Beloit Labor Day Plan Circulates Across Cities
Beloit trades council issues circular calling Freeport and Beloit workers to Labor Day events on September 3. Details cover train fare, schedules, and committees, with bands, baseball games, and speeches as key attractions, plus cross city solidarity against anti Labor Day efforts. The document also notes a separate call from Silver Bow for mass meetings August 5 to demand bail or trial for Moyer Haywood and Pettibone.
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Beloit
Silver Bow Trades and
Labor Assembly
Butte
Moyer
Caldwell
Idaho
Charles H. Moyer
Wm. D. Haywood
George A. Pettibone
Stetnenberg
United States Supreme Court
Colorado
Frank J. Smith
Mine Owners’ Association
United States
Assembly
Frank. J. Smith
American Labor Movement
Trades and Labor Hall
Stephenson Street
Labor Day Preparations Meeting Report
A large turnout at the Freeport Trades and Labor council regular meeting in the Trades and Labor hall last evening heard encouraging committee reports on preparations for Labor Day events and activities.
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Freeport Trades and Labor Council
Trades and Labor Hall
Htaving
Labor unrest and union actions across America and England
Various reports on union labels and design confusion, Sherman on immigration and meat packing, Keir Hardy organizing agricultural labor, wage gains for Blacksmiths, Folk backs eight hour day, 1204 new unions adding 300000 members, occupations with high tuberculosis risk, penalties for underpaying workers in New Zealand, Chicago labor ruling on non union workers, Boston bricklayers adopting all year half holiday, and London England factory inspection notes amid US agitation.
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Sherman
New York
New York State
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America
Auburn
Keir Hardy
National Agricultural Union
Joseph Arch
Folk
Missouri
Labor Organizations of
America
New Zealand Arbitration Court
Wellington
Chicago
Boston
England
London
United States
New Instructors in High School Appointed
The August board meeting approved two new high school instructors Miss Alice Bidwell and Miss Katherine Rubel. Finance report sets a school tax levy of 80000 dollars and outlines building, furniture, and department changes including domestic science installation planning.
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Board of Education
Public Library
Bergman
King’s Daughters’ Settlement Home Mission
H. A. McGill
Jacksonville, Tll
Alice Bidwell
Fulwider
Vida Graham
Lunt
Bidwell
Ohrenstein
Katherine C. Rubel
Death of J Chapin of Perry Township Illinois
J Chapin born May 27 1843 in Perry Township Coshocton County Ohio died August 2 1906 at Winslow Illinois aged 63 years 2 months 6 days He married Mary Mikesell January 17 1867 They had thirteen children Anna Ella Sallie Clara James Bert Ida Essie EH Noel and Daisy who live nearby He leaves a brother Mack of Monroe and three sisters Mrs Anderson Mrs Mayer and Mrs Drake He served in Company A 76th Ohio Union Army 1861 1865 discharged Louisville July 15 1865 He belonged to Porter Stites post Winslow and was a Methodist Episcopal church member.
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Winslow Register
J. Chapin
Perry Ownship
Coshocton County
Winslow
Ill
Mary Mikesell
Anna
Crosby
Ella
Sallie
Clara
Dittmar
James
Bert
Ida
Essie
Montgomery
Noel
Daisy
Mack
Monroe
Anderson
Mayer
Lena
Drake
Wilmot
S. D
Chapin
76Th
Ohio
Louisville
Porter Stites
Methodist Episcopal Church
A Harbor Hint in the Warber Ca Fe West
Readable fragments point to a harbor hint tied to regional war effort notes. The brief mentions a Fe West item and harbor guidance, with cryptic abbreviations hinting at logistics or routes. No clear event or person is named.
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Ghine Warber
Primaries Quiet as New Law Tested in Freesport
Voters stayed away as Hitnels law took effect with under a hundred ballots cast in Freesport precincts. Candidates campaigned after dinner, urging friends to vote. Many voters disliked declaring party preference under the new system, though they had no hesitancy before. Returns expected by eight, saloons closed during primaries.
