Striking Chicago Packers Brace for Hard-Knuckled Stand
Seven non-union men badly beaten and a union man killed prompt Chief ONeill to seize control at the stock yards as Teamsters quit work. Chicago shuddered under a sweeping sympathy strike with 7000 replacements rushed in, leaving slaughterhouses short of labor and the packers pressing for a settlement under employer dictation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief O'Neill
Chicago
International Teamsters’ Union
Chiccago
Packinghouse Teamsters
Wie
Toheval
Phe Sanien Primatum
Yeaterday
Ki Anyed
Stocl
Ud ‘Randi
Rae
Ricci Mae
John
Stokes
Segroes
Poltea
Herrison
Police “Department
Notice on Free Simultaneous Insertion for Marriage and Death Notices
Notice states that marriage and death notices from That Washington Post will, upon application, appear simultaneously and at no extra charge in multiple morning newspapers including The New York Times The Baltimore Herald The Boston Globe The Buffalo Courier The Cincinnati Enquirer The Chicago Record-Herald The Philadelphia Public Ledger The Pittsburg Dispatch The Providence Journal The Rochester Herald The St Louis Republic The Syracuse Post Standard The St Paul Pioneer Press The Cleveland Plain Dealer and others.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Baltimore Herald
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST. Louis Republic
Syracuse Fast-Standard
ST. Falll Pioneer Press
Nneapolis Tribune
Sleveland Plain Dealer
Licensed to Marry and Obituary Notices from 1904
A list of marriage licenses including names in Virginia and nearby states followed by obituary notices for Bannister, Barker, Champlin, McGuire, and Payne. Details include residence towns Chatham Portsmouth Richmond Lynchburg Fauquier and addresses and funeral times through July 1904.
Health Office Record Deaths July 26 1904
Health office record of deaths reported through July 26 1904 includes Frank Anderson Freedmen's Hospital 2 years Richard E B Banister 3 months Amanda Bell 65 years Jona Benson Freedmen's Hospital 25 years John Brooks Garfeld D C 9 months Sarah Brehner 65 years James A Burke 27 years Shermad Dabney 4 months Harriet Dandridge 85 years Wilfred F Garner 18 months Ray Gain 2 days James H Grant 1 year Infant of Ethel Hofer Prov Hosp 1 day Amanda L Hunter 1 year Elle T Johnson 2 years Walter Jordan 1 month Allen Joynes Children's Hospital Abraham Lee Emergency Hospital 54 years Donald Lomax 2 months Lettie Robinson 6 months Helen Simmons 1 day Magarett Simmons 65 years Ernstine Strauss Garfield Hospital 38 years Annie Taylor Wash Asyl Hospital 25 years Filzenbeth Weiler Govt Hosp Insane 6 years Richard C Williams Gov Hosp Insane 42 years.
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Frank Anderson
Freedmen'’s Hospital
Richard EB. Banister
Sth St
Amanda Bell
Florida Ave
Jona Benson
Freedmen's Hospital
John 3. Brooks
Garfeld
D. C
Sarah &. Brehner
Corcoran St
James A. Burke
St. Aw
Shermad Dabney
Uulon
Harriet Dandridge
19Th St
Wilfred F. Garner
Ray Gain
James H. Grant
Ethel Hofer
Amanda L. Hunter
Elle T. Johnson
Walter Jordan
N. J. Ave. Se
Allen“Joynes
Children’s Hospital
Abraham’ Lee
Donald Lomax
St. Se
Lettie Robinson
Helen J. Simmons
Loris St. Ne
Menthe
Magarett Simmons
11Th St. Aw
Ernstine Strauss
Garfield Hospital
Annie Taylor
Wash. Asyl
Filzenbeth Weiler
Govt
Hosp
Richard C. Wiliams
Gov
Hos
Local Funeral Home Spotlight in Washington DC
Fragments list multiple funeral directors in Washington with varying claims of first-class service and moderate prices. Names include W. R. Speare Joseph Gawler R. F. Harvey's Sons John R. Wrig ht William Lee George P. Zarhorst and others with addresses on F Street NW and Fourteenth Street NW.
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Joseph Gawler
Main
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
John R. Wricht
Getaest An Regeremg
ORNL
Ign
J. William Lee
Aza Embsimes
Lavery
Senin Aye
George P. Zarhorst
Riots and shootings as stockyard strike erupts
A violent strike at Chicago stockyards drew in 2000 people and armed police. Strikers clashed with strikebreakers, a guard was hit by a revolver shot, and several arrests followed amid chaos at Halsted street viaduct and surrounding yards. A barber was beaten near the stockyards while a peddler’s fruit wagon was looted.
