Great sale of Woolen Blankets at Biggs & Everhard's
Local briefs report a big sale on blankets and comforts at Biggs & Everhard's Mt. and Mra. KL. Highlights include promotions and inducements in their large line, with notices of past visits by Whiteside of Chicago and attendance at a stock show in Chicago. Also mentions administrative appointment for Charlotte Howard’s estate and a marriage license in Cuyahoga county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biggs & Everhard’s
Biggs & Booerhard
Burns and Robbery Suspected in Death of Invalid Woman
In Deanesville Ohio near New Concord Sarah Wiley an invalid at home for years died in a house fire after her brother and sister left to Cambridge. Neighbors saw two men depart toward the Wiley residence before the blaze began. Authorities suspect robbery linked to the deadly fire.
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dAanesville
Dee
Sarah Wiley
New Concord
Miss Wiley
John
Mary
Cambridge
Wiley Home
Garret
Wileys
Bibter
Svt
Lunes
People and power in early American industry and defense
A portrait of Simon Guggenheim of Colorado a Republican senator nominee and seven brothers who dominate U S smelting output and copper production with Guggenheim Exploration in mining Mexico and the far west. Also notes Alfred H Love peace leader and a quip about football seasons. Plus Rear Admiral Willard H Brownson to head the bureau of navigation with a brief career summary.
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Gueeenheim
Colorado
Simon Guggenheim
United States Senate
Thomas M. Patterson
M. Guggenheim
Guggenheim Exploration Company
Mexico
Far West
Alaska
Simon Guggenholm
Bimone Gugoenarim
Philadelphia
Gugtenheim
Brownson
Willard H. Brownson
East
Bureau of Navigation
Converse
Admiral Brownson
Lyons
N. Y
Naval Academy
Navy
United States Naval Academy
Detroit
Rio de Janeiro
Wage standard law kept pace with rising living costs
A New York state conference on charities and corrections in Rochester heard that wage increases lag behind living costs. Frank Tucker of the Provident Loan Society urged employers to pay fair wages and to educate managers, including those in charitable institutions, about necessity and cost of a normal standard of living. He warned that law must be informed by facts on living costs to set minimum wages.
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New York State
Rochester
Frank Tucker
The
Provident Loan Society of New York
Tucker
Federation Prospero us Stronger In Membership and Finance
The American Federation of Labor reports a strong financial position and higher membership. Last year grants and expenses totaled $218,540.08 with $59,619.12 aiding the International Typographical Union’s eight hour day strike. Treasury stands at $112,540.60. There were 87 strikes affecting 91,530 workers, 68,812 benefited. Total strike cost $3,082,963. Receipts total $217,815.18 from per capita tax, supplies, Federationist, union assessments, and other funds. Expenses totaled $258,040.04 across general and specific funds.
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Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
International Typographical Union
Federaton
American Federationist
Defense Fund
General Fund
Labor briefs from US and UK unions and projects
Labor notes report Chicago German Hodentriers and Building Laborers union finishing a labor temple at a cost of 100000 funded from union funds. Boston bootblacks unionizing, about 15000 workers expected for a 4 million dollar car plant in Hammond Indiana. Post office savings banks spur thrift among English workers. The Woman's Trade Union League of Great Britain shows solid growth with over 11000 members added in the past year.
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Chicago
German Hodentriers and Building Laborers’ Union
Boston
Hammond
Ind
Post Office Savings Banks
England
Woman's Trade Union League of Great Britain
Harvard Campus Rumor Ties Roosevelt Heir to Young Actress
Reports circulate around Cambridge and Boston claiming Theo dore Roosevelt Sr engaged to be married to Hista Janis a 17 year old actress Harvard students voice alarm over the possible union and the implications for the Roosevelt legacy amid campus chatter and local concern.
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Cambride
Mays
Theodore Hoosevelt
Hista Janis
Harvard
Cambridge
Boston
Confession in Harlem court follows bigamy case
91 year old Anna Ewald Wildfang admits a bigamous arrangement at her Harlem home with husband No 3 William F Wildfang after Harlem police court session. The confession ties to prior marital events involving Oscar Ewald and the first husband. Local notices mix with ads and minor items about a second hand letter press and a missing bill-book.
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Nis Frank
Anna Ewald Wildfang
89Th Street
William F. Wildfang
Ewald
Harlem
Wildfang
Oscar Ewald
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Mt. and
Mra
KL. Marshall
Danbury
OB. Whiteside
Chas. A
Norman M Pond
Charlotte Howard
Ridgeville
Cuyahoga County
A Zacharias
Grafton
Anna Benz
Cleveland
A Herbert
Anna
Sandusky
KH. Flerbert
Fast Broad Street
C. A. Cox
Mbinle
Bath Wand
Giles
Catherine
Yasterday Tat Empire
Panama
Ed G Bath
Cox
JT. Riley
Attica
Charles Guth
Victor Coffee
Conry & Mueller
Burns
Zundesyne
Leon
Drogehets
TRE Tomume CO
West Window
C. H. Wilkins
Furniture Emporium
Ensign & Wilkins
Broad Street
Alfred H. Love
Universal Peace Union
Mystic
Conn
Minneapolis Journal
Creel
Reginald de Koren
Willard H. Brownsdy
Kot
Federation
Elyria
the Robinson & Hancock Co
Matthews
Smith Bros
Teddy JR
Wedtl
Carvers
W.F. Hafner
Broad St
New York
Dec
Hollister
Grace Court
Manhattan
Dewey Ave
M. HH. Thomas
Daniel Freese
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