Great Strike Impending in U S Steel Industry
A Wilkesbarre record notes a looming strike in the U S steel sector as negotiations fail between the Steel Corporation and the Amalgamated Association. The piece urges mediation, warns of mass unemployment and ripple effects across related industries, and stresses the need for a disinterested third party to broker conciliation.
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United States
Great Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Steel Corporation
Startling Sermon Uses Skulls to Shame Worldly Vices
The seventeenth century Capuchin Father Honore staged a vivid sermon on vanity by displaying skulls dressed as magistrates and alluring women. He challenged relics of virtue and warned that pride, greed, and folly lead souls to hell.
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Honore
Hell
Europe's Ice Supply Described by Youth's Companion
The article explains Europe relies on Norwegian mountain lakes for ice. Ilul supplements come from syndicates cutting crystal clear blocks. Blocks slide down slopes to ships. shortages occur when demand outpaces production, making ice a luxury even in winter.
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Europe
Norway
America
Gilbert Islands Tipple and Its Rules of Punishment
The Gilbert Islands drink kar afee or toddy from the cocoanut tree sap drawn at sunrise and sunset. Fermentation after a day causes intoxication, but sharafee rarely harms the head. excessive drinking makes a man lose leg control, and a drunk native hides indoors to avoid the chief. Former punishment included lashing and confiscation of lands to the king.
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Gilbert Islands
Barrymore tale of wine agent shows wit at table
Witty Maurice Barrymore anecdote recounted by a close acquaintance. A wine agent boasted of good taste and asked Barrymore to request his wine in future. Barrymore replied graciously yet with shock at the idea others might actually have the agent’s wine. Beverages.
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Barrymore
Maurice Barrymore
Tommy's Mistake and a Father's Warm Reminder
A humorous exchange shows a father planning to discipline Tommy for misbehavior. Tommy fears a beating, while the dad recalls an earlier joke about settling accounts. The dialogue captures domestic humor and a casual, old fashioned tone.
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Tommy
Father
Dad
Pinched on the House Play Dialogue and Byron Quote
Dialogues about marital finances appear alongside a Byron quip on plays and cigars. A man reveals weekly support to his wife for household needs and clothing while a friend comments on appearances. The Philadelphia Press features a line from the theatrical segment and the playwright's witticism.
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Jack
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Philadelphia Press
Snide Exchange About Sarcasm at Last Job
A terse exchange turns on sarcasm as a worker recalls leaving a previous job. He describes saying he saw a snail on the garden path and the master retorts you must have met It, revealing a sharp, dry humor in the prior workplace.
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Susqueehanna
Scully
Kit Rarnoan
Drifton
Jeddo
Eckley
Hazle Brook
Stockton
Beaver Meadow Road
Oun
Hagieton Junction
Harwood
Cranbert
Wombickon
Deringer
Oneida
Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Sheppton
Tomhicken
Craneberry
Hazleton Junction
Koan
Oneida Junction
Haston Junction
Rose
Dritton
Britton
Hazleton
Jennenville
Audenried
Ee Drifton
P. KR. R. Traineree
Cecereae
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Pointe West
Pigs as Dairy Adjunct and Farming Pride
A farmer’s note urges dairy farmers to rear swine to boost profits as pork prices rise. Light weight hogs fetch better returns, two pig broods yearly become feasible, and breeding sows improve efficiency on moderate dairy holdings. The piece also extols farming as a respectable, dignified livelihood.
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