Gold Diggers and a Global Talent Contest
Annual gold deposits in Edmonton and Hupeh lure diggers as vast river floods carry pay dirt to banks. In Ichang Li-kiu-tien residents partition plots, work seven men on 20 tons daily, claiming subsistence, while a Champlonne du Monde judges competition includes Sarah Bernhardt and Catulle Mendes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wold
Edmonton
Canadian Northwest
Saskatchewan River
Ichang
Hupeh
Ching
Han
Li-kiu-tien
John Chinaman
Willilons
Catulle Mendes
London
Bad Beginning Fails to Predict Ending Says Chicago Times Herald
The Chicago Times Herald quotes a conversation about whether a rough start implies a strong finish. The exchange features Hangettone Batts and He arguing over memory of a chaotic introduction and a disrupted moment when a parent hurled someone through a doorway as they spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Chicago Times-Herald
Smithsonian to Acquire Moat Rapid Camera
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington will soon own the moat rapid camera, designed to capture a single successful negative at an exposure of one six hundredth of a second. Researchers hope to improve it to one thousandth of a second for faster results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moat
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Labor and Industry Dream on a Broken Wall
A fragmented poem-like notice by nin Wilson Bratt extols labor and social forces at action, likening struggle to a vine healing a broken wall. It speaks of tireless daily effort, tenderness, and growth as a metaphor for social reform and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nin Wilson Bratt
American Idea to Rule the World Says LeMingwell
Mr 8 L LeMingwell contributes a series on The Trades Union Movement to the American Federationist. He argues global history shows nations moving toward civilized government under the American Idea and foresees a future where every nation is under such governance, with progress shaping society and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. LeMingwell
Trades Union Movement
American Federationist
Bia
Organization of Labor
Turkey
Austrian
Mediterranean
Alberia
Spain
Japan
Africa
Germany
Australia
Brazil
Mr. Lesingwell
LeMngwell
State Hociation with Vengeance and Socialism Debate
A treasury official proposes a bill to empower the president to cut duties on trust produced goods when prices are high and wages are low. Senator Mantle backs the idea, likening it to autocratic state socialism, while warning such a law would upend supply and demand norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
United States
Industrial Commission
LN. Punitsky
Customs Division
Mantle
Senate
Dia
Treasury
New Economic Reform Debates Regulation and Trusts
A speaker argues that accepted laws of supply and demand and competition are outdated and that new conditions require new methods. He predicts trusts will persist and be regulated, but not by the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atay
Advances in Wages Spark Historic Raise for 46000 Iron and Steel Workers
In Detroit the Amalgamated Association agreed to a 26 percent wage hike for about 46,000 iron and steel workers, the largest in the union’s history and the highest since 1892. The piece argues high wages, shorter hours, and modern machinery fuel production, contrasts with foreign producers seeking wage cuts, and notes the Paris Exposition 1900 will showcase American labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
dMg
Detroit
Mich
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Iron and Steel Industries
Labor News Notes Shows Women Replacing Men in Plants
The Reading hardware factory discharged male workers and hired girls seen as cheaper and satisfactory. Michigan coal miners adopt an eight hour day with wage scales by depth. Japanese government controls camphor to prevent a private capital trust. Mississippi Negroes form a $2 million cotton mill company employing exclusively colored workers. UMW commissary stores aid strikers in Kansas. London Daily News comments on Toronto or Kansas streetcar labor unrest. A Katsas paper denies a front forming to corner hops for breweries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Michigan
