Shocking cruelty at Athens state hospital in Ohio
A report from Pomeroy details Mary J. North a 70 plus feeble patient admitted September 12 at Athens state hospital who was chained to a bathtub and burned by hot water by another patient. She died October 24 and officials allegedly concealed the incident from the board and Gov. Harris.
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Pomeroy, O
Athens State Hospital
Mary J. North
Vinton County
Mrs. North
Board of Managers
Empty Mayoralty Ballot Leads Five Write-Ins in Ohio
In Hilliards, Ohio, no candidate agreed to run for mayor. Five voters wrote in D K Hamilton on ballots, and he was declared elected though he may not accept. Meanwhile in Steubenville, Ohio, a boiler explosion at Labelle Iron Works killed five workers and seriously injured three others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Hilliards
D. K. Hamilton
Irate Boy Fired Upon Rioting Huns and Killed An Englishman
In Cambridge Ohio a Hungarian dance at Trail Run near Cambridge sparked a riot. John McLaughlin and his son Manly fired into the crowd wounding many and killing Charles Caldwell of Byesville. Caldwell died instantly from a head wound. The McLaughlins surrendered to Byesville authorities.
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Cambridge
Trail Run
Byesville
John McLaughlin
Manly
McLaughlin
Charles Caldwell
McLaughlins
Feared Wife's Vengeance Factor Revealed In Court
In East Cleveland, Joan J. Phillips faces a preliminary hearing for her husband John Phillips murder. Brother Clyde Phillips testified that John feared his wife would kill him, recounting a night he found John sleeping in the auto after locking doors at the Phillips home. The testimony emerged as Mrs Phillips appeared in justice court amid ongoing mystery over Labor Day death.
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Cleveland, O
Joan J. Phillips
Cleveland
Justice Brown
Phillips
Clyde
East
John
Clyde Phillips
Justice Court
Telegraphers Strike Called Off in Cincinnati
Cincinnati telegraph operators end strike after local vote. Majority decides to return to work as positions are made available. The action marks a historical failure despite broad sympathetic support for the Knights of the Key.
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Cincinnati
Knights of the Key
Commercial Telegraphers of America
Logan County tightens grip in heated county vote
After the hottest county fight, Thurness the democratic saloon candidate was elected by 70 votes. Shively the democrat was elected marshal. The county leans democratic as circulars from both parties accuse graft. Thurness is said to stand for a wide open town.
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Logan
Thurness
Shively
Fhurness
Orchards Inspector Quits and Leaves for South Africa
Columbus Ohio Charles W. M. Mally resigns as chief state inspector of orchards and nurseries under the state board of agriculture after one year. He plans to return to South Africa where he previously worked for the British government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charles W. M. W. Mally
State Board of Agriculture
South Africa
Black and Anderson enter race for Thirteenth district
Harry P. Black of Tiffin surprised Elk initiation in Fostoria by stating he and Fostoria Mayor Anderson will seek Democratic nomination to Congress before the Thirteenth district convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Harry P. Black
Tiffin
Fostoria
Mayor Anderson
Hearse Crash Kills Five Year Old in Cleveland
A hearse driver named William Robinson aged 55 was killed in front of St. Catherine's church as his horses bolted upsetting the hearse and trapping him beneath it. The accident occurred in Cleveland with bystanders present at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
William Robinson
St. Catherine’s Church
Yeggmen chloroform agent in Sandusky office raid
William Ropp, agent for the Ft. Wayne and Hocking Valley Railroad in Upper Sandusky Ohio, was chloroformed by masked robbers while asleep at his desk. The safe was opened, with $109 in cash and 500 railroad tickets stolen before the thieves fled the scene.
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Yeggmen
Upper
Sandusky
Ropp
Colored inmate attacks matron with scissors at penitentiary
In Columbus C Bertha Howard, a colored inmate, assaulted Matron Wells with a pair of scissors, causing a severe cut. Other inmates overpowered the assailant, saving the matron’s life.
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Columbus, C
Bertha Howard
Penitentiary
Wells
Coroner Dr John S McLeland Returns Home to Sandusky
Dr John S McLeland the Sandusky county coroner who vanished last April has returned to his home in Sandusky. He says he was discouraged and plans to start life anew in the west, but will now begin life all over again in Sandusky.
