Report on anthracite strike findings and wage reforms
The commission chaired by Judge George Gray and others released a March 18 report detailing 87 pages of findings. It recommends a ten percent wage increase for contract miners, five to ten percent for engineers, a three district conciliation board, sliding wage scales, and promotion of arbitration while opposing compulsory boycotts.
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Washington
George Gray
Delaware
Carroll D. Wright
John M. Wilson
John L. Spalding
Ilinois
Edgar E. Clark
Iowa
Thomas H. Watkins
Pennsylvania
Edward W. Parker
Board of Conciliation
New York
Porthamboy
Edgewater
Bureau of Anthracite Coal Statistics
Sion
Seipor
Mystery Skeleton Found In Evansville Vault
Evansville police investigate a murder mystery after vault cleaners uncover a human skeleton in a downtown vault. The coroner says the head was severed before the body was discarded, with stockings on the feet and a fine coat on the trunk, suggesting a stranger may have been killed after a gambling dispute.
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Evansville
Ind
Forest preservation plan to plant nearly half a million trees
Indianapolis March 20 The state forester W H Freeman will supervise the planting of about 500000 trees over the next year as part of a revived forest preservation effort. The legislature authorized a 2000 acre state reserve set aside for hardwood timber with a tax provision limiting appraisal to 1 per acre for permanent forest status.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. H. Freeman
Labor congress planned to govern unions in six Indiana towns
A movement led by Henry Schilling of Goshen aims to form a labor congress with about 75 union representatives from South Bend Elkhart Mishawaka Goshen LaGrange and Napanee. The congress will meet monthly at rotating locations and will oversee central labor unions in the area. An unrelated note reports a Terre Haute fiddlers contest with 100 participants awarding prizes for ugliest oldest youngest longest nose best old tunes and best dancing to self played music.
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Elkhart
Ind
Henry Schilling
Goshen
South Bend
Mishawaka
LaGrange
Napanee
Tox Dinate
Amerigg
Terre Haute
Harrison suit favors Russell Harrison trustees children
In Indianapolis on March 19 Judge Henry Clay Allen ruled in the circuit court for Russell B. Harrison as trustee for his children William Henry and Marthena Harrison against Mrs Harrison Union Trust Co execute under the will of Benjamin Harrison deceased Mary Le Kee and Elizabeth na. The decision valued the estate at about 60 000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Henry Clay Allen
Russell B. Harrison
William Henry
Marthena Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Union Trust Co
Benjamin
Mary le Kee
Elizabeth
Joint Scale Committee Progress on Indiana Mines Contract
Terre Haute Indiana March 21 The joint scale committee of Indiana miners and operators reports rapid progress with a factory scale hoped for this week. A key hurdle is shot firers though experts will work only in the Clinton district. Operators concede 12 percent increase for outside day labor but refuse a $2.02 minimum pay.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Joint
Indiana
Clinton
A Cure for Rheumatism and Dodd's Kidney Pills Claims
In Alhambra California an article reports Mr. F. J. Oswald suffering rheumatism improving after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The piece credits the remedy with curing the state treasurer Fred A. Busse and claims a long record of success for kidney and rheumatism cases.
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Alhambra
F. J. Oswald
Fred A. Busse
Dodd
Katy Flyer offers low fare to California by rail
The M E and T Railway promotes second class tickets to California at 30 dollars from St Louis and 25 dollars from Kansas City with a through tourist car to San Francisco leaving St Louis every Tuesday night at 8 32. Inquiries to Katy 303 Wainwright Building St Louis MO. The Baltimore American quotes Bizziebodie and Wyzacre on a pending wedding.
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California
the Beautiful
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Katy
Wainwright Bldg
Allen's Foot-Bane advertised for foot relief
An advertisement urges asking To-Day for Allen's Foot-Bane to cure swollen feet with 25 cent price, samples mailed free from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Includes unrelated humorous quotes from Glasgow Times Town Topics and Bragg cricket remark.
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Allen
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Mot hastily spoken proverbs and ads from 1900s Chicago
A collage of ad slogans and quotes from the era includes medical cures like Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, Piso’s Cure for Consumption endorsements, and train service notes for the Chicago Union Pacific line. It also features aphorisms on effort, faith, and economy attributed to various authors and outlets.