Mississippi
Mississippi Cotton Manufacturng Company
Aaste
Jackson
Plana
United Mine Workers
Nelson
Yale
Fleming
Kan
London
Canada
Baltimore & Ohio directors detailed as New York financiers
A fragmentary list portrays several directors tied to major finance houses and rail interests. William Salomon, Jacob Schiff, James J. Hill, Edward R. Bacon, Louis Fitzgerald, Norman B. Ream, James Stillman, Edward Harriman, J. Kennedy Tod, Charles Steele, Alexander Brown, 1. Clay Pierce, and others linked to Kun Loeb, Speyer, Standard Oil, and large banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
William Salomon
New York
Speyer & Co
Jacob H. Schiff
Kun, Loeb & Co
Bankers and Financiers
Union Paelle Railroad
National City Bank of New York
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Edward R. Bacon
Baltimore & Ohio Southears Railway
Sui-Committes
Laltimore & Ohio Railroad
Farmers Loan and Trust Co
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Lous Fitzgerald
Mercantile Trust Company
Norman B. Ream
Chicago
Marshall Field
P. D. Armour
Jargent Financial
Northwest
James Stillman
City National Bank of New York
Standard Oil
Chicago and North-Western
Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad
Edward H. Harriman
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Illinois Central
J. Kennedy Tod
J. Kennedy Tod & Co
Charles Steele
Sewart, Guthrie and Steele
Alexander Brown
Alexander Brown & Co
Baltimore
Brown Bros. & Co
London
Clay Pierce
St. Louis
Crawford Hack
John
L. Findlay
Beig
Daltimore & Ohio
Stronger buildings for torn Kansas City storm damage
The article recalls a 1884 Kansas City tornado that leveled the Lathrop school and many residences, arguing stronger building codes and cement use would have reduced destruction. It cites hydraulic cement works in Kansas, claims lime mortar failures caused houses to collapse, and urges cement mortars to better bond bricks and chimneys against strong winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mate
Buildinks Neons
Los
Tenado
Lathrop School
Sewoud Street Court House
Kansas City
Kansas
Open to Retirement in Bread Land Offers Home Seeker Path
An article fragment mentions Excursion Rates twice monthly toward Hot Springs Ft Smith Houston Galveston and Port Arthur with travel lines. It notes a landlady avoiding debt and cites Chicago Great Western Railway June earnings rising to 515,047.22 and annual gross 5,858,003.44, highlighting youth chiropody career path at class foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Arthur
Los
Cone Hot Springs
Ft Smith
Houston Galveston
Port Arthur
EL G Onn
Kanaan City
Mex
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Westers
tle-Aecal
Grosa Caroilage
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Ayer
Conian Shallyn
Meuron
Labor and Industry
America
Organized Labor
Seine
Katsas
Mport
England
munnotTiRt
Col. Bliss
E. J. Richmond
Cha
J. Motz
Andrew J. Bradley
G A Brown
K.P. Tarke
J. R. Donegan
Toy
Juslua J. Holling
Union
Ditch Trador
K. L. Hoppe
J.N. Newsom
Sallie H Nixon
St. Lonia
Ink
Thomas Aes
Bee
Agkod
Om MacDowall
Be Louis
W. Chandler
Manhattan
Neale
J. A. Jewell
Ottawa
A. Pearson
Merriam
Nedramea
Alex
L. Alexander
Beatrice
James Cooke
Omaha
Yewit
David City
Dye Press
Jacob Ort
Wahoo
G. W. Rice
Allen
Samaple
Preg
Addreay Allen and Lettoy
Grove
Arron, V6
Eady
Agate Deulbone
Andy
Minna Dorsey
Rables
Kuanaasity
California Big Starr Co
Caliornia Fig Syncy Co
California Fig Syrup CO
Francisco
Cal
Louisville
Vane
Nous
MVN Elmir” Sik Bromides
Walker Green N Pharmaceutical Co
Elurgow
New Tore
Western Depot
W. Sth
Buckingham
Arneson
Lofvevee
Oulge, Tomaar
Ye Choo
Rhorthani
Amanahip
H Gelatorch
Washlegien
Casa
Mi.p
Fcence
Tipane Chernchad York
Thompson
Eye Waters
N.U
Shea
Ike
Faves Art CO
Dearborn St
Moffett's
Teething Powders & Mall
J. Moffett
Bratt
ST. Louis, MO
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