Thread price surge draws DOJ inquiry and worker outcry
Wholesalers in New York question a 50 percent rise in cotton thread costs as prices jump from four to six cents per spool. The Sun’s New York report notes industry consolidation, potential further increases, and a 14 percent dividend by the American Thread Company last year.
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Trust
Combine
United States
Les
New York
The
Sun Wires
Department of Justice
Washington
Thread Trust
Rotaf
American Thread Company
Sodol Cotton Company
Thomas C. Waterhouse
Manchester
Eng
New Jersey
New England
English Sewing Cotton Company
England
Kingan and Company Planned 320000 Addition
Kingan and company received a permit to construct a 320000 addition to their box factory. The brick and cement expansion will be built on the riverbank near the railroad. The plant manufactures wooden meat shipping boxes.
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Kingan and Company
Ten Words Free Three Days in The Sun
Classified note advertises a three day free trial in The Sun for rental room or space. Seeks help and positions, phrased as roominess and situations available.
The Song of the Shirt Labor Chorus
A fragmentary poem excerpt describes exhausting labor in a factory or workshop. The speaker depicts relentless work from morning to night with phrases like work-work-work and sewing terms such as gusset seam and band. It conveys fatigue, numbness, and the toll on mind and body.
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Bayé
Gusset
$20 000 in Prizes at the Inter State Exposition
Sacramento announces a list of 20 prizes for the Interstate Exposition tied to the Fifteenth National Irrigation Congress. Awards include two $1,000 bulls and a $500 calf, ten $100 cash prizes for farm displays, many $50 awards, and 20 unique trophies valued from $250 to $2,500, designed largely by Shreve & Co. of San Francisco.
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The
Sun
Sacramento
Cal
California
Caifornia
Pacific Coast
Vale
Shreve & Co
San Fran
Exhibit Offerings Display Massive Artistic Trophies
The items are described as massive in scale with ornate decorative schemes fitting the exhibit character. Each piece is crafted with exquisite fineness, making every trophy not only valuable but artistically superb.
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Cisco
Special prize offered for top five-gaited horse at state fair
A $75 sterling silver cup donated by the American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association will be presented for the best five-gaited stallion or gelding at the Indiana state fair. Entries must be registered with the American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association and include the registry number. The cup will be awarded after the contestants are shown in the new livestock pavilion.
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State Board of Agriculture
American Saddle Horse Byyeeders’ Association
American Saddle Horse Breeders’ Association
Parson Scores the Rich
In Chautauqua New York on July 31 Rev Charles Frederick Aked pastor to John D Rockefeller urged that Christians cannot rest while poverty prevails and the rich enjoy luxury. He condemned wealth without regard to the needy saying Christianity demands happiness and rest for all.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Charles Frederick Aked
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Chicago Pure Beverage Show Opens at Coliseum Dec Ten Days
The national pure beverage exposition to be held at the Chicago Coliseum opens December 10 and will run for ten days. It aims to educate the public on proper beverage use while serving as a powerful advertising platform for advertisers and manufacturers across coast to coast.
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Chicago
Chicago Coliseum
United States
How to Wash Chamois Gloves and Dainty Jabots
Instructions describe washing chamois gloves by applying soap with cold water, rubbing hands to rinse, and wringing with a soft linen cloth. Dry and shape on a glove stretcher. For jabots with tan praits, baste in place before washing and dip in warm suds, then gently scour with a soft brush on a marble slab.
Applications for Liquor Licenses in Indianapolis Wards
Notices filed by Phillip McGuire in the Fifteenth ward Center township and Frank Fivecoat in the Eighth ward Center township Marion county Indiana to apply at the September 1907 term of the Board of County Commissioners for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking rights. McGuire seeks license for 1712 West Washington Street and pool table. Fivecoat seeks license for 516 North Alabama Street at Arch and Alabama streets with described premises and property details.
Thief Steals Lena Klein's Cash and Jewelry
United Press reports in Chicago that Lena Klein, fearing banks, kept 350 in a trunk. Last night a thief stole the money and jewelry worth 10,000.
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United Press
Chicago
Lena Klein
Reuter seeks license to sell intoxicants at 38 North Pine St Indianapolis
Jacob Reuter announces he will apply to Marion county Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise consumption. The front room measures 17 by 30 feet with four doors in a one story frame building at 38 North Pine Street Center township Indianapolis Noble s subdivision outlet 63 Jot 3808. He also gives notice for a pool table.