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Sandusky
John S.mcleland
Petition in Error Over Lands in Columbus in Supreme Court
The petition in error in the case of Elizabeth Day and others versus Anna Cosgrove on the title to lands in Columbus, Hamilton County, was filed in the supreme court.
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Columbus
Elizabeth Day
Anna
Cosgrove
Hamilton County
Supreme Court
Body Found in Reservoir Near St Marys
The body of Edward Drake, known as the dumper, was recovered from the Pg reservoir after searchers dragged the bottom all night. He was 400 feet from the derrick where he worked. It is believed he removed his shoes when his boat drifted away a mile from shore and was taken by cramps in icy water. no boat trace has been found.
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Columbus
Gov
Harris
Ohio Grain Dealers’ Association
Toledo
O. P. Goblin
Ohio Railroad Commission
John F. Courcier
National Organization
Fred Meyer
Charles England
Baltimore
E. A. Culver
E. W. Leeds
Cedar Point
St. Mary’s
Oster
Edward Drake
Dumper
Gamblers Buy a Boat to Defy Mayor-Elect McKinney
Gamblers in Marietta Ohio purchased a large houseboat before six in the morning with the plan to anchor it on the Ohio River and resist the incoming mayor’s pledge to end public gambling. They reportedly woke the owner to beat rivals to the deal.
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Marietta
Ohio River
McKinney
Bank Suspends In Steubenville Area To Avert Run
The National bank at Mingo Junction near Steubenville O suspended indefinitely to prevent a run by foreigners and Carnegie mill workers using Clearing House scrip. The bank’s condition is stated as good but money stringency forced the action.
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Steubenville
National Bank
Mingo Junction
Carnegie Mill
Three Dwellings Robbed In One Block Radius
Nighttime theft hits St. Mary's area with three homes broken into. stolen valuables total about 1200 dollars. Attorney BP. F. Mooney loses a diamond studded watch. Albert Hersing 500 dollars. Albert Durbin 200 dollars in separate losses.
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St. Mary’s
BP. F. Mooney
Albert Hersing
Albert Durbin
Relied on Prayer Ends Sidney Nead’s Typhoid Death
Sidney Ohio Frank Nead died of typhoid fever after three weeks illness. His death may prompt arrests as Nead received no medical attention. His family, who do not believe in medicine, rely on faith and prayer for relief from sickness.
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Sidney
Frank Nead
Nead
Italian man surrenders in Kent murder case
Sheriff McMichel traced Mike Delli to Carnegie Pennsylvania after Delli, an Italian, turned himself in for the murder of Andrew Frocco in Kent on October 19. Frocco was shot on the way to his uncle’s home after arriving in Kent from Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent, O
Sheriff McMichel
Carnegie
Mike Delli
Andrew Frocco
Kent
Frocco
Italy
Exertion Fatal Claims Three Hartwell Reames Kin
In Bellefontaine Ohio Hartwell Reames aged 75 died within minutes after cutting a cord of wood. His two brothers also died suddenly, apparently from fatigue after great exertion.
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Bellefontaine
Hartwell Reames
Couple Dies After Train Collision Near Ashtabula
Charles Frary and his elderly wife from Saybrook were killed when their vehicle was struck at a crossing by a Lake Shore passenger train near Ashtabula Ohio. The couple were over 80 years old and were on their way home.
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Ashtabula, O
Charles Frary
Saybrook
Lake Shore
Here
Frary
Ford banker convicted for embezzlement sentenced to five years
Chardon Ohio former banker R N Ford was found guilty of secreting funds with intent to embezzle and sentenced to five years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. Ford is released on ten thousand dollar bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chardon, O
R. N. Ford
Ford
Fatal accident at Toledo Salvage Co plant
Albert Traut twenty four of Sandusky was caught under a cable wound over a drum at the Toledo Salvage Co plant and instantly killed his neck broken as his body was drawn into the drum
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Toledo
Albert © Traut
Sandusky
Toledo Salvage Co
Lima Mayor Becker Elected by Twelve Votes
The official tally shows Democrat Fred C. Becker elected mayor of Lima, O by 12 votes over Republican McComb. The city also retains control of the council with two seats remaining to be filled.
