Labor notes and union developments across the nation
The American Federation of Labor endorses the label of the American Society of Equity. In Lethbridge Canada about 1,000 union members exist from a 4,000 population. The Woman's Suffrage League of New York seeks labor support for political equality. Several states have a ten hour day for women. Global union membership is around 4,000,000, up from last year. Samuel R. Donnelly travels to Panama to study canal labor conditions. A labor paper project at San Juan Puerto Rico advances with 10 affiliated agencies. About 120 potters’ representatives will meet in Atlantic City for the 18th convention of the Nation Brotherhood of Operative Potters. Massachusetts contemplates a state industrial college in Boston with day and evening classes. The term strike appears in 1765 London Chronicle. Gas workers union reports show most jurisdictions active. Boot and Shoe Workers’ International Union cites dues and a union stamp as strike insurance. A nationwide labor newspaper syndicate is organized for major cities. Paty Heaton plans a September 1 start focusing on conservative labor policies versus radical shifts.
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American Federation of Labor
American Society of Equity
Lethbridge
Canada
Woman's Suffrage League of
New York City
Louisiana
Connecticut
Nebraska
Indiana
Rhode Island
Washington
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Oregon
Usues
Samuel R. Donnelly
New York
Board of Arbitration of the
Building Trades Council
Panana
Canal Zour
San Juan
Porto Ricu
United States
Atlantic City
Nation Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Boston
London Chronicle
Gas Workers’ Union
San Francisco
San Jose
Oakland
Sacramento
Sre
Boot and Shoe Workers' International Union
Labor
Philadelphia
Chicago
St Louis
Denver
San Froncisco
Paty Heaton
Mergin
Half a Ship for One Man on the Mongolia
British millionaire J G Goold traveled in luxury aboard the Mongolia, occupying multiple suites and keeping to himself. Mrs Nicholas Longworth returned from the Orient with a full suite, while Wu Ting-Fang's wife arrived in grand Chinese attire with a six-person retinue. The party was escorted to the Fairmount Hotel and scheduled to depart for Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Franciscu Cor
New York Sun
Mongolia
J. G Goold
Nicholas Longworth
Orient
Gould
Vancouver
Wu Ting-Fang
Fairmount Hotel
Washington
Dr Shoop’s Night Cure advertised to women
An old advertisement promotes Dr Shoop’s Night Cure and Night Pure suppositories as direct remedies for female weakness. It claims a free “Book No 4 for Women” with useful hints and offers mailing from Racine Wisconsin. The doctor invites confidential questions and notes the product is sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Indoor baseball thrills Athens crowd with close 12 to 3 win
Indoor baseball between the Business Men's Class at the YMCA gym drew strong interest from players and spectators. Captain Jester's team rallied in the final inning to win 12 to 3 after a fast, evenly matched contest.
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Smithy
Arnold
Mantiller Hondurantis Bas
Rowland
Mississippi Travelers Meet in Meridian First Annual Convention
Meridian Mississippi hosts the Mississippi Travelers Association for its first annual convention presided by the president and vice president. Attendees show growth of the group, lawmakers plan to adopt a constitution and elect officers. A remedy touted is Dr Shoop Restorative claimed to lift nerves, energy, digestion and liver and kidney function, with H R Palmer & Sons advertising.
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Meridian
Miss
The
Mississippi Travelers’ Assciation Twain
Anbdoleder
Debenares
Offic
Association
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Man’s aim in life mocked as poor at rowed event
A garbled OCR note mentions a man tied to a poor aim and a reference to Enterprise in an unclear context. No clear names, dates, or places could be confirmed from the readable text.
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Rean Vont
Enterprise
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Saves Sore Foot Says Tom Moore
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga reports a bad sore on his instep healed after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He bought less than half of a 25 cent box and achieved a perfect cure. Sold under guarantee at W. J Smith & Bro H R Palmer & Sons drug stores.
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Tom Moore
Cochran
Bucklen
W. J Smith & Bro
H. R. P.lmer & Sons Drug Stores
Sooty chicks hatch in Pennsylvania roundhouse toll
In the Pennsylvania repair shops at Alles pheny a workman left two hundred eggs in an abandoned tool box in the roundhouse. Steam pipes raised the temperature to 1.3 degrees and soot covered the eggs. Three weeks later fourteen chicks hatched, followed by a second clutch of twenty. All hatchlings are deaf, with a third hatch in preparation.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Allespheny
Round House
Health Coffee imitating real brew by Dr Shoop
Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin introduces Health Coffee a substitute made from toasted grains malt and nuts claiming it fools experts who might mistake it for real coffee. No lengthy boiling required with a one minute preparation sold by G H Williamson.
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Shoop
Racine
Wis
Short Notes of Interest From Athens Vendors and Services
A mixed listing notes offerings from Our Drug Company with pharmacists and delivery, Georgia Loan Co. on easy loans, reinforced concrete work by A J Gary, peaches from S J Tribble near Athens at 15 cents a basket, W A Weatherly Grocery Co. successor to E G Whitehead & Co., Athens, excursion Athens to Tallulah Falls June 19 round trip $1.50, two rooms for rent at 245 Washington and 134 State Street, fire insurance inquiry to J C Jester, one 5-room house on Boulevard for sale by W M Crane, three gypsy camp wagons for rent by Klein & Martin, sweet milk tickets at D L Peacock, board for a couple with child, two furnished rooms on 199 Dougherty Street.
