Strike commentary from a Chicago paper mirrors local unrest
The piece reviews the strike's impact on public welfare, detailing police measures with 800 armed officers and 3,500 sworn workers, limited militia response, and ongoing business disruption. It notes twelve deaths linked to the strike, indictments for strike leaders, and a not guilty ruling for President Shea on contempt. It also cites Rock Island Railroad actions against Armours and reports Quiet Decoration Day in Pleasantville amid health orders and smallpox recovery.
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Chicago
Chicago Teamsters
United States District Court
Shea
Express Companies
United States
Platt
United States Express Company
United States Army
Standard
Pleasantville
State Board of Health
Too Slow for Knoxville Whistle Fund Suggested
Marion County News notes Corydon residents raised a subscription to pay for a new whistle for the light plant. The whistle blows always and costs nothing to blow, seen as economical but Knoxville needs a wake up hourly clock. The town clock cost $1,085.00.
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Corydon
Knoxvville
Marion County News
Knoxville
Andersonville Monument Plan Stirs Local Debate
Fragmentary OCR indicates a planned monument at a Georgia site drawing public interest and discussion. Details are unclear but community stakeholders appear involved in the project.
Standard Oil and System in Lawson’s June Study
Extracts from Thomas W. Lawson’s Everybody’s Magazine June piece on Standard Oil and the system urge readers to see beyond “frenzied finance.” The text notes the banker’s moral trap, the brigands of finance, and the stubborn code of Standard Oil resisting public exposure while insiders maneuver to shield illicit schemes.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Everybody's Magazine
Standard Oil and System
Lawson
Pella Party Hosts Des Moines Ladies Reunion
Mrs W V Sexton of Des Moines hosted a Pella party on Harrison Avenue last Thursday afternoon. Invited guests who once called Pella home include Mesdames Rongers Garlick OD Kruidenier Brouse Raney Forsythe Dinsmore Warnes De Haan C De Haan H B Keables Harris Whittington Van Sittert Roovaart H P Scholte H D Wormhoudt F D Stubenrauch and Misses Lizzie Emma Hamilton Barbara De Haan Grace Forsythe Angie Whittington Edna Raney Carlie Sexton Fay Lankelma. Sexton was assisted by her sister Mrs Cassatt and cousin Miss Carlie Sexton. Guests recalled ye olden tyme and dollhood memories in the old Wooden Shoe town.
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W.V. Sexton
Des Moines
Pella
Harrison Avenue
Mesdames Rongers
Garlick
OD. Kruidenier
A. J. Brouse
Flora Hopson
Raney
Forsythe
Dinsmore
Warnes
de Haan
C. de Haan
Turtle Dove Dream in Early May Morning
A nostalgic verse from Lyndon Kansas recalls a boyhood listening to the turtle dove in woodland mornings. The speaker longs for sweet cooing notes, seeks peaceful dawns, and finds comfort in memory as life fades toward heaven.
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Lyndon
Kansas
Iowa Democratic Clubs Form Plan For State Organization
The Iowa Democratic Clubs outline a broad, nonpartisan aim to promote true Democratic principles and crystalize public opinion. A state club in Des Moines, county clubs, and local branches will organize nationwide efforts with a dedicated state organizer guiding field work through the coming year.
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Iowa Democratic Clubs
Des Moines
Iowa Democratic Clubs Call For Active Organizing
A call from W. M. Ward, state organizer, urges Iowa Democrats to form a broad-based network in every precinct. The text argues against do nothing policy, cites trust issues, tariff abuses, high railroad rates, and rising taxes, and asks for a unified platform to rally honest, patriotic men.
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Iowa
Iowa Democratic Clubs
W. M. Ward
Sympathetic strike called anarchy by Journal wording
The Knoxville Journal labels the term sympathetic strike as a diplomatic label for plain anarchy in a quoted exchange cited by the Marion County News. The dispatch reflects local debate over labor tactics and political language.
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Knoxville Journal
Marion County News
Pugilists and others make their living by hard knocks
A brief remark notes that more than professional boxers earn a living by hard knocks with examples found in Pella, illustrating a broader view of tough work beyond the ring.
Curve traced by sunward ship at 40 degrees latitude
A ship starts at sunrise, sails toward the sun at ten miles per hour for ten hours, and thus travels a total of 100 miles along a path always directed toward the sun. The result is a tractrix like curve on the sphere, yielding a final straight-line displacement from the start determined by the geometry of great-circle progress toward the sun over the ten-hour interval. The absence of centrifugal force implies a measurable but small increase in effective weight at the poles compared with the equator, due to rotation effects.
Our Strength Quote From J. KE Beard
A compact quotation attributes strength to righteousness rather than firepower. The line emphasizes inner conviction and prayer, reflecting a moral stance rather than military might. An attributed aphorism suitable for a brief feature or reader reflection.
