More Rail Men May Join Strike Threat Looms
Chicago July 4 460000 railway shopmen strike growth threatens 800000 maintenance and clerical workers. Jewell meets with Grable and Fitzgerald defying the United States railroad labor board while railroads plan to warn workers about loss of seniority and pensions. Hooper warns Jewell that board protections may haunt his position as strikers reject board jurisdiction and call workers who fill jobs seab and strikebreakers.
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Chicago
E. F. Grable
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
E. H. Fitzgerald
Brotherhood of Railay
Jewell
United States Railroad Board
B. M. Jewell
United States Railroad Labor Board
Hooper
Transportation Act
United States Railway Labor Board
Labor Board
Husbands Charge Dismissed in Opera Star Case
Monterey binding July 4 report says Lloyd Glotzback chauffeur husband of Mme Mattenauer prima donna of the Metropolitan opera company faced an assault and battery charge but the case was dismissed by Judge Michaelis.
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Monterey
Cal
Lloyd Glotzback
Mme
Mattenauer
Metropolitan Opera Company
Michaelis
Knox College Ends Campaign For Second Endowment
Alumni associations across the county contributed to completing Knox college campaign for a second 1,000,000 endowment. The effort referenced the work of Galesburg and Knox NL on July 4 as part of the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
the Couny
Knox College
Qld Sivash
George Fitch
Frazier Defeats McCumber in North Dakota Primary
Washington dispatch reports North Dakota Senator Porter McCumber trails former Gov. Lynn Frazier in the Republican primary. Early city precincts favored McCumber by about five thousand, while rural districts were still unheard from. A telegram cited a potential twenty thousand plurality for Frazier, with 128 of 2,064 precincts counted all in cities.
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Washington
Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
Lynn Frazier
McCumber
Ladd
Frazier
Senate
Train Collision Kills Two Children Near Allegan Michigan
A northbound Michigan Central train struck an automobile near Allegan ten miles north of Kalamazoo. Two children, Bernice Wheatley five and Fern Hays four, died at once. Perden Haas four and Maxine Hays two were dying, a woman and two other children were seriously injured.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan Central
Allegan
Here
Bernice Wheatley
Perden Haas
Fern Hays
Maxine Hays
Envoy's Wife Ends Life In Paris Letter Cites Tired Of Life
Louise Gomez former Lafayette Indiana girl and wife of a Brazilian diplomat in Paris died by suicide by inhaling gas. A letter found described her as tired of life.
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Louise Gomez
Lafayette
Paris
Ind
Watermelons Sell at 70 Cents to 1 50 in New York
New York on July 4 reports Georgia growers receive 3 to 1744 cents per melon, while retail prices in the city range from 70 cents to 1.50. The state department of farms and markets released the statement.
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New York
Georgia
State Department of Farms and Markets
Boy Kills Farmer Stepson Held in Arkansas Killing
July 4 Leslie Arkansas Shade Blair a farmer near here was shot and killed. His stepson Ernest Morris fourteen years old is jailed charged with the crime. The boy admitted the shooting.
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Leslie
Ark
Market Report Washington July 3 Weekly crop and livestock prices
The week ending June shows Chicago hog prices up 5 to 2 cents, beef steers 15 to 20 cents higher, and cows and heifers mixed. June 30 prices list hogs top $11, steer and calf values, dairy butter near 36–38 cents, and cheese around 18–19 cents. Hay, feed, grain quotes, and stocker shipments from major markets are noted along with regional fruit and vegetable price shifts.
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Washington
Chicago
Timothy
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Minneapolis
Memphis
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Georgia
Florida
Tom Watson
North Carolina
Virginia
Onley
California
Cincinnati
Eastern Shore Cobblers
Collins Wins Dublin Battle
In Dublin's Four Courts fighting ends with Irish Free State forces capturing the building after a heavy assault. About 30 to 40 wounded, four officers injured, and 33 prisoners taken as rebels collapse amid mined walls and massed artillery. Sniping continues, and Dublin remains tense as cleanup begins.
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Dublin
Four Courts
Irish Provisional Government
Ernest O'Malley
Irish Free State
Roderick Oconnor
Liam Fellowes
Free State
J. Leonard
Marron
Murtagh
O'Tolle
Free Staters
O'Connor
Oscar Traynor
Mount Joy
Mrs. Ida Moore Small Buried in Kankakee
Mrs. Ida Moore Small died at her home after apoplexy and was buried in Mound Grove cemetery near Kankakee. Governor Small attended the simple Methodist service conducted by Rev. R. F. Eckley, dropping a white lily into the grave as officials and citizens gathered on the governor's lawn for the ceremonies.
