Labor Day celebration at Jack Hall's Ranch in Amarillo
Labor Day festivities drew a large working crowd to Jack Hall's Ranch Amarillo with speeches contests games fishing swimming and dancing. The event showcased unionists and business leaders while plans for Al G Barnes circus and the Tri State fair were promoted for September. FE Turner and Fowler noted union activity and Peter J McGuire highlighted the origin of Labor Day in 1882 with the federal holiday designation by Congress.
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Jack Hall
Amarillo
al G. Barnes Circus
Southwest
The
Painters Union
Hall's Ranch
FE. M. Turner
Peter J. McGuire
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Carpenters Union No. 8
American Federation of Labor
New York Central Labor Union
Milton F. Hobbs
District of Columbia Building Trades Council
Congress
Dignity of Work and Labor Holiday Notes
A broad meditation on holidays and work ethic cites state variances in recognizing Labor Day and recalls notable figures from Edison to the Wright brothers. It discusses how labor history links to modern employer worker relations and cites a local Friday dances organizer Joe Norman.
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Edison
Harry Firestone
Wright Brothers
First Air Navigators
Sears and Roebuck
Jesus Christ
Joe Norman
Painters’ Hall
Joe
Panhandle
Hills Bros Patent Roast Process Promises Uniform Flavor
Hills Bros introduces a patented controlled roasting method that roasts coffee evenly in small increments to prevent under or over roasting. The process uses automatic heat control for uniform flavor and bags the coffee in vacuum cans to keep it fresh, with Hills Bros Coffee Inc based in Kansas City Missouri.
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Hills Bros
Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc
Kansas City
Missouri
Autocrats of Tea Table at Belvedere Castle Warsaw
Two famed Europeans sit at a tea table in Belvedere Castle Warsaw. Marshal Pilsudski stands as premier and builder of post war Poland, while his guest Prince Nicholas from Romania sits beside him, brother of prodigal King Carol.
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Marshal Pilsudski
Poland
Prince Nicholas
Romania
Carol
Belvedere Castle
Warsaw
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