China crisis deepens as powers push punishments and talks
Washington reports that Britain adopts U S style Chinese regulation moves authorizing Sir Claude MacDonald to probe Li Hung Chang and other envoys credentials with Clark Rockhill coordinating with Conger and Pekin ministers while French notes push settlement talks amid Punishment debates. A Texas boiler explosion at Fiatonia kills five and wounds six including children. gin and boiler site destroyed. cause blamed on low water.
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Washington
United States
Claude MacDonald
Pekin
Conger
Itpn
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Lord Salisbury
Rockhill
State Department
Winisters
Taku
Yang Lu
Fiatonia
Texas
Viatonia
Wink Winkfield
Alice Watsn
Effie Winkfield
Mel Anderson
Delia Cline
Ruby Cline
Polion Wilson
Alice Watson
Effie Lee
Ab Belton
Albert Martin
Henry McMicken
Florie Winkfield
Crisis Looms In Coal Miners Strike At Wilkesbarre
Wilkesbarre Pa October 6 The coal miners strike nears a crisis as both sides wait on President Mitchell to act Delays could push a settlement indefinitely The 10 percent wage increase proposal would not raise actual pay by 10 percent but could serve as a negotiating wedge if the UMW retains unity for future demands
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Wilkesbarre
Associated Press
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Dismasted American brigantine sighted by Paddington
The British steamer Paddington reports passing a brigantine of American build on September 18 at latitude 20.02 N and longitude 31.04 W. Fore and main masts were gone, hull intact, no sign of life. Sea ran high, boat launch was impossible to inspect the wreck.
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New Orleans
Marseilles
School Children Dimes For Galveston Relief
Denison Texas October 6 A Galveston Ball High School pupil Miss Hill urged the state public school fund to solicit 10 cent contributions from children to help Galveston schools survive the hurricane. Sherman Public Schools Superintendent Horn said many pupils asked about it and he will begin collecting donations on Monday to support a ten months term.
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Denison
Texas
Miss Hill
Ball High
Galveton
Horn
Sherman Public Schools
Galveston
Register
Tragic Accident Claims Nine Year Old Child
Yesterday afternoon about 6 30 Anna Norment aged 9 living with her family suffered a fatal kerosene stove explosion while cooking supper. Burning oil ignited the stove causing a fire but the flames were put out. she died early this morning. She leaves a widowed mother and seven siblings.
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Anna Norment
Fort Worth Charter Changes Endorse Voter Selections
Fort Worth committee completed charter revisions making officers elected by the people, funds custodian chosen by highest bidder, school trustees elected by residents, all ordinances subject to public vote, mayor to serve as corporation judge, utilities compensation to the city, eight hours constitute a workday, and the city council cannot establish workshops for city employees.
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Fort Worth
Texas
San Antonio Voters Decide School Recess Time
In San Antonio Texas October 6 voters held a unique election to choose between a half hour or one and a half hour school recess. All 3150 ballots favored recess time options with 2187 for half hour and 1063 for longer. Women led the voting and equal rights were noted in the process.
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San Antonio
Texas
Cuero Cotton Mill Plans Seen in Cuero Texas
A Cuero Texas notice says the cotton mill plans are here and a preliminary model is at the post office. The building is described as a fine looking structure and specifications will be ready soon with bids to follow for erection.
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Cuero Cotton Mill
Cuero
Texas
Waxahachie
Corliss-Bates
Howarth
Wao
Ultimatum Issued to Striking Miners in Hazleton
Sheriff Harvey declares leniency over after incidents at Lattimer and orders strikers to stay within the law or face consequences. Deputies and coal police mobilize around Lehigh Valley mines as President Mitchell and UMW officials weigh a Scranton convention and a possible 10 percent wage increase. Meanwhile Waxahachie hosts a new cotton mill with safety equipment, a deep well, and plans to source local cotton for high quality uncompressed fiber.
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Hazleton
Associated Press
Harvey
Galvin, Pardee « Co
Lattimer
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Wilkesbarre
Mahanoy City
Centralia
Lost Creek
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Scranton
West Point Waiters Strike Over Wage Increase
Twenty two waiters at West Point New York staged a short stoppage before dinner demanding $5 more per month. Major Hall the commissary treasurer granted the raise after being summoned. A strike also looms in two other departments as cadet numbers rise increasing workload. The previous scale was $20 monthly with rations.
