Ruling on Western firemen salary boost awaited Nov 20
Chicago reports 30000 firemen on western railroads await an arbitration board decision on a proposed $1 daily raise. After 55 rail systems refused the union request, a federal board heard arguments in Chicago and will reconvene in Denver to issue a ruling. Cars, costs, and wage comparisons dominated testimony as carriers claim funds and rates cannot support higher pay while firemen cite promotion limits and living standards.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Association of Western Railroads
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Denver
Donald RH. Richberg
Union
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Comission
West
Baum Foils Car Theft Plot Near Second Street
M G Baum of 1455 Second Street West foiled an attempted car theft when he summoned police after confronting three unidentified youths. Sgt P E Walker and Driver Roy Colvin searched the area but found no trace of the suspects. An anonymous Minneapolis patron later sent a $1 bill to a hotel proprietor to atone for stealing a towel years earlier.
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M. G Baum
Second Street West
Baum
P. BE. Walker
Roy Colvin
Teese
Minneapolis (Minn
Seven Dog Team Sets Out From St Paul Toward West Coast
B Chamberlain of DePau Cantana arrives in Waterloo with a seven dog team bound for San Francisco. The Triple X team will travel about 50 miles daily, averaging seven miles an hour for ten hours, on a four wheeled cart. The journey is sponsored by Fawcett Publishing Co. and aims to showcase Eskimo transport methods.
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St. Paul
West Coast
B. Chamberlain
de Pau
Canada
Northwest
Waterloo
San Francisco
Chamberlain
New York
Germany
Tuk
Tony
Cub
Jeader
Fawcett Publishing Co
Robinsdale, Minn
Christmas Seal Sale Opens Today in Iowa
The twentieth anniversary Christmas car sale opens today in every county and runs until near Christmas. The Iowa tuberculosis association has distributed 25,000,000 seals to be sold in cities towns and school districts by public health societies social service leagues farm bureaus federations of women’s clubs parent teacher organizations schools and other groups.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Federations of
Daniel Webster Flour Sale List From Local Market
A local market advertises a wide assortment of flours and dry goods including Guernsey Cream Flour Puritan and Omar 49 lb sacks, Pure Buckwheat 10 lb, Pure Graham 5 lb, Navy beans, alfalfa hay, sorghum, dried buttermilk, salt, scratch grains, gray shorts, bran and corn meal. Also notes sodium fluoride.
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Daniel Webster
Guernsey
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B.ofl. F
Western Lines
M. G. Baum
Coibs
BAYER
Bayer Manufactura
Monomcetica
RY A
Welly
K. Fossler
Win
Deerfoot
Waverly
Tows
Wire
Dad
Mother
Sister
Brother
Georgette
Priscilla
Xmas Club
West Fourth St
Coxwell
America
Our Frice
Wangler’s Drug Store
East Fourth Street
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