Movement calls for permanent conference to abolish child labor
A new organization formed in Washington aims to achieve absolute abolition of child labor in the United States. Samuel Gompers chairs the conference which will draft a constitutional amendment and best legal form to meet the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washton
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Permanent Conference For the
Gompers
National Childabor Committee
Children’s Bureau
Ther
Arbitration favored to settle business disputes nationwide
Representatives of the United States Chamber of Commerce propose arbitration as the normal method for resolving business disputes. The plan envisions local controversies settled by existing commercial bodies and industry disputes by trade associations with National Chamber support. Serious cases would still go to courts, but only a reduced number.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Joseph H. Defrees
Chamber
National Chamber
United States
War Finance Corporation
E -Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
Corporation
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
Private arbitration to speed justice trial in New York
The piece argues private business handles matters more efficiently than public courts and predicts broad use of arbitration for private disputes. It notes nations turning to arbitration and mentions an ongoing New York experiment as a test of this simplified justice system.
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New York
UCR After Dinner Stories Inspires Community Bond
After dinner stories at UCR bring together residents, students, and staff for shared memories. Community members exchange tales, supporting connections and cultural exchange within the campus area.
Milk Toast Plans In Pittsburg In Market Cafe Rug
In a city market restaurant two men scheme to “put one over” on a waitress with Titian hair. They order scrambled eggs and milk toast then attempt a misdirection with coded phrases and drinks while the waitress remains uninterested.
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Pittsburg
Spur of the Moment Poem Advice and Local Note
An item quotes Bus Tarbox advising not to write love notes in black and white and warns about breach of promise risks. It also notes a clarifying detail about Mr. Daugherty's associate and reminds readers the poetry column isn't solely dedicated to gloom.
Shall Finance Cooperation Stay and Its Wartime Role
A June dispatch reviews the War Finance Corporation from 1918 to 1921 discussing its creation to aid war producers and cattlemen and its later postwar expansion into exports agriculture and railroad securities. It notes large loan totals to cotton grain livestock and cooperatives as farmers resist curtailment and Congress debates its future.
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Bwashington
D. C
War Finance Corporation
Congress
United States
Treasury
S Corporation
Finance Corporation Act
Capital Issues Committee
Port
Great Government Bank
Washington
Athens day by day by the Messenger Watch Dog
The piece paints Columbus Ohio’s foreign quarters on hot days with tenements, street life, and markets. It contrasts bustling evenings with underworld areas near the penitentiary, and notes library foreigners reading and a lively Messenger want ads section. It ends with reader questions about cream to butter and hippopotamus sweating blood.
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Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Scioto River
Broad Street
Europe
Athens
Reader Q and A Service Offered by The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger announces an Information Bureau under Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC offering answers to questions. Readers must mail clear questions with full name and address and include two cents for return postage. Replies are sent directly to the inquirer and no legal medical or financial advice is provided.
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
The
Inquirer
Trivia Q and A Snapshot From a Historic Newspaper
A compilation of short questions and answers covers golf ball brands used by Hutchinson and Barnes, origins of high schools, slang etymology, alternate titles for Shore Acres, Hessian troops in the Revolutionary War, banana propagation, gender population differences, prehistoric phrasing, and the Cuban independence struggle beginning in 1868.
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Shere Acres
James A. Herne
Shore Acres
Chicago
Boston
America
T. N
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
District of Columbia
M.N. A
Notable Ohio Political Milestones From 1888 to 1921
A concise arc of Ohio political events includes 1888 Th urman nominated for vice president on the Democratic ticket, 1892 McKinley at the Republican national convention in Minneapolis, 1893 Ohio Republicans renominating McKinley in Columbus, 1900 the funeral of Mrs. John Sherman in Mansfield, and 1921 Justice Brandeis withdrawing from the American Zionist Convention in Cleveland.
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Allen
Thurman
William McKinley
Minneapolis
Columbus
McKinley
John Sherman
Statesman
Mansfield
Justice Brandeis
Cleveland
German Gas Company Pioneers Cheap Bright Gas From Waste
A German gas company started producing a new gas from waste materials including tree leaves heather sawdust and vegetable refuse. The product is described as cheap safe and capable of emitting a brilliant white light.
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Ohio Dailies
Wire Report International News Service
U. Postoffice
Athens Mesenger & Herald Printing Co
Mat
Hobert & Ward Inc
Fifth Ave
New York City
Wabash Avenue
St Come
Eddie
Joe
UCR Ar Reene
Sueng
Mr. Daugherty
C. E. Morse
R. E
Jim Brattin
Gallipolis
Court House
William J. Warrener
Warrener
Conan Doyle
Doyle
Hammer Club
Columbus Carnegie Library
Ey Wren
Hutchinson and Barnes
Helbender
Great Lakes
Buckeye State Building & Loan Co
Rankin Building
West Gay Street
Lancaster Fabric
McCune Tire & Accessory Co
Lancaster Tire and Rubber Company
Lancaster Tires
Glylylylglel, Rayey
Columbus Oil Company
Columbus, Ohio
Guthrie Auto Sales
Jess Francis
Haydenville
R. A. Antle
Trimble
Ray James
Chauncey
Ed Lowery
Circle Hill
Nelsonville Tire Co
Nelsonville
MH. Pidcock Beaumont
W. Lockhart
Guysville
T. Abdella
Chauncey C
E. Ferrell
John Day
the Plains
Inners Garage
Wallace & Bryson
Glouster Ton
Factory Street
Pearl Coe
Albany
Buick Co
R. H. Wagner
Buchtel T. MeeManamy
Jacksonville
Goaton Brothers
Guyaville
M. Dixon
New Marshfield
R. H. Maynell
Amenville
Eluwagi
Lige Corrille
Stewart M. L. Cottingham
O. H, O, McDaniels, Milifeld, 0, Bert Wolf
Ray Bean
Mallroad Dele
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