Adverse winter foreseen and odd news from across the nation
The column blends weather lore and scattered items from early 20th century life. It mentions a severe Adirondack winter prediction, a Washington burlesque booking failing for lack of performers, and notes on Rev. John Nalle born 1801. It also covers tests on fireproof wood for a torpedo boat Winslow, a Virginia augur hole revealing Civil War gold, Carnegie and Rockefeller wealth contrasts, donations to education, and a London censorship case. Further items discuss a failed Altruistic colony near Burlington, a Fontanelle divorce case with a dramatic severed limb, Bering Strait theory on early migration, and new French shop seating laws amid English and German precedents.
The Age of Combines and the Patent Medicine Clash
A critical look at an alliance between doctors and preachers against patent medicines and Christian Science. Omaha editorials mock Reverend Trefe for denouncing newspapers selling remedies, argue opposition rests on religion and medicine, and warn against municipal monopolies as a path to broader public ownership. The piece contrasts old and new flags in national sentiment and criticizes economic trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Trefe
Omaha
Jesus Christ
Troefe
Tressus
People's Co-Operative Commonwealth
Oil taxes and the case for industrial freedom
A critical discussion of oil industry taxation in Los Angeles and California, arguing that repeated levies on personal property and labor stifle production. The piece urges consistency in opposing all tax burdens on industry and praises a platform favoring municipal ownership of utilities as a progress toward broader reform. Ralph Hoyt is cited on inalienable rights and taxation principles while noting a Chicago mayoral race endorsement segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Almirnr
No Right to Liberty in Miner Strike Violence
In fall 1897 miners marching toward CarsVondale mines to persuade non union workers were halted by a sheriff's posse near Hagleton Pennsylvania. A fusillade killed two of about 140 protesters, provoking broad indignation as authorities are accused of denying rights on the highway and inflaming conflict between strikers and mine owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagleton
Hoxton
Vondale
Sherif
Attacks on Home Rule and Mill Labor Conditions
The article denounces the Pennsylvania ripper bill abolishing city governments, replacing mayors with governor appointed city managers and ending elections for two years to punish anti Quay cities like Pittsburg Scranton and Scranton. It cites mill labor in Scranton where hundreds of children work eleven hours daily for 18 to 24 cents while their fathers roam idle.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Scranton
Fragmented World of Dreams and Labor Tracts
A lengthy text blends a sentimental poem about a dream world with excerpts on educational sloyd in a Maryland normal school and a defense of labor unions by Samuel Gompers. It includes remarks by Prof. Jenks and wide-ranging notes on worker education, factory life, and charitable labor clubs led by Mrs. Fisher, highlighting the era’s social and educational efforts.
German insurance system cited as model for empire
The text summarizes German social insurance costs between 1885 and 1900. It notes two thirds of illness insurance funded by workers and one third by employers totaling 250 million dollars, accident insurance funded by employers at 5 million, and invalid and old age pensions totaling 125 million with workers paying 21.5 million and employers matching most of the rest. In all, workers received about 187 million more than they contributed to the common fund.
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Empire
Unite
Industrial notes seek compulsory arbitration in France
Nearly fourteen percent of the labor force are women. In two years 4000 miles of railroad will be built across Texas Indian Territory Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and New Mexico. Texas labor groups push to defeat compulsory arbitration via the state legislature, led by American Federation of Labor president Gompers.
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France
Texas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Lawisiana
New Mexico
Amt
American Federation of Tabor
Gompers
Pennsylvania plans camps for consumptives on forest reservations
A New York Press item reports Pennsylvania proposes to establish camps for consumptives on state forest reservations. The first camp would open on Clinton County land at about 2,000 feet elevation, with 46,000 acres, bordered by two other large reservations.
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Pennsylvania
Clinton County
New York Press
Doctor Outwitted and Harvard Presidency Growth Tale
A Boston physician helps a poor family with five dollars only to learn later another doctor arrived and spent part of the money on beer dominos and cards. When Dr Eliot became Harvard president, the university fivefold its invested funds and quadrupled students while instructors grew tenfold over roughly two centuries.
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Boston
Greet Incresas Undersilo
Eliot
Harvard
Police Patrol Wagons in Allegheny Upgrade Medical Aid
Patrol wagons of Allegheny Pennsylvania are equipped with medical outfits and antidotes for poisoning. Sergeants are trained to render aid to accident victims with dressings for burns and other emergency materials.
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Polion
Usttia
Allegheny
Indian Missionary’s Story and the Cure Claim
A long career of missionary work among Choctaw and Creek Indians ends in illness. Rev. C H Thompson, stricken with diabetes, kidney trouble, and Bright’s disease, credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with his recovery at age 68 after a Chicago specialist said no hope. He endorses the pills as a God-send and claims unique success against Bright’s Disease and Dropsy.
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Little York
Ind
C. H. Thompson
Indiana
Arkansas
Prairies
Wagoner
Chicago
Dodd
Bright
Barbers Develop Disposable Plant Brush to Prevent Infections
Medical authorities warn that infections can spread via barber brushes. German researchers unveil a brush made from plant fibers so cheap and disposable that a new blade can be used for each shave, reducing cross contamination risk.
Cheap excursion rates proposed by Chicago Rock Island to Colorado
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway proposes group cheap excursion trips to Colorado from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo for June to September. Tickets from Chicago to Missouri River points include a one fare plus $2 or 21.60 round trip with specific July July 7 to August 19 dates. proportionate rates for other points and Thursday departures from Colorado points starting June 20 through September 12. Connecting lines and limited future packages noted. rates aim to spur low fare excursions nationwide.
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Rock Intend
Rotoradio
Chicago, Rock Intend & Paola Railway
Colorado
Chicago
Mhart River Pointe
Minecart River Pointe
Glenwood Springs
East Lake City
Onde
Nast-Hounil
Miso
Bepl
Dota
la United States
Rock Ilind
Pacite
Actin
Ach
Jamot
Inter Ocean
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North Woods
Adirondack Mountains
Washington
John Natle
Trappe
Tie
Weatminster
United States
Nalle
Senate
Lee County
CR Kosterton
Carnegie
New York
John BD. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Feller
Burlington
N. J
Mia
Mia Downey
Fontanelle
Grimia
Prank Downey
Indy
Han Long
America
Bering Strait
Asia
Boring Strait
Germany
Cain
Ralph Hoyt
Harta
Uunts
Warll
Earth
Nilen
St. Touts
Globe- Democrat
Kemen
Maryland
Baltimore
Techoal
Tintelias
Brefore
W. C.A. Hammond
Floyd
Shore
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Facalty and
Cornell University
Jenks
Lorcon
Friends of the Work
M. C. AJ
Aldersgate Street
M. Hodder
J. Aptel
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