Lessons for labor from the St Louis convention
The American Federation of Labor, meeting in St Louis with over 1,500,000 members, says organized capital dominates law and politics. It urges resort to political organization as the only recourse when strikes and boycotts fail to stop union slaughter.
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American Federation of Labor
St. Louis
U. S. Steel Trust
Tinplate Workers’ Organization
Freshwater Seamen’s
Tobacco Trust
Sugar Trust
Beef Trust
Express
Federation
Organized Capital
Turner Ties to Alaska Railroads and Spokane Interests
Collier's Weekly notes that former senator George Turner of Washington backed Guggenheim Alaska railroad plans before a House committee in Washington, supports a Spokane water power ally opposed to conservation, and defended Ballinger at the 1909 National Irrigation Congress in Spokane, with potential Alaska railroad ties.
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United States
George Turner
Alaska
Collier'a Weekly
Difference Between a Step and a Stride
Vienna emphasizes state price control in slaughterhouses and cold storage as socialistic, contrasting with freight rate regulation in the United States. The speaker argues that both regulate how much can be charged for moving a commodity, whether by rail or at retail, questioning the difference in principle between railroad carriage charges and dealer margins.
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Vienna
Mergers and antitrust cases span the Pacific Northwest and New York
Observations cite a Pacific Northwest Harriman lines merger failing to support a 50 million bond. Gov Stubbs pushes imprisonment for antitrust violations. New York shows 225000 more people in NYC than rest of state and 300000 abandoned farms. Abe Ruef faces a 14 year sentence. Daughters contest Millionaire Myers will. Weevil infestation shocks Utah alfalfa and censored dispatches report a suppressed revolution in Dias era.
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Pacific Northwest Harriman Lines
New York City
New York State
Jess Dandy Reveals Vaudeville Roots and Fountain Fame
A feature profiles Jess Dandy star of Prince of Pilsen sharing past as a women's underwear salesman in Hoboken. He recalls joining vaudeville after family push, performing 1 667 times and getting soaked in a fountain scene.
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Jesse M. Dansly
8. Danzig
Followa
Nix
Dansig
Hoboken
N. J
Jens Dandy
Jease Dandy
the Moore
Ees Dandy
Parcels post delays and naval test tales from 1910
A 1910 Washington letter reviews parcel post delays citing poor roads high freight and middlemen. It recounts the Puritan gelatin test mishap and navy explanations, plus a jab at civilian invention and Pierpont Morgan buying Life. Taft quips about prayer as a goat nears. Rath signs off.
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Washington, D. C
Dad
National Grange
Navy
Ladies and Oyster Supper Prompts Civic Buzz
A fragment from a local page notes the Ladies' Guild hosting their second annual oyster supper and references recent civic and political chatter about referendums taxes and West Point traditions. It hints at intrigue around T. Ria initials and Missouri garlands while mentioning November and caucus activity.
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Jobh Wige Bays
Ladies’ Guild
Usin
Twenty-Two More Earning Days To Christmas
A brief notice warns that in aero days the tramp is doomed. The editorial clues the cause: each time he hits the grit, the man meets ruin, implying danger and decline for the worker.
$700,000 for Nice Democrats in House Payoffs
The piece argues Democratic control of the House brings more than $700,000 annually in salaries to party loyalists across the nation. It claims cushioned posts from clerks to postmasters will shift to Democrats as the new majority settles in, while Republicans lose favored seats. The article notes legislative sessions run December to March, with the rest of the year described as vacation for plum-pickers.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Tall Timbers
Diapepsin Offers Quick Relief For Indigestion
A promotional piece advocates Diapepsin to strengthen digestion and relieve symptoms from a sour stomach. It promises rapid relief from heartburn belching and lethargy and suggests readers buy a five cent case from a druggist to restore appetite and comfort at meals.
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Stubbs
Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress
Supreme Court
Abe Ruef
Abe
George S. Myers
Utah
Dias
Victor
Pacific Coast
Victor Talking Machines
Sherman
Astom
Seattle
Price inIerTor Talking Machine
Hee
Lay & Co
Anastasia
Jess Dandy
Joan Copley
Father
Nazimova
William Faversham
Jim Hackett
Jens
Dandy
Jarviat
Willie
Jesse Dandy
Wanamaker
American Express Co
United States Express Co
Adama Express Co
Wells Fargo Express Co
Frank Hitchcock
Generarma
Ventor
Congress
Department
Naval Militia of
Maine
Tast
Pierpont Morgan
John Haye Hammond
Taft
Ama
Mr. Taft
Champ Clark
Pennsylvania
Missouri
T. Ria
West Point
Sou
Evear
The
Free
Wm. C. Free
Chicago
Union St
Second Avenue
Moore Theatre
Mike
Pike Place
As Rae
Suburbs
Grew Lake
Fremont
University
Eens Snider
Donnell
Green Lake
H. A. Eba
Hood’s Home-Made
Vienna Coffee CO
Fancy
Y Bergs
Rome
W. Alexander
Ener Covenenee
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