No More Blue Mondays in Napa Thain Life
No more hot kitchens and boiling clothes. No more backaches from bending over tubs of steaming water. No more hard rubbing of clothes on a washboard.
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
4
No more hot kitchens and boiling clothes. No more backaches from bending over tubs of steaming water. No more hard rubbing of clothes on a washboard.
Sullivan Bennett recently released from jail seized a seven year old girl at the Martinsburg Gas plant, held the mother at gunpoint, and fled into bushes where police found him. A crowd shouted for lynching but he was escorted to jail guarded by officers. Near Oldenburg Chinamen deported after immigration hearing with claimed family ties revealed by necktie identifiers. A 16 year old Westchester girl wed a 65 year old Civil War veteran in Delaware.
Chicago Aug 14 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor issues the first pre election political appeal to trades unionists nationwide signed by all council members including John Mitchell. The statement avoids naming Bryan and does not endorse the Republican or Democratic tickets but urges workers to use political power to protect their interests and warns of worse conditions if labor does not vote.
Cleveland August 14 300 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway machinists voted in favor of striking if piecework continues. The union plans to forbid piece work after September 1. Vivian Burden 12 of Kansas City swallowed carbolic acid dying by her action, influenced by a schoolmate May Williamson 16 who had died earlier. Taft Montana fire destroys all but a few structures in town, sparing the post office and a warehouse.
Anty Drudge extols saving money by boiling clothes and rubbing hard, but argues Fels-Naptha cleans in cool or lukewarm water without boiling or hard rubbing. It claims clothes stay intact, look cleaner and whiter, and last twice as long, with time and fuel saved. Follow wrapper directions.
Thirty thousand fans attended a Cy Young benefit at Boston on Thursday. The local American League team lost 8 to 2 to an All Star club from another AL territory. Brownie Gessler homered once in nine at bats and threw from right field to catch an runner at home. Yong earned three wins, a traveling bag, and other gifts.
Mr. A Colinson of Dramquia Qatarlo suffers years of indigestion and fatigue. A sample of Sombermain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets is claimed to relieve symptoms with quick, pleasant effect. Easy to take and effective. Price 25 cents. Sample offered at local drug stores.
Closing quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade as reported by W. A. Hamilton. The fragment lists prices and symbols for various commodities and stocks such as Rubber, Steel, and Wabash Ptd with scattered figures and abbreviations, reflecting a late 19th century style.
Prominent New York lawyers state Harry Thaw could be free within a month once he leaves New York. They argue a federal subpoena would only compel NY authorities to deliver him to Pittsburgh, after which New Jersey would grant de facto freedom if he stays out of New York.
Oyster Bay New York August 14 President Roosevelt while playing lawn tennis was surrounded by young women and men on horseback who explained they were raising funds for Nassau Hospital Mineola. The riders collected across the Cove road stopping carriages and autos and even held up the president’s guests later. Ambassador Francia and others donated from the autos before the party moved on.
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