Local merchants trumpet goods and new stock at Chestnut street shops
Retail ads boast Jones grocery quality and exclusive millinery from Mrs. Langdon, plus new stock at Collings Hat Shop and Chas Black & Son. Offers include pressed shapes, feathers, corsage bouquets, Bradley sweaters, and sweater coats. Extra deals feature Carnation Condensed Milk, Yeast Foam, matches, pasta products, and coal from Green Bay Lumber Co.
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Collings Hat Shop
Geauine Spaulding
Bradley
Chas, Black & Son
Chestnut Street
Atlantic Tea & Coffee Co
Iowa Plumbers Face Federal Probe and Restructure
Des Moines reports say a nationwide plumbers cartel faces strong prosecution. Price fixers in multiple cities guide contracts. members face expulsion for noncompliance as federal and state investigations intensify. Also notes Iowa teachers program, bank deposits rise, prison labor talks, and Keokuk phone case master appointment.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Association
Beveridge
Public Schools of
Council Bluffs
O. T. Carson
Columbus
Comptroller of the Treasury
Iowa
State Federation of Labor
State Board of Control
Strike at Oskaloosa Strikes Street Car Service
About fifty employees of the Oskaloosa Traction and Light company walked out over differences on a new agreement. No cars operated but heat and power remain available. Sufficient workers were found to run engines in the interim. An auto collision in Washington injured three girls at an auction crowd but all will recover.
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Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Traction and Light Company
Washington
Charles Goodwin
Lucille Hartman
Katharine Hartman
Florence Marsh
Mexico follows light turnout in general election
In Mexico City at Huerta’s era end, fewer than 80,000 eligible voters are estimated to have cast ballots. Catholic party leaders claim a strong showing for Gamboa and Rascon, while Diaz and Requena are thought to be second. Congress likely to favor Catholics, with no coercion observed at polling sites along the Texas border.
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Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Republic
Congress
Catholic Party
Frederico Gamboa
General Rascon
Felix Diaz
Senor Requena
Manuel Claero
Flores Magon
Texas
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Huerta
Felx Diaz
Juarez
Guards and Strikers Battle in Colorado
In Ludlow Colorado on October 27 a twelve hour clash raged among strikers mine guards and deputy sheriffs in Berwin canyon Hastings and near the Colorado and Southern station. Over 700 armed strikers battled the guards. one guard was killed and a striker reportedly missing. Fire moved between Cedar Hill Tobasco and Tabasco with districts cut off. a final daytime attack targeted a Denver and Rio Grande train near Barnes station claimed to carry nine guards.
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Ludlow
Colo
Berwin Canon
Hastings
Colorado and Southern
Cedar Hill
Tolerbugh
Berwin
Delegua
Tabasco
Colorado
Tobasco
Jadlow
Valve Breaks at Ogden Power Plant Cause Blackout
A huge valve at the Utah Light and Railway power plant on the city outskirts broke, wrecking equipment and demolishing the building. The incident plunged two thirds of Ogden into darkness for about six hours, halted streetcar service, disrupted business, and flooded surrounding docks. Estimated total damage $150,000.
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Ogden
Utah
Utah Light and Railway Company
General Diaz Quits Army and Refuses Huerta Request
General Felix Diaz telegraphed the War Department resigning as brigadier general amid tensions with President Huerta. Diaz would not accompany to Mexico City on Huerta’s invitation, citing illness of Colonel Vidaurrazaga’s wife as the reason. Diaz and his family remain in the capital. retirement may be granted, though arrest orders are also rumored.
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Huerta
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Felix Diaz
Diaz
Department of War
Auerta
Vidaurrazaga
Blanquet
Tez
General Diaz
War Department
Seven Firefighters Dead in Goodyear Plant Blaze
Milwaukee reports seven firemen killed and twenty four injured as a Goodyear Rubber plant blaze causes $600000 damage. explosions collapsed walls trapping crews, with several bodies still believed in ruins as flames spread to nearby buildings. Italian elections in Rome saw disorder limited and Giolitti reelected amid a light ballot. Washington forecast cooler temperatures and widespread rain across the nation this week.
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Milwaukee
Goodyear Rubber Company
Rome
Italy
Giovanni Giolottti
Local Advertisements Spur Urgent Orders and Services
An array of midwestern shop ads urge readers to order storm sashes and truss or brace supports, with lines promising free advice, durable repairs, and timely delivery. Businesses include Live and Let Live Druggist J. Jones, W. T. Joyce Co, Nelson Shrock & Grulke, The Cushing Machine & Auto Co, and Wilken Monument Works offering autos, sleeping garments, welding, and memorials.
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Cushing Machine & Auto Co
Herman & Weldeman Plumbers and Electrical Supplies Ad
Herman and Weldeman advertise plumbing steam and hot water heating with guaranteed work. Claude Williams offers electrical supplies and services for wiring homes. Kimballton Construction Co sells builders' materials for farms and city homes, promoting cement blocks and low repair costs.
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Boggess Brothers
Herman & Weldeman
Kimbaliton Construction Co
Ling
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Atlantic Mill
Jones
M. L. Langdon
Langdon
Highley, Bron
Auf
Green Bay Lumber CO
Nameg
Keokuk
H. B. Frase
Frank Miller
Miller
Sloan
Keosauqua
Iowa Telephone Company
Smith McPherson
Christabel Pankearst
American Press Association
Mexico
William Bastian
San Francisco
Tulsa City
Germany
Bastian
Mint
Dred
Eagles Building
Ioe
Pride of
Atlantic Produce Co
Creamery Department
J. 3. Jones
W. T. Joyce Co
Brighton Carlsbad
Union
Nelson, Shrock & Grulke
Att
Wilken
Monument Works
Atlante
Newa-Telegraph
Claude Williams
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