Eight Hour Day Dream in Steel Industry Debate
The piece surveys support for replacing the twelve hour day with an eight hour shift across steel plants. It cites industry reports, labor voices, and public opinion, noting potential 8–15 percent cost changes, healthier workers, and foreign competition alignment. It includes remarks from Gary, cooling sentiment in newspapers, and examples from Standard Oil and Ford.
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American Congress
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Gary
American Federated Engineering Societies
New York Times
Russel Sage Foundation
John A. Fitch
Mfe
White House
Britain
France
Germany
America
American Iron and Steel Institute
Alientown
Pennsylvania Labor Herald
Commission
Labor
Washington, D. C
Standard Oil Company of California
K. R. Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Standard of Company of California
Ford
United States
Chicago Tribune
Europe
Federated American Engineering
International Labor Office
Geneva
Switzerland
Belgium
Austria
Szecho-Slovakia
Finland
Great Britain
Italy
Jugoslavia
Poland
Roumania
Spain
Sweden
Wisconsin
Appetite Frankfort Sizzles as Hungry Hog Desires
A quirky local note highlights Frankfort style craving, tasting joy in a hot mustard bun. The playful chant echoes a foodie mood and regional zest, inviting readers to indulge in a casual, savory moment.
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Frankfort Sizzlin
Manistique Rotary Club Receives Charter
Seventy five Rotarians from all corners of the Upper Peninsula helped organize the Manistique Rotary Club No. 1347 during a ceremony marking the formal charter presentation.
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Rotary Club
Manistique
Upper Peninsula
Manistique Rotary Club
Bus Destroyed by Flames Near Alpha on County Road
An Irom Transit Co bus was destroyed by fire on its first afternoon trip just outside the village limits of Alpha along the county road. The bus was empty at the time of the blaze.
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Irom
Irom Transit Co
Alpha
$75,000 Dry House Planned for Gogebic Range
A modern dry house costing 875,000 will be erected by the Montreal Mining Co. at Hamilton. The 60 by 60 foot facility will be connected by a tunnel to the new shaft No. 5, serving Gogebic range operations.
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Gogebic Range
Montreal Mining Co
Hamilton
Hospital bids come in over budget for Spruce Street project
Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa County Memorial Hospital Board opened central construction bids for the new Spruce Street West building and found all bids exceeded available funds. Two bids were within 14 cents of the target, but still higher than the money allotted.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Chippewa County Memorial Hospital Board
Spruce Street
May Organize Village Petition Sheds Iron Mountain Doubt
Conclusive evidence that Kingsford Heights district and Ford plant will not seek city admittance at this time is in a petition filed with County Clerk Cedlip asking the board of supervisors to authorize a special election.
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Iron Mountain
Kingsford Heights
Ford Plant
Cedlip
Board of Supervisors
Gogeri c Pupils Win in Essays
Theodora Poole of Pontiac Junior High won first state honors in the national safety essay contest, earning a gold medal and a $15 prize and entry in the national finals. Lois McCurdy of Scotts received $10 for second best Michigan essay. Teacher prize went to Elsie Arthur of Ironwood City schools. Second place to Ida Anderson of Munising Public Schools. Eleven pupils earned third prizes from Michigan schools, with names including Elva Pascoe, Rosalie Hackett, Bernice Tanis, Huldas Crandall, Mary Conlan, Marie Durand, William Cullen, Ethel Rogers, Ernest Batterson, Josephine Wiard, among others.
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Washington, D. C
Theodora Poole
Pontiac
Highway Education Board
Lois McCurdy
Scotts
Michigan
Elsie Arthur
Ironwood
Ida Anderson
Munising
Elva Pascoe
Washington School
Bessemer
Leroy Jackson
Manistee
Rosalie Hackett
Franklin School
Detroit
Bernice Tanis
Baxter Street Christian School
Grand Rapids
Huldas Crandall
Mary J. Conlan
Holy Redeemer School
Marie Durand
St. Mary
St. Clair
William J. Cullen
Cot
Notice For Bids On Sale Of One Bull
Sealed bids for the sale of one bull at County Infirmary must be received at the County Clerk's office by 2 30 PM on June 18 1923. The Board of Supervisors may reject any or all bids. John Luxmore Jr County Clerk.
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County Infirmary
Board of Supervisors
Banana peel mishap inspires humorous want ad exchange
A comic exchange shows a husband recounting a banana peel accident and his wife suggesting he place a want ad in the paper to recover his balance. The humor hinges on wordplay about equilibrium and a playful misreading of a personals-like ad.
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Europe
United States
John
No Cause at All Birds and After Dinner Speakers
A verse comparing birds that act without reason to after dinner speakers who pause for applause. It notes two types: those who laugh at their own jokes and presume cleverness, and those who act without any discernible cause as they perform.
Logs Stacked 25 Feet High at Iron Mountain Sawmill
Six miles of logs are piled twenty five feet high in the yards of the Ford sawmill and body plane at Iron Mountain.
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Big Ford
Iron Mountain
Bid Notice for City Garbage Collection in Bessemer MI
Sealed bids for garbage collection in Bessemer Michigan are due by 8 pm June 18 1923 at the City Clerk. Bids require weekly residential pickups and twice weekly in business districts with removal outside city limits. Bonding and sub contractor payment guarantees required. Bid openings June 18 1923 at 8 pm in the Council Chamber.
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Bessemer
Michigan
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Senate
Tariff Commission
Uncle Sam
al Church
Atta
Mickie
Upper Peninsula Briefs
Michigan State
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John Luxmore Jr
Reliance Life Insurance Co
Pittsburg
F. J. Duda
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