Speck von Sternburg Dead Ambassador to United States
Baron von Sternberg ambassador to the United States died early Monday at the Hotel Victoria in Heidelberg Germany after a skin ailment. His wife Miss Lillian May Langham of Louisville accompanied him. he had left America May 16 with plans to visit Berlin and meet Emperor William before returning to Washington.
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Kaiser
Baron von Sternberg
Rermas
United States
Tie
Leeds
England
Hotel Victoria
Tfeidelberg
Germany
Lillian May Laneiam
Louisville
America
Pbeidefbers
Wincensz Czerny
Baron von Strernberg
Czerny
Berlin
William
Washington
Darren von Sternberg
Tle
Dnidia
Europe
Piaren Vor Sternbers
Roosevelt
Langham
Kentucky
Fight for the Pennants Standings in Principal Leagues
Standings show Omaha and Denver near the top with wins and losses. Sioux City Pueblo Lincoln Des Moines tally games played with varied win totals reflecting a tight pennant race in the major leagues.
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Omaha
Denver
Sioux City
Pueblo
Lincoln
Des Moines
Fire in Stamboul quarter kills dozens and leaves thousands homeless
A Sunday afternoon blaze in the Stamboul quarter of Conshifitinople engulfed wooden houses, with extinguishment at midnight. The fire reportedly destroyed over 14,000 buildings, many residents burned, and about 7,000 people homeless.
Bellboy Confesses Theft of $7500 Diamonds
Bellboy Harry Vennison twenty four, of Allenhurst Inn Asbury Park New Jersey confessed to police that he stole about seven thousand five hundred dollars worth of diamonds from Mrs Mary H Fox guest at the hotel. He led detectives to Sunset Lake where he buried the jewels and all pieces were recovered.
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Harry Vennison
Allenhurst Inn
Asbury Park
Mary H. Fox
Sunset Lake
Norwegian Steamer Folge Fonden Sinks Off Norway
The Folge Fonden from Bergen to Rangesund wrecked near Skoneviks on the west coast. It sank in three minutes with seventy passengers aboard and about forty believed drowned. Fifteen bodies recovered and the captain saved.
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Folge Fonden
Bergen
Rangesund
Norway
Skoneviks
Lake freighters return to service as ore and grain trade revives
Five large lake freighters idle since navigation opened were commissioned recently. The rise in ore shipments by United States Steel Company should boost cargoes for independent boats and the grain trade will start in days. Vesselmen forecast a busy lake shipping season.
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United States Steel Company
Bow near Bellingham Threatened by Forest Fire Wave
A forest fire near Bow Washington endangers the town as Whatcom county reports multiple fires burning across the region most on logged off lands amid a major wildfire outbreak day after day.
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Bow
Bellingham
Wash
Whatcom County
Robber in Yellowstone Park Seizes Eleven Coaches
A highwayman in Yellowstone Park held up eleven coaches one by one and took more than $12,000 in booty. The law barred tourists from carrying weapons used to aid the crime.
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Jane
Yellowstone Park
Oregon Runs Aground Off Dyment Shoal In Ontire
The steamer Oregon owned by J W Squires of Cheago ran aground on Dyment shoals off Thes salon Ontire. A fire broke out aboard the pulp wood laden vessel and it was a total loss. Part of the cargo car 20 was saved.
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Chicago Boat Grounds and Burns
Oregon
J. W. Squires
Cheago
Dyment Shoals
Thessalon
Ontire
Secret Gem-Crypt Looted at Bourne Mansion
Jewels valued over 50000 stolen from a private treasure room in Commodore Frederick G. Bourne’s Oakdale country mansion. The gems were worn by Bourne’s three daughters at major social events. Police were not alerted. private detectives pursued the case as the family had left for Dark Island during renovations.
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Commodore Frederick G. Bourne
Oakdale
S. 1
Commodore Bourne
Indiana Neck Hall
Dark Island
St. Lawrence
Sorrow Kills Man in Jail A Pittsburg Bookkeeper Dies
Robert Shankey a north side Pittsburg Pa bookkeeper died of a broken heart in the county jail after being committed under an assumed name to sober up following a Friday spree. He hid his true identity from relatives and friends, and none learned of his confinement until his body was found just before his parent's funeral. The prisoner died crying that his heart would break.
