Test of Strength in Rail Strike Sweeps Across United States
The piece outlines a widespread insurgent railroad strike that began in Chicago and spread to cities including Buffalo Los Angeles Toledo Gary and Milwaukee. Thousands of workers face layoffs and yard shutdowns as unions press for higher wages with potential resignations if demands go unmet.
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St. Louis
Madison County
Ill
Chicago
Railroad Brotherhood
United States
Buffalo
Kansas City
Ioilet
Decatur
Gary
Ind
Milwaukee
East St.Louis
Snow Flurry Blankets Town With Frosty Winds
A small blizzard swept the area early this morning with two hours of heavy snowfall. Despite warming ground, white ground cover appeared briefly before melting. A high wind accompanied the flakes and frost is expected tonight and Friday with continued cool conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Important meeting of executive committee of firemen
An important meeting of the executive committee of the firemen's convention will be held tonight in the hall of the Sarah Zane Fire Company.
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Fire‘men’s Convention
Sarah Zane Fire’ Co
Oh Daddy Show Girls Arrive For Performance
The Oh Daddy company arrived to fill an engagement in space as women parade the streets. Manager W F Davis states care has been taken to avoid vulgarity and notes a friendly audience inspires players. encores are the basis of success for the musical comedy numbers.
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Oh Daddy
Engine
W. F. Davis
Try Herrell's 8-16 1p 11
Mrs. Jack Smith and her son Edwin Harold Smith ofBrooklyn have arrived at the home of Mrs E H Diffenderfer on South Braddock street. They will be joined by Mr Smith and plan to make their home here. Mr Smith, a carpenter, will work with his father-in-law in contracting. He is a native of Scotland but Americanized. His wife is Nellie Diffenderfer who has returned to her old homeplace.
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Jack Smith
Edwin Harold Smith
Brooklyn
E. H. Diffenderfer
South Braddock Street
Smith
New York
Scotland
Meeting of Coal Conferees Is Off
A conference of United Mine Workers District 5 representatives and coal operators in Pittsburgh halted before noon after operators proposed raising miners housing rents. Miners refused to listen and no date was set for a new meeting regarding President Wilson's wage settlement.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers, District No. 5
Wilson
Civic League Meeting Set for Friday April 9
The Civic League will meet Friday April 9 at 3 o'clock to elect officers and collect dues. In Niagara Falls yards, switchmen declared loyalty to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and refused to join the yardmen’s strike.
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Toledo
Ohio
Union
Lake Shore
Clover Leaf
Baltimore and Ohio
Toledo and
Ohio Central
Niagara Falls
Civic League
Brotherhood of Railroad
Yardmen’s Association
INA Clash With German Populace in Frankfort
AP reports in Frankfort of a clash in Schillerplatz where French troops killed six Germans and wounded about forty. A French officer lamented the disorder as patrols clashed again near Coblenz with a German officer wounded. Reports say Ruhr basin repression by Rotwehr forces led to alleged mass shootings of Westphalians laying down arms.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Schillerplatz
Coblenz
Bad Nauheim
Nieder
Wollstadt
Homburg
Journal Des Delches
Air Service Fire Causes Million Dollar Loss
Dallas reports a major fire destroying several airplanes, large lumber supplies, the engine house, and the unloading shed at the depot north of Dallas. Army officers estimate the damage at about 1 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Tear Rem
Irish Pickets Arrested Again at British Embassy
Irish pickets appeared at the British embassy in Washington and were promptly arrested by police on charges of violating federal statutes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Freight and Express Embargoes In Effect
Local railroad and express agents report embargoes on all shipments to New York City and Chicago due to marine workers strike and switchmen walkout. Cold storage firms confirm, delaying apple shipments to New York markets until lifted.
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Railroad and Express Companies
New York City
Chicago
New York
Cantai Young People Missionary Society FOLKS CONCERT
Cantai Young People Missionary Society of Braddock Street M E Church South presents an adults 20 cents children 15 cents concert under church auspices. Public invited. Friday April 6 8 p m.
