Peace Moves Falter as Chicago Strikes Deepens
May 24 Chicago reports grim mood as teamsters strike stalls progress. Express firms refuse to reinstate ex employees, lumber delays risk idle carpenters, halting building. Mayor Dunne and officials see no peace in sight as new injunctions unfold and Goodrich Transportation faces shipment constraints.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Express
Dunne
Barrett
Levy Mayer
Edward Hines
Wood Industries
Bethea
Goodrich Transportation Company
Goodrich Company
Machen Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Penitentiary
Washington May 24 ex general superintendent August W Machen of the free delivery service has been sentenced to two years for conspiracy to defraud the government. He will not face the remaining eleven indictments, and with commutation may serve two years eight months total. The district attorney quashed the other indictments.
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Washington
W. Machen
Free Delivery Service
Post Office Department
Moundsville
W. Va
W. G. Crawford
George E. Lorenz
Toledo
Machen
Local Market Listings Short on Details
Fragmentary OCR lists various cheese items with scarce context including Swiss, Limburger, and American full cream varieties. Mentions brands and prices per box but no clear event or provenance.
Sailors threaten strike over lake freight handling
Report indicates that a refusal of consignments could provoke trouble with crews. Authorities fear a possible strike by sailors and freight handlers on the lakes, signaling potential disruption to shipping and logistics.
Military units ready for strike duty and armory mobilization
Military men prepared for Strike duty report readiness. Within two hours of the sheriff’s call, regiments citywide could assemble at armories, be armed, and carry full cartridge belts. inspections were conducted, and bayonet drills revived as Gatling guns await deployment if mobilized.
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Springfield
Scott
Moulton
Orchestra Hall
Rockford
Chicago
Excursion Tickets to Milwaukee for Modern Woodmen Meet
Tickets to Milwaukee via Northwestern Line go on sale June 16 to 22 with favorable return limits to support the Biennial Meeting of Modern Woodmen. Apply to agents of Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
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Chicago & Northwestern Ry
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
Low excursion fares offered for several events this May
The C M and St P Ry announces very low rate excursion tickets for the National Baptist Anniversary in St Louis May 16 to 24, the Norwegian Celebration in Minneapolis May 16 and 17, and the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fresno May 18 to 26. Details on sale dates, rates, and limits are available at the ticket office.
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C.M
St. P. Ry
National Baptist
St. Louis
Minneapolis
General Assembly of Cumberlad Presbyterian Church
Fresno
California
Fruits market prices page by John C Burns and R C Wallace
A cluttered listing of fruits and staples with prices and per unit costs across categories such as cranberries lemons bananas figs lettuce tomatoes radishes strawberries pineapples cabbage onions beets carrots turnips potatoes dates and citrus Cider oranges barley rye oats and corn are noted in accompanying price lines and notes, reflecting a historic grocery market snapshot with mixed legibility.
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John C. Burns
California
Sessee
Wool and farm produce prices listed in regional notice
A market listing from La Crosse Wool and Fur Co. showcases medium wool and various provisions with unit prices for dried beef hams bacon lard and pork products, followed by wood live poultry and farm produce including hay butter potatoes and livestock values. Milling products and dried grain offerings conclude the list with price notes and cash discounts.
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la Crosse Wool & Fur Co
Hay
Timothy
Listman Mill Co
Italian Backgrounds by Edith Wharton review charm and wit
New York Herald Special notes Whartons Italian Backgrounds delights with literary felicity and subtle charm. The critic praises her travel sensibility and disdain for conventional guidebook approach, highlighting her keen, self aware art.
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Edith Wharton
Scribners
Italy
Mrs. Wharton
New York Herald
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Windy City
Barry
Express Companies
J. B. Barry
Express Drivers’ Union
Auditorium
Express Company
Lake
Justice Wright
Criminal Court No. 1
District of Columbia
Leave
Kohlisaat
United States
Kohlsaat
Mayer
Sherman
Employers’ Teaming Company
F. K. Buckminster
Henry Andregg
the Tribune
John Ambrose
Mill Street
South Fourth Street
John Gund Brewing Co
Pine Street
South Seventh Street
North Third Street
Hotel Law Yard
Avon
Stevens
S10
Main Street
la Crosse Mortance & Loan Co
Wells E. Bennett
Batavian Bank
Milwaukee
Wis
E Grain
R. C. Wallace
Jonn Gund Brg. Co
Wallas
Kare
South Dakota
Lyman County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
A. Miller
Missouri River
Great Northwest
Northwest
W.L. Klett. Agt
Yard
Cass St
Delaware
Lackawanna
Western
Scranton
Ocean
West Virginia
Cardiff
Wilmington
Illinois
Gas House
Whitebreast Coal CO
Main St
THE
Elliott-Loeffler Company
Wines & Liquors
Pearl Street
Mi Waen
City Book & Drug’ Cor
Primst
Columbian Drug Pe
la Crosse
McAleb
J. H. Lightbody Real Estate
Old Telephone
la Crosss
Ryan
Tobin
Henry & Frank’s
McMillan Bldg
J. B. Murray
la Crosse Wis
Lyle
Benton
Burlington & Quincy
Prairie du Chien
Dubuque
Winona
Alma
Prescott
St. Paul
Duluth
Win
Waukee
Madison
Ana Superior
Trempealeau
Galesville
Owatonna
Kewaunee
Green Bay & Western Railroad
Green Bay
Winona la Crosse
Stevens Point
Grand Rapids
A. Jordan
Gen
Mgr. Greer
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Detroit
Foleno
Lake Michigan
Modisett
Agsi Bay
Marshland
Merrillan
Omaha Road
Wisconsin Central
Kerst Junction
Amherst Junction
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