Mer cer Soldiers' Orphans Reunion and Coal News Sweep
Nearly 200 sixteener graduates from the Mercer Soldiers' Orphans school from New York Pennsylvania and Ohio gather for a reunion and press for continued operation of the school until all enrolled reach age 13. Coal mining revival spreads across Schuylkill and Luzerne counties with new workings and resumed pits. Accidents derail rail traffic as a boiler explosion fatally wounds a fireman and a barouche wreck injures passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Mercer Soldiers’ Orphan School
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Pottstille
Henry Heil
East Franklin
Rausch Creek
Tremont
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Dast Frankin
Palmer Vein Collery
Deho I. Quinn & Co
Schuyileill Valley
Michael Cox
Patrick Moran
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Fairview
Wilkes-Barre
Joseph van Horn
Sensation in Sharon case ends with contempt verdict
In a tumultuous session Justice Field reads a verdict sentencing Judge Terry to six months and Mrs Terry to thirty days for contempt of court. A revolver is found on Mrs Terry after she drops a satchel in the courtroom. The hearing ties into a prior forgery revival petition by the Sharon estate executors as they contest the marriage and heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Chet
Sharon
Hill
Terry
Laving
Jude David S. Terry
Justice
Dow
Toankis
Perry
Dre
al Cou
Eanigets Roar
Hans Dirk
Ali
Marshal Franks
Justice Field
State
Miss Hut
Circuit Court
California Supreme Court
Broderick
Weather crop bulletin notes mixed week for harvests
The weekly weather bulletin reports unusually favorable conditions for ripening harvesting and threshing of wheat in Minnesota and Dakota. Corn belt conditions are generally good though heavy rains troubled southern states. Some frost damage noted in Wisconsin and light frosts in New York and New England with no major crop injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minnesota
Dakota
Ohio
Kansas
Upper Lake
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Middle States
New England
Baltimore Blaze Kills Seven Firemen in City’s Worst Fire
A early Sunday fire at 100 South Sharp street, Baltimore, killed seven firemen and injured two others. Names of the fallen from Nos. 2 and 7 companies are George Bowers, Thomas Wanger, Herky Ryvs, Jonny A. Camp, Harry Warne, James McFer, George Kuetas. Losses estimated at $1,106,000 with $800,000 insured. Fire began at 4:50 am destroying several four story and brick structures along Sharp and Pratt streets. The north wall of 109 Sharp street collapsed burying nine firemen. two were rescued alive but badly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Batimore
South
Sharp Street
Pratt Street
Sharp and
Hanover
A. L. Eck
Join Kelly
George Bowers
Thomas Wanger
Herky Ry Vs
Jonny A. Camp
No. 2 Truck Company
Harry Warne
James McFer
Gorge Kuetas
No. 7 Engine Company
John King
Erie Railroad Company
Edward A. Prior & Co
J. H. Winkleman & Co
McS
le & Fon
Dokler, Mudge & Co
Tabheivr & Dinmirsk
Henry
Linne’s Sons
Notable New Haven Millionaires Feature in Personal Wealth Sketch
Special correspondence from Haven profiles several city men of wealth whose real estate, clockmaking, and shipping interests have shaped local power. Figures include James English, Camp, Edward Malley, John Criderson, and Robert Anderson, detailing careers, public service, philanthropy, and estates in a portrait of 19th century fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haven
Allroillonaires
James English
Hns
James Emghoh
Iran
Enz
Bethichoo
Connecticut
Tle
Philadelphia
New Haven
Adams Express Stork
ISE
Congress
Cine
New York
English
Yules Law School
East Boek Park
Fara Camp
Alo
New Elaven
Mr. Camp
Plymouth
Conn
New England
Nebraska
Mt. Herman
Gill
Mass
D. ©. Moody
Northfield Mass
Camp
Church of the Redefmer
John E. Todd
Newman Smyth
Leonard Bacon
First Congregational Church of
Wi Itel
Edward Malley
Sanilhun Dollars
Walter Malley
Jennie Cramer
Recen
Bacconiet
Aequ
Xiki Jean Foil
Maron
Orange Street
Andersorrs
Cinderson
Consolidated Railroad Company
Anderson
West Haven
Long Island
Newport
New York Letter描 Vivid Hester Street Scenes
The piece surveys Hester Street in New York noting a bustling immigrant quarter with Poles Italians Slavs Hungarians Chinese Russians and Jews. It describes crowded shops smoky streets Hebrew language street culture and the contrast with English norms, suggesting a generation of freedom will improve character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo
France
Germany
Far
Europe
As Tn
Ezedzoff
Ledzinski
Gennatzen
Borulawski
Papadopolis
Kreitzandorff
Artemi
Padagoras
Moszeh
Palestine
David
Solomon
New York
Hester Street
Siilarly
Pottawattomie
Cicero
Louisiana
Turk Via
Russia
Poland
Beapie
The Mairayan Evaporator and Summer Comfort
The piece argues hair helps regulate scalp cooling in heat. It notes that moisture from the skin evaporates through hair, carrying heat away faster than air can. It criticizes shaving heads to stay cool, stating a hair-covered scalp remains more comfortable unless tightly confined.
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Perrsylyarla Bews
Reystone State
J. J. Vande
Forbes Street
Craft Avenue
Harry Vandergrift
Victoria Vandergrift
Jamestown
Shamokin
Engine 21
Market Street Crossing
Philadelphia and
Reading Road
Auty
Columbia
Columbia and
Fort Deposit
Cold Springs
Frank Gauley
New Albany
Wilcox Ladsburg
Monroe
Greenville
Nellie Williamson
United States
John Gregory
Muhrenburg
Pittsburg
Frank Lavelly
Gregory
Joseph Walker
Maretta
Lancaster County
Marietta
Hoad
George Abner Lauman
Emaus
Lauman
Newtown
William Angstadt
East Texas
Angstadt
Reading
The
Register
Ose
Malinda Bast
Shamrock
George Bast
Eva Hoaster
Cumra
B. Weidner
the Crop Report
Lockert
Aurest
Adams Basin
Harrax
Cummings
Coristie
Powquel Bridge
van Orden
Brooklyn
E. L. van Orden
Lora
Polit
OUR
Niger
Lotus
Ba Cine
Ance
Hester Strest
Potter
Ike
Mars
Wells, Richardson & CO
Paine
Burlington, Vt
POM
Taecom
Gresslers
Exchange Hotel
Warren
W. H. Pickett & CO
H. A. Jamieson & Co
Sherman
Jewett’s
Steve
Syracuse
Gale
American Saw Co
Peter Greenland’s
Water Street
Episcopal Church
High Street
Hazel and
Laurel
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