Women in Labor and Industry Shine Across Tasks
A report highlights extraordinary female labor across roles from mail delivery over forty miles daily to managing farms and government contracting. It notes a widow near Savannah earning well while bidding on wreck removal and buoy work, and mentions the world’s only woman train dispatcher on the New London Northern line, praised by directors and paid equally to male counterparts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nike
Georgia
Montgomery County
Savannah
London Northern Railway
The
Road
Chicago News
Immigration trends and language implications reported data
A Detroit Free Press piece reviews 19,115,221 immigrants from 1820 to 1900 and weighs language origins. It tracks shifting origins Germany Britain Ireland Norway Sweden Canada and Newfoundland, noting declines in share of total immigration and rising German and British influences through mid to late 1800s. It also cites labor federation projections for 1910 and growing union membership led by New York and Louisiana, with broad industry activity and wage discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Frauen
Sweden
Holland
Germany
Canada
Newfoundland
Tro
Gemany
Great Britain
Ireland
Norway
Carroll K. Wright
Detroit Free Pres
American Federation
Frank Merrigop
American Federation of Laabor
Ita Hious
Scranton
Fede Bcation
Federation of Labor x
New York
Anti -Louis
Injor
Nisehulsta
Tar
Uccessfil
Brive
Bookbinders Leader E W Tatum Reelected President
E W Tatum, Memphis native and 26 year old head of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, is widely known among capitalists and craftsmen. He helped carry out the tri partite agreement in printing crafts and has held multiple influential roles in labor conferences from Baltimore to Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Tatum
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Baltimore
International Typographical Union
Indianapolis
Tatum
Memphis
Tenn
Organized Labor
Paper Rulers’ Union
Knights of Labor
Chicago
Inter
Isbor
Blank Book Forwarders
Finishers and Cutters’ Union
Paper-Rulers’ Protective Association
Chicago Federation of Labors
Lessons of the great San Francisco waterfront strike
The San Francisco waterfront strike involved fourteen thousand workers including teamsters and stevedores. Employers failed to break unions, solidarity held firm, and the lesson underlines concerted action. In Chicago structural iron workers face rising demand amid new downtown buildings and track elevation. The Local union plans to acquaint members elsewhere to supply competent labor for contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Ftrike
San Francisco
Employers' Association
Armaesa
Larks
Chicago
Belgeant Structural Iron Workers
Tocal
Wages law upholds city rate for unskilled labor
The Indiana legislature fixed unskilled labor wages at 20 cents per hour. In Richmond, a city employee cited the law to back pay at 20 cents, but the court upheld a 15 cent per hour city rate. The ruling confirms state power to set wage floors in such disputes. Portsmouth grants 20 year tax exemption to White Mountain Paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hintsites
Indiana
Tn &Ase
Richmond
Ind
Portsmouth
N. Fl
White Mountain Paper Company
Freemans Point
Union Threats and Strikes at Willoughby Works
The Typographical Union warns members against working on anarchist papers. At American City Working Machinery in Willoughby Ohio, 125 workers returned after a strike triggered by a time clock change. The firm agreed to abolish the clock, and threats advised punishing nonunion workers, with possible reinstatement if a striker returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Typographical Union
Anya
Braidwood
American City Working Machinery Company
Willoughby
Hug
Fashion Notes on Color Trends and Skirt Styles
Green emerges as a favored day and evening shade with a spectrum from pale silver green to hunter and olive tones. Red dominates for costumes, hats, and trimmings, with scarlet and garnet among favorites. Skirts tighten at the hips and flare below the knee, with five to seven gore constructions and new undergarment devices like garter-petticoats and skeleton petticoats to preserve fullness. An attractive fall model features dark blue veiling, vertical tucks, and a circular flounce, while long coats and slim silhouettes prevail in Paris and New York collections.
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Hbbon
Tafton
Rock & Torpay
New York
Akirta
Joan
London
Thor
Ita Atiecesn
Mme, Havet, Parla
Fashion notes on costumes and ground clearance
Fragmentary report on gowns and walking costumes. Describes long skirts and ground clearance, with references to Moor, side, back, and distinct casing. Lacks complete context or clear actions.
