Labor and labor movements across years and regions
The item surveys diverse labor issues from Minot and Georgia to Nashville and Austria. It notes wage demands by Minot engineers and firemen, a pension plan launch by Delaware and Lackawanna, child labor bills resisted by Georgia mill owners, and mass organizing of bartenders in New England. It also mentions Prussian limits on employee gift collections, factory work in Troy, rail workers' training gaps in Austria, apprentice limits in North America, a Grand Rapids labor temple plan, New York union membership, and low U.S. Army enlistment for Philippine service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minot Central
Delaware and Lackawanna
Georgia
Nashville
Tenn
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Federation of Labor
Troy
Iron Moulders' Union of North America
Menoer
Grand Rapids
Mich
New York
Sporting Brevities From The Era Of Antique Racing And Rounds
Jockey Dale faces a definite suspension in New Orleans amid assorted sports notes. The Eastern Baseball League lists forty-one players lost since last fall while Intercollegiate Association imposes new rules. Senator Slater backs a live-bird ban in the New York Senate and Yale defeats Harvard 64 to 21 in intercollegiate basketball. Western golf opponents push for the amateur championship to be held in their district. Moyland’s Nash Turner will ride for W. C. Whitney and may save Nasturtium in the Derby. St Louis manager Donovan shows bold risk with Third Baseman Buelow despite past "dicky legs." Reeder and Mandley in swimming remain amateur. A. A. U. imposes disqualifications. Whiskey’s new bleachers at Chicago will seat 18 000, surrounding the field. Youth turn to swimming as a popular exercise, and Arthur Gardiner along with Bald plan cycling comebacks, Bald recovering in Hot Springs, Gardiner recovering from illness. English gentlemen riders must obtain an annual jockey club license and pay 25 to the Bentink Benevolent Fund to ride against pros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jockey Dale
New Orleans
Eastern Baseball League
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Slater
New York
Yale
Trarvard
Nash Turner
W. C. Whitney
Moyland
Nasturtium
Derby
Donovan
St. Louis
Buelow
Dicky
L. A. Goodwin
Mandley Min
Don” Reeder
Wiuidon
A. A. U. Iwiskey
Chieaso
United States
Arthur Gardiner
Tildle C. Bald
Eyele Quelug
Bald
Hot Springs
Ark
Gardiner
Jockey Club
Bentinck Benevolent Fund
Whittied Its Leg Cai Barnes Makes Wood Prosthesis
Cai Barnes living seven miles east of Arcola Alabama wears a hand carved wooden artificial leg and foot he made with a pocket knife. He lost his foot in Klondike gold fields two years ago. His brother Dr Omer Barnes of Arcola helped amputate the mangled foot miles from camp without any opiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cai Barnes
Arcola
Barnes
Klondike
Omer Barnes
Cal
Jamie Tells Me He Loves Me The Delincatow
The poem narrates a speaker who experiences a surge of emotion after Jamie says he loves her. Images of spinning wheels and tangled thoughts unfold, then settle as the speaker affirms love for Jamie. The verse blends rustic dialect with a clear romantic confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamie
Tommy Huggins and the School Drum Incident
Mrs Huggins kept Tommy at school to keep him out of trouble and learn something. Teachers describe him as a scourge who rarely engaged, save for fire drills when he begged to beat the drum, revealing a mischievous truancy record. The principal admonished him to improve his conduct before returning to duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RS. Huggins
Tommy
Morgan
Drum Rivalry Ends in Schoolyard Turmoil
A local school tale centers on Tommy who longs to drum and vengefully targets Clarence the model pupil. After a harsh series of threats and beatings to secure the drum, Tommy is foiled by a benevolent widow who gifts him a drum. The item leads to ongoing, disruptive drum displays around the building.
