Ford's view on wages and housing sparks debate
The article cites Henry Ford's claim that a living wage of 1500 dollars a year would let workers be independent and build their own homes. It questions whether a man can support a home, family, and savings on less, and notes how doctors, merchants, landlords, and charities subsidize low wages. It asks if this is fair to the community and wage earners.
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Ford Motor Company
Mr. Ford
Pittsburg
Carnegie
Ford
Cumberland, Md
Cynthia Buffum
Little Valley
N. Y
Womans
Buffum
Washington
Sunday
New Castle
Young Women’s Christian Association
Pittsburgh
The Safety Movement Exposes Industrial Toll
A conference on safety and sanitation cites 35000 annual deaths and 2,000,000 injuries from accidents in the United States. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen notes a death every five hours due to speeding up, while wage-earner representatives blame lack of employer employee cordiality and call for safer appliances lighting and sanitary provisions. They urge viewing society as one brotherhood to curb social and economic evils.
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Brotherhood of
Big Business Then and Now in Ancient Mortgage Document
A Chicago newspaper notes a photocopy of a Babylonian mortgage from 3430 years ago. The ancient contract, written on brick in Nippur, involved Bel Bullitsu and Sha Nabu Shu mortgaging orchards to Bey Nachin Shun for thirty bushels of dates, under Artaxerxes Persian rule.
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Nippur
Babylonia
Artaxerxes
Esther
Bel Bullitsu
Sha Nabu Shu
Bey Nachin Shun
Marushu
Noticed to Subscribers The Cumberland Press Delivery Notice
Patrons are urged to report delays or irregularities in newspaper delivery. The Cumberland Press strives to deliver news promptly so papers arrive before supper. Complaints help improve service. the Press office is open each evening for notices.
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Cumberland Press
Timely Topics Compensations and Humble Wages Riddle
A playful verse speaks of someone who has no railroad, palace, auto, or income tax, yet keeps a troop of help and faces wrecks and strikes with no financial burden. The speaker notes earning humble wages and avoiding income tax as offsets.
Fragmented 1914 Letters Show Public Wills and Protests
A long reading of letters from Cumberland readers critiques Equal Suffrage, Billy Sunday campaigns, and public morals. Contributors argue home life should cultivate virtue, warn against political misuse of religious revivals, and discuss Sunday’s influence on local churches and community in 1914 Cumberland.
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the Press
Billy Sunday
Cumberland
Mr. Sunday
Pittsburgh
Simday
Brooklyn Congressman CalMer A 45 Year Old Butcher
Congressman William M CalMer of Brooklyn is a butcher by trade who became Building Commissioner of Brooklyn in January 1902 serving 1902 08. He later became vice president of the Home Trust Company of New York and was a Republican National Convention delegate in 1908 and 1912. He is married and has served in the fifty ninth Congress continuously since election.
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William M. CalMer
Brooklyn
Cooper Institute
City of New York
Borough of
the Home Trust Company
Chicago
Wets win second local option in Youngstown
Youngstown Ohio March 3 the wets win by 257 majority. City totals show 9272 for wets and 7491 for drys with strong backing in the Second and Eighth Wards. Storms reduced the predicted margins for both sides.
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Youngstown
Youngstown, O
Youngstown City
March 3 in History Highlights Across Years
Key events on March 3 include 1820 Congress passage of the Missouri Compromise, 1864 Ulysses S. Grant named lieutenant general, 1911 Congress adopting the Peary retirement bill, and 1913 Alaska’s Territorial Legislature meeting in Juneau.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Congress
Peary Agread
Alaska
Juneau
Missionary Banquet in Pittsburgh Tonight
One of the greatest missionary gatherings in the city will be held with a dinner organized by the United Missionary Campaign. Speakers include John R. Mott George Innes and Rev. Samuel Swoemer D D addressing diners.
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Pittsburgh
United Missionary Campaign
John Ry Mott
George Innes
Samuel Swoemer
Bits of gossip and jokes from early 1900s papers
The snippet mixes satirical notes about suffragist Mrs. Pankhurst, political quips on Taft and Huerta, and assorted jokes, cartoons, and quips. It includes a note about a pocket knife invention, barber humor, and light social observations from the era.
Which One Is the Criminal in Cumberland?
The Washington Herald reports outrage in Cumberland Maryland over a fugitive political writer blamed for past acts. The writer served seven years in Maryland Penitentiary after a twelve year lapse, then vanished when his record was exposed. Residents pledge support upon his return and demand accountability for the defaming actions.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Washington Herald
Mrs Dammer Improving After Hospital Surgery
Mrs dammer improves rapidly after tubercular bone troubles in one limb and successful operation at Western Maryland Hospital. Casts removed over months and doctors anticipate regained use of her limb and ability to walk, with Mrs Conrad Jammer also noted in context.
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Conrad Jammer
Western Maryland Hospital
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