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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1905
Page
3
A mosaic of labor reports shows wage growth lagging in 1904 amid longer fights over hours and strikes. The 1905 Bureau of Labor bulletin notes wages barely rise while hours fall slightly, with mixed regional outcomes and a general strike wave affecting railways, bricklayers, printers, and Hazleton coal operations.
A New York Times feature surveys how leading American philanthropists distribute vast fortunes. Helen Gould and Elizabeth Altman manage enormous charitable giving, with Gould directing thousands of grants and Altman screening applications. Other noted givers include Russell Sage’s household, Jacob Schiff, Morris Jessup, Darius Mills, Charles Schwab, Andrew Carnegie, and the U.S. Steel era leaders, each applying distinct, pragmatic methods to aid worthy causes.
The piece notes the National Association of Steam and Hot Water Fitters moving its office to Chicago, the Chicago Federation of Labor backing ward clubs to sell union labeled goods, and wage hikes plus profit sharing for Fall River cotton mill operatives starting Oct 26. It also covers AFL convention plans in Pittsburgh, British delegates visiting, Massachusetts setting a Pittsfield AFL office, a dispute between Crowell Publishing and printers, coal miners seeking wage restoration, and escalating Russian railroad strike actions near Moscow.
The article describes blind youths at a blind asylum overcoming handicap to play chess on a tactile board with raised black squares and smooth white pieces. They claim speed and accuracy rival sighted players and imagine embossed cards for other games. It claims they excel in fishing, card games, running, and gymnastics with notable feats such as a 100 yard sprint under twelve seconds and various apparatus moves.
The London Globe recalls Segismond Sicard once hailed as a prodigy backed by Wagner and Gounod. After a Brussels lightning strike in 1879 and a later paralysis, he endured a decade of decline, his daughter’s death in 1892 sealing a wandering life as a Liege street hawker.
Sailors on extended cruises exhaust tobacco and seek substitutes. Tea and coffee serve as the best tobacco substitutes, smoked in pipes or cigarettes though harsh on the mouth and nerves. When driven by need, sailors burn rope yarn and oakum, or bark from salted meat barrels, producing foul smoke and oaths as they cope with tobacco hunger.
A collection of satirical quips and jokes features bawdy bankers, a long retired tragedian, and a convict with a bank heist past. The exchange touches on forgiveness, eye openers, and prison life with a Punch-like wit.
In a clipped exchange in The Catholic Standard and Times, a character notes a man’s cheerful mood as Goodman replies he has just renewed his fire insurance and paid his pew rent. The dialogue underscores frugal prudence and religious community life.
A humorous exchange shows a guest asking for top service and a waiter jokingly replies that true first class is elsewhere. The banter highlights dining room etiquette and a blunt twist.
In a light exchange between Mrs Hicks and Mrs Nuritch, the topic turns to why she did not buy the material she liked. Mrs Nuritch explains the salesman said it was domestic dress goods, prompting Mrs Hicks to quip about not wearing such materials.
A vintage quip ponders age and flirtation with a wry line about a woman on her deathbed flirting with the attending physician. The remark reflects timeless humor about social norms and aging.
In a restrained exchange a mother urges her son Johnny to forgive the man he despises. He answers he will forgive after defeating Willie Penrose, signaling a vow to settle the grievance before reconciliation.
A terse exchange contrasts a poor man unable to save with a millionaire teaching that saving eliminates future worry. The comment reflects attitudes about personal finance and thrift.
A sanctimonious traveler questions a clerical man about fights. The cleric in black responds he sometimes makes good and bad fights, and reveals he is a whisky distiller.
A dialogue reveals tension as a woman laments her neglect from her husband while another guest explains her father-in-law lives with them and they spend the day knitting and crying over Henry.
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