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John Mulloy
Halsted Street
Bergan
Doody
Stockyards
Mulloy
Swift & Co
Wood
West Forty-third
Strikers and Packing Plant Sit-Ins Spark City Tension
Reports from St Joseph and New York describe workers walking out and picketing amid a spreading strike. Union leaders say nonpercentage of workers remain, while plants demand protection from police as managers pledge continued operation. Organizers anticipate broader actions in sympathy with Western unions.
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St. Joseph
Houber
Col Anthony Dying in Leavenworth Kansas
Col D R Anthony editor of the Leavenworth Times and brother of Susan B Anthony is dying at his home in Leavenworth Kansas. He is eighty and has long been a leading figure in Kansas history, fighting in the Civil War and taking part in early border warfare. He established the Times in 187 and has guided the paper’s management.
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Leavenworth
Kans
D. R. Anthony
Kansas
Susan B. Anthony
Puffregist
Anthony
Leavenworth Times
the Times
Col Anthony
Mrs George Crocker Dead In Newport Home
Newport July 36 Mrs George Crocker of New York and San Francisco died at the family summer home after a prolonged illness. The end came with her husband and three children at the bedside. Funeral to be held tomorrow. She was Emma Rutherford before marriage and sailed for France last February for health reasons.
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Newport
R. LC
George Crocker
New York
San Francisco
Crocker
Emma Rutherford
San Franciisco
France
Sinking of Knight Commander Sparks International Debate
Reports from London indicate the Knight Commander sinking off Japan prompted Cabinet discussion. Russia may claim contraband to justify the act, while Britain seeks full facts before approaching Moscow. The incident fuels tensions over neutral shipping rules and prize law amid wartime strains.
Propriety of denouncing Paris declaration and wartime property claims
Mr Balfour said he could not hold out any hope that Great Britain would use recent events to inflame other powers. Reports from St Petersburg in July note confusion over orders relating to the sinking of a British steamer Knight Commander and the right of warships to sink contraband ships under a neutral flag when circumstances are dangerous.
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Tan Ee
Andar
Wheaton
Néttkal
Russia
Ana
Ades
Great Britain
Lord Lansdowne
Japan
Foreign Office
Count Benckendorff
Beere' Lanedowns
Ruasten
Am“bassador
Associated Press
United ,States
Britain
Penckendorfz
Grest
Brital
Paris
Balfour
Petersburg
Knight Comander
Ruakid
Tral
Pathers
Unclear OCR fragment on shipping and wartime crews
Fragmentary text mentions a steamer arriving with a crew captured in the Red Sea and references to Russian commanders and Suez events. The garbled OCR yields no coherent report, making a reliable summary impossible from readable facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Techists
Eluded Russian warships in Yokohama escape
Reports from Yokohama claim the British steamer St Hubert evaded Russian warships and arrived with a cargo of nitrate from Tarapaca. The vessel, bound for manufacture of powder, sent shipments onward via transshipment along the Chilean coast.
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Nelsee
Hubert
Yokohama
Blondutu
Warshipa
St. . Hubert
Chile
Chilean
Calchas Steamer Captured Near Vladivostok
Telegram from Hongkong reports the Calchas steamship, belonging to American owners, seized by a squadron near Vladivostok. Details describe a prize taken, with references to Brittan, Veseet, and Americar cargo. The fragmentary dispatch notes destruction or delzation efforts and frontline actions by the vonok squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
Argo
Hongkong
Bufo and X Lead Unclear Item in Fragmented Note
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Bufo and X with symbols and partial letters, offering few readable facts. No dates, places, or clear actions are present, leaving interpretation uncertain amid sparse identifiers.
Fragmented Neutrality Proclamation Discussion From War Era Notices
An unreadable OCR fragment hints at a July discussion of a Neutrality Proclamation and wartime commerce. It mentions United States arms restrictions, mercantile activity, and a German steamer voyage to New York, with vague reference to government stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten
York
Nierich
Sram
Y York
SERIES OF RUBSIAH DEFEATS AND BATTLE REPORTS
Series of excerpts describe Japanese and Russian forces at Phchan Pass and surrounding sectors. Japanese batteries engage, Russian positions hold then retire under pressure. Eye witness accounts note entrenched outposts, artillery duels, and massed infantry actions near Taichi and Galmatese with both sides sustaining casualties.
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Phan
A. Brasin
Mlautalatung
Fang-Cheng
Sikgeyan
Golumn
Hershe
Gerate
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Charles W. Leonard
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West 1Zlst Street
London
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Edward,usband
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Twelfth Street
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N. C
Anna Chapman
Joseph D. McGuire
Washington
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Priscila R
W. T. Payne
James #ntwisle
Alexandria
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
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N. W
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Homer D. Cail
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the Butchers
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Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
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Richmond College
Atudente
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A. BN. A
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John Bly
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Canoe Trenithe Fui
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