Union Fights Chicago Undertakers Over Casket Prices
Chicago unions declare war on the city undertakers calling the coffin trade a trust of the worst order. They demand union caskets at lower prices, urge members to refuse nonunion caskets, and propose unionizing Chicago undertakers while citing price disparities from $5 to $40 for union caskets vs $50 to $300 for nonunion ones.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation
Nas
Chicago: Undertakers’ Association
Central
Coffin Trust
Union
New’ York Life Insurance Companies
Inbor
Chicago Undertakers’ Association
Pertehdes
Agerit
Dhion
Myers
Frienid
Federation
Undertakers of
Breath and Medicines Boost Lung Health in Old Times
A reader from Port Williams Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a two year cough and suspected consumption. The ad extols strong lungs tied to gorilla biology and promises relief for throat and lung troubles. Trial bottle offered free, price then 50 cents and 1.00, guaranteed by Joseph Emmert druggist.
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Ora ‘A. Stephens
Port Williams
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert
Baileyville Correspondent Reports Local Visitations
Our Own Correspondent from Baileyville dated March 17 notes Mrs Etta Van Loh visiting Freport relatives. Several locals, including Miss Ludwig and Miss Steffa Full, spent days in Freeport. Residents Johnson, Dankas, and Drake traveled to Freeport. Rev Dravel heads to Torra ine Kans. A baby arrived for Dick Wilkins. Miss Emma Buss visited Haldane. G B Turneau re piano tuning. Fricksen visits Freeport to see ill daughter. Sunday school convention set for Forreston with attendees from this area.
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Baileyville
Etta van’ Loh
Freport
Ludwig
Forreston
Steffa
Freeport
Richard ‘Johnson
Brewer Dankas
Chris Drake
Rev. Dravel
Torraine
Kans
Dick Wilkins
Emma Buss
Haldane
Fannie Roskam
Louis Kerr
Henry Neihuis
Dr .Overfield
Thurman
Fannie
Jassen
Lizzie Kerr
Ogle
Lutheran
Garrison to hosts card party at K G Hall tonight
Globe Home reports a card party tonight in K G hall with all invited. Cards start at 8 30 oclock and admission is 10 cents.
Scott's Emulsion Promotes Easy Oil Use
Scott's Emulsion branded as the easy oil offers gentle take and fast action, avoiding common stomach upset linked to raw cod liver oil. It claims superiority over cheap emulsions and alcohol substitutes and pledges to fulfill cod liver oil’s health benefits.
Composite portrait of the average American farmer family
A study sketches a Columbus Indiana family man of 37, with a 137 acre farm near Columbus, 80 cultivated, valued at 3500 with 500 mortgage. It notes income, assets, crops, stock, household spending, tobacco and alcohol use, heating and lighting, clothing, and communications.
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Columbus
Ind
Lost dog Flip sparks nationwide Belvidere search
Belvidere Illinois conducts the most extensive lost dog hunt to date for a hairless pup named Flip born at the St. Louis World’s Fair exhibit. Police, postal carriers, steam train staff, and schoolchildren seek the dog with clairvoyants consulted by the owner, yet Flip remains missing.
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Belvidere
Rockford
Freeport
Elgin
Beloit
Chicago
Freeort
Chicago Tribune
Frank W. Plane
Boone County
Lafitte
Unclear fragmentary text from local page
Fragmentary OCR snippet mentions a family traveling about 100 miles with unclear context and no verifiable names or dates. The readable material is insufficient to identify people, places, or events for a substantive news item.
Snow and Cold Expected This Evening in Illinois
Chicago forecast reports snow this afternoon and possibly tonight with colder temperatures. Daylight hours show sunrise at 6 05 a m and sunset at 6 12 p m.
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Chicago
Starvin to Death in Columbus Woman Feels Recovered
Mrs Mary H Walters of St Clair street Columbus Ohio was starving due to a weak stomach from drugging She credits Electric Bitters with immediate improvement and a complete cure She says the tonic was the best health remedy and was guaranteed by druggist Joseph Emmert at 50 cents
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Joseph Emmert
Fire devastates Autora seminary in Illinois blaze
A fire caused by a defective chimney damages the Autora seminary, a girls school run by the Deaconess society of the Rock River conference. The fire destroys the roof and fifth story, with $10,000 in damage. nearly 100 girls become homeless, eight inmates evacuated safely by firemen, and the building will be rebuilt in six months.
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Autora
Ill
Aurora
Deaconess Society
Rock River Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
EEC. Ae Seminary
Mrs Henry Graper Returns to Chicago After Visit
Mrs Henry Graper arrived in Chicago this morning following a visit with her father Joseph Secker.
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Henry Graper
Chicago
Joseph Secker
Mi-o-na Promoted as Cure for Digestive Ailments
W F Jungkunz advertises Mi-o-na with a full guarantee promising cure for stomach troubles and heartburn. The remedy blends bismuth subgallate cerium oxalate sodium bicarbonate and nux vomica to treat irritation indigestion and debility. A large box is sold for 60 cents with money-back promise.
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W. of
Jungkunz
W. F. Jungkunz
Freeport Building and Loan Seeks Fifty Cents Shares
Stock in the Freeport Building and Loan Association Fifties series may now be obtained. Monthly payments are Fifty Cents per share. No membership fee. Demand for loans is unusually strong as the building season commences, thus assuring the profitable investment of the Association's funds. Co. F. Hildreth, Secretary.
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Freeport Buildin and Loan Association
Co. F. Hildreth
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Cails the. “Association “Trust of the. ‘Worst Order
Methodist Seminary
Burns
Secret
W.F. Jungkunz
Heath & Milligen
Swartz & Fleck
Whitney
Kuehner Bros
Galena Street
Freeport Gaslight & Coke Co
Bengston
Stephenson Street
Cole
Rom Hawdines
Sven Hansen
Eee
German Bank
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