Chicago Women Hire Men to Smash Servant Girls Union
Chicago reports a rise in demand for men as domestics amid fears of kitchen strikes tied to the Servant Girls union. Employment offices show many requests for dishwashers and house servants as householders brace for possible labor action while Hull House and state agency officials caution against overt replacement of women.
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Chicago
UNION
Servant Girls’ Union
Jane Adams
Hull House
George W. Geary
State Free Employment Agency
New York Woman Faces Death Row Over Rival Kitchen Fight
Report notes Mary Jennings may join Martha Place on death row after a July 15 kitchen confrontation at Child's restaurant 123 University Place. Kate McVeight died from a stab wound after a dispute over suspected tea theft.
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New York
Martha Place
Mary Jennings
Odell
Theodore Roosevelt
Bath
Child’s
University Place
Kate McVeight
Kate
Jennings
Mary ‘Jennings
Sing Sing
New York State
Ida Place
Hancock St
Brooklyn
Daughter of J. P. Morgan’s kin births at Orchard Point
Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, daughter of J. P. Morgan, gives birth to a daughter at the family summer home Orchard Point near Great Neck. Both mother and infant are reported well. Post office staff shakeups noted with clerk Frank Rumford’s arrest for stealing and subsequent promotions for others.
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Herbert L. Satterlee
J. P. Morgan
Tuessey
Orchard Point
Frank Rumford
Allison Mundell
Albert
Steele
W. J.carrolidéth i. Hailes
M. FY. Sexton
Edward F. Jones
Maiden Hannah Bodwell Fights Desperate Indian Raid
Jeremiah Bodwell and his family fortify a remote Bingham cabin as 20 to 30 Indians press the door. Hannah fires a fuse mine while Mrs Bodwell urges defense, blasting the attackers and saving her family. Three pioneers bury the slain and protect the household. Hannah later marries a pioneer son and sees her eldest son become governor of the state.
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Mr. Bodwell
Hannah
Wannah
Earth
Unusual New York rite frees Roumanian widow from marrying brother
Mrs. Golda Lacs, a 18 year old Romanian Jewish widow, traveled 10000 miles to New York where a Talmudic dispensation freed her from the obligation to wed her deceased husband Emanuel Lacs's brother Samuel Lacs. A rabbi read from a portion of the Talmud as the sandal ritual concluded the release.
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Golda Lacs
Bucharest
Emanuel Lacs
Samuel Lacs
Lacs
New York
America
Norfolk St
Heize Demands Hat Back in Panama Hair Rug Case
August Heize copper man sues R G Salomon Jersey City leather merchant over a Panama hat taken by mistake at a Long Branch hotel. Salomon agrees to pay costs and return the hat if Heize drops suit. Heize says agreement satisfactory and hat will be restored by Wednesday night.
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Heize
Copper
R.G. Salomon
Jersey City
Salomon
Vanderbilt Soldier Elected Second Lieutenant in State Militia
New York August 14 Cornelius Vanderbilt was unanimously elected a second lieutenant in Company G Twelfth regiment of the state militia. He must pass several examinations before becoming a full fledged soldier.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Paper From El Reno Cites Town’s Quick-Witted Signatures
Capt. E Pp Thayer of Greenfield reports receiving the Daily American from El Reno Oklahoma. The young town of three weeks already features column signers titled tar payer old citizen and unff ced. The paper boasts a 16 000 circulation.
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E. Pp. Thayer
Greenfield
el Reno
Oklahoma
Daily American
Complicated Booze Hiding Scheme Found at Fortland Saloon
In Fortland Maine investigators uncovered a clever contraption at the Forest Street saloon. Deputies opened a hidden wall spring revealing a concealed room able to hold 50 barrels and a second secret chamber with four barrels of beer. A system of pipes and a chimney connected the rooms to the saloon below.
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Fortland
Aug. H
Pearson
Ford
Forest St
Stackpole
Swirl of Society Hosts and Engagements
Mr and Mrs Benjamin Walcott entertain at the Aquatic club houseboat Friday for guest Miss Caulders from Utica. Engagement announced of Miss Grace Compton formerly of Indianapolis and Albert Ransom with wedding in Los Angeles this month. Miss Nell Steep hosts a Bremermans supper Friday for Miss Della Chambers of New York with guests Lillian Despo Morence York Stella Fox Berenice Davis and Mae Egan.
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Benjamin Walcott
Aquatic Club
Miss Caulders
Utica
Grace Compton
Indianapolis
Albert Ransom
Los Angeles
Cal
Nell Steep
Bremerman's
Della Chambers
New York
Lillian, Despo
Miorence York
Stella Fox
Berenice Davis
Mae Egan
Mills May Close Over Corneron Failure
A town talk note reports Mills facing possible shutdown due to corneron failure. Restaurateurs’ Tuesday night meeting to raise prices failed to pan out. Mason W. Johnson Anderson to furnish 2 890 seats for 37 000 in school buildings. Major Edward B. Pratt ordered to Indianapolis for recruiting. Louisa Gallagher Cincinnati seeks police help to locate husband described as 9% feet tall. T S Gordon BE K Chapman and James W Lily lead trade boards to work with Commercial club to try bringing the Mexican exhibit from Buffalo to Indianapolis.
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Mason W. Johnson
Anderson
Edward B. Pratt
Twenty-third Infantry
Indianapolis
Louisa Gallagher
Cincinnati
TI. S. Gordon
BE. K. Chapman
James W. Lily
Board of Trade
Commercial Club Committee
Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Restores Health
Mrs Nellie M Reycraft of Glenwood Oregon credits Doctor Pierces Favorite Prescription with curing years of uterine pain back and fatigue after ineffective treatments She began using the remedy and soon felt better now using the third bottle and claims full restoration of health The ad touts cures for female weakness and other chronic diseases and offers the Common Sense Medical Adviser for sale by mail from Dr Pierce Buffalo N Y
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Reycraft
Doctor Pierce
Nellie M. Reycraft
Glenwood
Washington Co
Oregon
Dean's Ointment Promises Quick Relief for Piles
Ad copy touts Dean's Ointment as a cure for piles with no failure, priced at 59 cents at any drug store.
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Dean
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