Strikers Shut Down Mines in Lake Superior District
Stamp mills and mines in the Lake Superior district are shut down by a miners strike. Calumet and Hecla shafts and Tamarack faced walkouts as strikers attacked workers and forced a halt to operations. Deputies were sworn in to maintain control as concerns over the situation rise.
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Associated Press
Calumet
Mich
Lake Superior
Calumet and
Hecla
Thomas Mathews
Tamarack
Bauer Elected President of Knights and Ladies of Security
Bauer was elected president of the Knights and Ladies of Security at a well attended Wednesday night meeting. Other officers named for the year include Mrs. Steiner as first vice president E L Calcina as second vice president J D Martin as treasurer W R Bickley as secretary Tra T Powers as conductor. A favorable report praised the city league park fair July 14 and 15 as financially successful. The carnival queen will be announced in the fraternal column of the Sunday Item.
Alligator Gars Steal Big Fish in Rubby Creek Tale
Philip Cosminsky reports on a three day fishing trip at Dog River where mullet refused to bite and a stovepipe trap failed. Three enormous fish were left on a six inch cable but disappeared by gar teeth marks, leaving only the rope stub.
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Philip Cosminsky
Dog River
Neshota
Mr. Cosminsky
Philip
Rubby Creek
Cosminsky
Swiss Guards Leave Vatican Amid Threats
A new detachment of mutinous Swiss guards departed the Vatican this morning amid threats of more revelations. The guards commander assured the pope the entire corps would be re established.
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Vatican
Rome
Policemen Kill the Wrong Man in Newark Shooting
Police in Newark shot and killed a man mistaken for William Corduan, husband of a Newark murder victim. Corduan was later arrested near the Dover scene but disappeared after the killing and was found missing until authorities located him at a friend's house.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Dover
William Corduan
Corduan
Griffith Afraid of Lake Michigan Affecting Senators Play
Washington manager Clark Griffith orders players to avoid Lake Michigan after outfielder Shanks nearly injured himself diving for shore. Shanks injured his head and sprained his ankle, sidelining him for several days.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Clark Griffith
Washington
Lake Michigan
Senators
Shanks
Improvements for Old Soldiers' Home in Montgomery
Special to The Item. The Confederate Old Soldiers' Home committee met at Mountain Creek yesterday and decided to install a fighting system for the home and grounds. Colonel B. M. Washburn C. L. Ruth and Judge J.B. Fuller of Montgomery form the committee and will advertise for bids on the improvement. Commandant J. M. Simpson reported the home in excellent condition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Confederate Old Soldiers’ Home
Mountain Creek
B. M. Washburn
C. L. Ruth
J.B. Fuller
J. M. Simpson
Ninety-Six Teachers Take State Exams at Barton Academy
After a three day session ninety six teachers completed the state examination at Barton Academy in Mobile. Papers will be sent to Montgomery and results announced in a few weeks. The list includes numerous Mobile residents and teachers from Chickasaw Citronelle Fairhope and surrounding areas.
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Montgomery
Mobile County
Barton Academy
Alice Flinn
Mobile
Conti Street
Vivienne Waller
St. Stephens Road
Gertrude Lee
Easton
Gayle
Gertrude Vink
North Carolina
Dearborn
Grace Redd
Oak Grove
Etta May Ray
South Reed Avenue
Hilda Sundberg
Crichton
Ala
Jessie Mills
Branch
Choctaw
A. G. Wyatt
Conto Street
Alice Rayford
Whistler
Maud Clark
Old Shell Road
West Kilmarnock
Rosa del Luono
Citronelle
Emily Roberts
South Road Street
Thelma Jones
Spring Hill Avenue
Margaret
Ken Leslie
Gulf Crest
Grace Powell
Evie Dolive
South Hamilton Street
Frances Holmes Chicora
Marie Holmes
Chicora
Octavia Howell
Mattie Lee Wilson
Jackson
Coral Lee Wilson
Kate Curry
Brown Street
Annie C. Hoffman
Dauphin Street
Albert J. Davis Barlow
Luther E. Richardson
Theodor Box
Beatrice Hinson
North Claiborne Street
Ivalyn Washington
Arn
Brazil Streets
Sadie Beck
North Catherine Street
Hattie Whitney
Hercules Street
Edward J. Odam
Battaire Durette
Mon Louis Island
Josephine Sayles
Texas Street
Marie Thomas
Wilkinson Street
Frank Beck
Lillie Viola Bell
Cedar Avenue
Ethel M. Thomas
South Wilkinson Street
Lottie Lee
Goodpay Street
Ethel —_J. Hickson
South Georgia Avenue
Joseph Maddox
Ann
Davis Avenue
Annice Washington
William Robbins
North Wilkinson Street
Mamie Smith
Scott Street
Annie Jackson
South
Azalea Smith
South Scott Street
Vivian Holman
Delaware Street
Virginia Clemmons
Pearl Street
Daisy Holman
Louise de Shaw Taylor
Warren Street
Fannie Louisa Berrey
Cedar Street
Josephine Murry
Congress Street
Yosabel Hunter
Ryland Lane
Eslava Street
Carrie A. Thomas
Lucille A. Thompson
State Street
Alma Swann
Isney
Sayre Becomes Head of Abandonment Bureau
Francis B. Sayre engaged to Miss Jessie Wilson is named head of the abandonment bureau in the District Attorney Whitman's office in New York. He moves from the complaint bureau and seeks to study others troubles under better conditions than in a settlement.
