PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
Engineers’ Picnic
Was Huge Success
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THE EMPLOYER'S STRATEGIC
POSITION IN THE WORK OF
PREVENTION.
to the Unions and many members for | Blethen of the Time«. Appropriate
the aid given, Lon DeYarmond, Hurry floral pieces were sent to the funeral
Hale, C. M. Rynerson and (o m m is-,.
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sioner Will H. Daly, among others, t f “th
the T,me8 chapel and the
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having made this splendid list of i Union. He w as a national figure in
By Ben H. Williams, Statistican,
newspaper lines and was considered
sports and prizes possible.
prize, box of socks; second prize, pair
State Industrial Accident Com
MISS LETTIE RITTER,
a very fair and generous employer.
of
suspenders.
mission
JAY T. HADLEY,
No change in the local situation as
Egg Race for Ladies (open). First
P 0 . GALLUP,
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. prise, silk stockings; second prize, silk
Subcommittee
on
Sports
,ar
88 work is «>n«rned. The job
July
10
was
the
«!»>'•
T
he!
Kaiser
Wilhelm
and
the
only
thing
in
Jo instill into the minds of work- gloves.
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SutH‘a?
business is abnormally quiet.
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picnic was the event. Aboutj evidence to mar tne pleasure of the 1 men a realization of the hazards that ' Fat Men’s _ ____
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The trains will leave as announced,
Race . (not
less than 200
Spokane—
Trade
poor;
sent
four
jidrcl people uttended.
The return trip was tne jealousy of Kron ure annually reaping such a grim pound«,, fur members of Allied Trades from East Morrison and Water
I. „«.ph Kellogg carried auout
four Prince Frederick Kroll, who attempted i harvest amongst the ranks of the ?nlyi - Lind prize, union-made hat, streets, at 9 A. M., but the time of: men to country jobs during past
hundred and the overflow crowd was to steal the cross. He was not sue- j laboring class is the object of safety p ^ « e X x of d i a « ^ f f r a o L ’c ia a i deParture for Portland in the even - month. Campaign for keeping "Spo
L kl.„ rare of by the Undine.
cessful, however. No intervention was education. For this purpose the most Company.
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ing has been changed from 7:30, as kane printing in Spokane” is begin
Henson Park recently given to the I necessary, thus neutrality was pre- convenient unit is the individual
Nail-Driving Contest for Ladies stated on the tickets, to 6:30, as an- ning in earnest. J. J. Amiott and C,
,,f Portland by Mr. Benson was served.
plant. Each factory is, in a sense, J°Pen
h irst prize, cut-glass dish, by 1 nounced on the programme. While W. Garrison leave first of August to
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ted by the picnickers. The occas-
Program of Sports
: an industrial world unto itself. Each ” ar2. Hule: 8econd
leather this is but an hour earlier than the represent No. 193 at the Interna
l.inlii at
tional Typographical Union conven-
Boys race 12 to 16 handicap, 100 has its own organization and its own 50-yard Dash for Boys under 15 time first announced, it will make !°nl
Lion i will long be remembered by those
■
r
ng
as
a
most
pleasant
outing,
yds.
First
prize,
fountain
pei
won
by
:
peculiar
problems,
in
each
the
su-
(open).
First
prize,
catcher’s
glove;
two
hours'
difference
in
time
of
ar-
*°^
[gttl
-«a
,
Tacoma—Slightly improved.
J!(,n,on Park is a gem in the rough. Henry Reger.
, .perintendent
perintendent or manager, being the second prize, baseball bat.
~ rival in Portland, owing to the fact
In . park likes under the great cliffs! Men’s race, free for all 100 yds. power in control, occupies a strategic . **'*,rd
for G*T,?L*J*.r 15 that the «««rsion train would have, Walla Walla, Wash.—During June
| v , h b trouble Gordon and M ist, Prize, cash $3.00, won by B. H ii-een- position in the work of accident pre- ond prize, l>..x ,|,.rf Z<'andjir
8 S' ***" to follow a busy local at 7:30, where-' 26 members worked 498 days.
Wenatchee, Wash.—During June
haw-
vention. Upon his attitude depends
50-yard Race for Women (open to *8 at 6:30 it will be ahead of a |
10 members worked 224 days.
Girl's race, 12 or under, 50 yds. ; the success or failure of this work, women members, wives and daughters train, will have but one outbound
handicap. First prize, parasol won by
Many employers, realizing th is,' m.e n °P'y V. Eirst prize, silver train to pass, and will arrive in
Sara Byrne; second prize kupee, won have arisen to the occasion with good
«r .ULn^8 Union; sec- port,antj at g o’clock.
and business insight,
, by
- May Haselman.
