Roosevelt Reported to Open War on Beef Trust
Chicago, Aug 2. President Roosevelt to launch action against the beef trust, seen as a political move for his campaign. Inspector Carroll, Dept of Commerce and Labor, investigating stockyards under direct orders from the President to gather evidence for possible injunctions against large packing firms.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Beef Trust
Inspector Carroll
United States Department of Commerce and Labor
Peter 8S. Grosscup
Federal District Court
Department of Commerce and Labor
Packers Claim They Are Winning Chicago
Chicago, Aug 2. The meat packers unionized workers on strike report progress, claiming enhanced position as arrests of new hires surge. Armour & Co leadership says the strike nears end with many old places filled and near normal operations, while stockyards fill with unsold cattle and hogs as 19 000 sheep and 10 000 hogs were reshipped and 12 000 hogs remain unsold amid fears of a backlog tomorrow.
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Chicago
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Police fear trouble in Chinatown after stabbing
Police captain vows swift action to quell any Chinatown faction clashes between Tong groups after Yee Shing Tong was stabbed. No arrests yet. Yee Shing Tong to describe incident after hospital discharge. Three men expelled from the Tong Society weeks earlier on claims of disloyalty by director Lui Tai.
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Chinatown
Yee Shing
Cain
Yee Shing Tong
Yee Tong
Yee Ham
Lui Tai
Tai
Tong Society
Plan for City Boards Endorses New School and Public Works
A proposal to abolish the Boston School Board and street commissioners seeks a seven member board of education appointed by the Mayor and a three member board of public works. The plan, aimed at reducing politics in schools, envisions local school district representation and no aldermanic confirmation.
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Board of Education
Board of Public Works
Schoolhouse Commission
Board of Aldermen
Street Commissioners
Sanford's Ginger Promises Quick Health For Summer Ills
A 19th or early 20th century style health note warns that night air chills and sudden temperature drops slow circulation and digestion. It touts Sanford's Ginger as a remedy that quickens circulation, centers blood at the stomach, promotes digestion, and prevents summer colds when taken after a chill.
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Sanford
Ginger Frappe Healthful Summer Drink
A cooling drink recipe featuring cracked ice sugar and Sanford's Ginger with a dash of lime juice. The ad promotes Sanford's Ginger as a healthful ingredient for hot weather beverages and urges readers to choose Sanford's.
Cold Tea With Lemon and Ginger Comfort Drink
A description of cold tea flavored with lemon juice and a dash of Sanford's Ginger, presented as a refreshing and comforting beverage.
Sanford's Ginger Promises Quick Summer Health Boost
An ad extols Sanford's Ginger as a fast cure for everyday ills and a reliable remedy to ward off summer ailments, urging readers to keep a bottle on hand for health and vitality.
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Sanford
Theft laid to postal clerk Henry F Danner
Henry F Danner a 46 year old postal clerk at the Boston post office was arrested yesterday for allegedly appropriating letters and packages meant for transmission through the mails. Deputy U S Marshal Ruhl jailed him on $500 bonds after Inspector McMillan observed him taking two letters from the rack and tucking them into his coat. His sister Henrietta Danner of East Dedham later appeared.
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Henry F. Danner
East Dedham
Boston
United States
Ruhl
Fiske
Henrietta Danner
Quincy Street
Danner
McMillan
Farewell Dinner for Eugene Selg Before Stuttgart Departure
A farewell dinner honored Mr. Eugene Selg who is departing for Stuttgart. Guests included Karl Braun J Kalbskoff E R Von Hornig David Crockett Curt Sahr Henry J Nolte Captain Harrisson Captain G M Dyer Hugo Reichner H W H Henrici Hugo Brindgam Dr Hovestadt G G Ledder Paul Hoffman H Heberlein J A Zinn and George Harris. Braun served as toastmaster and presented a traveling case. Poems were written by Braun and Hoffman as the guests offered wishes for Selg’s success and happiness.
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Eugene Selg
Stuttgart
Karl Braun
J. Kalbskoff
E. R. von Hornig
David Crockett
Curt Sahr
Henry J. Nolte
Harrisson
G. M. Dyer
Hugo Reichner
H. W. H. Henrici
Hugo Brindgam
Dr. Hovestadt
G. G. Ledder
Paul Hoffman
H. Heberlein
J. A. Zinn
George Harris
Messrs. Braun
Hoffman
Mr. Selg
Gasfitters to Aid Fall River Strike
Gasfitters Union 175 endorsed the Fall River textile strike and pledged financial assistance. Members will demand higher wages for their employers but new pay will not start before January 1, 1905. The union also voted against a Labor Day parade.
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Fall River
Teamsters Backing the Butchers Indorsed by Union
Cincinnati Aug 2 The International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention approved President Shea and the executive board in calling out on a sympathetic strike the St Louis packing house teamsters in support of the striking butcher workers. Delegates foresee extending the action to Kansas City Omaha New York and Philadelphia and say other packing house workers will be called out if packing is shifted to nonunion teams.
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Cincinnati
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Shea
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
New York City
Philadelphia
Cloak Makers Union Splits Into Four Sections
The Skirt and Cloakmakers Union 26 arranged to divide into four sections under union control: skirt makers, cloakmakers, pressers, and finishers. Meetings set at 54 Cross Street with times next week. Open shop talks at two Chauncy Street shops resolved in favor of a closed shop agreement.
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Cross Street
Labor Men Bid Good By To Delegate Driscoll
Dennis D. Driscoll secretary treasurer of the Massachusetts State AFL and former Bos ton Central Labor Union president was farewelled at the Cunard dock by Boston trade unionists as he left for Leeds England to attend the British trades congress on Labor Day. He and W D Ryan Springfield will represent 3 000 000 AFL members as fraternal delegates. he will return with Mrs Driscoll in late September.
