Violence May Follow If Mill Owners Hire Nonunion Labor
Reported at Wellsville as the Amalgamated Association disputs a settlement rumor. President Shaffer denies talks toward arbitration and notes no reopening with nonunion workers. Guarded plants and planned meetings mark the strike, with next moves centered on Vandergrift and McKeesport.
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Pittsburg
Lincoln Hotel
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
New York
Bishop
Ohio State Arbitration Board
Labor Unrest Spreads From McKeesport To Monessen Mills
Dispatches report limited change in McKeesport strike with notices at W Dewees Woods plant offering return to work at union wages. Workers demand Amalgamated recognition and show firm stance. Wellsville sees partial restart at American Sheet Steel mill with men doing men's work and pay while skilled roles replaced. Monessen Tinplate and Steel Hoop mills face pressure as about 500 steel hoop mill workers idle and tin mill workers faced with possible refusal. management claims mills operate, while organizers push union drive amid ongoing strike.
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Sheet Steel
Wellsville
Amalgamated Association
Federation of Labor
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Vandergrift
Amalgamated
McKeesport
W. Dewees Woods
American Sheet Steel Company
Latform
Enterprise Lodge
MeKeesport
Monay
Amalgamated Organirs
Mekkeesport
Dewees Woods
American
Ree
Monessen
Othes
Percy Donner
Combine
Kemble Flowering Co announces cement work and flowers
Local notice from Kemble Flowering Co of Oskaloosa Iowa advertises cement work of all kinds near Main Street and mentions bond filing and shipping charges as part of direct ordering offers. The fragment also references McKeone and Nike in a garbled context.
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Nike
Washington, Ia
Kemble
Kemble Flowmg Co
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Dastardly Crime Prematurely Ends Family Tragedy at Fourhelm Farm
Three bodies are found in the burning home of Fred Fourhelm near Glenwood Iowa. A shotgun and razor lie beside the scene as neighbors report a 2 a.m. blaze. Authorities believe Fourhelm killed his wife and 6 year old child then shot himself. all three died from neck wounds or gunfire.
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Glenwood
Fred Fourhelm
Fourhelm
Fourbelm
Quail and Partridge Names in Illinois Legal Debate
In Lebanon Illinois on July 18 authorities seek to clarify quail protection law that omitted partridge from the list. Professor Forbes supports the claim that partridge and quail are used interchangeably for the bobwhite.
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Lebanon
Ill
Ilinois
A. Forbes
State Laboratory of Natural History
The
State University
Professor Forbes
America
Assault on Wisconsin farmer's wife sparks rural manhunt
Portage Wisconsin July 18 Mrs Fred Hodge a farmer's wife near Oxford was assaulted by two masked men returning from the field. She was carried home and found seriously injured possibly fatally. Enraged farmers formed bands scouring the countryside for the criminals and plan lynching if caught.
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Portage
Wis
Fred Hodge
Oxford
Fire destroys Kentzler Bros. livery stable at Madison
Fire in Madison on July 18 destroyed Kentzler Bros. livery stable, one of the finest in the state, and damaged neighboring buildings. Seven horses and numerous fine carriages burned. the blaze was covered by insurance.
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Madison
Wis
Kentzler Bros
Longshore Board Consolidates Chicago Detroit Offices
The executive board of the longshoremen decided to consolidate the Chicago and Detroit offices and move the headquarters to Detroit. The change marks a shift in administrative center for the organization.
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Longshore i_ Toledo
Longshoremen
Chicago
Detroit
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Across Markets July 17
Chicago markets report hog receipts nine thousand with weak demand and lower prices around 5.60 to 5.70 per cwt for pigs while cattle receipts reach sixteen thousand with mixed demand and higher top bids for choice steers at 6.20 and mixed grades down to 4.70. Sheep receipts about twenty thousand with lambs weak and prices moving down 15 to 20 cents, Western and native lambs quoted around 4.00 and 3.75 respectively. East Buffalo and St Louis grain and livestock quotes show renewed price shifts with hogs dull and lower, cattle steady to higher, and sheep mixed.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission Merchands
St. Louis
Fulford Wins Prelim Handicap at 100 Targets
Elijah D. Fulford of Utica New York outshot seventy eight contestants at Interstate Park Long Island yesterday to win the event. He broke 95 of 100 targets and shot from the eighteen yard mark.
