March Geo Wyman & Co Carpet Line Specials
Wyman & Co offers an all March line of carpets with free in place installation to aid the busy season. Prices include cotton Ingra carpet 25c, cotton granite 25c, Zui tana double faced 25c, Crex grass 25c yd, cotton chain 30c and 35c, all wool two ply 45c to 65c, Tapestry Brussels 50c to 75c, Velvet carpets 85c to 1.35, Japanese rugs from 5.50, and various mattings and linoleum options with custom window shades available.
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Geo, Wyman & Co
Crex
Swift dies after operation in Chicago at 4848 Ellis
Gustavus Franklin Swift founder of Swift & Co. dies at home after a hemorrhage following surgery. Funeral planned at St James church with burial at Mount Hope. He leaves an estimated fortune of 20 million and ten children, nine surviving. He funded large charitable gifts under pledge of secrecy.
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Chicago
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Swift & Co
Pioneer
Ellis Avenue
Herbert L. Swift
New York
Swift
St. James’ Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Hope Cemetery
Anna May Swift
G. F. Swift
Massachusetts
Sandwich
Cape Cod
Annie M. Higgins
Philadelphia
Louis F. Swift
Edward F. Swift
Helen L
Edward Morris
Charles H
Herbert L
George H
Gustavus F., Jr
Ruth M
Hammond Evert
Harold H. Swift
Riots Hit Russian Oil Centers Batoum and Baku
Rioting swept Batoum and Baku in Russia amid disturbances at the oil centers. Troops suppressed the unrest, the vice governor of Baku was slightly injured, and many arrests and prison terms followed. Details are scant and may understate the event’s seriousness.
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St. Petersburg
Batoum
Baku
Russia
Settlement talks stall in Rosa Schoen suit over factory strike damages
Attorneys M. E. Walker and James O Connor lead defendants in a conference to settle the case brought by Rosa Schoen alleging $10,000 in damages from a factory strike and worker intimidation. Some defendants push for Supreme Court review while O Connor seeks a brief investigation before advising on settlement.
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Rosa Schoen
M. E. Walker
James O’connor
Milwaukee
O’connor
Bad Bargain Makes Man Mad in St Paul
In St Paul on March 30 James H Wilson, despondent over missing a wealth windfall, attacked his land deal with a real estate agent after learning the Soo Line would pay 40 000 for a Jessamine street strip. He became violent and is confined in a padded cell.
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St. Paul, Minn
James H. Wilson
Wilson
Jessamine Street
Michigan Miners Quit Work in Coal Mines
Bay City Michigan March 30 President Williams of the Michigan district orders suspension of all work by coal miners pending a conference between operators and miners at Indianapolis with John Mitchell of the United Mineworkers. The order takes effect April 1 about 2600 men affected.
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Bay City
Mich
Michigan
Williams
Michigan District
John Mitchell
United Mineworkers of America
Indianapolis
Ind
Mrs Miles Seriously Ill At West Point
Mrs Nelson A Miles wife of Lt Gen Miles fell ill with heart trouble at West Point while visiting her son Cadet Sherman Miles. Doctors were summoned and General Miles arrived from New York. she is improved but still confined to bed and may travel to Washington if able.
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New York
Nelson A Miles
West Point
Cadet Sherman Miles
Relief plans effective for peasants in czar reforms
Relief measures announced in reform decrees are underway in St. Petersburg. Arrears of taxes totaling about 57 million dollars have been canceled and overdue taxes of over 15 million dollars owed to district authorities have been assumed by the central government. Additional relief measures are expected soon.
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St. Petersburg
Slaughtered Bands Reported in Balkan Turmoil
From Belgrade comes word that a Macedonian band led by Sarafoff, forty men, was annihilated with twenty nine insurgents killed at Vladimirov and Podareshe Raslowzi near Serres. Turkish forces reportedly killed thirteen more insurgents in the region.
