Labor Day addresses spark calls for rights and warnings
Samuel Gompers denounced court injunctions as a barrier to workers rights and urged lawful defense of constitutional freedoms. William Hearst praised Labor Day, equating its significance with July Fourth and stressing national progress and prosperity. A separate riot near a streetcar line injured nonunion workers as tensions rose with striking unionists, drawing police to quell violence and avoid further clashes.
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Wil
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hearst
William Hearst
Riots Break Out After Labor Parade In Unrest Waves
In Sanswransegd on Sept 8 a labor union parade led to gunfire by United Railroads crews. Inspectors and workers were attacked as rioters scattered near the ferry to Shell Mound park. Six shots wounded several men while police and firefighters rushed to the scene. A separate riot in Steakerville, Sept 6, saw two women shield two injured men from attackers, with both victims hospitalized.
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Whiteiist
Fipet
Walnut Atioet
Wits
Napagle
Ae & Cat
Opers
Urion-union
Secred
Ated
Whitehouse
Friedlyn
Wnomearmen
Sanswrandseg
United Railroads
Shell Mound Park
L. J. Wall
Watkins
Dunston
Sutter
Montgomery
Firend
Nam
Proip
Jraken
Sccie
Nnde
Leutenant
John Peterson
J. d. Hal
BP. J. Durston
Henry ©. Castan
Thos Bowman
Union
Steakerville
Joseph Harbison
Kal
John Hatton
Miary Magee
Bala Rooke
Harbison
Hatton
Rae aEreal
Ywloulde't Ride on Street Cars Manned by Grabs Rept
Labor groups protest streetcar services amid strikes and manpower shortages. Officials face pressure as workers demand safer conditions and higher wages, aiming to force negotiations with city transit authorities.
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Ywloulde
Bora Labor Puy
Labor Day Parades Across Cities Drenching Rain Yet Draw Massive Crowds
News roundup from New York to Springfield notes Labor Day parades in multiple cities despite rain. Estimates include 25 000 in New York, 20 000 in Cincinnati, 20 000 in Indianapolis, and 5 000 in Milwaukee and La Crosse, with unions and bands participating and speeches by labor leaders urging funding to counter manufacturers associations.
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New York
Labor
Hiberniions
Horseshoers
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Indiana
Alwaukee
LaaCroagse
Wis
Springfield
White City
Max Morris
Denver
Colo
Manufacturers’ Association
Building collapse traps agent in Paducah office
Paducah Kentucky September 3 The American Express company building collapsed trapping A I Ingersoll the agent for the company beneath debris It took more than two hours to rescue him He was not badly injured Three other attackers of the office escaped unharmed
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Paducah
American Express Company
A. I. Ingersoll
Drude Ordered to Push Moroccan Operations
Paris dispatch notes General Drude commander of the French expeditionary forces in Morocco has received instructions to push operations in a radius of eighteen miles around Casablanca.
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Drude
Paris
The
Petit Parisien
Morocco
Casablanca
Chicagoan the Best Swimmer Wins Ten Mile Race
H J Handy of the New Hindls Athletic club won the A A U U ten mile swimming contest in St Louis on September 8 finishing in one hour forty minutes and four seconds. The event was held in the Mississippi river.
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St. Louis
H. J. Handy
New Hindls Athletic Club
A. A. UU
Missiastopol River
Son of the Duke of Cambridge Dead in Luverne
Colonel Sir Augustus Charles Frederic Fitzgeorge third son of the late Duke of Cambridge has died in Luverne Switzerland on September 3. Born in 1847 he held royal rank and military titles.
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Duke of Cambridge
Luverne
Switzerland
Augustus Charles Frederbcy Fitzgeorge
Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup advertised
The notice states nearly all cough cures with opiates cause constipation while Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup contains no opiates and acts gently on the bowels. Pleasant to take and sold by Wm. Fr. Kungkunz at 5 Stephenson Street.
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Wm. Fr
Kungkunz
Stephenson St
Lion Clad School Shoe Available at the fb. & W.
The Lion Clad school shoe for boys is offered exclusively at the fb. & W store. Priced at $1.50, the sturdy style emphasizes durability for daily wear and school use.