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Hitnels
Mrs Patrick Reedy Improves After Buggy Accident
Mrs Patrick Reedy, thrown from a buggy yesterday afternoon, showed great improvement after the night and is hoped to recover. She was unconscious at first and regained consciousness early this morning. Doctors report a skull fracture near the right ear and a severe brain hemorrhage, now stopped, with rest and care expected to aid skull recovery.
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Patrick
Reedy
Rand
Vefyi
Former Freeport gas official linked to El Paso project
A. E. Green, ex superintendent of Freeport Gas Light and Coke, reportedly is now working on a gas plant in El Paso Texas. He left Freeport about three months ago without notice to the company or his family. An employee touring the west recently met Green at El Paso, but no satisfactory explanation has emerged for his disappearance. His relations with the company were friendly and his family has heard nothing since he left.
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A.E. Green
Freeport,Gas
Light & Coke Co
el Paso
Texas
Green
Freeport
Market closes mixed at Chicago Board of Trade
Closing board of trade quotations list Sept. wheat at 71 7 2 cents, Sept. corn 4 9 1 cents, Sept. oats 30 7 4 cents, Sept. pork 16.97, Sept. lard 58.85, Sept. ribs 9.25. At Union stock yards, cattle mainly steady to strong with oats 9,000 head, beef and dairy categories shown. hog lots 400 steady. sheep 4,000 steady with prices from 2.90 to 5.26.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Union Stock Yards
Weather outlook for Illinois fair with cooler northwest
Chicago August 4 Special forecast notes Illinois fair conditions tonight with cooler air in the northwest region. Daylight times show sunrise at 4 55 a m and sunset at 7 16 p m.
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Chicago
Young Men Social by Baptist Church Planned
The Baptist church youth group hosts a social next Tuesday evening in the church parlors inviting all friends. A high quality program includes piano and vocal performances. Prof Lunt of the High school, noted reader, will be a leading attraction. Refreshments will be served by the young men. It is the first social of the boys section of the B Y P U.
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Baptist Church
Lunt
Knights of Pythias Meeting in Freeport Lodge Hall
Knights of Pythias Freeport Lodge No 482 invites all knights to a meeting in the castle hall on Monday evening. The notice emphasizes cordial invitation and active participation in the fraternal gathering.
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Knights of Pythias Meeting
Freeport Lodge No 482
Knights of Pythias
Frustrated Plan to Free Prisoners in Warsaw
Aug 4 reports from Warsaw describe a betrayed plan to liberate political prisoners. Several civil servants and police implicated have been arrested. Across the region, train robbery yielded 40,000 in government funds, eight passengers wounded, including Brazil’s consul general, while a Kazan station bomb killed two Jewish socialists. St. Petersburg notes a general strike with limited turnout, and Cronstadt reports ongoing turmoil. London mentions Moscow militants ready to bomb troops but an accident fatal, and Helsingfors declares street rail strike ended with red guard leaders arrested.
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Warsaw
Libau
Haffool
Mency
Brazil
Kazan
St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Reval
London
Moscow
Helsingfors
Socialist Red Guards
Saloons Closed as Chicago Primaries Conducted
Chicago Aug 4 Special saloons were closed during the primary elections under the new law. Licenses of saloonists who sell liquor today face revocation. Weather favored high turnout. Early polling showed lively interest and leaders avoided predictions. By noon no serious clashes reported. Political managers cite near 90 percent of total vote cast.
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Chicago
Hans Berlin Draws No 1 in Shoshone Lottery
In Laner Wyoming, Hans Berlin of Jaramie won the top entry in the Shoshone Indian reservation homestead lottery. The drawing started at nine in the morning and is moving quickly as names are read.
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Laner
Wyo
Hans Berlin
Jaramie
Longworths Start Home From Paris Voyage
Congressman and Mrs Nicholas Longworth sailed today for New York aboard the steamer St Paul departing Paris marking the end of their visit.
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Paris
Nicholas Longworth
New York
St. Paul
Land Investment Claim for Canada Lured by Real Estate Scout
A terse ad touts land as the safest investment in the country and promotes William Clement as the promoter who “made Canada famous” in this region. It promises to assist prospective land buyers every Tuesday, urging readers to join the Canada land venture.
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Thig
Canada
William Clement
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