Monogram Fad and Liberty Bell Tale
Readable text discusses monogram fashion across garments and accessories from women to servants, plus a long historical note on the Liberty Bell’s 1777 journey to Northampton Allentown area, its hiding in Zion’s Reformed Church, and eventual return to Philadelphia with details of local lore and church history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charlanton
Allentown
United States
Liberty Ball
Independence
Northampton
Executive Council
Christ
St. Peter’s
Delaware River
Delaware
Bethlehem
John Jacob Mickley
Frederick Leason
Malden
Ol ‘Zion's Reformed Church
Abraham Blumer
Color Schemes for Aristocratic Dance Attire
The text discusses color harmony in formal dress noting that a blue gown should be paired with a blue hat and bodice elements. It emphasizes contrast, suggesting black and white hats or bold hat designs as the striking accent, with minimal face exposure and a flower.
Royal coronation ermine furs feature revived for Edward
In the coronation preparations for King Edward, ermine fur dominates as a royal sign. The fur shows white field with small sealakim spots instead of the usual black talla. It is prepared for full garments or accessories such as robes, collars, and cuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Chinchilla Hat and Velvet Costume Featured in Fashion Note
A fashion blurb describes a chinchilla hat paired with a gun metal gray velvet costume. It highlights blue velvet trim and rhigostone ornaments, with fawn shades in velvet and cloth. A new pink tan white seema border appears to be in vogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloth Ag
Lott Riches Through Love Ends In Altered Will
Francis A. Palmer, president of the Broadway Savings Institution in New York, reportedly changed his will to leave most of his fortune to the Blarkey seminary at Eddytown, N Y. The formant notes he shifted the bequest from Samuel D. Rockwell, who had been the primary beneficiary but married contrary to his wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lott
Francis A. Palmer
Broadway Savings Institution
New York
Blarkey Seminary
Eddytown
N. Y
Samuel D. Rockwell
Austian Hawkers Invade Persia To Expand Banking Ties
Austian hawkers aim to boost Russo Persian commercial relations as the Russo Persian Bank of Teheran plans a new branch at Reshebonne near Kazels on the Caspian. Additional branches will be opened by allied wine and important commercial outlets to support this expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Teheran
Reshe Bonne
Kazels
Caspian
Ali Hue Wine Limportant
Cocnmersial
Ottlien
Civil War Memento From Ellsworth Flag Tied to Philadelphia Veteran
John R. Grabbes of 6914 Ogden Street Philadelphia holds a piece of oil cloth stained by Col. Elsworth's death at Alexandria in 1861. The relic, tied to the 1st New York Zouave regiment, was taken from the Marshall House after Ellsworth cut down a Confederate flag. Grabbes recalls the event and refuses high offers for the relic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John RK. Grabbes
Ogden Street
Philadelphia
HB. H. Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Alexandria
Marshall House
Jackson
Ellaworth
Brownell
William Gruth
Fourth
New Jersey Volunteers
Stockton Cadets
Boon
Grubb
Grabba
Han
Elsworth
Chicago
French Aid Expands Madagascar Medical Service
Doctors in Madagascar see a major expansion of public health under the governor general. A new hospital at Antananarivo will house up to 125 patients and provide free care to 100 to 160 daily. Native physicians trained by the school of a folie will staff clinics across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
Felne
Antananarivo
American tourists tour England near end of season
The last of the American visitors who toured England this summer and autumn have departed for home. They visited sites including Great Brington church in Northamptonshire and Sulgrave Manor where the Washington family crest appears on the porch and tomb. The piece notes the origin of American Ty and memories of George Washington ancestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
England
Great Brington
Northamptonshire
George Washington
United States
Sulgrave Manor
Lawrence Washington
Southern Hotels Adapt to Northern Management
Over twenty years the Southern hotel business has shifted toward Northern oversight, with resort hotels in the hands of Yankees and Northern tourists pushing change. Caravans from Richmond to Palm Beach now host 100 to 600 guests at 1.50 to 5.40 dollars per day, reflecting this trend. The roads and upkeep reportedly lag behind, and critics note management quality favors Northern influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busine
Hinds
Richmond
Palm Beach
Northern Directton
New York Press
Change of Namen Declared by British Judge
A British judge ruled that anyone may assume any name and no royal authorization is needed. The decision cites a case of a man named Auge who, unhappy with his name, took the name Norfolk Howard and was allowed to continue under that chosen name.
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Auge
Norfolk
Howard
As & Yeoutt Cof
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American Federation of Labor
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Aktrh
Rome
Havet Mandel
Tom John Wanamaker
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N.Y Thar
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Amenica
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