Labor and Industry and the Life of a Miners Son
A collection of vignettes from railroad and mining life including a section man’s tale of Jimmy the boy, a foreman’s economy watch, a rail yard misadventure over a spike, and a Pennsylvania line anecdote. It also surveys Canadian capital’s push into elevators and pulp power, plus a lengthy exposé on the coal miner’s career ladder from breaker to foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Jimmy
Ben
Nober
Sullivan
Kelly
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Danny
Flat Rock
Pennsylvania
Rock and Cou
Industrial Notes and Labor Developments Across Regions
Industrial notes report Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 nearing its 40th anniversary with a celebratory committee. Rice land values in Texas surged from 5 to 15 dollars per acre to 20 to 50 dollars as immigration rises along the river belt. Apprenticeship durations for molders in the glass industry extend from three to four years with authorized mold repairs by regular machinists when needed. British wages decline amid rising unemployment. similar European trends noted. France’s June strikes total 57, six-month figure 806, down from 475 in the prior year, signaling easing discontent. George J. Kleffner resigns as Omahas Central Labor Union delegate and Letter Carriers’ Association president, per Washington notice. Georgia Supreme Court bars a private sawmill contract as contrary to public policy in Penitentiary Co. v. Rountree.
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Chicago
Great Britain
France
George J. Kleffner
Omahs Central Labor Union
Letter Carriers’ Association
Washington
Convieta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Ve Rountree
Notable Claims and Remedies Parade in Classified Snippet
A fragmented page snippet shows various ad blurbs and name drops including Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children and Putnam Faceless Dyes, plus a note on German subsidies and Hamburg American Line ordering a ship from Harland and Wolff. The text mixes health claims, consumer goods, and maritime industry hints with scattered names and dates.
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Germany
Hamburg-American Line
Harland & Wolff
Great Shipbuilders
Belfast
Ireland
Fragmentary clipped ad lines from old newspaper page
The readable fragments reference a bright child joke from the Minneapolis Journal, a Red Cross Hall notice about keeping clothes white, generic grocer packaging mentions, a painter boasting self-promotion, and a promotional line about buying Denanen products for a 16 cm item at 40 cents.
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Red Cross Hall
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Labor and Industry
Gome
Yankov
Canada
John T. Hinds
Bok
Ques
Lis
Indianapolia News
Yankee Capital
Cans ‘Ada
Great Buffalo
N. B
Wolverin
Quebec
Europe
Duluth
Wynidento
Messrs. Clark
New York
Meaney
Toronto
Labrador
Marguerite River
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Jacobs
St. Jacobs
St. Jacovs
Magnetic Starch Meg Co
Ade
Defiance
Omaha, Neb
Thore
Deane Cota
Brooklyn
Mother Gray
Allen
Putnam
Minneapolis Journal
Winchester
Hall & Ruckel
Indian Territory
Ind
Ter
Aries
Andes
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