Eight Hour Day Demand Cited by Four Rail Unions
Cleveland dispatch reports a joint statement by four transportation brotherhoods campaigning for an eight hour day. They argue railworkers bear high hazard costs and call for shorter hours to match other trades, citing substantial pension and relief payments for deaths and injuries in 1915 and claim minimal overall cost impact.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Transportation Brotherhoods
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Hagaemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Chicago
Falkland Islands Rarely Visited After Shackleton News
The Falkland Islands on the world stage again as Sir Ernest Shackleton arrives in Port Stanley with companions after losing the Endurance. The region, 250 miles east of South America, remains sparsely populated and economically modest, with wool and hides as main exports and a harsh, drizzling climate.
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Falkland Islands
Ernest Shackleton
South Georgia
Falkland Group
Washington
National Geographic Society
Port Stanley
Cape Horn
England
Falklands
Sturdee
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Great Britain
Bahama Group
South America
Buenos Aires
East Falkland
Porto Rico
West Falkland
Delaware
Labrador
Spain
John Davis
Strait of Magellan
Thomas Cavendish
Davis
Black Dog
Baffin
Hudson
Suffragists plan Golden Lane protest in St Louis
On June 14 during the Democratic national convention, suffragists will form a twelve block Golden Lane with seated women in yellow and white sashes and standing volunteers along sidewalks. The event includes a luncheon hosted by baby welfare groups, an entertainment by the Women's Council, a Town Club dinner, and a large demonstration by the Business Women's Equal Suffrage League on a main street.
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St. Louis
Haby Welfare Association
Poe Visiting Nurses’ Association
Women’s Council
Town Club
Business Women’s Equal Suffrage League
Golden Lane
De Bougainville Elevates French Claim to Islands
The text recalls Davis and De Bougainville shaping claims to distant islands. In 1767 France ceded the territory to Spain, which asserted control and threatened force until 1771. British rights in 183% prompted a shift, ending Buenos Aires colonial claims.
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Davis
de Bougainville
France
Spain
Buenos Aires
Throw Away Hair Dyes Q Ban Hair Color Restorer
An ad promotes Q Bin hair color restorer as a non dye solution for gray hair and scalp issues. It claims quick darkening results, improved fullness and shine, and cessation of itching dandruff with growth, priced at 50 cents per bottle and backed by a money back guarantee through Goodykoontz Drug Stores in Bluefield West Virginia.
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W. Va
Goodykoontz Drug Stores
Bluefield
Scene of Great Naval Battle Described by Geographers
The National Geographic Society reports on the Jutland clash between Germany and Britain off the coast of Jutland, detailing location, sea depth, and surrounding geography. It recounts Copenhagen’s historical battle and notes North Sea fishing fleets, with England's prewar catch about 510,000 tons annually and herring dominating two-fifths of the total.
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National Geographic Society
Washington
German Empire
Jutland
North Sea
Hantsholm
Cape Herthberg
Skagerrack
Norway
Denmark
Skaggerack
Katteegat
Norwegian
Copenhagen
Hansthom
Nelson
Hyde Parker
Battle of the Nile
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
England
British Isles
Pennsylvanian Guard Demonstration at Belmont Plateau
Philadelphia June 10 The National Guard of Pennsylvania staged a mimic battle to show the state’s defense efficiency on the Belmont plateau grounds in Fairmount park. Military leaders directed the exercise as spectators watched a staged clash between units.
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Philadelphia
National Guard
Pennybvahia
Belmont Pateau
Fairmount Park
Leaders push to grow National Guard in Philadelphia
State leaders are boosting support for expanding National Guard units in Philadelphia to 4,800 members. The move aims to strengthen regional defense and disaster readiness with broader manpower and training resources.
Lynchburg Candy Co trustees offer entire plant for sale
The Lynchburg Candy Manufacturing Co trustees in Lynchburg Virginia invite bids for the full plant including starch buck machine cream depositors cream beater chocolate enrober vacuum pans copper kettles open furnaces marble tables and all apparatus merch goods pail and penny goods cartons boxes and supplies two small Ford machines horse and wagon and accounts receivable All bids by noon Tuesday June 6 require a five percent certified check Open for inspection and sell to a live organization with an established business signed Emanuel Goodman W T MacLeod Trustees
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Lynchburg Candy Manufacturing Co., Inc
Lynchburg
Emanuel Goodman
W. T. Macleod
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