Labor Union Notes Echo Broad 1920s Activism and Social Change
Labor union reports reflect mixed activity from the Painters Union Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen and Central Labor Union. Meetings in Amarillo discuss elections, relief committees, radio extensions, and mutual aid while noting illness, travel, and local employment shifts.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary No. 10
Painters Union
Painters Hall
Central Labor Union
Carpenters Hall
T. D. Atkins
Harve Oliver
Fred Fisher
W. E. Johnston
Paul Shelvik
Sam Norton
W. F. Stevens
Barbers Union
Typographical Union
Organized Labor
Chicago
W. W. Finch
Amarillo
United Wall Paper Makers of
North America
Relief Committee
Bill Hunter
Mail Service
Robinson
Barbers
Scott
Butchers
Cassidy and Miller Missing After Early Morning Departure
Covey confirms Minnie Cassidy left home at 10 am to visit a friend in town. Letty Miller also unaccounted at the old rooming house address. Superintendent Cowhland reports no forwarding address. A continuation promises investigation and a medical examiner report in Paris as the chapter closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Cassidy
Letty Miller
Covey
Cassidy
Miller
Cowhlan
Borden
Jack
Texan Given Life Term in Oklahoma
West 52, of Denison Texas, a railroad fireman, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a district court jury. He killed his former housekeeper Elyra Tyson 40 on December 26 1928 by slashing her throat. The jury deliberated only 20 minutes.
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Oklahoma City
BE. West
Denison
Texas
Mwe
Mere
Elyira Tyson
Man writes 3265 letters to dead wife after nine years
Sioux City report notes Mathias Brown aged 79 died among papers containing 3265 letters he penned daily for nine years to his deceased wife. Also mentions future airplane engine weights and a dental remedy promotion by City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daidy
Sioux City
Mathias Brown
Leto
City Drug Store
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Adam
Garden of Eden
Columbus
Fortune
John Gutenberg
Schwartz
Edison
Barnum
Circus
Lydia Pinkham
Pink Pills
Bell
the Telephone
Wright Brothers
The
Airplane
Henry Ford
the Flivver
Volstead
Prohibition
Hot Air
George Baker
Junior
Gordon Palmer
Glenwood
Sam Kanouse
Air Service
Tom Cleveland
Ray Dickerson
Prospect Street
Rosebud
E. Rollins
C. L. Griffith
Brotherhood of Railroad Trains
Odd Fellows Hall
Guy Bennett
H. G. Hamtick
B. R
Ben Moore
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Brothers
J. E. Dyer
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kan
I. M. Hess
Carpenters and Joiners of America
Beaumont
Amarilo Union
J. B. Parr
St. Anthony's Hospital
Clyde
Finch
Sweetwater
Abilene
Painters and Decorators Local No. 544
Jack Thomas
Harve Thomas
Dan Thomas
Turner
Wister
Nelson Thurmas
Robert White
Plumbers Union
Fred Townsend
Tom Ladd
C. C. McQueen
Webb Greening
Webb Grenning
Jack Keifer
Dalhart
W. R. Welch
Switchmen's Union of North America
Buffalo
N. Y
Mattie Moras
Guadalajara
Mexico
Miss del Rio
Miss Moras
Snatch
C. J. Ricketts
Miller's Hall
North
Buchanan Street
San Jacinto
Senate
United States
Sackett
Kentucky
Hawes-Cooper
Washington, D. C
J. P. Scheffbauer
A. M. Weisenman
W. B. Bott
San Angelo
Pampa
Mrs. Townsend
BL. Clayton
NewsGlobe Typographical Force
T. A. Diamond
Colorado Springs
George J. Enoch
Harve Cliver
Carpenters’ Local
Tucumcari
N. M
Wed
Fulton
Plainview
Amarillo Carpenters Union
Texas Industrial Insurance
Hollywood
Richard Barthelmess
Mr. Barthelmens
Paul Whiteman
Hie
Columbia Broadcasting System
Will
IBS
American Filma
Paris
Corus
Easterwood
Dovotowners
Oklahoma
F.C. Beck
BR. B. Beck
Beck Bros
West
Upshaw-Archer CO
Room
Amarillo Bldg
Polk St
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