Labor Day Parades Across the Nation Highlight Strong Unions
Thousands join marches from Jincoin to Chicago as labor unions celebrate with picnics, speeches, and parades. Among highlights 1,200 in Jincoin parade stretching a mile, Ladies Label League with two wagons, and speakers including Thomas E. Watson in Kansas City.
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Jincoin
Lincoln
Ladies’ ‘ Label League
Omaha
South Omaha
Courtland’ Beach
Hell
Jin
Courtland Beach
Central Labor Union
Populists Plan Lincoln Barbecue and Speech by Berge
The populists announce a September 17 barbecue in Lincoln where fusion candidate for governor Berge will deliver his first speech. The event may feature oxen spit roasting at Tincoka park with T. S. Allen of the Democratic state committee in charge and possible special railroad rates.
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Lincoln
Berge
Fusion
P Ns
Tincoka Park
T. S. Allen
Democratic State Committee
Railroad Men Making Big Money in Fremont
Fremont area railroad workers are earning the highest salaries yet, despite headquarters moving to Norfolk. A railroad veteran says the division point cannot be eliminated, with constructive mileage and long Norfolk runs failing to reduce earnings. Brakemen in Nebraska reportedly make 85 to 100 dollars monthly, conductors 150 to 175 dollars.
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Fremont
Norfolk
Eastern Points
Northwestern Lines
Nebraska
Old Soldier in Hard Luck in Omaha Robbery
An elderly soldier from Cozad Nebraska reports his pocketbook was stolen while he slept on a seat at the Omaha Union Pacific depot. The bag contained a pension check for 36 dollars a 53 dollar draft and a Cozad bank deposit certificate. He has notified the pension bureau stopped payment on the draft and alerted the bank. The missing papers include his pension voucher and keepsakes.
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Salem
Twist
Cozad
Neb
Union= Pacific
Omaha
Cozad. Bank
Pension. Bureau
Cozad Bank
Fremont Stationary Engineer Killed in Runaway Engine
John H. Pope, 73, an employee of the C. W. Harris yard south of the tracks, was fatally crushed under a flywheel while attempting to start the engine at Fremont. His left arm was caught in a belt, his chest crushed, and he died about thirty minutes later after saying goodbye to co workers. Pope had lived in Fremont for over twenty five years.
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Fremont
John H. Pope
C. W. Harris Yard
Pope
Rail freight rates adjust as Chicago jobbers gain
Lincoln wholesalers cheer a freight announcement by the Union Securities rail line restoring 77 cent nails and wire rate between Chicago and Salt Lake City. Other lines may join soon as the cut was not welcomed. The steel trust allegedly pushed a 45 cent rate to hurt Colorado Fuel and Iron, aiding Chicago buyers at Nebraska expense.
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Lincoln
Union Secline Railroad
Chicago
Salt Laker City
Steel Trust
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Nelson Beats Aurelia Herrera In Twenty Round Thriller
In Butte Montana ten thousand fans watched Battling Nelson of Chicago defeat Aurelia Herrera of Mexico in a brutal twenty round bout. Nelson dominated from the opening bell, Herrera scoring the only knockdown with a hard right that put Nelson down for a nine count.
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Nelson
Butte
Mont
Chicago
Aurelia Herrera
Herrera
Arkansas Democrats Reelect Governor Davis and Party Ticket
Early returns show Governor Jefferson Davis reelected as the Democratic incumbent over Republican Harry Myers. The Democratic slate carried statewide, with attention on towns where regular Democrats faced independent challengers. Returns are slow due to remote voting places from rail and telegraph lines.
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Arkansas
Jefferson Davis
Harry Myers
From Misery to Health A Kansas City Leader Praises Doan's Pills
Miss Nellie Davis of 1216 Michigan Ave Kansas City Missouri a society leader writes Doan's Kidney Pills gave a complete cure for kidney troubles from a cold with back pains and headaches. She recommends the remedy and notes a trial is free via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, price 60 cents at dealers.
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Kansas City
Doan
Nellie Davis
Michigan Ave
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffe O, N.Y
Defiance Starch Promises Quality and Quantity Edge
A fragmented column cites Defiance Cold Water Starch as superior with a 10c package containing 16 02 8. It argues quality and quantity win, noting rival brands offer 32 02. The piece also weaves social quips and adlike snippets about daily life and courtship.
Old Inhabitant Recounts Hard Times and Famine Fears
An elderly speaker at Cross Roads grocery recalls crop failures and drastic shortages that left people starving and even drove farmers to drastic acts, including a reference to shooting a sportsperson and cooking him with fence wed from no trespass signs, illustrating dire scarcity.
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Cross Roads
Allen's Foot-Ease Cited as Cure for Sore Feet
A testimonial praises Allen's Foot-Ease as a certain cure for sore tender and swollen feet. The writer, Mrs N H Guilford of New Orleans, recommends the remedy to friends. An unrelated dialogue on longevity and politics appears in the text.
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Allen
N. H. Guilford
New Orleans
Las
Its Mighty Good Practice to Love a Woman You Can’t Marry
Quote on romantic restraint suggesting love remains in reach yet unattainable for a person, reflecting social norms and wit about relationships. The remark frames love as an experience already experienced by the beloved, implying shared perception without union.
Castoria and household goods as featured ads
A collage of old product pitches and quips including Castoria for infants, Defiance Starch, No name cigar branding, and remedies. Mentions of pies and cough cures mix with taglines from various brands and fake authority quotes, creating a window into period advertising rhetoric.
Building food to bring the babies around
A Colorado mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her infant son after pneumonia brain fever and teething. She reports rapid recovery feeding juice and milk then the cereal itself, and later using Grape-Nuts for her daughter as well. The ad urges readers to look for The Road to Wellville and notes Posum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan as the maker.
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Colorado
Kansas City
Posum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Thomas E. Watson
United States
Capital Auxiliary
Typographical Union
New York
Heuges
Bridgemen’s Union
Sam Parks
Jas. P.mccabe
Central Federated Union
Gold Beaters
St. Louis
St.Louis and
Central Trades and Labor Union
Exposition Grounds
Building Trades Council
National Building ‘Trades Council
Pathewelfth
Bloomington
Springfield
House Square
Miller Park
Charles J.‘ Riefflerce
New England
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Federated Trades
Building Trades
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Abor
Denver
Clarence S. Darrow
Fusion Party
Boston
New. York
Pittsburg
Aes
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Omoms Reise
Des Moines
Sit Joseph
Sioux City
Latundryman
Chineeman
China
Daily “Papers
Tev Softlie
Castor
Blobbs
Tn Girl
Posey
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
David Kennedy
Garrett Lansing
Troy, N.Y
the Marine Eye Remedy Co
Lye
Sin
Defiance
THE
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Hayes
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. F. Hayes
Dudley St
Rexbury
Mrs. Pincham
Ben
Roxbury
Lydia UL. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
HANDY
Handy Blueing
Book ‘Co
E. Lake St
Chicago, Ill
Noes
Othara
Ana
Roel
Ceeieuanaey
Werth
Mteday
Snd Sears, Roebuck & GO
Ill
Putnam
Ruggista
MONRO
Drug Co
Unionville
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