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Shankey
Artificial legs save a life in Pittsburg incident
Police alarm operator Harry Pinkerton assisted a man named William Wilson who was shocked and entangled by a broken trolley line wire. Pinkerton, though an amputee with artificial legs, dragged Wilson away from the live conductor. his legs blocked the current from reaching the ground.
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Harry Pinkerton
Pittsburg
Pinkerton
Willian Wilson
Wilson
Ohio AG Opinion on School Fire Safety Measures
The Attorney General's office in Columbus issues guidance to inspectors about boards of education failing to install fire escapes. The mayor is urged to block openings of school buildings until all mandated safety changes are completed to protect children.
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Columbus
Ohio
Boards of Education
Fireclaims six children at Schultz ranch near Colfax
Six children died and two others were burned badly in a blaze at the WW Schultz ranch between Colfax and Palouse Washington. The men were away harvesting while the mothers attended a theater performance rendering the tragedy.
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Schultz
Colfax
Palouse
Wash
Wo. OW. Fox
Circus Train Wreck Injures Barnum & Bailey Menagerie Crew
Four cars derailed near Bellingham Washington when spreading rails caused a Great Northern collision. Injured are W. C. Wheaton of Rochester New York and Andrew Melane of Mount Vernon Washington. Moro is believed fatally hurt.
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Barnum & Bailey Circus
Moro
Great Northern
Bellingham
W. C. Wheaton
Rochester
No Y
Andrew Melane
Mount Vernon
Beveridge Family Welcomes New Son in Manchester
Senator Albert J. Beveridge and Mrs Beveridge announce the birth of a son while visiting Manchester Massachusetts for the summer. Mrs Beveridge, formerly Miss Catherine Eddy, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Augustus N Eddy of Chicago and niece of Marshall Field.
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Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Manchester
Mass
Beveridge
Catherine Eddy
Augustus N. Eddy
Chicago
Marshall Field
Physician Rufus Whitehead of Elizabeth NJ Commit Suicide in Portland
Dr Rufus Whitehead a physician living in Elizabeth New Jersey killed himself in a Portland hotel room by shooting himself through the mouth with a revolver. He was believed temporarily insane from overwork.
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Rufus Dpd
Whitehead
Elizabeth
N. J
Portland
Corn Crop Is Saved by Rain Across Multiple States
A soaking rain ended a drought in Northern Missouri andastern Kansas Southern Nebraska and Southern Iowa restoring corn crops after dry weather. The rainfall alleviated stress for farmers and secured crop prospects across the region.
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Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Sherman Accepts Nomination for Vice President
James S. Sherman accepts the Republican nomination and states approval of the Roosevelt administration as the campaign’s main issue.
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James S. Sherman
Roosevelt
Slain at Birthday Celebration near Nanticoke
In a birthday gathering near Nanticoke Pennsylvania Michael Poplowski 36 was killed and John Brablow 40 was fatally stabbed during a fight. Both victims were identified by local authorities and the incident prompted further police investigation.
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Nanticoke
Michael Poplowski
John Brablowsky
Seventy Die in Mine Blast at Maypole Coal Mine
A Maypole coal mine explosion in Wigan England killed seventy miners. four men rescued from an adjoining building survived, with no expectation of further survivors.
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Maypole
Wigan
Ingland
Thirteen Hurt in Wreck on Railway Train
Thirteen people are reported injured after Passenger train 13 on the St Louis Tron Mountain and Southern line derailed near Illinois Ohlo while traveling from Little Rock to Kansas City. Local rescuers rushed to the scene and transported the injured to nearby hospitals.
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St. Louis
Tron Mountain and Southern Railway
Little Rock
Kansas City
Illinois, Ohlo
Lost woman found in asylum on Long Island
Through a letter from a former inmate relatives reveal that Mrs. Lottie Long, missing for two months, is detained in an upstate asylum. Her brother Charles A. Flay mounts a habeas corpus petition alleging she was kidnapped from her Brooklyn home on June 1 drugged and carried to an automobile then to the asylum. Mrs. Long, 37, is the wife of William Long, American Express Company agent. Flay asserts his sister is sane and resisted a separation offer weeks earlier.
