Battle Creek Labor War Sparks Civic Stand Against Unions
A lengthy Battle Creek editorial condemns labor union tactics, recounting boycotts against Postum and Grape Nuts and praising local citizens and employers for resisting union pressure. It touts a proposed Citizens Association plan to guarantee peace, steady employment, and fair labor relations while opposing union coercion and violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Postum
Battle Creek
Michigan
Imass
United States
Paut
Labor Trust
Labor Onion
Tim
Local Patent Medicines and Farm Seed Ads Run Amok
Fragmented ad copy touts Cheney's Constitutional cure and La Crosse seed company offers. Mentions F J Cheney Toledo Ohio and Salter Seed Co with claims of wheat yields across states and free samples. Also touts Defoiance Starch and Grove medicine with cold cure boasts and a quip about firemen and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
U. 8
Dept. of Agr
Wis
Ill
Ja. Mich
WN. Y
Mont
Dakotas
Suki
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Roy
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for functional female disorders and related symptoms. It cites Miss Kate McDonald of Woodbridge New Jersey who credits the remedy with restoring her health after uterine trouble and irregularities. Readers are urged to obtain a bottle and write to Lydia E. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.pinkham
Kate McDonald
Woodbridge
Jive
Tia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
Judicial Wisdom in Courtroom Exchange
A judge addresses a witness and asks for the truth while a lady answers with a number twenty one. The judge then instructs the clerk to swear the witness to tell the truth in full.
The Real Thing Dialect in a Quixote Style Exchange
An exchange between Singleton and Wedderly hints at urban wit and a nod to Dante. The dialogue reveals quirks in speech and a fragmentary clue about family ties that frame a larger social setting in a likely literary piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singleton
Last Nobleman Awaiting Correct Count After Election
Ida questions May about being unmarried and in doubt after the vote. May explains she is waiting for the final tally to determine her status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Bank President and Office Boy Contrasted in Odd Exchange
A passerby asks about a shabby man and a well dressed companion. The response identifies the well dressed figure as the bank president and the other as his office-boy, with a remark about where earnings are kept and deposited.
Little Chante' of Oscalation Mississipp
Fragmentary note appears as a Boston Transcript excerpt with quirky phrasing about kissing a wine cup and awkward dialogue. No clear persons or events emerge. no verifiable action or outcome is documented.
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Miss. Stalmate
Ferguson
Boston Transcript
Defining a Cynic in a Pick Me Up Quotation
A young student asks what defines a cynic and a tutor explains that a cynic is a person whom the world is tired of. The exchange frames cynicism as weariness with life and worldly affairs.
Reversing the Usual Order Sparks Public Notice
A fragmented notice describes a pugilist planning a prize fight at 3 o clock and a marriage at Calvert Jr. The text hints at challenging old customs and reversing norms in a broader revolution of practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Calvert, Jr
Witty exchanges and wisecracks from a humorous dialogue
A quip filled collection features Jack Borrowit and George Genius joking about burglars marriage love and bills. The fragments pivot on witty observations about real estate ice coal and first kisses.
Fragmented Reflection on Marital Expectations
A fragmented reflection notes after years of marriage that stories about love affairs circulate. It suggests women are blamed for such rumors while men deny them. The passage implies relatives overlook wedding promises to marry within the family.
Incoherent Fragments From a 19th Century Page
Nonsensical lines mix phrases about a poker player a sloth and an ostrich noting feather value and pride. It also contains garbled bits about a girl kissing a man and vague references to finishing a job and being hedged. The text reads as a damaged OCR fragment with no clear event or person.
Prohibitionary Wit on Love and Matrimony
The snippet mocks courting and marriage with quips about kissing and parental disapproval. A “Telephone Girl” and an electrician exchange jokes about shocking language and voltage, reflecting humorous social banter of a bygone era.
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Ove
Mich
Poxtum ‘Cereal Co., Ltd
Emeral
Postum Co
C. W. Post
Labor of
Labor-Trust
Pedder
Union
America
Battle, Creek
Our
Workpeono
Pice A
Newcomt
Furni
Uni
Otis
Jefferson
Warren
Bunker Hill
Cherry
Ares
N. U.s Lincoln
Higgins
Grove
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Stron
Kate M.donald
Jack Borrowit
George Genius
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