Farewell and a New Zealand Labor Reform Tale
A long excerpt discusses Sir Lewis Morris and Mr Frank G Carpenter's pieces on New Zealand economic reform. It covers eight hour workdays, weekly half holidays, state ownership of railways and telegraphs, and wage ranges across trades. It explains strikes, union power, and the shift to government boards for conciliation. It notes wage levels for farm workers, shearers, builders, and clerks, plus factory inspection and employment bureaus aiding workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Carpenter
New Zealand
Pennsylvania
Carpenter
Edward ‘Trogear
Labor of
Sim
Furniah Ton
Tregear
Shepherd
Twitty Goods
West Side boardinghouse tale of diners and witty exchanges
A Milwaukee Sentinel piece recalls a Sunday dinner in a West Side boarding house filled with stories and laughter. A dignified young man refuses wine, dodges a card game, and deftly fends off a traveling sales pitch as a ministerial observer notes his restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nosthan
Milwaukee Sentinel
West Side
Nave Meigar
Growing up games and old farmer tooth tale
A verse from Arthur Stringer appears in the New York Commercial Advertiser about growing out of skipping ropes and old hurts, suggesting harsher games replace dolls. A Bruichladdich Islay farmer’s tooth extraction tale ends with the dentist offering painless gas as the man jokes about counting his silver while asleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Stringer
New York Commercial Advertiser
Bruletladdich
Islay
N. B
London
Notable new incantels in Tradesman list of plants
Southarn Industries leads a long list of proposed facilities across states including Movile Alu Norfolk and Boyking Va Falton Ark Chilhowts Va and Port Smith Ark Cald Well Tex Owense hove Ky McDonald W Va Duke HM Ky Woodstock Ma Beattaboro Ala Payettevil l Tex Norfolk W Vas Richmond Vax Knoxville Clarkaville Cov ington Tenn Kitteell N C Waco Tex Wadesboro 8 Cleburne Tex Welch W Va New Orleans Lou laville Ky Inverness Fla Fairview Tenn Temple Tex Church Point Ja. This report itemizes proposed brick furniture oil coal electric light power cotton plant and other facilities with varied capital scales up to 91 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Movile
Alu
Norfolk
Boyking
Belek
Falton
Ark
Chilhowts
Port Smith
Concord
McDonald
W. Va
HOU Coal Mining Company
Duke HM
Woodstock
Beattaboro
Ala
Jessie, Kerby, Pearla
Rockett
Tex
Payettevill
W. Vas
Bowling Green
Smithville
Cleburne
Plateau
N.C
Birmingham
Corsienna
Warden, Miss
Kitteell
Waco
Wadesboro
Welch
New Orleans
Hounton
Dada
Merton
Mart
Port Worth
San Antonio
Bir Millighan
Alay
Gueyden
Charleston
D. C
Greenville
Novy
Memphis
Tenn
Glen Flora
Loulaville
Inverness
Fla
Fairview
Tens
Temple
Church Point
Industrial Wage Talks and Scholarship Aim Alike
Lake Shore railroad conductors hold talks with company officials to adjust wages. A twelve month peace maintains between the Stove Founders' National Defense Association and the Iron Molders' International Union after a two day Chicago conference to renew last year’s scale. Wages range from $3 to $3.50 per day for most piecework. The Manufacturers' Association of New York City funds a $2,000 industrial scholarship for four years, to encourage leadership in industrial pursuits by training skilled hands and developed minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore Railroad
Stove Founders
National Defense Association
Iron Molders’ International Union
Auditorium
Chicago
Manufacturers’ Association of
New York City
Ludwig Nisgen
Greater New York
Condemned Mandarin Threatens Suicide Substitution
A Cleveland Plain Dealer feature quotes a speaker describing a self harmful act and a plan to replace suicide with a substitute. The piece uses dialect to critique self harm and urges against suicide, presenting a stark, cautionary urban voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlain
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Local Gazette Venom and Mystery Tales From Glvendam Gulch
A fragmentary piece mocks Arizona society while recounting a violent incident on Apache avenue. It notes John Shayne the whyster lawyer pulling a gun, the cartridge failing to explode, and a man named Thomas White missing after being found with his gear amid bear tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Glvendam Gulch
