Compromise wage plan aims to balance workers and bosses
Employers and ILGWU members in New York City have signed a two year pact replacing flat piece rates with a hybrid system. It guarantees a minimum weekly living wage, with the employer filling shortfalls, and sets an average wage standard to guide piece rates. The plan allows higher earners to surpass the standard, while promising protections against speed ups and “stop watch” methods. Officials anticipate initial administration challenges but expect eventually successful implementation benefiting both sides.
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New York City
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Newspaper Claim on Congressman Drunk Test Ends in Debate
Richard Henry Little asserts he kept a western congressman drunk for three weeks to test crowd generosity. The congressman remained sober last summer, funded his own campaign, and celebrated his return with a dry vote context.
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Richard Henry Little
Railroads Move to Gas Motor Trains to Beat Auto Traffic
Western railroads consider replacing heavy local trains with gas or electric one or two car motor trains to cut costs and rival bus service. Mt. Carmel Danville line will trial five gas motor trains capable of 60 passenger and mail baggage operations at 30 to 35 cents per mile, aiming to reclaim local passenger traffic from private autos.
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Mid-Continent
St. Louis
Mt. Carmel
Danville
G. G. Co
St. L. Road
Rival transport methods spark demand for road competition
The passage argues that flexible bus and car services attract short trip riders, urging railroads to prove feasibility to compete with motor vehicles. It hints Governor Davis of Kansas and his pardons scheme may land them in a jail cell together soon.
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Davis
Kansas
Exercise and longevity in great men stir debate
The Chicago Tribune cites Julius Fleischmann and John D. Rockefeller as examples of how daily exercise aids health, while noting Napoleon Byron and others show limits. It questions whether excessive exertion harms, and recalls J Pierpont Morgan’s lifestyle, concluding that moderation in exercise is sensible despite variations among individuals.
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Julius Fleischmann
John D. Rockefeller
The
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Napoleon
Byron
Arthur Balfour
Tribune
Balfour
J. Pierpont Morgan
State fair moves to Billings as Helena buzz fades
Government sues to dissolve the alleged peanut trust and warns of costly action if needed. The piece mocks a legislature member, notes press bribe rumors, and references basketball in Helena versus Butte. It also laments state workers facing annual relocation, mentions Russians and starvation, and predicts the algebra tournament runs to June 15. Concludes with the barber bill’s removal and goodbye to the State Fair.
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State House
Editorial: Inflation Cure by Gradual Shrinking Bureaus
A Baltimore Sun editorial argues the proposed plan to shrink government by monthly payroll checks could fail as Congress stalls new laws and bureaus grow. It warns that incumbents will resist and an election year will spur new schemes, ending with a renewed job market push and political maneuvering.
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Bose
Coolidge
Congress
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution Aid Ellis Island
At Ellis Island the Daughters of the American Revolution run needlework programs for detained immigrants. Women sew, embroider, and knit items from uniforms to baby dresses, calming tensions and offering purpose. The project expands to include men in the warrant detention area, producing bags, ties, rugs, and even clothes, with a recent sewing machine installed.
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Washington
National Society of the ‘Daughters of the American Revolution
Ellis Island
United States
Daughters of the American Revolution
Europe
America
Ellisland
Capitol
Major Curras
Immigration
Society
Jon
Lent Bible Reading and Meditation for Evangelism
Daily Lenten reading and meditation prepared for the Commission on Evangelism of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Mon day text emphasizes the springs of life as the heart, purity of influence, and the need for divine renewal through the Spirit with a concluding prayer for purification and healing.
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Commission On Evangelism
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Christ
Copyrisht
la Fagley
New York Markets Hold Steady Amid Inaugural Rally
New York reports a hopeful business outlook as Coolidge's policy stance is praised by bankers and industrial leaders. Industrial activity and pig iron steel output show pressure on prices while bond markets react mildly to the federal reserve rate rise.
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United States
New York
Associated Press
Coolidge
New York’ Federal Reserve
Bank of England
London
Great Britain
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Federal Reserve
Synthetic nitrogen eyed as rival to Chilean nitrate
London feb 18 by the Associated Press the fear synthetic nitrogen may seriously compete with Chilean nitrate of soda grows. A writer in Aikman ltd nitrate brokers annual review notes artificial nitrogen forms price advantage and reports several large plants for sulphate and nitrate production under consideration worldwide.
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London
Associated Press
Annual Review of Aikman, Ltd
Answers to Questions in Helena Independent Information Bureau
The Q and A column covers topics from round the world flyers, purchasing power of farmer dollars across 1920 1924, radio interference from telephone lines and Loomis Radio college findings, to Persian cats health and a tyrannosaurus. Notable facts include married status of flyers and the Tyrannosaurus rex standing 18 feet high.
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Eric Nelson
Dayton
Henry Ogden
Mississippi
Lee Wade
War Department
W. HS. A
Loomis Radio College
Arlington
United States
William Andrews Clark a Pioneer of Gold and Power
William Andrews Clark, born in Connellsville Pennsylvania, rose from a 1850s miner to a landmark financier. He reached Bannack Idaho in 1853 with little cash, then rode the gold rush to wealth by diversifying as freighter, merchant, railroad builder and capitalist. He transformed Butte into mining centers of gold silver and copper, and served one term in the Senate after a hard fought bid.
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William Andrews Clark
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California
Colorado
Clark
Idaho
Bannack
Butte
Senate
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