- public spirit
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* « are looking for a big attend-
Boys’ race, 12 or under; 75 yds., and have organized safety campaigns, (open to members and families only), ance, and there will be plenty of the
handicap. First prize, roller skates, The evil social consequences and the Ladies prize, sewing set; gentlemen’s members of the different committees
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nriTA* hnv nf
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won by B. Thomas; second prize, waste in dollars and cents of indus- pr’,z5j? *\x
Ladies' Baseball Throwing Contest at the train to see that all who failed
pocket knife, won by O. Byrne.
trial accidents have been materially (open) First prize, p a l/o f "shoes,'by to
them during the week are pro-
Girls’ race, 12 to 16; 75 yds. First reduced.
C. H. Baker; second prize, box of vided with tickets.
prize, glove and handkerchief box, won ¡ At an Oregon mill, which is con- handkerchiefs.
A prompt start will assure early
by Bernice Bowe-s; second prize, sidered to be one of the safest in the
Married Women s Race. 10 yards airixal at the grounds. Come early
purse, won by Miss Mullholland.
Northwest, the management has m em lNrTSillyL^Firrt Trize^ porch
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th e
Ladies’ free for all, 16 and over, 75 taken the following steps to diffuse chair, by Powers Furniture Company;1
Northwest Trade ( onditions
yds. First prize, silk parasol, won by ! the safety spirit. Safety meetings second prize h,x of candy.
' The July report of the Northwest-
' PORTLAND teSAN FRANCISCO
Miss King; second prize, fern dish, are held about cnce a month. Prizes,
' *>ereotypers vs. Allied , ern Typographical Conference, under
Trades. Prize '.ox of cigars.
Meals
Rerth In rIU e d
date of July 21, gives the result
consisting of cash, watch fobs, “Boost
Potato Race foi Girls under
won by Christy Y'oung.
6«Deck. 24-Knot twin ahipa
Fat man’s race, 75~ yds.; limit tor for Safety” pencils, etc., are given to Years"(open*)'’ First prize, $i'*box t.f of the ,eferendum election increasing
“Great Northern** and
entry 200 lbs. Prize, sofa cushion, the men for praiseworthy effort, in,candy; second prize, 50-cent box of the 8alary of the secretary-treasurer, j
“Northern Pacific”
TUESDAY
won by O. Berg.
* accident prevention. A conspicuous, candy.
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Portland Union was the only local I
THURSDAY
100-yard Rare for Boys over 15 of size which had anywhere near a
Married ladies’ race, 50 yds. F irst: bulletin board, showing various pic-
SATURDAY
(apprentices
only).
First
prize,
fish-
representative
vote,
Seattle,
with
vote,
prize, electric, won by Mrs. Bucanan;1 tures and posters, is maintained. ing rod, by Mailers’ Union; second
Ktouner train Wave. North Bank
about 400 active members, recording
•t.tio n 9:30 A. M S. S. arrive.
' second prize, flower vase, won by Mrs. i Danger signs are placed in different prize, Ingersoll watch.
S. F . 3:30 P. M. next day.
WM. MACKENZIE
Horseshoe Pitching Contest for but 25 as voting. Result, 457 for,
1 Reger.
positions around the plant A Safety
Tickets—5th and Stark
Weiring the Iron Cross Presented to) xt n and thread race 75 vds Bulletin is published periodically. A iX ?aT 8
Pwo (card members only). 82 against.
h,„, by Commissioner Geo. Baker. > p ^ s h
won by Doiothy Bradeby j thorough inspection has been made
S al’y; X°n"d !
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ALLIED TRADES PICNIC
SAN FRANCISCO
N ew W ay-
W $8.00
- 1 and - G.
- - C. - Dirk.
- -
Fills, the latter so named because, its
I by a force of mechanics, and modern I prize, two $2.50 union-label hats, by lP° rtg which has been adopted it is
liters never reach the lower levels,) Engineers race, 75 yds. First prize, safeguards have been installed at Oregonian Chapel; third prize, pipes,:difficult to know whether work has
by Charles Van Gian and C. B. T a y -, been good in a town or not. For ex-
but are blown to mist by the ever stock and dies; won by U. Etchel; every possible danger point. And
,or-
,
.