The Forgotten Drum Saves a School Fire Escape
A May fire at a school tests drills forgotten as smoke rises and flames engulf a wing. Tommy, last out amid the blaze, plays a final drum roll that rallies teachers and students to safety. He becomes the class drummer, later earning leniency from a stern principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Pellmell
Tie
Joshin H. Raftery
Chicago Record-Herald
National Homes for Disabled Veterans Nationwide List
The article lists National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers branches in Washington Dayton Milwaukee Togus Stampton Leavy enworth Santa Monica Marion and Danville. It notes state homes across numerous states and states a disability sufficient for admission and pension thresholds. It mentions a veteran with pension above 16 dollars monthly may be ineligible under ordinary rules, with variations elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Las
Dayton
Ohio
Milowaukee
Wis
Togus
Stampton
Leavyenworth
Kan
Santa Monica
Cal
Marion
Ind
Danville
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Idaho
Milinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
New Aw York
Novih Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Last of a hangman hints at Jack the Ripper tale
Bolton correspondent recounts James Billington the hangman asserting he felt satisfaction in executing Dr Neill Cream whom he believed to be Jack the Ripper. Cresswell delayed, Billingston pulled the bolt as Crew supposedly cried I am Jack. Londes Chronicle notes no further Ripper sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapper
Bolton
James Billington
Neill Cream
Jack the Ripper
Cressu
Billingston
Crew
Dack the Ripper
Rieington
Ripper
Londes Chroniela
Dying vision and cry at river des Érables shanty tale
A Gatineau lumber camp tale links a French Canadian Joseph Gingras to his dying father and a deathly warning amid logs. After a fatal pile collapse, the two men die within hours of each other while parishioners hear a final cry and a vision of Marie. A woman near River Desert travels seeking Joseph, driven by night visions and a Christmas Eve summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gingras
Gatineau
Canada
Christus
Marie
Papa
Catfish Lake
Tomassine Portage
Israel
Joseph
Father
River Desert
New York Sun
Cooking by Natural Meat in Maori volcanic kitchen
The Maoris of New Zealand cook their potatoes and other vegetables in volcanic meat. They live near a few volcanoes and in the mountains. They use the volcanoes to perform several useful cooking tasks, though one method remains the queerest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Living Torpedoes in Cuban Waters
Cuban waters are described as home to living torpedo boats the electric torpedo rays. The article explains their natural batteries and electrical abilities, noting their resemblance to skate wings and their ability to emit sparks and affect materials. It cites their storage mechanism, historical observation, and a note on other electric fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuban
Nature
Benjamin Franklin
Central America
Louis Globe-Democrat
Wise Words From Kam's Horn
A compact collection of maxims on education courage truth and generosity. It argues calmness rewards, conspiracies of silence, daily drudgery as doorway to delight, and bigotry harming truth while urging faith and good works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kam
Letter Writing Ceasing and the Bone-Honesty Theory
A compilation notes that autograph letters are vanishing as shorthand and typewriters dominate writing work and business. It cites Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour as holding to older methods while Chamberlain favors telegraphs. A scientist links strong bones to honesty, noting lime-rich soils in Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee influence bone size and thereby character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
Mr. Chamberlain
London
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Lincoln
Scien Renin Industry and South African Beet Sugar Plans
Notes on oilcloth waste oil recovery methods, titanium uses in steel and lighting, and expanding South African sugar beet cultivation. Also covered are booming prune, apricot, and almond production, jam-drying factories, a unique fossil quarry near Kemmerer Wyoming, and advances in U S precious stone industries with sapphire, beryl, turquoise, emerald, garnet, tourmaline, opal and diamond sources worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape of Good Hope Department of Agriculture
South Africa
United States
Montana
New Mexico
North Carolina
California
Queensland
New South Wales
Wolf-taming sportsman trains wolves for hunt
Bert Decker of Tuscola learns two wolves hunt beside him and catch rabbits by leaping and snatching mid air, then returning when called. His success prompts others to train wolves to replace dogs in hunting, per Cincinnati Enquirer. Also cited is James B. Eads predicting two great trade channels will pass through St Louis, iron and water routes shaping the city’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Decker
Tuscola
Decker
Cotton
Cincinnati Enquirer
James B. Eads
St. Louis
City of
Great West
Mississippi
Isthmus
Pacific
Springfeld
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Freeland
Tribune
Tribune J Printing Company, Limited
Labor World
Charles
Naebody
Clarence
Charlie Jones
Charlie
Luregins
Hss
Young Huggins
Treasury Department
Gage
Uncle Sam
Schmidt
Roberts
Washington Star
SCIEN
Renin Industri
Kemmerer
Wyo
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