Woman Converts War Memorial Flag Into National Emblem
A young woman Josephine Mulfurd single handedly stitched a grand flag honoring Spanish American War heroes. Her yearlong work in a New Jersey room joined stars from Pennsylvania and New York with the original banner heritage. The finished flag, first shown to crowds at Madison Square, celebrated American soldiers and linked to Washington era standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein
Josephine
Cuba
Pennsylvania
Petsy Rass
Washington
Continental Congress
Virginia
Vernon
Ursland
Fort
Franely Scott Rey
New York
Mandison Square
Health in Business Emphasizes Regular Examinations
A business executive recounts a thorough physical exam revealing excellent health and urges annual checks for all in responsible positions. He notes a rival firm collapsed after an employee breakdown, underscoring prudent health monitoring to sustain leadership and performance.
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noWalkerd
Gold Riches Reported in Okhotsk District
Three men work in winter to extract substantial gold from Okhotsk rivers with nuggets up to half a fun t weighing about 0.66 ounces. Deposits are abundant though underutilized, with costs cited in rubles and a U.S. firm preparing to develop the mine recently purchased from Stepanov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okhotsk
British Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Atlas
Zolotnik
United States
Stepanov
Spendthrifts and Misers Sayings on Money Habits
A short reflective snippet notes spendthrifts and misers both play roles in the economy. It observes that hard earners tend toward miserliness, while easy money seems to burn holes in pockets. It suggests a balance between spending and saving would improve life.
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Old Earth
Death of Col. Samuel Starker Sets Stage for Sugar Ranch In Hawaii
The Big Ranch of "King of Hawaii" valued at four million dollars looms for American residents after the death of Col. Samuel Starker, linked to Hawaiian affairs as the so called king of Hawaii. Starker, of the Parker family from Boston, had long resided in Hawaii.
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Hawaii
Ha’oaiian Islands
Col
Samue Starker
Parker
Boston
Kerosene Cure Sparks Daring Hair Folly Aboard Ship
Sailors recount Captain Hopkins burning himself trying kerosene hair growth remedy. In Bahia harbor during dinner the capta in, a whiskerless small man, tested the oil and lit his head. Flames burst from his hairless scalp until crew doused him, leaving him bald but unharmed aside from a few blisters.
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John D. Whidden
Hopkins
Bahia
Geck
Old Hopkins
Concentration of Wealth In Early 20th Century America
Congressman Henry T Rainey cites IRS statistics to argue wealth concentrates in a few. He notes last year two Americans earned over 70 million dollars and five over 5 million, with hundreds earning 2 million plus and many more in the hundreds of thousands to millions range across successive years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Rainey
House of Congress
Federal Income Tax Bureau
United States
Wilderness Stop at Rocky Lake Hopes Expansion This Summer
Sam Cook runs a winter stopping place on the Pasoa Manitoba to Flin Flon trail at Rocky Lake. He offers shelter for people and their animals with self cooking facilities. Since November 1,600 freight teams and 1,500 tents used the site with 029 men overnight. Travelers pay 25 cents for cooking utensils. Cook plans a larger stop this summer with a stable for 100 horses due to mining activity growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Cook
Rocky Lake
Pasoa
Manitoba
Weds
Cook
Ife
Thirsty Diver and the Lost Sip at Sea
A salvage diver, isolated in his work, sought water by smuggling a bottle aboard. He quenched thirst above water using helmet adjustments but could not reseal the helmet, triggering an alarm and delaying rescue.
The Whistle Nuisance Opinion Stirs Transit Fray
A New York Evening Telegraph editorial blasts whistle whistlers on surface trams, underground cars, and buses as nuisances. It argues they irritate passengers and should be suppressed even by force if needed, asserting no defense for noisy whistling.
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New York Evening Telegram
Woolen Mills Advance Wages and General Raise
A 15 percent wage advance will be granted to about 300 000 textile workers in New England, with May 31 effective date. The raise nearly doubles pay from four years ago and adds about 1 million dollars weekly across mills in Fall River New Bedford and the American Woolen company networks. Other woolen firms plan similar increases.
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New England
Fall River
New Bedford
American Woolen Company
New York
Pennsylvania
New York Assembly
Anl Quiner
Wd Sthnea
Pawtucket
R. I. D. Goff & Sons
Medalion
Providence
Boston
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Iron Mountain
Mich
von Platen Lumber Ecompany
United States
South Wales
Carpenters
Inder
San Jose
Cal
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Chicago
National Barge of Farm Organization
Atch
Charles A. Lyman
Farm Board
Germany
Chile
Huntington
W. Va
Vienna
Canada
Pittsburgh
Utah Light & Traction Company
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Riddeford
York
Saco
A. Mitchell Palmer
Hartford, Conn
Chamber of Commerce
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Smith
McLoughlin
Ministry of Labor
Nord
Pas de Calais
France
Marseilles
Machinists’ Union of
Lawrence
Mass
Slocan
British Columbia
West Kootenay
Labor unrest and wage moves ripple across industries
New York reports over 50 thousand organized fur workers with rising wages. India’s 1919 weaving output tops 152 million dollars. Rock Island arsenal plans phased layoffs to 2,500 by June 30. Electric, gas, and plumbers strikes and wage readjustments affect towns from Urbana to Pawtucket. Open shop push faces strong union opposition as drive spreads.