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Long Island
Lottie Long
Charles AA. Flay
Plaintiff Sues Boss Over Tuberculosis Carriage Claim
Richard Devine sues a tie factory operator in Lewisville alleging the defendant’s carpet recycling process spread tuberculosis. The complaint claims no antiseptic treatment was used to destroy germ contamination and questions recoverability.
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Lewisville
Richard Devine
Goethals Optimistic on Panama Canal Completion
Col Goethals declares confidence that the Panama Canal can be finished in five years at lower cost than feared. He expects to helm the project and may visit in September to confer with Secretary Wright on canal zone matters and upcoming congressional estimates.
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Panama Canal
Col. Goethals
Dnclare
Wright
Istimus Hestmoni
Col Goethals
Canal Zone
Congress
Japanese suspect held on trespass charge in Pittsburg
Sain Fla, a Japanese national, was jailed in Pittsburg on a trespass charge at railroad property. He remains in custody without bail as officials investigate suspicions he seeks secrets of projectile manufacture at the Firth Sterling Steel plant near McKeesport, claiming employment there when arrested.
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Sain Fla
Pittsburg
Jaysinese
Firth-Sterling Steel Company
McKeesport
Seizure of Jewelry at New York Customs Pier
A customs officer in Hoboken seized jewelry valued at about 500 dollars from Thomson of Chicago after Dieutschkind discharged passengers. A watch and a diamond bracelet were found on Thomson and declared personal property.
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New York
Thomson
Chicago
Vicumbure-American Hine
Hoboken
Dieutschkind
Fev
Thomsonford
Treasury
Millionaire's Wife Commits Suicide in Denver
Mrs N Snellenbere, wife of WN Snellenbere owner of a Tinladelphia department store, died at The Oaks bone in Denver by taking steychiine tablets prescribed as medicine. She suffered from melancholia linked to her illness.
Lake Erie Grape Crop Seen Large and Early
Reports from the Lake Erie grape belt indicate a very large crop this year with high quality. Harvest is expected early and prices are strong, with several contracts already closed at $30 a ton.
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Lake Erie
Glass Revealed from Long-Forgotten Fall Injury
Theodore Norman of Avon-by-the-Sea New York had a piece of glass three quarters of an inch long removed from his forehead. The shard had been embedded for twenty six years since a fall downstairs with a bottle in his hand.
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Theodore Norman
Avon-by-the-Sea
N.Y
Subtreasury Official Arrested inChicago Theft Case
Private detectives triggered the arrest of former Subtreasury Teller Fitzgerald alleged to have stolen 173000 dollars from Chicago eighteen months ago. Friends of the accused deny the accusation and defend his character.
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Fitzgerald
Chicago
National Banks Report Improvement, Acting Comptroller Says
Acting Comptroller Kane reports a decided improvement in financial conditions shown by the reports of national banks in Washington. He cites steadier reserves and better liquidity as evidence of this progress.
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Kane
Washington
Prize for American Aeroplane in Paris Contest
The aeroplane designed by Octave Chanute of Chicago won third prize in the French Aero Club contests in Paris. It achieved a flight of 820 feet in twelve seconds.
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Octave Chanute
Chicago
Paris
Taft Answers Bryan on People Rule Campaign Crux
Taft replies to Bryan's charge that the people must rule, claiming the present system already gives rule through the Republican party. Bryan opens his campaign with a large Des Moines rally focusing on tariff policy.
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Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Republican Party
W. J. Bryan
Des Moines
Million Dollar Defense Fund For Hains Brothers
Army officers raise a $1,000,000 defense fund to aid the Hains brothers accused in the William E. Annis killing case in New York.
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Hains Brothers
William E. Annis
New York
Gas Explosion Kills Laura Walley and Injures Family
A Valley West Itna home near Pittsburg suffered a gas explosion that killed 10 year old Laura Walley and severely burned her sisters 17 year old Sarah and 16 year old Mildred, their mother Mrs. Alexander Walley, and workers Gus Alperman and Gustav Brown. The blast filled the kitchen with flame as gas from an old well ignited when the door opened. Alperman and Brown suffered burns while trying to help and the mother remained critically burned from the incident.