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Kankakee
Ida Moore Small
Mound Grove
Governor Small
R. F. Eckley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Doctor's Widow Ends Life in Oak Park Home
Despondent over the death of her husband orthopedic doctor Dr. Wallace Blanchard Mrs. Galifen Blanchard of 164 North Ridge land avenue Oak Park shot and killed herself on the sun porch of her home in Chicago on July 4.
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Chicago
Wallace Blanchard
Galifen Blanchard
North Ridgeland Avenue
Oak Park
Vice Board Quits In Washington On July Fourth
The interdepartmental social hygiene board, created four years ago to lead a campaign to suppress vice and protect army and navy personnel, went out of existence Saturday in Washington.
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Washington
Bandit Killed in Bank Run. Guard Wounded in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia eight men attempted a hold up of Textile National bank runners in the northwest. One bandit is believed killed and two runners, plus a policeman, were slightly wounded in the ensuing pistol fight.
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Philadelphia
Textile National Bank
Strike Referendum Shows 10 to 1 in Detroit Vote
In Detroit Michigan on July 1 a poll reveals a 10 to 1 vote in favor of calling a nations strike by the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers. The outcome signals broad backing for industrial action within the rail labor union.
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Detroit
Mich
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Alfred Bettinger Dies in Cincinnati at 68
Alfred Bettinger, president of the Ohio National Life Insurance Co and longtime Cincinnati attorney, died at his home after a prolonged illness. He had practiced law in Cincinnati for 46 years and was 68 years old. The death occurred in Cincinnati on June 20.
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Alfred Bettinger
Cincinnati
Ohio National Life Insurance Company
West Branch
Victor Nelson
Birmingham
Fred Alter
Grosse Pointe
Pontiac
Marshall
Muskegon
Kalamazoo
W. O. Matthews
Grand Rapids
Henry Ward Beecher
Pal
Bay City
Egbert Sovereign
Michigan
Aladdin Company
Sault Ste. Marie
Oscar Lettergren
Botelof Norrberg
Manistique
Marquette
Louis Fead
Rochester
Helen
C. W. Melick
D. A. Brown
Child Dies After Teeth Extraction In Adrian
State news reports 4 year old Adrian resident Miller bled to death following extraction of two teeth. Other items note Saginaw TB clinics, Otsego bond vote defeat, Grand Rapids rescues and drownings, Port Huron tax bond plan, and rising northern tourism as summer arrivals increase.
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Adrian—Harold Edward Miller
George F. J. Miller
Finch Street
Otsego
Grand Rapids
Henry G. Tenckinck
Ada
Tenckinck
Paw Paw
Margaret Warner
Benton Harbor
Thomas Vallen
Hastings
Fred C. Brown
Orson Hagar
Fulton
Hugh Kennedy
Detroit
Theodore Henderson
Charlotte — Catherine
Fred J. Briggs
Kalamazoo
Port Huron
Kiwanis Club
City Manager Commission
Lansing
Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Soo Railroad Co
B. J. Grobaskie
George Matulski
William Petts
Frank L. Stewart
Flint
W. H. Holden
Springfield
Illnois Conference
Seventh Day Adventists
East Michigan Conference
R. M. Harrison
Tillie Barr
China
Escanaba
William H. Taylor
Ludington
Mich
Order of Eagles
Michigan
W. P. Vaught
Boyne City
Robert Graham
John Richter
Saginaw
Jimmy Lee
Lee
Frank Linkfield
Traverse City
Grand Traverse Bay
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U. S. Board
Federal Labor Board
Diva Freed
Knox
Gov. Frazier
U. S
Senator McCumber
Solon
Bureau of Markets and Crops
Collins
Rory O’connor
Len Small
Illinois
State News
William DeKleine
Walter Bruen
Robert
Grand River
Edward Bruen
Board of Supervisors
Big Rapids
Mary Cavanaugh
Mecosta County
Monroe
William J. Danz
Lee Smith
Calumet
Jacob Kratt
Kratt
Hecla
Battle Creek
N. C. Bradley
Mt. Clemens
S. Steeh & Co
James A. Farrell
Pittsburgh Steamship Co
Michigan Anti- Saloon League
Niles
Joe Miller
Dan Burns
E. J. Bennett
Wabash
Des Moines
Sturgis
South Dakota
Benton Harbor-St. Joe
Ypsilanti
George Kapsonris
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