Umbrella, Coca Cola and a Test of Fairness
An old lady argues against a man because of his umbrella while a similar scene with son William shows bias. The piece defends Coca Cola’s caffeine as harmless and questions prejudiced reasoning, noting it all depends on who carries the umbrella and urging fairness.
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William
Coca-Cola
St. Paul’s
Abraham
Moses
Jerusalem
Rome
Paul
Egypt
Greece
Palestine
Cicero
Hortensius
Virgil
Horace
Ovid
Tacitus
Livi
Caesar
Pompey
Titus
Nathaniel Hawthorne
England
America
Jesus of Nazareth
Laodicea
Laughing actors and mythic vanity in light anecdotes
A cut of humorous quips from a luncheon in New York includes Dea Wolf Hopper's jab about a bad actor who "had hints enough to quit." The piece riffs on stage life with a playful mythic aside about Menelaus and Helen, ending with a Western-style pun about yes and no.
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Dea Wolf Hopper
New York
Phatt
Menelaus
Laconia
Helen
Paris
Puck
Teaching Safety in New Jersey Public Schools
A 1913 New Jersey legislature bill requires teachers to deliver 30 minutes of monthly instruction on accident prevention in all public schools. The mandate aims to standardize safety education across districts.
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New Jersey
Labor Day Call for Self-Examination and Democratic Unity
The piece argues organized labor should review the year and plan for the future to reveal labor's wide scope and diverse membership. It warns internal faults, compares union weaknesses to wider democracy challenges, and urges citizens and workers to assume greater public duty as society seeks higher labor standards and broader democracy.
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American Republic
America
Years of Progress in Labor Reform, 25 Years On
George A. Stevens surveys a quarter century of labor progress in New York State. He credits unions and social reformers for higher wages and shorter hours, eight hour day gains, safer workplaces, better housing and sanitation, and broader factory regulation. He notes continued work on employer liability and workers compensation, child labor limits, and growing collective bargaining.
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George A. Stevens
Department of Labor
New York State
Ing
Central Federated Union
Empire State
Power Above All encampment shapes city plans for 200000 visitors
The 47th national encampment of G. A. R. in Chattanooga is set for September with wide preparations. Committees report funds secured lodging assigned and plans for battlefield reunions hydro aero plane exhibitions steamboat trips and military demonstrations.
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Union News Service
Chattanooga
Tentu
Committee On
Grand Army of the Republic
Committee On Entertainment
Chickamauga
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Tennessee
Anthony N. Brady
New York
Niagara Falls
Mast Tennessee Power Cy
Ocoee
Fort Oglethorpe
Eleventh Cavalry Regiment
Seventeenth Infantry
Atlanta
Sweetest Things of Life and Daily Blessings
Text extols simple daily blessings as the essence of happiness. It urges appreciation of breath, sight, home meals, duties, sleep, health, reading, friendship, rest, and steady routine as life's greatest gifts. The author urges gratitude for ordinary blessings rather than chasing grand wonders.
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Ife
Brooke ‘Harford
Texas oil boom as Josh Bland well opens near Orange
An eight mile west of Orange well on the Josh Bland farm is hailed as Texas’s most important oil event in years. The gusher reaches a depth of 3800 feet and reportedly flows about 4000 barrels per day, described as the cheapest producing well in the state.
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Orange
Texas
Josh Bland
Here
U S Tinplate Output Surges Past Year Records
US tinplate production last year reached 1.76 billion pounds, ten times the volume in 1899. Notes on patent medicines and humorous quotes appear amid the page content, including Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup claims and casual ad copy.
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United States
Face Breaks Out In Pimples In Falls City Nebraska
A Falls City reader describes a long skin problem starting at sixteen and a complete cure after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Judd Knowles reports a two year struggle followed by noticeable improvement in two days and a full cure in three weeks. Cuticura ads invite samples.
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Falls City
Neb
Judd Knowles
Dept. L
Boston
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Helps Bovina Center Mother
A Bovina Center New York woman testifies after six years of poor health that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound eased back pain irregularities and fatigue. She now works and cares for two children and recommends the remedy to other suffering women. The ad invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass for confidential advice.
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Bovina Center
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
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