Lawrence strikers testify before House Rules Committee
One witness says he earns about $10 a week with a five member family and $2.50 weekly rent as mill hours shrink. He describes rising costs for food and the strike driven by Massachusetts labor rules. Carmela Scoli, fourteen, shows a scar from gear, illustrating hardship of child labor.
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Washington
Lawrence
House Committee On Rules
Victor Berger
J. H. Cox
Berger
Cox
R. J. McCartney
McCartney
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Corporation
Gary
Congress
Steel Trust
Representative Berger
America
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Samuel Lipson
Lawrence Mills
Lipson
Congressman Berger
Massachusetts
John Ramey
Ramey
Carmela
Carmela Scoli
Teoli
Home Fat Reducer Promises Fast Safe Weight Loss
An old remedy advertises Marmola Plaid Extract Cascara Aromatic and Peppermint Water as a cheap home fat reducer. It claims to shed two pounds weekly without exercise or dieting and to allow eating freely while using a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime.
Pyramid Pile Remedy Free Trial Ad Claim
An advertising notice promises instant relief from piles with Pyramid Pile Remedy. It claims rapid reduction of pain inflammation and swelling and suggests a free trial by mail followed by a regular 50 cent package at drug stores.
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Pyramid Drug CO
Pyramid
Walthall and Dwyer Face Off for Thirty-seventh District Judge
James D. Walthall the Texas first assistant attorney general announced his candidacy for judge of the Thirty-seventh District Court opposing incumbent Edward Dwyer. W. C. Linden, who had planned to run, withdrew leaving only Dwyer and Walthall in the race.
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James D. Walthall
State of
Texas
Thirty-seventh District Court
Edward Dwyer
W. C. Linden
Judge Walthall Declares Candidacy in San Antonio Race
The withdrawal of N W C Linden and the entry of Judge Walthall narrow the Thirty seventh district judge contest in Bexar County. Walthall, a former attorney general aide, plans a San Antonio announcement after visiting Austin. Linden cites political and professional reasons for not running. Other notes reference Mrs Pratt-Decker and Mrs Iline Rawel amid mentions of lumber values and New Zealand suffrage efforts.
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Walthall
Dwyer
Bexar County
Austin
Denman, Franklin & McGown
San Antonio
N. W. C. Linden
Iline Rawel
Maor
Auckland
New Zealand
Chicago
Extravagan ce in Dress Draws Criticism at Newark Church
Right Rev. Bishop Edwin S Lines of the Newark diocese urges restraint in church attire addressing confirmation candidates at St John s church New Jersey emphasizing that extravagance among American churchwomen hurts those who cannot afford such displays. He warns against wearing clothing that offends parishioners and links excess to social unrest.
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Edwins
Newark
Protestant Episcopal Church
N. J
Dispatch
St. John’s Church
New York
Church Display Sparks Local Debate Across Pews
A fragment notes how residents view church spaces differently with some using one church for display while another remains a community hub. The remark suggests mounting tension over reuse and sacred spaces in the town.
Humiliates Boaster in Mock Holdup at Perkins Store
A fake holdup at Perkins general store in Mier county was staged to test Sheriff George Brown of Mier. The scene involved masked robbers and two shots into the ceiling, prompting Brown to rush to the scene where locals revealed it as a practical joke.
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Mier
Marion
Ind
George
George Brown
Brown
Foul Brood Kills Bees in Tippecanoe County
Tippecanoe county bee men report from Lafayette Indiana that the U S government says American foul brood has infected bees nationwide. A government expert recently inspected hives and will initiate rapid measures to eradicate the disease. Beekeepers are urged to act immediately and contact authorities with any information on steps to remove the infection.
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Tippecanoe County
Lafayette
Ind
Agricultural Department of
United States
Washington
Adventist Leader Sees Bodily Rapture Soon
Elder Charles Thomas of Nevada Ta president of the Northern Union conference told Iowa conference delegates in Des Moines that a Des Moines item said people will be bodily taken from Earth to heaven without death within a few years. He believes Christ will return before he is an old man, so he expects not to die of old age.
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Charles Thomas
Nevada
Northern Union Conference of
Seventh-Day Adventists
Iowa
Des Moines
Jtem
Christ
Earth
Wife Ad Poem Sparks Mystery in Hiawatha Kansas
A poem seeking a wife appears in two Hiawatha newspapers causing a flood of letters to Box 82. The sender remains anonymous with the postal clerk as sole known contact. The tale also mentions a New York bequest contingent on Spanish gender of hijo or hija.
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New York
Juror Holds Out in Louisiana Case Foreman Orders Eleven Dinners
In a Louisiana town a juror stayed firm while the other eleven reached a verdict quickly. Frustrated, the foreman told the clerk to order eleven dinners and a bale of hay, signaling the deadlock.
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Louisiana
No More Firewater for Visiting Indians
Washington dispatch reports the Indian bureau orders halt to selling liquor to Indians visiting for Indian bureau business. Charles Mades of the Mades hotel and William Lloyd of the Hotel Vendome were arrested February 23 for selling whiskey to Osage chiefs Bacon and Red Eagle. Bail set at $500 each.
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Washington
Indian Bureau of the Interior Department
Washington Dispatch
Bureau
Charles Mades
Mades Hotel
Third Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
William Lloyd
Hotel Vendome
Bacon
Red Eagle
Mades
Lloyd
Indian Bureau
Red Brothers
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Iceland
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Dwyer and
Sarah Plett-Deciver
Colorado
Pratt-Decker
Kansas City Times
Mimst
D. Walthall
Edwin S. Lines
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Pessiac
Boaster
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