Destructive of Power Warns Against Outside Control of Work
The American Federationist argues against industrial commissions controlling wages and working conditions. It cites Colorado and California examples where commissions and laws could invade union autonomy, threaten worker safety, and undermine organized labor. The piece urges wage earners to maintain independent management and resist legislative intrusion.
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Seyral
Colorado Industrial Commission
Barbers’ Union of
Pueblo
Barbers’ Union
Industrial Commission of
State of
Colorado
America
California
American Federation
Proper Breathing in Water Key to Safe Swimming
A Kansas City Star summary quotes a swimming teacher who says drowning stems from improper breathing. He explains most drownings result from holding air passages and failing to breathe out underwater. The remedy is to breathe in when above water and exhale underwater, noting movement is a minor part of swimming compared to breathing.
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Kansas City Star
Blood Purity and Disease Defense
A medical note argues pure blood strengthens tissue defense against germs. It uses analogies of water and dye to explain how impure blood injures stomach, liver, brain, and muscle cells, suggesting most diseases originate from impure blood and that clean blood supports healing.
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J. H. Kellogg
M. D
Coal Miners Warned Over Unauthorized Strikes
President Parring ton of the Illinois district denounces unauthorized strikes in violation of an employer union agreement. He warns that such actions bring penalties, harm the union’s standing, and threaten members’ rights, urging compliance with policies and laws to avoid consequences.
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Illinois
Parrington
Illinois Miners’ Union
Ripening Fruits and Cosmic Motion in Early Science Pieces
In a column-like piece, Garrett P. Serviss explains Earth’s spiral motion around the sun at roughly twenty-two miles per second and its immense kinetic energy. He compares potential planetary vaporization to a future nebula and notes a broader reflection on the phrase A fool's paradise from myth and modern usage.
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Space
Vega
Earth
Fred
Garrett P. Serviss
New York Journal
Guarantee Confusion Over Mattress Till Boarding School
A New York Times quotation shows a buyer accusing a seller of misrepresenting a six month mattress warranty. The remark implies a mix up tied to a boy's boarding school. The exchange underscores misunderstandings in consumer promises.
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New York Times
Unknown Doctor Influences a Confederate Prisoner Story
In spring 1882 during Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah campaign a hospital visit reveals the unseen influence of Dr Janeway on wounded Confederates and Yankee prisoners. A nurse, Mrs McKay, notes a prisoner’s calm after the doctor’s presence and a youth’s glimpse of Jackson’s memory amid hospital routines.
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Stonewall Jackson
Shenandoal Valley
General Banks
Potomac Inter
Prederick
Charlotte McKay
Janeway
Alwudan
Tose
Crimea
Waleliie
Ts Fening
Uist
Pryor
The Woman Worker: A Call for Women's Independence
Gertrude Barnum argues that working women must rely on themselves and reject pity or protection. She urges women and allies to remove unjust handicaps, support a brave struggle for fuller womanhood, and strive for a richer life.
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Gertrude Barnum
The Colorado Plan and Rockefeller Labor Strategy
Frank Morrian secretary of the American Federation of Labor argues that Rockefeller's Colorado plan uses a staged collective bargaining concept to control workers via a company financed system. He claims it offers only a pliant grievance channel while preserving employer power and aims to deter independent union organization, warning it undermines genuine worker self rule.
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Rockefeller
Piain
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Rockefellee
Frank Morriain
American Federaton of Labor
Starvation Wages in New York City Labor Scene
A discussion by Dr. Nearine at Carnegie Hall argues workers cannot earn a decent living in New York City. He cites subway pay of $1.50 a day and asserts public opinion and school systems shape democracy. He warns low wages threaten family support and urban life.
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New York City
de Beet Neavbg
Prolonant UF Enriids
University of Pennsylvania
Carnegie Ball
United States
Yne
Nearine
Wwe
Printers Get More Wages In San Francisco
An agreement effective Oct 1 between San Francisco Typographic Union No. 21 and the Franklin Printing Trades association provides a $2 per week wage increase for hand compositors in book and job offices and a $2.20 rise for machine operators at auxiliary plants. Minimums rise to 26 dollars for hand workers and 2120 for machine operators, with the $2 weekly increase split into three six month periods of 75, 60, and 65 cents.
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San Francisco
Barbers in Philadelphia win shorter workday after strike
Labor news notes a four week stoppage leading to an eight hour day for barbers in Philadelphia and for chinists at Coremp company and Globe Auto Sprinkler in Cincinnati. Telegraphers union seeks higher pay. Omaha unions push for aid from international bodies. Pennsylvania attorney general rules child labor law not retroactive allowing about 50 000 youths aged fourteen to sixteen to remain employed.
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Barbers ‘x
Philadelphia
Commercial ‘Telegraphers’ Union of America
Wales
Coreamp Company
Globe Auio Sprinkler Company
Cincinnati
Omaha
Attorney General of
Pennsylvania
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Union Shop
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High Street
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Voss-Holbrock
Morner’s Cafe
Dayton St
Orleet
UNI
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Tobin
BAIN
SeroTy
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
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Hamilton, Collateral Loan Co
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