Closeout Jewelry Sale at J. H. Lott's and Real Estate Ads
For sale two white angora dogs contact 41 459. Closing out sale at J. H. Lott's with best jewelry at low prices. Mrs. I. C. Dodge advertises 76 magazines for 3.00. George P. Rowell offers real estate surety bonds and insurance. Cable & Co of Chicago spent 60000 on Kingsbury player piano with five year warranty. Rogers & Wilson 1328 Main St existing since 1871. Also Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with E. W. Grove signature.
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Great House of Cable & Co
Chicago
Kingsbury
Rogers & Wilson
Main St
E. W. Grove
Railroad manpower and wage demands statistics
The report outlines the number of railroads involved and miles of track, the percentage of U.S. rail mileage, the number of engineers involved, and wage demand details. It notes men demanding 12 to 18 percent wage increases, while railroads offer 9 percent, with annual increases totaling 83,600,000.
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U.S
Potential western railroad strike looms as engineers ready action
In Chicago on December 24, engineers threaten a massive national walkout within 45 hours. A government mediator and Grand Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers push for a settlement while wage demands forged in Detroit last May face renewed scrutiny. If ordered, the strike could halt rail mileage west of Chicago and disrupt two thirds of U S territory. Negotiations since September failed to avert the crisis.
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Chicago
United States
Neill
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mr. Stone
Engineers Committee
Convention of Engineers
Detroit
Nell
Committee For Action
Scared off his farm in Arkansas by death threats
Rus well Gardner a St. Louis manufacturer and governor Pat terson of Tennessee brother-in-law has deserted his Arkansas plantation. He left with his photographer and secretary amid talks of Black Hand threats and ominous skulls found at the residence.
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Frits Landing Ark
Ruswell Gardner
St. Louis
Patterson
Tennessee
Gardner
Rhodus Receives Life Term for Two Murders
Leigh Rhodus, 23, pled guilty to the murder of Dr. William Michaels and contractor Anton Helbig plus three highway robberies. Judge Kersten sentenced him to life imprisonment in Joliet penitentiary with robbery terms from one year to life, the life terms directed to cover all murder charges. Assistant State's Attorney Benedict Short urged the lengthy sentences to deter potential pardon actions.
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Chicago
Leigh Rhodus
William 8. Michaels
Englewood
Anton Helbig
Joliet
Kersten
Rhodus
Benedict Short
Pardon Board
Newark Roof Collapse Kills One Injures Four
A three story Newark building at Washington and Court streets collapsed during remodeling for a theater. One man, John Koloding, was killed and four workers, John Laffey, John Crooks, Stephen Grimes and Joseph Kraus, were injured as forty men labored inside. Fire erupted in the debris but was quickly extinguished. The structure dated from 1872 and had housed the industrial exposition.
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New York
Old Machinery Hall
Washington and Court Streets
Newark
John Koloding
John Laffey
John Crooks
Stephen Grimes
Joseph Kraus
Fire devastates Baronne Street in New Orleans
A late December fire on Baronne Street between Lafayette and Poydras destroyed three large business houses with estimated losses of 250000. The Shubert theater sustained minor damage. The Union Furniture company F F Hansell Co stationers and Schwartz Eustis company furnishings suffered the heaviest losses.
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New Orleans
Baronne Street
Lafayette
Poydras
Shubert
Union Furniture Company
F. F. Hansell & Co
Stationers
Schwartz-Eustis Company
Veracruz Poet Expelled by Congress in High Profile Vote
Mexico City December 24. The grand jury of congreso voted to expel Salvador Diez Miron, a noted Vera Crus poet, from the national assembly and turn him over to the regular court for trial over his attempt on Juan Chapital in the congress lobby. Vote stood 114 to 1.
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Mexico City
Congreso
Vera Crus
Salvador Diez Miron
National Assembly
Juan Chapital
House of Congress
Cuba to Build Six Vessels for Coast Guard
The Cuban government has invited proposals for the construction of six vessels for coast guard service, according to a note received by the state department.
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Cuba
Coast Guard
Island
Washington
State Department
Coast Guard Service
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Gest
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Erroni
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R. Wallace
N. M. Srumbaugh
Western Railroad
Theodore Sutro
McConahay—gas Heaters
Atp
J. H. Lott's
Best
Lott
I. C. Dodge
George P. Rowell
Candy Kitchen
New Tailor Shop
South Main Street
Lincoln Ava
Paris
Charles W. Haywood, M.D
Monger Block
Eikhert
Ind
Gov. Patterson
Black Hand
Arkansas
Mark Twain
Brander Matthews
Moliére
Cervantes
Count Tolstoi
Twain
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
Pudd
Nhead Wilson
Stevenson
Thoreen
Hadleybury
Frost
Newell
Smediey
Thulstrup
Clinedinst
Kemble
Opper
Sandard Sete
Slayer
Naval
Malaga
Hale Bros
Praczky
Lanier
Goshen
Indiana
Buainess
Shubert Theater
Veracruz
Mexican Assembly
Biso
Rikhart
Elkhart County
John Fox
Cavalier
Geo. W. Cable
Jewel
Losiie Barnham
Gordon Keith
Thomas Nelson Page
Red Rock
Rawson
Polly
Richard Hading Davis
Ulder
F. Hopkinson Smith
Kingdom Come
Nicholas Minturn
J. G. Holland
Maurice Hewlett
Frederick Palmer
Jans Cable
Geo. Barr McCutcheon
Beverly of Garnstark
George Barr McCutcheon
Ucells
Harold B Wright
Harold B. Wright
Sherlock Holmes
Doyle
Robert Chambers
Hoosier
E Eggleston
O. Henry
Emerson Hough
St. Elmo
Augusta Jane Evans
Nancy Stair
Elinor M. Lane
Rudyard Kipling
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