Dance Hall and Free Music Furnished to Workers at Schlesinger Factories
Workers at Harry L. Schlesinger factories gain a noon dance hall with live music and free hot lunch. A daily routine includes a 1 pm return to work after soup and coffee. The recreation program, started by manager WoT Neely and overseen by the Schlesingers, boosted morale and efficiency. A piano, banjo, and Carnegie library items support continuous worker engagement, with Friday night dances and weekly social events drawing all staff.
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Harry L. Schlesinger Factories
Harry J. Schlesinger
Madison Avenue
Wot Neely
Schlesinger
Joe Schlesinger
Neely
Mr. Neely
H. N. Jemal
Iunon
Recreation Hall
Carnegie Library
Catherine Wootten
Carnegie Hag
Sublesander
Poet Plans Monument to Himself in Cornish Garden
April 12 reports Richard Kestle, a one year old inhabitant, plans a self commemorating monument. He has no poetry but recites verses spontaneously. The nearly finished structure features three 20 foot towers and a stone inscription declaring it built by the Cornish poet in his eighty first year.
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Kestle
Atence
Richard Kestle
Richard T. Hestle
Accused Brother-in-Law Tied to Wread Murder Case
In Tampa Florida on April 12 Mich Anderson a white man arrested in Plant City on charges related to the robbery and murder of Joseph L Wread the hermit whose burned home at Nichole was found with his body. Anderson is Wreads brother-in-law. Everett Stewart another white man was arrested at Bartow and jailed there in connection with the case. Police say the men killed and robbed Wread who was known to be reclusive.
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Tampa
Pla
Mich Andersen
Plant City
Joseph L. Wread
Nichole
Ande O
Wread
Everett Stewart
Bartow
Jig
Hin Tinhew Ban Aheet
Dance Echoes Through Quiet Factory Floor Night
Workers and guests enjoy a lively dance as Burley Boyle and Mrs. Dollar lead a brisk double shuffle while Cap’n Stegal strums the banjo. The celebratory music fills the downstairs area as Harry Schlesinger smiles in his office and the whistle signals work to resume.
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Burley Boyle
Mrs. Dollar
Cap'n Stegal
St. Vitus
Harry Schlesinger
Seynstaire
Woman weaponizes doll to feign poverty in Paris
In Rus St Lazare a woman carried a crying infant to beg for food, but a policeman noticed a movement revealing the child was a large doll. The “baby” was tied to a foot device and dressed with stolen linen from street stalls. She was arrested amid police astonishment.
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Paris
Rus St. Lazare
Sundry Civil Bill Sought After by Wilson
President Wilson met with Senator Martin and Representative Fitzgerald to discuss quick passage of a sundry civil bill. Taft vetoed last Congress over an exemption for labor unions and farmers from Sherman Trust Act operations. Officials noted no conclusion but Fitzgerald suggested the measure could be introduced from the floor after debate.
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Washington
Wilson
Martin
Fitzgerald
Senate
House Appropriations
Taft
White Chorge
Witegerald
Frank Edmondson
Coursey & Munn Drug Company
Eb T Williams Praises Wilson in Democratic Magazine
The National Democratic Magazine publishes a full page by Eb T Williams of Atlanta praising Woodrow Wilson as a scholar and literary prophet. He lauds Wilsons education, legal career, and precise expression, noting his analyses of Washington, Webster, Jackson, Lincoln and other great Americans.
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Eb T. Williams
Atlanta
Wilson
Williams
Woodrow Wilson
Hoe
Washington
Webster
Jackson
Lincoln
Wiliams
Cicero
Frontieramen
Andrew Jackson
Frenchwoman to form regiment of women reserves
Paris April 12 Madame Jane Dioulafoy a noted archaeologist proposes organizing a battalion of feminine reserves modeled on the Red Cross. She argues women can handle clerical and administrative tasks now done by men, freeing troops for active service. She has submitted the plan to the minister of war and already attracts recruits.
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Paris
Jane Dloujlafoy
Persia
Dioulafou
Ives
Madame Dioulafoy
Red Cross
Pasadena Woman Fractures Foot Arm and Leg in Seconds
Misa Belle Sama of Pasadena suffers a remarkable sequence of accidents in quick succession while at home. A soup tureen breaks a bone in her foot, she injures her arm on the sink edge, and a fall twists and breaks her leg, all within moments of each other.
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Pasadena
Cal
Misa Belle Sama
Thia
Miss Sama
Son-in-Law of Senator Sentenced to Two Years in Penitentiary
Washington April 12 Dr Thomas W Kemp of this city convicted of sending improper medical matter through the mails was sentenced today to two years in the penitentiary An appeal was noted and Kemp released on bail Kemp is son in law of Senator Duncan A Fletcher of Florida
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Washington
Thomas W. Kemp
Kemp
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Itching Eczema Cure Ad Promises Instant Relief
An old advertising block promotes ZEMO as a remedy for itching eczema and related skin conditions. It claims instant relief after first application, money-back guarantee, and availability in sealed 260 bottle size through Rose Medicine in St Louis and other outlets.
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Zemo
Landau
Bbc Rug
Rose Amedicins
Os Louis
Better Baling Urged for American Cotton
Dellas Apr 12 action to curb annual losses in American cotton was taken yesterday by about 200 representatives from shipping, packing, railroad, and cotton buying groups of the southwest. Resolutions called for standardization of bale size to 27 by 54 inches, uniform compression, and clearer receipts and bills of lading showing bale density not under 22 pounds per cubic foot.
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Dellas
FB. A. Leland
St. Louis
Southwest@n
Paris Woman Leaves Husband Then Returns to Him
Marie Anthony, a Paris woman, deserts her husband in 2008 for a lover Pat Villiers. She later resumes visits to her husband. When confronted, her lover fired, wounding her in the back. The lover received six months imprisonment. the husband was cleared of charges.
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Paris
Marie Anthony
Pat- Villiers
Madame Anthony
M. Anthony
Southern Railway builds stock resting plant at Spencer
Spencer North Carolina April 2 Special To provide improved facilities for moving live stock to eastern and Virginia markets from the southeastern states the Southern railway is completing a modern resting and feeding plant adjoining the Spencer yards. The plant has thirty three pens with nine cattle pens isolated by a ten foot board wall, paved alleys, water troughs and feed racks, and is electrically lighted.
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Spencer
N. C
Virginia
States
Southern Railway Td
Spencer Yards
Southern Railway Company
Uve
Lve
Grief and Joy Two for a Kiss and More
A fragmentary quotation attributed to Frederick Lawrence Knowles reflects on grief and joy, partnership and loss. The text mentions many guests and a reference to Gethsemane in a cryptic line, suggesting a personal or literary meditation rather than a clear news item.
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Grist
Dana
Gethsemane
Frederick Lawrence Knowles
Danger In Eating Meat Health Warning on Typhoid
An old warning notes typhoid death rates around ten percent and lingering aftereffects after recovery. It cites inactive liver particles causing undigested meat in the digestive tract and promotes Jacobs Liver Salt as a gentle liver stimulant that cleanses the system, purifies blood, and avoids calomel side effects. Available at druggists for 26 cents with postage offer.
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Jacobs
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