Woman Lobster Dealer and Wartime Workers Across Society
The piece profiles Mrs M J Pickett of New York as America’s sole woman lobster dealer seen with a large crustacean, alongside notes on Lord Horbury joining wartime labor as a fitter in a Surrey aircraft plant and Lady Norbury working in a soldiers canteen, illustrating diverse participation in national effort. It also mentions leather authenticity tests for mobile equipment and shifts in work roles during the period.
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Mra M
Peer Bresemes
Lord Horbury
RerenUy
Surrey
Mort
Reguia
Lord Norbury
Lady Norbury
Lord Howard de Walden
Huston
London Glove
A Trades Parade and a Silent Return of Ralph Pennington
Labor Day crowds throb through a trades parade as Esther Kilton recognizes Ralph Pennington among workers. Once a ward of wealth, he endures hardship, rises from bricklayer to foreman, and declares, I am now in the trades, ready to tell Esther how far he has come.
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Pennington
Boas
Europe
Esther Kilton
Kim
Kisther
Ralph Pennington
Ralph
Esther
Tigress Juliet Loses Tail and Tailorette in Amputation
A Philadelphia Ledger clipping reports Juliet the tigress at Mt Fur feared for longer self harm if kept, prompting Superintendent Carson to order two feet of her three foot tail amputated to prevent further injury. A keeper with a hook guards Juliet while the wound heals, leaving her with a trim appearance akin to a harness pony.
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Juliet
Bujertir
Mt Fur Fear
Albie
Carson
America
Smoking and War Romances Cigars and Censures Across Eras
A fragmented clipping notes opinions on tobacco from past wars and statesmen, citing Gladstone and Palmerston against tobacco sales, plus references to smoking in trenches at Sebastopol. It highlights wartime smoking culture, long whiskers, and china holders as status symbols, then shifts to tuberculosis cost studies showing wages lost in 500 cases, amounting to over 4425,000.
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Gladstone
Palmerston
Ike
Sebastopol
China
National Association For the Study and Prevenon of Tuberculosis
Poston
Peaceful Army of Millions Demonstrations
The American Federation of Labor has 2,025,000 active members, with families and related societies adding to the total. Beyond its affiliates, other labor groups and demonstrations could add about half a million more, making a large May Day mobilization nationwide.
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American Federation of Labor
English Laborer's Diet Chronicled by E V Lucas
The London Chronicle recounts a Sussex laborer's daily routine from four o'clock in the morning. He eats bread and cheese with ale before harvest and lunch with pork or ham, a cheese-udder of skimmed cheese, and ends with bread, cheese, and ale at night.
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E. V. Lucas
London Chronicle
Czar and Czarevitch In Uniform In Photo Proof
The image shows General Gaillot of the French army decorating his son, Sergeant Gaillot, with the French War Cross amid what is described as a joyous moment. The article also touches on speculative German use of wireless detonators and the fate of Bulwark and Princess Irene in harbor, plus remarks on anger and its role in history by various philosophers.
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Moltke
Gulf of Riga
von Reuber-Paschwitz
New York Harbor
Gallot
Gaillot
Bene Wit
Tesla
Marconi
Edison
Hammond
Ways of lengthening life from insurance experts
Insurance experts analyze records of 2 000 000 insured to identify habits and jobs affecting longevity. A study by actuarial and medical directors finds railroad engineers show 60 percent higher mortality than average, though railroads now implement stronger safety measures to protect workers.
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Actuarial Society of America
Society of Life Insurance Medical Directors
Arthur M. Hunter
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Hunter
German World Wireless Stations and Global Reach
Wartime Germany prepared a worldwide high power wireless network with key stations at Nauen Germany Sayville New York and an unnamed site in Spain. Additional high power stations operated in Mexico and ten in South America aiding raiders. Each main station reportedly transmits up to 6 000 miles lasting to 7 200 miles with signals so strong they disrupt other aerials. The text also notes a biblical reference about long words.
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Europe
Africa
America
South Seas
Germany
Nauen
Sayville
L. 1
Spain
Union
Mexico
South America
Pacific
Atlantic
Naven
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Kuselan
Mtrine Hamilton
Gallipel
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Dundow Advertiser
Poland
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Czarevitch
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