Battle with Mill Workers in Steubenville Riot
Deputies tried to break up a riot between striking tin mill workers and strike-breakers when Deputy Sheriff George Griffith was shot in the abdomen and fatally wounded. Strike-breaker Harry ODonnell was jailed on charges of the shooting as the Pope Tin Mill refused to recognize the union but would rehire most former workers if the strike ends.
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Associated Press
Steubenville
George Griffith
Arry O'Donnell
Pope Tin Mill
Colonel C. W. Mason Dies on Way to Funeral
Colonel Charles W. Mason retired U. S. Army collapsed and died of heart failure in North Wilkesboro on Monday while en route to Raleigh for the funeral of General Carrie A. Woodruff, who was his sister in law. Mason retired in 1911 and had moved from Raleigh to Poor's Knob a year ago.
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Associated Press
North Wilkesborro
N. C
Charles W. Mason
Raleigh
Carie A. Woodruff
Woodruff
Digestit praised for stomach relief in unsolicited reports
An advertisement features testimonials from W G F Petton and Mrs G F Paul praising Digestit for indigestion relief. It claims rapid improvement after three doses, weight gain, and broad food tolerance. The ad promotes 25 cent trial size and 50 cent large size, sold by Van Antwerp.
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G. F. Paul
Meyers St
Toledo
Ohio
van Antwerp
Baby DisFIGURED With Red Humor in Clarendon NC
A mother recalls her two month old baby developing a red rough skin eruption covering much of the body. After failing with various salves, a sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment led to rapid improvement and eventual cure in about three months. The advertisement urges mothers to try Cuticura for clear skin and scalp.
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Clarendon,n. C
Bertha Sawyer
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Marriage Appeal Denies Report of Phipps Phipps Union
Boston July 22 Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps ex wife of Lawrence C Phipps and Edward F Powell deny a marriage report. Powell says they met in London and shared a steamer voyage and stateroom booking led to the tale. Powell helped with baggage at the Boston hotel after arrival and divorce settlements reportedly tied to remarriage.
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Associated Press
Boston
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Lawrence C. Phipps
Pittsburg
Denver
Edward FE. D. Powell
Hamburg
Powell
United States
Strasburger Kills Stepmother Then Commits Suicide
In Knox Indiana on July 22 Martin Strasburger, son of Chicago manufacturer Frank Strasburger, shot his stepmother at the Bass Lake summer home and then killed himself. Mrs. Strasburger is not expected to live. Authorities believe he was mentally deranged.
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Associated Press
Knox
Ind
Martin Strasburger
Frank Strasburger
Chicago
Bass Lake
Here
Strasburger
Distressible Election Drive Seeks Citizen Support
A local appeals for support in the election to be held on the first Monday in September 1913. The message urges all citizens to back the distressbile effort and participate in the vote.
Bomb intended for Carnegie Corps delivered by post
A liquid filled parcel box arrived at the Carnegie Corporation offices in New York. Police suspect a bomb with nitro glycerine potential. inspector Egan will examine. Carnegie abroad. box lacks other writing and may have targeted Andrew Carnegie.
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Associated Press
New York
Parcel Post
Carnegie Corporation
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Egan
Steamer Diana Seriously Damaged Off Strait of Belle Isle
The Diana of the Donald B. MacMillan expedition ran aground in the Strait of Belle Isle and is so badly damaged it must return to St John’s. The cargo will likely be moved to another vessel, probably the Erik, and the expedition will proceed from Battle Harbor.
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Associated Press
ST. John's
N.ff
Diana
Donald B. MacMillan
Strait of
Belle Isle
Erik
Battle Harbor
Government Dam in Ohio River collapses. losses rise
The cofferdam at Government Dam No. 48 on the Ohio River near Henderson Kentucky gave way, sending twenty two feet of water into the basin. It capsized several small boats and damaged construction equipment. Estimated loss reaches 160000. Engineer E H West and fifty workers narrowly escaped as work halted for new machinery after seventeen months of construction.
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Associated Press
Henderson
Government Dam No. 48
Ohio River
Here
United States
E. H. West
Best Medicine in the World Promoted by Michigan Mother
Mrs William Orvis of Clare Michigan hails Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best medicine in the world after its miraculous cure of her daughter’s severe dysentery. Sold by all dealers with Mrs Orvis’s testimonial widely circulated.
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Chamberlain
William Orvis
Clare, Mich
Mass of flames on street as girl burned riding motorcycle
Mrs Minnie Daum likely fatally burned after her skirt ignited on Julius Schneider’s motorcycle in St Louis. Earlier two girls escaped fire on the same machine as Schneider’s display drew a crowd. Fire chief aided with chemical tank but burns covered all below the waist.
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Preuss
Minnie Daum
Julius Schneider
Edwardsville
Ill
Schneider
Fiegebaum
Professor Zephaniah Hopper Dies After 69 Years Teaching
Philadelphia educator Zephaniah Hopper, who taught at the city high school for sixty nine years and was believed to have educated more boys than any other American, died at his home. He was eighty eight and kept teaching until June, with death from old age and heat.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Zephaniah Hopper
United States
Hopper
Krementz Agent Arrested on Larceny Charge in San Francisco
Sylvester S. Battin Jr the Pacific Coast agent of Krementz Jewelry Company Newark N J was arrested Monday on a larceny charge for 1764 bail set at 10000. Company officials claim a 50000 shortage in the complaint.
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San Francisco
Sylvester S. Battin, Jr
Pacific Coast
Krementz Jewelry Company
Newark
N. J
Battin
Wall Collapse Injures Six at Kaufman Brothers Store
Six workers were seriously hurt when the fifth floor of Kaufman Brothers department store collapsed at night in Pittsburgh. Four other men were reported missing as debris filled the basement and a wall was razed. A payroll roll of 160 workers was checked and the extent of missing personnel remained uncertain at midnight.
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Associated Press
Pittsberg
Kaufman Brothers Department Store
Col Risden Tyler Bennett Dies at 75 in North Carolina
WADESBORO N C July 22 Col on Risden Tyler Bennett longtime district representative for the forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses died of pneumonia at his home after a brief illness He was seventy five years old.
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Associated Press
Wadesboro
Risden Tyler Bennett
Senate confirms Jeremiah Neterer as Western Washington judge
The senate confirmed Jeremiah Neterer of Bellingham Washington to succeed Cornelius Hanford as federal district judge for Western Washington, ending a drawn out confirmation battle.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Jeremiah Neterer
Bellingham
Wash
Cornelius Hanford
Bathing Beach Segregation Plans In Cleveland Parks
Cleveland officials announce Edgewater Park will add a women and children only section to curb objectionable behavior. Women may still swim on the men's side while men move to a separate section. Park benches will be relocated under arc lights to aid the police in monitoring and discouraging spooning. Local women's club leaders praise the park clean up effort.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Edgewater Park
F. ©. Alber
Alber
Spooners
Anna Herbrucke
Federation of Women's Clubs
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