Employees Must Have Right to Collective Bargaining
A report notes that workers should have the right to collective bargaining with employers. It discusses legal and labor standards, urging fair treatment and organization protections for employees.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1920
Page
10
A report notes that workers should have the right to collective bargaining with employers. It discusses legal and labor standards, urging fair treatment and organization protections for employees.
Dayton dispatch reports Governor Cox closing his Dayton affairs for a departure tonight on a tour through Indiana, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York to intensify scrutiny of his charge that a 15 million dollar slush fund funds the Republican campaign. He will address Princeton and Evansville in Indiana, Pittsburgh, New Haven and New York across the coming days.
Boston August 24 orders assign Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards from commanding the Department of the Northeast to command the Second Brigade of the First Army Division at Camp Dix New Jersey he is expected to report around September 1 Edwards who arrived in 1917 established Camp Devens formed the Twenty sixth Yankee Division led overseas and directed it in key battles prior to demobilization as head of the Northeast Department Governor Coolidge issued a formal statement regretting his departure noting his service as both soldier and citizen.
The excerpt praises General Edwards, noting he has established a home in a Boston suburb and expressing belief that upon retirement he would be welcomed as a fellow citizen of the state. The tone reflects affectionate regard from those who have known him.
A Tokio cablegram to Nippu Jiji reports prominent Tokio citizens suggest recalling all Japanese emigrants in the United States as a solution to the Japanese problem in America. The Tokio press is said to support the proposal according to the cablegram.
Thousands of vacationers arriving and leaving New York could not obtain baggage delivery as baggagemen from the New York Transfer and Westcott Express Companies went on strike for higher pay and shorter hours. Companies warned that business would halt. Taxicab workers considered sympathy action, with a meeting planned to decide. Baggage backlog reached about 10,000 pieces daily as returnees flooded in.
New York stock market opened with railroad shares as the strongest feature. New York Central rose 1 point, Reading and the leading Western rails gained about half a point. Chicago and Northwestern, St Paul preferred, Baltimore & Ohio, and New Haven posted gains in early trading.
Chicago August 24 the supreme grand lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution opened its first convention in four years today with 500 delegates from every state present. George T Lemmon of New York said Sinn Fein is a domestic matter of Britain and the US has no right to interfere. Officers today included George Stewart supreme grand master Hugh Wilson deputy grand master Richard Harris treasurer.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt Mrs. Swellman says she is teaching her children to enter a room properly. Mr. Smartman cheekily replies by asking if taught by a department teacher or a burglar, highlighting a quirky dialogue in the newspaper page.
Read Do Martha Washington Sewing Tables in solid mahogany nicely finished.
Readable fragment advertises solid mahogany armchair tables in English style suitable for wall use. Describes large overstuffed davenports with spring arms, spring edges and removable cushions. Verdure tapestry covering noted and workmanship praised as superior.
The listing offers a Gateley Table for breakfast or general use in brown mahogany with rush seat, described as artistic and finely finished. Spinet desks in English mahogany priced at $85, Colonials from $30, a large solid mahogany piece with drawers and mirror at $96, all noted as high craftsmanship and premium materials.
Berlin, Germany. Police deploy 100 officers and 42 plainclothes men with 26 dogs to raid a Friedrichshain grove believed to shelter criminals. About 300 suspects were rounded up in under an hour and driven away in motor trucks as officers combed the park.
A Florida Times-Union humor item jokes about the rich and a carpenter. A caller asks if the carpenter is coming, only to learn his secretary says he is busy calculating his income tax, underscoring labor and finances with a wry tone.
The Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand are advertised as a great nerve tonic for nervous tiredness and debility. Available for six cents per box at Hindle Pharmacy and Hartigan Drug Stores with a refund if unsatisfied, and sixty cents for a box at Hindle's and Hartigan with dealers nationwide.
Bright on Carlsbad offers a range of women's misses and children's sleepwear priced from 1.25 to 4.00. Palmettes in pink or blue, white crossbar two-piece Pajama Suits, and light summer white ensembles feature silk frogs, pearl buttons, braid trimming, and elastic ankles. Sizes span 12 to 42, with child and miss options and a second-floor display.
Vintage ad lists A. B. C. familiarity ind pieces in pink batiste with lace bandeau tops and ribbon straps, Seco Silk bras in white or ecru, open-back and front styles priced from 2.98 to 3.98, La Grecque muslin open-work drawers at 1.89, Chic open cambric drawers at 1.39, and Berkley cambric closed drawers at 1.19 to 1.39, all in waist 28 to 32 inches.
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