21 Jan 1916
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1916
Page
1
A compact survey traces the rise of the Bojt and Shoe Workers union, detailing organizing drives, key locals, leadership shifts, and economic factors driving growth. It highlights factory disputes, labor tactics, and the union's expanding reach among craftsmen and shop stewards.
The Boot and Shoe Workers union history shows evolution from weak dues structure to a strong national body with arbitration and sick death benefits. Since 1890 it protected wages, raised pay through arbitration, and favored mutual adjustments. It seeks undivided support from all shoe workers to speed future gains and solidify its position.
A New York World article explains there are no truly dry batteries in common use. It describes an enclosed wet cell with moisture essential for chemical reactions, detailing the internal paste mix, operation from zinc to carbon, and how current returns. It notes recharging via a close circuit cell and water aid, but cannot restore original life.
The Youth's Companion describes a vast quartz rock eagle on a hill in central Georgia. The stones form feathers and span 120 feet with a 102 foot body length, beak ten feet, breast height ten feet. Its purpose remains unknown, possibly religious or burial, with vandal attempts noted.
On a train Subbubs chats with a stranger who notes many new buildings. Subbubs replies that new buildings are the only kind they put up, a quip reflecting his boastful project spirit. The excerpt also portrays office staff types with comic exaggeration.
A brief Baltimore Amen style dialogue shows Maria sneaking around a room seeking an egg to bake a cake, prompting a sharp rebuke to leave. The exchange highlights domestic tension and a humorous domestic miscue.
A historical overview traces irrigation’s rise in southern Louisiana from Acadian rice planting in lowlands to prairie lands near bayous. Early crops faced drought and poor drainage, but modern pumps and levees expanded cultivation, transforming waterlogged acreage into tens of thousands of productive acres by mid 19th century. The first large pump appeared in 184? on Bayou Plaquemine near Crowley, Acadia Parish.
A fragment from Boston Transcript notes sun instability and potential cosmic disaster with remarks by Professor Flammat ion on sun life, followed by a feature on Argentina’s Mendoza natural bridge hailed by Scientific American as natural, not Inca, origin. Also mentions spoons from shells and leaves, plus a few jokes from the New York Post and Kansas City Journal.
A Mobile built boiler iron submersible from 1864 tried to attack the Housatonic near Charleston. Eight men died when the craft sank after a steamer swamped it. Lt Payne survived both attempts, and Captain Hundley later perished with the vessel. The wreck was later found with the crew partially preserved in mud.
Judge Stephen S. Gregory argues that wages must increase as a boost to national prosperity and the buying power of the masses. He contends laborers and professionals alike share a duty to ensure future generations earn better profits, lest the country decay.
Samuel Gompers leads the American Federation of Labor in adopting resolutions condemning discrimination against Jews in Europe. The document urges US government and organized labor to press nations to end religious and civil rights abuses, noting a similar British resolution and urging worldwide solidarity for Jewish rights.
Ince Haynes Willmore, a San Francisco writer, lauds the American Federation of Labor convention. He praises the physique and fighting spirit of the delegates, argues unions train citizens, and asserts the best citizens will be unionists. He notes the convention’s evident intelligence on economic laws.
Notes report 22 000 Colorado workers in mining milling and smelting. Street Railway Men’s International Union exceeds 100 000 members. San Francisco Plasterers Union founded 1857 as California’s first. Chicago garment workers strike ten weeks nets victory for both sides. Pennsylvania industrial accidents last year caused wage losses over a million dollars. California unions urged to appoint label committees to urge members buy only union made goods and promote California made products where possible.
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