Strike Negotiations Collapse In St Louis Transit Row
Strikes end talks with St Louis Transit Co as unions consider a citywide sympathy walkout. Three quarter union votes required for endorsements. Rioting reported with pistol use and a conductor shot. one man from Decatur Ill. injured. President Whitaker pledges no discharge of replacement workers.
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St. Louis
Gannot
Bats
St. Louis Transit Company
Edward Whitaker
Transit Company
Jay Fricks
Decatur
Ill
Frisco and the plague in 190 May
San Francisco mayor Phelan notes continuing plague concerns with local patients Chinese deaths disputed by some doctors and calls for calm and precautions while news suppression looms if health board deems the plague truly present. Separate brief items cover officials and sports results.
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San Francisco
Phelan
Whelan
Board of Health
Market quotations and grain prices in Chicago and Milwaukee
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show May wheat and corn with limited gains and mixed spreads while oats and rye price moves are noted. Produce and live stock sections list dairy, poultry, potatoes, apples, and cattle with varied bid ranges. Milwaukee reports mixed grain prices across No 1 and No 2 classifications and oats gains.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Renee
Scandal talk and the cost of gossiping morals
The article critiques gossip mongers and their relish for scandal noting that indiscreet talk harms both subjects and speakers. It quotes Washington Irving on sharp tongues and recalls how critics justify cruelty while fearing judgment, concluding that such a reputation for uncharitableness is not enviable.
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Washington Irving
Phoebe Remington
Five New York Evening World Physical Culture Exercises
The article lists five exercises to build strength and health. No 1 covers a stretching lunge with opposite arm and leg extended, improving height and buoyancy. No 2 teaches poise with weight on one foot and extended limbs, stretching the body. No 3 targets the spinal nerves with a lying maneuver.
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New York Evening World
Exercises for back and hip strength described in detail
The text outlines a sequence of movements to alleviate headaches and backaches by strengthening the back and hip muscles. It explains how to raise and lower the body, push with the legs, and shift weight between feet to improve balance and core strength, including a No 4 and No 6 exercise.
Chocolate loved widely and a bridal memory
The piece notes chocolate’s broad appeal and ease of digestion, inviting readers to observe purchases at confectioners. It recalls a frontier engagement story in which a plain lead circlet engraved with Brom’s engagement to engagement symbolizes a vow amid danger two years earlier.
Kid-ne-oids Promoted For Kidney Disorder Relief
Freeport residents supply supporting testimony for Kid-ne-oids as a remedy for backache and kidney disorders. A merchant tailor from No. 142 South Galena Avenue testifies the product cured his backache after a cold. Boxes priced at fifty cents. two weeks’ treatment. Descriptive booklet available from John Morrow & Co. Springfield Ohio.
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Freeport
Morrow
BE. M. Harnish
South
Galena Avenue
H. J. Moogh
John Morrow & Co
Chemisty
Springfield
Ohio
Minister recites Mass of Unpronounceable Names Joke
A minister recalls supplying in churches and being tested by a college bred pastor who announced a chapter in Numbers. The reader chose the following chapter and read the next one instead. The exchange ended with a whispered remark and no further discussion.
Great Bargains Offered By Up-to-Date Merchant Tailor
Joan S Harrster offers suitings at twenty five dollars with fit and style guaranteed. The Up-to-Date Merchant Tailor advertises bargains aimed at shoppers seeking value and quality garments.
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Joan S. Harrster
Local services ad for repairs and piano lessons
A practical machinist sharpens and repairs lawn mowers with satisfaction guaranteed or no charges. H Grandsen at 423d4 216 North Galena Ave and Helen H Birch piano teacher at 150 West St offer studio lessons.
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H. Gransden
North
Galena Ave
Helen H. Birch
West St
Wallpaper sale at Assembly United Presbyterian Church
Advertisement from Chicago dated May 23 and 30 1900 announcing a Chicago Great Western excursion from May 19 to 265 with tickets on the certificate plan good for return to June 2 at a fare and one third for the round trip. Details from C G W Ry agents or F H Lord G P T A 118 Adams St Chicago. Ludwin
Interstate Tournament and Whist Carnival Excursion Fare
Chicago hosts the Interstate Tournament and Whist Carnival from May 30 to June 2, 1900. The Chicago Great Western Ry offers excursion tickets sold May 26 to June 1 on the certificate plan, valid for return until June 6 at a fare of one and a third for the round trip. Inquiries should be directed to a C. G. W. Ry agent or F. J. Lord, G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams St., Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western Ry
F. J. Lord
G. P
T.A
Adams St
Home Seeker Excursion Tickets at Low Round Trip Rates
May and June sale at Chicago Great Western ticket offices for home seeker travel to nearly all U S points. One fare plus 2 dollars round trip, return valid 21 days from sale. Inquiries to F H Lord 118 Adams St Chicago or any CGW agent. Also North Western Ry offers May 28 29 30 excursion tickets to North Manchester Ind for Dunkard meet, valid until July 5.
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United States
Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adams St
Chicago
North Manchester
Ind
Dunkards
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Trains East from Freeport to Chicago Schedule
Train departures and arrivals listed for eastbound and westbound service. Passenger trains run daily with some trains not carrying passengers on Sundays and Sundays only on select freight services, as noted by agent E. B. Daly.
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Chicago
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Trains and Connections From Milwaukee Station
Rail schedule notes trains going east and west with arrivals departures and connections. J B Sweatt, agent, lists No 6 Chicago and Milwaukee connections, No 38 Mineral Point division service, and through coaches to Rock Island with baggage through to destination.
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Freaport
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Freeport
Khorn
Lotdetd Gaeanyg
Chicago
Racine
Rockford
Janesville
Madison
Milwaukee
Leon
Clinton
Dubuque
St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Rock Island
J.B. Sweatt
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Reuben Siegfried
Aaron Bower
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Emmert & Barrall’s
Freeport, Ill
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South Galehs Ave
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Chicago Grain and Produce
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John Rossing
Aurora
Gen. Atkins
Freeport By— Emmert & Burrell, WM. F. Jungkunz CO
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Wanner
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Swarts & Fleck
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Denver Republican
Joe Cowley
B. Moos
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J. W. Reitzell
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Frank Bangasser
Chas. F. Beck and
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Standard Wall Paper Co
Warren Fuller
Geo. Halbert
Brooklyn
N. Y
Janeway & Carpenter
New Jersey
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Thomas Strahan & Co
Massachusetts
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