Pana canal dig and global quirks in a Kansas agitat
Clipped pithy items mix bold claims and satirical takes from Kansas agitator Garnett. A plan to inaugurate a Pana Ma canal with 40 million dollars is noted alongside jibes about Bolivia, the whisky trust, a New York jury valuing a leg at 17000 dollars, and various quips on politics crime and labor. The column threads through provocative opinions and social caricatures with colorful references to figures like Uncle Bam Ames and the Bun Dick murder case, interspersed with wordplay on fashion and drugs.
Too Thinly Clad Sparks Talk Of Cruelty To Chilly Persona
An editorial voice urges forming a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chilly Persona amid a fashion trend of year round summer wear. It mocks current bare outfits, notes risk of cold, and recalls a French manuscript tale about knights and sisters in a moral then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
audi @ society
Europe
Fashion and frost in a New York Sun tale
The New York Sun cautions about winter dress through a fable of two brides, one in a light gown that leaves her pale and blue, the other in a warm mantle, illustrating how clothing affects warmth and beauty. A young knight admires prudence and chooses the warmer option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Miscellaneous World Bits and Opinion Snippets
A collection of brief reflections and notices spans topics from Panama Canal finances to military gear shifts and social laws. It notes lancers becoming carbined troops, a Tennessee kissing misdemeanor proposal, and quips about English figures in the dreams of Americans. Also mentions Muscat customs costs, a Boston ad line, a French inventor claiming a seasickness proof boat, and a barbed aside about Chicago streetcars.
Discharged Himself In Amusing Household Escape
A young Scoteh lad, hired as domestic help, quietly left after being warned he would be dismissed for breaking china. During a dinner party setup he carried a heavy load of plates upstairs, slipped, and shattered them all, ending his stint in a humorous escape.
Archduke Renounced Title For Elopement
A fragment suggests an Austrian archduke who forfeited his title to elope with a person described as a munte ball dinger. It notes she deserted him after he gave up hereditary claims, appearing a different man to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinger
Hood fashions of the seventies described in dialogue
A vivid snippet recalls a cashmere hood edged with fur and ribbon bows, a charm of old time style. A chilly man praises the look and warmth, while a separate exclamation reveals a disrupted scene as he bursts into the drawing room declaring plates smashed and departure.
Rainfall and Sheep: Rainfall Area Yields in Australia
In arid parts of Australia where average rainfall is under ten inches, a square mile supports only eight or nine sheep. In contrast, with thirty four inches of rain, the same area sustains approximately 2,660 sheep.
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Parte
Australia
The Danse and Voices of Industry in a Fractured World
A collage of fragmented text touches on labor progress, American industrial capacity, and consumer goods. It notes wage gains from trades unions, compares U S and Krupp output, catalogs exports and rail deaths, praises electric fans, and ends with an advert for Dean's Kidney Pills claiming dramatic cures and a free trial offer.
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American Progress
Mitla
Krupp Works
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statly Ue
Great Britain
Interstate Commerce Commission
Equatoria
Evils of Child Labor Debated by Illinois Committee
At a Wednesday hearing before the Industrial and Labor affairs committee Representatives Davies Pointy state factory inspector and opponents debated a child labor bill. Advocates cited factory life harming youth while labor and education advocates warned of wage loss and family disruption. A Chicago slantmaker argued night work would hurt manufacturers citing 65 cent nights versus 75 cent men, with other figures noting illiteracy crime and degenerate outcomes.
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Committee On Industrial and Labor Affairs
Davies
State Federation of Woman's Clubs
Republic
Lfe
Succes
Sloan
Bridewell
Raymond Robbins
Chicago
Chicago Record-Herald
Great Force in Unions and the Call for Capital Unity
Graham H. Taylor, head of the Chicago Commons, urged employers to foster labor organizations and back labor leaders in a Bankers' club address on “A Clearing House for the Industrial Situation.” He warned against crushing unions, saying such action would push conservatives toward radicalism and trigger upheaval. He supported forming a powerful capital organization akin to the AFL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham H. Taylor
Chicago Commons
Bankers’ Club
Brof
Taylor
American Federation of Labor
Labor's wage push and fair wealth distribution
The Demande of Labor notes rising wage demands by labor unions nationwide and predicts a historic year if plans succeed. Samuel Gompers argues workers seek higher wages and better living standards as the path to fairer wealth distribution, improving physical, mental, and moral well being of the working masses.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor, Save
Thia
Important Work to Done at Amalgamated Steel Workers Meet
The annual convention of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers will convene in Columbus Ohio on April 14. Delegates from new East Chicago Indiana Harbor lodges join this gathering with South Chicago representation though its two lodges are unaffiliated. Proposals include ending annual conventions, consolidating lodges in blocks of fifty, and creating district executive committees to set wages and collective agreements.
