Children in Glass Factories and Factory Labor
A crowded summary of child labor in mills, glass factories, and mines details boys and girls as young as 5 to 14 toiling long hours in harsh, dust-filled environments. Testimony highlights physical and moral degradation, broken health, and the push for national anti child-labor legislation to end this widespread abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florent
Kelley
Fass
Ejoy
Child Labor Committee
Worexwzutosky
Jointg
John Thomas
Joe Bartoussy
Peter Swambury
Beveridge
Republic
London
England
Tifthy
Felix Adler
Canning
Gines
Eivery
Spargo
Rochester
M. Y
Supreme Court
United States
Crutherson
Kentucky
Congress
Ammunition Explodes in Richmond Fire Devastates Armory
A Richmond blaze started in the Williams building and spread to adjacent property. The Rich mond Blues armory stored 59,000 rounds of ammunition and exploded, with about 50,000 in government property losses. Adams Express Company suffered roughly 100,000 in damage and the building about 100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Fpreas Association
Richmond
Williams
Richmond Blues’ Armory
Williams Building
Adams Express Company
Tax bill to fund large hospitals passes after lengthy session
After an hour long argument the bill by Senator Kirkman allowing cities counties and townships to levy a special tax for hospitals costing seventy five thousand dollars or more was approved. The measure was crafted for Reid Memorial hospital at Richmond and presented to the city by Dan Reid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Congress Over Interstate Commerce. “Wirth
Supreme Court
Marshall
Justice Story
Kirkman
Reid
Richmond
Dan Reid
A Serious Mistake Quote Sparks Cocktail Confusion
The Washington Herald notes the W C T U’s claim of 73 different cocktails as a serious mistake. The remark is blamed for stirring rounders to search for countless varieties, revealing casual misstatements in a public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Herald
Beaman's Mistaken Church Announcement Sets Bayfield Courtship
In Bayfield the village church crowd hears Rev Beaman declare Mark Boynton and Elizabeth Heath to wed, shocking Robt Jocelyn who hoped to marry Lizzie Heath. Lizzie, raised by Robt's sister after her mother Phoebe's failed marriage, loves Robt but is pledged to him. Mark returns with a winning lawsuit, seeking Lizzie as his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayfield
Mr. Beaman
Mark Boynton
Elizabeth Heath
Robt
Jocelyn
Phoebe Iyn
Robert
Phoebe
Wm. Heath
Robert Jocelyn
Lizzie
Mark
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S. Kellay
Ridge
van Vorst
Jans Addams
All America
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
South Africa
Farrs. van Vorst
Robert Peel
Earl of Shaftesbury
America
Great Britain
New York
Wees IN
South
Agricultural Department
Gibbons
Ogden
Iit
New York Harbor
Supreme Court of the United States
Philadelphia Boy Tailor
Ceara
U.S
Louis
St.paul
Atlanta
Ohio
U. S. Internal Revenue Department
Bond
United Sta
Ariz
Cal
Colo. Idaho
Mont
Nev
N. Mex
Ore
Utah
Wash
Wyo
the Hayner Distilling Company
Dayton
ST. Louis
ST. Paul, Minn
Troy
Atlanta, GA
Merk Boynton
Eliza
Despu
Cision
Huntingto
Dela
Indiana
Puritan
Grocers
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