Striking Switchmen Cripple Rail Freight Across Twin Cities
Twin Cities Duluth and Superior face widespread disruption as 12,000 workers idle and freight flows halt. Rail managers plan to hire replacements while unions promise no objections. Mills in Minneapolis warn 3,500 jobs may vanish and allied trades face layoffs if the strike endures.
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St. Paul
Twin Cities
Duluth
Superior
Northwest
Hawley
The
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Minneapolis
Graft Trial Probes Sugar Dock Fraud at Williamsburg
New York December 2 The government presses fraud charges against six former American Sugar Refining employees in a case alleging underweights at Williamsburg docks. Customs inspector David Fragner testified that two trucks per minute crossed the scales with each half ton short by thirteen pounds, paid for by the company to evad e duties. Andrew Mallen testified that James I Bendernagel, former cashier, paid cash to customs officers in uniform.
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New York
Williamsburg
American Sugar Refining Company
David Fragner
Checker
Fragner
Andrew Mallen
James I. Bendernagel
Sugar Company
Suffragists Aid Strikers In New York Mass Meeting
The Political Equality League led by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont will support the striking shirt waist operators. The group offers the Hippodrome for a Sunday mass meeting with labor leaders and strike leaders to speak, linking suffrage aims with industrial action.
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New York
Political Equality League
O. H. P. Belmont
Miners Ignored Fire After Blast in Cherry Ill Mine
Witnesses at the coroner's jury investigating the St. Paul mine disaster testified that workers remained at their posts inside the burning Cherry mine for about a half hour after the fire was found. The fire was detected at 1 30, but second vein workers were not informed until after 2. A witness said coal was sent to the surface, with a car seen two hours after the first alarm, corroborated by another.
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Cherry
St. Paul
David Wright
Margaret Troyer
William Mills
Christmas Sale at The Fair Draws Crowds
Local merchants invite shoppers to The Fair with a festive display and promises of plenty of gift ideas. Come and see seasonal specials and holiday decorations featured at the event.
Governor Stubbs Snubbed by Topeka Club Banquet
In Topeka Kansas on December 2 the Topeka club elected by its board refused to entertain Governor Stubbs at a banquet to Chief Justice Johnston hosted by Del Valentine. Stubbs, a former member, withdrew after the club declined to abolish its liquor locker system.
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Topeka
Kan
Governor Stubbs
Johnston
del Valentine
Supreme Court
Stubbs
The Dressing Table A Routine for Nail Care and Whitening Paste
Instructions describe nail care steps from soaking tips to shaping filing and polishing. It covers tools including orange wood sticks emery board scissors and buffers and advises weekly manicures and a nightly whitening paste using raw egg yolk almond oil benzoin rose water and a glove treatment for whitening and refining nails. The paste is stored cold in a covered jar and gloves should have air holes.
Des Moines River Flood Reaches Record November Height
Des Moines River floods near Algona Iowa. River out of banks and at a standstill. If more snow or rain comes, water may rise further. Highest level in November in over forty years.
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Des Moines
Algona
Grain and Provisions Market Slips Amid Freight Tie Up
Chicago reports weakness in grains and provisions due to northwest freight tie ups from a switchmen strike. Wheat futures for December and May fall to around 1.05 and 1.0514, with oats steady and corn easing. Live stock prices also ease as cattle Hog and sheep receipts press lower, with average bids around 5 to 8 dollars for cattle and 4.75 to 7.75 for lambs and sheep.
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Chicaco
Chicago
South Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts
South Omaha reports December 1 cattle receipts at 5000 with steady values: native steers 4.00 to 8.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.00, western steers 3.50 to 6.25, stockers 2.85 to 5.25, calves 3.50 to 7.09, bulls 2.75 to 4.50. Hogs receipts 4800 down 5 to 10 cents. heavy 8.00 to 8.07, mixed 8.00 to 8.05, light 7.90 to 8.05, pigs 6.50 to 7.50, bulk 8.00 to 8.05. Sheep receipts 1100 with yearlings 5.40 to 6.40, ewes 4.00 to 5.40, ewes 4.75 to 4.40, lambs 6.75 to 7.65.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Poultry Show Absent This Year Judge Scoring 800 Birds
The community misses a poultry show as lack of a secretary and manager halts planning. Judge A. J. Shanklin will score about 800 birds over three days, starting with Mrs. John Griffith and Mrs. George Hayes's chicks and continuing with Partridge Wyandotts and Brown Leghorns. The public may bring birds to John Jay yards tomorrow for scoring.
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A. J. Shanklin
John Griffith
George Hayes
Griffith
Hayes
Plymouth Rocks
Shanklin
John Jay
Jay
Joe Wright
George Reister
R. I. Reds
W. H. Riley
Crawfordsville
W. Wyands
P. Rocks
Jacob Gerig
Noble
Col. Wyands
Harold McElwain
B. Rocks
Clayton Neiswanger
Nate Jones
Pneumonia treatment praised by Dr. Smith in Sanders
Dr. W J Smith of Sanders Alabama recommends Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for pneumonia and lung treatment. He cites successful results in numerous cases and personal use by himself and his wife. Sold by F L Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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W. J. Smith
Sanders
Ala
F. L. Stolte
Lemmon
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Old advertisement promises a one day cure for a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Each box bears FE W. Grove signature and costs 25 cents.
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FE. W. Grove
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W. A. White
Mrs. Belmont
J.D. Dayton
Westaal and Washington Co
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Marbourg & Helwick’s
Washington
Topeka Club
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