Harvest Hands Unite as Unions Grow Across Farms
The spread of harvest labor unions across the Midwest and plains is seen as boosting wages and tightening control over farm labor. Organizers and employers clash over overtime pay, with thousands of grain growers facing higher costs while unions recruit in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Strong entities include the United States farmers, national unions, and D. W. Blaine. The article notes large farm populations, rising product values, and extensive seasonal labor.
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United
Harvest Hands Into Nations
Waion
Illimois
Missouri
Mansas
United States
Indiana
1Disois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Great Wheat Belt
Union
Anbor
D. W. Blaine
Pran County
Uater
Willie
American Federation of Labog
Rankea
Harvestere
Rome
Amnion
Jeart St
Jury Foreman Dies After Verdict in Damage Case
D J Metsiniex, foreman of the jury, collapsed and died of heart disease at Hamikoce Moat following the trial’s verdict. The article notes his status as a prominent rancher and references related legal and transport incidents, including a Los Angeles collision and ongoing official duties in St Louis.
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D. J. Metsiniex
Hamikoce
Moat
E W. Benedict
Topeka
Seoardway
Los Angeles
Cal
Weather affects crops across regions and states
A long weather bureau report details how conditions varied by region, with warm, drought-stressed central areas and New England facing dryness while southern regions saw excessive rains. It notes planting progress, crop health, and prospects for corn, wheat, oats, cotton, tobacco, and fruit across the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio valley, and beyond, with drought in some areas and beneficial rains in others. It also mentions bank reserves in Oklahoma and a double tragedy near Laddonia, Missouri.
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The
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Lake Region
New England
Middle Atantic
Ohio Valley
East Gulf States
Missouri
Mississippi
Missouri Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texan
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio River
Indiana
Texas
Iske
Cottom Belt
Porthone
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hed River Valley
Towa
South Dakota
Storm Kills Score In Widespread Tornado Outbreak
A broad tornado on the West and Midwest left at least twenty one dead across Norman and Fairfield Nebraska and Rolfe Iowa with additional fatalities in Missouri California and Minnesota. Destruction damaged homes farms and stores totaling extensive property losses and disrupted utilities.
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Nebraska
Norman
Neb
Earl Bacon
Welliver
John McCurdy
Pauline
James C. Mumaw
Frank Quigg
Lizzie Palmer
Jeannette Palmer
Fairfield
Rolfe
Des Moines
Iowa
Fong Foo
Burlington Railway
Proseer
Mircourt Paciffic
Clay
Adams
Kearney
Elmo
Missouri
State Bank
Crayon
Hotel de Main
Rochester
Minn
Olmated
Rockdell
Chicago
Northwestern
Dover
Many Idle in Gotham Throng City Faces Vast Lost Output
In New York City about 115000 workers are idle as lines of business stagnate. Union disputes and union rivalries, plus employers uniting to resist demands, have halted work. The idle workforce would earn about 4000 dollars daily and 3.96 million weekly, while companies totaling 550 million in capitalization show no activity. The widespread paralysis exceeds prior industrial slowdowns.
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New York City
Fire devastates Quebec town shoe factory and more
A large fire at Cote Bros shoe factory in S J Hyacinthe Quebec destroyed the factory and six nearby factories. About 30 houses were burned or damaged and roughly a quarter of the population became homeless. The Jonas was placed at 400000 dollars.
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Quebec
Cote Bros
S J. Hyacinthe
Jonas
New York Sees 841 Fewer Saloons This Year
New York reports 841 fewer saloon and hotel licenses in the current year across Greater New York due to higher fees. License increases from 800 to 1200 in Manhattan and the Bronx, and from 600 to 1000 in Brooklyn, with total receipts rising by 2,045,037 over last year.
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Greater
New York
Manhattan
Bron
Brooklyn
Venezuelans Hold Fort Amid German Fire and Cheese Shell
In Fort San Carlos Venezuelan garrison resists German bombardment as shells explode around them. General Bello rallies his troops amid the smoke and chaos. A mocked war plan involving limburger cheese and sauerkraut is suggested from the German flagship before the odor disperses as troops retreat.
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Fort San Carlos
New York Times
Gen
Bello
Brave Bill" Pilsener
Belle
Hilla
Fortunes for Photographers in New York City
More than $1 500 000 is spent annually on photographs in New York City. About 400 photographers serve a wealthy clientele and the middle class, with families spending 5 to 100 dollars yearly. The trade thrives in all weathers, focusing on prominent studios and skylight galleries. Actors often pay poorly or studios avoid them due to payment issues. Some fashionable women seek portraits in actresslike styles.
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New York City
Bowery
Fifth Avenua
Informing Father Settles Marriage Decision
After the proposal the question arises if the father will object. She says to simply tell him she has decided to marry, which will settle the matter. illustration by Bita.
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Bita
A Harmful Night At Home And Fatherly Duties
A humorous oddity from A Hac Time notes a man who complains of a cold supper yet finds warmth at home with his wife. Another vignette observes a lazy boy lingering at home and dozing in a chair before bedtime. A baby’s cry prompts a father to consider appointing a receiver, hinting at domestic duty and steps toward responsibility.
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Ofice
Mail stages promised 19 hour New York to Philadelphia
A hundred years ago advertisements touted fast mail stages between New York and Philadelphia aiming to cover the journey in nineteen hours with a fare of $S and luggage fees. France and Britain were at war as the notes report. The schooner Gory sailed the Ohio toward the West Indies with a cargo. Napoleon, then first consul of France, rejected tribute demands from the bey of Algiers.