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Lima
Fred C. Becker
McComb
Rep
Eles
Ppubue
Rae Ai Hee
Fire at Hotel Garde Kills Six in New Haven
A blaze on the fourth floor of the Hotel Garde in New Haven killed six employees and injured hotel guest H. G. Ackerman among others. The fire caused about 25000 dollars in damage and caused the evacuation of 150 guests. Causes remain undetermined after an explosion in the north wing. Robust details identify Isaac Levine porter John Usab Jacob Durbin among the deceased. one Polander and two others are unrecognizable. Levine reportedly died when a rope broke as he descended to the street.
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New Haven
Garde
Isaac Levine
Porter
John Usab
Jacob Durbin
Levine
H. G. Ackerman
New York
Discovered in a railway horse car mystery may be solved
South Bend police connected by evidence found in a Buffalo horse car to three railroad deaths along the Lake Shore line in Northern Indiana. Victims include A W Murphey of Colorado Springs Ralph Kyle of Edgerton and Henry Rank of Michigan. Investigations followed a misrouted car and bloodstained gear. Pearl Maines of Chicago admitted being with Kyle but the claim is questioned.
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South Bend
Ind
Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Shore
Indiana
A. W. Murphey
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ralph Kyle
Edgerton
Goshen
Henry Rank
Berriea County
Michigan
la Porte
New York City
Harry Lewis
Murphey
Robertson Street
Kyle
Pearl Maines
Chicago
Kyla
At Lape
Four Million Dollar Fire Destroys Superior Elevator A
Fire consumed the Great Northern elevator A in Superior destroying 600000 bushels of grain mostly wheat. Owned by Great Northern railroad and leased to A D Thompson Grain Co of Duluth. Blaze spread to Grand Republic mill dock and Duluth Superior storage yard. Several mills elevators and docks damaged with losses estimated around 4 million dollars.
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Duluth, Minn
Great Northern Elevator
Superior
Great Northern Railroad
A. D. Thompson Grain Co
Duluth
Grand Republic
Tower
Bay
Great Lakes Dredge and Lock Co
Duluth Superior Storage Co
W. A. Parent
W. A. Rodgers
Utica
Alva
Cahill
Peaveys
Peyton, Kimball & Barber Co
Great Northern
Mankato
Freeman
Commander
St. Paul & Western Coal Co
Shipbuilding Company
Great Northern Elevator A
Republic Elevator
Great Lakes Dredging and Dock Co
Grand Republic Mill
Mankato Mill
Webster Chair Factory
Superior Shipbuilding Co
Whitney Bros
Northern Pacific Bridge
Fremont Man Dies After Peanut Diet Experiment
Fremont Neb November 12. Archie Venuto a Fremont man tried living solely on peanuts after scientists claimed peanuts contain life sustaining elements. After four days he went insane, refused all food but peanuts and water, and died from exhaustion following a week on the diet.
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Fremont, Neb
Archie Venuto
Fremont
Venuto
Poisoned Black Girls Found Dead in Philadelphia
In West Philadelphia two colored girls, Bessie Dayton aged 22 and Annie Tase aged 15, were found dead in their room under perplexing circumstances. Police suspect poisoning as remnants of a bunch and two milk-filled glasses lay on a table.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Bessie Dayton
Annie Tase
Worland Fire Destroys Business District in Grocery Blaze
Worland Wyoming November 12 fire swept the entire business portion of the town destroying a grocery store and causing losses estimated over 100000 dollars. Fire departments battled the blaze but the flames consumed multiple storefronts and adjacent structures. No injuries reported to date.
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Worland, Wyo
Worland
Joss
Farm death after body found in water near Hadfield NJ
A man named John M. Shannon was found dead on his farm near Hadfield New Jersey with his feet protruding from a barrel placed over a spring of water. His head was submerged, indicating drowning.
