Bonds Listings Include Indiana and Delaware Notes
Public bond entries show investments across multiple Indiana counties including West Baden Knox Cass Clay Lake and Clay, plus Del and Marion. Amounts range from two hundred to sixty seven hundred dollars with several entries omitted or unclear.
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West Baden
Ind
Knox County
Waterloo
Clay County
Cass County
Lake County
Col
Del
Marion
Armstrong & Co Surgical Instrument Makers Ad
WM H Armstrong & Co advertise rubber goods including air beds pillows chairs cushions rings urinals bed pans fountains hot water bottles baths and bath cabinets from Meridian Street Indianapolis Indiana in a compact historical trade notice.
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Invalid’s
WM. H. Nn Amstrong & Co
Meridian Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Prosecution Begins Under Crimes Act for Irish People Leaders
The first prosecutions here under the crimes act were opened today. Editor Mr. McCarthy, manager Mr. O Dwyer, and publisher Mr. Holland of the Irish People newspaper faced trial on charges of criminal conspiracy and intimidating people not to take unoccupied farms.
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Ireland
McCarthy
O'Dwyer
Holland
The
Irish People
William O'Brien
Boers Object to Allegiance Oath in Europe Visit
Boer generals Botha De Wet and Delarey arrived in Holland amid cheering crowds. They reportedly asked Chamberlain for refugees in Europe to return to South Africa without oath of allegiance. Chamberlain said no to both requests or resumption of old government offices.
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London
Botha
de Wet
Delarey
Holland
Joseph Chamberlain
Europe
South Africa
Aes
Miners Rescued After 190 Hours Entombment At Gloucestershire Pit
London dispatch reports three miners were rescued today after 190 hours trapped in the Union colliery at Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Four colleagues died after being flooded out during an inrush on September 4.
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London
Union
Forest of Bean
Gloucestershire
Cholera Deaths Limit Spread Along Eastern China Railroad
Official reports show 4043 cholera cases and 2556 deaths along the Eastern China Railroad since the outbreak began through August 23. The spread of cholera is now abating.
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ST. Petersburg
Mascagni to sail for United States in September
Composer Pietro Mascagni and his wife plan to depart Cherbourg for the United States on September 27. In Rome Cardinal Gotti, Prefect of the Propaganda, is considering reorganizing major American dioceses. It is noted that the existing eight archdioceses may be adjusted to reach around one hundred dioceses.
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Pietro Mascagni
Cherbourg
Nee
United States
The
Propaganda
Cardinal Gotti
Rome
Fraternities of America Convene in Chicago on Reform Plan
In Chicago the Associated Fraternities of America reports more than a million members and over a billion in insurance. At the annual convention the jurisprudence committee reviewed year’s court decisions affecting fraternal orders and outlined a plan to report only honest medical examiners and deputies and a sanitation of orders to legal authorities.
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Chicago
Associated
Fraternities of America
Ulegal
Taft Speech Heralds Limited Opposition in Mindanao Move
Manila dispatch notes Brig. Gen. Sumner to lead about 1100 troops from the Eleventh Twenty-seventh Infantry two cavalry troops and a mountain battery against Moros near Camp Vic kar with little expected resistance. Plan aims to separate hostiles and neutrals then pursue the Sultan of Balocad Negros if hostility continues. Federal party banquet praises Taft and pledges support while Taft defends the party and urges unity and time for agricultural recovery.
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Manila
S. 5S
Sumner
Department of Mindanao
Camp Vickar
Fifteenth Cavalry
Macri
Balacodad
Negros Island
Federal Party
Taft
The
Philippines Commission
Lockout Ends for Parlin and Oldendorff Workers
Springfield Sept 9 Parlin and Oldendorff Canton plow makers win end of two week lockout. Employers retain 10 percent of wages until year end then return. Of 800 workers locked out more than 0 have signed the agreement and returned to work.
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Springfield
Ill
Parlin & Oldendorff
Canton
Team Drivers' Union bars owners of teams
Toledo Ohio September 9 The Team Drivers' International Union passed a resolution eliminating from membership all owners of teams. Previously owners with five teams or fewer were eligible. Elected officers include President H W Evans Bloomington IL Vice President B J O'Toole Boston and Secretary Treasurer Geo Innis Detroit.
