Organizers Split on Aggressive Union Policy at Manufacturer Convention
New Orleans reports the National Association of Manufacturers opened its annual session with D M Parry's harsh critique of organized labor. Delegates applauded him but did not vote on adopting his aggressive stance, signaling intense but unresolved sentiment. Parry condemned unions as a mob wielding force while praising reform in Chicago’s courts and law.
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New Orleans
National Association of Manufacturers
D. M. Parry
Parry
Association
Labor Union Report Highlights Growth and Reform
Mersiball Cushing reports more than 100 percent rise in union membership over the past year while Hamilton Carhatt notes improved treasury conditions. W Post criticizes labor violence and urges a new union model to curb excesses, organize local unions nationwide, and protect workers from coercive actions. Numerous resolutions address non union workers and union boycott support.
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Mersiball Cushing
Hamilton Carhatt
Michigan
Treasury
W. Post
Battle Creek
Mich
Vaid
Hibor
Novak Vindicated Alderman Receives $3000 Award
Chicago April 15 Alderman Edward J Novak is awarded 3000 dollars after a newspaper man suspended allegations. The verdict supports Novak against the press claims and affirms his public standing in city government.
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Chicago
Edward J. Novak
Population figures and vague notes on Lewis factory history
Fragmentary OCR mentions populations of towns and states and references the Lewis Single Minder factory legacy. It hints at historical population counts for Lewes and Nebraska regions, and notes about Peoria, Illinois, with unclear context and several garbled phrases.
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Lewes
Lawes
Nebraska
South Wy
Lewis Single Minder
Peoria
Thi
Graft Report In Kokomo Uses Salvation Army Faces
A sharpers’ ruse used four Salvation Army workers as shields during a night street graft in Kokomo Indiana April 1. The crowd donated during the singing then a man passed his hat for collection and vanished after suspicions rose about the stage.
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Kokomo
Tnd
Salvation Army
Detroit area woman found dead in Clinton River
Mount Clemens Michigan April 15. The body of Mrs. Robert Klagge of Guchen avenue aged 45 was found in the Clinton river. She was the eldest daughter of the late John Breitmeyer and twin sister of Albert Breitmeyer of Detroit. Her husband a florist. She rose at 3 AM to fetch a drink for a child and did not return to bed. Family began searching at 5 AM. She had suffered from nervous prostration.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Robert Klagge
Guchen Avenue
Clinton River
John Breitmeyer
Albert Brettmeyer
Detroit
Milwaukee Woman Attempts Suicide at City Hall
Mrs. Anna Fiedler leaped from the seventh floor of Milwaukee City Hall toward the rotunda in a 110 foot drop but was caught in time. Her son Edward Fiedler faced an attempted murder trial and was not convicted.
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Milwaukee
Anna Fiedler
City Hall
Edward Fielder
Missouri River Threatens New Omaha Bridge Piers
The Missouri River has risen steadily over several days and threatens to alter its course four miles above Omaha. The Omaha Bridge and Terminal Company is building piers for a new bridge with 100 laborers working since Sunday noon to prevent the river from eroding the pier foundation. The rise was earlier than expected.
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri
Omaha Bridge and Terminal Company
Attorneys attacked in Clinton liquor case incident
In Clinton Iowa on April 15 attorneys T W Reilly of Chicago and Julius Pingle of Clinton representing Mrs Julia Myatt were assaulted by three men while en route to dinner. Reilly was injured in the attack and the identity of the assailants remains unknown.
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Clinton, Ia
T. W. Reilly
Chicago
Julius Pingle
Clinton
Julia Myatt
Reilly
Dr Fenner Kidney and Backache Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure as a favorite prescription from a kidney specialist. It claims to purify blood, relieve backache and various urinary and systemic symptoms, and offers 60 cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
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Dr. Fenner
Court voids 20000 legacy for Utah church construction
A New York supreme court ruling nullifies a 20000 legacy left by the late Charlotte A Mount to Bishop Daniel Tutte of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Utah for erecting a church within its jurisdiction. The decision dismisses the bequest as invalid and unexecuted.