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Philadelphia
John M. Shannon
Hadenfield
N J
Treasury buys 206000 ounces of silver for delivery in New Orleans and Denver
Washington with the treasury department announcing a purchase of 206000 fine ounces of silver at 58.584 cents per ounce. Half is slated for delivery in New Orleans and the other half in Denver.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Denver
Dexter Ferry Dies Suddenly of Heart Disease
Detroit November 12 Dexter M Ferry head of the Ferry seed firm and a prominent local businessman was found dead in bed at his home. He retired in apparent good health and died of heart disease at age.
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Detroit
Mich
Dexter M. Ferry
South Dakota Gold Output Estimated at One Million Dollars
Pierre November 12 Mine Inspector Treweek reports in his annual governor's report that South Dakota gold production reached about one million dollars. The figures are preliminary and subject to audit.
Armour & Co. executive heroically saves family from blaze
Arthur Meeker general manager at Armour & Co. led struggle to save his four children and house servants during a Chicago fire at 1815 Prairie Avenue. The flames, discovered by Miss Udell, caused about 25000 in damage. Meeker and a governess rescued most occupants, with the nurse awakening by coughing children.
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Chicago
Ill
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Prairie Avenue
Udell
Arthur, Jr
Mary
Mr. Meeker
Katherine
Grace
Man Entombed In Draper Mine Cave In Gilberton
Michael McCabe a 30 year old man from Gilberton is trapped hundreds of feet underground in Draper colliery after a blast caused a cave in. He has been immured since 1 p.m. Saturday and rescue seems unlikely as the surface slush banks threaten hope.
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Mahoney City
Draper Colliery
Michael McCabe
Gilberton
Saloonkeeper shoots teen in Chicago street brawl
In Chicago on November 11, Joseph Vaclena, 17, was killed when John Fiala shot him in front of a West 18th Street saloon. Companion John Nowaski was wounded after Vaclena and three others disrupted the scene, prompting the proprietor to strike, fearing a holdup.
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Chicago
Joseph Vaclena
John Fiala
Ao West 18Th Street
John Nowaski
Vaclena
Nowaski
Delegates Arrive for 11th American Mining Congress
Joplin Missouri reports delegates and visitors arriving for the 11th annual session of the American Mining Congress. The gathering begins Monday morning in the city and will run through the week with multiple sessions.
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Joplin
American Mining Congress
Fire Hits Iquique Port Worst Since 1882 Losses Top One Million
A major fire in Iquique Chile on November 11 caused extensive property damage totaling over one million dollars. The blaze primarily destroyed dwellings leaving at least 2,000 people homeless, marking the port’s largest blaze since 1882.
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Iquque
Chile
Pedestrian Edward Weston Resumes Westward Journey
Edward Payson Weston, the veteran walker tracing his 40 year old Portland to Chicago route, spent a quiet Sunday at a Syracuse hotel and resumed his western trek at midnight after a pause.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Edward Payson Weston
Portland
Chicago
Italy Faces Widespread Floods Across Regions
Rome reports ongoing rainstorms and floods devastate rail lines and homes. Destruction of houses and drowning of cattle noted as several lives are lost.
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Italy
Rome
Saved the Little Town By Pulling Blazing Powder Cars
In Douglas Arizona November 9 a deadly explosion on the Nacozari narrow gauge line killed 15 Mexicans and 13 year old John Chisholm. Mexican engineer Jesus Garcia steered a burning train away from Nacozari sacrificing his life to save the town. In Houston Texas November 9 eight year old finds her mother dead, killed by her husband who writes a note of vengeance claiming faithlessness. The husband disappeared promising to surrender when found.
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Douglas, Ariz
Nacozari
John Chisholm
Pilares
Jesus Garcia
Houston
Tex
Matthew W. Anderson
Houston Heights
Queen City
Roosevelt to Probe Paper Makers Trusts
President Roosevelt told the American Newspaper Publishers Association committee that he would urge Congress to abolish tariff on press paper materials and to prompt the justice department to act against paper makers for anti trust violations. The move follows reports of a paper trade conspiracy to restrain output and raise prices, supported by major editors and printers.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Department of Justice
New York
Oart
John Norris
New York Times
Medill McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
George Thompson
St. Paul Dispatch
Delevan Smith
Indianapolis News
John Eastman
Chicago Journal
Walter Page
World’s Work
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
E J. Ridgeway
National Organizations of the Allied Printing Trades
Professor Fred H Abell Found Dead Near Highland Park Reservoir
Rochester report states Fred H Abell a West High School modern language professor escaped from Dr Graham's sanitarium and was found dead in snow near the Highland park reservoir. He froze to death wearing only night clothes after suffering temporary mental derangement following his child’s death.