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Toledo
International Union Today
H. W. Evans
Bloomington
Ill
B. J. O'Toole
Boston
Geo. Innis
Detroit
Indian hop bones strike for wage rise in Yakima
North Yakima dispatch reports five hundred Indian hop workers have struck for a one dollar and fifty cent wage increase, signaling a broad labor action in the hop fields near North Yakima on September 9. Police and strike leaders attempted to mediate as crews halted field work and deliveries.
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North Yakima
Wash
Present Franchise Law May Stand
Columbus Ohio September 9 Senators Hanna and Foraker plan to drop the Nash code franchise clause entirely while preserving current laws and insert a curative clause to protect the Cincinnati Traction Company. This follows the Superior Court of Cincinnati ruling that Rogers law granting a fifty year concession is unconstitutional though forty six years remain. Nash code grants twenty five year terms with councils allowed fare revisions every ten years.
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Columbus
Hanna
Foraker
Cincinnati Traction Company
Superior Court of Cincinnati
Traveling Engineers Meet Opens in Chicago
Three hundred members of the Traveling Engineers Association began their tenth annual meeting in Chicago. Mayor Harrison welcomed them, with address by Howard B. Taylor. President W. G. Wallace presided as morning sessions featured Robert Quayle and other industry leaders.
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Chicago
Rept
Traveling Engineers’ Association
Harrison
Howard
Taylor
W. G. Wallace
Clinton
Robert Quayle
Chicago & Mouthwestern
Baltes 3
Barr
Gener Superinent
Cicago
Waukee
St. Paul
Conor Ianine Polver
Grant Tool Works
Franklin, Pu
Bryan in Missouri Campaign Attacks Trusts and Reform
In Joplin Missouri 5000 heard William J Bryan denounce trusts and tariff reform. He urged stripping tariff protection from trust made goods and ridiculed Roosevelt's remedy while arguing a prison stripes image would weaken trusts more than speeches. He criticized constitutional amendments centralizing trust control away from states.
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Joplin
Missouri
William J. Bryan
Seedom
Gomorrah
Republicans gain vast lead in Missouri governor race
Portland Missouri reports show 360 of 621 towns tabulated at 10 PM with Gov J F Hill Republican leading by 23 617 votes. Indications suggest final plurality near 26 000 as remaining towns report. Republicans likely win all but two Senate seats and twenty three House seats. Luther Maddocks claims Lincoln County senator seat with a safe plurality. If elected the Senate would be 30 Republicans to 1 Democrat, same as two years ago.
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Portland
J. F. Hill
Lincoln County
Luther Maddocks
Senate
Durand to head Democratic ticket despite stroke
Grand Rapids Mich Sept 9 Judge George H Durand of Flint will remain the Democratic candidate for Governor and head the ticket in the fall campaign A special meeting of the Democratic State central committee decided to keep his name on the ticket despite a paralytic stroke his brother L T Durand reported the judge’s condition and recovery offer encouragement and prompted the committee to act The nominating address was read later by his brother it having been written before the stroke
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Grand Rapids
Mich
George H. Durand
Flint
Democratic State Central Committee
L. T. Durand
Judge Durand
Hawley Lyons Fight for Texas State Committee Chair
In Fort Worth on September 9 officials of the Texas Republican Party faced a delayed convention as Hawley and Lyons factions contest control of the next state committee. National Committeeman R B Hawley seeks enough votes to elect chairman while Lyons backers claim national administration favors their candidate. E H R Green entered the race as Hawley ally in effect.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Hawley
Lyons
Texas
R. B. Hawley
Cecil Lyons
E. H. R. Green
Green
Rose Opens Campaign for Governor on Special Train
Milwaukee Mayor David B. Rose, the Democratic nominee for Governor, kicked off his campaign traveling by special train. He spoke in Jackson, West Bend, Kenosha, Campbellsport, and Eden, delivering sharp attacks on the Lafollette administration. He said public office now serves factional interests, rights are forgotten, and duties neglected for factional ends.
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Fond. DU Lac
Wis
David B. Rose
Milwaukee
Rose
Jackson
West Bend
Kenausham
Campbellsport
Eden
Lafollette
Democratic primary results in South Carolina governor race
Partial returns from the state Democratic primary show John Gary Evans leading for US senator with 25,214 votes, D C Heyward for governor at 36,293, and W J Talbert at 27,421. Lieutenant Governor candidates Gary 23,924 and Sloan 1 08. Secretary of State Gantt 30,379 and Wilson 30,028. Charleston county backs George P Von Kelnitz over John T Grace, tied to Senator Tillman.