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Dennis D. Driscoll
Massachusetts
A. F. of L
Boston Central Labor Union
Cunard
Boston
British Trades Congress
Leeds
England
W. D. Ryan
Springfield
American Federation of Labor
Driscoll
Many Builders Sign Wharf Work Scale
Business Agent Cameron of Carpenters District Council told the executive board last night that Robert Tidd, George Cahill, George Haynes & Co., Randall Bros., Scully & Sons, J Norton, Walter Burke, White & Graham, Seth W. Perkins Company and Jones & Meehan all agreed that wharf and bridge carpenters will work eight hours a day. A committee will approach the remaining firms.
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Cameron
Carpenters’ District Council
Robert Tidd
George Cahill
George Haynes & Co
Randall Bros
Scully & Sons
J. Norton
Walter Burke
White & Graham
Seth W. Perkins Company
Jones & Meehan
Dorchester Stores to Close Early Saturday Night
The Church Alliance for the Advancement of Labor announces that nearly all Dorchester firms will close at 10 o’clock Saturday night. The alliance celebrates the success and aims for similar results across Boston districts where committees operate.
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Dorchester
Church Alliance For the Advancement of Labor
Church Alliance
Boston
Labor Notes From Somerville Tubeworkers Strike
Coopers Union 19 donated 15 dollars to the Somerville tubeworkers last night. Pratt of Plumbers Union 12 was congratulated on his election as vice president of the State organization at the Brockton convention. Tube workers leader Cunningham departed for Pittsburg Washington and Cincinnati to secure promised financial aid for Somerville strikers. Hebrew Mattress Makers Union inducted ten applicants for membership last night.
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Coopers’ Union
Somerville
Pratt
Plumbers’ Union 12
Brockton
William J. Cunningham
Tubeworkers’ Union of
Pittsburg
Washington
Penn
Cincinnati
Hebrew Mattress Makers’ Union
Strikers Denounce Talk Of Neglect At Meeting
At a Textile Council meeting in Fall River on August 2, speakers condemned talk that non-unionists were neglected. Records showed strike leaders prioritized welfare for outsiders and pledged immediate aid to those in want. They urged careful aid to prevent imposition while assuring assistance to unaffiliated workers in need.
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Fall River
Textile Council
Local union leader pledges funds amid rumor of discontent
The secretary Thomas O'Donnell warns of malice in rumors among non union members while the treasury would care for those lacking membership. John T. Coughlin, president of the street railway workers union, says he will canvass supporters for funds to aid the needy.
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Fit
Thomas O’donnell
John T. Coughlin
Street Railway Employees’ Union
Taggart Gets Great Ovation in Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratic national committee, returned home to Indianapolis and was welcomed with a public reception in Tomlinson Hall. About 2000 Democrats lined the depot, and 4000 people gathered at the hall to cheer the former three term mayor.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Tomlinson Hall
Taggart
Rumor of Miss Kennedy Denied in Roxbury
Friends of Miss Lois A. Kennedy of 36 Harlow Street Roxbury deny a circulating rumor that she ran away and used another name. They say the rumor is false and note a mistaken photo linked to Miss Nellie Linscott of Brookline as unrelated.
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Lois A. Kennedy
Harlow Street
Roxbury
Miss Kennedy
Nellie Linscott
Brookline
Peruna endorsements praise three generations in Chicago
Three generations laud Peruna as the family remedy for catarrh stomach and head cold female complaints and colic in a Chicago home. Testimonies from Thresa Rooke Mrs M Fredrich and Mrs Martha Moss claim relief where doctors failed with children and adults.
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Thresa Rooke
Ashland Ave
Chicago
Ladies of the Maccabees
Peruna
Martha Moss
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Fifty Thousand Weekly for Strikers Approved in Mule Spinners
Fall River August 2 The National Mule Spinners union plans a weekly sum of 50 cents per member, averaging about 100000 members, to support striking mill operatives. Treasurer O'Donnell confirmed the levy and the anticipated total of $50000 each week.
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Fall River
O’donnell
Fall River Relief Plans Outlined by Textile Council
The textile committee in Fall River reports 1300 received in the past week. Rudolph S. Hassenhasser offers 1000 baskets of provisions for distribution by the textile council. The city is divided into eight sections with loom fixers, slashers, spinners, weavers, and carders organized as district relief teams. President John Golden says unions in Washington, Philadelphia and New York will provide financial support.
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Fall River
O'Donnell
Rudolphs. Hassenhasser
Textile Council
The
John Golden
United Textile Workers
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Fall River Typo Union Pledges Weekly $1 Assessments
Fall River Aug 2 The Typo graphic Union of this city has entered the textile strike. President George Severino favors a weekly assessment of $1 per member making a total of $87. Members said the order will receive a unanimous vote at the next meeting.
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Fall River
George Severino
Father Missing From Cambridge Home Since July 23
Mrs. Robert F. Cameron of 240 Westland avenue Cambridge appeals for news of her husband Robert F. Cameron who has been mysteriously missing from his home since July 23. Five children and she live in destitute circumstances awaiting any clue.
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Hall
Robert F. Cameron
Westland Avenue
Cambridge
Collins men put out fire at Hotel Euclid
Boston players Dineen Gibson Ferris Parent and Freeman rooms sixth floor during Aug 2 stay in Cleveland. After smelling smoke they battled a room fire near the elevator shaft with extinguishers, Ferris nearly blinded by the fluid, averting a disastrous blaze. Hotel management praised the actions.
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Cleveland
Boston
Euclid
Dineen
Gibson
Ferris
Parent
Freeman
Boston Players
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