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Laura Walley
Sarah
Mildred
Alexander Walley
Gus Alperman
Gustav Brown
West Iitna
Pittsburg
Alperman
Armed Posse Surrounds Slayings Suspect Near Newaygo
A fifty man armed posse tracks a killer near Newaygo Michigan after bloodhounds led to Minnie Conley found stabbed to death. She had been known as Mrs John Conley for sixteen years and had worked as a housekeeper for Conley. John Ward who deserted her twenty years ago at Whitehall had visited, and Ward’s son Charles Conley had urged his father to visit from Grand Rapids. Letters in Ward's pocket say he had no wife in November 1905 in Jacksonville Illinois.
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Newaygo
Mich
Miers
Minnie Conley
John Conley
Conley
John Ward
Whitehall Midh
Ward
Wards
Charles Conley
Grand Rapids
Sti
Ea Contes
Jacksonville
Ila
Thirteen Hurt by Blast In Detroit River Drill Vessel
A dynamite explosion under the drill vessel Destroyer in the Detroit River near Amherstburg Ont injures thirteen men. Six likely fatally, many workers burned as the wrecked ship lies with boilers upright. Rescue squads transfer injured to the tug Columbia for transport.
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Detroit River
Livingston Channel
Amhersthburg
Rhiner Carpenter
John Morey
Detroit
Columbia
Amherstburg
Five Years Sentenced in Sioux Falls Bank Embezzlement Case
George D. Hlorras former cashier of the Tot Springs National Bank was sentenced by Judge Gar land in Sioux Falls to five years in Leavenworth. Hlorras pleaded guilty to making false reports embezzling 25 000 dollars and other irregularities revealed in the bank’s closure last fall.
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Federal
Leavenworth
Nan
Garland
United States Court
Sioux Falls
S. Y
George D. Hlorras
Tot Springs National Bank
Fast Fall
Harras
Withdrawal of troops leaves Springfield in civil control
The troop pullback continues and civil authorities take over peacekeeping. Local Black residents are panic-stricken by fears of renewed rioting. Private Klein of Chicago is dispatched to Wankakee under militia guard to face a murder charge.
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Springfield
Klein
Chicago
Wankakee
Earthquakes Strain Eureka as Two Shocks Hit Cal
Two sharp earthquakes were felt in Eureka California on Tuesday morning at 3 o clock and at N45. The first shock was heavier and damaged the walls of old buildings while no injuries were reported. Crockery was broken and residents were awakened by the tremors.
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Eureka
Cal
Pardon Granted in Kentucky Night Rider Case
Governor Willson pardoned Walter Duncan who was convicted of shooting and killing Newt Hazlett at Jacksonville Kentucky in June and Riley Harrold who faced indictment as an accessory after declaring immunity to those defending lives or property against night riders.
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Night Rider
Steamer J. T. Latfield Sinks After Ohio River Rock Strike
The steamer J. T. Latfield, owned by the Hatfield Coal Company of Cincinnati, struck a rock twelve miles above Gallipolis and sank. The vessel, valued at $22,000, operated in the coal trade.
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J. T. Latfield
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Ohio
Hatfield
Hatfield Coal Company of
Cincinnati
Camp Cleared of Negroes by Armed Band in Tennessee
An armed posse cleared a mining camp near Jellico Tennessee of black workers. Notices order all Negroes within a thirty mile radius to depart within three days and threaten Jellico and La Follette with action.
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Jellico
Tenn
la Follette
Soldier Slayer Surrenders to Civil Authorities
Private Joseph J. Wein of the Illinois National Guard surrendered to civil authorities in Kankakee after killing Earle Nelson. He immediately posted bond and handed over his weapon.
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Joseph J. Wein
Ilinois National Guard
Earle Nelson
Kankakee
John V. Farwell Sr. Dies At Lake Forest Pioneer
John V. Farwell Sr founder of the Farwell dry goods house and a Chicago pioneer died at his Lake Forest home on Thursday.
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John V. Farwell, Sr
Chicago
Lake Forest Thursday
Holland May Declare War Against Castro Regime
Hague diplomats expect Holland to declare war on President Castro of Venezuela to vindicate national honor. Warship work is being rushed as government confirms plans and mobilizes for potential conflict.