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Associated Press
New York
Francis B. Sayre
Jessie Wilson
Wilson
Whitman
Joseph
Skinner
Sayre
Tax collector Oliver settles with state in Alabama
Montgomery reports that W. S. Oliver of Conecuh county faced slurs over his tax duties but blamed technicalities and politics. He had not made the annual settlement due July 1, and the governor ordered action to recover an indebtedness around 19 thousand dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. S. Oliver
Conecuh County
Oreee
Ver
NP Edr
No Speech in Plays of the Future sparkles from Bakst
New York reports Russian designer M Leon Bakst argues theatre should please the eye not the ear. He warns that focusing on both literature and stage music dilutes art and calls the theatre a feast of beauty for the eye alone.
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New York
M. Leon Bakst
K Russian Ballet
M. Bakst
Endeed
Lutheran Leagues Adjourn with Reelected President
Detroit July 24 The Weather League a Lutheran youth organization closed its national convention with elections. The president Thekee was re elected.
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Associated Press
Detroit
The
Weather League
Lutheran Young People's Societies
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Testimonies from Miss Anna Bender of St. James Missouri and Mrs Bertha Dierksen of Dixon Iowa claim backache cramps and irregularity improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ad says to write to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice.
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Anna Bender
St. James, Missouri
Dixon
Iowa
Lydia
E.pinkham
Bertha Dierksen
Dixon, Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
State Normal School Florence Alabama Statistics and Growth
The Florence Alabama State Normal School reports student and teacher counts for 1873-74 and 1910-13, noting growth to 575 students and 20 teachers in 1912-13. It highlights prosperity, strong diploma value for graduates, and ongoing efforts to support rural schools and educational history in Alabama.
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Theen
Florves Assurance
Alabama
Wealth AWAITED the Enlisted Man in Navy Death
Wilbur Martin of Anderson North Carolina died in a Philadelphia hospital after serving aboard the battleship Connecticut. Shipmates recall he was among the Navy’s wealthiest enlisted men due to a will from his uncle providing $165 000 if he completed his enlistment. An autopsy was held to determine his cause of death, with investigators considering knockout drops as a possible cause.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Wilbur Martin
Anderson
N. C
United States Navy
St. Louis
Martin
Tenderloin
Connecticut
Lithuanian Woman Becomes First Naturalized in Cook County
Chicago July 24 Mrs Adela Missigaitis president of the Lithuanian Women's Club became the first woman in Cook county to take out naturalization papers since Illinois extended woman suffrage.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Adela Missigaitis
Lithuanian Women’s Club
Cook County
Illinois
Don’t Wait Till The Last Minute Harry’s Shoe Place
Local ad urges shoppers to visit Harry’s Shoe Place at 60 Government Street before end of season. Street sign directs customers to the store for timely footwear purchases.
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Government St
Workers Strike Over Screened View at Rockland Shoe Plant
Twenty five laborers at the E. T. Wright shoe factory in Rockland Mass quit work claiming the scenery around the shop was blocked by cheese cloth screens tacked over the windows.
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Associated Press
Rockland
Mass
E. T. Wright Shoe Factory
Memorial to Confeds Unveiled in Elkins
A shaft marking the resting place of forty Confederate soldiers who died while Lee's army camped at Mingo was unveiled in Elkins West Virginia yesterday.
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Associated Press
Elkins
W. Va
Mingo
County
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