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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
7
A dated trial offer promises quick relief for liver kidney stomach headaches rheumatism and lumbago. Denn’s Spea Dee Catarrh Cure is priced at 5c. Four difficult cases cured or money back. Agents wanted. Columbus Ohio U S A.
Heath and Milligan Paints and Oils at Central Drugstore in Chicago note the Great Western Railway offers improved service on the Maple Leaf Route. Three fast trains daily now run to St Paul Minneapolis Des Moines St Joseph and Kansas City with reduced travel times. F R Master T P A 113 Adams Street Chicago invites the public to learn more.
B Spiegel of 1204 N Virginia St Evansville Ind recalls a long battle with kidney and bladder troubles. After doctors failed, Foley's Kidney Cure provided relief from the first bottle and complete recovery after the second.
Fragmentary notes mention Batésville Indiana and a past reference to three months with a summer period. The readable text is incomplete and does not provide a clear event or outcome to report.
Government Bureau of Labor Statistics prepares a first admission that wages have not kept pace with living costs. The cost of living has risen about 40 percent in ten years while average wage gains lag. Dan's Index shows $106 now buys what $72 did nine years ago. Labor officials refrain from. giving a precise diagnosis. The Niagara Falls meeting marks a carpenters union milestone with notable convention souvenirs.
The American Federation of Labor shows a healthy revival of trades union activity with charter totals rising. A comparative snapshot lists charters issued in the first five months of 1904-5 and 1905-6 across international, state branches, central bodies, federal labor, and local trade groups.
Delegates from Germany and Belgium at the Miners International Congress in London describe extreme abuses in European coal mines. They report 15,000 women workers underground, 12 hour shifts for men paid about 60 cents, and 10 to 12 hour shifts for women and children earning 18 to 26 cents. The contrasts with American mines are stark.
The International Cigarmakers Union reports life expectancy for cigarmakers has risen over 15 years since 1888 while wives’ lifespans gained eight years. Tuberculosis deaths dropped from 51 percent in 1888 to 24 percent in 1905, attributed to the eight hour workday established in 1884.
Brooklyn Appellate Court holds that when a machine is out of order and a worker reports defects and is told to proceed, the worker is free from contributory negligence if informed of risks and promised repair. The employer may be liable for damages, as in the Tannhauser case where delays in repair led to injuries.
Jeff D Montgomery legislative representative of the Farmers' Union told the Texas State Federation of Labor convention that the union exceeds all others in size and is growing by about a thousand members daily. He noted 4000 local groups in Texas with 200000 members and described past legislative work in Austin. The union plans to cooperate with trades unions and supports their measures when possible.
The bartenders of New York will demand wage increases starting Sept. 1. The union counts over 1,200 members as part of its workforce and bargaining strength for better pay.
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Cuban pharmacies report difficulty securing good clerks with monthly wages ranging from 25 to 100 pesos. Workers receive three nights off per week, reflecting limited scheduling flexibility and pay.
The Boston mayor informs the Electrical Workers union that fire alarm department staff will move to eight hour shifts. The article notes rising union wages with 1850 factory earnings at 247 dollars yearly and 1890 at 446 dollars, and cotton factory wages rising from 44 cents a day in 1830 to 1.40 in 1873.
The bulk of the world's bells are produced in the United States and about three quarters come from Hast Hamp ton Conn. The industry there is nearly a century old, established in 1808 by William Barton.
At the executive council meeting of the A F of L an exhibit was approved for the exposition at Tourcoing France.
A ruined digestions tale describes a sufferer with heavy stomach feeling and nervousness from indigestion. It promotes strengthening the stomach and digestive system with Miona stomach tablets to vanish symptoms by morning, claiming life will be joyous and digestion natural.
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