John Shayne
Whyster
Apache Avenue
Wolf Creek
Thomas White
Thomas
C. B. Lewis
M. Quad
Chicago
English Commander’s Wings Clyped Memorandum to Salisbury
General Lord Wolseley writes in a memorandum to Lord Salisbury that his role as commander-in-chief is a fifth wheel. He states he lacks supreme authority of the secretary of state and the administrative powers of subordinates, questioning his position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
Lord Wolseley
Overwork Forces Retirement of Renowned Dr Horatio Wood
Dr Horatio G Wood a leading authority on therapeutics and medical professor at the University of Pennsylvania has temporarily given up practice and lectures and retired from active work due to a breakdown from overwork. The stress of long hours has compelled his withdrawal from his duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bown
Horatio G. Wood
Pennsylvania University
Dodd's Kidney Pills Claim Incredible Cure
From Death's Door Hilladale April 29. William Marks, long bedridden with kidney disease and deemed hopeless by leading physicians, improved after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. His recovery astonished doctors from nearby towns, with claims the remedy cures Bright's disease diabetes and dropsy. Neighbors report a near miracle and widespread belief in the new treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilua
Wmodd
Marks
Dodd
Bright
Rock Island
Fragmentary ad copy hints at era product claims
Readable phrases reference a dog star and grocery items. The text mentions Red Cross Ball Blue detergent and a grocery request. Many garbled words obscure specifics, but the piece reads like a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper ad or filler, with fragmented slogans and product references.
Odd Iceland parcel route and medical ads reflect era
Fragmentary text describes an Iceland address and a North American chain for shipping Wodd’s Kidney Pills via New York and London, praising U S goods and Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Quotation about judging a man by his jacket and a Garfield tea claim appear alongside notes on a New York religious meeting and speakers Wu Ting Fang and Rev Dr Heber Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eigridur Jonsdottir
Kirmarstodum
Roykholasvolt
Iceland
Europe
Wodd
Dodd's Medicine Company of
Buffalo
New York
London
Gresoland
Lonely Island
Arctic Circle
United States
America
Dodd
Baron and Baroness
Death and Cure Claims in Patent Remedy Circulars
Circulars offer a cure for a lung condition described as mucus tube blockage. The ad claims a single care creation and a fixed cure, promising $100 for any case cured by the noted compound. It promotes Ball’s Family Pills and lists Toledo, Ohio, as the selling location with druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
Cileney & CO
Toledo
Ball
The Militant Theodor Butkteviteh Exiled to Pesth After Siberian Prison
Theodor Butkteh, once famed as a brilliant artist, died at Huda-Peeth. He spent 24 years as a prisoner in Siberian lead mines for naming Alexander II, escaped, endured many sufferings, and eventually reached Budapest where he became a habitual drunkard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fett
Theodor Butkteviteh
Huda-Peeth
Hus
Siberian
Alexander II
Buda-Pesth
Druth
Cotton Resigns to Seek Higher Education for Superintendent Post
Fassett A. Cotton longtime Indiana state deputy superintendent of public instruction resigns to attend college and earn a degree with the aim of running for the superintendent's job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton
Fassett A. Cotton
Sie Réara
Cof Public Instruction
Indiana
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Farewall
Varewell
Sir Lewis Morris
Mistress Mary
Abe
Hed
Kenwood
Chicago Record-Herald
Don
Sorghum
Washington Star
Lavana
Tommy
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Brooklyn
Grand Central Station
New York Mail and Express
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Choate
Great Britain
Lfe
Chienags
Milwaukee & St. Paul Raileway
BA. Miller
Northwest
Home and Garden
North Am
Newspaper Row
St Paul, Minn
Mormane Cobntelag
Moston
Durango
Tamaulipas
Cambulla
Vera Crag
Rampler
Oak Park
Kicker Rs
Death's Door
Red Cross
Dan
Kansas City
ST. Lois
Security
Carter
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