Labor unrest and wage moves across US and Europe
Across reports, store clerks in the Philippines earn twenty cents daily while Chicago metal polishers form a cooperative shop. Boston coopers gain eight hours, Scotch miners limit workdays, and unions pledge no strikes this year. The Steel Trust raises wages for Ohio shop workers. Dayton trolley workers strike for recognition. Buffalo hosts United Switchmen HQ. Terre Haute rail workers stay on strike. Alabama Southern Railroad machinists seek nine-hour days. Denver brickworkers return to higher wages after a recent strike. Milwaukee plans a continuous wage agreement aimed at ending future iron industry strikes.
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Philippines
Chicago
Boston Brewers
Iron Molders’ Union of North America
Steel Trust
Oho
Dayton
Ohio
French Alps
Cincinnuti
United Switchmen
North America
Buffalo
N. Y
Terre Maute
Ind
Alabama
Milwaukee
Wis
Sporting Balvities and Athletic News Ledger
Saxon wins the French Derby as racing notes highlight college football prep, a Pittsburg owner buys a yearling for 10100 dollars, the Boston yacht Independence shows satisfactory speed, Montclair High wins New Jersey Interscholastic League, and bicycle practicality raises costs. Vardon backs off defending the American title in Boston while bicycle popularity climbs amid scheduling constraints facing the National Cycling Association.
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Saxon
Pittsburg
Penn
Boston
Independence
D. Little
Kenneth A. Skinner
New York City
McParland, Cooper, Lowning
Freeman
West
Vailsturg
N. J
Harry Vardon
Eluaiiness
National Cyeling Association
Iist
The Restfat Remi Rev Dr Hillis in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn pastor and the Plymouth church era are described as failing to keep the congregation, with a proposed Saturday holiday to boost attendance. The tale then shifts to a rural domestic drama involving Maria and Jim Wood, chronicling quarrels and a surprising scene of Ruthie Wood with Jim at a quiet farm home.
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Hillis
Plymouth
Thurch
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Lightened Labor Poem by Martha Shepard Lippincott
A brief verse praising love as relief from hard labor. Love lightens toil and brings sweet pleasure, guiding thoughts to comforts gained through work. The speaker notes shared burdens bring repayment in affection and approval from loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Shepard Lippincott
Poisoned Arrows And Savage Practices Across Lands
Dr Hoffman surveys global arrow poisons from Ainus and Caribs to Shoshone and Apache. He notes woorara use in South America and mancenilles in Central America, with rituals invoking spirits. The account details methods, origins, and beliefs behind poisoning arrows and their perceived warfare uses.
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W. J. Hoffman
The
Geological Survey
Japan
Java
Borneo
New Guinea
Africa
South America
Central America
Caribs
Seris
Mexico
Puget Sound
Jefferson’s Hand Writing and Letters Revealed
The Chicago Record notes Thomas Jefferson likely authored more letters by his own hand than any public figure. It cites 26 000 folded letters found at his death, though only those deemed useful were kept, and mentions his ambidextrous penmanship, breaking a wrist while minister to France, and mastering left hand writing to sustain vast correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Laos
Chicago
Secret church wedding shocks Northern Province crowd
A late life marriage by a popular bishop in the Northern Province was kept secret until a newspaper memorial notice writer, famed for church circles, chased rumors to the distant ceremony. He witnessed the wedding and greeted the prelate with a jocular greeting, congratulations, and a diocese oriented sendoff.
Arch dams prove wiser than straight spans in weather tests
A cited engineer argues beaver architecture inspires human dam design. Beavers arch against currents, resisting storms and ice better. The review notes Great Bear Valley dam in California reflects this principle, while engineers traditionally favor straight across streams to save materials.
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Great Bear Valley
California
Trish Bull from Dublin Stirs Westminster Gazette Talk
A genuine Trish bull from Dublin is praised as a fine specimen. A Dublin corporation member comments on the electric light question, warning that the proposal could be a weight around people's necks for life, a notion difficult to parse and almost contortionist in nature.
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Dublin
Westminster Gazette
Dublin Corporation
The Ways of the Ant and the Human Shadow
A cryptic poem from The Christhin Register contemplates fear and threat in daily life. It likens wheat stalks to giants and sand grains to SLO while pondering whether to persist at work or flee. It notes enemies both external and internal, even within one’s own heart, and hints at how even tiny creatures can loom large.
Gingham Dress Bits Help Robin Redbreast Nest
Edie and her mother plan to cut scraps from a new gingham dress to contribute to a quilting project for their teacher. They scatter small red and blue fabric bits under a pine tree where a robin is building a nest, hoping the bird will use the scraps. Edie later peeks up at the nest and imagines the gingham bits woven into it.
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Edie
Mamma
Robin Redbreast
Deaf Mites Play Baseball at Delavan Wisconsin School
The report describes a baseball game at the Wisconsin school for the deaf in Delavan where the deaf students played a match against Bellot high school, winning 15 to 8. The game features players from Oneida and Argyle, with an umpire signaling by voice and gestures and 200 spectators reacting with hats in the stands.
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Johnny
Bob
Delavan
Wis
Wisconsin School For the Deaf
Bellot High School
Archie Williams
Stockbridge
Greswano County
Fred Smith
Argyle
Joe" Ryan
Northwest
Chicago Record-Herald
Tom and the Race Loss Sparks Teacher's Query
A saddened boy, Tom, loses a race after teammates cheer others ahead while none shout for him. His tears reveal a moment of discouragement as a teacher consoles him and asks what happened. The article notes a piece on carrier pigeons by George Albert Walsh discussing wartime use and peacetime keeping.
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Tom
Johnny
Jim
Ren
George Albert Walsh
Durban
Hassard
Ladysmith
Kimberley
Mafeking
Sir George White
Ladvemlth
South Africa
Royal Navy
Portsmouth
Cape
England
Europe
Germany
War Department
United States
Atlantic Co
Union
Statesmen Train Across Cities Paring Political Significance
A brief Chicago Times-Herald quip notes statesmen travel by rail, making visits that lack political significance, illustrating idle touring rather than policy action.
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Tommy
Chicago Times-Herald
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