Strikes End and Factories Reopen Across Several States
Reports list multiple labor and industry updates including East St Louis strike resolution, South Shore & Atlantic workers returning in West Superior Wisconsin, Northern Pacific resuming most lines, Diamond Plate Glass Works Kokomo and Elwood increasing forces, Milwaukee shops reopening, East Liverpool strikeoffs, and dockmen at Gladstone Michigan declaring off with coal iron ore and flour shipments resuming. additional notes cover accidents, personnel shifts, and local society items.
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East St. Louis
South Shore & Atlantic Railroad
West Superior
Wisconsin
Northern Pacific
Cour d'Alene
Diamond Plate Glass
Kokomo
Elwood
Ind
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Milwaukee
East Liverpool
Ohio
Lewis
4Th
United States Cavalry
Kames
Tacoma
Washington
Gladstone
Michigan
Kokomo Canning Co
Great Western Pottery Works
Bonaparte Fails to Top Mt. Pleasant in Local Clash
Mt. Pleasant beat Bonaparte 14 to 6 in a recent game, an eye witness notes about 500 dollars of Bonaparte money circulating in Mt. Pleasant as plans for a rematch against Ottumwa loom. The public is invited to share news and notices for upcoming items and community updates.
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Happy Throng
News Daily
Bonaparte
Mt. Pleasant
Ottumwa
Misses Career Through The Years In A Playful Verse
A playful verse from the Kansas City Times traces a girl’s desires from bonbons at four to alimony at twenty two, contrasting childhood wishes with adult needs and a big twenty wedding. The light verse comments on changing social expectations and marriage.
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Rich
Tony
Kansas City Times
Citizens' Meeting on Jackson Organ Co. Proposal
Citizens of Washington will meet this evening at Smouse's Hall to act on the Jackson Organ Co. proposition and hear a report from the stock soliciting committee. Henry Knecht, now at Crail's store, offers custom pants from 4 50 to 12 and suits from 17 to 35.
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Citizens of Washington
Smouse
At & O
Jackson Organ Co
Henry Knecht
Crail
Yellow board out front to dodge bread carrier burden
A notice suggests securing a yellow board to hang before a wagon to avoid carrying bread home from the bake shop. It mentions special orders for Cream and Large Cakes delivered and signs W. M. THOMPSON.
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W. M. Thompson
A Good Definition, St Paul Globe
A scab is defined as a man who works and earns a living when others claim he should loaf and rely on charity. The modern idea labels such a worker as an offender against the collective, stirring debate about labor and responsibility.
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St. Paul Globe
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement claims cure
The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It states the remedy works internally on blood and mucus surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation and strengthen the patient, with a $100 reward for any uncured case. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio, and sales through druggists at 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Bargains in Farms and City Property Offer Quick Possession
Readable listings advertise 40 to 50 per acre prairie farms with improvements and spring possession, plus a modern 8 room house with two lots for 1600. Also offered are small farms for trade toward Washington property and a residence near the square for exchange.
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Washington
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Mount & Patterson
J. J. Manners
First National Bank
West Side Bakery
PortisMouth
Eng
Solent
Sioux City
Frank Matthews
West Union
Farmersburg
Fritz Elfert
Charlie Engel
Elfert
W. G. Manners
J. B. Crooks
Geo. Blair
Mrs. Blair
Jessie Smouse
Mamie Shearer
Dickson
Ralph Dougherty
Lombardo
E. N. Foster
Johson
Waterloo
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
al Property
B. F. Dixon
P. O
R. J. Fleming
South Side
Washington, Ia
Windsor Grocer
Asey & Whittaker
Thomas
Citizens’ Meeting
N. H
Chicago
Milchrist
Debs
Howard
Kelcher
Rogers
EK. E. Thomas
Win
Harvey & Warfel’s
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