04 Jul 1913
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Newspaper
Butler County Press
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
1
A front page motto proclaims the welfare of humanity and social progress as paramount over material gains. The message emphasizes moral improvement, civic duty, and collective growth as guiding principles.
The article argues against cheap labor as a false economy and asserts that workers with higher living standards drive real progress. It condemns threatening to move abroad and urges social justice, warning that unchecked capital power harms national prosperity and moral values.
The American Federationist notes that organized labor and forward looking patriotic citizens will resist efforts to marginalize the human side of production. It emphasizes cooperation with humane and forward thinking people to guard workers' interests.
The Tower of London keeps a nightly custom where the governor’s keys are taken by a beefeater and chief yeoman porter to the guardroom. A sergeant and six privates escort, challenge, and salute as the keys are returned to the governor's house each night.
London corresp describes color vision genetics showing color blind women almost always born to color blind fathers. Daughters and sons show specific inheritance, with twin girls one color blind and the other not. Also notes a clockpiece misconceptions about mantel clocks causing misalignment and calls for horizontal placement accuracy.
A Kansas City Journal whimsy depicts a young George Washington questioned by Mr. Washington about chopping a cherry tree. The boy insists he is merely thinking of going on the stump and mutters a line about being a bar statesman.
A five year old boy named Willie, son of a minister, is sent from the dinner table for misbehavior. He retreats to the kitchen where the maid remarks on his tall age and status. Willie retorts that the consequences come from being born into a preacher's family.
A. M. Powell recounts a perilous ascent by a party member in trailing and camping to Alaska. The climber fights a mossed ledge and sheer rock to reach a narrow shelf then climbs to safety after hours of effort.
A collage of brief quotes from multiple papers features a woman frustrated by finding a white hair and plucking out a brown strand, comments on social intrigue, and a pair of neighbors chatting after a hospital stay. The excerpts mix humor and domestic observations from New York Times Puck and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In a witty exchange a salesman asks Dobson about ribbon color for his new typewriter and Dobson replies black for his widowed machine. The quip ends with a playful courtroom verdict about fearing the future and enjoying the present.
A poem by Ralph Bacon from New York, American, voices the grim life of workers. It laments long hours, dangerous mills, and suffocating conditions that burden mothers children and families.
The Granite Cutters' Journal cites Dec 20 1911 ground breaking for the Woolworth Building in New York at 755 feet tall and argues that modern union labor proves efficiency. It notes debates by efficiency advocates contrasting pharaohs era with present methods and asserts unions built the structure. Senate probes West Virginia Palat Creek coal district. education and labor committee to investigate conditions.
Trained nurses will work with physicians to care for the sick at H. C. Frick Coke company coal and coke towns in the Payette and Westmoreland fields. Nurses are placed at Healy No. 1 and Lawbert plants and others will follow as accommodations allow. A small first aid hospital is planned at each large works.
A Walden-like reflection on the Gobi Desert describing beauty and terror in Dzungaria. It cites myths of malignant beings and strange phenomena whispered by wanderers, including Kosloff’s tale of the wild Ks-Kyks and Kirghiz encounters in Wide World Magazine.
A Chicago Tribune account describes the Malagasy custom of a widow mourning after her husband’s death. She is isolated at home for eight to twelve months, dressed in finery, then subjected to verbal abuse and confiscation of jewelry, clothing, and goods. She may not wash fully, leaves only at night, and cannot return home until divorced by her in law family. The piece portrays imposed suffering and social control.
A Mississippi town enforces a sidewalk wheelbarrow ban on its busiest street day. A man pushing a wheelbarrow of groceries is arrested, then defends the act by placing a child on top and claiming the cart is a baby carriage.
A drill sergeant leads recruits in rifle use at will during a training, but mishaps occur when blank cartridges are issued. Private Dulin asks which one is Wil as he lowers his gun after the command Fire at will.
The quotation portrays Fontenelle as listening widely and offending none by disputing mag Ying. In later life he shared the keys to his success, two maxims: Everybody may be right and Everything may be so.
A witticism about women adding a postscript to letters surfaces in a lighthearted exchange. The alley of banter features a sharp reply suggesting the writer seeks the last word after shaping the letter's thoughts.
A playful dialogue traces a marriage engagement moment with Edith and Marie in a Boston Transcript fragment. The scene hints at an engagement ring and curiosity about the groom while a closing Abbott quote emphasizes heart over mind as wisdom.
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