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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
7
A sale features cut glass gifts including bowls priced from 7 to 14 dollars and pitchers from 4 to 15 dollars. Cream and sugars range 5 to 7 dollars, vases 2 to 10 dollars, plus various odd single pieces of cut glass gifts.
Christmas gift ad lists toilet ware items including rings watches and various utensils. Prices shown for singles spoons forks and serving pieces with ranges from 1.00 to 20 dollars. Displays broad catalog of plated pieces and children's cup priced around one dollar.
Pittsburgh December 15. Labor leaders from the United States and Canada declare war on the United States Steel corporation after a two day conference led by Samuel Gompers. A resolution calls for support of striking iron steel and tinplate workers and appeals for contributions to aid the labor action.
The publisher of Tolstoi's book The Kingdom of God Is Within Us was sentenced in St. Petersburg to one year in a fortress.
Henry Brolaski of Monrovia testifies before a subcommittee in support of the Burkett bill to ban transmission of racetrack betting odds by telegraph or telephone. He details pool rooms and book makers, argues the public loses, and urges federal law to stop such transmissions and mailing of racetrack results.
Thirty switch men and trainmen who had been out on a strike with the switchmen returned to work in St Paul on December 13.
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