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Columbia
D. C
United States
John Gary Evans
A. C. Latimer
D. C. Heyward
W. J. Talbert
Gary
Sloan
Gantt
Wilson
Charleston County
George P. von Kelnitz
John T. Grace
Benjamin R. Tillman
Saginaw Republican Attorney Seeks McMillan Seat
Saginaw attorney Benton Han chett announces himself as a receptive candidate to succeed the late Senator James McMillan. D. M. Ferry and ex-Secretary of War R. A. Alger are already actively in the field.
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Saginaw, Mich
Benton Hanchett
James McMillan
D. M. Ferry
R. A. Alger
Stimson Nominated for Fourth Judicial District Judge
Denver Denounced nomination for Edward C. Stimson of Cripple Creek as Fourth judicial district judge on the first ballot. The ticket will be completed and the platform submitted tomorrow.
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Denver
Col
Edward C. Stimson
Cripple Creek
Fourth Judicial District
Shafroth Re nominated by Democrats in First District
Congressman John F. Shafroth, long branded a silver Republican, was nominated for re election by the Democrats of the First district in Denver. He defeated Clay B Whitford by seventeen votes in a tight party primary showing.
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Denver
Col
John F. Shafroth
Clay B. Whitford
Dr Heber Newton’s Farewell at All Souls Church
New York September 9 members of the congregation of All Souls Episcopal Church bid farewell to the Rev Dr Heber Newton amid a closing service. The ceremony followed years of leadership with plans for his next pastoral assignment announced by church officials.
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New York
Congregation of All-Soul's Episcopal Church
Heber New
Rector of 33 Years Leaves for New Charge
Ton has served as rector for thirty three years and has received from theft a farewell letter prior to departing to his new charge at the University Church of Leland Stanford, Jr., University of California. The valedictory words were written but illness prevented him from delivering them from the pulpit at the time of his resignation a few months ago.
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Ton
University Church of Leland Stanford, Jr
University of California
Grand Master Sargent Resigns at Loco Motive Firemen Meet
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen convened in Chattanooga where Grand Master F P Sargent resigned effective immediately to return to Washington coordinating immigration duties. The Ladies Society presented a biennial report while messages of regret were read from Governor Nash and other officials.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
F. P. Sargent
Arnold
Sirs and Brothers
United States
Washington, D. C
Ladies’ Society of the B. L. F
Georgie M. Sargent
Nash
Ohio
J. B. Hutchins
Pennsylvania Railroad
L. V. Powderly
Knights of Labor
L. 8. Coffin
Iowa
P. H. Morrissey
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
E. R. Clark
Order of Railway Conductors
W. G. Edens
Department of Rural Postal Delivery
Arrest of J J Girmondi Former U S Consul in Italy
Genoa Italy Sept John J Girmondi once United States consular agent at Santos Brazil has been arrested at Oneglia after returning to Italy from Brazil He pretended to be a United States consul to Persia asserted he could inspect the consular service and later acted as a priest He was about to depart with two Italian girls and had State department stationery Among his effects The Italian authorities await US advice on prosecution The Washington Post had noted his priestly background and archdiocese ties with Archbishop Ireland prior to his Brazil posting
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Genoa
Italy
John J. Girmondi
United States
Santos
Brazil
Oneglia
Girmondi
Persia
Asia
State Department
Giimondi
Washington
McKinley
Senate
California
Washington Post
Father Girmondi
Ireland
Archbishop
Minnesota
Department
Pierson
Omaglapatrie
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Girmondi Arrest Details Tarnish U S Consular Service
The State Department disclosed Girmondi misled on his identity and used false titles, spent most time saying mass, faced Italian arrest for betraying an aristocrat's daughter, and faced no U S intervention as Italian authorities pursue local charges. His rise relied on connections with prominent figures and influence in San Francisco.
No Saloon in Tutuila Proves License Denied
Washington reports the U S government has banned all intoxicating liquor sales in Samoa. Vice Consul Blacklock, who built a Tutuila hotel with a liquor outlet, protested but the navy and authorities upheld the prohibition. The article also covers Lt Gen Miles leading the army board of ordnance and fortifications and planning a Philippine trip aboard the Thomas with a coast survey stop in Portland.