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Athens
Tallulah Palls
Palmer's Drug Store
Danger in Delay Kidney Disease Warns Athens Residents
An Athens public health warning urges prompt kidney care citing Doan's Kidney Pills as a proven remedy. A local testimonial from J D Garrison of 372 S Thomas St describes long standing backache nighttime urination and kidney pain alleviated after using Doan's Pills. The advertisement notes 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co as U S agents.
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Athens
Bright
Dean
J. D .Garrison
S. Thomas
Doan
Palmer & Sons
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Waiter Misreads Time as Train Pulls Away
A traveler asks if he has twenty minutes to wait or to eight. The waiter from Nather, Or replies that he has twenty minutes to ate and that is all he has left, as the train has just departed.
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Everybody's Magazine
Opportunity to Get Fine Western Farms
Washington June 26 A number of exceptional government offered opportunities for enterprising and intelligent farmers to secure choice farms on irrigated projects nearing completion Located in North Dakota Montana Wyoming and Nevada The West will see a large influx of homeseekers in 1908 with fertile lands favorable terms and near full entry by year end Write The Statistician Reclamation Service Washington D C for full details on location soil climate crops and disposal terms
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Washington, D. C
West
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Nevada
P. S. Reclamation Service
River Crossing and Other Brain Teasers in Baltimore Sun
Three puzzles test logic and math. A river crossing limits weights 200 and 100 pounds with a 225 pound boat. A counterfeit bill trick yields a loss calculation. A frog, in a 12.5 inch deep, 14 inch wide hole, must jump across a 200 by 10 foot field with 22 foot jumps to escape.
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Baltimore Sun
Smith
Jones
Johnson
Brown
Cman
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for Piles
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve recommended for piles. Get DeWitts from all druggists.
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DeWitt
DeWitts
Uncle Remus July issue features Georgia writers and vivid illustrations
The July Uncle Remus magazine is a cover to cover read with art by Robert J. Dean reflecting the Fourth of July spirit. Editor Joel Chandler Harris contributes an editorial In the Matter of Belief, plus dialect verse, poetry from Frank L. Stanton and Robert Loveman, and pieces by Isma Dooly Curran R. Greenley Chas Loomis Will Harden Reina Melcher Don Marquis and John C Reed. The issue covers regional topics from Georgia mountain folk to Reconstruction and Ku Klux Klan politics. It is richly illustrated throughout.
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Uncle Remus
Atlanta
Robert J. Dean
Dean
Joel Chandler Harris
Mr. Harris
Frank L. Stanton
Robert Loveman
Georgia
Isma Dooly
North
Curran R. Greenley
Kentucky
Chas
Rattell Loomis
New York
Will N. Harden
Gilbert Neal
Reina Melcher
Don Marquis
Tom Watson
John C. Reed
Ku Klux Klan
Paid in Full draws crowds across cities for long run
Wagenhals and Kemper's star production of Paid in Full continues across New York Chicago and perhaps London. Annie Russell reports readiness for a London engagement while Rene Walter resists the critic's verdict and remains in demand. The grand opera houses and Coliseum theater seat about fifteen thousand patrons nightly, with plans for multiple company tours next season and unprecedented local enthusiasm despite mixed reviews.
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Annie Russell
Maine Woots
Wagenhals
Kemper
Emma
Rene Walter
London
Chicago
William Howard Taft
Grand Opera House
Peacock Egg Legal Quandary Entertains Paris and Washington
A Paris jeweler recounts a tale from Washington Star about a dinner chat with an eminent lawyer. The joke centers on a peacock that laid an egg in a neighbor's garden and who owns it. The lawyer admits no precedent exists for such a case, sparking humorous legal banter on ownership and prevention.
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Pierre Cartier
Washington Star
Washington
Paris
Overflowing ice-box plagues Detroit kitchen woes
A Detroit Free Press verse laments the nightly task of dumping an overflowing ice-box pail. The speaker plants and tends a garden by day while at night the ice box floods, provoking neighborly ire and summer quarrels. The piece mixes domestic chores with comic frustration and recurring interruptions.
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Detriot Free Press
Pointed Paragraphs From A Chicago News
A quirky collection of observing lines on wealth luck and social behavior. It pokes fun at gloating millionaires and the idea of chaperoning a poodle while noting planning as vacation joy. The piece ends with a playful quip about feeding versus dressing two people.
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Chicago News
What will happen when women get the ballot
In the Pittsburg Post a witty exchange questions the impact of women winning the ballot. The reply asserts the outcome is simple and obvious.
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Pittsburg Post
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Business Men’s Glass
Mississipp
Arnica Sa
Georgia Loan Co
Hancock
A. J. Gary
S. J. Tribble
W. A. Weatherly Grocery Co
E.G. Whitehead & Co
Clayton Street
Washington Street
J. C. Jester
Boulevard
W. M. Crane
Klein & Martin
D. L. Peacock
F. W. Reiland
Eure Commercial Hotel
State Street
Dougherty Street
Philip Abelman
Jackson Street
Clayton
Astor Theatre
Grand Opera Itouse
Wagenhils and
Lata Revert
Stella
Teddy
Chicago Tribune
Corner College Avenue
Athens, Ga
C. A. Scudder, Jeweler
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