Beet Boycott Spreads Nationwide as Meat Prices Rise Since 1903
Reports from Boston to Cleveland detail a growing no meat movement with 160000 in Ohio pledging 30 days abstinence. Locally prices are cited higher than Boston and Montreal benchmarks while unions and manufacturers weigh support and fears of market disruption.
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Cleveland
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Massachusetts
Springfield
Hendee Cycle Manufactory
Smith & Wesson Revolver Factory
Toledo
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Mitchell
Twentieth Century Club
Joy Street
Boston
Edward M. Shanley
William R. Scharton
Provisional Central Committee
Scharton
Government Will Act Against Beef Trust
Washington reports the Department of Justice will prosecute the so called Beef Trust led by Swift Morris and Armour in a bid to curb rising meat prices. An initial grand jury proceeding in Chicago is planned next week with possible civil and criminal actions under Sherman antitrust law.
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Beef Trust
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Department
Chicago
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Armour & Co
National Packing Company
National Corporation
Western Railroads
Alfred R. Urion
Department of
MASS MEETING TONIGHT AT FANEUIL HALL TO ADDRESS MEAT PRICES
Citizens gather at Faneuil Hall to discuss the high cost of foods and consider plans to bring down meat prices. The mass meeting aims to coordinate civic action and urge policy focus on affordable provisions.
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Faneuil Hall
Monster Citizens
Meat Prices Dispute Over Boston Quotes Spark Protest
Joseph Squire Company challenges Boston Post price comparisons for meat saying figures from St. John Montreal are misrepresented. They list their own prices versus the quoted rates and offer to prove profits and losses over three years, urging a thorough local investigation.
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Boston
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Montreal
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Wilson
Boston Post
Bread Prices Sparked Parisian Revolution, Women March on Versailles
Taine recounts how starving Parisians led by women marched to Versailles on October 5 1789 demanding bread. The crowd, led by Maillard, seized guards, toppled the royal regime, and forced the royal family to Paris amid a frenzy that culminated in a macabre display of power and threat to the throne.
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Taine
Paris
Versailles
Dauphin
Madeleine Chabry Louison
Palais-Royal
Theroigne
Bastille
Maillard
Sevres Bridge
Oeil-de-Boeuf
National Guard
Legislative Probe Aims at Causes of High Prices
Representative William H. O'Brien of Dorchester introduces a bill creating a Massachusetts Industrial and Fiscal Commission to summon executives and others for a wide ranging inquiry into labor and living conditions. The five member panel includes governor appointees and appointments via Chamber of Commerce and AFL channels. The commission would propose remedies after its investigation into price levels relative to wages.
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William H. O’brien
Dorchester
Massachusetts Industrial and Fiscal Commission
Heef
Boston Finance Commission
Boston Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Trade
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Commonwealth
Auto and an Autocrat on the Lake Erie Steamship
A white steamer on Lake Erie carries English and American tourists from the Straits to Ogdensburg. Malcolm Elliot saves a girl, Verina Brentwood, from falling overboard, sparking romance amid social ties. The journey continues to Port Colborne and Niagara Falls with a staged auto tour. A highway incident ends with a cliffhanger as a Bible-clad robber appears.
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Ontine
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Straits
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Rocks
Pontiac
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Malcolm
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Thorold
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A-Long
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Varina
Sidney Lane
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Samuel Dutton
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Memphis
Marty Wee
Quincy
Tremont Temple
Central Labor Union
Quincy Markets
S. S. Learned Company
J. A. Hathaway Company
A. S. Litchfield
Waters & Litchfield
William B. Fletcher
Canada
No Meat Clubs
Max Mitchell
Post
New Brunswick
Mr. Wilson
O’brien
RILAD
Jasper Barnett Cowdin
Verina Brentwood
Joshua
Giddash
Sunday Post
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