Plan Giant Strike Gompers Confers With Leaders On Spread
Samuel Gompers and labor leaders meet in Philadelphia to discuss a general strike of street car workers in major cities in sympathy with Philadelphia. Dispatches indicate possible first actions in Cleveland Pittsburg Omaha and San Francisco with a canvass showing about 100000 workers idle plus 6000 motor men and conductors. Rioting is low as leaders express jubilation over orderly walkouts.
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Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
Gompers
Kaiserhof Hotel
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Omaha
San Francisco
Police and Rapid Transit Company
Kensington
Richmond
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Texas
New York City
Boston
Washington
Cudahy Knife Attack on Banker Stirs Kansas City
Jere S. Lillis, president of the Western Exchange bank, was attacked with a butcher knife by John P. Cudahy after Mrs. Cudahy admitted an outing with Lillis. Lillis is recovering. Cudahy faces trial on disturbing the peace after a police incident.
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Kansas City
Jere S. Lillis
Western Exchange Bank
John P. Cudahy
Omaha
Johann Moss
Mr. Lillis
Cudahy
Stomach Center Of Life Promises Cure Through Digestion
An article extols L. T. Cooper and his new medicine claiming the stomach governs most diseases. It quotes his theory that proper digestion prevents illness, with praise from Boston chef A. C. Brock. The Cooper Medicine Co. markets the treatment via druggists and promises assistance to find local distributors.
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L. T. Cooper
Cooper
A. C. Brock
Brock Restaurant
Market District
Boston
Mass
Mr. Cooper
Long gun debates spice rural talk of rabbit chase
Local dialect sketch: speaker questions why a gun with a long barrel helps approach a rabbit, replying that it enables closer proximity for the hunt. The scene captures rustic wit and practical hunting lore.
Doctor Cures Scalp Disease With Cuticura Remedies
A Georgia woman recalls scalp disease in youth cured in weeks by Cuticura remedies and notes additional benefit for a hand breakout. The testimonial is paired with a statement attributed to P T Barnum praising Cuticura products in his medicine chest across three seasons.
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Jessie F. Buchanan
Hamilton, Ga
Barnum
P. T. Barnum
Insufficiently Clad in Dollie’s Cold Exchange
A brief Cleveland Leader snippet shows Chappie-I by a bed in thought and Dollie reacting to a cold, capturing a domestic moment in period voice. The fragment hints at dialogue and character names without broader context.
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Chappie
Dollie
Cleveland
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Constitutional Disease
Readers learn Hall’s Catarrh Cure is claimed as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It is taken internally and said to act on blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. Sold by druggists at 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo O
Storm Episode Injures Two Women in Slushy Crossing
A Philadelphia Ledger note describes two attractive young women slipping in a slushy crossing, arising wet and angry as onlookers condemn the insult. A Brooklyn testimonial extols Resinol Ointment as a universally soothing boon to humanity.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Ww. J. Callan
Brooklyn
N. Y
An Appreciated Distraction in Early Automobiles
A humorous exchange notes how cars ease daily life for a comfortable citizen as he praises speed and his son’s bicycle while claiming the automobile distracts police from them. The humor reflects early attitudes toward motor travel and urban control.
Important to Mothers Castoria and other old remedy ads
A collage of product pitches and quotes from early 20th century ads. Castoria claims safety for infants for over 30 years. Other items promote Perry Davis painkiller, PAZO for piles, Mrs Winslow soothing syrup, and Dr Detchon’s Relief. Includes casual musings and sensational lines about eye diseases and a crab eating monkey.
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Perry Davis
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Packer
Taft
Richard le Gallienne
St. Regis
Liverpool
Patert
Albert Docks
Freddie Brown
Freddie
Teddy
Jeddy
Samuel Johnson
Detchon
Siam
Grand Rapids
Mich
Peto
Overland
Shapmost
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Willys-Overland Co
Toledo, Ohio
Selden
S Mall
National Dairy Machine Company
Goshen
Indiana
Illinois
Spohn Medical CO
Standard Oil CO. (Incorporated
UC Matkes Ween
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