Love Me When I'm Old Union Labor Song and Report
A period piece blends a sentimental verse about aging love with a labor union update. The Toiler's Corner discusses woodworkers labels, local unions, and employer outreach, noting few locals have promoted the label while urging committees to push adoption and collaboration with carpenters and building trades to strengthen the Amalgamated Union.
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Labot
Or Amalgamated Union
Carpentera
Lnbel
Ttm
Tt— International Woodworker
Trades Unlone and Petition
From Chicago Record, the cigar makers’ union is praised as a model labor group with no party political aims. At Detroit, Samuel Gompers led a vote to keep unions nonpartisan, resisting socialist pressure to merge politics into the union. The cigarmakers maintain large funds and vigorou s member benefits despite downturns, arguing political entanglement would weaken their strength.
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Chicago
Cigarwakora
International Union
Detroit
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cigarmakers
Clearmakers
Cigarmakers’ Union
Lkely
Appa
Barbera Mnt
Detroit Free Press
Trades Council
Barbers
Women ironworkers shine in city union event
A Kanes girl of 17 won a prize in a union contest against two men. She learned to turn a horseshoe in a blacksmith shop and, in a church benefit performance, turned a perfect horseshoe in under four minutes before amused judges. The scene showed portable forges on stage and a victorious, smiling girl in white.
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Kanes
Victor
Global labor unrest and union activity near 1900
Reports detail widespread labor action and organization across continents. Mentions streetcar workers in Muncie seeking pay gains, carpen ters and shipyard workers striking, and new unions forming in New York Baltimore and Chicago. Also notes international efforts by dock laborers and British Trades Union Congress moves toward public monopoly nationalization and cooperative education.
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Mexico
Japan
New York
Newabay's
Portland
Ore
Wheeler's
Bay City
Brown
Cleveland
Tailorn
Tohannesberg
South Africa
Carpentera
United Hatters of
North Amerca
American Federation
Waions
Chicago Building Trades Council
Uusinns
Wigen
China
Trades Union
Cincinnati
Culinary Council
Uniona
Edward McHugh
England
British Trades Union Congress
Men who buy vast estates face stubborn neighbors
A long tale from Albert Cameron describes Rockefeller and Vanderbilt era wealth, tracing millionaires who fence vast tracts and seek to buy up every adjacent plot. It follows farmers clinging to small parcels near Biltmore and Tarrytown, resisting offers while wealth foes push boundary lines for parks.
A Promising Young Singer Miss Bessie O'Brien
Miss Bessie O'Brien, studying under Mme Marchesi in Paris, is praised as a rising vocalist of first magnitude. A Springfield native born October 1878, she possesses a three octave range, strong dramatic ability, and poised demeanor as she trains to perfect time and vocal sentiment.
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Springfeld
Til
Bessie O'Brien
Mnie
Paris
Mme. Marchesi
Miss O'Brien
Dennia O'Brien
Dente
Ming O'Brien
Slater
St. Agnes’ Church
Springfield
London and Greater New York Population Estimates
Census data show London administrative district population 4 421 492 and suburban Delta 1 756 421 totaling 6 177 813. Greater New York is estimated at about 2 100 000 with an area of 3 598 4 square miles. The report notes London residents are nearly twice as numerous and tend to travel about 6 881 miles for routine outgoings.
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London
Greater
New York
Greater London
Rotation of Crops and Monastery Gardens Visit
American tourists explored an old Florentine monastery near Inat discovering a large garden adjacent to the fathers cemetery shut by a sliver path. A quip about changing the garden position draws a fatherly reply about a twenty five year cycle. In a separate vignette, a widow asks where to find her eloped husband and cook, and is advised to wait two weeks then search in the Intelligence Office for likely results.
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Florence
Inat
Phillip
Han
Mamma
Phillis
Fragmentary police line reads like a threat in archaic phrasing
A damaged OCR snippet shows a rough, threatening police confrontation with coarse dialect. It implies violence but lacks clear names, places, or a coherent incident to confirm dates or outcomes.
Two Passengers in West Train Drama Sparks Local Controversy
A western train encounter escalates into a political clash as one man accuses another, John Smith of Smithville, of insults over a Har claim, while Sharpedge & Co. of New York offers a line of samples. An Injured Innocent man defends himself amid policy talk.
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John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Hudson
Rockefeller
Pos
John Smith
Smithville
Guilth
One Chance in a Hundred to Get Well Declared
The dialogue portrays Gus and Jack discussing medical odds after a grim prognosis. Gus states the doctors give only one chance in a hundred for recovery while Jack, stubborn, refuses to give up and urges a stronger effort to survive. A judge is referenced in the scene.
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Gus
Jack
Contradictory Exchange On Board Yacht Captain Dialogue
A fragment shows Mrs Burdock and Burdock discussing wood supply with a neighbor while a yacht captain and mate argue over an excursion. The mate describes a crowded voyage with many passengers but few on deck, noting it is a colored excursion. The scene closes with a judge referenced.
Thunderstorm Fears Make Miles Family Laughable
In a humorous sketch the Miles family finds its charm in fear during storms. She Miles rides the joke by acting scared whenever thunder roars, while He Miles mocks with a coy reason that even lightning needs some attraction.
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Miles Fiamely
Jcalous
Why He Was a Monee in a Moune Parody Scene
A fragmented line from a period piece shows a quarrel between Mrs. Nagleigh and Mr. Nagleigh about identity. The quarreling couple exchanges taunting remarks and misheard phrases reflecting mistaken names and comic miscommunication.
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Mrs. Nagleigh
Mr. Nagleigh
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Toiler's Corner
Rently
Muncie
Tnd
National Organization
Orr
General Labor and Insustriat
Cosr
Oroesus
George Vanderbilt
Biltmore
North Carolina
Bill Nye
Mr. Rockefeller
Austin Corbin
Corbin
Beresford Han
Mr. Corbin
Gee
Levi P. Morton
Morton
Lenox
October Mountain
Harry Whitney
Bach
Albert Cameron
SON Pre PS ‘Stores
Lon
oAssie O'Brien
Persson
Misa O'Brien
St Darlath's Church
Beatemall
Lemino S¢E
Thas
Jedge
Honoh
Erastus Pinkley
Burdock
Cale
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