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West Point
New York
Det Inness Hall
Major Hall
Wharton County Rice Venture Sees New Irrigation Plan
Wharton Texas October 8 another large rice venture is projected in Wharton County with irrigation by wells near East Bernard. Investors J P Joel Taylor F B Davis and Alek Hudgins back the plan on light prairie soil testing 500 acres for rice. Kountze Broad ranch P E L Cam reports successful well experiments backing irrigation prospects.
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Wharton County
Wharton
Texas
Welley
East Bernard
J. P
Joel Taylor
F. B. Davis
Alek Hudgins
Kountze Broad Ranch
Wells
Violent Minnesota Tornado Lashes Biwabik Area
A tornado near Biwabik Minnesota on October 8 cuts a 200 foot wide path through the county. Nine deaths and score of injuries. Mines in the storm path burned to kindling. Finnish settlement near Pike Lake hit with multiple fatalities. Estimated property loss between 75000 and 100000. Further casualties feared as remote areas report.
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Minnesota
Biwabik
Minn
Leesing
Pike Lake
Engines Crash in Monticello Head-On Collision
At Monticello Indiana on October 7 two Monon passenger trains Nos 33 and 34 collided on a curve south of town. Three men from Indianapolis were injured engineer James M Covington Laze Noble and Marvin R Maxwell. Both engines buried in wreckage baggage cars badly damaged crews jumped to safety. No 33 had lost time then made up speed, contributing to the wreck.
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Monticello
Ind
Indianapolis
James M. Covington
Laze Noble
Marvin R. Maxwell
No. 33
Floods cause extensive damage in Mexican valleys
Telegraph reports from Tampico say the Panucoa and Tames rivers, feeding into the gulf near Tampico, have risen to historic heights and flooded populated valleys above. At Chila Station the Tames is over fifty miles wide, destroying hundreds of houses and causing many deaths by drowning. All tributaries south and east of San Luis Potosi overflow their banks, washing away villages and ruining thousands of acres.
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Mexico
St. Louis
Tampico
Panucoa
Tames
Gulf
Chila Station
Mexican Central
San Luis Potosi
Somnambulist Disappears In Greenville Texas
Sam Edgar vanished from his South Wesley Street home in a somnambulistic episode in the early hours. He rose at 2 am and 4 am a fire started, but family saw him return and later depart unseen, leaving relatives in alarm as search efforts continue.
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Greenville
Texas
Sam Edgar
South Wesley Street
Sam
District Clerks Set October Meeting in Dallas
Waxahachie secretary treasurer W. B. Kemble mails calls to state district clerks for a meeting in the Dallas district court room on the 12th at 10 am. He reports about seventy five letters from members showing intent to attend and expects large attendance.
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Waxahachie
Texas
W. 8. Kemble
State District Clerks’ Association
Dallas District Court Room
Singer Manufacturing Company shines at Paris Exposition
Notes from Paris Exposition praise Singer Sewing Machines on display in Group XIII Class 79 with the Grand Prize awarded for design and efficiency. The article notes Singer’s prior 654 awards at Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition and urges readers to visit local Singer salesrooms across the United States.
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Singer Manufacturing Company
Broadway
New York
Singer
Singer Sewing Machines
Paris
Chicago
United States
Russian Censorship Rules Newsrooms Silencing Dissent
The New York Press reports that in Russia the state runs newsrooms through a central press bureau with Naratoff as editor in chief of political questions. Censors act swiftly against papers deemed disloyal or disrespectful, with examples including Pushkin praise and suppression of Gazeta Gatzuka for alleged nobility insult.
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State
Naratoff
Count Uvaroff
Pushkin
Uvaroff
Gazeta Gatzuka
Tamboy
New York Press
Eye Troubles and Care for Aged Vision
The article explains age related eye changes are unavoidable and glasses often needed near age forty five. It warns against eye strain from fine print embroidery and glossy surfaces, notes veils can tax sight, and advises testing veils for weave clarity to avoid visual confusion.
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Great Britain
School Children’s Dimes
Russia
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