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New York
Philadelphia
France
Great Britain
Gory
Ohio River
West Indies
Napoleon
Algiers
First tariff bill passes as flags at half mast in New York
Seventy five years ago Congress passed what was practically the first tariff bill while ships in New York displayed flags at half mast in protest of commerce injury. Henry Clay was reported ill with nervous prostration from public duties as Baring Brothers & Co. acquired a Texas land grant as large as Virginia.
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Congress
New York
Henry Clay
Baring Bros. & Co
Texas
Virginia
Forty Years Ago Civil War Items In District And Nation
Fort Du suspension confiscation of Confederate property in DC began. Surgeon General Hammond barred calomel and tartar emetic in the army. Gen Sherman urged New Orleans theaters to seek approval and favor national airs. Vallandigham sentenced to Fort Warren until war end for treasonous Ohio speeches. Lincoln urged by Indiana officials for funds to run government after state legislature balked. Union forces advance on Rapidan as Bragg commands 41,000 Confederate troops. Returning Indianapolis delegates fired on soldiers home. seized revolvers and knives.
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District of Columbia
Hammond
United States Army
W. T. Sherman
Orleana
Clement L. Vallandigham
Fort Warren
Ohio
Gov
Seymour
New York
Albany
Missouri
Mississippi River
Millersville
Rapidan
Bragg
Lincoln
Indiana
Indianapolis
Glen Haprkell
Thirty Years Ago In Chicago And Abroad Report
Column recalls events from thirty years past including a rebuild effort in the burned Chicago district between the river and Chicago avenue. Michigan avenue and Fortieth street property sold at 150 dollars per front foot. Also mentions Russian capture of Xhiva, 1.22 billion in German securities issued over 27 months, Cuban general Agramonte’s death by action, and rumors of Commodore Vanderbilt’s death.
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Columbia
Chicago
River
Chicago Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Fortieth Street
Kxhiva
Germany
Agramonte
Indian fighters face threats from Mexicans near border
Gen Crook’s force in danger as Mexicana resent crossing into Mexican territory chasing Apaches. News notes include Grant's defeat for Army Society presidency, Curley hanged in Dublin, Racine cyclone deaths and injuries, New York oil market surge, trichiniasis risk in pork, Calhoun on negro question, and Lansdowne named Canada governor general.
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Crook
Grant
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Washington
Daniel Curley
Invincibles
Dublin
Racine
Wis
New York
North German Gazette
Bismarck
Patrick Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
Marquis of Lansdowne
Canada
Illinois Building Dedication at Chicago World’s Fair
Ten years ago the Illinois building at the Chicago World’s Fair was dedicated as the Infanta Eulalia of Spain arrived in New York en route to the fair. Directors voted to return a 2,500,000 government appropriation and to open the fair on Sundays, while the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company faced its death blow as five large distilleries withdrew for non payment of rent.
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Illnois
Infanta Eulalia
Spain
New York
Pioneer Whisky Trust
Meet of Baptists Draws Attention to Great Christian Branch
Annual Baptist missionary meetings in Buffalo highlight a national 4,330,462 communicants, 44,829 churches, and 30,808 ministers. Last year added 376 churches and 648 ministers with 41,399 members. baptisms reached 233,008. Northern Baptists number about 1,000,000. most are in the South, with a significant negro membership. Major societies include the American Baptist Missionary Union in Boston, the American Baptist Publication Society of Philadelphia, and the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York City. Total receipts last year were 722,787 with a small deficit, and 7,503 baptisms in Asia and Africa, 5,381 in Europe, and 113,418 in the British Isles, plus 108,061 in Europe. Home Missionary Society operates in the United States, Alaska, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Mexico, with 1,310 missionaries and 5,883 baptisms, while the Publication Society supplies books and periodicals. All three bodies hold substantial property and funds, emphasizing disciplined administration and expansive missionary work.
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Baptista
Buffalo
United States
South
Negroct
Baptists of
North
Baptists
Bufalo
American Baptist Missionary Union (Foreign Missions
Boston
American Baptist Publication Society of
Philadelphia
American Baptist Home Mission Society of
New York City
Missionary Union
Phillippines
Japan
China
India
Africa
Europe
Prussia
Sweden
Germany
France
Denmark
Asia
Heather Lands
Home Missionary Society
Alaska
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Mexico
Publication Society
Isavea
Preacher Notes and Church Donations Across Cities
Rev F B Meyer preaches in major German cities while Omaha prepares to celebrate a $40000 debt nearly paid. Milburn once stood trial for heresy in Mobile in 1850. J Pierpont Morgan funds a Book of Common Prayer for St Pauls Boston. Milestone dedications at Brooklyn Central Congregational Church and a Grosvenordale mill agent turns preacher. Alfred Noon cites 72000 pledges from a crusade and Bishop Fowler urges Epworth League action with no appointment interference.
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F. B. Meyer
Germany
First Methodist Church
Omaha
Dr. Milburn
United States Senate
Mobile
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Boston
J. Pierpont Morgan
French
Scudder
Behrender
Central Congregational Church of
Brooklyn
F. M. Messenger
Grosvenordale
Conn
Alfred Noon
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
New England Southern Conference
Fowler
Epworth League
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National Banks of Oklahoma
Phoebe Stottier
Eugenia
Laddonia
Mrs. Mottler
Storm
Score
Enid
O. T
Faimien
Mlinois
Iaymond Morrison
Curran
Gotham
Meet OF Baptists
Christian Church
Polen
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