Birmingham Negroes Headed to Chicago Steel Plant
A party of 259 Black workers from Birmingham Alabama, with several women and guards, traveled via Illinois Central to Chicago to work for Latrobe Steel and Counter Co. They say they were hired under a no strike condition and are union men who refuse to take strikers’ places. Governor Yates declined to intervene as importation of workers remains threatened.
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Carbondale, II
Birmingham
Alabama
Lere
Illinois Central
Chicago
Latrobe Steel
Latrobe Foundry Company
Melrose Park
Two Agents Arrested in Birmingham Remain in Jail
H R Bell and D M Ryan two Negro labor agents arrested at Union Station were moved from the city jail to the county jail. Warrants await return before Judge Dan Greene’s Criminal Court division. Trials set for September. bonds set at 500 each, then reduced to 300. Neither has posted bail.
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Birmingham
H. R. Bell
D. M. Ryan
Union
Criminal Court
Dan Greene
Abernathy
Tthe
Record heat top in St Louis with 40 deaths, 75 prostrations
In St Louis the previous day reached a record 107.1 degrees as the maximum. In the 24 hours ending at 11 o clock there were forty deaths and seventy five prostrations reported due to the heat.
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ST. Louis
New Office at Car Works in Anniston
J W Oswald arrives from Pittsburg to head the new superintendent position for the Southern Car and Foundry company in Anniston. He will supervise erection of cars and manufacturing inputs excluding rolling mill outputs, bringing experience from the Pressed Steel Car company and other firms.
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CAR Works
J. W. Oswald
Pittsburg
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Mr. Oswald
Anniston
Pressed Steel Car Company
Armed parties threaten Osceola court house clash
Memphis reports armed partisans in Osceola Arkansas claim to seize the court house as a sheriff and court clerk dispute over revocation of commissions sparks tension in the town. Barricades, quiet by nightfall, no martial law requested.
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Memphis
J. A. Lovewell
J. W. Rhodes
Clien‘t
Mississippi County
Ark
Supreme Court
Lovewell
Rhodes
Circouit
Registration totals rise in El Reno and Lawton
El Reno saw a new record with 16 708 registrations today, lifting the city total to 120 637. Lawton added 1 542 registrations, raising its total to 29 298, for a grand regional total of 149 925.
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EL Reno
O. T
Lawton
Secretary Long to Order Court of Inquiry Today
Washington July 25 Secretary Long said he would issue a court of inquiry to examine a matter following a request from Admiral Schley. The move comes as officials prepare for the proceeding to investigate the charges or circumstances involved.
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Long
Washington
United States
Porto Rico
Tyson heirs to meet in Fort Worth for estate partition
The Tyson heirs will hold a meeting in Fort Worth on August 15 to arrange distribution of John Tyson’s estate valued around 52 million. The gathering, called by nephews Thomas and William Tyson, will occur at State National Bank with Sen. Charles A. Culberson to assist. Four Texas heirs live in Texas. one brother of the deceased attends from Trenton, Kentucky.
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William Tyson
Jackson County
Thomas Tyson
United States
Charles A. Culberson
State National Bank
Trenton
Foley's Honey and Tar and Kidney Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as relief for asthma or consumption and Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for rheumatism by expelling uric acid via the kidneys. The copy urges a trial and credits McElreath Drug Co. with distribution.
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Foley
McElreath Drug Co
McEl
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Counter Co
The
United States Steel Co
Associated Press
Strik
Ernor Yates
Yates
Sprinfield, Ill
City OF
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Car Department
Cail
Levi's
Anniston Trading Company
In Osceola
Court House
Maclay
Schley
Osceola
Sam Brown
C. 8. Driver
Davis
Edgar 8. Maclay
Sedley. Maclay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Representative Madd
Maryland
Committee of Naval
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Bers
Self
Oklahoma Lands
Washincoton
Secre
Tary Long
Island OF
Island
Ullman’s
Tyson Heirs
Fort Worth, Tex
Fort Worth, Texas
Tyson
John Tyson
Melbourne
Australia
England
Thomas A
Texas
Reath Drug Co
Jos. Saks & Co
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