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Blacklock
Gen
Miles
Leishman to depart Constantinople. Eddy to run legation
Washington reports Minister Leishman will leave his post on leave of absence and Mr. Spencer Eddy, secretary of the legation, will assume charge of American interests. The Porte provides assurance no further delay in negotiations is expected, though the Stone ransom case remains unsettled as to responsibility between Turkey and Bulgaria.
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Washington
Leishman
Constantinople
State Department
Spencer Eddy
Legation
Porte
Turkey
Bulgaria
Board of Ordnance weighs field guns for army artillery
The Board of Ordnance and Fortification reviewed field gun tests to select an artillery gun. No type was approved due to defects. four months are allowed to correct them. Results favored rapid-fire capability and fixed ammunition, with three guns singled out: the Erhardt German gun, the Ordnance Bureau model, and Bethlehem No. 2 based on a French design.
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Washington
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Army
Ordnance
Ordnance Bureau
Military Leaves Granted and Reassignments
Washington report lists several leave extensions and orders. First Lieut. William N. H. Hughes Jr receives one month, H A Hathaway two months, A E Williams two months, H A Sievert moved to Fort Leavenworth on temporary duty, Frederick J. Herman ordered to Fort Robinson. Cadet Upham returns to join the current class. Chaplain Hillman gets four months, Capt. Crabbs two months.
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Ninth Cavalry
Fort Robinson
Neb
Francis B. Upham
Military Academy
James W. Hillman
Joseph T. Crabbs
Post office receipts rise in fifty largest offices
Washington reports a 9 percent month to month rise in receipts at the fifty largest U S post offices. Total June like receipts reached 4 321 444 dollars, up 357 810. Des Moines Ia led with a 26 6 percent jump and Toledo Ohio followed at 26 2 percent. Five offices posted declines, Buffalo showing the largest near ten percent drop. New York up almost 12 percent and Chicago up 6 percent.
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Washington
United States
Des Moines
Toledo
Buffalo
New York
Chicago
Weir Mitchell Tale Challenged by American Machinist
Literary Digest notes Dr. Weir Mitchell story in Century Magazine about a rich engineer leaving gems and a deadly box. The American Machinist counters with a simple solution: submerge the steel box for about twenty one weeks to safely open without triggering the explosive.
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Literary Digest
Weir Mitchell
Century Magazine
Indiana Inventors Receive Patents in Washington
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports patents issued today to Indiana inventors Franz Burger of Fort Wayne for a swivel truck for vehicles Charles D Jenney of Indianapolis for a trolley pole Julius Karrmann of Indianapolis for a jar cover and fastening William F Koeppen of Marion for a mold opening or closing device Baldwin F Schirmer of Indianapolis for a pasteurizing apparatus.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Indiana
Franz Burger
Fort Wayne
Charles D. Jenney
Indianapolis
Julius Karrmann
William F. Koeppen
Marion
Baldwin F. Schirmer
Compulsory arbitration debate in Elkhart Review
The Elkhart Indiana Review discusses private nature of labor disputes and questions whether public interest justifies state intervention. It argues that forcing disputes into court could be arbitrary and unjust, outlining concerns about mutual relations after strikes, public interest, and the feasibility of settlement without mutual agreement.
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Elkhart
Ind
The Case for a General Arbitration Court
The author argues for a universal arbitration court to resolve employer employee disputes. He questions personal accountability, the criminal nature of acts by employers or employees, and whether societies courts already punish wrongdoing. The piece asserts a single authoritative court can examine relationship intricacies and property rights, deeming current higher courts corrupt and trusts ineffective at restraining justice.
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Court of Arbitration
Pennsylvania
Great Steel Company
Double Tragedy Tells of Janitor and Wife Firearm Deaths
New York story recounts Charles ONeill, a janitor, dying at a hospital after his wife Ida is found dead at their apartment with two bullet wounds. ONeill claimed she was unfaithful and, after revealing she stayed with another man, fired, then she shot him and killed herself. A coroner found ONeill's revolver missing and a note reading Three letters on the gas meter will explain all. He planned to load the weapon before dawn and to arrange life insurance and property for relatives.
