Labor and Industry notes on U.S. unemployment and new ventures
The report surveys unemployment concerns and labor conditions in Michigan while highlighting a wave of new enterprises and large bond sales. It lists multiple upcoming investments across states such as Alabama Georgia Kentucky Louisiana and Virginia, including factories plants mills and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Buid
Columbus
Mise
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
City Electric
Georgia
Kentucky
Fruit Grove Company
Louisiana
Shirt
Maryland
City Electric Light
Minsinaippi
North Carolina
Telephone Company
Virginia
State to move unemployed to country lands says official
W. D. Mahon, president of the national car employes group, urges Michigan legislature to adjourn only after funding a program to relocate surplus city population to vacant state lands. He argues removal, not continued urban welfare, will lift both city poverty and national labor needs. He cites $611,000 spent last winter on charity and proposes $500,000 to fund a one year commission to relocate families and support their needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Asy
W. D. Mahon
T Car
Shortening the Work Day in 19th Century Debate
Rev Semuel G Barnes argues in a Pittsburg sermon that the labor day should shrink from sixteen to twelve hours a week, citing steam power and mechanization. He notes a June 1845 Pittsburg meeting of 5,000 advocates for a ten hour day and claims shorter hours would create 2,000,000 more jobs with higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semuel G. Barnes
Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Moses
James Watt
Leisure and hours of labor move toward eight by 1909
A speaker urges reducing work hours through agitation and legislation, arguing leisure fuels social, intellectual, and spiritual culture. He cites a chronology from 15 to 10 hours by 1875 and predicts eight hours by 1909 and five by 2000, urging steadfast effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jong
A. D
None of These Foneret Labor Stand Against Stores
Organized labor in Kansas City declines to endorse the movement against department stores. An officer explains the reluctance, citing merchants who hire nonunion labor and favor open shops on Sundays with lower wages, limiting union support in the broader conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Uve
Labor, unions, and trade news across nations and states
General Faber and Industrial Boston printers face a 1 percent levy on their innings for unemployment. Toledo painters and decorators union has tripled membership in a year. Tennessee unions win a law protecting labels from imitation. Cleveland iron works ends Saturday work under a half holiday rule. August McCraith, former AFL secretary, returns east and works for the New York World. A discharged organist is reinstated at Pirat Methodi Church in Waltham. California labor chief tours Hawaii to study white labor importation. Zurich shoemakers urge delegates to Brussels congress, June 6 with American presence noted. American cigarmakers plan 100 000 card issue bearing a label. England debates prison-made goods ban, a short bill forbidding such imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Faber and Industrial
Boston
Toledo Painters and Decorators Union
Tts
Tennessee
Cleveland Iron Works
August McCraith
American Federation of Labor
Colorado
New York World
Church of Waltham, Mass
California
Hawaii
International Bureau of Shoe- Makers
Zurich
Switzerland
Brussels
Belgium
International Union of Cigarmakers
England
Commissioners of Customs
House of Correction
United States
Germany
Woman Critics and Fashion Notes in Early 1900s Text
Fragmented excerpts discuss women as interior decorators and fashion trends. The piece notes women-led design firms, shifting roles in the trade, and social commentary on vanity. It describes garments like godet and bell skirts, trim details, and jeweled adornments as era-typical styles.
Dainty Summer Frocks For Wheelwomen In Old Goods
Fashion tips for bicycle wear using leftover fabrics. Warns against awkward pleated dresses and patchwork waste. Describes bustle and back-division skirts, waist construction from narrow width fabric, and saddle friendly outfits. Recommends minimal trimming and practical riding skirts with washable white oilcloth bindings.
Work of Western Women and Dress Trends in Society
A discussion of women in interior decoration and the shift toward home decoration, noting the role of educated women. Reports on fashion trends including black and white ensembles, belts, and lace, plus a feature on Princess Marie of Denmark receiving a saddle from an American donor. Also mentions Denver’s sewerage interest inspired by Berlin and women reporters in Parliament in Denmark and Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Denmark
Norway
Lace Lappets Fashion Tip From a 19th Century Writer
A fashion writer advises readers with antique lace lappets to wear them with the next evening dress. The suggestion notes that the lappets can begin to shape the overall look of the dinner gown, highlighting vintage style possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Feats of feigning death by various animals and humans
The article describes multiple instances where foxes, weasels, cats, and other creatures appear to pretend to be dead or limp to escape danger. It recounts foxes dragged from hen houses, a weasel in a cat’s mouth, a corncrake in a pocket that later revives, and a squirrel and an elephant reportedly dying of fright under certain conditions. It discusses the possibility that feigned death and genuine death due to fear may occur in both animals and humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Eeroas
Laut
Romanes
Sir B. Tennent
Ceylon
Joseph Thomson
Lloyd Morgan
Severn Tunnel
Dusty Dick-Say Bargain for Blind Man in Punchline
In a brief New York Tribune snippet a backhand joke unfolds with Dusty Dick asking for a portion of payment from a blind man. The exchange highlights a quip about blindness, ending with a humorous correction that the speaker is only blind in one eye and settling on a 26 cent figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt-Prion
Dusty Dick
New York
New Household and Sporting Innovations Previewed
A range of late era innovations is described including a music holder attachable to tables with spring clamps and steel arms to secure sheet music. A chair that converts to a bed by folding back and raising the foot-seat, plus a flat wide alda opening. A narrow parcel carrier for cyclists with a locked door. A device to attach snare drums to chairs for orchestras. Pneumatic rocking chairs and cushioned pads. An indoor football board with automatic figure players and goal setup. A steel crank extension for bicycle pedals to lengthen cranks.
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