Government to Recruit Harvest Help via Post Offices
The U S Department of Labor and the Post Office will post notices in 10000 offices nationwide to recruit 12000 to 15000 harvest workers in Oklahoma. Jobs run four to six months with pay from 2 00 to 2 50 daily, workers pay own rail fare, and distribution of labor is organized within the state. A proposed permanent labor bureau would operate free labor exchanges and track national labor conditions, aiding state and private agencies.
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Post Office
Middle West
Oklahoma
Wilson
Burleson
United States
Victor Murdock
Bureau of Employment
House Committee On Labor
Murdock
Editorial Afterthoughts On Local Issues And Mexico
Speeding is a mania for trainmen and motorists according to a coroner's jury report. A July election will decide street improvement bonds. Graduation season honors students and schools. Enforce the billboard law. Allegany County may field two Congress candidates David J. Lewis and Fred N. Zihlman. City Council will meet in summer. a water survey and conservation are urged. Carranza proclaims conquest and denounces mediators over Mexican peace amid a 50,000 rebel army.
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David J. Lewis
Parcel Post
Fred N. Zihlman
State Senate
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Carranza
Mexico
Vote set for July 14 on Lond issue continuation
City records show discussions on July 14 voting for a Lond issue and various city matters. Officials report discipline in police, street, health, and finance sections with fees, contracts, and infrastructure projects including conduit work and street improvements.
Birthday Honors for Peoria's First Catholic Bishop
John L. Spalding born June 2 1840 in Lebanon Kentucky. He studied theology at the American college in Louvain France and was ordained 1863. In 1877 he became Bishop of Peoria and presided over the Catholic exhibit at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. He contributed to magazines and held strong public interests.
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John L. Spalding
Peoria
Ill
Lebanon
American College
Baltimore
Louvain
France
Editorial Sparks Timely Topics On Summer Plans And Sea Travel
The column muses on Fourth of July preparations, vacation ideas, and ocean liners with cautionary notes on safety and publicity. It references Vera Cruz heat, Rio Grande floods, Huerta mediation, the Aquitania maiden voyage, and heroic acts aboard ships like the Empress of Ireland. It also wryly notes weather, the Titanic, and the charm sent to Huerta while poking fun at safety claims and maritime overstatements.
Quotable editorials mock political moves and land issues
A set of editorials lampoons politicians and policies. The Washington Post notes Mexican peons regaining land slowly, six feet at a time. The Washington Herald vents about rail passes used for office. The Boston Transcript jests Rockefeller’s island rename. The New York Sun rejects British ship purchases while praising rising costs. The Kansas City Journal defends Republicans amid harsh remarks.
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Washington Post
Marital Notices from Point Marion and Nearby Towns
Four couples listed with residence details in Pennsylvania. John J Casteel and Mary E Granton of Point Marion. William J Wordley and Grace F Rollings of Banning. Patrick J Bannon of Brownsville and Caroline M Strawn of Connellsville. Lloyd D Wilcox and Winnie S McIlwain of Vandergrift. Geoange W Leonard and Alva E Foor of Six Mile Run.
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John Joseph Casteel
Mary Eliza Granton
Point Marion
William James Wordley
Grace Frances Rollings
Banning
Patrick John Bannon
Brownsville
Caroline Marie Strawn
Connellsville
Lloyd David Wilcox
Winnie Sophia McIlwain
Vandergrift, Pa
Geoange Washington Leonard and
Alva Effie Foor
Six Mile Run
Market talents to build fortune warns New York woman
June 2 New York Mrs Cortlandt E Palmer urges women to turn any talent into marketable earnings noting women prefer money over idle life She promotes songs pies and skilled labor as paths to wealth while a family desertion bureau vows to punish non supporting husbands and may seek compensation from earnings.
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New York
Self Masters Colony Aims to Save Taxpayers and Morality
Mr Goldstein cites statistical inquiry showing marital incompatibility as the leading cause of men deserting families followed by another woman and unemployment. Mrs Blanche Floyd touts the Self Masters Colony begun with $20, now a productive complex offering farm, printing, rug weaving, bookbinding, carpentry, laundry, and crafts to rehabilitate “dead men” through patience and work.
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Goldstein
Blanche Floyd
Mrs. Floyd
Saragossa
A Bit of Everything for The Press Readers
A mixed collection of quotable lines and jests on war, daily life, and social quirks. Snippets touch on flag symbolism during wartime, station dialogue about galleries and apples, jokes about prohibition, fashions, manners, and everyday observations, reflecting a lively old newspaper page.
Campbell Attends K of C Dedicatory Exercises
John J. Campbell of Washington DC, a champion amateur distance runner, was present for the Knights of Columbus dedicatory exercises.
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John J. Campbell
Washington, D. C
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