Sweated industries in Chicago and London conditions
A Chicago report echoes London's sweatshop exhibit, detailing 12 to 20 hour days for women, girls, and children earning only 1.55 per week or less. Sanitary inspector Hedrick finds tenement sweatshops in Chicago's congested districts, urging stricter enforcement and an amendment to ban manufacturing in living rooms. The piece condemns the system and notes anti sweatshop ordinances are largely ignored, calling for decisive remedial legislation.
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London
Chicago
Recori-Herald
Hedrick
Tintlan
Jewteh
Bodrick
Fire rumor in Warren Station leads to false alarm
Report of a grain field fire near Warren Station prompted grain dealers to check warehouses. Officials said only smoke from a steam combine was visible, debunking the blaze claim. Also notes Weiser’s Pine Exhibit for the Irrigation congress with irrigation grown samples gathered by Jackson & Record and FR. C. McKinley, awaiting shipment to Boise.
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Warren
Ioent
Iie
Weiser
Washington County
Irrigation Congress
Jackson & Record
FR. C. McKinley
Boise
Thermer
Waeehington County
Merchants Gerratte and Ober Seek New Furnishings House
J T Gerratte of Colum Cal and EB W Ober from Lincoln Neb are exploring a new men’s furnishing goods establishment. They will tour smaller towns nearby and may move into central Idaho if no wool location is found. Pendleton builders Keller & Van Dusen complete two of three buildings at Condon. banking company funding the project with 60,000 dollars. Presiding Elder Shangle tours Idaho and eastern Oregon churches reporting strong growth and expansions in Richland Meridian Wingville and nearby parsonages.
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J.T. Gerratte
Colum
Cal
Pesterday
Jobin
EB. W. Ober
Lincoln
Mr. Gerratte
Peen & Merchant
Tho
Pendleton Builders
Comlon, Keller & van Dusen
Conton
Koller
Condon
Banking Corporation
Shangle
South Methodist Church
Idaho
Oregon
Wing- Ville
Richland
Steridian
MacMillan and Star
Pointe Ac Richland
Meridian
Woodmen Lodge Social Follows Meeting In Town
After the regular Woodmen lodge session, a social hour with refreshments was held. Members report a very pleasant gathering and note it was the most attended meeting in some time. The new water filtration plant for Waitsburg is practically complete and ready for the pumps, touted as the state’s only jewel filtration system of its kind.
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Woodmen Lodge
Thane
Wailtsburg
Beets and Silver Shortage Threaten Nation Banknotes
A Kansas City Star report cites Treasury difficulties in issuing small denomination currency. A New York bank sought $40,000 in small notes but the Treasury lacked stock. Demand for $1 and $2 notes grows as silver certificates fade, threatening cash shortages, with Secretary Shaw awaiting congressional action to expand small denomination money.
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New York National Bank
Treasury
Kansas City Star
Shaw
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Hariness
Shawnee
Washington
Neles
Treaeury Department
Con Coln Small
Colin
Moody
Appointment of Master Mediator in Oregon Short Line
In Montpelier Idaho Harry Carrick is named master medicated in the Oregon Short Line, succeeding W J Tollerton after a recent transfer to the Rock Island system. The notice mentions eviction procedures and references Kennedy's Laxative Herey Tar and Tallman & Co. as sellers of medicines, noting no opiates are involved.
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Kennedy
Tallman & Co
Harry Carrick
Montpelier
Idaho
W. J. Tollerton
Rock Island
Pons Dead in Stalbo ck and a Mysterious Loss of a Leg
A man named Peed J. Lawrence was found dead in Walker & Sharp's salon after being refused merchandise and leaving for a shack. Born in Ireland around 19, he wore an artificial leg and carried papers indicating a homestead in Walla Wallon county. Police report heart failure from alcoholism as the cause.
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Peed J. Lawrence
Walker & Sharp
Smrback
Walla Wallon
South Conn
Nalisen
England
Priory Farm
Easton
Gardeny
Bristol
Trouble Amid Elks Fraternity Oust Rumors At Grand Lodge
In Brooklyn on August 28 a report says disorder brews within the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World as officers clash and rumors fly that Supreme Exalted Ruler B. F. P. Howard may be ousted at the grand lodge session opening this afternoon.
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Howard
Political Convention Plans Amid Turmoil At Brooklyn Meeting
Fragmentary OCR reveals a factional struggle surrounding a supreme ruler and Brooklyn assembly. It notes postponement, a judge’s appointment, and the selection of a meeting host with names like Sumner Nell and Wolunvbuen O.ge fe tyler.
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Vutlers
Tivint
Cochten
Wolunvbuen
Fe Tyler
Trockien Ledes Whewever
Brook Tye
Selucinpe Sumner Nell
Myeeting
Comer
Natertehetrding
He Mipelle
Towan
Thes
Pee Pea
Marconi In A New Role With Columbia Phonograph
Marconi joins the Columbia Phonograph Company experimental staff as efforts mount to develop wireless telegraphy tied to talking machine technology. Edward D. Kenaston predicts extraordinary advances and global interest in the young inventor and his progress.
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Patounenent
Viking
Cireles
Mitecont
Fren
Columbia Phonogragle
Iuportant
Columbia Phonograph Company
Margent
Edward
Eneston
Mer. Marconi
London
Wheat yields seen at high despite hot winds in Columba County
The Dayton Courier-Press notes grain men in Columba County expect the wheat harvest to be the largest in years despite hot winds injuring yields. Wheat is estimated at 660000 to 750000 bushels with good quality near No 1 grading. Barley is damaged, with reduced quantity and quality, though foot-hill crops not yet harvested may fare better.
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Dayton
Cure By The Cuticura Remedies
A reader from Clay Center Nebraska recounts using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for a diseased scalp dandruff and hair loss. After weekly use and twice weekly ointment, hair grew back and dandruff ceased over two months, now five years later enjoying healthy hair and good scalp condition. The writer offers permission to publish the testimony.
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W. F. Gries
Clay Center
Neb
Cuticura Soaps Promoted for Infant Skin Care
An end of birth era advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as the world’s favorite skin care for babies and children. It claims absolutes in preservation and purification of skin scalp hair and hands and cites remedies for eczema rashes itching chafing and other infant ailments as well as general toilet and nursery uses. It also notes global availability and product prestige.
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the Fair Store
Pendleton
Horrors
Tee DeWitt
Tadlman & Co
Baker & Folsom's
Presding
Chor
State
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Oneida
Boise Capital News
Tdaho
George Parkinson
Preston
Capital News
Round Timbers
Lewiston
Cth
Oneida County
Parkinson
Cache Wiley
Parkinesa
Mink Creek
Hear River
Uniteds States
Beier River
Chocot & Suspension Bridge
Parken Sali
Sache Valley
Pons
Stalbock
Kiafmogdie
Ieee
Bond Bros
Complete Men’s Outfitters
Portland
FTECO
Lewis Hunter
Marcont
Colmnaitilie Mhonewragth Company
Giuain
Columma County
Dermott
Walters’ Flouring Mills
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