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Vienna
Belgrade
Sarafoff
Vladimirov
Podareshe
Raslowzi
Serres
Delta Flood Engulfs Acres of Farm Land and Greenville
Water from the La Grange crevasse floods thousands of delta farms sweeping toward Vicksburg. Rescue boats aid refugees in Greenville where levee actions risk draining water and submerging the city. Yazoo City reports rising backwater with a fatality from a capsized skiff.
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Greenville
Miss
la Grange
Fish Lake
Vicksburg
Yazoo City
Negro
Stephens
Louisville
Felix Kerrick
Manual Training School
Mississippi Valley
West Indies
United States
Mississippi
Dewey Scorned by German Americans in Pittsburgh meeting
German American Alliance gathering in Turner Hall condemns Admiral Dewey for saying the Caribbean fleet mobilization was a lesser objective to Europe and to the German emperor. The annual meeting featured sharp criticism of the U S navy leader.
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Pittsburg
Turner Hall
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Dewey
Caribbean
Europe
Post Office Salaries Readjusted for Illinois Clerks
The United States post office department announces salary readjustments for Illinois clerks. Batavia sees a promotion from 7000 to 8005 dollars per year. Chicago Heights lists three promotions from 500 to 6005 dollars, Evanston adds three promotions from 700 to 800 dollars and an additional clerk at 600, Freeport reports two promotions from 700 to 800 and two from 800 to 900 dollars, with one additional clerk at 1000 dollars per year.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Dallinois
Batavia
Chicago Heights
Evanstown
Freeport
Levee Breach Floods Vast Yazoo Delta Farmland
The Yazoo delta area south of Greenville Vietnam? Flooding from a levee break inundates thousands of acres of prime farming land. The breach opened Friday morning, initial 200 feet gave way, and efforts to stop the flood failed as embankment sides melted away. Maj. John M. Sears calls it the worst levee break in memory, predicting inundation to Vicksburg and two weeks of submersion for Washington Belivar and Sharkey counties.
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Yazoo Delta
Greenville
John M. Sears
Vicksburg
Washington
Belivar
Sharkey Counties
Mississippi
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Public Notice
Notice to the public that DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is the only salve made from pure witch hazel. It claims to have cured thousands of piles where other treatments failed, warns of counterfeit products, and asserts the genuine salve never disappoints. Houseworth Bros.
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DeWitt
Archbishop Katzer in Milwaukee hospital for recuperation
Arch bishop Katzer of Milwaukee is a patient at St. Agnes hospital in Fond du Lac Wisconsin due to ill health. His condition is not serious but he seeks to recuperate.
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Katzer
Fond du Lac
Wis
Archbishop Katzer
Milwaukee
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Bruno Bernstein Dies in Berlin Theatrical Figure
Berlin reports the death of Bruno Bernstein, noted for his work with Germany's theatrical relations with England and the United States and as late representative of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Germany. The item also includes an ad for Bailey's Laxative Tablets highlighting constipation relief and liver support with prices at 10c and 25c.
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Bruno Bernstein
Berlin
Germany
England
United States
Arthur Sullivan
Bailey
Fenton
Arrest of Local Official Alleged Russian Spy
March 28 in Lemberg Galicia reports the arrest of Dr. von Osholinaki a high local government official on suspicion of spying for Russia.
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Lemberg
Galicia
von Osholinaki
Bulgarian Cabinet Resigns in Sofia
The Bulgarian cabinet resigned today as Prince Ferdinand accepted the move in Sofia on March 28. The event follows political pressures and reshapes the government’s leadership amid ongoing national affairs.
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Sofia
Ferdinand
Experience Teaches Quick Relief from Cholera Morbus
An old adage urges two men to test Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy by letting a severe cholera morbus attack run its course. They will discover how fast relief comes, and remember the remedy for life. Sold by Houseworth Bros. or lap.
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Chamberlain
Bale
Houseworth Bros
Lap
Marion Merchant Takes Acid
Marion Indiana March 28 Charles Lewis a local businessman committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid in his own yard with his wife and baby in arms watching from the window. He had separated from his wife last fall and had threatened to kill himself after she refused to return to him.
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Marion
Ind
Charles Lewis
Lewis
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