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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1908
Page
1
A historical column laments the toll of industry and railroads on lives. It compares peacetime casualties to war, citing interstate commerce data on railroad deaths and global stats. The piece warningly argues that industrial danger exceeds battlefield losses, urging safety and reform.
Discussion on hazardous mining and high altitude work crews, noting 1906 Structural Workers' Union figures and unsafe conditions. Promotes employers liability law authorizing compensation to families of workers killed under employer direction, while warning careless conduct can bar benefits. Compares death tolls in mines, power plants, railroads to battlefield carnage, urging safer industry practices.
A fragmentary poem style venting about dawn, nature, and a satire on greed and gas bills. The piece blends personified morning imagery with musings on money, labor, and urban life, concluding with a humorous letter from Herbert Askins mocking gas charges and modern excess. The text includes lines about Phoebus, the dew, birds, and a critique of gas meters.
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