Merges Against British Capital War Strain Sparks Strikes
British workers cite employer profits from war trades as proof of exploitation and press for higher wages. Union actions since 1914 topples the wartime truce with limited strike impact, while government inaction fuels industrial unrest and press bias accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cardiff
Powell Duffryn
Ebb Vale Coal & Iron Co
Sanchez Brothers
The
Journal of Commerce
Great Britain
P Ress
Yto
Clyde
South Wales
Mploye
Ances
Western Maryland Railway Expands Fleet Amid Growth
The Western Maryland Railway plans 1,000 additional steel hopper cars from Pullman Company at over 1 million dollars, following a prior order for 2,000 cars. Directors and investors, including Rockefeller interests, note record coal tonnage and ongoing track and equipment upgrades as the line anticipates a major expansion in traffic and revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Railway Company
Pullman Company
Pullman
Lil
Western Maryland
Cooper
West Virginia
Consolidation Coat Company
Somerset
Maryland
Consolidation Coal Company
Six Swedish girls act as pallbearers at Hillstrom funeral
Six Swedish girls served as pallbearers at Joseph Hillstrom’s funeral in Salt Lake City. Aged by the red sashes attached to the casket, they accompanied the body from the church to the depot for shipment to W. D. Haywood in Chicago. There was no prayer or religious ceremony.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph Hillstrom
Chicago
Thanksgiving Portraits Then and Now at Frostburg Studio
Forty years ago people dreaded the Thanksgiving portrait sitting with iron clamps and stiff chairs. Today a modern studio offers a pleasant experience and invites you to get a Christmas portrait this Thanksgiving Day at On Broadway Frostburg Studio open all day. Call 154 W for appointment.
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Frostburg
War News From A Year Ago Mixed With Brief Notices
Russians re enforcements halt German advance near Warsaw while a British path sinks the German sub U 18 off Scotland. The Danish destroyer Ang Dane is wrecked off Denmark with 60 dead. An apparent school story by Mary Lynon linked to a wagon incident is noted along with illustrations by J C Coll in Every Week.
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Warsaw
Scotland
Denimark
David Ross
Popen
Mary Lynon
J. C. Coll
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Ed. L. Keen
United Press
Western MD
Glamorgan Collery
Jack Hughes
Tom Richards
Richards
Hughes
Frederick T. Gates
Rockefeller
E. L. Marston
New York
H Henry E. Cooper
Equitable Trust Company of New York
Randolph Forrest
Florence Hanson
James R. Daly
Hazel MacKaye
Howard Treat
Susan B. Anthony
Washington
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Wendell Phillips
Hillstrom Pallbearers
New Universities Dictionary
Cumberland Press
North Mechanic Strei
Holtzman’s
Gaiters
Maclay Shoe Co
N. Centre ST
C. Edward Saunders
Queen City Garage
Columbia December Records
Columbia Grafondlas
Baltimore St
Agency For Panama Pac
Cords Absolutely New Wiesel Cumberland
Fle
Trans-Atlantic Steamship Linea
John Paul
John A. Fulton & CO
Baltimore and Liberty Sts
Cumberland, Md
J. H. Holzshu & CO
Lyons
Lazarus Millinery
Baltimore Street
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