Army unit trains national guard at Anniston maneuvers
The Seventeenth United States Infantry from Fort McPherson Georgia trains the Alabama Georgia Kentucky Tennessee and Louisiana National Guard at Anniston Alabama and Blue Mountain in July. Eleven cavalry units join with observed drills and log the hikers and a slow march back to camp ending with lemonade and meals.
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Old
Seventeenth United States Infantry
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Anniston
Ala
National Guard
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Eleventh
United States Cavalry
Blue Mountain
Columbus
Miss
D. D.hall
United States Army
Bluefield
W. Va
Dean's Kidney Pills End Backache for Bluefield Reader
W E Oliver a railroad engineer from 511 Highland avenue Bluefield reports kidney pain and backache relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He notes railroad men widely use the remedy and recommends purchasing the 50 cent package from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Bluefield
Dean
W. E. Oliver
Highland Avenue
Oliver
Foster-Milburn Co. Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Union Scale Of Wages And Hours In Major US Trades
Union scales for eighty nine trades across forty seven cities show May 1915 wage gains versus May 1914. Increases include bakers one percent, carpenters one percent, slate roofers four percent, painters four percent, electrotyper three percent, with hourly rates cited for cities like Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco and New York. Hours also mostly unchanged with nineteen trades reducing hours.
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United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Dallas
Houston
San Francisco
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Portland
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Pirate
Seattle
Cleveland
Indianapolis
New York
Labor hours and union wages across cities in 1907 to 1914
The bulletin shows localities with typical weekly hours from 44 to 60 in metal trades and 48 for general labor, with eight hour days in building, stone, printing, and newspaper offices. It compares union wages and hours in 1907 and 1914 to food prices and wage purchasing power.
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E Bulletin
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Easley, Anderson & Co
Law and Commerce Building
Hall
Rome
Tripoli
Helen Palmer Gray
Columbia College of Expression
Redpath Club
Junior Redpath Club
Redpath
Ichaels, Stern & Co
Bureau of Labor
U.S.A
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich Rubber Factory
Goodrich
America
Ford
Goodrich Truck Tires
SA Goodrich Brock
Akron, O
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