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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
5
Readers are asked to consider whether railroad workers should gain a 100 million dollar wage increase through arbitration or a nationwide strike. The piece notes railroads serve the public and cost transportation, and asks whether a public tribunal or government investigation should decide the issue after unions rejected arbitration.
Chicago Health Department and the Illinois Dairy and Food Commissioner announce a strict enforcement of the four weeks or younger veal ban beginning August 1, 1916. Inspectors will seize calf meat shipped into Chicago and prosecute offenders under city and state law.
A German speaking man named Henry Weder, 82, was found begging on the street in Blue Island. He produced a pretend permit and faced a disorderly conduct charge with a $10 fine that was remitted after he promised to leave town.
A sobbing applicant for a meal and clothes receives help from a kind woman who offers advice. He explains his fear of using soap due to many varieties and potential skin injury, and vows to choose carefully despite his need for cleanliness.
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