Tie Up of Chicago Waterfront Sparks Rail and Frontier Claims
Chicago November 12 Railroad influence centers on a bid for a lakefront strip from Evanston to South Chicago in a 1775 treaty framed dispute. Capt Welling Streeter asserts discovery rights over shore land along Lake Michigan, leading to a deadly eviction attempt and prison time. The conflict intertwines millions in land value with a broader municipal lakefront improvement plan opposed by railroad interests due to costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evanston
South Chi
Welling Streeter
Lake Michigan
Shore Drive
Police chief and officers clash at Midwest mas ball
West Hammond Illinois reports a mas ball disruption as Chief John Okragde and Officer James O'Keefe fail to police a crowded dance floor. O'Keefe faces charges for not keeping dancers apart and for a revolver incident. he is described as ordered to “dance the bear” and is now under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hammond
Ill
John Okragde
James O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Cabinet pressures Huerta to resign in Mexico City
President Huerta faced cabinet pressure and rumors that a majority of provisional executives advise resignation. Officials speculated he may stay until sufficient foreign support appears, while reports of Hale and Carranza meeting in Northern Mexico stirred government unease abroad and at the National Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Huerta
National Palace
America
Wm. Bayard Hale
Mexico
Carranza
United States
Huertistas
U. 8
Wealthy farmer marries niece in guardianship case
Philip Engle a 79 year old farmer wed his 40 year old niece Mary Denison after his four sons urged to appoint a guardian. The marriage pairs a prominent farmer with his kin in a cautious match amid family oversight.
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Lima
Philip Engle
Mary Denison
Ely's Cream Balm promises fast relief for stuffed nose
A vintage ad describes Ely's Cream Balm as a quick remedy for nasal congestion from colds or catarrh. It claims the small bottle opens blocked air passages instantly, relieves head pressure and headache, and clears discharges. Ends by urging readers to buy at any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Wealthy labor ally Maud Younger travels 7000 miles for AF of L
Miss Maud Younger of San Francisco travels with her family to Seattle and then Europe to urge the American Federation of Labor to aid unskilled women workers. She praises picket line courage, urges support for shop girls to win living wages and decent conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waitresses Union
Fred L. Boalt
Younger
Seattle
Miss Younger
San Francisco
Waitresses’ Union
A. F. of L
New York
Federation
Noth
Wilson Discusses Trust Policy For Regular Session
President Wilson outlined the administration’s trust policy as the dominant issue for Congress in the coming regular session. He argued against exceptional advantages for large corporations while endorsing prudent conduct and urged a broad, bipartisan law to guide corporate operations. Senator Newlands and Representative Clayton will handle the legislation to keep Republicans informed.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
Newlands
Nevada
Clayton
Alabama
Han
Dle
Alaska Woman to Talk at YMCA About Life in the North
Mrs C F Darling of Nome and Berkeley will share stories of northern life with stereopticon views at the YMCA on Saturday night. The author and dog team winner arrives from Nome Thursday with hundreds of views from the Nome storm to benefit the North Madison Guild Orthopedic Hospital.
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C. FB. Darling
Nome
Berkeley
Cal
Brower bids to carry mail 4000 miles through Arctic winter
Charles D Brower, the only white resident of Point Barrow Alaska, seeks a contract to carry mafia mail 4000 miles from Point Barrow to Kotzebue Sound. If awarded he must make three winter trips over snow so deep there is scarcely any bottom.
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Washington, D. C
Charles D. Brower
Point Barrow
Alaska
Brower
Kotzebue Sound
Hyomel Healing Inhaler Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement claims Hyomel cures catarrh and related throat and nasal symptoms without internal dosing. It promises rapid soothing through antiseptic air, with a money back guarantee and a complete outfit selling for $1.00 at druggists.
Sam Gompers Leads AF of L March with Wife at Seattle Ball
Sam and Mrs Gompers presided over the second AF of L session as they led a grand march in Seattle. Secretary Morrison teased a suffragette march with Mrs Pankhurst while a theatre ball for visiting labor delegates drew over 5000 attendees at the Hippodrome featuring Sadie Gompers and vaudeville acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Gompers
A. F. of L
Bure
Zaza at Seattle Theatre Delivers Risque Drama
DAS WANDERER praises Miss Leach in Zara at the Seattle theatre a seductive and intense performance. The piece explores Parisian sleepless life with a controversial plot and a guaranteed audience turnout at 20c 30c and 50c evening prices and 25c matinees Thursday Saturday and Sunday.
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David Belasco
Zaza
Paris
Seattle
Zara
Miss Leach
Leslie Carter
Toad Found Alive in Deep Mine at Aurora
Dan N. Leeds a miner in Aurora Missouri while cutting a drift 130 feet underground found a petrified toad and a live toad in a small airless chamber. The live toad hopped away when warmed near a boiler indicating it had been imprisoned for many years.
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Aurora
Dan N. Leeds
Leeds
Fusion Plan Aims to End Old Time Feud in Electrical Workers
Federation leaders report a proposed re amalgamation between McNulty and Reid Murphy factions to end years of warfare within the Electrical Workers union. The plan, adopted by the International Brotherhood, calls for resignations and a joint convention with new officers after investigations into outlaw factions. The McNulty camp faces renewed criticism for alleged strike breaking against Pacific Gas and Electric.
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McNulty
Reid-Murphy
Electrical Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
American Federation
Committee On International Difficulties
W. 8
Junken
International Brotherhood
A. F. of L
Reid
Seattle Central Labor Council
Federation
Pacific Gas and Electric Company of
California
Reid-McNulty
Immigration Chief Caminetti Heads to West Coast Study
Commissioner General of Immigration Caminetti travels via Chicago to San Francisco to study better administration of exclusion laws. He will spend the next six weeks inspecting the immigration service along the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Commissioner General of Immigration
Caminett
San Franciaco
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Free medical supply offer for rheumatic and urinary ailments
Dr T Frank Lynott of Chicago offers free samples of a medicine claimed to cure rheumatism related back pains nervous debility and kidney and bladder troubles. Include age name full address symptoms and numbers. recipients also get a medical book and follow up advice.
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T. Frank Lynott
Deagan Radg
Chicago
DR. Lynott
Patient's plea for free medicine and medical guidance
Person requests free medicine and a copy of a medical book along with advice. They ask for instructions and to share name age and full address, offering to detail further in a separate letter and mail it. The message seeks free medical resources and personal guidance.
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Harry W. Carroll
Comptroller
Harry
S. Mantell
MGR
Hofbrau Cafe
First and
Madison
Budapest
Hiram Johnson
International Suffrage Alliance
A. F
Miss Maud Younger
Beattie's
Std Ave
Net
Pike and Pine
Mainial
Sam
March
Sadie Oampers
Talay
Das Wanderer
Toad
Mutual Savings Society
Puget Sound Savings Loan Association
Blordel
Bloedel
de Lumber Mite
National City Bank
Hf. C. Ewing
Calhoun
Denny & Ewing
W. J. Colkett
W. Campbell
J. A. Boderburg
Index Granite Works
W. Maxwell
National Bank
A. F. Anderson
A. F. Linden
Scott Calhoun
Kk. Campbell
The
Puget Sound Savings & Loans Asociation
Pike Street
G. W. Tape
Hot Lake
Ore
Unison Pacific
Oregon
Union County
la Grande
DR. T. Franklynott
Deagan Bidg
Mrs
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