Canada labor warning linked to emigration and jobs
The Trades and Labor Council of Canada warns Britain and the United States that Canada faces a saturated labor market with many tradesmen and mechanics unemployed. It notes a flood of immigration driving competition, urges intending migrants to heed the warning, and cites US mail order competition as a factor affecting local merchants. The report discusses wheat tariff debates in Congress and recent Senate votes on wheat duty and flour duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labor Council, of
Canada
Great Britain
Detroit Free Press
Council
Northwest
Detroit
Trades and Labor Council
Mexican Pacification Challenge Explains Rebel Rise
The article argues that Mexico’s peons face low wages and little incentive to work, while Diaz’s strong rule left bands of bandits as a lure to rebellion. Rebel bands form from villagers, seize resources, and sustain themselves by looting. Federal troops often defect to rebels, undermining pacification efforts and prompting calls for intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porfirio Diaz
Diaz
Mexico
Illinois University buys nacre tract to study living cost problem
The University of Illinois pays 256 dollars for land as a first step in a campaign to tackle rising living costs and shift Ili roils toward fruit growing. President James says horticulture, including forestry and floriculture, will be emphasized to profit landowners and develop the state’s fruit industry with apples peaches and cherries as key crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
James
Ilinois
Pacific Coast
Department of Floriculture
Illinois
Two Heroes Die After Pushing Woman to Safety
Chicago Inter Ocean recounts Elmer Palmer and Robert Crosby who perished after pushing a woman off a crossing as a northbound train struck them. The incident at the Thirty-Sixth Street crossing near Cottage Grove left Palmer and Crosby dead, while the woman survived with a broken arm. The account lauds their selfless act as exemplifying old fashioned American manhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eines E. Palmer
Robert E. Crosby
mid-Atlantic
Onan
Elmer Palmer
Robert Crosby
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Tariff Vote Delayed In Senate Amid Stalemate
The first definite effort by Democrats to secure an early vote on the tariff bill failed in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans signaled indefinite continuation of consideration. Democrats denied charges of filibustering but insisted the tariff bill would be delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wilson
Simmons
Senate
House
Gronna
Ransdel and
Thornton
Loouisiana
Governor Sulzer Impeached by New York Legislature
New York Governor William Sulzer was impeached on high crimes and misdemeanors by a 79 to 49 vote after an all night session in the lower house. Lieutenant Governor Martin Glynn becomes acting governor. The Senate will try the articles with a two thirds vote needed to convict.
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Wm. Sulzer
New York
Martin H. Glynn
Senate
Court of Appeals
Pensioner's Remarkable Family History Noted by Pension Bureau
Dr William Warren of St Joseph Missouri writes that his 25 siblings by three sisters were all twins or triplets with 13 sons who all served as soldiers. All siblings are dead except Warren who is 76 and he will receive a pension increase under the new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pension Bureau
William Warren
St. Joseph
Dr. Warren
Allo
Democratic papers overstate high costs and control in Dunne race
The piece notes earlier Democratic claims of large economies if Dunne is elected governor have faded. It cites a 33 percent rise in state expenditures and asserts the administration is “just Democratic” and running wild with brakes off, needing little explanation.
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Dunne
Graft Allegations Taint Chicago Voting Machine Deal
Affidavits in the investigation allege Andrew Lawrence managing editor of the Hearst papers received 105000 for influence to push voting machines. James Keeley of the Tribune is said to have fought a 50000 bribe and opposed the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Andrew
Lawrence
Hearst
James Keeley
Tribune
Fight Over Jealousy Leaves Two Aged Men Wounded in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute two longtime acquaintances clashed in the rear of Edna Gordon’s home over alleged impropriety with the 70-year-old woman. Martin Bennett was stabbed and badly wounded, needing surgery for abdominal injuries and a severed intestine. The other man, Kennedy, was jailed on attempted murder charges after Bennett defense with a heavy flat iron preceded Kennedy’s knife attack.
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Terre Haute
Martin Bennett
St. Anthonys Hospital
Edna Gordon
N. Second
Bennett
local items from westfield and charleston
Joe Ellington bought the Davis & Son hardware store in Charleston. The Briscoe Lee family reunion is set for Thursday August 28. Mr and Mrs E G Pollard left for Iowa to visit a brother. An oil worker was arrested Saturday for wife abandonment. Azro Cox of Hutton died Tuesday night from a boil that spread to the lungs. Harry Fogler and his wife arrived from Independence Iowa where he had taught in the high school commercial department for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ellington
Davis & Son
Charleston
Briscoe- Lee
E. G. Pollard
Iowa
Azro Cox
Hutton
Harry Fogler
Independence
Canal Nearing Completion With Early Passage Expected
Early reports state light draught vessels may pass the Faname canal by mid October. On the tenth the Gambia dyke will be blown to allow Gatun lake water into the Cule bre level. Col Goethals will deploy steam shovels and freights to speed excavation.
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Faname
Gambia
Gatun
Col. Goethals
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface treatment taken internally. They claim a medical endorsement and urge readers to request testimonials while noting the product is sold by druggists for five cents and recommending Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney, & CO
Props
Toledo
Master In Chancery Sale In Clark County Illinois
Public notice of sale in Clark County Illinois by Master in Chancery Arthur Poorman. The southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of section 10, township 11 north, range 15 west, Clark County. Terms: one third cash day of sale, one third in six months, one third in eighteen months with mortgage on premises. Sale date September 20, 1913 at the court house in Marshall Illinois.
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Ilnois
Clark
Clark County
David Claypool
William A. Coombs
Arthur Poorman
Will
Tlinois
Marshall
Clark ‘County
Illinois
Bartlett
Davison
Alexander the Great and the origin of the safety razor
A Chicago Association of Commerce committee report claims Alexander the Great introduced shaving to military life, founding barbering and the safety razor. It notes about 50 varieties of razors since but questions his sole responsibility for the modern market.
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Alexander
Chicago; “Association, of Commerce
Minneapolis
Nothing as impossible as some people.
The fragment presents a quip about perceived impossibility among certain individuals. It conveys a general remark rather than a news item or report, with no identifiable people, organizations, places, dates, or events.
Village band lore echoes through misty streets
Fragmentary text hints at a rural town scene with a village band and a carpenter among the locals. A sense of duty and leadership arises as residents face a pivotal moment in their community. The garbled excerpt suggests themes of belonging and ascent or decline.
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Gharees’ Scott
S. Eoterad
Marshal
Tig
Ertec
Gov
Sulzer
Mee
Westfield
Cole Bros
Stiacob
Ill
Wethodint
Church
W. Wis “Ralston
Epworth League
Chas. E. “Taylor
E. P. Chamberlain
Clinton, Me
Taubeneck
Davigoa
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