Labor's Demand to Punish Violators Under Sherman Act
The American Federation of Labor declares that violators of law must be punished and that labor should receive fair enforcement of the Sherman act. It argues the act aimed at capitalists, not unions, and protests judicial overreach and special privileges. The piece contrasts labor rights with corporate power and cites London Times unionization as a related development. It ends with a parable about Abraham Lincoln using wit to settle a debt case.
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Organized Labor
La’bor
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
Organized Labor Movement
American Federation of Labor
Feleration of Labor
Walter Gordon Merritt
Bor
Standard Oil, Steel and Tobacco Trusts
Atorney
Springfeld
Lincoli
Lin
Cole
Ian
Lincoln
Mike
Tragic Sleepwalking Incident Inspired Bellini Opera
A Dresden young woman sleeplessly walked a roof edge at midnight. Neighbors laid mattresses and candles to aid her fall, but a candle glare woke her and she fell fatally, inspiring Bellini to compose La Sonnambula.
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Bellini
Dresden
Waxsiet
Who Says Hens Have No Brains
A wife claims hens lack brains as she chases a Wyandotte toward the roost. The hen outsmarts her pursuer with a swift sidestep and vanishes in tall grass. The poultry’s timing proves the bird’s brains, as its cackle sounds at the perfect moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
The New Way Divorced Style At Country Club
Dorothy and Eleanor discuss Florence after her separation at the country club. Florence wears her hair a la divorce, sparking shock and amusement among the companions. The remark reflects contemporary humor about marriage and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Eleanor
Country Club
Florence
Hosbind
Union Label Foes and the 6 Percent Labour Control
An article rails at union labels and open shop critics who claim only 6 percent of workers are organized. It argues efficient unions empower the majority, not oppress it, and accuses manufacturers of pursuing a policy to crush the union label while ironically increasing worker support for it. The piece ends with a ironic praise from the Shoe Workers' Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Manufacturers
Detroit
Saga
Unons
Crier
Bhoe Workers’ Journal
Carpenters in Kansas City Seal Two Year Pact
Kansas City Carpenters District Council signed a two year contract with master builders. The minimum wage rises to 60 cents an hour for the first year and 65 cents an hour beginning April 1, 2015.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
The Old Workers Cry Of Aged Miners Plea
A poem laments aging miners worn by time and toil. It questions how society treats veterans of labor, asking if pensions exist or if they suffer after years of hard work for others’ gain. The speaker pleads for care for elderly workers once bold, now bent and gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toll
Destiny
Derien Braley
Winning Happiness and Harmony with Nature
Toledo Times urges inner happiness by aligning with self and nature. It argues happiness comes from within, nourished by harmony with trees, birds, skies, clouds, sun, and the surrounding world. The article emphasizes equal views and self–acceptance as foundations for genuine joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ancient medical humor and Swahili masked fashions
A collage of curiosities notes Roman medical jests attributed to Martial and Pliny on gout and doctors, then describes Swahili upper class women wearing leather beaded masks and lavish dress in Zanzibar. It also recalls old money terms bob and cob, a New Guinea elopement note, and brief humorous exchanges from newspapers and magazine miscellany.
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Rome
Martial
London
Bymmachus
American Medical Association
Pliny
Gaya
Diodorus
Yias
Zanzibar
Morocco
Turkey
Wide World Magazine
New Guinea
Weight of a body and gravity explained by distance
A New York World article explains how an object's weight changes with distance from the earth's center. It uses a 100 pound example at the surface, showing weights of 50 pounds at 2,000 miles from the center, 25 pounds at 4,000 miles, and zero at the earth's center, detailing the inverse and direct factors involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
New York World
Discipline at Sea and Literary Pillage Across Eras
A compilation of older maritime discipline practices from a Portuguese maritime guide detailing captains rights and sailor defenses, plus notes on ship clerk penalties. It shifts to Bernard Shaw and Halse defending literary borrowing, a Pasadena gardener wage tale, and brief quotes on success without bitterness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Shaw
Halse
London Express
Drury Lane
Balfe
Mozart
Indianapolis News
Oil Upon the Waters Explained by Oil's Calming Wave Action
A description recounts how oil on water reduces surface ripple, forming a thin protective film that smooths waves and eases ship movement. It notes oil’s higher viscosity and surface tension dynamics, citing the Hoston Herald on calming stormy seas and the danger posed by breaking waves.
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Mariner
Hostun
Gardening wisdom and political quips in a Puisne Voice
A tattered clipping blends Bacon on gardening as manly pleasure with a demagogue joke and a late night prank anecdote. The piece ties civic civility to horticulture while offering a wry courtroom quip about a prisoner and a kitchen window.
Go on In new deeds of valor my son that is the way
A fragment from a quotation collection contrasts Virgil’s call to valor with a 19th century humor line about dancing and effort. The text presents two distinct voices, one exhorting courage and the other wryly noting ease of escape from movement.
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Virgil
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London Times
The
Globe
Times
London Society of Compositors
Citi Fen
Schiller
Bob
Earl of Essex
London Chronicle
Mary
Tommy
Ono
Philadelphia
Nea
Pasadena
Japan
Richard C. Cabot
Chicago News
God Almightie
Bacon
Genial Mar
Mr. Groucher
Washington Star
Holbreck Bros
Voss-Holbreck
Holzberger
H.H. Jones Service
East Sth St
Cincinnati, Ghib
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
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