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Fulford
New York
Elijah D. Fulford
Utica
N. Y
Interstate Park
L. I
Mrs Ed win Drake Finds Pearl Like Queen Mary Jewel
In LaCrosse Wisconsin on July 18 Mrs Ed win Drake discovered a Round Island pearl matching the famed Queen Mary gem valued at forty thousand dollars found at the same locale.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Edwin Drake
Round Island
Fairnotable Wedded In New York Nightclub Orbit
Chicago follows the life of Winifred Faton known as Onota Watana Tacki Tashi, a half Japanese author who married C. A. Babcock in a Little Church Around the Corner ceremony. The eccentric writer once sparked furor by ripping down a U S flag and has produced novels and magazine pieces while living between Chicago and New York.
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Chicago
New York
Munsey's
Harper's
United States
Masquerade as a Woman Linked to Texas Murder Case
Albert Sears was arrested near Memphis for the Texas murder of a woman, revealing a seven year past where Sears posed as Evelyn Sears in Huntsville Arkansas. The impostor, a popular music teacher and private school founder, fled after being suspected by a politician but later resurfaced when Texas authorities tracked the case.
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Memphis
M Enn
Albert Sears
Here
Texas
Sears
Huntsville
Ark
Evelyn Sears
Safe medicines for children from Dr. Pierce
An appeal promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as safe, vegetable remedies for children. It claims to restore appetite, blood quality, and overall health while avoiding alcohol or narcotics. A Virginia mother endorses the treatment in a testimonial.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Ella Gardner
Waterview
Middlesex Co
Lisa Sears Murder Case Ends With Confession and Return to Texas
After questioning, Lisa Sears charged him with murder and he admitted guilt. Sears will be taken back to Texas for trial. While living in Huntsville he deceived residents and was courted by many young men. several sisters offered to rescue him, but he chose to face the consequences.
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Edward T. Fleming
Calvary Presbyterian Church
F. Stoner Dvorak
Wleming
Kansas City
Fleming
Doubt Casts Suspicion on Lynch Rumor in Montana
A Great Falls dispatch doubts the report of three horse thieves lynched at the mouth of the Judity on the Missouri river. The story lacks corroboration and says posses pursuing Great Northern train robbers in the area would have heard if true.
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Anaconda
Mont
Great Falls
Missouri River
Great Northern
Drought Ruins Berry Crops in Berrien County
St. Joseph Michigan reports a $100,000 loss as the raspberry crop is ruined by a prolonged dry spell. Farmers fear blackberries will also fail if drought continues, marking the first time the fruit belt has suffered berry ruin from dry weather.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Berrien County
Up a Tree Labor Trick Ends With Angry Harvest Crew
Durand Michigan July 18 A prominent farmer used a hidden scheme to boost haying. He promised 25 cents extra to one worker to keep others at work. The plan spread and each man earned 75 cents extra that week, but when the scheme surfaced the laborers left for new work.
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Durand
Mich
Jury Will Not Convict In Butterine Case
The Pure Food commission failed to secure a conviction against Kerber Bros. in Elgin Illinois after a Monday hearing in Justice McDonald's court. State analyst Dr. Eaton and Pure Food official R. M. Patterson testified as the defense challenged the law as unconstitutional. The jury acquitted all but one juror. A test case will go to the supreme court.
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Elgin
Uls
Pure Food Commission
McDonald’s Court
Kerber Bros
Ir. Eaton
R. M. Patterson
Supreme Court
G A R Encampment Color Line Sparks Negro Protest
Cleveland blacks protest a separate entertainments committee for the G A R encampment. A dozen designated black members to host visiting veterans face refusal to serve, resenting a separate unit within the encampment planning. The dispute centers on integrating the hospitality efforts for September's event.
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Cleveland
Citizens’ General Committee
Recapture Attempt In Mindoro Lands At Calapan
Lieutenant Patrick A. Connolly with twenty men landed on Mindoro and attacked Calapan. A score of natives were killed and the town partly burned. Private Kidder and Private Blake were recaptured in the operation.
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Manila
Patrick A. Connolly
Twenty-first Segimment
United States
Mindoro
Calapan
Kidder
Thirty-eighth Regiment
Blake
Twenty-eighth
Iowa Rowing Regatta Honors Split Among Three Cities
Dubuque won the four oared race Ottumwa captured the doubles title and C Hiles of Sioux City won the singles at Lake Manawa in the seventeenth annual Iowa State Amateur Rowing association regatta.
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Dubuque
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Council Bruffs
Woman Dies in Childbirth Near Mason
In Mason Michigan on July 18 Mrs Thomas Shepard died in childbirth at home eight miles west of Mason. No physician attended. a local Christian Scientist was present. Neighbors allege lack of proper care led to her death and threats of vengeance followed. A government decree now taxes exports from Colombian ports. In Alabama six hundred coal miners strike at Carbon Hill fields.
