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Several major fuel companies merge, leaving them with a capitol stock of $37,650,000 control of over “200,000 acres of coal land” across several states.

Twenty lives lost after “premature blast of dynamite” in a stone quarry near South Bethlehem, the “one thousand pounds of dynamite” left the bodies of the victims hurled hundreds of feet from the explosion sight.

David Hirschman confesses to police authorities that he set fire to the shoe store of his brother in order to “collect $7,000 insurance on the stock” for $50.

Mrs. Laupaule Orber, accused of being a witch, is convicted with a disorderly conduct charge, and fined $5 along with ten days in jail.

President Roosevelt warns Japan that America will have to intervene if they cannot enforce their new labor policies.

Biggest oil price change occurs after 2 years of price stagnancy.

The miners and operators of the major coal regions sign labor agreement representing the workers rights.

An epidemic of storms and tornadoes sweeps through the south leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage, and claiming a multitude of deaths.

Thousands of people in Asiatic Turkey are massacred due to the stage of siege, and warships now on their coasts as well.

Skeletons of “colonial residents” continue to be found in Princeton, where a private burial ground used to stand.