Sunday Pleasures in New York City
New York on May 22 reports a Sunday test of Gotham’s social mix as four million residents debate public amusements at Coney Island amid Sunday law disputes. East Side bakers strike echoes of tensions with kosher bread shortages and police readiness. Belmont Park resumes betting amid fading controls while Father Knickerbocker’s Central Park farming returns, and ex police chief Devery reappears in public life with a molasses motorist quip.
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New York
Gotham
Coney Island
East Side
Belmont Park
Knickerbocker
Central Park
Devery
Big Bill Devery
Notes From the Labor World Report
The survey lists union activity from 1864 to 1909 including the International Union formation, the New York Typographical Society founded in 1809, and a Hebrew local forming in Boston. It notes penalties for miners in Scotland, a monthly magazine poll by Theatrical Stage Employes, and efforts at conventions in New Orleans and Memphis to organize next year. Winnipeg street railway offers raise for long-serving workers, and a label chart by Secretary Morrison. Various farm, longshore, and hotel workers topics, funeral benefits defeated in Plumbers Union, and Woodrow Wilson touted for future presidential bid.
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Waa
New York
Maas
Kinross Scotland
New Orleans
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Memphis
Tenn
Winnipeg, Manit
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Fife Coal Company
Scotland
Corded Pique Sale Offers Yardage Discount
A textile sale promotes white corded pique fabric at 30 inches wide. Price is stated as 35 cents per yard and a sale rate of 22 12 cents per yard is advertised, highlighting prepared quantities to meet customer demands.
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Athena
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New York City
Aitken
Kelly
Farmers’ National Union
Gompera
A. FP. I
Pacific Coast
International Longshoremen's Association
Seamen's International Union
Plumbers’ Union
France
Woodrow ‘Wilson
Grover Cive
White
Madras
Athens
Davison-Nicholson
Wth
Val
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