Joseph Schaffner's Fight to Nationalize Clothing Firm
Joseph Schaffner led Hart Schaffner & Marx, pioneering large scale national advertising for ready to wear clothes. He built consumer demand, created art driven ads, and forged a worker endorsement through a Trade Board that ended strike troubles, shaping an era of fair labor practices.
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Printer’s Ink
Mr. Schaffner
Ben Bear
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Schaffner
Joseph Schaffner
Chicago
Cleveland
Harry Art
Max Hart
Marcus Hart
Matt Schaffner & Marx
Osage City
Kansas
Mr. Kaffner
Littl
America
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Board of Arbitration
Trade Board
North- Western University
Northwestern University
Readsville
Ohio
Hart Schaffner & Marx Corporation
New York
Hart Hart
Marcus Marx
A Gi. Tecker
Moritz Rosenthal
M. W. Cresap
German Bond Theft Seizure In Newton Area
August Tierman a farmer near Newton surrendered 25 000 in German war bonds to agents of the department of justice. The bonds bought in February 1916 were held by Tierman since then and he received a receipt for the seized amount, according to assisting witnesses.
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August Tierman
Newton
Department of Justice
Tierman
Auto Crash Fatal for 17 Year Old Mother Near Independence
The body of Mrs Alley Soper aged 17 was found west of Independence badly mangled. Her 1-year-old child lay nearby in a baby carriage, apparently uninjured. The mother was returning home from town when the accident occurred and indications point to her being struck by a passing automobile.
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Alley Soper
Independence
Burglar Breaks Into Stuhler Sons Store at Monticello
A burglar entered Stuhler Sons in Monticello and stole a large quantity of eatables. He also entered the shoe department and tried on a pair, leaving his old ones identified by Anamosa warden as belonging to McKinley Blue who had escaped from the reformatory last week.
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Stuhler Sons
Monticello
Anamosa
McKinley Blue
Auto Skids Off Road Near Bakken Farm In Madison Township
A Saturday afternoon crash on the dog road near Bakken farm in Madison township left an automobile uninjured. The vehicle struck a tree after losing speed. No occupants were harmed and ownership of the car could not be determined.
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Bakken Farm
Madison Township
Notice of Personal Debt Responsibility
Notice states that the signer will not be responsible for debts contracted in another’s name except those personally incurred. Signed by T Gates, age 18, as of the 3rd week.
Many Local Notes Prompt Daily News Roundup
The itemized report lists events from Iowa towns including a house fire near Sumner, a soldier death at Camp Dodge, a rebuild planned for a Cedar Rapids academy, a multi-car wagon wreck near Dyersville, a peculiar two-legged chicken, and a baseball league forming among McGregor Strawberry Point Elkader and Monona. It also covers a service flag with 91 stars in Cedar Rapids, April egg shipments from St Ansgar, high cattle sale prices at Postville, churchlanguage service suspensions near Riceville, gas plant abandonment at Oelwein, a jail escape during a fire alarm, farm fires in Allamakee and nearby counties, a large bonfire at Charles City burning German books, a Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo, a fatal elevator shaft accident in Oelwein, a delayed Christmas fruit cake delivery from McGregor, lime-bubble burns to Joe Quigley in McGregor, wheat flour oversupply in Brayton, Audubon county auto ambulance fund, German instruction retained in Denison, and various local incidents and honors. Buy W. S. 8.
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L. C. Baker
Sumner
Henry M. Beall
Waukon
Camp Dodge
Catholic Academy
Charles City
Dyersville
W. M. Fidmont
Waterloo
McGregor
Strawberry Point
Elkader
Monona
Immaculate Conception Church of
Cedar Rapids
Allamakee County
St. Ansgar Produce Company
Chicago
Guernsey
Hall Roberts
Postville
Riceville
Oelwein
New Hampton
Lucas
Rossville
France
Spohn
Newton
Brayton
Audubon County
Tie
Red Cross
Senl
Denison
H. W. Cook
Bradford
Floyd County
Bernard Stenzel
Waverley
Carl Strub
Lansing
H. L. Adams
Fayette-Allamakee
West Union
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railway
Child Narrow Escape After Spreader Accident
Little Anna May Mitchell two years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Mitchell of Jacksonville township escaped serious harm when a three horse team hitched to a manure spreader ran over her. Her knee was bruised and she had a small mouth cut though no bones were broken after doctors responded.
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Lawler Dispatch
Anna May
Ray Mitchell
Jacksonville Township
Fatal fall from bridge claims life near Osborne
Chas Hamann slipped from a railing on a bridge just west of Osborne while chatting with a neighbor. The railing gave way and he fell onto rocks below, dying two hours later from his injuries.
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Elkader Democrat
Chas, Hamann
Osborne
Not Me Says Dan the Sailor in Open Boat War Verse
A poem in pirate era cadence depicts Dan the sailor vowing that after victory or peace he will not drink with, eat with, or shake hands with Germans. It contrasts wartime hardship with a vow of enduring bitterness and exile in an open boat at sea.
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Dan
Fritz
Fatal Fall Amid Barn Chores Claims Local Boy
Clifford Bucker, a Nashua area youth, died after a morning fall in a barn. He slipped while reaching for a scraper, struck his chin on a door post block, and sustained a neck fracture. A painter nearby and his father were alerted, and a physician arrived, but he died about three hours later.
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Clifford Bucker
Nashua
Dahm to Teach French in McGregor Schools Next Fall
A McGregor news feature describes John N. Dahm, a beloved long-time German teacher, set to switch to French next September. Born in Lorraine to Belgian parents, he recalls the Franco Prussian War and his family's suffering, and laments the war’s toll while expressing hope that America will value the French language.
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McGregor
John N. Dahm
Hel
Lorraine
Dahm
Rheims
America
Pomerania Grenadhe
Epworth
Cornell College
Belgium
Duchy of
Luxemburg
Europe
Quote on Germany France influence and culture debate
A reflective remark argues that Germany remains a longtime focus for American youth in studying science music and art, while claiming France is the true civilizing force and home of the highest culture. The speaker emphasizes the perceived misalignment between national efforts and cultural leadership.
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Germany
France
Big Booze Hall Seizure by Waterloo Sheriff
Sheriff Henderson halted two suspicious trucks entering Waterloo and seized a liquor load valued near 5000. The haul included 46 beer cases, 6 beer kegs, 7 whiskey kegs, and small whiskey packs. Drivers Geo Granger and Bernhard Crowder posted $131 bail after a night Municipal Court session led by Judge W N Birdsall, and signed a confiscation order for destruction of the booze.
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Henderson
Waterloo
Geo. Granger
Bernhard Crowder
W. N. Birdsall
Fear Bridge Plot Alleges Pro German Threats
Federal and state police say a rumored pro German plot targets railroad and foot bridges from North McGregor along the Mississippi and other nearby sites. Officials are vigilant for any suspicious characters connected to the scheme.
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North McGregor
Mississippi
Prisoner Escapes Anamosa Reformatory
Prisoner McKinley Blue escaped from the Anamosa reformatory after scaling walls. Blue, sent from Cedar Rapids two years ago for burglary, previously attempted to kill a policeman and worked in the boiler room at the facility. Indigo Blue is named as his mother.
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McKinley Blue
Indigo Blue
Anamosa
Blue
Cedar Rapids
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Jacob Hasbrook
Stanley
Hart Schaffner & Mare
Winneshiek County
Far Square
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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