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Hague
Holland
Castro
Venezuela
Train Hits Auto Two Killed at Lake Minnetonka
John Gluck a Minneapolis brewer and his wife were killed instantly in Cottagewood near Lake Minnetonka when their car collided with a train on the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway.
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Auto Two
John Gluck
Minneapolis
Cottagewood
Lake Minnetonka
Minneapolis & St
Sherman Nominee for Vice Presidency Addresses Utica Crowd
Utica correspondent reports James Schoolcraft Sherman accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination at his home front with a flag covered stand. Senator Julius C. Burrows chaired the Chicago convention committee that tendered the nomination. Root, Hamilton College's Stryker, Mayor Wheeler, and Symonds spoke at a large, eager gathering as Sherman pledged Roosevelt era policies and ruled for the people.
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Utica
N. Y
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Puesday
Republican Party
Chicago
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Root
M. W. Stryker
Hamilton College
Sherman
Thomas Wheeler
Charles S. Symonds
Cigarette and liquor trends from federal revenue report
The preliminary report of the commissioner of internal revenue shows 55,402,336,113 cigarettes smoked last year, plus shifts in alcohol use. Spirits revenue fell to $131,789,242 from $147,550,281, distilled liquor declines exceed 13,000,000 gallons, beer output rose by about 201,000 barrels to 58,747,680. Tobacco revenue reached $49,882,735, down nearly $2,000,000.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Highest Tower Good Advertising For Met Life Tower
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company plans a new tower over the Madison Square building in New York that will be the world's tallest. It has 8,746 newspaper clippings about the project, totaling about 1,469,328 agate lines, which at advertising rates would cost about 440,708.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Madison Square Building
New York
Frank A. Burrelle
Commerce shows sustained recovery with cautious optimism
Indications of recovery in business activity appear well sustained with further decline in bank payment volumes and rising demand for industrial outputs. Retail lines hold close to last year, visitors spend freely, and apparel and household needs demand expands to reasonable proportions. Prices stay attractive in staples while stocks are low and replenishment likely. Agricultural conditions improve and iron and steel sectors strengthen, supporting a healthier commerce tone. Grain movement at this port totals 46,650 bushels, down 2 percent from last year, with shipments up 27.4 percent. livestock receipts reach 2,430,085 head. bank clearings at 2,620,003,000 are 2.6 percent below last year.
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Wot
Economic review notes mixed U.S. trade and crop progress
In New York buyers remain plentiful in northern and western centers with strong demand for dry goods shoes clothing hats and millinery. Optimism grows as small grain harvests progress spring wheat advances and the corn crop nears maturity while southern markets lag and Alabama coal strikes weigh on Birmingham trade. Financial strain eases with improved collections though late settlements persist. Weekly U.S. business failures reach 226. Canadian failures total 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Birmingham
United States
BradstreetUs
Commodity price roundup across major markets in US Midwest and Northeast
The report lists live cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and Cleveland with ranges for cattle hogs and sheep plus wheat corn oats rye and other commodities. Notable entries include Chicago cattle £4.00 to 87.75 hogs $4.00 to SMS sheep 3.00 to 4.80 wheat No 2 0e to 93c corn No 2 9c to 80c. New York cattle $4.00 to $6.66 hogs $3.50 to $7.00 butter 20c to 23c eggs 17c to 19c.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Northern
New York
Paper Trust Strike Pressures Mills Across The Region
The International Paper Company workers, about 30,000 in number, were ordered to strike in protest of wage reductions. Most of the union members complied, shutting down mills operated by the trust in numerous locations.
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International Paper Company, Or Trust
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Judson
Ind
Speck von Sternburg
Western League
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Pittsboro
Closton
St. Laonvis
Phivdipia
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Phivdiphin
St. Lowis
del — American Association
Law
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Toledo
Stork
Boss
Morocco
Mulai Hlafid
Michigan Swamp
California
UTIGA
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Bryan
Mr. Sherman
Syracuse
Frank H. Hitchcock
Timothy L. Woodruff
Aames S. Sherman
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