Eight Hour Day and Holiday Gains Across English Workplaces
A London correspondent notes the shift in English labor as the eight hours’ day gains traction in 30 to 40 constituencies. The nine hour movement extended beyond engineering, shrinking the workweek to fifty four hours and noon Saturdays in many industries. Summer holidays, bank holidays, and mid summer vacations spread through gas, railway, and newspaper houses, with workers paid and machinery serviced during breaks. The piece highlights social and economic changes, including in Manchester cotton towns where workers travel to coast resorts during stoppages. It also mentions MPs with working-class backgrounds who command attention in the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
New York
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Tyneside
Labor Commission
Livesey
South Metropolitan Gas Company
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Cheshire
Derbyshire
Manchester
Welsh
Isle of Man
Labor unions and cures dominate a mixed 19th century notice
The Pacific Coast Seamen's union, formed in 1885 in San Francisco with 4000 members, runs an employment office and raises seamen wages from twenty five to thirty five to fifty dollars monthly. The Cigarmakers' International union reports 24291 members and finances of 423568 income and 384711 expenditures with 421950 surplus. New York Central Labor shows foreign contract labor law violations. An ad extols Dr King s New Discovery and other remedies with a money back promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Seamen's Union
San Francisco
Cigarmakers’ International Union
The
Central Labor Union of
New York
New York Central Labor Union
Dr. Parkhurst
Vhce
Europe
Monster Volcano Kilauea’s Vast Sunken Crater Explored
A description of Kilauea on Mauna Loa’s slope portrays it as a great sunken pit nine miles in circumference, six square miles at the base, 600 feet below surrounding land, and guarded by a continuous 4 Precipice rim. Inside, Halemaumau or House of Everlasting Burnings forms a fiery inner crater with lakes of flame, the volcano’s true chimney and constant activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Kilauea
Mauna Loa
Hints on Dress and Odds Pieces From Various Notices
A collage of fashion advice and snippets notes social codes and local lore. It cites dress harmony with a dog the Mountaineers of West Virginia quips and a patent for a dead fowl clamp plus ad lines about Blairsville real estate and works. The tone imitates late 19th century newspaper miscellany.
Monarchy of Man argument for cooperation over wage system
John Clark Ridpath argues that the wage system enslaves labor and must yield to a broader cooperative era led by the masses. He cites the Pillsbury cooperative model as proof, condemns ad hominem opposition, and urges universal cooperative management of industry where private or corporate control fails. He envisions a global “monarchy of man” guiding labor’s uplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clark Bidpath
H. H. Frary
Europe
Pillsburys
John Clark Ridpath
A Good Word for the Sparrow from Reynoldsville Volunteer
The Reynoldsville Volunteer of Pennsylvania argues sparrows do not drive away native birds. They note robins bluebirds and chippies nest nearby without sparrow trouble and blame shotgun slaughter for declines. The piece praises the sparrow's persistence and pluck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsville
The Moons of Mars and Other Briefs
The moons of Mars were discovered recently via the Washington Naval Observatory telescope by Professor Asaph. The August observations by astronomers worldwide promise new insight into the tiny satellites. Mars’s proximity varies from 5 million to 141 million miles, and its similarities to Earth spark speculation of possible habitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Naval Observatory At
Washington
Asaph
Mara
Earth
Providence Journal
Mystic Cure Promise For Rheumatism And Neuralgia
An advertisement claims a one to three day fix for rheumatism neuralgia and related pains with a “Mystic Cure” that supposedly removes the cause and yields immediate relief. First dose touted as beneficial. price 75 cents. sold by Herrick Bros. and Daugherty Bros. Indiana Pa. Also promotes Dr Henry Baxter Mandrake Bitters at 25 cents a bottle with money-back warranty. Other products include Chamberlain's Pain Balm for sprains and rheumatism, English Spavin Liniment for horse blemishes, Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for itch, Arnica OIL Liniment for sores, and Me Masters confectioneries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carpenter
Goodland
Ind
Chamberlain
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
L Moore
Homer City
Herrick Bros
Henry Baxter
Mandrake Bitters
Moore
Sadler
Alex McCullough
Markel
Westmorland Co
John McDonald
Sharpsville
Sophia Schambra
Wheeling
W. Va
Perry Cain
Frankfort Springs
Beaver Co
McCallough
J. H. Benham
Golconda
Pope Co
Wm. I. Moore
Many Curious Snippets From a Distant Era
A collage of varied trivia from old Times pages cites California fishing by wheels, 150 mile daily skating by Laplanders, Caspian cable plans, advice on money and manners, and curious statistics. It notes Maine’s foreign born population, skin pore counts, and vast postal card needs, with social tidbits about education, libraries, and class colors at Vassar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Caspian Sea
Maine
Why Lightning Bends Zigzag Paths and Cries for Help
A set of notes explain lightning travels as a fluid through air, zigzagging due to density changes and heat creating vacuums that split the bolt. It cites Instantaneous Photography showing branching flashes like tree limbs and mentions Pinkerton detectives guarding Chicago boiler shops amid a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkerton
Frazier & Chalmers
Chicago
Chalmers
Pinkertons
J. J. Fitzgerald
Chicago Boilermakers’ Union
Curran
Lake Michican
New York Evening World
A Daring Young Creature and Egyptian Superstition
A forward kid story recalls a father’s view on girls taking risks and a note on an Egyptian belief that the dead may reside in a statue or face. The clipping also mentions patent medicines and a famed salve with testimonials and price points from small towns.
Also Mentioned on This Page
House of Commons
Burns
House
Labor
Fenwick
Wilson
Howell
Macmillan’s Magazine
Pittsburg
Dr. King
Buczlen
T.E
Seattle Telegraph
West Virginia
United States
Mr. Rosser
General Rosser
New York Sun
Chicago Herald
Mr. Trotter
Detroit Free Press
Blairsville
Blairsville Land Improvement Co
Railway Carmen
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
St. Louis
W. T. Wisseman
St. Joseph
B. F. White
Temple
Tex
Kelleher
Minneapolis
L. P. Downing
Rosen
John Caples
W.H. Ronemies
H. J. Daves
the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Itia
Daugherty Bante Eens ‘A
Philadelphia Times
Timor
Nisch
Servia
St. Louis Republic
Moscow
Kiel
Cor
London News
Hetrick Tor
Woolford
Thia
Hetrick Bros
Tridiana
Tapily
Arnica & Oi
Daugherty
Chareh Street
U.S
Odds and
North Carolina
Roanoke
Texas
Sam
Vassar
Massachusetts
New York Weekly
P. ©. Wright
Mississippi
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Egypt
Washington Star
Uckien
Arnica Salve
AT. Lowry
General DO Merchandise
Church Street
Indiana, Pa
S. M. McMasters
Indiana Progres
United Statry
Tribung
Indiana Progress
Weekly Tribune
United Ss
Progress
J. J. Callows
J.T. Bouche
Philadelphia St
Clatt
Philadelphia Street
Aga
Sharret
Lagen Ead Meat Ag
Tioomd Congress
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