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Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
State of
Indiana
Pine Street
Noble Svh
Indianapolis
Marion Counts
North
Jacob Reuter
Licenses Sought For Liquor Sale In Indianapolis Ward Four
Peter Lawall seeks a license from Marion county commissioners at the September 1997 term to sell intoxicating malt and spirituous liquors in quantities under five gallons in a room near the northwest corner of West and Thirteenth streets in Center township Indianapolis. The room measures 15 by 27 feet and has two doors, east and west, with the building facing east on West brick building.
Notice of liquor license applications in Indianapolis 1907
The subscriber, FRANK M FOREY, and BERNHARD DO c4N announce they will apply to the Marion County Board of Commissioners at the September 1907 term for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors and to operate pool tables. Forey seeks premises at the southeast corner of Noble and Market streets Ward 7, with rooms 30 by 20 feet on the first floor of a two story brick building, plus a pool table. Do c4N seeks premises at the northwest corner of Delaware and Chesapeake streets Ward 12, with a 20 by 60 foot room on the first floor of a two story brick building, plus a pool table.
Notice of liquor license applications in Indianapolis wards
Two notices announce that H D O Connell of Eleventh ward and Christian Ries of Tenth ward will apply at the September 1907 term of the Board of Commissioners for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking privileges. Ries location is 1317 Bates Street, a front room 17 by 50 feet in a two story frame building on Bates Street. O Connell location is 39 South Delaware Street in Germania hall, a room 1 by 18 feet with two doors, in Ray's subdivision, Ward 11. Both notices list precise property descriptions and ward affiliations.
Notice of liquor license application in Indianapolis ward six
John Herr of Sixth ward Center township Marion county Indiana states intent to apply to the Board of Commissioners at the September term for a license to sell intoxicating malt and spirituous liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drawing privilege. The business is at 142 West Washington Street first floor of a three story brick building in square 54 lot 7 8 9 Center township Indianapolis Indiana. He also seeks table privileges in some room.
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Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Washington Street
Outlet 17
McCormick’s Heirs
Drake
White River
Indianapolis
Mation County
West Washington Street
Phillip M'Guire
Alabama Street
Arch Street
Nancy Lowman
North
Frank Fivecoat
Nereby
Board of Commissioners
Miarket Street
Market and Nobile Streets
Haughey
Noble and
Market Streets
Frank M. Forey
S8&ty
John Herr
Johnson & Hogshire
East Washington Street
Louis Hoffman
Wayne Township
Michigan Street
Olleman
Holmes
Westend
Haughville
Indiapanolis
John Hughes
Massachusetts Avenue
McCord & Wheatley
David W. Lawaid
Ninth Ward
Alfred M. Ogle
East Park
John E. Haffner
Fort Wayne Avenue
New Jersey Street
Herkners
Outlet 177
Herman Haas
State of
Stock Yards Buil
Certer
Stock Yards Saloon
Amgrid Hoard
George T. Caldwell
Wrest
Outlet
McCarty
Ray Streets
Alexander Jonas
Center Townsning
Morris Street
C., C. & C. Railroad Company
Capitol Avenue
Louis Hirsch
Court Street
East Court Street
Indiegapolis
East Ome Street
Notices of license applications for liquor sales in Indianapolis
A long list of residents in Marion county Indiana files for September 1907 license renewals to sell intoxicating liquors in premises described by street address room size and building details. Several applicants also seek pool table privileges in the same rooms across wards 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 Center Township with locations on Washington Michigan Fort Wayne Illinois Morris Court East Court Street and other blocks.
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Irrigation and Forestry
Parson
Rockefeller
Charles F. Aked
Baal
Coliseum
Ppbk
Roy T
Richard Harding Davis
Thomas F. Ryan
John D. Rockefeller, JR
Leopold
Belgium
Board of ‘Commissioners
Ft Indiana
Benjamin F. Thornston
Peter Lawall
Delaware Street
Delaware and
Chesapeake Streets
Saint-de-Palais
Bernhard DO
Splint
A. J. Yanger Coal Co
Bates Street
Martindale i
H. D. O'Connell
Germania Hall
Ray
Square 63
Christian Ries
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