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Mason, Mich
Thomas Shepard
Mason
Carbon Hill
Alabama
Broom Corn Price Battle and Threshers' Protective Union
In Mattoon Illinois a price clash erupts as Union Broom Supply and nonaffiliate eastern manufacturers bid 125 dollars per ton for broom corn still with growers. In Chicago officials report Minuets threshers forming a protective association with 3000 members, expanding from Iowa Indiana and Wisconsin to other states to safeguard wages.
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Mattoon, Ill
Union Broom Supply Company
Or Trust
Dig Eastern
Kansas
Chicago
Iowa
Indiana
Aerial Trial Ends Safely After Parachute Failure
Marion Indiana on July 18 reports aeronaut Frank Reed endured a two hour 3000 foot hang time as a new balloon vented hot air and he landed unharmed. New Albany sees a murder case as Robert Wright dies after a fist fight with Benjamin Shadley with remarks about Wright's daughter cited. General Daniel Butterfield dies at Cragside New York at 8:30 p.m. last night.
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Marion
Ind
Frank Reed
New Albany
Robert Wright
Benjamin Shadley
Wright
Shadley
Gien
Daniel Butterfield
Cold Springs
N. Y
Cragside
Joliet Contested Move To Bury Them In Pesthouse
A heated Joliet dispute pits city authorities against Black residents forced from the Bissell house infected with smallpox. A Second Baptist Church meeting raised funds to pursue the case. Dr J H Mage of Chicago’s Blackman's Burden Relief said residents lack shelter and food and that mayor and police threaten removal to the pesthouse.
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Joliet
His
Bissell House
Second Baptist Durch
W. H. Denton
J. H. Mage
Blackman's Burden Relief Association
Chicago
Mia
Love
Decatur suit settlement over street telegraph line case
Decatur Illinois compromise in a $15,000 suit with Mrs Anna Hatfield for $7,500 arising from a private telegraph line across a street that maimed her son and killed James Lee's son. The city’s liability cited. case noted as precedent lacking. Baseball scores follow with multiple cities and results across major leagues.
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Decatur, Ills
Decatur
Anna Hatfield
Chicago Chemist claims steamless electric generation method
Hugo Jones, city chemist, asserts a coal and sulphate process can yield electricity without steam, claiming 85 percent efficiency and a potential industrial revolution though not yet perfected. Professor Starr investigates child birth anomalies and gathers photos of unusual digits to test a theory of evolution.
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Hugo Jones
River and Harbor Budget In Milwaukee District
Major J Q Warren outlines fiscal year 1908 river and harbor needs for Milwaukee district with sums for Sturgeon Bay Lake Michigan canal Alnapee Sheboygan Milwaukee and Waukegan harbors and maintenance. Chicago orders 20 percent cuts in city departments after mayorial review. Iowa Bar Association elects officers at Council Bluffs. Colonel John S Mosby named special agent for the federal land office in Washington.
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Washington
J. Q. Warren
Milwaukee District
Sturgeon Bay and
Lake Michigan Ship Canal
Alnapee Harbor
Sheboygan Harbor
Harbor of Refuge
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Harbor
Waukegan
Omaha
Neb
Iowa State Bar Association
Council Bluffs
Hl. J. McConlogne
Mason City
I. M. Haynes
Grinnell
Sam
Two Girls Drown in Root River Falls
In LaCrosse Wisconsin on July 18 14 year old Elsie Hirtz and 16 year old Fannie Griffin both residents of Tekloh Minnesota were drowned Tuesday night while bathing in Root River Falls.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Elsie Hirtz
Fannie Griffin
Tlokah
Minn
Root River Falls
Fire destroys Jewish quarter in New Bidscow
A town fire leveled the Jewish quarter of New Bidscow Bo heiacs. The piece notes a bogus sale of the genuine Rocky Mountain Tea by peddlers, warning readers not to be fooled and to buy the Madison Medicine Co. product at Stewart's.
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New Bidscow
Boheiacs
Madison Medicine Co
Stewart’s
Madison
Wis
Dr Kay’s Renovator Promoted as Spring Tonic and Laxative
Investigators describe Dr Kay’s Renovator as acting on the stomach liver and bowels and as a pleasant tonic without griping or nausea. It claims to tone up and renovate the whole system and is sold in tablet and liquid forms by local druggists and pharmacies.
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Kay
B. J. Kay
Saratoga
N.Y
Temple Pharmacy
Stewart Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Columbie Pharmacy
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Traine
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