Twelve Men Drown in Evans Mine Flood Near Evans Station
Uniontown Pa July 25 Twelve miners perished in Evans mine No 2 of the Iuperba Coal company at Evans Station six miles from Uniontown when waters from the leaking Cool Spring reservoir surged down the mountainside.64 men were in the mine. 12 died in the sump 4000 feet back as a 75 foot hole opened in the main way. Wives and families gathered at the entrance trying to rescue belongings amid debris while officials say it will take about 60 days to remove the water and reach the bodies. Three men were reported drowned in Lamont mine No 1 nearby and transportation in the district was halted by floods.
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Uniontown
Evans
Iuperba Coal Company
Evans Station
William Genear
Solomon Wilson
Joe Fordyee
Lamont
State GOP selects Saratoga Springs for Sept 25 convention
New York state Republican committee items Saratoga Springs as the location and Sept 25 as the date for the state convention to nominate the governor and other state officers.
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New York
Suit Over Church Property In Corning
Judge Bostelmann suspends Corkin sentence after illegal entry at No 64 Fast Market Street a St Marys Church property. Corkins claim church deed is fraudulent and plan to sue civilly to reclaim the brick business block once owned by Mrs Mary Moughan who denied signing the deed before her death.
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Patrick Corkin
Fast Market Street
St. Mary's Church
Bostelmann
Corning
Corkin
Mary Moughan
Corkins
Moughan
Albanians Defeat Turks Near Djokova
Reports from Vienna say Albanian forces defeated Turkish troops near Djokova Albania and Djokova garrison mutinied Prizend. The Albanian insurrection improves the sense that Turkey faces a desperate situation for a settlement.
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Vienna
Djokova
Albania
Prizend
Turkey
Need of Greater Production Urges Immigrant Labor
The New York Sun quotes a push for increased production arguing that if every future immigrant entering U S and Canada worked to cultivate the land the resulting output would still meet only the reasonable needs of the population to be supplied.
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United States
Canada
New York
Guffey Ousted as Pennsylvan ia Delegation Names Palmer to Committee
Colonel Guffey long led Pennsylvan ia Democracy is replaced at the Democratic national convention as the state delegation elects Representative A Mitchell Palmer to the new committee. The move marks a leadership shift amid party realignment in Philadelphia.
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Guffey
Pennsylvania Democracy
Pennsylvania
A. Mitchell Palmer
Clay Pipes Fashion Sparks London Manners 1852
Justin McCarthy found clay pipes in vogue in London in 1852. He noted it was stylish for a man of fashion to appear with a broad cay and a clay pipe, and many young men pretended to be gentlemen by smoking one.
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Justin McCarthy
London
Broad Cay
Duel Declared Off As Surgeon Attends Without Armor
Humphrey Howarth, a famed surgeon, appeared in the field without clothing, provoking astonishment from his challenger. He explained that any clothing carried into a gunshot wound would foster festering, so the duel was declared off.
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Humphrey Howarth
Rogers
Howarth
Wise Philosophy on Contentment and Self Possession
A Marcus Aurelius idea urges focusing on one’s own circumstances and recognizing their value. It advises choosing the best within personal control and imagining how one would value them if not already possessed.
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Marcus Aurelius
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