Standard Oil Plans $3 Million Whiting Refinery Expansion
Reports from Whiting Indiana say Standard Oil will spend about 3 million dollars to enlarge the refinery. The company has bought a land strip about a mile long and the about 800 residents on the tract are being moved at the company's expense by May 1. The plan includes a new refinery, a can factory, tanks and other buildings.
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Whiting, Ind
Standard Oil Co
Standard Co
Vose Piano Company
VOSE
Boylston Street
Boston
Mass
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Young boys arrested for railroad wreck attempt
Marion Indiana youths Charles Cecil aged 13 and Harry Wilkin son aged 12 were arrested on the charge of attempting to wreck a train Friday night. Cecil says a group of boys moved iron rails onto the track and hid under a bridge to watch the train jump the obstruction.
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Marion
Ind
Chas. Cecil
Harry Wilkinson
Cecil
Debris Traps Student in Sugar Creek Schoolroom
In Greenfield Indiana on Friday morning a severe wind and rain storm damaged the Menemee schoolhouse. Clarence Laughner was pinned to his desk by debris and later taken out unconscious. Teacher Miss Morton was bruised along with students Chris Pange Marie Schieldmeyer and Freda Merlau.
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Greenfield
Ind
Menemee
Sugar Creek Township
Clarence Laughner
Miss Morton
Chris Pange
Marie Schieldmeyer
Freda Merlau
Powder Mill Explosion Hits Fontanet Indiana Firm
A magazine containing several tons of powder exploded at Fontanet Fontanet Indiana belonging to the Indiana Powder Co. The blast destroyed a large mill building and one worker was fatally hurt. The roar was heard for miles and losses were extensive.
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Brazil
Ind
Fontanet
Indiana Powder Co
Harrison Estate Trust Report Shows Overdraft After Payments
The Union Trust Co trustee of the Benjamin Harrison estate filed its first report in Indianapolis Indiana on March 21. It shows receipts totaling 192 492 42 and expenditures 193 688 51 resulting in an overdraft. All legacies have been paid.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Union Trust Co
Benjamin, Harrison
Citizens seek electric line franchise from Hamilton to Richmond
Richmond Ind March 19 Cincinnati and Hamilton residents arrived to request Wayne county commissioners grant a franchise for an electric line from Hamilton to Richmond. The plan would extend the existing Cincinnati Hamilton line.
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Richmond
Ind
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Wayne County Commissioners
Supreme court ends Terre Haute vaccination fight
The Indiana supreme court refused a temporary restraining order to stop Terre Haute from excluding healthy but unvaccinated children from schools, ending the vaccination dispute as of Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Court
Terre Haute
Board of Health
Reed seeks permit to move old log school house to Glen Miller park
Albert W. Reed has asked the Richmond park board for permission to remove at his own expense an old log school building from land owned by the late Jonathan Roberts. The structure sits in the southern part of the city and would be relocated to Glen Miller park.
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Richmond
Ind
Albert W. Reed
City Park Board
Glen Miller Park
Jonathan Roberts
Ex Judge Sentenced in Indiana Guard Funds Case
Goshen Ind March 20 ex judge Charles S Henderson former city judge of Elkhart pled guilty and received an indeterminate sentence dis franchised one year and fined one dollar He was custodian of child of an o4 soldier funds as guardian and appropriated 655 dollars
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Goshen
Ind
Charles S. Henderson
Elkhart
Leasor suit against railroad settled for six thousand dollars
The $10,000 damage suit of Lottie Leasor administratrix against the Southern Railway Co. for the death of her husband James Leasor a fireman with the company, has been compromised for $6,000.
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English
Ind
Lottie Leasor
The
Southern Railway Co
James Leasor
Farmers May Claim Part of the Reward
A posse of farmers who helped police capture three alleged post office robbers at a country schoolhouse three weeks ago may file for part of the government reward. The event occurred near Anderson Indiana on March 21 as local officers and residents aided the arrest.
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Anderson
Ind
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Man From Mt. Pleasant Ohio
Gro W Ssrrtu a veteranary surgeon from Mt. Pleasant Ohio praises Doan's Kidney Pills for relieving severe kidney bladder congestion and lung pressure described as asthma. He notes benefits for aging readers and claims cure of incontinence and urinary weakness in children.
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Doan
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Baxter Springs Woman
Sapim Davis of Baxter Springs Kansas says five years of back pain from kidney issues vanished after using four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits the medicine with saving her life and urges others to try it.
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Baxter Srrings
Kansas
Doan
Sapim Davis
Baxter Springs
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