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New York
Charles O'Neil
Ida
O'Neil
Per
Laem
Youngstown Mystery: Mrs McGinn Found Dead After Night Out
Mrs James McGinn age twenty one from New Castle Pennsylvania was discovered with a throat wound in a Hubbard pasture at five this morning after a visit with Mr and Mrs Coyne. Husband James McGinn disappeared after a late night carousal and was arrested this afternoon at Ebensburg Pennsylvania.
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Youngstown
James McGinn
New Castle
Hubbard
Martin Coyne
Insane man recovers after razor attack on wife near Genoa
Rev. Maurice Wilson, who severed his wife's head with a razor while quoting scripture, was found in nearby woods this morning. Exhausted and unfed since Saturday's crime, the eighty year old is deemed insane and will not be jailed.
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Genoa
Maurice Wilson
Brooklyn double tragedy ends in murder suicide
New York resident F Geobel shot and killed Annie Miller at her parents home in Brooklyn and then killed himself. No motive known. A note found on Geobel indicated the woman had important business to transact with him.
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New York
F. Geobel
Annie Miller
Brooklyn
Wife of local resident murdered in axe attack
STAMPS Ark Sept 9 The wife of John Harper a resident of this city has been murdered her slayer using an axe with which he dealt the woman two heavy blows while she was asleep Her head was almost severed from her body The woman's husband has disappeared.
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Stamps, Ark
John Harper
Woman Dies After Husband Denied Dress Money
In Minneapolis on September 9, Mrs. Louis Dahlstrom of 217 Twelfth Avenue swallowed carbolic acid after her husband refused to give $25 for a new dress. Physicians arrived but could not save her life, and she died three hours later.
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Minneapolis
Louis Dahlstrom
Twelfth Avenue
Jealousy Fells Man in Toledo Firearm Tragedy
In Toledo tonight Harry Heck a die maker shot Arthur E. B. T. Chapman at Mrs. Heck s home firing three bullets into his body. Hecks had been separated for six years and jealousy is the suspected motive for the fatal assault.
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Toledo
Harry Heck
Arthur EB. T. Chapman
Woman Who Killed Her Children Ends Her Life
Mrs Mollie Westrobe of Clayton Mississippi who murdered and burned her five children near Hazelhuret on June 16 died by suicide yesterday in Greenville by jumping into the river.
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Greenville
Miss
Mollie Westrobe
Clayton
Hazelhuret
A Boer Heroine in the Field Eighteen Months
London Daily News profiles Mrs De La Rey as a pivotal Boer woman who lived in the field for eighteen months. When Lord Methuen demanded she not lodge her husband, she refused and chose to travel with a wagon, insisting she would stand by her husband and endure the war alongside him.
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England
de la Rey
Methuen
Woman of the Boer War Heroism Escapes and Generosity
The article recounts Mrs. De La Rey evading pursuing forces with children and utensils, often moving or hiding in farmhouses while aiding General La Rey and nursing him. She later persuades her husband to release a captured foe, displaying notable strategic and humane acts amid war.
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Lord Methuen
British Lunacy Statistics Reported by London Mail
Government data show England and Wales with 110 712 notified lunatics on January 1, up 2 789 from last year. The report details occupational and social patterns, pauper versus private care, and causes such as temperance, heredity, and financial stress, with notable gender differences. It also cites institutional averages, mortality, and regional variations in confinements and diagnoses.
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London Mail
England and
Wales
Painter and machinist clash over painting at home
In New York there is a machinist strike when a homeowner hires a painter. The painter arrives and begins work on the ladder. The machinist climbs up and starts painting himself. The painter refuses to work with him, citing union rules, and the man resists, declaring no one will tell him what to do at his own house.
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New York Sun
The
Painters’ Union
Forest fires threaten Tillamook area residents and mills
Tillamook Oregon dispatch reports fires in the mountains near the city consuming millions of feet of valuable timber. The blaze grows fierce and residents flee to safety, seeking shelter as the fire endangers homes and livelihoods.
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Tillamock
Ore
Elty
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Glenn's Sulphur Soap Ad
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for teething diarrhea and stomach upset, claiming it calms infants and relieves pain. Also promotes Glenn's Sulphur Soap for skin ailments and hair care with exhortations to buy and trust the products.
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Glenn
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