Pension plans loom for aged printers at union meeting
More than 1,000 delegates attend the International Typographical Union’s fiftieth third annual convention in Colorado Springs, reviewing a wide program. President Lynch touts eight hour day gains targeting 45,000 members, weighs a pension proposal, endorses health and sanitary reforms, and notes robust machine adoption and arbitration agreements.
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Hot. Springs
Ark
International Typographical Union
Lynch
Colorado Springs
Uion
Iidorsed
Almerican
Paros National Specraphical Union
Wnion
Coroner Urges Stricter Federal Inspection After Freight Car Accident
Chicago August 6 coroner urges tighter federal checks on uncoupling devices after Walter Pistee 28 Burling ton road switchman died when attempting to pull a coupling pin between two moving cars. Jury calls for railways to keep outside uncouplers in working order and to bar switchmen from crossing between moving cars.
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Chicago
Walter Pistee
Western Avenue
Burlington Road
Pierce
Illinois Central
Platte
Lamp 125 Years Old Revealed by Bloomington Collector
McLean County Historical Society receives a family lamp presented by Mr. 3. B. Mason of Bloomington. The circular iron chimney lamp holds about a half pint, features a wick spout and a suspension ring, and shows fine hand craftsmanship with a seamless back seam.
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3. B. Mason
Bloomington
Butoniay
McLean County Historical Society
Big Demand for Horse Book Demand for horse disease volume soars
Washington reports Uncle Sam as publisher of the horse book Special Diseases of the Horse with over one million copies printed and a further 260 000 copies ordered Congress members may need copies for constituents. The first edition 261 000 copies would stretch fifty miles if laid end to end and form 108 piles as high as the Washington monument.
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Washington
Sam
Washington Monument
New Jersey Editor Praises Foley’s Honey and Tar
M T Lynch editor of the Phillipsburg Daily Post reports from Phillipsburg New Jersey that Foley’s Honey and Tar is the best medicine for coughs and colds tried in his family. H J Moogk also endorses the remedy in the notice.
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New Jersey
M. T. Lynch
Phillipsburg
N. J
Daily Post
Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wun
Jungkuns
Fond du Lac Portraits Rule Saloon Walls
Fond du Lac Wisconsin August 18 reports a unique jag ordinance requiring that portraits of public intoxicated drinkers be posted in all city saloons with notices of liquor violations under license penalties. A saloon owner asked that his photo be added to the gallery to aid sobriety as the only image had been Mat Fargo.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
du Lac
Buble
Como Conceil
EB. Asmont
Mar Dengel
Chia
Mat Fargo
Dr King’s New Discovery Endorsed by Otsego Journal
Wm M Dietz editor of the Otsego Journal Gilbertsville N Y endorses Dr King’s New Discovery as the most popular remedy for coughs colds and lung and throat diseases. The product is guaranteed to never disappoint with price 0c and 1.00 and a trial bottle offered.
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Otsego County
Wm. M. Dietz
Otsego
Gilbertsville
N. Y
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert
Notice to settle accounts at Hollister and Barrett store
All those owing Hollister and Barrett are asked to call at the store to settle accounts and present any bills. A change in partnership makes prompt payment necessary and those indebted are urged to attend to this request.
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Hollister & Barrett
BTA
Printing Industry Dominates Yet Remains Many Small Shops
The 1905 census bulletin shows the printing and publishing industry with 26 422 establishments and 385 088 604 dollars in capital, highlighting growth from 1890 and a strong share of small, independent shops contributing to national prosperity.
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United States Bureau of the
Fengus
Tis
Wm. 5
Hassiter
DeVore Piano Co offers free shorthand education with piano purchase
Buy a piano before September 1 1907 and receive five shorthand lessons at no cost. The DeVore plan promises quick shorthand proficiency, potential annual earnings from 500 to 3000 dollars, and a flexible payment option including a one dollar per week piano plan. Arrange lessons if you lack a piano and apply lesson payments to the first piano payment later. DeVore Piano Co Freeport Illinois 76 Main Street.
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DeVore
Chicago
DeVore Piano Co
Freeport
Main Street
Freeport Chautauqua Assembly Opens This Week
The Freeport Chautauqua Assembly begins Tuesday afternoon August 20 and runs six days, totaling twelve sessions. Season tickets cost one dollar and are transferable, promising high grade entertainment and moral uplift for Freeport citizens. Chairman J. Nagle urges broad local support and ticket purchases at area bookstores.
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Ee ThachantAdgia
Ilinois
Itatch
Freeport
Dixon
Rockford
Freeport Chautraugia Assembly
S .J
J. Nagle
Garrick Theatre to Open with The White Hen in Chicago
Louis Mann stars in The White Hen at the Garrick with Englander and Shu bert producing an elaborate show. EB H Sothern may follow with a repertoire of plays as the Empire opens Uncle S Has kins rural comedy with a capable company. Also note Bluff Mo businessman endorses Bucklen's Arnica Salve for wounds and burns. 25e.
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Garrick Theatre
Chicago
Louis Mann
Englander
Messrs. Shubert
EB. H. Sothern
Haskins
The
Empire
C. G. Hays
Bluff
Bucklien
Joseph Emmert
Priest Denounces Bloomers in Dubuque Baseball Debate
In Dubuque Iowa on August 14 Father A Boeding condemned what he called the bloom er girls a group playing baseball in town He urged suppression of what he viewed as a drag on womanhood while defending good clean baseball as acceptable.
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Dubuque
Father A. Boeding
Rosary Club
Prostate and Kidney Ailments Warned for Older Men
An aged man’s health warn shows many men over sixty suffer prostate and kidney issues. The ad touts Foley's Kidney Cure as curative for irregularities and claims old patients improved after two bottles, citing Rodney Burnett of Rockport Missouri and others.
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Foley
Rodney Burnett
Rockport
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkung
University expert outlines smokeless coal burning plan
Professor T P Breckenridge of the University of Illinois engineering experiment station describes methods to burn soft coal without smoke. Tests on a 210 horse power water tube boiler show smokeless operation with specific furnace and stoker configurations. Findings urge uniform coal size and mechanical stokers tailored to local coal, with results to be published in a fall bulletin.
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University of Thinois
Thenited States Geological Survey
Washington
Engineering Experiment Station
University of Illinois
Illinois
United States Geological Survey
Illinois Experiment Station
Lange
General University
The
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Typographical Union
International Popographical Union
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Upton Printers
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Census Bureau Report
Freeport Chautauqua Assembly
Grand Opera House
Lewis
New
Splunkard
Gale
C. P. Guenther
Breckenridge
Univer
Sity
Hants
Emerick’s
Stephenson Street
Oatt
IN the Furniture
de Cor
Freeport Gas Light & Coke Co
Columi
Zanama
Tomurrow
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