Western Union Ethots Card Men Strike Looms
S J Konenkamp international president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union warned of a nationwide strike of telegraph and telephone operators next Wednesday. He said in the past three days Western Union Telegraph Co has locked out 200 union men and 2 800 workers are idle across ten Southeastern states. He reported 2 590 workers driven out, while New ton Carlton claimed 710 members. He arrived from the West to address a union meeting and expected 769 000 workers to be affected.
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Chicago
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Ehike
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Newton Carlton
Konenkamp
Taking Bie Chances
It is too much risk to rely on neighbors or sending for medicine in a sudden bowel attack. Cholera morbna has claimed lives in many neighborhoods when medicines were not at hand. The safe way is to keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at home. it costs 35 cents.
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Chamberlain
Geist Peels Corns As Guaranteed Remedy
A Chicago made corn remover Geist from McLawrence & Co is sold at Monroe stores and recommended as the work’s best corn remedy by local druggists Whoenix Chase & Callensoo New South Coltens Pharmacy. The product promises a money back guarantee and is described as the only sure method at a trifling cost.
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McLawrence & Co
Chicago
Til
Monroe
Whoenix Drug
Chase & Callensoo Ltd
New South
Coltens Pharmacy
Labor federation meets to set peace treaty program
The American Federation of Labor opens its annual convention in Atlantic City with debates on labor’s role in framing the peace treaty reconstruction policy and government ownership. Wages and weekly hours will be examined in a report from a special committee. Winnipeg probe into sedition photos is authorized with A J Andrews leading local phases of the investigation.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Executive Council
Men Returning to Work in Solidarity With Metal Workers
Men who had been on strike for a month in sympathy with the Metal Workers Union began returning to their jobs today restoring work at Winniper plants and related facilities.
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Metal Workers Union
Youths Die Fending Barn Fire In Cold Springs Texas
In Cold Springs Texas on June 8 Frank Winfry son of Joe Winfry and a boy named Henry Currey rushed to a blazing Winfry barn and were shot dead by an unidentified assailant. Bloodhounds chased leads but motive and fire cause remain undetermined.
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Cold Springs
Texas
Winfry
Frank Winfry
Joe Winfry
Henry Currey
Missionary Exposition Aims to Inform Louisiana Preachers
Five years of labor underpin the Missionary Centennial plan costing over 235 million pounds. A vast exposition in Columbus, Ohio, showcases life from many nations to teach Methodist pastors, including Louisiana’s, about global needs. Attendance peaks from Tone 10 to July 14 with trips costing 50 dollars per preacher.
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United States
Columbus
Ohio
Louisiana
Africa
Niney Woods
Hoolds
Ray
N. B W. Joyner
Ion
The Bolshevik Boss and Gompers in Washington
Samuel Gompers humorously vented against Bolshevik labor leaders in a Washington discussion. He recalled a demonstration where a laborer hissed at a young woman scab for claiming twenty five shillings unemployment allowance while no jobs were available, leading to a sharp exchange about labor and pay.
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Samuel Gompers
Washington
Heaven Deliver
Galblimey
Rub My Tism Antiseptic Heals Infected Cuts
An old advertisement touts Rub My Tism as a potent antiseptic that kills the poison from infected cuts and cures sores and tetter. The copy notes strength as 9 to 10 tons.
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Hayes
Healing Honey
Paris Medicine Company
Grove
Ghee
Herolin Medicine CO
Atlania, Ga
Winnipeg
Manitoba
A. J. Andrews
Durham
Bull” Durham
PWR
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