Labor World Briefs From The Union Field
The International Convention of Operative Plasters meets in Milwaukee on September 30. During the six months ending June 30 the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators added forty eight locals, totaling 944 in good standing. Berlin opens offices for women to lodge sanitary complaint anonymity. The Bookbinders union dispute in New York, unresolved for two years, is settled from Indianapolis. Belgian Socialists push a universal suffrage strike. AFL executive council supports Gompers for revoking the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters charter. California reports 3690 industrial accidents with 133 fatal. top risks in light power and telephone 6.6 percent. Construction 5.5 percent, agriculture 5.2. Salem Oregon passes resident labor preference for public works bids. Paper workers win eight hour day and three hour system in seventeen mills around Holyoke with no wage cuts. Illinois Supreme Court upholds ten hour work act and chauffeurs license act and right of unions to strike. Tacoma case: musician union member seeks reinstatement. court upholds enforcement of union laws.
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International Convention of Operative Plasters
Milwaukee
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators
Berlin
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Indianapolis
New York
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners
United Brotherhood
California Industrial Board
Salem
Ore
Holyoke
Mass
Illinois State Supreme Court
Stray Topics From New York Reflect Wealth Gaps and City Troubles
A New York column contrasts extreme wealth and poverty citing a foreclosure threat and Harry Whitney’s costly England grouse shoot. It questions police graft, DA clashes, and Belmont household graft investigations while recounting burglary-linked dress theft and a July double Italian wedding ending in separations and divorce actions.
K P S Honor Miss Mary Merckens At Des Moines Session
In the grand lodge session in Des Moines the Knights of Pythias paid a handsome testimonial to Miss Mary C Merckens for service as secretary to her father. A substantial purse was raised and presented to the Fairfield girl with sincere thanks for her work.
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Grand Lodge
K. of P
Des Moines
Knights
Mary C. Merckens
Order
Fairfield
Merckens
daring robber holds up train in osage city kansas
on september 5 a stranger robbed the Missouri Pacific train in osage city of about 1000 in cash and valuables. the robber forced a newsboy to collect the loot from passengers and crew. a negro porter pulled the bell rope to warn others, the robber fled, and his identity is unknown.
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Osage City
Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Man From Murrayville Praises Foley Kidney Pills
T. U. Parks of Murrayville Georgia Route 1 in his 70s says a 50 cent bottle of Foley Kidney Pills cured his kidney and bladder trouble. He reports back pain and bladder irregularities disappeared and notes the pills contain no habit forming drugs. Sept L. S. Bradshaw & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. U. Parks
Murrayville
L. S. Bradshaw & Co
Day of Prayer for Public Education Across World
The article reports a Sunday Day of Prayer for public and free education observed from 2500 pulpits in the U S and abroad. It notes Rev Montgomery at Fairfield Presbyterians and the broader plan leading to the Second World's Christian Citizenship Conference in Portland in 1913 and argues education should foster moral character alongside intellect.
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America
National Reform Association
Fairfield
Presbyterian Church
Montgomery
Christian Citizen Conference
Portland
Ore
United States
Parsons Alum McClelland Heads to McCormick Theological School
Charles McClelland, former Parsons College student, left today for Chicago to enter the McCormick Theological School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McClelland
Parsons College
Chicago
McCormick Theological School
Americans Battle With Mexicans on U.S. Soil
Washington announces two more U S cavalry regiments will be deployed from Fort Russell Wyoming and Fort Riley Kansas to the Mexican border after an incident on American soil. President Taft approves export of 500 rifles and 150000 rounds to aid Americans protecting lives and property.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Mexico
Ft. Russell
Wyoming
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Taft
Treasury Department
Foley Kidney Pills Praised By Garden Postmistress
Antoine Deloria, postmistress in Garden Michigan, testifies Foley Kidney Pills offer cure for kidney trouble from his experience. He says his father was cured and many neighbors benefited, endorsed by L. S. Bradshaw & Co, September.
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Antoine Deloria
Garden, Mich
Foley
L. S. Bradshaw & Co
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