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Young People’s Missionary Society OF the
Braddock Street M. E. Church
South
Perfect Spraying and Fruit Protection Offer
Attention for Perfect Spraying and Fruit Protection ise Nu Rexform Arsenate Lead Will apply it right Special price for gun 9000 J COOPER SONS 1p 31 8 14 17
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J. Cooper & Sons
Arsenate of Lead Promoted for Pest Control
SAFE AND SURE arsenate of lead advertised for strongest poisoning effect and uniform distribution for fruit and foliage protection. Product touted as safe for fruit with ready delivery by Winchester Orchard Supply Company. Also notice of high grade seed oats from Winchester Seed Co and Mr. McKenny Berry returning to Washington after visiting his father-in-law near town.
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Winchester Orchard Supply Company
McKenny Berry
Washington
B. W. Baker
Mrs Cumming Acquitted in Mysterious Murder Case
Mrs Mit tie Jester Cummins was found not guilty of murdering her divorced husband S Gordon Cumming who was shot in the street last February. She testified of abuse and theft by Cumming and said she could not have killed him. The courtroom was crowded with sympathy as she recalled her hardships and efforts to care for their child.
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Hampton
Mittie Jester Cummins
S. Gordon Cumming
R. Be, Byrd
Winchester
Mrs Cumming
Scott
Byrd
The
Commonwealth
Cumming
Gordon Cumming
Buckroe Beach
Mrs. Cumming
Kenneth
Mr. Cumming
Fatal gas blast in Ponca City Oklahoma
A gas explosion in Ponca City Oklahoma killed one man and seriously injured another. A woman and a man were unaccounted for as the blast wrecked a building in the business district causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Twelve people slept in a lodging house above the restaurant. ten escaped with bruises.
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Associated Press
Ponca City
Okla
Auction sale notice for labor and goods in Winchester
Labor wanted wage three dollars per day and steady employment. Winchipster and Western Railroad, Winchester, Virginia announce an auction sale on Friday April 14 at 10 o'clock. Kent Street address lists household goods a carpenter bench and tools with boxes. George W. Taylor.
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Winchipster & Western Railroad
Winchester
Kent St
George W. Taylor
Lots For Sale To Raise Funds For Burned Buildings
A fragment notes sale of three desirable lots near Harris edallion to raise funds for replacement of burned structures. It also mentions Miss Hilda Miller visiting Baltimore and completing professional nursing, with family references to Mr and Mrs Good on North Braddock Street.
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Harris Edallion
Bre, BF
Ai-Ipitt
Memorial markers planned for Winchester founders
Frederick County supervisors approved two bronze and stone markers to honor Col. James Wood founder of Winchester and Thomas Lord Fairfax donor of the public square. Supervisor Scott Grant was named to coordinate site and erection details with the Winchester Chamber of Commerce. The markers aim to publicly proclaim Winchester’s historic past with a likely ceremony this spring.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Robert M. Ward
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Permssion
Court‘house
Col
James Wood
Winchester
Thomas Lord Fairfax
Scott Grant
Ward
Chamber of Commerce
Death follows lingering illness in Shenandoah County
Miss Lula Lindamood, 22, died Tuesday night at her brother Turner Lindamood’s home after long illness from diabetes complications. Daughter of John Lindamood, she lived with Mr and Mrs Hoover after being raised since childhood. Her funeral was held today in Shenandoah County.
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Ri HH. Hoover
Mount Jackson
Lula Lindamood
Turner Lindamood
Miss Lindamood
John Lindamood
Population gain for Memphis exceeds twenty percent in census
Census Bureau figures show Memphis Tennessee with 162,351 residents, up 31,246 or 23.8 percent since 1910, reflecting significant urban growth. The release emphasizes Memphis as a growing city in the South.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Memphis
Tenn
Fort Loudoun Seminary and Shenandoah Valley Academy Reopen
Students and cadets return after Easter holidays as the final term resumes. Trains carried many riders home and back, while H J Shreve of the Washington Herald circula tion department toured Virginia and West Virginia towns and planned further travel to Martinsboro and nearby cities.
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Fort Loudoun Seminary
Shenandoah Valley Academy
H. J. Shreve
Washington Herald
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Martinsboro
W. Va
Stimulation of Apple Production by Fertilizer Trials
Growers ask for experience on using fertilizer to boost apple yields. A 1913 York Imperial study tested ten plots per treatment with potash, phosphates, nitrate of soda, basic slag, and manure. Results showed nitrogen sources like nitrate or manure spark bud formation and yields, while five years of nitrate application reduced fruiting due to excessive wood growth. Recommend around five pounds per bearing tree, applied in a strip from 1.5 feet inside the tips.
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York Imperial
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