Sioux City Interstate Fair expands with exhibits and sights
Sioux City hosts a larger Interstate Fair with expanded educational displays on crops and livestock, expert lectures, and new health and baby care efforts. New hotel capacity, rebuilt exhibition halls, and daily vaudeville and racing programs aim to attract thousands. Special train service and motor car use expected to boost attendance.
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Sioux City
Big Central
Interstate
Jay's
Wiil
Ron
New York Hippodrome
Sioux
Delega
Northwestern
Norther
Burlington
Omaha
Ali
Theag Linea
Regina
Apedal
South
Dakota
Amd
Herbert A. Kine
Real Horolam to Live in Quiet Routine
Fragmentary text speaks of living well in a quiet routine with God guiding daily duties and small joys. It hints at cheerful perseverance amid duties and avocations, suggesting the heart's steadfast path and following work.
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Ito
Fragmented dialogue on money and loyalty in a domestic scene
A fragment shows a wife scolding a partner about money and loyalty. He denies financial motivation, while she retorts in sharp, accusatory terms. The exchange hints at financial strain and relationship tension without full context.
Life of Americans in the Isthmus in a colonial tone
The piece surveys American life in the Panama Canal Zone with focus on customs, domestic work, markets, and social clubs. It notes adaptation to tropics, shifts in leisure like wrestling and baseball, the role of Jamaican maids, ant infestations, and the YMCA as a key factor in building the canal. It closes with reflections on social tensions, pull in promotions, and likely return to the United States after the canal’s completion.
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Jn & Foreign Land
Tropics
Commissary Department
Colon
Panama
United States
American Sanitary Department
Jett
Jamaica
Blanche
Marm
Tivoli Club
Washington Cotillon Club
Chris Uan Association
Bull
Tivoli Hotel
Ancon
Washington Hotel
Isthmus
Wacn
M.C .A
Billlard
Mega
Cristobal
Panama Railroad Company
States
Lincoln on the Rights of Labor
A historical excerpt presents Abraham Lincoln praising worker freedom and the right to quit work, advocating a system where laborers have a chance to improve their condition. It emphasizes opposition to laws preventing wealth, a nonviolent stance toward capital, and personal experience as a hired laborer.
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Letad-Man
Ito
Labor Unions and their Achievements Highlighted
An older labor movement article discusses reforms won by unions including shorter hours, safer conditions, and child and women labor protections. It argues the core success lies in shifting public opinion and improving wages and welfare, while urging continued effort for dignity and stronger labor standards.
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Labor
Henry Sterling
Jos Chapple
Emall
Massachusetts
Labor Day hopes for fuller equality through labor
The passage advocates broader opportunity and fuller products of workers labor. It argues for equal opportunity and celebrates labor and its gains, hoping for a future when those who do not labor benefit from labor's fruits.
First Parade In 1882 Knights Of Labor Inaugurates Labor Day
The article notes the Knights of Labor in New York inaugurated Labor Day in 1882 as a celebration of the day for Americans. It discusses competing claims to the holiday’s origin and cites authorities who cite the Knights of Labor as the initial force behind the national observance. It mentions the lack of a single great event marking history and the debate over who started the holiday.
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Knights of Labor of New York
Knights of Labor
New York
Labor Day Origin Traced From New York Parade to Nationwide Holiday
The piece traces Labor Day's rise from New York City parades in 1882 to a nationwide movement. It notes Colorado first granted executive approval on March 15, 1887, followed by New Jersey and New York, with Pennsylvania adopting the holiday before 1889 as a legal date. By then all states except Arizona, Mississippi, North Dakota and Louisiana had laws recognizing the first Monday in September.
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Emmity
New York
Ysara
Isbor
American Federation of Labor
Colorado
Firat
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Mississippi
North Dakota
Louisiana
Prince of Monaco to Visit America
Prince Albert of Monaco plans a visit to the United States in September while continuing to run Monte Carlo’s gambling monopoly. He denies gambling is his focus, describing himself as a scientist and oceanography student who recently hosted the International Zoological Congress. His income stems from the Monte Carlo rental under Mons. Blanc, amid a turbulent matrimonial history with multiple annulments and no subsequent marriages.
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Albert
Monaco
Monte Carlo
State Department
Washington
United States Party
Europe
Prince Albert
New York
Ite
International Zoological Congress
Nevertheleas
Mons. Blanc
Albert Ja
Grimaldi
Mary Douglas Hamilton
Wassilo Fastetice
Duc de Richelieu
Oil King Charles Page Patron Saint Of Oklahoma
Charles Page a leading Oklahoma oil magnate funds and oversees a large philanthropic effort. He plans to expand his charity to aid more helpless children, using 6 000 acres near Tulsa to run a Sand Springs park with deaconess and attendants. Daily shuttles transport city children to and from the park for care all summer.
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Charles Page
Oklahoma Oil Millonal
Mr. Page
Colorado
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Sand Springs
John Lind Named Mexican Mediator in Peace Efforts
Former Minnesota Governor John Lind is sent by the Wilson administration to Mexico as personal representative and adviser to mediate between opposing factions. Secretary Bryan announced Lind's selection, noting he may discuss peace restoration with Mexican authorities. Lind, a lawyer and former congressman, was expected to be succeeded by John Lamb of Indiana.
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Wilson
Mexico
John, Lin
Minnesota
Lind
Bryan
John Lind
Milnegota
Washington
John B. Lamb
Indiana
Henry Lane Wilson
Congress
Manuel Calero for Mexican presidency amid crisis in Washington
Manuel Calero, a veteran Mexican diplomat and former ambassador to the United States, is favored as Victoriano Huerta’s successor. Described as resolute, experienced, and of strong character, he stands at five feet seven inches yet commands attention with his poise and English fluency.
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Manuel Calero
United States
Madero
Wa Sver
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mexiging
Victoriano Huerti
Washington
Agure
Mexico
Calero
Porfirio Diaz
Rio Grande
Calera
Aras
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Anduaive
Para
Lincoln
Ib Newspaper
Ekeloh
Prince OF Monaco
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