Lockout of Telegraphers Shuts Most Operatives in West
St Paul, Aug 2 General Manager Horn of the Northern Pacific ordered telegraph operators from St Paul to the Pacific coast to accept the wage settlement or leave service. Only a few remained as talks continued amid strike votes and lockout actions. President Perham of the Railway Telegraphers said the mass exits were not a strike but a lockout. A concurrent obituary notes the death of Will Cumback, Indiana author and politician, at Greensburg.
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The Markets. Financial. New York and Cleveland reports.
Financial notes from New York, Cleveland, Toledo, and Chicago show mixed commodity and livestock prices. Oil at 2 24% per cent, sterling at 4.86 50, grain and flour values vary by region with patent flour at Minnesota 6.40 to 5.95, wheat around 88 cents, corn near 6 to 7 cents, oats about 3 to 4 cents, and hogs little on sale. Regional cattle and lamb prices range from a few dollars to several dollars, with sheep values around 3 to 5 dollars and pork products quoted in several futures and cash levels.
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Tortured and Robbed by Labor Sluggers Tale
Chicago reports a man, William H Wilder, alleged victim of labor sluggers, held captive for three weeks, starved, and tortured before being found near Union Station. He shows heavy cord marks, lacks full memory, and may not recover. He was an army veteran and former claim agent for a Chicago express firm.
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WIFEYS MISTAKE AND OTHER CURIOUS TALES
A jumble of short humorous vignettes and quips from old papers. A tale about gloves exchanged and misfit goods follows by a string of comic lines: shopkeepers laughed at a wife over a wrong size, a mother catches a water-walking daughter, and exchanges over money with spouses and suitors. The items read like a humor column with quick punchlines and domestic observations.
Fragmentary Dialogue Snippet From Detroit Free Press
A brief, fragmented exchange references a wine owl and peacock metaphor, then notes Miss Passay as well informed on ancient history and a remark about being bashful. The odd wording and stray names suggest a scanned, garbled page item from a Detroit newspaper.
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Fragmented Short Story Items From A Tarnished Ledger
A garbled roundup of varied notes covers prices for publishing, local commerce, and oddities. It mentions 4 Mnotorevelst, 12.50 yearly costs for Heenies, St. Louia travel, and a Jeweled sword gifted to a National Museum in Umusa. Hog farming plans in Colorado pass a dozen growers to Conejos with a 13 cent bacon yield. Police remove a New York military vanping tied to Chinese activists, and New York tea rooms reportedly serve melted sugar droplets in lead tea. Los Angeles orange growers shield trees with paper wrappings to deter a worm outbreak.
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Plays and Players Preview New London Theatre Works
A chaotic scan lists forthcoming plays and playwrights with London debuts. David Lelasco introduces The Grand 410 gul with Charles Mawtrey performing Mes sage Veom Murs in London. Witbaer Morton penning The King of Thenris. Tim Murphy stars in Attosay Steer. William Cottier presents She War Correspondent. Charles Frohman adds The Heart Of We Sparevaw. J M Bitte stages Alice Sit-by-the-Piya with Hihel Barrymere. Tyrone Power exits Relagea management. Lawrence Levin and wife to rehearse The Temptation in Liverpool.
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Bathing Suit Fashion Notes From Brooklin Engle
In Brooklin Engle’s piece, bathing dresses show limited novelties with shoulder sleeves bordered by braid, wide sailor collars, and white linen sandals. Empire waists, low necks, short sleeves, and single dark colors like garnet, navy, or seal brown dominate. Fitted trousers replace loose legs, with knickerbockers favored over bloomers.
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Brooklin Engle
Tales of Cities and Rose Fads Across America
A scattered collection of city notes reports Bowery restaurant closing amid dwindling patronage due to police influence on vice. Portland blooms with roses as a daily life scene and census figures place Washington at 922,572 while noting 1900 and 1880 national population references. Kansas City Alderman Sloan targets shirt waist buildings amid fire code debates.
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German Gleanings Show Rising Demand for Veterinary and Technical Education
Veterinary surgeons are in demand in Germany. Berlin's Veterinary High School reports 128 students this summer. A millers technical school at Dippoldiwalde began privately in 1881 and was municipalized in 1890. Momsen's library work will not join Göttingen University library. prized by Prussian universities. Traveling German schools for scientific housekeeping and farm tasks receive praise from Baden, Bavaria, Thuringia and Hesse, aiding agricultural districts.
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Gottingen University Library
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