'ample, the secretary in Aberdeen,
pttent breezes, which do extra duty second prize, packing tool, won by the result is that the accident rate
Race for Girl« and Boys under t Wo«,u
tkot q i
has
been
reduced
in
a
striking
man-
(special
added
event,
by
request
of
^ ash;’ «-eports that 21 men worked
m cooling the atmosphere so that it is Ernest Mayler.
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Miss Dais? Daly). First prize, box of '’a'’ days. There is no means of
always pleasant even in the warmest
Engineers’ shoe race. First
____ . prize, . ner-
knowing whether this includes all
weather. The engineers’ picnic is a set of Trimo wrenches, won by A.
For tke Purpose of gaining a candy; second prize, box of candy.
A
guessing
contest
will
be
in
prog-
printers in Aberdeen or only those
real family affair and the seventh Porter; second prize 14 inch f . non hearty co-operation many employers res* throughout the day. Prize choice without
8teady work.
was the most successful of their an- wnmeh, won by S. Symons.
of the Northwest have placed work- of fine barometer, lorgnette, auto gog- !
x .
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, ,
gles or $8 merchandise order, by lx»n
The reP°rt ls summarized as fol-
nual outings.
Engineers over 40; 60 yds. Prize |
this work. In the past the workman ! DeYarmond of the Wheeler Optical i lows:
Dancing on the boat was indulged hack saw, won by Frank Akers
has been slow to report dangerous Company. All who hold excursion
Bremerton, Wash,—State of trade
in bv the younger folks. The music
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tickets arc eligible to enter this con- : poor.
was furnished by Burchard’s orches- CIGARMAKERS ELECT OFFICERS ; machinery or methods for fear of test, but will be required to register
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1 losing his job. The new movement and give number of ticket.
I EaR‘‘n<>. O re-T ra d e poor; two
The outing was in charge of the
l:-:t
At the
last regular
meeting
o f . takes
in a as s a a u part
of i
The Labor Press is giving a suitably reiu’xrs working part time,
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m a c s the
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w u r n m a n in
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I o, owmg coinmi
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Kimball Cigarmakers Local Union No. 202, the ■ the inspection force and encourages engraved gavel to the union having
pverett, Wash.—State of trade bet-
|K:ng, rretl Kroll, C. M.
ing officers
, » ' follow
following
officers were
were elected
elected for
for the
the k*»-.
him to criticise dangerous conditions. the largest proportionate attendance, ter. Work is improving in Everett.
thur Porter, A. E. Ehenger, Frank Urm endjng December 31> xpjg. Preg.
to be determined by subsequent re The city directory is in and ads are
The following description of the du ports of secretaries.
kers, Jasper Pederson, Wm. Me- ¡dent Ray John8ton; vice-Pres., M.
ties of the safety committee in a cer
No one person will be permitted to on the increase
kenzie, J. P. Byrne, Andy Kermode. Q Kaufman; Fjnancn Secretary- WI1
New Westminster, B. C.—Very
tain Washington sawmill may be win more than two prizes,
h«t the committee left nothing un- treasurer, Theo Hirgch; recording taken a . typical.
Events not marked “open” are re- quiet,
ne to make the picm
secretary, S. Martin Kaplin; sergeant-, The committee consists of three i strlcted to members “ of i t the
T ' various
’ ““ uub
North Yakima.—During June 12
WPn by the happy crowd who en- at.armBi ±
Finance com.
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' Allied Printing Trades Unions.
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men selected by the management. The
“Open” contests are for all who n,embers worked 252 days,
|j»ye<l every minute of the time.
mlttee, H. O. Muehler, A. W. Jones,
members are a mechanic, a yard hold Allied Printing Trades Council
Olympia, Wash.—State of trade
Those present were; F. Kroll, G.
Millcr Trustees, L. A. Helbock, foreman and a watchman.
They (Special excursion tickets.
normal.
|Baker, W. McKenzie and others.
AJex
Ogcar 01son Delegates keep c. watchful eye over the work . Cash donations were made by nearly
Salem, Ore,—State of trade fair;
Commissioner Baker promised the tQ Central
(>>„„<.¡1, F. J. Stack,
and from their observations and from
8ti"
better ? ime8 ah*ad’
lengineers that a year hence the park A w Joneg Delegate to Labor Tem-
suggestions offered by other employes vide prizes in events for whwh there
The Seattle correspondent mentions
kill be improved to such an extent p,e Aftgociation( s . M Kaplin.
¡they make recommendations to the were no donations. Thanks*are due the death of Colonel Alden J.
