Chicago Meat Packers Hit By Early Strike Action
About 700 beef cutters at Chicago stock yards walked out ahead of the general strike call among 49,600 workers in nine main meat-packing centers. Police prepared for possible violence, keeping half the force in reserve as authorities anticipated no disorder at departure. Packers had offered arbitration but workers quit, impacting Armour & Co. as some firms halted all work.
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Chicago
O'Neil
Stock Yards
Armour & Co
Strike Shuts Down Kansas City Meat Plants
Eight thousand meat cutters and butchers from six major plants in Kansas City walk out in response to President Donnelly's order. The walkout suspends operations across Armour, Swift, Cudahy, Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, Fowler, and Ruddy Brothers, affecting 12,800 workers. Men began leaving during the morning and at noon, most securing tools and returning home without unrest.
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Kanscas City
Kansas City
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen's Union
Donnelly
Armour
Swift
Cudahy
Schwarzschild & Sulzerber
Fowler
Ruddy Brothers
Massive strikes hit South St. Joseph and South Omaha packing firms
More than 6000 workers at Swift Morris and Hammond packing plants in South St. Joseph went on strike, closing facilities. About 700 yard workers also walked out as orders were issued by packing houses cleanup crews ended work before leaving. In Omaha, 4000 employees at Armour Swift Cadaby and Omaha Packing halted operations after a union order, affecting nearly all packing house workers.
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South St. Joseph
St. Joseph
Swift & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Hammond Prcking Co
Packing Trades Council
Stock Yards Company
Jehoshaphat Reform and the Lord's Courageous Deal
A 1904 Sunday Bible School lesson analyzes Jehoshaphat's reign, reforms, and prophetic rebukes. It notes he set judges and Levites, warned leaders to fear the Lord, and sought heartfelt reform beyond outward actions. The study links the king's courage to divine presence, urging continued faith and decisive reform.
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J. M. Edson
Chron
Jehoshaphat
Judah
Jerusalem
Jehu
Hanant
Beersheba
Mount Ephraim
Fathers of
Israel
Jerusalm
Amariah
Zebadiah
Ishmael
House of Judah
Judea
HBOS
Tuboshapay
Jeu
Ahab
Moab
Ammon
Elijah
Jeszona
Baagha
Tehoram
Jesus
Not Under Control and Electric Tales From the World
A collage of brief observations and anecdotes from old newspapers. It notes the dangers of a life not under control, electric usage in India for elephant catching and lighting, a family scene about Kitty’s schooling, a German aluminum alloy vestadium claim, dog temperaments in the Far North, prison work parables, and a Detroit Free Press quip about engagement rumors. It closes with the centenary of gas lighting in 1798.
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Sho
Mre
Detroit Free Press
India
Dialogues on vegetarianism and a New York judge
The Nashville Banner relays a feature inspired by the New York Evening Post about a Washington riot attributed to a Supreme Court justice. A dinner with a distinguished ex senator’s family turns on vegetarianism versus carnivora strength as a hostess quips about rabbits. Elihu Root, back in New York law life, jokes with an office boy about names and clerks, ending with a visitor seeking Elihu amid light office banter.
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Supreme Court
Washington
New York Evening Post
Justice
Elihu Root
Dracice of Law
New York City
Mr. Root
Mr. Reilly
Jimie
Mr. Lantz
Saved Child's Life in Sedgwick Arkansas July 11
W B Taylor reports his son suffered dropsy last September with swollen feet and limbs. After doctors failed, Dodd's Kidney Pills were given—three daily for eight days then eleven more for a total of thirty-five. Swelling vanished and the child recovered to row, dance and sing, no longer bedridden.
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Sedgwick
Ark
Taylor
Dodd
Way to the Top Comic Cuts Exchange on Gildi Boy
In Comic Cuts a playful exchange ponders a boy named Gildi and the secret of his rise. A joke hinges on a girl who spends a thousand a year on her dresser, with the punchline that he married her dressmaker.
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Slap
Gildiboy
Wealth Grows From Small Early Bets and Quips
Anecdotes and ad blurbs poke fun at wealth, cures, and bragging. A conversation riffs on Jig ging Europe cures while highlighting Dr Swellman prescribing trips.ancies cite pill ads from Allen's Foot Remedies and Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer, along with testimonials from Philadelphia and Milwaukee papers.
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South Omualm
Neb
Omaha
South Omaha
Armour, Swift, Cadaby
Omaha Packing. Co
Vail
Amalgamated Meat’ Cutters and Butchers’ Union
the Sunday Bible School
Mr. Highbones
Miss Billings
Kitty
Labrador
Kamehatka
Pelaon
Sage
Sing Sing
Texas
N. Y
Puck
Clarinda
Sampson
Kirby
Detroit
Bill
Detroit Journal
William Murdoch
Mister
New York
Western Steam
ST. Louis
Heaton
Peruana
Candy Cathartic
LSAT
Addrene Sterling Remedy Co
Southern Foundry CO
Gwensboro
Kentucky
Allen
Aciress
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
Cornell
F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Piso
Clark and
Liberty Streets
Warren
Auto-Machine CO
Bt.Louis
Paxtine
Mars
Boston
R. Paxton CO
Pope Bidg
Soston
Mass
Gem City Business ‘College
Tto
San Adept
D. L. Musselman
Prest
Gem City Business College
Quincy
Iliz
Piwzgerald & CO
Box KH
Washington, D.C
TG. Wing
Dover P
Ets
A.n.hl
ADVE
Carrie Thommtone
Genesee Ee
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