
Death by Own Action at Nanticoke
James Ferguson, despondent after a quarrel, took rough action in Wilkes-Barre area, Sept. details partially indicate a self-inflicted death near Nanticoke with local authorities involved.
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James Ferguson
Wilkes-Barre
Jamen Fergu
Wife Elopes With Two Peddlers Near Stroudsburg
Stroudsburg newspaper reports Mrs. Samuel Snyder believed to have eloped with two Hebrew picture pedlers named Merrihew and Green. The husband found his wife and six year old son missing after he left for work. A carriage was hired to Delaware Water Gap and a woman matching her description was seen with the men. Snyder seeks to recover his son while pursuing the pair.
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Stroudsburg
Samuel Snyder
Snyder
Merrihew
Green
Delaware Water Gap
Stevedore shoots niece then self in Baltimore
John W. Oliver a 36 year old stevedore shot his niece Kate Oliver 24 and then wounded himself. Both were seriously injured with the woman thought to be fatally hurt. Jealousy believed to be the motive as the pair had lived together as husband and wife for seven years and were from Cumberland Maryland.
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Baltimore
John W. Oliver
Kate Oliver
Oliver
Cumberland
Poison in the well deaths in Illinois farm incident
Thirteen people in the Henry Mill household near Metropolis were poisoned yesterday. three are dead and at least eight believed to die. A hired girl, declared insane, tossed a package of rough on rate into the well and has confessed to the crime.
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Paducah
Henry Mill
Metropolis
Tils
Priceburg notices and local developments
William Wear improves his property with a fresh coat of paint while Tallie Davis plans a Atlantic City vacation. The dry boya baseball team beat the Nonpuareils 6 to 3 with key back stop work by Harry Mowarrity. Rev Iwinowski lays a stone walk on Dundaff street. George Cooper travels to Scranton on business. Johnsons Nos 3 and 4 mines shut for repairs, affecting several workers.
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William Wear
Tallie Davis
Atlantic City
Dry Boya
Nonpuareils
Harry Mowarrity
Rev
Iwinowski
Dundaff Street
George Cooper
Scranton
Johnson
Bound to Rise in Vigilance Clash
The vigilance committee leader forces a reply from a defendant who offers only defiant words as a ruse to hide his identity. The Chicago Journal notes the scene where the accused cannot escape recognition or accountability for the confrontation.
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Ten
Plunks
Humoriat
Chicago Journal
Spring Flowers, Johnny and the Daisy Arrangements
A brief Adams Free Press item recounts a child ask if flowers talk and a humorous remark about a father making arrangements to meet a daisy tonight. The lighthearted exchange highlights rural small-town life and playful dialogue.
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Johnny
Wanted Opportunity Sparks International Patent Proposals
Fragmented classified style ad copy promises prizes for patent ideas and offers large commissions for agents. Mentions JOHN WEDDENHURN & CO and Clifton soap and manufacturing in unclear Canada or U S locations.
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Wooldh
John Weddenhurn & CO
Dept
Pelee Allorneys Weshacon
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Boston
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Chicago
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Washington Avenue
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Lawrence, Mich
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Nichols Heights
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Wellesley
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Mone
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BK. Martin
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Londike
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National Publishing CO
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NNC
Naperville, IL
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MEG CO
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Court of Common Pleas
Lackawanna County
Andre Iwanik
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Victor Hinadyk
Young Men's Hussian Educational and Beneficial Society of
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Solleltor
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John J. Williams
George F. Hower
Diedrick Kohl
Carl Lorenz
Emma Lorenz
Dow
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Mahala Laycock
W. H. Heberling
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W. F. Davies
W. W. Jenkins
Charles Thomas
Ellen Jordan
James Jordan
H. KE. van Kleeck
Geor Hanks
Guy A. Robinson
Wiliam B. Robinson
Martin Crippen
Dewleht Mills
Julia Mills
George A. Prokopovitch
Joan Bernat
H. B. Lackey
J. K. Bentley
T. J. Detwileler
Sr. G. Brooks
H. M. Edwards
John G. Noakes
Wade M. Finn
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Jefferson
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Hamlinton
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Min Street
Sand Banks
Urorge M
Hutcher
Jackson Street
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