Ithat it will be second to none in the
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■country. Mr. Baker decorated Me-
Don’t knock. If your mouth needs |
“ a^lnal re*
lasting to safety which show the dan- judicial position thus created a law- WANT TO HELP A GOOD CAUSE?
iKenzie with an iron cross sent by exercise, chew gum.
gers of the work and the results of ' yer who had served in a subordinate
accidents. In short, they do every- capacity on the legal staff of the cor-
Salem, Ore., July 15, 1915. To the
thing possible to eliminate accidents poration. With this lawyer as judge, t People of OreR°n: During the year
i and promote proper sanitary condi- even then it was found necessary to ) 1914 the people of OreS°n 8Pent ’ 145>’
tions. The chairman estimates that pa, k the jury in order to obtain con- O00-000 for 333,600 text-books for
(Continued from Page 1.)
¡the number of accidents have been re- viction for murder.
grade schools.
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“In the trial of Lawson the honor |
Ualifornia for the fiscal year July
Itock over the trouble of spending our money and saying where it should be ment of this committee.
and integrity of the United States ju -! ’ ’
to June 30, 1913. 476,241 books
These are instances in which em di. .ary is absolutely on trial.”
| (pent.
were
by the State Printing
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! Office of that state at a cost, includ
This road was not built through public demand or need; no accounting ployers have attacked the accident
ing royalties, of $106,037.00.
lof how much it cost per yard, per bridge, per foot, or per mile has ever been problem with modern methods and
REGULATING CHILD LABOR
Italic. All we know is that we poured several hundred thousand dollars in the have successfully reduced the acci
Reduced to single units, this means
The new child labor law,, for Iowa, ¡ that text-books Jf all kinds cost the
dent rate. So far little of this work
llaps of these gentlemen, and they gave us a road.
If somebody will give me a million dollars, ask no questions, request no ! ba® been done in the Northwest out- pussed by the last legislature, is now peOp|e of Oregon an average of 43
accounting, retrain from prying into prices, or contracts, or other embarass-I s*^e oi the state of Washington. It in effect. Department stores, business cents plus, while Californians paid an
mg matters pertaining thereto I’ll contract to make quite a coi side rabie is to be hoped that Oregon employers offices, telegraph companies, laundries average of only 22 cents plus.
.bowing myself.
w{11 h « * » to do their part and, by and factories will have to eliminate I , n
apd tW> f<>r
From its inception the workers on the j’ob have not had a square deal. ■ e adoption of these efficient meth- ¡labor by children under 14. Mines can-1consj¿era^¡on of
“Made in Ore-
ist year scores of complaints were made to me personally from workers ’'d8' r^ uce the cost of compensation not employ boys under 16.
Girls
Fosters, all the Oregon money
tho had suffered the conditions imposed on them by the county’s contractors, and aid in t*le conae»’vation of hu- under 21 cannot be employed at work excepf F ,( gnian percentage allowed
man life.
which requires them continuously on
|>n.l this year the million dollars is going the same way.
local '• a iv.,, went to eastern people.
their feet. Eight hours is the limit
The contractors get fat; the paving monopolies do right well; the auto-
In California all the manufacturing
Imobile club gets its bridges and highway paved; several volunteer philanthro- " D I LI) JAIL ROCKERh ELLERS for children under 16. Boys between
cost remained at home.
Ipiits secure wads of free advertising, and the worker gets a dollar a day for
..jf the next Congress reuresents the
a"d * u m** u'’J*
8tre^ trade8
By the use of devices and methods
Ihiiiirtim.
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represents ini but must have a badge from the super-
|6uilding the road.
people of the United States, its first ¡n(„nHPnt of sehools
of printing that have come into vogue
During the recent campaign for good roads the main fact impressed
on act wj|| bg to c^te before it John D.
since the California plant was in
|thr mutt worker was that this million and a quarter would go for labor; to Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, jr.,
stalled, it is believed that Oregon can
RAILROADS
VIOLATE
LAW
|vote bonds was to vote prosperity.
and Mackenzie King, their tool. And
produce as fine or a finer grade of
How much prosperity has arrived because ol the money being so freely ¡f these men continue to defy the Na-
Officers of the Brotherhood of books at even less cost than Califor-
ppent? Montague and Reilly are prosperous; they have a nice fat contract tion they should be indicted for crime Trainmen have asked officials of thejnia.
