Not for Peace at Any Price Labor Stance at AFL Convention
President Samuel Gompers reports at the AFL’s thirty-first annual convention in San Francisco that organized labor will not back any political move to secure peace at the cost of industrial justice. The report warns against embargo tactics and aims to protect workers while maintaining necessary peace, noting commerce and munitions issues. The piece contrasts eight hour struggles and cites Springfield and Boston Journal perspectives on labor and industry.
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Executive Council
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Atmerica
Europe
Worton
America
Springfield
Mass
Michigan
Boston Journal
Journal
Bookplates and their place in volumes from past to present
The piece traces bookplates from their late fifteenth century origin in Germany to modern use. It outlines three forms engraved photogravure and line cut with costs from $100 to $500 for engraving and $25 for photogravure. Four styles show crest decorative pictorial and portrait plates and notes best placement on the front cover or between leaves.
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Germany
Alan
New York Sun
Unity Makes For Progress Labor Unity And Private Employment Agencies
Unity means progress says Labor Clarion urging workers to stay united and follow proven leaders. It warns against crafty interests undermining harmony while praising steady gains under the American Federation of Labor. Private employment agencies are condemned as graft and exploitation, harming the working class and forcing costly job seekers.
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American Federation of Labor
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Labor Movement
Labor Clarion
British Columbia
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Courts Open to Free Press Critics Says Missouri Judge
Missouri judge Henry Lamm told the Missouri State Bar that courts are open to fair criticism and that a free press serves a free people. He argued courts have human limits and require public scrutiny to maintain efficiency and integrity. The speech cites the right of a decent press to discuss officials and principles without fear. It also notes the first Great Seal of the United States, issued in 1782 for Washington, with Hancock and Thomas on the commission.
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Missouri
Henry Lame
Sedalia
Missouri State Bar Association
Lamm
United States
Uncle Sam
General Washington
John Hancock
Congress
Charles Thomas
Magazine of American History
Menu Confusion Prompting Waiter Fashion Plates
A couple debates what to order in a scene from the Louisville Courier Journal. The woman laments the menu’s confusing oyster styles while the man urges haste, and he suggests the waiter could reveal fashion plates to aid her choice.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Too Watchful Husband Stops Car Sale
A wife recounts how her husband, nicknamed Keeper Jaden, thwarted a potential car sale, preventing the transaction with an overprotective, watchful approach.
We Never Forget We Must Stand With Wage Earners
Wendell Phillips urged unity and faith among wage earners to gain power and secure bread, leisure, and opportunities for their children. He warned that politicians ignore workers at their peril and that steadfast commitment will protect their interests from greed and short sighted rulers.
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Wendell Phillips
Favors Trade Unions in Southern Press Defense
The Columbia State defends textile workers right to organize amid Greenville layoffs for union activity. It argues collective bargaining is standard in the United States and that South Carolina mill workers deserve unionizing to gain strength, autonomy, and better citizenship.
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Columbia
Greenville
United Textile Workers’ Union
United States
South
Caroling
Dema
ORGANIZATION PAYS Policies of Two Unions Compared
In the Journal of the Brotherhood of Teamsters Secretary Solem contrasts Minneapolis Milk Wagon Drivers union policy with a former St Paul local. St Paul sought $14 daily per member and failed to compromise, later cutting pay by five dollars monthly with no vacation. Minneapolis union organized, leveled employer competition, improved conditions, and now pays $75 monthly with two weeks vacation.
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Brotherhood of Teamsters
Solem
Minneapolis Milk Wagon Drivers
St Paul
St. Paul
Minneeapolis
F of L Office Building Groundbreaking in Washington
Labor's first cabinet representative William B. Wilson opened the site with the first spadeful while President Gompers and Secretary Morrison each took turns. The five story plus basement building will be ready next spring. Texas Attorney General defines domestic servant as a person in the master's household who is an actual member. Watters in club houses not domestic servants eligible for benefits under the industrial accident law.
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Labor
William B. Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Gompers
Morrison
State Attorney General of
Texas
Safety First Campaign Expands to Wisconsin Logging
The Wisconsin State Industrial Commission plans to extend its Safety First campaign into the logging industry for winter prep in northern woods. Last year 271 men were injured handling axes and 211 injured by planes.
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Wisconsin State Industrial Commission
Pias
A Touch of Gold The Degenerate Adonis in London
In London during his heyday the actor Dixey meets a proud American performer starving in the Strand. The starving man proudly refuses aid, but accepts a sovereign from Dixey. He plans to repay it, then spends the coin at the Cafe Royal, his dignity intact only briefly by the sudden stroke of luck. Detroit Free Press reports on vanity, hunger, and generosity.
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London
Dixey
Strand
Dizey
Cafe Royal
Detroit Pree Press
Impolite Officials In Paris Lesson From Carrot Incident
In Paris a small public servant faced a rude interruption as he ate carrots at midday. The chief later scolded him to accept vegetables gracefully and welcome the public. The tale, cited by the Indianapolis News, contrasts civility with officiousness. The piece also notes Goettingen’s prize for Fermat’s theorem proof and the French Academy’s Jean Renaud prize in mathematics.
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Paris
Francona
Sam
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Indianapolis News
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Mark Twain Advice on Women Education Speech
A fragmentary collection notes Mark Twain’s jab at college girls, highlights Hartford’s memory of a speech to graduating women. It quotes his tongue in cheek line urging women to marry and manage households. Includes a Richmond Times-Dispatch aside and a Louisville Courier-Journal quip on flirting. Also a brief Fatherly exchange about diplomacy and mothers.
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