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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Columbus
Ohio
Steel Workers
South Chicago
East Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Republic Iron and Stee Company
Unill
Iowa
Steel Workers’ Organization
Expressmen Form Texas Tonal Union After San Antonio Meeting
Representatives of the railway expressmen and messengers met with President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor about forming a tonal union. A new organization was formed in San Antonio with officers including G. C. Campbell as chief grand expressman and L. L. Burgess as assistant grand chief among others, with a board of trustees named from San Antonio Fort Worth Marshall and other cities.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Expressmen of Texas
San Antonio
Ma Ize
G. C. Campbell
L. L. Burgess
Texarkana
Third National Painters Organizations Rise in Indiana
The third national organization of painters was formed in Indiana and called the Journeymen Painters Paper Hangers and Decorators of the United States. A separate national group exists in New York City named the National Association of Amalgamated Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers of America. Both seek to control the Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers of America, the AFL chartered craft union.
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National Organization of Painters
Indiana
Journeymen
United States
New York City
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers of America
Union of the Craft
Labor Movement
American Federation of Labor
Simon Burne to Retire as Window Glass Workers Leader
Simon Burne will retire after eight years leading the Window Glass Workers Association K of La. He announced his departure at the organization's convention. Paul St Peter, secretary of the Pittsburg local assembly for nearly ten years, will succeed him.
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Simon Burne
Simon Burns
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Hag
Paul St. Peter
Pittsburg
Assembly of
Window Glass Workers
Bakers Declare National Convention in Buffalo
The eleventh convention of the Journeymen Bakers and Confectioners Union will meet in Buffalo New York. A general shorter workday is listed as the principal topic for discussion.
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Bakers
Journeymien Bakers and Confection
Ore’ Union
Buffalo
N. Y
Agrit G
Lillian Russell’s Daughter Pursues Stage Career
Lillian J Solomon, 18, daughter of Lillian Russell, is in Paris training for a professional stage career. She is described as fairer than her mother at the same age with a fine soprano voice and high order dramatic talent.
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Lillian Russell
Lillian Russel Solomon
Paria
Lillian J
Statesman and Centenarian David Wark to Move to Ottawa
Frederickton New Brunswick resident David Wark, aged 100, plans to move next month to Ottawa to take a seat in the Senate of Canada. He has held a seat since the body's first assembly in 1867 during the Dominy son era.
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Statesman & Centenarian
David Wark
Frederickton
N. B
Ottawa
Senate of Canada
Domly Son
No Jones in the Senate Reflects Long Absence
The two Jones in the Senate John P of Nevada and James K of Arkansas left March 4, leaving the chamber without any senator named Jones for the first time since 1872. No Smith in the senate now.
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Jones
Senate
John P
Nevada
James K
Arkansas
Smith
Grow Welcomed Home After Long Congress Service
Ex representative Grow, first elected more than fifty years ago and a speaker in 1861, was welcomed home at Moorrose, Pa. He is 80 and walks erect with a springy step, enjoying a lively return to his hometown.
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Galushi Grow
Grow
Moorrose
Kreat Abape
Coffee's claimed disease link and Postum remedy spread
A period advertisement claims coffee causes widespread disease while a switch to Postum Food Coffee cures indigestion and related ailments. It recounts a Winnipeg tale of a St Marys Academy teacher who improved after abandoning coffee for Postum, urging readers to test coffee's role by a ten day to month trial with Postum, as Battle Creek company sponsorship is noted.
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St. Mary's Academy
Winnipeg
Cam
Portum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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