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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1914
Page
5
The page lists baseball results from the American and National Leagues, including Philadelphia beating Chicago and St. Louis beating Boston, plus other league results. It then catalogs a series of lodge and fraternal group notices with meeting times, locations, and officers across various orders such as I O C F Royal Arch Masons Knights of Pythias and Woodmen.
The wage dispute between enginemen and western railroads moved to federal mediation after talks failed on July 16 1914. Ninety eight railroads including lines west of Chicago and the Illinois Central were affected with about 45 000 workers. The engineers seek pay and overtime increases tied to rising living costs while railroads argue alleged financial impracticality and oppose a ten to eight hour shift for overtime computation. The federal mediation board began sessions on July 21 in Chicago with leaders Warren Stone and W S Carter opposing and urging arbitration.
Georgia lawmakers await final passage as Representative Herman C. Shuptrine ends delay on the permissive kindergarten bill. Counties may vote on adding kindergarten to public schools and admit pupils as young as four. Miss Carol Oppenheimer of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs applauds. Senate session adjourned without action on other measures, including abolition of the fee system and the Quartermaster General’s position.
Metropolitan Life announces a group accident and health plan for workers covering nonworking hours. Blanket policies to employers and individual certificates to employees with four hazard classes and age-based rates. Benefits after 13 weeks or 7 days, full benefits 26 weeks, then stepped benefits up to age 65. Premiums paid by employers, death benefits in 12 monthly installments. Plan targets worker disability at roughly cost, not profit, not competing with other policies.
In Tokio the Tokiwaki machine known as Tokio’s Tammany was crushed after a three day election. The reformers captured 54 of 75 assembly seats and ousted leader Morikubo, forming the Municipal Government Club. They aim to contest the National Diet amid restrictive suffrage rules and staged voting procedures.
A Texas man tells of his wife’s long bowel illness being cured after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He purchased a 25 cent bottle and later a second, claiming complete recovery. Sold by all dealers.
The London stock exchange closed until further notice as the committe e cited a breakdown in credit and shrinking margins caused by continental stock influx. August settlements are postponed to August 27 with others deferred. delievered stocks must be paid for. Bank of England discount rate rose to 8 percent amid gold outflow fears. Copenhagen reports a bank rate rise to 6 percent tomorrow.
A vintage advertisement warns about disease from mosquitoes and other pests breeding in trash and damp places. It promotes Sloan’s Liniment as an antiseptic for bites and cuts, and Foley’s Honey and Tar compound for nighttime cough relief. The ad urges purchase from a local druggist with a money back guarantee.
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