Union Officials Face Contempt Charges in Miners Strike
Ninety seven United Mine Workers members including 84 district presidents and executive committees are cited for contempt of court over violations of Judge A B Andersons injunction against striking. Names include Frank J Hayes John L Lewis and William E Green. Arrests expected in Indiana and Clinton locals cited for paying 800 in alleged strike benefits.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
A. B. Anderson
J. W. Simms
U.S
L. Ert Slack
United States
Indiana
Frank J. Hayes
John AL. Lewis
William E. Green
Ellis Searles
Miners Journal
Extraordinary Silk Sale Offers Deep Discounts Across 5000 Yards
A promotional notice touts a large silk sale with 5000 yards of new silks at special prices. It lists yard rates from $1.45 to $5.00, featuring Silk Faille, Poplin, Satins, Chiffon Taffetas, Crepe de Chine, Georgette, and Jersey Silk in street and evening colors.
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Georgette
December Butterick Patterns and Fashion Sheets Available
Butterick patterns for December and accompanying fashion sheets are now ready for release. No December Delineators were received at this site.
U S Army Surplus Sales Net 73 Percent
Acting Secretary Crowell reported to Congress that the government realized 475.7 million dollars in last year from surplus army stock sales in the United States. Excluded are 61.99 million dollars transferred to other departments. Wool led with 201.81 million dollars. Other major categories included textiles, railway rolling stock, subsistence, chemicals, and animals.
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Ashington
United States
Crowell
Congress
Wharf Fire Destroys Canton Lumber Co. Property
A blaze at Canton Lumber Co. wharves in Baltimore destroys two wharves the steamer Governor McCleane and five other vessels. One man dies another injured. Loss exceeds one million dollars as several US Shipping Co. boats burn and sink. Cause under investigation.
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Baltimore
Canton Lumber Co
Governor McCleane
United States Shipping Company
Ed Roush Tops National League Batting Averages
Eddie J. Roush of the Cincinnati Reds leads the National League batting averages for 1919 with a .321 mark. Hornsby of St. Louis follows closely at .318, with only three points separating the leaders at season end.
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Eddie J. Roush
Cincinnati Reds
Oakland City
Gibson County
Hornsby
St. Louis
Roush
Eight thousand out of work in Gary due to plant closures
Gary Ind today sees eight thousand workers laid off as the two American Sheet and Tin Plate Co plants close because of fuel shortages. Four nearby glass plants will also shut down for the same reason.
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Gary
Ind
Dee
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
Department Acts on Sugar Situation Plans
The Department of Justice will announce today its plans to handle the sugar situation. Officials expect details on policy steps and potential impacts on pricing.
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Washincalu
Department of Justice
Husband fears wife will waste money on unnecessary gift
A husband tells his wife he wants nothing for Christmas to avoid spending on something he does not need. The exchange highlights concern over money and prudent gift choices.
Coal Supply Crisis Hits Middlewest Plants Shut Down
Undated report says seventy five percent of Chicago and middlewest plants will suspend before Saturday. Stores run on six hour shifts in Kansas City Des Moines and Indianapolis. Street lighting and ads go dark in most cities. Hospitals ration daily and one in La Salle HL closes. Railroads trim schedules to keep essential trains. Confiscation of coal alleged. A Omaha newspaper suspended.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Kansas City
DeMoines
Indianapolis
la Salle
Omaha
Neb
Below Zero Weather Strangles Middle West Coal Supply
Chicago reports below zero temperatures hitting a wide band of the middlewest and exposing a coal shortage. Only eight thousand coal cars available for thirty million in the Chicago region over the past two weeks. Railroads limit schedules as relief delays loom, with some sections unable to run trains after Saturday.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Thomas W. Porter
Regional Coal Committee
No Further Negotiations on Coal Strike End
Washington reports a final decision that no more talks will occur with soft coal miners. Miners must return to work for a 14 percent wage raise or stay idle. The Fuel Administration urges conservation nationwide as public sacrifice is expected until miners resume production.
