Immigration and the immigrant problem in the United States
The article argues immigration from Europe has shifted to poor illiterate groups from Russia Austria Hungary and Italy. It claims many immigrants are uneducated and destined for day labor, overcrowding cities and bringing health risks. It warns of crime discontent and calls for protective measures and deportation as needed. (Continued on page four)
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Kivaein
Europe
United States
Dancron
Germany
Scandinavia
United Kingdom
Uncle Sam
Witerates
Russia
Avetria
Mungary
Italy
Jenood
Nevada
South Dakota
Women and Waiters Strike Across New York City
Postwar unrest sees 150,000 garment workers and hotel waiters striking. Hunger and cold amid depots and free meals, with calls for minimum wage boards and better sanitary conditions. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn leads a bold push demanding exposure of kitchen conditions and faster employer concessions.
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Post
New York
Waitera
Ho Ose
Garment Workers
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
MC. A
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Board of Health
Capitalist
Moet
Nevada Divorce Law Panic Affects Wealthy Hearts
A writer laments Nevada may extend divorce residence to one year stirring fears of a wider exodus to Reno and Mexico. The piece mocks the idea of reform and quips about sanatorium cures and ruined marriages while urging federal action to halt the change.
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Nevada
Reno
Mexico
Nea
New York
United States
After the Stage The Cloister
The article notes Louise Tuff as Tirzah in Lew Wallace's The Cloister may retire from acting to join a cloister. Her Catholic heritage and religious awakening influence the production by underscoring virtuous, unselfish life and the stage’s potential for positive impact.
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Lew Wallace
Louise Tuff
Tirzah
Witche
The Marriage of Helen Gould and It Shepard
The marriage of Miss Helen Gould, worth about 40 million dollars, to It Shepard reflects her lifelong stance toward wealth. Known for extensive philanthropy, she aids the needy personally, supporting the Y.M.C.A. and rescue homes while influencing national affairs for women’s betterment.
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Helen Gould
Shepard
Y. M
Wooden bullets symbolize Turkey’s faltering fight for integrity
A Balkans war correspondent reports on baited Turkish cartridges that turned out to be wooden practice bullets mixed with real ones. The piece argues Turkey’s struggles stem from centuries of conquest, internal dissension, and a failing army system, propped by weak leadership and incomplete reform, citing Midhat Pasha as a rare reformer.
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Balkans
Turkey
Toiay
Adrianople
Othman
Kor
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East
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la Revolution
Arabia
Africa
Mohammedan
Tace
Midhat Pasha
Oregon Coast
Joe
Nita
Paradise
Newport
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