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J. KE. Beard
New Life Pills Claim Quick Cure for Digestive Ailments
A vintage advertisement promises Dr King’s New Life Pills cure for bowels stomach pains and related ailments. It warns of appendicitis fear and touts safe relief from headaches biliousness costiveness and other issues. Sold by Henry M. Langerak’s drug store for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Henry M. Langerak
July Delineator offers seasonable fashion and literary pieces
The July Delineator features summer fashions by Paris authorities Helen Berkeley-Loyd and Edouard La Fortaine, with Albert Bigelow Paine's mystery tale The Lucky Piece and Zona Gale's The Never-Lighted Fire. It includes Longfellow boyhood sketches by Peter Freneau, Holland travel by T Cromwell Lawrence, romantic pieces on resort towns, a hymn paper, and child entertainment articles, plus domestic topics for the season.
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Helen Berkeley-Loyd
Edouard la Fortaine
Paris
Albert Bigelow Paine
Zona Gale
Allan, Sutherland
N. ‘Hudson Moore
Fry
Gallant Lover Jones Pursues Ellen in Bold Escape Plan
A tale recalls a youth named Jones who began as a captain's servant at eleven. He wins a sweetheart named Ellen, draws disapproval from her father, and after three years apart returns with resolve to reclaim Ellen and marry her despite obstacles.
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Jones
Ellen
Willy Nilly
Sprained Ankle and Aches Targeted by Pain Balm
Sprained ankle stiff neck and lame shoulders are highlighted as the Balm’s key uses. Claims prompt application saves time money and suffering for these common ailments. Sold by F. D. Stubenrauch.
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Chamberlains
F. D. Stubenrauch
A Prairie Dinner Without Utensils in the Wild
A Mescal note from Tombstone Epitaph describes improvising meals on a mountain trip. With no utensils, a fire, spuds, bacon, coffee, and improvised bread are prepared using a canteen water boil, a stick for broiling, and dough formed on a cane. The piece praises resourceful cooking in rugged terrain.
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Arizona
Tombstone
Bagged at Last and Gracious Speech Fragments
A humorous vignette describes Mrs. Cobb unable to craft gracious speech despite friends praising her kindness. She greets a acquaintance after a busy concert hall with a breathless remark about a wild goose chase, ending at an unexpected meeting. Also a quip about a fish out of water mocks a deacon and a fisher boy over fishing ethics.
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Deacon Good
Boston Transcript
Quite a Difference Between Lunch and Luncheon
Quotations from Cincinnati Commercial Tribune and Chicago Tribune compile a quip about language and value. The exchange contrasts a lunch with a luncheon, noting the price gap of about a dollar and a quarter, reflecting newspaper humor of the era.
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Cincinnati Commercial ‘Tribune
Low Rail Rates to Cities Nationwide via Great Western
Low rates to Portland via Chicago Great Western. Tickets on sale from May 23 to September 20 with frequent offers. Also low rates to Seattle Tacoma Bellingham Everett Victoria Vancouver and to San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego. For sale dates and details contact Great Western agents or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minnesota.
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Portland
Oregon
Chicago Great Western Railway
Seattle
Tacona
Bellinghan
Everett
Washington
Victoria
Vancouver
British Columbia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Sedier Bros. Co
ISWA
Rock Island
Andersonville Monument
Standard Oil
Henry Hl. Moyers
Rogers
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Ayer
Tuscumbia
Ayerco
Tawell, Maas
Sipke Rederns
Democratic
Sweet
O- Wil
Allen Wa
Kruger Ade
Kuyper
Tat Ward
Ward
Sid Ward
John Carson
Wm Schreiner
H, Rhynsburges
P. A. van der Sluis C. van Houwelingen
H. D van Zanter
Mf. C. Slob
James Janemin
K. van Disseldorp
H. Rietveld, H. Kuyper_ Co
N. Cole
W. 2
Farmer
Oy Treasure Stet Aaturer
H. Rietveld
E. M. Cole
H. J. Vanden- Berg
W. M. Kruger
Peter van Sittert
Post Office Direc
Overland Mail
Durham
College Directory
L. A. Garrison
C. A. Hawley
H. J. VandenBerg
W. A. Young
Civic Societies
Pella Lodge
C. Mi K
P ‘ Ia
Visitag Brothers
WM. Kruger
C. C
H. J. Vandenberg K
Opera House
Vander Myden
Kimmell
R. M
Aleep
Era Welccome
Was
Gerel
Sachem
Brulackool, C
Opera
Barke van Sittert
Auels
Main
Alts
Union
Viersen
Vieliing
Kalderburg
Pres
Welch
See
Church Directory
M. J Edemong
Epworth League
First Reformed Church
Christian Endeavor
First Christian Reformed
Chicago Tribune
M. Porter
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