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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
1
Collis Lovely argues against prison contract work noting four systems used in U S prisons and condemning the contract method for harming reform, encouraging diversified outdoor labor and state oversight to reintegrate prisoners and prevent unfair competition. He calls for earnings to support dependents or be saved for release.
The union has brought life and hope into the factory and home, bearing the battle to secure workers' welfare. It remains labor's hope for the future as it educates and organizes the unorganized.
Notices posted at all Du Pont Powder company plants announce that beginning April 1 each payroll employee will receive a 20 percent wage advance. The increase will continue until the end of the current year and possibly longer.
The golden crowned kinglet, one of the smallest American birds, was named by Aristotle who noted a creature hardly larger than a locust. Its ruby crown cousin is a superb singer with a continuous woodland song, earning high praise from observers like the Chicago Post.
In Alexander Irvine's My Lady of the Chimney Corner a mother teaches her son to persevere. She binds his hands with sticks to show him a plowman's steady work. He must keep in the furrow, face stones, and endure change. The plow digs deep, not skims.
A glove department head advises mending kid gloves by trimming ragged edges with small sharp scissors. He recommends buttonholing both edges with fine cotton thread and a fine needle, then bringing edges together to buttonhole. The repaired glove reportedly resists pulling out or tearing under heavy wear.
Small water particles in fog tend to fall in still air, but a light upward current can suspend the tiniest particles. Fog globules consist of a water film around a dust particle with a solid core, not gaseous as once thought.
A 31 year old bride allegedly misreports her age as 26 to the marriage license clerk and then denounces the local paper for its alleged unreliability after it prints the wedding color scheme as lavender rather than hellotrope.
A New York Tribune piece quotes a visiting city woman’s letter home praising the Eden Musee and subway adventures while poking fun at shopping on Broadway and Fifth Avenue. She recalls meeting a western woman and observes a dramatic subway proposal amid Manhattan scenes.
A column notes patterns in stock activity where consensus praise and insider praise align before a rise, and quiet moves precede gains, advising readers to study market behavior and official earnings news rather than heed tips. It emphasizes relying on legal disclosures and actual data.
The excerpt cites Admiral Decatur praising war for broadening life though shortening it, paired with a Louisville Courrier Journal remark that rent reduces a tenant’s income after a collector cashes in. Both reflect period rhetoric on hardship and sacrifice.
A discussion argues that shorter workdays and higher wages boost individual productivity and spur invention, leading to cheaper production and lower prices for society. The piece claims long hours under poor conditions reduce efficiency, while higher pay stimulates machinery and better methods. American Federationist.
Governor Fielder of New Jersey opposes repealing the full crew law amid a bill in the assembly. He notes widespread letters and petitions, warns that the bill would let the utility commission mandate traincrew levels for passenger and freight trains, and argues the measure misleads by granting broad regulatory power while failing to specify crew numbers.
The article reports leaders including Ita Undoubted Tendency and Mr Nevin arguing the minimum wage would become the maximum, while ex president Roosevelt and President Wilson offer contrasting views. It notes Republican sympathy yet scholarly debate on wage policy and potential business restrictions under federal rules and state actions.
The article reports that the efficiency system at government arsenals will be abolished amid congressional action, affecting about 500 workers at Frankford, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Colonel George Montgomery notes most workers will keep pay with piecework adjustments, while a few top earners may see increases. The piece also discusses reforms removing stopwatches and seeks congressional aid for hatters harmed by Sherman law interpretations and Clayton bill exemptions.
Virginia operators and miners sign a new wage and hours agreement after conferences. The contract sets a four workweek frame with a standard workday of ten hours and includes wage adjustments starting April 1, covering about 17 000 miners across the New River and Wind Creek fields.
After a brief walkout at the consolidated dye works the workers returned to duty under a new two week pay arrangement. The company had threatened wage withholdings but a protest prompted management to negotiate. A settlement followed with revised terms and a single weekly pay day.
The Building Trades council of Alameda California endorses a six hour work day for January February and March. District Council of Painters No 8 pushes the plan across Alameda San Francisco Marin and San Mateo counties with a view to presenting it at the State Building Trades council convention to unify hours in California building trades.
Boston reports six woolen garment workers in the city and union musicians in Toronto own homes. Canada plans to organize clothing workers while Chicago unions open two cooperative stores. New Jersey employs three female factory inspectors. Italy hosts numerous cooperative societies linked to unions. Missouri legislature introduces an eight hour day for state and municipal work. Massachusetts savings banks reportedly save workers over $1,000,000 yearly by forcing boiler rates on industrial firms.
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