Costly industrial accidents and unemployment in wartime era
U S labor statistician Royal Meeker warned at Harrisburg that ignorance about workmen's compensation costs harms employers and workers. He urged data driven prevention, noting uneven state laws and coverage, with minimal protection for wage earners and rising compensation payments.
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Dir Royal Meeker
Labor Statistics
United States Department of Laor
Pennsylvania Safety Congress
Harrisburg
Meeker
New Jersey
Alabama
Ohio
California
Monthly
Labor Review
Chinese New Year superstition and debt door ritual
Baptist missionaries report a New Year custom among Chinese involves placing a paper god at the door and removing the front door from debtors to guard the home for a year. The practice is cited as a superstition hindering missionary efforts while cities spend 26 cents per alien on evening schools as part of Americanization efforts.
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Baptist
Indian Monkeys Declared Real Pests In Bhadrack Town
Baptist missionaries in Bhadrack India fight a monkey problem described as terror by Hartley who reports 500 to 4000 monkeys destroying homes and crops. He claims a monkey killed three children and stole food. Hindus view the monkeys as sacred and guns are scarce.
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Bhadrack
India
R Hartley
Hartley
Neishorhood
Puri
Bay of Bengal
Pur
Calcutta
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Gity Savings Bank
Layes Fish Company
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Vincent Bros. Washburn & Carbon ST
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TIMES
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United States District Court
District OF Connecticut
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County Court House
John Keogh
Hawthorne Manufacturing Company, Incorporated
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Hawthorne Company
Horace Hawthorne
The
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