Five Day Week Movement Ignites in Labor Circles
Four years after Henry Ford’s five day week launch, AFL leader William Green urges immediate establishment of the policy at a Boston convention. About one million workers are on shorter hours, mainly in New York New Jersey Illinois Pennsylvania Ohio Massachusetts California and Missouri. A young man favors a five day weekend while Abyssinia’s air force, led by Colonel Hubert Julian, grabs attention with sensational claims and rival intrigue.
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Road to Prosperity: Two Steps for Economic Recovery
Glenn Frank argues the path to prosperity rests on ending riotous saving and expanding real wages and leisure. He urges intelligent spending to thaw frozen buying power and leadership by business to raise incomes and reduce hours while maintaining profits.
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Catchings
United States
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Brownbecks and Frosts Clash Over Marriage in Clough Barre
In Clough Barre Pennsylvania the Brownbeck and Frost families clash as David Frost marries Fanny Freiburg. Mrs Frost resents Fanny’s status, while David pursues a separate home despite his mother’s wishes. Amelia supports Fanny as she navigates family pride and new marriage.
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Beauty by Mateel Howe Farnham excerpt shows family tension
The Frost family debates David and Fanny living with them as Mrs. Frost pursues control, Judson Brownbeck resists, and David’s raise is denied while he presses for clarity on his financial future. Emma unsettles plans as tensions rise over independence.
Steel worker conqueror of dizzy fear on high beam
A New York report portraits steel workers atop a 43 story building, balancing on narrow beams, joking with buckets of water, and trading pranks. It notes their rigor, fear rejection, and family lives while highlighting risk, discipline, and routine in the dangerous craft.
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0. C. McIntyre
New York
Hold Three In Robbery Of Velasco Bank
Three men were held in jail at Angleton after the Velasco State Bank robbery. A posse of 50 armed citizens halted suspects in the Brazos river bottoms near Velasco. About $3000 and several hundred dollars were recovered as loot. L. H. Skinner, assistant cashier, was beaten and bound during the robbery. One suspect was identified by Skinner.
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Velasco
Tex
Angleton
Velasco State Bank
Brazos River
John McKinney
L. H. Skinner
Skinner
Ancient Viking Rings Unearthed in Swedish Field
Ancient gold rings dating from the Viking era found in a field at Havor on Gotland in the Baltic Sea weigh about 550 grammes. The spiral-shaped pieces were used in a time before currency existed, according to United Press dispatch from Visby Sweden.
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Visby
Sweden
Havor
Gothland
Baltic Sea
David and Fanny Face Starvation Clash for Independence
David returns home with a new resolve as he tells Fanny they must live on $85 a month. He reveals he has fired himself after discovering he is not to receive a raise. The scene shifts to a tea gathering while a bridge club meets, hinting at looming financial strain and the couple’s struggle to gain independence.
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David
Fanny
Amelia
Marcel Howe Farnham
Jerry Muskrat Finds Hard Top on Smiling Pool
Stumpy Muskrat wakes with a bump on his nose and reports the Smiling Pool has a hard roof. He exits underwater to breathe, insisting the pool is capped, and asks how they will exit or eat. Jerry Muskrat reveals Jack Frost placed the top.
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Smiling Pool
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T. W. Burgess
Arizona Governor's Early Work Builds Capitol Ties
Governor John C. Phillips of Arizona is remembered for aiding the Capitol’s construction. In 1898 he arrived in Phoenix with no funds and worked as a carpenter's assistant on the territorial building before rising to political leadership.
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John Co. Phillips
Arizona
Territorial
Phoenix
Word Puzzle Clue List From Yesterday’s Grid
Yesterday’s puzzle shows a large horizontal and vertical clue set with definitions for secret leave fetid wine vessel wing like 1x male sheep tear etc plus a long postscript of related terms and an earlier answer line hinting at obstructions of streams and other items.
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