German workingmen's insurance expands to 1890s
Dr. Richard Freund argues sickness, accident, and invalidity and old age insurance in Germany grew from 1884 to 1897, aiding workers with medical care, cash benefits, and hospitals. Despite rising demands and some flaws, the system moves labor toward practical politics and away from utopian socialism.
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Socialist Movement
Vorts-Krankenkassen
The
Prussia
Berlin
Guetergotz
Insurance Institution of
Richard Freund
Lessons of a Strike in South Omaha
Omaha Nonconformist argues a 15 cent wage era in South Omaha’s packing houses created slavery like conditions. After a week long strike, employers concede to 50 hours at 17 1 4 cents and overtime pay. urges public ownership of monopolies to end labor exploitation and prevent future strikes.
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Nebraska
Bryan
Douglas County
Fort Crook
South
Omaha
Economic Aspect of the Liquor Question
The department of labor bulletin examines how drinking affects employment and night work. Surveys from 6,976 employers cover 1,613 who say liquor habit is not considered, with motives to curb accidents and responsibility. Pay day remains a peak drinking trigger and changing pay days tops employer approaches to prevention.
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Department of Labor
Make Glass Rings With a Hot Poker And Oil
A children's column suggests turning a broken bottle into rings by placing the bottom in oil, heating a red hot poker and plunging it in. The glass splits evenly around the oil line as the inside expands before the outside heats, a safer experiment illustrating fracture of hot glass.
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Philadelphia Times
Rainy Day Advice Echoes in Dialect Saying Duck
A rustic mottled quip about saving money for a rainy day unfolds as a dialect verse. The speaker questions the utility of such advice while playfully wondering if it means bargaining with a duck.
Puzzling to Her Commandments Are Broken Daily
The wife questions the strength of the commandments and her husband confirms they remain binding. The exchange notes confusion about enduring moral rules and their daily breaches.
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Detroit Free Press
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Goddard
Canada
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Maynard, Mass
Mr. Craps
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G Kettel
Concord Junction, Mass
Adelaide
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee
Wilfred Wheeler
Fairhaven Road
Concord
Mass
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
J. G.friend
Chaplin
Thos. H. King
Concord Junction
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