28 Aug 1914
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1914
Page
1
The article recalls Franz Liszt's concerts revealing how the legendary pianist connected with intimate listeners beyond public halls. It highlights personal anecdotes of devoted fans, performance rituals, and the aura surrounding his piano artistry.
A narrative recalls Liszt resisting a baroness invitation to play at a tea gathering. He avoids the scene, speaks jokingly, and later engages in a light music session behind a screen with Mme de Hegermann-Lindencrone, sharing songs and a dramatic piano moment.
Faithful employees of the Public Service G Company of Northern Minors gain a pension after thirty years service at age 55, or at 65 with fifteen years. Annuities equal to 144 per year times the highest average five year pay and years of service, not exceeding 300. Company to establish an employees savings fund with 5 percent of pay. One million dollars of common stock turned over to land committee trustees. Massachusetts Supreme Court rules relief funds for the Lawrence strike a public charitable trust. committee members ordered to repay 5800 with interest and 9579 for funds not accounted for.
The report notes no New York Labor Day parade this year and emphasizes labor power beyond simple sums. It cites Wisconsin injury compensation of about one million dollars for 1914 and Pennsylvania cigar factories employing 16,473 workers, with 3,012 more women than men. Minnesota Union Advocate is confirmed as official organ for the state federation, and an arbitrate agreement among ninety eight western railroads signals likely amicable settlement of disputed issues.
Critics claim organized labor channels ignorance and foreign influence, while labor groups press for a literacy requirement to curb illiterate immigration. Business owners and their allies oppose the measure, masking as a push against organized labor. The debate centers on protecting future American citizenship standards amid immigration policy.
A critique of child labor abuses in the United States. The New York state factory commission heard evidence from George Hall of the New York child labor commission. He described a fourteen year old girl making artificial violets for 10 cents and earning little more than two dollars weekly. A grandmother and three children crafting artificial flowers earned about six to seven dollars weekly. The piece condemns greed and calls for societal intervention to protect workers, noting business opposition to reform.
A curious form of child labor from the English midlands is described by Dr A A Hill in the 1913 report of the chief inspector of factories and workshops. Children work as handle makers, often standing on boxes to reach benches and performing 150 to 200 jumps per hour, causing great pain and tenderness. Ohio law cheapest notes Ohio workers’ compensation premiums, with Ohio rates among the lowest yet injury and death awards among the highest except New York. The Boston Steamfitters union and helpers agree to a three-year wage scale, starting at 4.50 dollars a day and rising to 5.00, with a 50 cent per day raise to the Helpers union.
The Athens district conference of the Methodist church at Union Point Georgia declared the child the nation's most valuable asset and urged state legislators to back laws promoting the child’s full development. It voiced strongest sympathy for efforts to advance child welfare nationwide.
George W. Alger argues the Industrial Relations Commission must uncover how constitutional protections are applied during recent industrial disturbances. He notes state and federal guarantees of free speech assembly habeas corpus and press, cites Paterson and West Virginia cases, and urges thorough impartial inquiry into whether rights are denied to strikers. He warns against undermining foundational liberties and urges Commission findings to clarify the bill of rights’ status in labor disputes.
The legislative committee of the pwn State Federation of Labor seeks a law obliging all employers to pay workers within two weeks.
A Civil War tale portrays General Grant ordering provisions for a hungry woman and her colored servant after a Confederate raid. Grant tests the servant by asking him to swear allegiance to Lincoln, then grants food. Another vignette recalls Phillips Brooks advising against ministry, later becoming a famed preacher with a stenographer noting his fast talk.
A discussion on success attributes notes brains humor and self confidence or their order. The piece references critics who propose self confidence first and cites historic trial by jury origins before Alfred the Great with twelve jurors and earlier mixed Welsh and Anglo Saxon freemen in disputes.
A Toledo Blade reader muses on why one angler hooks a string of fish in hours while another beside him catches only an old shoe and a leg from overalls. He asks if psychology plays a role in fishing prowess.
A Baltimore Evangel excerpt recalls a fatherly maxim spoken to a son about returning home until paid board. The exchange highlights the value of prudent financial guidance and timely support within families.
A discussion from the American Federationist argues that labor organizations arise from human need and labor power while capital is tied to material wealth and profit. It cautions against applying labor regulation to voluntary labor groups, claiming misapplication harms justice and constitutional equality.
The Westintuster Gazette recalls how parishioners in Rosenvath once revered the Argyll family. Principal Storey, then minister, described a scene in which locals resisted the dulke x factory and stood firm against disrespect toward the duke's horse.
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