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New York
Juntlee Planchard
Supreme Court
Charlotte A. Mount
Daniel & Tutte
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Utah
Grigsby Former Partner of Col ALC Mathews Dies
Delos L. Grigsby died at his city home after a long career as a Republican politician and former law partner of Colonel ALC Mathews, who once served as comptroller of the currency and held a seat in the legislature.
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Man Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide in Indiana Home
Frank Hirsch of Erie Mississippi killed his wife after she objected to his homesickness for Indiana. The 35 year old couple were enroute to church with their 11 year old son when Hirsch shot his wife fatally and wounded the child. He then shot himself as a mob formed to lynch him.
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Frank Hirsch
Erie
Miss
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Chirch
Bey
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Flallett Kilbourn Dies in Washington at 72
Washington reports the death of Flallett Kilbourn once interior department chief clerk and noted Washington figure. He faced national attention for defying Congress by refusing to yield his firm books during a real estate investigation and later won £24 000 for false imprisonment. He also edited The National Republican and The Critic. Sibley Iowa dispatch notes W H Crisswan and Charles Dickerson captured after jail break at Estherville. five escapees total.
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Washington
Rochester, N. Y
Sibley
W. H. Crisswan
Charles Dickerson
Iona Dick
Estherville
Sanborn
Sherif
Emmett County
Desmond
Markets Report Chicago and surrounding grain notes
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show mixed gains across wheat corn oats and fats fats lard and hogs with May delivery leading at various punctuation. East Buffalo and St Louis markets also show activity in cattle hogs and lambs with mixed receipts and price ranges.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Texas
East Buffalo
N Y
Punninge & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
St. Lou Gratin
St. Louis
Pauly
Porto Rico Scandal Or Certain Washington Orders
Grand jury probes smuggling cases in San Juan involving navy officers and prominent figures. District Attorney says he received Justice Department instructions not to present information this term. Judge Holt insists jurors must pursue full inquiry despite directives. Testimony from December links a dozen officials and citizens to the smuggling charges.
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Porto Rico
United States Navy
Petting
Department of Justice
Washington
Richardo Amado
Holt
Tie
United States
Act
Thugs In Hard Luck In Multiple Cities
Amateur safecrackers broke into Tolbert lumber yard and Argo mills offices in Ann Arbor causing minor damage and stealing 55 cents. In Rockville Indiana Jesse Ond, 25, wounded by a revolver discharge that struck his friend’s arm. Boyd mortally injured. In Water Vliet Alfred Ewing jailed on suspicion of insanity after selling bogus land contracts. In Williams Bay the Mahanain Home and School of Interpretation opens, funded at about 20000 dollars.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Tolbert Lumber Yard
Argo Mills
Rockville
Ind
Jesse Ond
Ftlis
Clarence Owens
Ile
Boyd
Lewis Boyd
Traverse City
Alfred Ewing
Petosky
Detroit
Pontiac Asylum
Williams Bay
Wis
Mahanain
George Chainey
Tragedy in Chicago Sewer Claims Teen Drowning
John Derkert, a 14 year old resident of Chicago Heights, was drawn into a sewer by a strong current and drowned before aid arrived. He disappeared fifty feet may have been swept away.
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Chienne
John Derkert
Chicago Heights
SLEUTHS LACK THE PROOF
Chicago April. Attorney Mark C Altizer arrested during raids on alleged gambling enterprises was discharged. Detective Wooldridge requested a nomeuit and said he had no evidence against Altizer who is manager of the Chicago Crescent company at 0 Dearborn Street where stationery linked to Star Distributors union was seized. Cases against W J Groskhina and J K Gittings of Montana Mining Lawn and Investment Co at 225 Dearborn Street continued to April 21. Police expect to locate Jacot said to manage the convent tied to a lottery.
