Industrial courts abroad aid workers in disputes
A Bureau of Labor bulletin reviews continental industrial courts in France, Germany, and Switzerland. They offer swift, informal proceedings, low or no fees, and aim for agreement rather than formal rulings. Courts require few lawyers, emphasize quick settlements, and limit disputes to labor contract issues.
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France
Germany
Switzerland
Helen L. Sumner
Bulletin 98
Bureau of Labor
Department of Commerce
Labor
Europe
Zurich
How to Beat Fatigue and Stay Productive at Work
Practical advice for exhausted workers urging rest without dwelling on fatigue. Encourages positive self talk and social breaks, advising to answer calmly when asked about tiredness and to focus energy on planning time use. Emphasizes returning each morning ready to work well.
Expenditure of Energy Compared: Typist Versus Coal Heaver
A historical analysis compares the energy expended by a typewriter operator to that of a coal heaver. It estimates 16 000 to 25 000 pounds of energy per day for the typist versus about 20 000 pounds for the coal stoking, arguing that seated workers burn as much energy as laborers.
Successful Man's Advice From Marshall Field
Take stock of yourself to determine the best business fit and build your enterprise from the ground up. Work with energy to do all things well, stay ahead of your position, and increase efficiency. Practice economy self restraint and self denial as guiding principles. What you give and not what you earn shapes success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Marshall Field
Tearoff-stub receipts cut office costs for corporations
A proposed system lets customers tear off a stub on each bill and return it with a check. The home office records the transaction while the payer gets a single, clear receipt. Large firms save on letter costs, salaries, and clerical time, with NY public service firms showing high adoption and potential monthly savings reaching thousands.
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Public Service Corporational
Public Service Corporation
New York
Judge by Appearance in Chicago Business Maxims
A Chicago business manager extols personal grooming as key to employability and respect. He argues that care of clothes and accessories matters more than cost, urging daily brushing, clean shirts with detachable collars, two suits, and neat hands. He stresses two handkerchiefs and proper hairstyling as essential.
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Chicago
Understanding Effects of Obedience on Growth
The passage urges understanding the reasons behind orders to move beyond mere obedience. It argues that grasping purpose leads to better work, personal growth, and the ability to suggest improvements and act independently. Knowledge of cause and effect fuels performance and advancement.
Advertising Tips For Daily Ad Campaigns
A compact guide urges steady effort in ad selling. It stresses updating each day, presenting current offerings with clear pricing, avoiding repetition, refreshing copy, and using effective media to maximize revenue.
Preparation of Field for Beets of Much Consequence
Agricultural guidance on preparing sugar beet fields. Emphasizes soil quality, seed bed depth, uniform stand, seed quantity, thinning, row spacing, and early cultivation to maximize sugar content. Highlights subsoiling and soil perviousness to allow deep root growth and prevent deformities.
Improvement of Grass Pastures
Farmers urged to revive sod-bound pastures by disk drilling to loosen soil and sow red and alsike clover. Red clover on high lands, alsike on low lands, will boost forage yield two to threefold and cover bare spots. Sorghum suggested for summer cow feed.
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Cona
Yarm
Alfalfa Plant in Poultry Run
Alfalfa is a green food for chickens but over pasture often fails. Freshly ploughed crowns from nearby fields can establish faster, especially if planted early in spring while dormant. Cover crowns four to six inches, keep soil moist, and keep chickens off until roots take hold.
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Philo K. Buinn
Colorado Experiment Station
Charcoal Use for Fowls Explained as Absorbent
Charcoal is not a feed for fowls but an absorber of impure gas. It acts as a purifier in the crop or gizzard and should be offered in a clean box near the feed. Pound it fine to pea sized pieces and let birds take as needed.
Backache Relief and Patent Medicine Testimonies
A vintage advertisement chronicles backache as a symptom of illness and touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Ollie Woolfolk of Morton's Gap Kentucky describes relief after two years of female disorders and chronic back pain. The piece urges readers to contact Lydia Pinkham Co for confidential advice.
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Sorenega
Pinkham
Ollie Woopall
Morton's Gap
Kentucky
Lydia BH
Lydia B.pinkham
What Every Woman Knows Offbeat Classroom Lesson
A Cleveland teacher recalls asking pupils the difference between while and a time. A bright boy answers, “When papa goes out for a while, mamma knows he’s going out for a time,” illustrating a humorous perspective from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland
Fittie
Papa
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Where was Solomon's temple joke in a family quarrel
A child answers a sister's question about Solomon's temple with humor. He resents being asked to prove his knowledge and finally retorts that the temple was on the side of his head, comparing others to a foal. The exchange highlights playful family banter over sacred lore.
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Solomon's Temple
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