Convict Labor Reform Urged By Trade Unions
John J Manning cites humane work for prisoners and insists on paying convicts fairly while urging state use of inmate labor for clothing. He cites Gompers and AFL support for revamped industrial approach and continued education to aid release and prevent exploitation.
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Pennsylvania
American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
Witherspoon Hall
Philadelphia
John J. Manning
Garment Worker
Minneapolis (Minn
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Iamat
United Garment Workers of
Arberica
Sing Sing
Pressmen's Dispute Ends
The International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union ends its dispute with unaffiliated locals of New York City Buffalo and St Louis feeder unions and Newark Web Pressmen. After patient negotiations, workers sign a report urging membership acceptance to bolster the international union’s influence for members' advancement.
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International Printing Pressmen and Assistants
New York City
Buffalo
T. Louis and
Web Pressmen's Union
Newark
N. J
Signals From Aircraft and Torch Bomb Signaling
Aerial command relies on soot clouds to spell Morse, lamp and mirror systems to flash long or short signals, and a weighted torch bomb to drop messages. Air crews coordinate with ground gunners from thousands of feet, exchanging replies via light and smoke for battlefield guidance.
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Pearson's Weekly
High Cost of Living In the Early Californi Days
A humorous reminiscence compares prices in early California days at Hangtown now Placerville and the Old El Derada hotel. It recalls menu items with inflated costs like hash and beef entrees, noting grizzled nostalgia for pioneer abundance and simple pleasures.
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Californi
Mark Twain
Horace Greeley
California
Astrobilt
Cherry's
el Derada
Hangtown
Placerville
Caly
Vonceyerstore
Visitor from New York Called Hick Over Golf and Watermelon
A New York visitor insulted locals as a hick for never playing golf yet admitted he had never seen a watermelon on the vine or knew how to tell ripeness. He was indignantly dismissed from the bucolic setting in Houston.
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New York
Houston
Ancient Temples Tower of Babel a Midget
A San Francisco Chronicle article compares ancient towers with modern skyscrapers. It reviews the Tower of Babel, Nebuchadnezzar’s restorations, the Babylonians’ ziggurat, Birs Nimroud ruins, Egyptian pyramids, and tall modern structures including the Eiffel Tower and Woolworth Building, noting modern feats outshine ancient methods. It ends with brief notes on bowstring executions in Turkey and Persia.
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Tower of Babel
Babylon
Herodotus
Mardak
Diodorus
Bel
Beltis
Rhea
Ishtar
Nebuchadnezzar
Babel
Birs Nimroud
Borsippa
Egypt
Cheops
Khufu
Chephren
Khatra
St. Peter's
Ome
Silvel
Paris
Woolworth
New York
Metropolitan Life
Singer Building
Washington Monument
Washington
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne
Germany
Rouen
France
St. Rome
St Paul's
London
Diodorus Steulus
Eiffel Tower
San Francisco Chronicle
Witty proverb quotes frame a philosopher and busy minds
A collection of sayings contrasts a clever philosopher planning marriage to a younger woman with the maxim that the busy man is plagued by one devil while the idle man faces a thousand. The Cleveland Leader and a Spanish proverb provide sardonic reflections on ambition and time.
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Cleveland
Ballroom Pathos: The Wall Flower at a Dance
A lonely girl at a social dance endures a night of isolation and pity as others flit between groups. Her longing and embarrassment grow until she withdraws to the quiet dressing room, left alone as the hall buzzes with music and laughter.
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Marie
Reas
San Francisco Bulletin
Irritability as a warning signal in nervous distress
A feature on irritability explaining it as a danger signal pointing to physical or mental causes. Worry is cited as a common root, harming digestion and nervous balance, with emphasis on curing irritability through an optimistic attitude and overcoming pessimism. Includes brief notes from Addington Bruce and examples of public discourse.
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Reme
Addington Bruce
Kansas City Star
Dry to smile and a store clerk who smiles
A Ville Courier Journal excerpt notes a department head praising a clerk who keeps smiling while selling face powder to pretty girls. It contrasts his cheer with the narrator selling collar buttons to grouches and ends with quotes from Carlyle about a loving heart as knowledge’s start.
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Louis, Ville Courier-Journal
Trade unions stand firm on self rule in welfare
The passage argues unions avoid external control while welcoming aid for education and organizing. It stresses workers must decide personal relations themselves, highlights laws expanding worker freedom, health and safety, and asserts trade unionism as the core force for industrial betterment and protection against subordination to outside agencies.
Chicago Street Railway Workers Win Wage Increase
Arbitrators award Chicago street railway workers a three cent hourly raise. The gain adds about 93.60 yearly per worker for car employees and lifts payrolls by roughly 1.17 million for surface line staff. Families expect improved living standards and spending on essentials and recreation.
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Chicago Street Railway
Chicago Traction
Chicago Car
United States
Joanaburles
Wages for Convicts in Government Labor Plan
Federal attorney general Thorne W Gregory pushes inmate labor in Atlanta prison and services to produce army navy goods. Proposals include small monthly family payments and sole government use, avoiding open-market competition. Tailors' union joins AFL in revived jurisdiction dispute and referendum confirms original title.
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Thome W. Gregory
Unilinl
Atlanta, Ga
Mer
WC Maudie
Artorien Wonetal
Wien
Lilishinigut
United States
Journeymen Taylor’s Union
Labor News Includes Winnipeg Bureau and Welsh Miners Strike
The text notes a new labor bureau in Winnipeg and reports Welsh miners winning most demands in a recent strike. It mentions a 15 percent wage increase for Pantsmakers in New York and a possible labor agitation bureau by the San Pran usco council. It also cites Norwegian skilled workers earning 7.50 for fifty five and one half hours weekly and a New York longshoremen campaign against nonunion ship lines.
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New York City
Bureau of Labor
Winnipeg
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Turkey
Persia
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Harrison
Adame
Massachusetts
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Harrisons
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Bleedem
Carlyle
Chicago
Carmen
Union Shop
the Square Tailors
High Street
Holbreck Bros
Voss-Holbreck
Morner’s Cafe
Daily Core
Buffalo Town
Agp Bet Trace
Falo Transit CO
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Hamilton Collateral Loan Co
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