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Mark C. Altizer
Jim Ice Prindividle
Wooldridge
Altiver
Chicago Crescent Company
Dearborn Street
Star Distributors’ Union
W. J. Groskhina
J. K. Gittings
Montana Mining, Lawn and Investment Company
Jacot
Cooks and Waiters Strike at Kinsey’s Restaurant
In Chicago on April 1 about two hundred cooks and waiters walked out at Kinsey’s restaurant in protest against rations provided for garrisons of non-union workers housed at People’s Gas plants. Police escorted a ration wagon to the gas plant but cooks refused to supply any provisions. The strike began in the afternoon, sparing earlier patrons from delays.
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Chicago
Walters
Kinstey’s
People's Gas Company
Twenty-second Street
Center Avenue
Gift to Pope Leo from Roosevelt Entombs Washington to Roosevelt Volumes
President Roosevelt sends a gift to Pope Leo XIII for his jubilee through Cardinal Gibbons. The package includes ten bound volumes of all U S presidential messages and official documents from Washington to Roosevelt, with autograph letters from the president and Cardinal Gibbons.
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Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
Leo Nitl
United States
Washington
Cardinal Cibbons
New York
Naples
Liguria
Trust investigation on tobacco market control in Germany
A Merlin chamber of commerce report to the Prussian commerce minister outlines how the American Tobacco Trust allegedly cornered cigarette tobacco supply. It notes purchases in both producing markets and staple markets to cover demand, with higher prices for dearer grades and rebates used to expand the market presence. The piece cites ownership of George A. Jastatel’s factory and claims the trust aims to control the German cigarette market, while German industry prepares to oppose it.
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American Tobacco Company
Merlin Chamber of Commerce
Jerr Moeller
American Tobacco Trust
Mna Wkiful
Havana
Clerman
George A. Jastatel
Crowlen
Poison murder case linked to letter and confessions
In Omaha a letter by Frank B. Knight to Mrs. Lucy Stiles is used as circumstantial evidence in the case of Thalla Rose Knight allegedly poisoned by her husband. Police say Mrs. Stiles and her son Malvin Dusenberry confessed to crimes that could convict Knight if he is captured. Other items note deaths in Michigan City and Kenosha, plus Archie Roosevelt’s measles quarantine and Porto Rico police changes after fraud.
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Frank BK. Kaight
Lucy Stiles
Thalla Rose Knight
Knight
Columbus
Neb
Archie Roosevelt
White House
Tunt
Porto Rico
Mayaguez
Roosevelt Moves Camp Within Yellowstone Park Drills
In Cinnabar Montana on April 15 President Roosevelt shifts his camp from Black Rock to Slough Creek eighteen miles from Fort Yellowstone. He plans to stay several days at Slough Creek then proceed to Lake Yellowstone fifty miles away and remain until departure. The claim he is hunting lions is false.
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Michigan City
Ind
Michael Milearek
Joseph Milearek
Cinnabar
Mont
Roosevelt
Black Shake
Slough Creek
Fort Yellowstone
Lake Yellowstone
Park
Storm shuts central Wisconsin as snow drifts rise
Plainfield Wisconsin reports a heavy snowstorm with a high northeast wind drifting snow. About six inches of snow fell and the Colorado Midland railroad granted trainmen a wage increase of roughly twelve percent.
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Plainfield
Wis
Wisconsin
The
Colorado Midland Railroad
The Change of Life and Dr Pierce’s Medicines
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for the climacteric period in women. It claims to ease physical and mental distress, improve appetite, and aid sleep, with a testimonial from J. S. Carliste praising the medicines and offering refunds if unsatisfied.
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Pierce
J. S. Carliste, Esq
Manchester, Coffee Co
Tenn
Coffee County
Bedford Incident Leaves Officer Injured After Stabbing
An officer was stabbed and a suspect was shot during an incident in Bedford on April 15. Authorities say the attacker was restrained and treated, while the officer received non fatal injuries at the scene.
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Bedford, Ltd
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