Battle Creek Battle Over Unions Sparks Citizens' Stand
In Battle Creek Michigan a broad citizens movement forms to defend peace and labor rights from unions seen as threatening business. A Citizens' Association pledges fair wages and no forced union control while attracting manufacturers from other cities seeking protection against strikes, boycotts, and violence.
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United States
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Federations of Labor
Postum Co
C. W. Post
Postum
Labor Trust
Post
America
Wich
Mr. Post
Michigan
Citizens’ Association
Ass’n
Hos- Peng Ana Sreay
Pioy
Government Department of Commerce and Labor
Citi
Romance of Mary Lincoln Born of a Southern Family
A reflective piece recounts Mary Todd Lincoln’s Southern roots through the Todd family in Lexington Kentucky and Illinois, her marriage to Abraham Lincoln, and the public perception of her loyalty to the North. It notes Mary Todd’s education, temperament, and influence on Lincoln, her resilience amid tragedy, and details of their children and Robert Todd Lincoln’s later career.
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Mary Lincoln
Mary Tinenin
Senate
Lincoln
Mary Todd
Robert S. Todd
Lexington
Todds
Kentucky
Illinois
John Todd
Clark
Kaskaskia
Vincennes
Ilinois
Blue Licks
Mary
Springfield
Miss. Todd
Jilién
Gordon
Trench
Abraham Lincoln
Ill
Shea
Miss Todd
Adonis
Ann Rutledge
Miss Rutledge
Todd
Lincolns
Edward Baker
William Wallace
Thomas
Robert
Chicago
Edwards
Robert Todd Lincoln
Phillips Academy
Harvard
Robert Lincoln
Garfield
Arthur
The Brigadier and the Horses
The president reportedly said he would rather lose the brigadier than the horses after Gen. Stoughton was captured at Fairfax. He valued the horses, noting four cost $125 each and a better brigadier could be made in five minutes.
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Stoughton
Fairfax
Coe “Bor
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Otis
Jefferson
Warren
Bunker Hill
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