Current Comment on Public Affairs by Andrew J Palm
A caustic political column lampoons Pennsylvania leaders including Pennypacker Quay and Ashbridge. It mocks Quay’s influence, hints at Vanderslice replacing Pennypacker, and warns about registration as a voting safeguard. References to New Mexico and insurance under Pennsylvanian protection close the piece.
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Quay
Durham
Penrose
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Russia
Quay, Penrose & Co
W. H. Andrews
New Mexico
United States
William
Benim
Mother Jones A Labor Defender Across Nations
Biography of Mother Jones born in Cork, Ireland, who fled to Canada and the United States, educated in Toronto, and became a leading labor agitator. She supported union efforts, helped found women’s labor diaries, endured personal tragedy, and fought for workers’ rights across the U.S. and abroad including California, England, Ireland, and Chicago.
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Lfe
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France
Austria
South
Chicago
Coxey
Invention At De Pauw Plant Spurs Glass Industry Debate
A Washington Post excerpt notes the East Side Tankhouse of the American Window Glass company in Alexandria houses twelve new machines claimed to largely automate glass blowing. Officials promise a September 1 demonstration of its promise though production remains limited. Workers fear price cuts and job losses, while industry sees higher output but little consumer price relief.
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de Pauw
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Alexandria
United States
America
Washington Post
Only Coal Miners
Dorothy Dix laments the Cambria mine disaster at Johnstown noting women left widowed and childless in minutes. She recounts a miner who returned to save his son and perished, and a young lad who sought his crippled father and died alongside him while trying to keep a promise to mother.
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Dorothy Dix
Cambria
Johnstown
Faust
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Labor Shield Infringed
The Wisconsin Supreme Court holds that a state law prohibiting discharge of employees for joining labor groups violates constitutional rights. The ruling acknowledges workers may organize freely. The decision cautions that limiting an employer’s liberty could, in turn, curb employee freedoms.
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Child Labor In the South
The piece condemns reports of child labor in southern cotton mills as revolting and urges verification or denial. It calls for the stories to be branded false or retold until the practice is abolished, warning of a devil’s price paid by tender flesh and blood.
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Pennsylvania
South
Labor In Politics Organizes Union Labor Central Club
In San Francisco a new body named the Union Labor Central club circulates to all state unions urging one delegate per 400 members. Delegates will meet on September 10 to nominate a state labor ticket or endorse a regular party nomination.
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San Francisco
Union Labor Central Club
Western Railway Labor Demands Narrow Hours and Wages
The West of the Mississippi faces pressure from trainmen for shorter hours and higher pay before 2003 ends. Indications point to large concessions by railroads, with both sides likely to resolve the issue to avert a strike, per the Washington Post.
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Western Railway
West
Mississippi River
Washington Post
Box Plaited Coat Fashion Highlighted for Girls
A boxed plaited loose coat in the height of style is shown. The smart model is cut on light stones and salts pongee taffeta velours and other fabrics, emphasizing feminine elegance and current taste for outerwear.
Frock Description For An Eight Year Old Girl
A detailed pattern description for a girl's coat in satin or pongee with ecru lace trim, featuring wide box plaits, shoulder and underarm seams, a slightly open neck with a round collar, and bell sleeves. Materials required include five yards of 21 inch wide fabric, 3½ yards of 27 inch wide, or 24 yards of 44 inch wide.
Hat Trimmings and Crepe de Chine Gown Featured
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Audubonists may be pleased by fewer millinery birds with leather quills and eyelet embroidery displaying a brown leather feather. A blue crepe de chine gown shows a tucked front gore, fageting seams, tucks on bodice, a vest of tucked white chiffon, a white embroidered lawn collar with cascades of chiffon, elbow sleeves with chifon frills.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Newest Skirt Described With Back Fan Trim
A skirt features a cloth piece from waist to hem at the back that fans outward at the train edge. The front of the skirt is embroidered to echo the collar and bodice revers adornment.
The Heartless Sea and French Figures Aboard
The London Express reports President Loubet and his Parisian crew aboard the Montcalm endured rough seas during a Rus sian voyage. It notes famed French leaders Louis XIV Napoleon I and others endured seasickness or discomfort, with Mme Bernhardt lamenting the voyage's pitch.
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Russia
Montcalm
M. Delcasse
Gaul
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Napoleon I
Admiral d'Estaing
Nelson
Toulon
Napoleon III
Boulanger
Gambetta
Kissing Abolished at Dublin Castle And Paris Theater Dress
In Dublin a new edict ends the vice regal kissing ritual at the castle, seen as a fading prerogative as Lord Lieutenants change. Paris theater norms require evening dress only on Tuesdays at the Comedie Francaise, with high necklines and covered arms for ordinary shows. A Philadelphia bank teller uses a tattoo to verify a sunburned man’s check, bypassing standard ID.
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Dublin Castle
Lord Houghton
Lord Leutenant
Ledger Monthly
Paris
Playhouse
Comedie Francaise
State
City Trust Company
Adam
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