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Rochester
N. Y
Fred H Abell
West High School
Graham
Highland Park Reservoir
Abel
Skull Crushed in West 138th Street Tragedy
New York November 9 authorities found Mrs Cesare Vigil dead in her West 138th Street home lying face down in a pool of blood her skull crushed in a fatal domestic incident authorities investigate motive and any suspects as details emerge in a chilling city crime report
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New York
Cesare
West 138Th St
Rivalry Ends in Hotel Shooting in Rome
Rome Ga Nov 9 J M Sloop a 4 cigar manufacturer was shot and killed by Prof R M Mitchell an orchestra leader. Sloop had charged Mitchell with invading the ladies toilet rooms in the hotel where both boarded four shots were fired three taking effect the tragedy stunned local guests and prompted a police inquiry into the hotel incident.
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Rome
J. M. Sloop
R. M. Mitchell
Sloop
Mitchell
Fou
Lawyer Robbed of $1,000 Diamond Watch Fob in Court
In Chicago on November 9 attorney Edward Henken argued a case before Judge Sadler at the Harrison Street municipal court when a diamond watch fob valued at $1,000 was stolen.
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Chicago, Ill
Edward Henken
Sadler
Harrison Street
First Diabolo Victim Fatal in Pampeluna Play
San Sebastian November 9 reports the first death from the new diabolo game. A boy playing the game threw the spool high, mis judged its position as it fell, striking his temple and causing death.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Pampeluna
A Fatal Hurricane Strikes Marseilles Docks
A hurricane swept over Marseilles causing damage to docks and water front property. Several people were killed as houses collapsed. The flood-stricken South France region endures wide devastation and ongoing suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
France
Laughter of First Wife Ends in Jail Suicide
In Washington Pennsylvania on November 8 Harry G Washabaugh aagaiamist was found dead by hanging in his county jail cell. He had married Ida Briggs of Houston after already having a wife and two children. The real wife had him arrested and he later asked her to visit. she refused. He threatened self harm if she did not help him. The narrative ends with the bigamist's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry G. Washabaugh
Washabaugh
Ida Briggs
Houston
Maae
Disaster toll from Bokhara landslide rises to in Samarkand report
A special representative of a local paper sent to Karatagh in the Hissar district of Bokhara reports from Samarkand that 3,400 people perished and 70 escaped after the October 21 earthquake and subsequent landslide.
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St. Petersburg
Samarkand
Official Telegraph Agency
Karatagh
Hissar
Bokhara
Twenty Suspects Held After Saloon Robbery
St Louis reports a saloon heist at 11th and Poplar streets. Peter Dunn, shot by a robber, died. Edward Doran, beaten with a revolver butt, remains dazed. Twenty suspects have been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Peter Dunn
Poplar
Edward Doran
Cantin couple found dead in Wilkesbarre hotel
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on November 8 the bodies of Michael Cantin and his newlywed wife were discovered in their apartments within a local hotel. Both had apparently died from accidental gas asphyxiation due to illuminating gas.
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Wilkesbarre
Michael Cantin
Swift Packing Plant Fire in South Omaha Destroys Fertilizer Dept
A massive blaze at the Swift Packing Co plant in South Omaha began in the fertilizer department and has already caused a total loss to the structure. Estimated damage stands at 125000 dollars as firefighters battle the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Swift Packing Co
South Omaha
National Tube Co to Pay by Checks at McKeesport
Pittsburg Pa November 8 The National Tube Co at McKeesport near ae posted notice that it would meet the next pay yet with clearing house checks. The concern employs about 12 000 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
National Tube Co
McKeesport
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