Railroad President Rishton Climbs From Ranks at C N W
Chicago June 3 Richard Henry Rishton was named president of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. A self made executive he started as a sledge hammer man and rose through roadman assistant engineer to general manager before becoming vice president and finally president. His wife called him a plain hard working man.
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Chicago hotel men vow no price rise during conventions
Chicago hotel men report unprecedented demand for reservations during the Republican and Progressive conventions but promise no price increases for meals or rooms this week unless food costs jump. Ernest Real of the Sherman notes reservations may be 50 percent higher than ever before with outlying hotels absorbing many requests.
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Pioneer merchant dies in Reno after brief illness
C. H. Rathbun, Reno pioneer grocer, died at 2 15 p m after a 36 hour illness. He was stricken while working in his Sierra street store yesterday morning and returned home, passing away this afternoon. He had been a leading local business figure and his death came as a sudden shock to the community.
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Man Dies After Illness in Reno Community
Mr Rathbun, a Reno grocery businessman and former Harvey House manager born in Dundee Michigan, died after a brief illness. He was 65 and survived by a widow and a brother in Michigan. Funeral Sunday may be conducted by the Masonic lodge of which he was a member.
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Reno Gazette
National Preparedness Day Parades Take Place Across Cities
On June 3 Chicago and other major cities staged large parades to display national defense readiness. A New York City parade with 132,000 participants two weeks earlier spurred widespread emulation and impressed politicians nationwide.
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Chicago aims for 250000 in city preparedness parade
Workers filed with renewed seal and hope as Chicago plans a parade to surpass New York with about 250,000 marchers. Cities nationwide join in, from Newark to New Orleans, with Bridgeport reporting 10000 participants including military and civic groups. Memphis leads with a foot parade of common citizens, many cars, and notable women, the event non political non military and non religious.
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City Labor Council
Mass Meeting to Honor Dublin Martyrs in Chicago
A memorial mass meeting to honor the Dublin martyrs will be held at the Auditorium tonight under Friends of Irish Freedom. Speakers include Rourke Cochran of New York and former Judge ONeill Ryan of St Louis. Judge Kikham Scanlan of Chicago will preside. Several Irish political figures attending Progressive and Republican conventions are expected.
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Bazaar Aims Million for Allied Charities in New York
A two week Great Bazaar opens at Grand Central Palace with exhibits of aeroplanes artillery and flags from French battlefields. Huge crowds inspect relics as organizers push to raise 1 000 000 for Allied nations charities.
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