Railroads raise wages and threaten higher rates
Railroads across the nation announce roughly ten percent wage increases for workers as a move supporters call shared prosperity. Critics warn higher freight and consumer costs will follow under the guise of restoring 1902 rate levels, benefiting stockholders while squeezing buyers and merchants. A separate note discusses Mrs. Foxhall Keene and a England-bound move, then broader remarks on law, wealth, and accountability. Iowa leads rural mail routes, with 1,102 routes and 1,947 total applications statewide, signaling national trends in delivery service and rural connectivity.
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Foxhall Keene
James R. Keene
England
Foxy
Gat
Oxy
East
America
Iowa
Union
Towa
Illinois
AJL
Lowa
Gompers Faces Socialist Drive at AFL Meeting
John Mitch ell is praised amid a New Orleans AFL gathering where Samuel Gompers steadied the federation against a proposed political stand by socialists. He left his chair to deliver a forceful talk that redirected delegates away from forming a separate labor party.
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John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New Orleans
Gompers
AFL Against Government By Injunction Speech Opens Industrial Millenium Hope
The American Federation of Labor denounced government by injunction while affirming courts may issue injunctions to prevent property destruction and law violations. The statement argues recognizing these principles would curb labor disputes and strikes, moving toward an industrial millenium longed for by both capital and labor.
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American Federation of Labor
A Parson's Noble Act Promotes Electric Bitters
Rev C J Budlong of Ashway R I praises Electric Bitters as a genuine all around cure for jaundice liver trouble and related ailments after years of suffering. He claims the medicine excels anything he ever saw and notes E I Smith Co guarantees satisfaction.
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C. J. Budlong
Ashway
R.1
E. I. Smith & Co
Des Moines Capital Announces Bar Gain Day Price
The Des Moines Daily Capital offers a year’s subscription for 2.00 on December 29 to celebrate Iowa’s admission anniversary. Present subscribers may renew by paying 2.00 for 1903, with requests to mail checks or money orders to Lafe Young. Also notes Great Western Railway winter travel deals and agent contacts.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Lafe Young
Associated Press
Daily Capital
Low Rate Excursions for Homeseekers in 1903
Town Central railway offers excursion tickets for homeseekers on the first and third Tuesdays of November December January February March and April 1903. Round trip fare is one fare plus 8 cents, valid twenty one days from sale. Inquiries to any Iowa Central ticket agent or A B Carts, G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
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Town Central Railway
Iowa Central
A. B. Carts
Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago Great Western Offers Low Colonist Rates
The Chicago Great Western Railway announces one way second class colonist rates to the west, southwest and south on the first and third Tuesdays of November and December. Details available from any Chicago Great Western agent or J.P. Elmer, G. B. A. Chicago.
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Jloueseekers
Mies Toon
Chicago
Chicago Great Western Iy
Southwest
Chicago Great Western
J.P. Elmper
New Fast Service To St Louis From Various Iowa Towns
A new fast Central Inaugural train service begins November 2 to St Louis Missouri via Marshalltown Oskaloosa AlbIn and Moberly. The Bullet sleeper coach and combination car run through without change arriving at St Louis at 2 00 pm daily. The service adds to existing trains and offers two daily trips to St Louis. For details contact Town Central agent or G P T A Cutts Minneapolis Minn.
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Town Central
A.D. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
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