Iditarod Pioneer Defends Press Fairness Amid Socialist Criticism
The article argues against Socialist claims that the capitalistic press garbles news, citing Associated Press reliability and non-partisan service. It notes exceptions exist but that most major outlets, including Alaska papers, strive for fairness while acknowledging value in Socialist debates. It discusses a garbled Alaska dispatch about labor delegates and critiques in Nome.
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Avery
Industrial Worker
Union Labor Movement
Samuel Gompend
American Federation of
Iabor
Industrial Workers of the World
Gowers
American Federation of Labor
Baltimore
Wilson
Washington
Alaska
Nome
Alsaka
A Poor Excuse Better Than None
The Iditatod Pioneer an oldline Democrat supporting Wickersham explains Alaska's last election shift. It argues Wickersham as nonpartisan this year aligns with the Republican platform, though he is labeled independent. The piece notes his opposition to Wilson over taxing fishing firms and mocks the publisher for wavering.
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Forty-ninth Star
Anchorage
J. W. Frame
Wickersham
Territorial
Wilson
Mr. Frame
Del
Xste Wickersham
Hughes
Alaska
Iditatod Pioneer
John Gets Another Jolt in Mockery of Booze and Kingship
A compendium of satirical notes targets alcohol fears and medical claims about snake bites. It cites a Des Moines editorial on whisky, a physician’s view that snake bites rarely kill, and HG Wells on modern rulers. The piece contrasts folly with Wells’s idea that true kingship lies in selfless service.
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United States
Power of Eloquence and Armenian Relief Stirs Sitka
A pastor notes Sitka native children raise a $25 offering for starving Armenians in a vivid display of self sacrifice. The Verstovian reports the lesson of generosity among students who earned or gave all they had, while questioning why wealthy donors are less pressed to give in proportion.
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Sitka
Armenia
Alaska
Verstovian
Sheldon Jackson School
Christendom
Alaska Prohibition Debate Tied to California Liquor Dealers
The Douglas Island News notes anti prohibitionists blame the California Liquor Dealers Association of San Francisco for pressuring Alaskan papers into backing temperance measures. Early last spring representatives contacted many Alaska newspapers, and nearly all accepted contracts related to the campaign.
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Douglas Island News
Alaska
California Liquor Dealers’ Association of
San Francisco
Newspapers and liquor ads shape Alaska voters on prohibition
The piece describes how California liquor interests bought space in Alaska newspapers to sway opinion on prohibition. It argues the paid content misled readers, sparked investigations, and contributed to a large anti prohibition majority in Alaska on November 7. The piece cites Fairbanks News-Miner on lawyers in Juneau and notes laws often require legal review.
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California Liquor Dealers’ Association
Alaska
Kansas
Seattle
Prohibition
Printers! Ink
California Liquor Dealers Association
Northland
Shaw Sees No Modesty in Patriot Hymn Debate
George Bernard Shaw criticizes patriotic anthems and questions posed by editor Charles Surdlea of London Everyman. He argues it is not modest to sing certain hymns and weighs whether hymns like God Our Help in Ages Past and Ein feste Burg are appropriate versus Rule Britannia.
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George Bernard Shaw
Charles Surdlea
London Everyman
London Spectator
Abraham ‘Incoln
Pesca
War talk and peace, headlines from a restless era
Across editorials and quirky quips the piece surveys wartime sentiment and postwar hopes. It quotes the London Spectator on Lincoln's stance, notes a naturalization resignation in Helena, and previews an odorless onion from the Vegetable Growers Association of America, ending with a satirical question about a belkan king.
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Vegetable Growers’ Association of America
Hicago
Last German Colony Taken in Africa Campaign
The capture of Dar es Salaam ends German East Africa as the German colonial empire falls to General Smuts and Boer forces. Major battles, rapid moves, and desert crossings describe the campaign aided by Van Deventer and Tombeur with a Belgian force, sealing Germanys colonial era.
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Dar-es-Salaam
Boer Smuts
Ynel Ebuse
Ridhy
Germany
British Empire
Soldi
Kruger
Genera Smuts
van Deventer
Smuts
Tombeur
Congo
Ujiji
Livingston
Stanley
Lake Tanganyika
Central Africa
German East Africa
Oceania
Carolines
Pelew Islands
Marshell Islands
Japan
Samoa
New Zealand
Cincinnati Enquirer
Endicott & Johnson announce shorter workday plan
The Endicott & Johnson firm, owner of the world’s largest shoe factory, based in Binghamton New York, stated on October 27 that starting November 1 it plans to move to a shorter workday. The announcement signals impact on production schedules and labor expectations.
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Endicott & Johnson
Wcnted
Binghamton, N. Y
Factory plan to employ over twelve thousand workers
A proposal to set up across all factories an eight-hour day with ten hours pay and staffing exceeding 12060 workers. The text indicates a sweeping labor reform plan tying wage and hours to large scale employment.
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