Towerman Fires On Teamster At Chicago Tower Scene
Frank Rathstein, a Pennsylvania Railroad teamster, was shot twice by James Kontis, a towerman, from a window at 24th Street and Western Indiana tracks in Chicago. Rathstein was wounded in the back and a second shot hit air as both men fled toward a collision with a northbound passenger train. Kontis, who claimed repeated insults, was arrested. Rathstein was hospitalized. Kontis is 21 and employed by his father’s teaming company.
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James Kontls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frank Rathstein
24Th Street
Indiana
Chicago
Rathstell
Kontis
Rathstein
Icontia
Thieutenant Banfield
Icantis
Ontis Ia
Castro Balks On Plumley Award Payment in Crisis Ties
Paris says President Castro refused the second installment of the Plumley arbitration award for damages to French citizens in Venezuela before 1903. France argues diplomatic relations with Venezuela remain, while Caracas denies justification for nonpayment amid a new provocation.
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France
Paris
Castro
Venezuela
Paria
Revolt at Vladivostok Bursts Into Fire and Mutiny
Dispatches report Vladivostok ablaze as over 500 Czard troops and sailors die in a mutiny. Loyalists drive rebels north along the railroad. mutineers blow fortresses, seize stores, and civilians seek refuge on harbor vessels. Martial law orders issued. general strike announced amid unrest across Russia.
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Oxia
Vladivostok
Great Eastern Naval Base
Sea of Japan
Nicolskoy
Russian Navy Department
Shanghai
Manjur
Bodro
Grdmovol
Vindvostok
Cronstadt
Poland
Council of Workmen’s
Russia
Breach of Promise Suit in Chicago Yields $15000 Damages
John ONeill a 74 year old Chicago politician head of the track elevation bureau was awarded 15000 by jury in a breach of promise case filed by 22 year old Mabel Beland. The testimony outlined a courtship beginning at her youth in ONeill's house and a later offer of money to settle.
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Asserson
John O'Neill
Chicago
Gary
Cufort
Mabel
Beland
Beland- O'Neill
John O'Nful
O'Neill
Miss Beland
Iowa Governor Cummins Thanksgiving Proclamation 1905
Iowa Governor Albert B Cummins issues a Thanksgiving proclamation praising piety, harvests, peace and industry while urging a new war on vice. The notice includes public health measures against tuberculosis in schools and reports on parental, civic and criminal matters across Muscatine Dubuque and Des Moines regions.
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Cummins
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
United States
Tommy's Choice Mister Prompts Tin Roof Joke
Tommy asks a contractor to use a tin roof on his father's new house. The contractor asks why. The boy replies that you can't spank a kid with a tin roof.
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Tommy
Observation on a Chicago man’s drinking case
The remark notes the sight of his wife driving a Chicago man to drink and discusses sympathy for men with similar pasts. Van Albert calls the scene remarkable but suggests shared human experience regardless of the trigger or hat as a metaphor for causation.
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Roderick
Chicago
van Albert
Plain tale of relief from kidney pills
Davis Lewis of Winthrop California describes six months of back and stomach pain before using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He reports immediate relief after a few doses, finishing the course with complete warding off of pain and lasting wellness since.
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Winthrop, Cal
UN Moat
Dodd
Davis Lewis
Sequoyah the Cherokee Alphabet Builder and His Legacy
The Muskogee cor respondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat extols Sequoyah as a genius who created the Cherokee American alphabet, known as Cadmus among Indians. Born about 1763 near the Cherokee Nation, he illiterately devised 86 characters, enabling Cherokee books and newspapers since 1829, with the Bible and Cherokee Advocate publishing in Tahlequah.
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Sequoyah
Muskogee
I.T
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bequoynzd
George Guess Ghiest
Cherokee Nation
Georgia
Mexico
Indian Territory
Tahlequah
Porridge Ad Promises Better Food for Better Day
A Huntsville Ontario reader praises Grape-Nuts stating her husband recovered strength after a month on the cereal, gaining weight and ending digestive issues. She reports the whole family now uses Grape-Nuts with cream, notes personal energy gains, and cites reduced doctors’ bills.
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Britain
Huntsville
Wei
Oelock
Vostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pkga
Piano Workers Union The International Union of America History
The Piano, Organ and Musical Workers International Union of America formed in Chicago in 1898 after locals combined from the Piano Makers and Varnish Finishers unions. It grew from local beginnings to a 12,000 plus membership and faced jurisdiction disputes before charter recognition through an accord with Amalgamated Woodworkers International Union. Charles Dold led as president and organizer, also heading the Chicago Federation of Labor.
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Piano Workers’ Union
Piano, Organ and Musical Workers’ International Union of America
Chicago
Organ Workers’ League
Chikecago
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Woodworkers’ International Union
Charles Dold
International Union
Mr. Dold
Chicago Federation of Labor
Window Glass Workers Union Rules and Finances
The Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America, with about 6,000 members and $35,000 in treasury, reports average four week earnings of 100, 75, 100, and 110 dollars for four trades. The working year averages seven months with a six to six and a half hour daily production cap. Apprenticeship lasts three years and is limited to relatives of existing members. A $25 fee grants full union admission after completion.
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Amalgamated
Window Glass Workers of America
Industrial Notes From a Nationwide Labor Moment
A conference in Indianapolis yields a working agreement and higher wage scales among employers and union officers. Textiles and steel mills run at capacity. sweat shop conditions improve in Chicago. Nevada upholds eight hour day. Michigan upholds public works union hiring clause. A Labor Federation circular notes the Shirt Walet dispute in Troy. A Chicago judge praises union protections for non nonunion workers in a $35,000 suit. New York plasterers seek higher pay, potentially raising weekly earnings toward $72.
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Coopers’ International Union
Indianapolis
United Textile Workers of America
Great Fall River
Chicago
Edgar T. Davies
Nevada Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Michigan
American Federation of Labor Offcials
Laundry Workers’ International Union
Shirt and Collar Manufacturers’ Association of Troy
Gary
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhang
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A. C. Trost
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Kansas
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State Biological Laboratory
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John Hoover
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William Danwoody
Oskaloosna
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St Togan
Richland
Trowa Telephone Company
Burlington
Nels Johnson
John Montgomery
Des Moines
George Sweeney
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John W. Nye
Ab Logistia
Jerry Wilcox
Straveberry Point
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Mason City
Clear Lake Traction Company
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Fort Dodge
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Texas
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Marshall County
Alexander Corkey
Fairfield
Parsots College
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James Preston
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Illinois Central
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Lima Springs
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Corneil College
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Red Oak
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