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New York
India
Rock Island Arsenal
Asion
Denver Gas and Flectric Company
Urbana
Immense Losses From 1919 Strikes Highlight Costs
Francis H. Sisson of Guaranty Trust warned at the NASM silver jubilee in New York that labor losses from strikes reached billions, with wages nearly 725 million and industry over 1.25 billion. He cautioned that pursuing low prices could push credit controls and harm the economy.
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Francis H. Sisson
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Sisson
Labor unrest and wage talks span continents
Labor notes report steep wage demands and strikes across Europe and North America. Germany and Vienna see large work stoppages while Canada and the United States face new wage accords and proposed raises. The article tracks unions from Huntington West Virginia to Peoria and Philadelphia with actions from 35 percent wage hikes to 1.12 and a half dollars per hour settlements.
Meant What She Said Insincerity in a Charm
A dialogue from the Boston Transcript features Mabel and Marie discussing sincerity in apology. Marie explains she was out when Mr Boreleigh called, not that she was sorry, suggesting his calls may occur while she is at home.
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Mabel
England
George Alfred Townsend
Baltimore Sun
Castoria Signatures and Sun Therapy Innovations
An old remedy Castoria is advised to bear its signature for infants and children. The piece notes Fletcher's Castoria and mentions sun bath therapy claimed by British doctor M J de Thezac using a revolving cabin and large lens to concentrate sun rays on the body, tested near Quimper, France.
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M. J. de Thezac
Quimper
France
Popular Science Monthly
Red Cross Ball Blue Keeps Linens White At Low Cost
To insure glistening white table linens use Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry. It never disappoints. At all good grocers five cents.
Thrift Stamp Efforts By Bridgeton Youth
In Bridgeton New Jersey twenty five youths invested 1000 in United States thrift stamps this year. They earned money through dishwashing sweeping dusting store work baby sitting and errands with aims of thrift and savings. Some also cut weeds carry coal sift ashes sell papers raise chickens and clean streets.
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Bridgeton
New Jersey
United States
Safe as a Bank in Bankruptcy Hearings
Mrs Helen Hunt widow of Lee Bankroad Birmingham admits she kept no bank account in her bankruptcy examination. She stored nearly 8000 pounds in a cash box under the kennel saying a faithful dog guarded the money. She believed the dog’s kennel safer than any bank.
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Helen Hunt
Lee Bankroad
Birmingham
England
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Promises Comfort in Shoes
A vintage advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease powder to shake into shoes and foot bath. It claims the product makes tight or new shoes feel easy and helps women wear one size smaller by using the powder each morning. Sold everywhere.
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Allen
East
Allen's
Willing to Strike Bargain
A witty domestic scene portrays a fashionable wife and her protesting husband as she cycles through extreme outfits. He objects to evolving styles while she flippantly offers to stop wearing her hair over her ears if he buys diamond earrings.
Morning Prank Leads to Late Night Telephone Call
At 11:30 Mr Stone retired but the phone rang twice within minutes. A caller offered a new car and asked if he had inconvenienced him. Stone replied with gentle sarcasm that he was already waiting for a call.
Price Increase and Percentage Misunderstanding
The article explains how percentage increase can be misinterpreted. It notes that doubling a price equals a 100 percent increase, while some people wrongly claim 50 percent.
All Suffer Alike in Political and Mystical Body
A quotation frames the idea that collective hardship binds all, citing Junius on shared pain in politics and spiritual communities as an enduring truth.
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Junius
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Health In Business
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Pas Tl
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Havernill
Siberia
General Electric Company
Lynn, Mass
Denmark
C. C. Pierson
Building Contractors' Association of
Indianapolis
Quincy
Trades and Labor Assembly
Yar
Assembly
Peoria
Peoria Street Railway Company
Central of Georgia Railroad
H. D. Pollard
Clerks’ Union
Philadelphia
Mercantile Trust Company
the Mercantile Trust Company
Federal Reserve System
St. Louis
Real Estate Loan Department
Federal
U.S. Governmenteserve System
ST Louis Missouri
Aera
Fletcher
Kaggetintiyere PrbaceoCe
Valon
Harold Gomers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Holland
Herbert M. Gessner
Berlin
N. H
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Eatonic
Hudson River Valley
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Iiteco
Patchocue
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M. C. R. Products Co
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Indiana
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Illinois
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Springfield
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