Miss Tracy Grimm Visits Chicago and Local Notices
Wilt street resident Miss Tracy Grimm visits Chicago briefly while Miss Bertha Eaton and Miss Ruth Owen meet on DeWald street. Mr and Mrs Henry Wolf return from two weeks with relatives in Connecticut. The Wayne Street M E Church Young Ladies Missionary Society met at Miss Maude Sperry’s home with listed members. A prowler on the south side caused police concern with noises at several homes. Curling at the reservoir is canceled. games move to Brookside with new rink added led by L Centlivre. First game set for Thursday at Brookside lake at 1 pm.
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Wilt Street
Chicago
Bertha Eaton
Kansas
Ruth Owen
DeWald Street
Henry Wolf
South Broadway
Connecticut
Young Ladies’ Missionary Society
Wayne Street
M. E
Maude Sperry
Grace
Mabel Tinkham
Bertha Jackson
Edna Franklin
Grace Harding
Juanita
Buena Bennett
Grace Walter
Alice Dryer
Marion Hartman
Lucile Porter
Bertha’*Huestis
Daisy
DeKtta Davis
Madge Jenkinson
South Side
Brookside
L. Centlivre
Jon Miller
Dr. Langtry
TF. Bellamay
Annual Federation of Labor Convention in New York
Delegates from the United States Canada and Great Britain attend the annual American Federation of Labor meeting at Madison Square Garden. President McBride presides as J W Sullivan delivers welcome. John Swinton extols organized labor and discusses strategies amid calls to address monopolies and changing labor laws. Father Dicey and Father Ducey speak on church views and Knights of Labor turmoil. Adjournment follows after debate on strikes and wages.
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New York
Federation of Labor
United States
Calle Judge
Father Dicey
Swinton
Father Ducey
Kingdom of Heaven
K. of L
Knights of Labor
Cardinal Gibbons
Address on political action and bond issues by McBride
President McBride’s annual address urges defining federation stance on political action. He argues public service employment benefits workers, notes politics cannot be ignored, and promotes practical reforms to aid wage earners while resisting lengthy ideological aims. He cautions against relying on an independent party and urges cooperation to win labor support.
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Federation
Sympathy Movement Expands Strikes in New York
New York December 10 report notes the third week of the housesmiths strike adding about 400 workers to the picket line. Plasterers laborers elevator constructors painters carpenters and electric wire men on active builds have begun sympathetic strikes. Jackson Architectural Iron Works joins the walkout. some sub contracts shifted to J B & J M Cornel. Frank P Lary says he will present the case to the American Federation of Labor as mass meetings fund the strike. At Siegel Cooper 110 workers, mostly laborers, present while two non union men struck. Broad Street Prince Street project shows steady progress with more men.
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Iron League
Jackson Architectural Iron Works
J. B
J. M. Corneil
Frank P. Lary
American Federation of Labor
Madison Square Garden
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Broadway
Prince Street
Longacre
Cornell Ironworks
German Foreign Minister Denounces US Tariff Criticism
Berlin reports Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein defending Germany's sugar and insurance policies in the reichstag. He says the United States keeps the same low tariff on German goods since 1895 and urges reciprocity while denying any discrimination. He vows calm firmness in future talks with Washington.
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Freinerr Marschall von Bieberstein
Reichstag
Cleveland
Congress
United States
Germany
Foreign Office
Tax Tangle in Southwest Kansas School District
George L. Walker of Jarvis-Conking Mortgage Company tours southwestern Kansas collecting taxes on company land. He reports widespread tax dodges by settlers on nonresident lands, including a school district with only one family running the board. The son, paid $50 monthly, handles schooling for his younger sibling, while the district charges up to $35 per quarter in taxes on company property. The mother cites cost of college as prohibitive.
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Toreko
George L. Walker
Jarvis-Conking Mortgage Company
Kansas
Tug Pearl B Campbell sinks in Lake Superior disaster
A gale on Lake Superior near Huron Isle sinks the tug Pearl B Campbell Saturday, drowning seven crew. Captain William McGilvey, George McCort, Captain John Lloyd, Fred England, Peter McCallin and two unnamed firemen perish. one survivor from this city. LAnse, Mich, reports indicate the ship was a stout vessel caught in the hurricane. Two other notices reinforce the tragedy with names of mourners and places like Cheboygan and Milwaukee.
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Douuts
Pearl B. Campbell
Huron Isle
Lake Superior
William McGilvey
George McCort
Cheboygan
John ‘Lloyd
Fred England
Peter ‘McCallin
Baton Tele
Marquet
Indiana Gop Nomination Prospects and Currency Debate
The party weighs nominating candidates John G. Shanklin Evansville Mortimer Nye LaPorte and possibly Benjamin F Shively South Bend. Aimed to avoid currency issue at the state meeting while conservatives push secrecy and Mathews supporters seek to keep currency off the agenda until after the national convention. John K Gowdy vows to defend the Republican chair, while Nebeker supporters doubt a statewide canvass.
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Evansville
Mortimer, Nye
LaPorte
Benjamin F. ‘Shively
South Bend
Matthews
Republican State Committee
John K. Gowdy
Nebeker
Remarkable Aberration Strikes Indiana Preacher in Jail
In Anderson on Dec 10 William Smith of Fairmount lies jailed and deranged with a violent religious delusion claiming the world is burning except Anderson. He preaches inside the cell, torched a sheet wrapped around himself, and is feared incurably insane with no local asylum. The story follows broader notes on insurance, a sleepless man, Schlatter in Switzerland, and a peculiar family in Koromo, Des.
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Anderson
William Smith
Fairmount
Henderson
Indiana
County to permit only one saloon in the county
Dec 10 LaGrange reports the county commissioners overruled pleas of saloonkeepers and refused to grant any licenses. After Jan 1 there will be only one saloon left in the entire county, with nearly all cases likely to be appealed.
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Lagrange
National Republican Convention Location Decision Today
The National Republican Committee meets at the Arlington hotel to choose the time and place for next year’s convention. June is favored for timing, with a lively debate over venue as rival cities vie for host status. The selection focuses on location rather than candidate choices. In Milwaukee, ex Governor Waite discusses Colorado’s woman suffrage experience, noting similar voter behavior among women and men.
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Washington
National Republican Committee
Arlington Hotel
Milwacker
Waite
Colorado
Ethical Culture Society
Great auction marks first bid on AT&SF railway system
At Topeka today J. R. Johnson as special master in chancery opened a record auction for cash in hand of the entire Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe system. Value placed at 350 million while bidders must show 500000 cash deposit as good faith.
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Torreira
Kas
Topeka
J. R. Johnson
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Johnson
Markets Confused By Mixed NY and Chicago Trading Figures
New York money market shows call money near 1.0 percent with mercantile papers around 4.5 percent and sterling steady amid banker’s bills. Chicago Board of Trade quotes reflect December to May grain shifts, butter and poultry prices steady to mixed, with wholesale potato and apple ranges noted in Illinois and surrounding markets.
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Sterling Exchange
United States
Sovarnment Bonda
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Bsc
Perth
Burbanks
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