Labor Unions Grow and Strikes Shape Global Work Force
Augusta forms central labor union as San Francisco and Albany unions expand while Buffalo rebuilds building trades. Leather workers push eight hour day in two years amid broader unrest. Liverpool docks idle with sailors seeking berths. Illinois records show 100 miners killed and 287 injured in one year. Textile operatives in India end strike over poor conditions. Samuel Ross of New Bedford receives silver service from International Cotton Spinners Union.
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Augusta
San Francisco
Illinois Bureau of Labor
Illinois
India
International Cotton’ Spinners’ Union
Samuel Ross
New Bedford
Mass
Scotch Fish Traffic 1907 Catch and Value
The 1907 catch by the Scotch totaled 9,078,059 hundredweight with a gross value of 15,425,525 dollars. This report records the scale of Scottish fishing activity and the associated earnings for that year.
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Scotch
Personal Testimony on Grape Nuts and Postum Remedies
A New York reader reports indigestion improved after trying Grape Nuts with cream and Postum. After two weeks acidity vanished, appetite returned, and lunch became enjoyable. The letter, attributed to Postum Company, Battle Creek, Michigan, promotes the products as proven by experience.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Reading and Thought Cut Idle Gossip in Daily Life
Sharply notes how inner emptiness drives obsession with trivial matters like hotel disputes and wardrobes. It argues thinking and study widen outlooks and push minds toward productive work, citing Harper’s Weekly and contrasting Benton Harbor pat tern with clockwork childhood and trustee admiration.
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Harper’s Weekly
The Moonbeam Wish Book and International Women’s Council Meeting
A New York Times note describes an artistically designed Moonbeam wish book tied to new moon superstitions with daily wish spaces. It also reports the International Council of Women meeting in Gerva Switzerland with seven million members, led by Lady Aberdeen, and a 1909 Toronto congress plan, including delegates Mrs Kate Waller Barrett and Rev Anna H Shaw before a garden party at Campagne de l Imperatrice.
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New York Times
International Council of Women
Gerva
Switzerland
Toronto
Kate Waller Barrett
American Council
Anna H. Shaw
E. B. Grannis
B. M. West
Lady Aberdeen
Ireland
Campagne de l’Imperatrice
Josephine
A Parisian Dressmaker's Ruse
Grace Margaret Gould relates a Paris dresshouse ruse in which a servant posing as a regal princess induces American customers to copy and pay high prices for gowns. The tale ends with the reveal that the supposed princess was merely an employee.
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Grace Margaret Gould
Paris
No Tardiness at School
The Benton Harbor School Board boasts a fourteen year record of a girl never being tardy or absent, a local marvel not matched by Chicago. The piece contrasts Benton Harbor’s pride with nostalgic memories of school absence and illness.
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Benton Harbor
Chicago Evening Post
Chicago
Jennie Swiney
Benton Harbor Paragon
New satin weave signals fall Empire gown trend
The New York Times reports a wide satin fabric for dressmakers with an Empire skirt not gored. Colors include Tum golden brown and soft gray shades with blue and Myrtle tones. Dominate gowns may feature gray embroidery and silver fringe with tullet embroidery for evening wear.
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New York Times
Relaxation to Preserve Youthful Grace in Society
A veteran New York society woman recalls her daily one hour of total relaxation in a dark room to keep her zest and youth. The method, echoed by a physician, centers on letting go mental distractions and a weight drop that signals full, calm release. The lesson: relaxation aids aging gracefully, learn from a physician.
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New York
New York Press
Polka Dot Fabrics Shape 1909 Fashion Season
The coming season features soft polka dotted foulards for general wear and broadcloths with graduated dot sizes. Ottoman ribbed silks gain prominence as Parisian houses push the fabric. Black and white trims appear on gowns, with stripes in various widths and white pique waists built on new sleeve and shoulder lines.
Sacred Tree Ballad Asserts Human Bond With Oak
A Chicago Record-Herald note recounts a poem about a woodman urged to spare a sacred oak. The speaker recalls a romantic memory tied to the tree, where a rope broke during a fall and the girl blamed him. The plea concludes to protect the tree.
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Woodman
E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Humorous Quotations Pap Back to Back
A collage of cartoon captions and witty exchanges from old newspapers includes lines about clergy, a plumber husband, critics of Congress, school exhibitions, and a chicken joke set beside Puck style commentary. Notable quips feature Miss Ascum and Miss Chellus on photographs, a milk seller, and a lawyerly loafer.
Not Cowards the Persians Sayings on Courage Across Asia
The London Nation notes long standing European views on Persian bravery and pride, contrasting myths of cowardice with Persian feats. It cites 19th century British chatter about Egyptian courage under Mehemet Ali, and suggests similar patterns in Persian history.
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Morier
Mehemet Ali
Europe
London
United States Maintains Thirty Three Consuls in Germany
The article notes that the United States operates thirty three consular offices in Germany, reflecting a broad diplomatic presence. It discusses counts of consular posts and implies a robust overseas administrative network. The piece emphasizes official staffing levels and the reach of American diplomatic services.
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United States
Germany
Mrs Crouse Praises Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs R Crouse of Manchester Fayette Street reports two years of back pain rheumatic distress and sleepless nights. After using Dean's Kidney Pills the kidney action normalized and backache ceased with health now unusually good. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Feminine News Notes From the Era Today
Mme Schumann Heink sails for Europe to start a year of concerts. Thirty five entries come in for the national women's golf championship. The Rainy Daisies hear that tight corsets ruin the voice. Suffragists in New York face police threats at registration. Miss Mary R Sanford, NY and New Haven heiress, becomes a Socialist. Women hats in church upset Brooklyn churchgoers. The Professional Woman's League loses its club-house to a hotel exodus. Mme Curie elected corresponding member of St Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Mrs Carl Muck loves America and wants to stay. Dr Mille Gaussel named Montpelier University clinic director, first such post for a woman. Anna Morgan, J P Morgan heiress, driven from Berlin by beggars. Italy's King approves Duke of Abruzzi marriage to Miss Katherine Elkins.
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Mme. Schumann-Heink
Europe
Mme. Klenner
New York City
Mary R. Sanford
New Haven
Brooklyn
Professional Woman’s League
Mme. Curie
St. Petersburg Academy, of Sciences
Carl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
America
Berlin
Mille. Gaussel
Montpelier University
Anna Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Vienna
Italy
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
Horses Left in New York Still Number 109000
Automobiles have not driven all of the horses from New York City. A remaining 109000 horses are still in the area, despite growth in motor vehicles.
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New York
New York City
One of the Essentials of the Happy Home
An advertisement extols a trustworthy health product, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a world respected family laxative. It urges buying only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. formulation through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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