Public Auction of Bauch Place Real Estate
Public sale of real estate on Tuesday September 10 1907 at 6 30 pm front door of the residence on premises known as the F R Bauch place 672 South Galena avenue brick hall bath room frame house about 20 acres of ground wells and cisterns agent Miller auctioneer names Bauch and Saucermaq present with Emma Bauch among others
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F. R. Bauch
Galena Avenue
Ipa Pampman
Emma Saucermaq
Louis Bauoh
Maruiiva Kpehbeb
Epwarp Bauoh
Olaba Cann4mah
Miller
Auctiuney
Crow hunts and bounty payments dominate Illinois notes
In Empire township the crow hunt faced protests from the Audubon society while officials restricted killings to crows hawks and doves. Hunters reported 63 crows 16 hawks and 322 doves and blackbirds. Local bounty payouts sparked statewide concern over funding. Effie May Maxwell 16 seeks divorce from 57 year old William Maxwell amid cruelty claims. Central Illinois corn prospects improve with ongoing heat wave and favorable outlook.
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Bloomington
Manola Audubhon Society
Wheeler
Empire Township
Tulsa
Joseph Sutju
LaSalle County
Tutja
Effie May «Maxwell
de Witt County
William Maxwell
Marxwell
Farmers see record earnings and wealth growth in 1907
A summary of preliminary crops report notes farmers' earnings near 8 billion dollars last year, driven by higher farm-product prices. It forecasts a 10 percent drop in overall production versus 1906, but praises farmers' financial, social, and spiritual standing and rising real estate value.
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New York
American Agriculturist
Five Dead In Chesapeake and Ohio Train Crash
A Chesapeake and Ohio local train No 6 derailed near Kanawha Mills thirty one miles from Charleston West Virginia. Five people were killed and eleven injured. The dead include William Campbell of Venetta WV Walter Saunders Wendall WV Silas Vaught Ganley WV Allen Leving Tinton WV Way and one unidentified white man. Robert Allen of Hawknest WV had a broken leg. Injuries to others are minor. Rail spreading is blamed and the track was torn up for hundreds of yards.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Ohio
Kanawha Malls
Willian Campbell
Venetta
Hawknest
W. Va
Groom Missed Honeymoon After $1500 Went Missing
Edwardsville Alabama September 3 Edward Naeher 65 and Louisa Hartman Alton were wed at Naeher’s daughter home. They planned a Switzerland honeymoon but Naeher misplaced the $1500 he had drawn from the bank, losing track of the money in the rush and searching pockets suitcases and the sidewalk.
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Edwardsville
Edward Naeher
Louisa Hartman
Alton
Naether
Naeher
George Dunstedter
Switzerland
Ile
Dynamite Blast Hits Ex Sheriff James Pease Home
A dynamite bomb shattered windows at the 1232 Dover Street Sheridan Park residence of James Pease ex sheriff Cook County Chicago shortly after 11 o clock. The blast was felt for a mile with no injuries reported. It is the seventh in a series targeting men linked to betting waters and other diversions. Police say the case remains unsolved despite efforts.
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Chicago
James Pease
Cook County
Dover Street
Sheridan Park
Quicksand Drowns Four Men After Chicken Fry
In Peoria HL on Sept 3 quicksand in the Hlinuis river drowned Chas McEntee Keeling Wilson and William Stinger, all of Lacon HL. Their bodies were recovered as the quicksand held them above the knees after a Saturday chicken fry hosted by Lacon business men. They started home in a ree...
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Peoria
Hlinuis
Chas
McEntee
Keeling Wilson
Willian Stinger
Lacon
Sturday
Dead Husband Hicks Found After Murder Scene
The body of Hicks, implicated in the murder of his wife Iris, was discovered in the woods near the crime site. He had cut his throat with the same knife used on his wife, and his body had been mangled by dogs.
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Iris
Hicks
Bisto Puesdity
Kodal for Indigestion and Dyspepsia
Kodal for Indigestion and Dyspepsia combines natural digestants and vegetable acids to digest food and bolster stomach health. Pleasant to take. Sold by Wm Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street.
