Girl Strikers Attack Police at Passaic Handkerchief Plant
A Passaic New Jersey incident saw girl strikers attack workers who had taken their jobs, police driven back, 300-strong mob hooting and stoning officers, three girls and a man arrested as a wagon carried them to the station, and a fire company dispersing the crowd. The report also notes a fatal Milwaukee fire at Pabst Brewing. copperworker John Smith died after a four-story fall while repairing elevator F. Other items include a double murder-suicide near Napoleon Ohio, a lynching scare near St. Joseph Missouri, a school superintendent killed in Ohio, and various fires and immigration policy changes.
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Acheson-Harden
Passiac
N. J
Pabat Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Elevator F
John Smith
Catherine McLaughlin
Youngstown
Ohio
Federal Street
Kitty McLaughlin
Jack Woolf
Woolf
Miss McLaughlin
Wreck survivor finds long lost brother in Cleveland reunion
Edwin S. McGinnis of Chicago meets his brother George McGinnis at the marine hospital in Cleveland. The men, grandsons of Gen. George McGinnis, postmaster of Indianapolis, last saw each other nine years ago after George ran away to ball games and then as sailors. George survived the Lake Huron steamer Baltimore disaster and was treated there for a foot injury. Both men recognized each other despite their youth when separated.
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McGinnis
Baltimore
Marine Hospital
Cleveland
Edwin S, McGinnis
Chicago
George McGinnis
Indianapolis
Ind
Lake Huron
George
New York
Fatal shooting near Maryville by Jeanie Walker's father
A. E. Walker shot and killed Owen Logan, a young stockman, at the Walker residence gate near Maryville Missouri while Logan spoke with Miss Jeanie Walker. The incident occurred as Walker confronted them with a whotgan and fired. Other items note financial misdeeds, a Chicago death by suicide by Aurelius Griffing while resisting arrest, a dangerous midways act injuring Teddy Oliver, a lost dredge valued at $125,000, a Jamestown street railway strike, cotton crop statistics, a Wilmington trolley accident, a Kansas City fire costing $60,000, and a Washington discovery.
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A. E. Walker
Owen
Maryvill
Owen Logan
Atekee
Jeanie Walker
Maryville
Logan
Walker
Mas Walker
Miners Die In Explosion At Ludington Shaft Iron Mountain
Eight men were killed at the seventh level of the Ludington shaft in Chapin tine Iron Mountain Michigan when a powder-thawing machine overheated and set off dynamite fumes. All workers in that area perished leaving many families bereaved. The town mourns as investigators consider careless handling of the powder and machine heating as the likely cause.
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Ludington
Chapin Tine
Iron Mountain
Mich
Alaska's Salmon Industry Worth Billions
Special Agent Harland, traveling from Philadelphia, reports Alaska's salmon industry is vast and crucial, valuing the national benefit at about 100000000. He notes violations and lax enforcement of territorial fishing laws as he observes practices in southeastern Alaska.
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Harland
A. D. Harland
Philadelphia
United States
Treasury Department
Seattle
Alaska
Rockefeller Funds Medical Research Institute in New York
John D. Rockefeller donates 200000 to establish the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City. The gift supports a committee of eminent physicians and provides immediate funds for an incorporated association with laboratories staff and apparatus as needed. The institute will be housed in New York with the necessary facilities.
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New York City
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Counterfeit dollar used in poker not illegal says jury
A U S Court in Indianapolis ruled it is not a crime to use a counterfeit dollar in an open poker game. The defendant Jesse Page of Elnora faced charges for passing a counterfeit dollar while playing for a jackpot. The verdict centered on the pot and the witness testimony regarding its entry.
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United States
Indianapolis
Jesse Page
Elnora
Page
Drought Hinders Crops Amid Varied Seasonal Impacts
The report details widespread drought damage across the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys with cooler notables east of the Mississippi. It notes heavy rain elsewhere, variable crop progress from wheat to corn, with harvests starting in Arkansas and Kansas and California promising large yields. Frost, worms, and uneven rain threaten oats and apples, while cotton and fruit prospects vary by region.
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R. G. Dun & Go
Linea
United States
Canada
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
East Gulf Coast
Lower Lake Region
New England
Mississippi River
Guilt
Rocky Mountain
Upper Lake Region
Wiansas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Red
Pacific Coast
Middle Atlantic States
Missouri Valley
Arkongnos
Kansas
Oregon
California
Dakotas
Minnesota
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Len- Reasee
Waurmth
Insecin
Eyamore
Rene
Peata
Michigan
Gardena
North Dakota
Dakota
Nebraska
Ennis
Kinsax
Centra Comitie
Around a Big State. What Our Neighbors Are Doing
Indiana items report Mrs. Frank B. Crockett dying at Elwood after a chat. A Shoals couple loses a daughter in a Petersburg runaway. a Washington machinist is crushed in rail yards. Accidents include a Linton miner injured by falling slate and a Cambridge City man hurt by a horse. A Fort Wayne janitor is struck by a train, a child near Elkhart loses two toes, and a rabies fear grows for a dog bite near Atlanta. Multiple liquor license and postmaster salary changes are listed along with National Guard appointments. A farm accident near Windfall proves fatal. rescue efforts save part of a man’s mobility after a bridge fall. Various patent grants and public notices conclude the item.
