Labor Day Origin Tale From Knights of Labor Convention
A Welsh immigrant Robert Price proposed a holiday for labor after witnessing a New York parade during the Knights of Labor convention. His brief speech to Chairman Powderly led to the adoption of Labor Day amid strong approval, as workers moved to establish the holiday.
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Knights of Labor
New York
Order of Knights
Robert Price
Mines of
Wales
Powderly
Price
Shorter Work Day Urged by Union Leader John Golden
John Golden, president of the Batt ed Textile Workers of America, argues that unions have risen in influence and now drive key economic debate. He calls for a shorter workday to improve rest, education, and welfare for workers, and to curb child labor while safeguarding women and girls in industry.
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John Golden
Batted Textile Workers of America
Value Of Trades Unionism As A Constructive Force
The passage argues trades unionism as a major positive social force guiding labor toward better life conditions. It cites education, 2,000,000 workers under unions, and public recognition of unions’ social utility, quoting leaders like Samuel Gompers and John Swinton. It endorses reducing labor hours and abolishing child labor as top aims.
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America
Frank K. Foster
Boston educator visits western college during exam week
A distinguished Boston educator, invited as a guest, is not asked to speak to students but leads a chapel prayer. He asks for divine guidance for the college president and praises the trustees, staff, and students for high scholarship and loyalty. The students cheer the visitor’s address as a notable moment.
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Boston
Western College
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Promotes Cure in Lutkin Tale
An old advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills to ease backache and kidney trouble. A Lutkin Texas resident, J A Haywood, recalls back pain after a sawmill job, notes gravel passing after using the pills, and claims relief. Also mentions a strange story about a sparrow in Kansas City and a De Forest wireless station planned for Sault Ste. Marie.
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Dean
J. A. Haywood
Lutkin
Tex
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Vandegrift
Dumont Smiths
Kinsley
Van
Virginia
Kansas City Journal
Wireless Telegraph
Canada
de Forest
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Pacific
X Rays Boost Child Treatment Reduces Case Load
The use of X rays in treating children with ringworm proves so successful that the Metronalitan Asylums Board in London can discontinue one of its two institutions for such cases.
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Metronalitan Asylums Board
London
Dubious About Coffee Switch to Postum by Michigan Couple
A Michigan woman credits Postum Food Coffee with curing her and her husband’s coffee related ailments. She notes her husband’s heart palpitations and bladder issues faded after abandoning coffee and adopting Postum. The account mentions improved stomach health, happier children, and a visiting neighbor who praised the drink after proper preparation. The Postum Company, Battle Creek, Michigan, is cited with a promotional booklet.
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Postum Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Wellville
The White River Country Ideal of Contented Landowners
A narrator extols the Upper White River country from Newport to Carthage Arkansas as ideal for small landowners. Rich soils forests minerals springs and abundant game define a self sufficient life. The piece laments changing times as a railroad arrives and predicts new immigrant arrivals who will value the land’s untapped potential.
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United States
White River Country
Newport
Ark
Carthage
White River
Diamonds in United States Demand Surges in 1805
The article notes unprecedented U S demand for diamonds in 1805 with large imports and no domestic production. It cites historical values of output from 1303 to 1903, mentions four regions with accidental discoveries, and suggests the source may be found. it concludes with a brief aside on alum baking powders and a Missouri repeal.
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United States
Canada
Scientific American
Herman Reinbold
Missouri
California Ostrich Office in London Set
California ostrich farmer plans a London branch showing os triches and live feather processing for customers. The note says feathers are cut directly from birds and sold across the counter at a price never heard of. Training School for Elephants in Api Congo State with 28 elephants taking lessons shows promising results per the Trib une Congolaise. England’s first woolen cloth made around 1230, not dyed and dressed until 1667. Cupid proposes occasional storage of love.
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California
London
API
Congo
Tribune Congolaise
England
Errors About The White House Corrected By Reader
A reader corrects a prior article on the White House noting its first occupant was John Adams in 1800, the mansion began 1793, burned in 1814 and rebuilt 1818, and disputes claims about modern paint practices. The letter urges factual accuracy on dates materials and construction.
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White House
Madison
Adams
Charity by Machinery in Local Belief Tale
A distressed man appeals to a benefactor about a donated dollar and a sick wife. The scene shifts to a business charity trust where a secretary pockets most of the funds as salaries and expenses, leaving only five cents. The exchange reflects skepticism toward indiscriminate giving and charity operations reported in a weekly.
Cure for Terrible Sores Cited by Mother
Mrs Mybert Shelden of Woodville Connecticut recounts a year and a half battle with severe facial and body sores in her son. After two months of Culficura Sonn and Ointment the sores cleared and never returned.
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Mybert Shelden
Woodville
Conn
French State Monopolies Rise as Revenue Tool
A deputy chamber committee chaired by the foreign minister of finance is appointed to study state monopolies in France. The inquiry covers sugar and petroleum refining, rectification of alcohol, and insurance as possible government revenue sources.
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France
Chamber of Deputies
Haseen
England Mourns Dairy Butter
The London Times laments that genuine dairy butter is a thing of the past. Four-fifths of Londoners have never seen it and those who know it struggle to obtain it, often unable to buy it at any price. What is sold as genuine butter is said to be blended and reworked.
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England
The
London Times
London
Times
Fragmented 19th century ad garble left in OCR jumble
A disjointed collage of product names, notices and ad-like phrases. Mentions about tobacco brands, a seamen license change, and laundry starch touts De_fiance. References to Michael Davitt keepsakes and Lincoln Nebraska education notes appear amid filler scraps.
Servian bank note plates found stolen from safe
Dismay in the Servian ministry of finance as engraved plates used to strike bank notes, stored in the strong room, were discovered missing from the safe. The Paris engraved plates reportedly cost £1,600. No tampering evidence appeared on the safe.
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Ministry of Finance
Paris
Wandering pains and Lydia E. Pinkham remedy
A reader warns of abdominal to groin pains suggesting early disease signs and urges using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A testimonial claims a tumor disappeared after five bottles, with periods restored, after medical consultation and a diagnosis of tumor.
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Lydia
Pinkhen
Timor
Pinkhan
Pinkham
Tenn
Mass
Lydia BE
Winkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tamia D. Fox
Chestnut Strout
Bradford
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