Babson Analyzes National Employment Conditions
Babson reports mixed employment trends across 57 representative cities. He notes restrained hiring, especially in building trades, with some demand for unskilled labor in farming and a rebound in areas affected by the St. Louis cyclone, while southern and midwestern cities show varied prospects for skilled and unskilled workers.
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St. Louis
United States
Chester
Pensylvania
Jackson
Mississippi
Charleston
West Virginia
East
New Haven
Connecticut
Welmington
Delaware
Trenton
New Jersey
Lancaster
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Beaumont
Texas
Savannah
Georgia
Knoxville
Tennessee
Winston- Salem
North Carolina
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Lansing
Michigan
Racine
Wisconsin
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Birmingham
Alabama
Shreveport
Louisiana
South
Middle West
Mello-Glo Powder Ad from Crandall's Drug Store
A French process powder named Mello-Glo promises a long wear shine control and a peachy complexion. The ad urges readers to try the product at Crandall's Drug Store and the Lewis Mercantile Co for purchase.
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Crandall’s
Lewis Mercantile Co
Sicilian Cartel Adopts Yankee Methods to Protect Property
In Palermo authorities report Sicilian band brigands led by a white haired man Guiseppa Andalaro shifting tactics. Stock branding will be generalized shepherds registered with IDs to fix theft blame. Mafia on trial at Termini Imerese focused on horse and cattle theft with murder extortion and kidnapping as sidelines.
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Palermo
Sicily
Guiseppa Andalaro
Sigdiats
Termino Imerese
Oberlin Lays Claim To Coming Of Word
Alumni at Oberlin College claim the Civil War era warning cry skedaddle originated there as a corruption of a Greek word meaning to scatter. General Giles W. Shurtleff led a regiment of Black troops and Oberlin graduates staffed many units, contributing the term’s spread beyond the North and into common usage.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Giles W. Shurtleff
Berlin Swindlers Use Calling Cards
German swindlers steal calling cards from house doors to create false introductions. A card of Baron X can be used to reach Count Y, exploiting social connections. They also steal cards left by visitors to gain access through social leverage.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Baron X
Count
Count Y
Robbers Loot Union Meeting Cash and Jewelry
Four armed intruders attended a Local No. 9 Electrical Workers meeting in Chicago and fled with about $3,009 in cash and checks and jewelry valued at $1,800 from business agent Edwin Knott. The incident left 30 members held at gunpoint during the raid last night.
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Union Chicago
London society revival of wedding bouquet custom
London reports a prominent society woman carried a bouquet at her son's wedding reviving an old practice once common among mothers and near relatives at smart London weddings. The custom, fading in London for about twenty years, endures in many country districts.
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Lonton
London
Minnesota's lone lay judge presides in Cook County
Judge A V Johnson of Cook County is the only non lawyer to sit on a Minnesota court. Appointed by Governor Christianson, he serves because the county has just one lawyer, the county attorney. He followed Judge George H Durfee, a Civil War veteran who resigned due to ill health. Durfee is 82 years old.
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TUPGE
Grand Mamais
Minn
A. V. Johnson
Cook County
Minnesota
Johnson
Christianson
George H. Durfee
Durfee
Believer Buried Car to Collect Insurance
State troopers think a touring car buried five years ago to claim insurance was unearthed in Batavia New York after two boys found the radiator cap protruding. The farm tenant at the time was Frank Lombardo who has since disappeared.
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Batavia
Frank Lombardo
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