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Kodal
Wm. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
Was a Cruel Deception
A dozen Minnesota sheriffs seized a steamboat carrying two prize fighters to stop a planned match between Minneapolis and St Paul. The vessel moved down the Mississippi, landed on the Wisconsin bank, and the bout occurred as Minnesota officials could not stop it.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Minneapois
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Two Boys Die On Steel Tower From Electric Shock
In Buffalo on September 3 two Polish youths Tony Carola and Guiesppe Zappa aged 13 were fatally shocked on a steel tower that carries high voltage from Niagara Falls power houses to the Lackawanna Steel plant. Communication delays left the current on for nearly three hours as the bodies hung in midair with blue flames visible to thousands of streetcar riders.
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Buffalo
Diwo
Tony Carola
Guiesppe Zappa
Niagara Falls
Lackawanna Steel
Open Switch Kills a Fireman in Iowa Train Crash
In Marshalltown Iowa on Sept 38 a passenger train on the Iowa Central failed to stop at an open switch near New Sharon. Fireman ML Cannon of Marshalltown died. Engineer James Clark of Marshalltown was seriously injured. Mrs David Kennedy of Marshalltown suffered multiple injuries with internal damage. A separate item from New York on Sept 3 reports James Ric Weene saying his turf earnings of 309,601 this season do not translate into personal profit.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central
New Sharon
ML Cannon
James Clark
David Kennedy
New York
James Ric. Weene
New World Motor Boat Record Set at Lake Geneva
Lorraine Dietrich establishes a new world record for one kilometer with a lying start on Lake Geneva in Evian Les-Bains France. The distance was covered in one minute five seconds.
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Evian Les-Bains
France
Lorraine Dietrich
Lake Geneva
Oakland Driving Park races injure riders and kill horse
Two gentlewar riders were seriously injured and a horse was killed by a fall at the Oakland Driving Park in Bay Shore Long Island. Other global incidents include unrest in Japan and anti Jewish rioting in Odessa.
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Oakland
Bay Shore
Long Island
Japan
Skawhegan
Yokohama
Odessa
Antwerp
Salisbury Plain
Louisville
Charley Neary
Milwaukee
Edldie Tancel
Chicago
Milwaukee Boxing Club
Joseph Stinel
Oantalion
Lause
Pittston
Kobe
Haviland Porcelain Works
Limoges
France
The wisdom of the Bes and the hive bee
A John Burroughs quote from Atlantic notes the honey gathering instinct of bees. It contrasts the bee lifestyle with human needs, stating the bee stores for others even though the knowledge is unnecessary for its own survival and winter.
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John Burroughs
Atlantic
West Virginia Miner Strike Judge Jackson’s Death at 83
Atlantic City reports John Jay Jackson known as the iron judge who jailed Mother Jones during the 1902 West Virginia miners strike died of heart disease at 83. Retired 1905 after 44 years on the federal bench he was Lincoln appointee, famed for injunctions halting strike threats and labor intimidation.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John Jay Jackson
Jones
West Virginia
Bancolin
Jackson
Lincoln
Ife
Nother” Jones
United Mine Workers
LIVING UP TO THE LETTER Atlanta G A Sept G livery rail road fare ruling
Atlanta officials report that Georgia passenger fare rules strictly limit tickets to junction points on routes crossing multiple lines. Through-car travel still must follow per mile rates and reissue tickets at junctions for continuation. Stations and baggage must be checked at each transfer.
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Atlanta
Georgina
Railroad Commission
Ringling Bros Buys Barnum and Bailey to Rule Show World
Chicago report says John Ringling completes purchase making Ringling Bros the owner of the greatest show on earth. In Massachusetts Billy Papke knocks out Tommy Sullivan in Lawrence in two and a half minutes of a scheduled fifteen round bout.
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Chicago
John Ringling
Ringlings
Ringling Bros
Papke
Sullivan
Lawrence
Mass
Billy Papke
Spring Valley
Tommy Sullivan
Lord Nelson's Hard Job
A Times item notes dukes perform annual duties to keep titles clear. The Duke of Wellington and Duke of Marlborough send miniatures on key anniversaries, the Duke of Hamilton sends three deer yearly, while the Nelson earldom holder signs a receipt for 25 000 dollars each year.
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Duke of Wellington
Duke of Marlborough
Blenbeum
Duke of Hamilton
Nelson
Kgnses Olty
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