J o fix up some of the road; they offer to the men who do the actual work on against the government and sent to State of Iowa to start legal proceed-1 To further this idea. Capital Typo-
I’he mad, not on the public, $2 a day; they force the workers to live and board jail.”
ings against the following railroads; graphical Union No. 210 has appointed
tamp and they charge from $4.50 up a week for board. Take out hospital
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the Minneapolis «& St. Louis; Chicago, a co m m itteeto “startthebairról1¡ng ’'
ftrs. and the other usual grafts on the sucker who worfts with his hands and commission on industrial relations, Milwaukee & St. Paul; Chicago <£• This committee asks the co-opera-
|)ou have along about a dollar a day for the fellow who builds the highway,
made this declaration before several Northwestern and the Great Western, tion of individuals and organizations
The Warren Construction Co. gets the cream of the work at its own price, thousand men and women at a mass It is charged that the first three do jn launching a campaign to this end.
and is pajd for the use of a pretty name; other contractors, lest they create meeting called to protest the trial and not use tsandard caboose on freight
All persons and societies interested
disturbance, are given their share of the huge sum; the mone- is spent conviction of John R. l^wson.
trains and that the latter road violaes are urged to communicate with the
*h-.. it win do the most good for the joy riders, the interested property
The demand that me Rockefellers ,hp bealight law passed in 1907.
committee, giving suggestions as to
I owners, the holders of outside acreage, and the large fellows generally who and their pre8i: agent be jailed was
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the form of organization for the cam
P- taxes by proxy; the average taxpayer gets a neat receipt for his donation, made in connection with the refusal
NONUNION MINERS STRIKE
paign, and the plan to be pursued in
and the man who does the work and "supports” a family gets about a dollar of these men to answer certain aues
accomplishing
the desired results.
Eight hundred miners employed by
a day.
M
Address L. E. Gotshall, Secretary
Labor profitg about as much from this million dollar jack pot as the
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2 ^ ® ” th? the Continental Coal company at Pine-
™nL"i8^°" ° n indu8trial rplati°n« at ville> Ky ( are on gtrike for „ , 0 p,,,. Text-Book Committee, Capital Hotel,
»Vi i-age poor SUcker in the crooked poker game; it gets a chance to ante up j Washington
wage increase. These
1 fiese mines Salem, Oregon.
and 1 aw cards and “see” a tax raise, and the dealer takes the pot.
“The case of Lawson is the case of cent w-age
have operated on the non-union basis, 1
'■ is my fond hope, without present indication of realization, that some the mine operators and the mine work-
STATE TEXT BOOKS
•>»} the people of this county will get sense enough, care enough for their ¡erR,” continued the speaker. “The Col- but the first thing the workers did
after walking out was to hold a mass i
"wi pockets and contents, to refuse to vote ANY BONDS so long as the oru)|o Fuel and Iron Company, which
State officials say California has
banking clique, the paving gang, the realty sharks and some lackey politician j ohn D. Rockefeller rules through his meeting at the court house and make saved $257,1100 in one year by print
application to join the United Mine
sPen<! the money.
son, and of which Lamont M 3ow ers,,
ing its own school text books, which |
Workers’ union.
Under the present system there is no more chance of the tax payers | chairman of the executive committee,
is one-half the cost charged by east
ern manufacturers.
(tting their money’s worth or the worker getting a living wage from the i was local representative on the
TEAMSTERS RAISE
’f* nditure of public money, than there is for The First National bank to yay , ground, controls Colorado industrially
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taxes, or the iAtdtf estate to sell a parcel of ground, say to and politically. Realizing they could
Coal dealers of Galesburg, 111., have
STATE UNIONISTS TO MEET
' 'ibrary association, for within ten per cent of its actual value.
j not secure the conviction of the miners signed an agreement which calls for
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Officers of the Massachusetts state
Un Columbia Highway has cost the public twice what it should; it has . in any other
way, they had a bill 62*-! cents an hour for drivers. Tlit r
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a -
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teneration
of labor have issued the
r benefitted the mass who paid for it and never will, and the last place p-ssed in the legislature creating a union s recognized and these workers __n r-_
in n-
v
v rate than
,
:<al1
thirtieth
annual conven-
regon for a white man to hunt a job is in a highway camp.
new judicial district; and j .v
the newiy say a they
now v have a v.
higher
tjon ior
t<J thp he|d
at New
.
W you ever wake up ?
elected governor appointed to the new j any city in Illinois outside of Chicago. g jnnjng Monday September 20 ’
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Fresh and Salt Meats, Sausages,
Fish and Poultry
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