Old Age Pension Fund Boldly Built by Printers Union
The International Typographical Union describes its 1908 pension plan evolution from a family support idea to a formal old age fund. It notes receipts of 155,670.78 from the one percent assessment March to December 1905 and a February 1908 decision to discontinue the eight hour tax while continuing pension collections. As of January 31, 1909, 566 applications had been acted on with 504 pensioners on the roll, and an average applicant age of 68.5 years.
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Colorado
Colo
Hom
International Union
Lynch
Neh
Executive Council
International Faw
Busi
al Bers
Prt
E. Louse Bryant
New Haven
Conn
Interational Union
Old age pensions hailed as successful for Typographical Union
The International Typographical Union reports six months of operation shows strong results. A pension fund funded by 0.5 percent assessments on earnings provides $4 weekly to members over 60 who cannot work. Over 500 on pension roll. receipts near $156,000. pensions paid about $38,344.
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North Adams Transcript
International Typographical Union
Old Age Pensions Backed By Small Tax, Bright Outlook
The text argues that pension funds are growing, drafts will rise, and a small tax suffices to support a substantial increase. It praises the scheme as a model for other organizations, suggesting the nation is not ready for full public pensions yet, but the union's step shows meaningful progress in solidarity.
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Brotherhood of Man
Mi-O-Na Tablets Advertised For Digestive Relief
An advertisement touts Mi-O-Na tablets as a cure for indigestion by strengthening the stomach to digest food. It claims rapid relief from headaches nausea heartburn and sour stomach with a money back guarantee from Palmer & Sons. A testimonial from William Hess Benton Harbor Mich praises the product.
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Palmer& Sons
William Hess
Benton Harbor
Mich
Leprosy Bacillus Cultivated by Dr. Clegg in Manila
Dr Moses Clegg a bacteriologist at the bureau of science in Manila reports five successful cultures of the leprosy bacillus carried through three generations. He used organisms from living lepers and victims bodies and linked the germs of leprosy and amebic dysentery. The bureau has prepared a leprosy vaccine and will continue experiments for specific treatment. Dr Clegg is son of a prominent Arkansas physician.
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Manila
Moses Clegg
Bureau of Science At
Bureau of Science
Legg
Arkansas
Woman to die in electric chair in New York case
New York reports Mrs. Mary Farmer faces execution in Auburn prison this week for the April murder of neighbor Mrs. Sarah Brennan. The case notes prior rare executions of women, details Farmer’s motive to gain the Brennan home, and Governor Hughes’s refusal of clemency.
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New York
Mary Farmer
Auburn Prison
United States
Mary Rogers
Windsor
Bennington
Farmer
Martha Place
Brooklyn
Ida
Sing Sing
Mrs. Place
Theodore Roosevelt
Herkimer County
New York State
Watertown
N. Y
Sarah Brennan
Court of Appeals
Farmers
Hughes
Hughe
Cuban Professor Praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Prof H A Howell of Howell's American School Havana Cuba testifies that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy saved his sick baby after a severe cold. He recalls his mother's faith in the remedy and notes prompt relief and full recovery in three days. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co W J Smith & Bro E C McEvoy L P Canning.
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Chamberlain
H. A. Howell
Howell
Havana
Cuba
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
W. J. Smith & Bro
E. C. McEvoy
L. P. Canning
Cy Young Signs With Cleveland After Eleven Years Away
Cleveland reports Cy Young at forty two, one of baseballs greatest pitchers, to wear a Cleveland uniform this season after eleven years with Boston in the American league. Born in Gilmore Ohio on March 29 1867 he has played major league ball since 1890.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cy” Young
Boston
Young
Gilmore
Tuck Company Ad Markets Building Materials in Athens Area
Rough and dressed shingles and other materials offered by J W Tuck & Co located on Mayton Street in Athens Georgia serving Athens Winterville and Harpett areas. Phone 326.
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Athens
Winterville
Harpett
J. W. Tuck & CO
Mayton St
Tuck Bidg
Heavy Verdict for Rudeness in 1907 Dress Spat
In Batavia Ohio a jury in the common pleas court ordered Lewis P. Felter a wealthy farmer to pay Edith Shockley 14 years old two thousand dollars damages for spitting with premiditation and malice on her white dress at a lawn party in 1907.
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Batavia
Ohio
Edith Shockley
Lewis P. Felter
Common Pleas Court
Croup Remedy Praised By Indiana Resident
Harry Wilson of Waynetown Indiana endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as unequaled for croup and cold throat troubles. When given at the first sign of the croupy cough the attack is prevented. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co W J Smith & Bro E C McEvoy L P Canning.
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Chamberlain
Harry Wilson
Waynetown
Ind
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
W. J. Smith & Bro
E. C. McEvoy
L P. Canning
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ASION
Internationa Union
Wingfield Bros. & Co
Miona
State of New York
Cy" Young Forty
Ladreth & Buist’s
Palmer
Dug Store
Southern ‘Mutua Insurance Building
Athens Hardware Co
Ji~beri Lumber
Georgia Railroad
Ithe Fyawman'&ierbe M'tg Co
Oliver
Typewriter Cutch
the McGregor Company
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