Brutalized Labor in Bethlehem Steel Sparks Outcry
Thomas Scanlon, citing U S commissioner Charles Neill, denounces conditions at Bethlehem Steel Works Pennsylvania and across the steel industry. He describes seven day weeks eighty four hour shifts, low pay, and a reliance on foreign workers, while condemning tariff policies and urging reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel Works
Pennsylvania
Steel Indus
Charles P. Neill
United States
Steel Trust
Neill
Bethlehem
Mr. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bureau of Labor
Bliss Island
Pittsberg
Lewel
Pittsburg
Charities Publlcation Committee
Thomas Scanlon
Why Sugar Is Dear Taxing Families $8 A Year
Sugar costs and tariffs are harming American households and industry. Frank Lowry argues the sugar tariff swells consumer prices by about 2 cents per pound, totaling $8 per year per family based on average consumption. He condemns the sugar trust, notes beet and Hawaii sugar flaws, and urges abolition of duties to boost canning and preserving, industry competition, and general living costs.
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Frank
Lowry
New York
Susar
Ar. Lowry
Sugar Trust
Great Britain
H. J. Heinz Company
Pitsbury
England
Edward Atkinson
Dundee
Scotland
National Canners’ Association
Congress
Claus A. Spreckels
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Louisiana
California
Utah
Colorado
Wrong Tack in Senate on Cold Storage Question
The senate committee on high living costs aims at cold storage with price limits, but the bill misreads the cause. Cold storage is a beneficial invention enabling cheaper access to meat, yet monopolists may misuse it to squeeze the poor by withholding food from the market.
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Senate
Congress
Noted Surgeon Shot at Home in St Louis
Dr John M Grant a famed surgeon was shot and mortally wounded in his St Louis home before noon today. An unidentified man fired two shots from the attacker’s carriage and escaped. Police search for the assailant amid growing concern in medical circles.
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St. Louis
John M. Grant
Hame
Temper of the Country and tariff debate cited
The piece notes elections to fill vacancies from five deaths D Armand Missouri Lassiter Virginia Griggs Georgia Lovering Massachusetts Perkins New York and claims none chosen on an Aldrich tariff platform. It cites trusts and combines as raising living costs, blaming the tariff for their vitality and influence.
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D’armand
Missouri
Lassiter
Virginia
Griggs
Georgia
Lovering
Massachusetts
Perkins
New York
Kansas City Times
Household Tips From a Past Era Offer Simple Food And Household Hacks
A vintage household note suggests using split hot water bags as plant matting, serving macaroni with a light cream sauce, and adding green pepper to scrambled eggs. It also recommends a lemon drink for complexion and notes sugar-containing vegetables like beets and green corn spoil quickly.
Playwright and Actor in Critical Illness in New York
June 13 New York Two prominent theatrical figures are gravely ill Eugene Walter author of Paid in Full and The Easiest Way suffers pneumonia and is in critical condition George P Huntley acclaimed English actor contracted typhoid fever and has slim chances of recovery Doctor’s say Huntley played Eccess in the all star company of Caste in New York City attracting many admirers
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New York
Eugene Walter
George P. Huntley
New York City
Flag Day Observances Narrowed by Exams in Schools
Public schools marked Flag Day with essential instruction and discussion aligned to Governor Weeks proclamation as exam schedules limited observances. Some buildings held visitors’ afternoons with patriotic exercises and prior events, while a few schools already presented programs.
Stars, Nuggets, and Rehearsals in Odd Anecdotes
A column of curious notes explores the science of “seeing stars” from head trauma, a colossal gold nugget shaped like a hand found in Australia weighing 51 pounds, Mme Rejane’s method to trigger tears, Balzac’s coffee ritual as a creative trigger, Burns’s candle tax evasions, Platt’s quip on Quay’s office, and a joke on bankruptcy defining money in a hip pocket versus a coat.
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United States
Midhas Mine
Sulky Gully
Melbourne
Australia
Midhas
Balzac
No Barrier Miss Playne and Miss Faire Engage Confrontation
In a St Louis Post Dispatch note Miss Playne declares she cannot marry Jack due to her engagement Miss Faire questions the implication as the exchange reveals a personal engagement conflict among named individuals.
Pope Pius the Early Riser and Length of Papacy
Rome correspondence notes the Pope rises at dawn and endures robust health. Observers compare his long reigns since 1870 with earlier pontificates, noting predictions of a nine-year term that he laughs off, buoyed by discipline and daily reading of papers.
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Apostolic Palace
Vatican
St. Peter
Pius IX
St. Peter's
Leo XIII
Pius X
Venice
Rome
London Standard
Milford Woman Granted $12000 Estate From Adopted Status
Judge Burpee of the superior court upheld Mrs. Winnis Miller of Milford in a Hartford trial, awarding her part of the Burnham estate from South Windsor. Burnham died in 1399 leaving a trust for his lawful child. he had no such child, but adopted Miller as a child years earlier. The will stated the remainder should go to Burnham’s lawful issue after his death.
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Mme
Roejane
Mme. Rejane
Louis
Baccarat
Rejane
London
Burpee
Superior Court
Hartford
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Nichols
Ederic F. Voorhees
Clifford G. Curtis
Miss Curtis
B. H
Yale Music School
Voorhees
Hartford Theological Seminary
Miss Jessen
Louisa Jessen
Yost Typewriter Co
Denver Avenue
Lund
Platt
Thomas C. Platt
Quay
Pittsburg Dispatch
University OF Nanking
Pope Pius
Milford
Chile
Marine’s Way
Main Street Cor
Golden Hill St
Newfield
Over Mohican Co
A. A. Kline
Foley
B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy
Bridgeport
Conn
Frank Jacoby
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