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Frank B. Crockett
Elwood
Samuel Chenovith
Wills of
Ernest Borgel
St. John’s Reformed Church
Fort Wayne
Elkhart
Rennie Walker
A. ¥. Walker
Howard Whitely
Cambridge City
Isaac Whitely
C. H. Brownell
Peru
George Johnson
Bone Telephone Company
Marian
Howard Sipold
Central Union Company
James Riverside
Atlanta
Henry Hockstine
Tope
Sherman Hitchcock
Mira
Hitchcock
Noah Stebbins
Red Bridge
Scottsburg
Glasco
New Frankfort
Day
Alpha
Oak Spring
Albert Mitchell
Mitchell
Sfitehell
Jeage Bridge
Huntington
Indiana
Harry Ft. Cleveland
Vincennes
Sutton Cooper
W. Felker
Baanaville
James N. Crabb
Indianapolis
Herbert E. Westervelt
South Bend
Henry J. Morris
Michigan City
Geo. Shank
Seymour
Jeffersonville
Kendallville
Knox
Lawrenceburg
Linton
Laogaotes
Mishawaka
Monon
Muncie
New Carlisle
North Manchester
Notre Dame
Oxsgood
Pendleton
Ward
Indiana National Guard
Second Infantry
Milton I. Hopkins
Captain Mahan
Mansar H. Oakes
Edward Mierhaus
First Infantry
Albert Catlin
George W. Biegler
Joseph Rollet
Irving
Evansville
Adam Censer
Adams County
Niehad
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Yeredy
Hoy
Leroy Grove
Napoleon
Jesse James Stripe
St. Joseph
George Dixon
Curtis Roberts
Fair Baven
Mary Alferton
Waterford
Gellett
Sint Brieux
France
Iceland
Will Arnell
Beaverton
Boards of Special Inquiry
Pekin
Ality
Alifornia
Willets
Fone
Mare Island Navy Yard
Kops
Krause
Moses ‘J. Bute
Colorado Springs
Colo
Willard Hale
Newburyport
Mans
Hale
Charlee B. Smith
Aurelius W. Griffing
Gallroyd
Triax
Teddy Oliver
Buffalo Exposition Grounds
Oliver
Morris-Cummings Company
Portland
Jamestown
Street Car Men's Union
Department of Agriculture
Wilmington
Del
New People's Street Railway
Ateep Hill
Kansas City
Delaware ‘Street
Western Stores Company
Jnary, Goods
Furnishings and Nations
Washington
Atron Mountain
Keglect
Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle
Standard Oil Company
Cleveland Refinion Company
Scio Refining Company
Standard
Elwood City
Costen Burog
Hik
Michael Dotan
Bute Hospital
Binghamton
N. Y
Inyng
Geist Brothers Grain Company
Terre Haute
Brazil
McConnellsville
Pyle
Partesius
Edna E. Koiser
Toledo
James M. Shields, Jr
Try Street
Pittsburg
Fergus Falls
Minn
George Gilgert
Ore
Bott and Nut Trust
Sunsell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt and Nut Company
Westchester County
Jas'ta
China
The
Christian Herald
Arthur H. Smith
Tietsin
Missionary Relief Committee
Italy
Helens
Daghter
Wolanda-Marghe
Rockefeller ‘Founds Science Home
James Lynch
Buffalo
Meredith Stanley
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Cyril W. King
Mobile
Als
Calumet River
East St. Louis
Edgemont Park
Frank Williams
Williasn Alsap
Dunbar
Wiliam Alsop
Gav. McSweeney
South Carolina
Timan
McLaurin
James A. Herne
Astor
Edward Fershay
Edna May Stokes
Vernes Hotel
Senator McLaurin
McSweeney
Ste. St. Louis
Cora
Detroit
Fiy
Inm
Amerean
Ineana News
Wood & Bowser
Orrick
Moon Block
Warsaw
T. W. Anglin
Masonic Block
Gwea Postofnice
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W. C. Nusbaum
Mnd
L. W. Jordan
North
Manchester
Dar As
Cosmsctica Saat
Htobarga
Wradery
Gabe Polat
Gus
F. Loree
E.a.ford
Pannsylvania
Fidtab'ph
McWayne
Ty Annsylvania
Scheele
Pussenaert
Ze ‘Ward
Fae Bittee
Masallio
Mansisli
Bucyrus
Rae van Wert
Wayne
Columb
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Winans Laki Warsaw
Etos Gree State Bourbon
Tal Iyscei Jarnjet
Hani
Wau
Liverpool F
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Wanataill
Arey Lowa Mymanih
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