Pessimism and progress in 1886 labor report
Archives reveal a gloomy gem from the United States Commissioner of Labor in 1886. It warned that machinery caused overproduction, while railways harbors and telegraphs expanded. It argued economic tools would meet needs, new processes would help, but not absorb vast capital or restore large profits, concluding the era’s "day of large profits" was past.
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United States Commissioner of Labor
England
Belgium
France
Germany
United States
Pyrenees
Alps
Mt Ig
Hiat
Courtesy Boys Help Out of Town Motorists
An Ohio town used seasonal courtesy boys at main highway intersections to offer directions and assistance to out of town motorists. A parking space marked for visitors signaled help, and officers would not issue penalties for those seeking information. The scheme aimed to welcome outsiders, likening it to a friendly pause for lunch or shopping rather than a speed trap or nuisance.
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Ohio
Driving paradoxes slow drivers take more accidents
An Ohio State University study funded by the National Research Council finds slow drivers incur more crashes than faster ones. Contrary to belief, most accidents happen in clear dry weather as timid drivers lag in traffic, causing interference. Weather prompts may prompt cautious driving, yet risk remains in wet or poor visibility conditions.
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Ohio State University
National Research Council
Personalities MIMER SEMPLE and career in revival work
The article profile recalls Mimer Semple’s early life in Canada and Salvation Army influence, her first marriage to Robert Semple, and her eventual return to the United States. It notes her evangelistic work, later marriage to Harold McPherson, and long career lecturing worldwide. It mentions her settlement in Los Angeles and leadership of the Angelus Temple, drawing thousands of followers and facing family tensions. Her second husband David Luton of Pasadena aided her writing and opera interests.
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Mimer Semple
MePlimkson Hupton
Sn Jenilur
Salvation Army
Robert Semple
Ching
Roberta
United States
Tito
Harold McPherson
Twenty Years Ago From the Journal Files
In a vintage column Dell Darling notes the Hallowe en parade plan with the Dope Club and Old Black Crow organization featured. Fred Youit family tests for a new home in Dindenville as Mount Son plan a Bradford armory. Joss on the Munseyshouse fire near Wigin causes $1500 loss. HA, Prank narrowly escapes death in a mud road accident between Lakeside Assembly and Findley Lake when his auto spins and pins him.
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Dell Darling
Bentley
Old Black Crow Fame Ts
Lakeside Assembly
Findley Lake
Te Resort
Uyuér
Daily Lessons in English by W L Gordon
A compact note from Daily Lessons in English by W L Gordon highlights common misuse and pronunciation tips. It lists misused phrases, stresses correct forms, and offers a vocabulary-building reminder to learn one word daily. The piece defines indemnity as protection against loss, illustrated by an insurance context.
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W. L. Gordon
Look and Learn knowledge questions and answers
A list of trivia with answers on world nations tree types and animal brains, plus war history. It states sixty three independent states including grand duchies and principalities, an orange tree bears fruit and flowers together, elephants and whales have large brains, the US has fought six wars excluding Indian campaigns, and Switzerland and New Zealand noted for wealth per capita.
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United States
Switzerland
New Zealand
Rev Albert C Young Opens Revival Here
Rev Albert C Young opened revival services in Corry with a powerful message on Christ portraying Jesus as the Son of God. He began reading the Bible at age six in Sweden and spoke in Bancavian and English. He will speak again at 7:30 PM at the Pentecostal church.
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Young
Pentecostal Church
Reforestation plan touted to curb unemployment in Pennsylvania
Rev Carmany proposes a $1000000, 300 reforestation program to employ every unemployed Pennsylvanian. He urges bond issues and non-interest thrift certificates to fund relief, flood prevention, and fire control. The plan includes clearing underbrush, employing relief families, buying land for forests, and selling state reservoir land when warranted.
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United Press
Franklin
Pennsylvania
Garmany
Ol City
Venainga County
Venango County
Young People’s Association
Carmany
Ind
Yangtse River
China
Transatlantic at the Rex Theatre with Edmund Lowe
Fox Film Transatlantic debuts at the Rex Theatre starring Edmund Lowe as Monty Greer a gambler pursued by a district attorney amid graft intrigue. Lois Moran Jean Hersholt Myra Loy Greta Nissen and Bartle Ed exe also feature with William Howard directing.
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Fox Film
Rex Theatre
Edmund Lowe
Monty Greer
Ria
Lois Moran
Judy Kiamet
Jean Hersholt
John Halliday
Myra Loy
Bis
Greta Nissen
Halliday
Bartle Exc
Ope
William & Howard
Review roundup through authors and critics of recent history books
A Villa of reviews covers Allen Smith Linn and James Truslow Adams on The Rise of America and its praise by Allan Nevins, plus Alan James novel Love is a Racket and Christopher St John on Shaw Wilen Terry letters. It also cites William Roughsey on British crime tales, Hamlin Garland’s Companions of the Trail, and Garland’s view of modern literature with a call for sober, perspicuous writing.
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Allen Smith Linn
United Press
Humbug
Jamey Truslow Adams
New England
Auind PaInUy
America
Little, Brown
Adams
Allan Nevins
Beards
Nevins
Alan James
Brooklyn
Wilde Books
Broadway
Alfred H. King
Whettle
James
Harlem
Sardi
Speakeasies
Wilen Terry
George Bernard Shaw
Christopher St. John
Putnam's
Hamlin Garland
Walt Whitman
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Toii Howells
Rank Norris
Mati Train
Garland
Macmillan
Theodore Roosevelt
A Problem a Day adds up a puzzling spend
Mrs Clarke spends one third of her money at the first store then one sixth of the remaining amount at the second. If no money remains, determine the initial sum. The problem references Saturday’s 677 barrels and an explanation involving multiplying 52 by 88 by 144 and multiplying 81 by 231, then dividing the two results.
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Clarke
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