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Garfield
Resolution to Patrol Border Introduced in Congress Today
Washington Dec 3 A concurrent resolution by Senator Falls New Mexico directs the President to sever all diplomatic relations with Mexico and withdraw the Carranza government. The measure aims to back the state department in the Jenkins case and was sent to foreign relations. Falls alleges embassies and consuls promote Bolshevik revolutions. Senator Ashurst then proposed keeping troops on the Mexican border to maintain order.
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Falls
Mexico
Congress
State Department
Washington
Wilson
Carranza
Senator Falls
New Mexico
Jenkins
Foreign Relations Committee
New York
San Francisco
Ashurst
War Department
Undertakers Consolidate Under New Firm in Princeton
High labor and material costs push Colvin and Radcliff to form a new partnership after O M Colvin buys Alta Key's share in Colvin and Key. The firm will operate at first from existing locations then move to Radcliff’s South Main street site, aiming to keep service costs stable and plan a motor ambulance for local needs. Both partners will handle funerals by mutual agreement as the venture positions for future success.
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Radcliff and Colvin
Touly
Princeton
Radcliff & Colvin
Colvin & Key
Radcliff
M. Colvin
Alta Key
O. M. Colvin
East Broadway
A. T. Radel
S01
South Main Street
South
Main Street
Firnt
Methodist Hospital
Gudgel Mine Sold to C City Capitalists
Oakland Coal Company sells the Gudgel mine to Indianapolis Chicago and Knox county capitalists. Fred Pence remains as manager. The mine is renamed The Oakland Coal Company with only a single word added to the title.
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C-City CO
Indianapolis
Chicago
Knox County
Anapolis
Oakland Coal Company
Kokomo Corporation
The
Telegraph office in Billings frozen by coal shortage
A railroad telegraph operator, bundled in earmuffs and blankets, typed a message saying the office was freezing with zero coal and 35 degrees below outside. W. J. Young, rail admin office manager, ordered a coal car rushed to Billings to warm the office and prevent collapse.
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Billings
Mont
W. J. Young
Railroad Administration
Mr. Young
Sanitary Iron Beds Sought for Patoka Orphans Home
Gibson county board of Charities and Corrections urged county commissioners to replace old wood beds at the Patoka orphans home with sanitary iron beds to protect children's health. They also asked for a matron’s pay raise to 50 cents per child over five and 60 cents for under five, under a new law.
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Gibson County Board of Charities and Corrections
Will Emes
A. R. Burton
C. F. Rumer
Patoka
Orphan Girl Treated at Boehne Camp Evensville TB Case
County commissioners plan an appropriation to cover the expenses of keeping a little girl at the Boehne Camp in Evansville. The child from Patoka Orphans Home was moved there after being pronounced a tuberculosis patient. The charities board withholds her name.
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Patoka
Boehne
Evansville
Rev A R Redman Civil War veteran dies in Carmi
The Rev A R Redman died at his Carmi home on a Saturday after a period of paralysis. Born July 17 1810 in Indiana he lived in Gibson County before moving to White County in 1874. He served three years in the Civil War with the 58th Indiana Infantry and earned battle experience at Stone River Chickamauga and Mission Ridge where he was wounded in the right arm. He was children: ten with his first wife Sarah F Gudgel and later married Mrs Percilla Hatchett.
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Carmi
Tl. Democrat
A. R. Redman
Gibson County
Rev. Redman
Redman
Coly. Miller
Harry Gudgel
Indiana
Wesley Redman
Adair County
Kentucky
Princeton
Percilla Hatchett
58Th Indiana Infantry
21St Army Corps
Stone River
Chickamatea
Mission Ridge
Mission
Thursday Night Election of Officers Appeal
Thursday night invites readers to attend the election of officers with Abbert Rass serving as Chief. The notice emphasizes participation and community involvement in the local organization.
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Abbert Rass
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Alva Levi
Taree
Fred Pence
Orirty
Boehne Camp
BEN Hur
Films
Shoptaugh’s
Leggins
J. M. Scantlin
West Side Square
Galsey & Boherdrinceton
Kolb
C. Niemeier
Studebaker
Reinhart Motor Co
Arburn Building
J. G. Pepple
S. Hart Street
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