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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
6
A reflective verse extols wealth as not measured by riches or fame but by health and inner joy. It notes many possessions do not guarantee happiness and urges looking beyond material wealth to brightness within life. The piece emphasizes health as the true gift and cautions against letting wealth eclipse life’s brighter side.
Organized labor showcased its strength with massive parades in cities like New York Philadelphia Cleveland Howton Buffalo Detroit and Cincinnati. President Roosevelt praised labor in Rutland Vermont as employers increasingly view Labor Day as worker enjoyment and move toward cordial relations with unions.
George Preston, secretary treasurer, discusses the IAM growth in the September issue. Founded May 5, 1888 in Atlanta by two machinists, the organization now has over 500 lodges and about 60,000 members. Wages up at least 26 percent since 1895 and working hours cut. strike benefits paid to April 1, 1902 total 108,639 dollars. Preston praised for integrity. prudence and discernment highlighted.
The labor union does not interfere with the employer in truth but asserts workers' freedom to sell their labor on terms they set. Individual workers lack power alone to control business, so organization with peers is essential. Unions aim to reduce employer labor conflict and foster harmonious agreements. George Hodge, secretary of the Brick Tile and Terra Cotta Workers' International Union, argues for the union's voice in employment terms.
The North Carolina bureau report estimates 7,600 children under 14 work in 261 mills in NC, out of 20,273 total operatives, about one fourth. Extrapolating to SC, GA, AL, MS suggests over 22,000 child workers among roughly 88,829 cotton mill employees in five states. The widespread extent of child labor cannot be denied.
Trade unions in Chicago and Cook County have shown remarkable growth since January 1, 1902. In eight months eighty nine trades organized into 140 unions, with a total membership of 73,429. Figures were revised by Organizer John J. Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor and officials of several international unions.
During the Labor Day parade in Boston the Hebrew Bakers Union No. 45 carried a huge twisted loaf weighing 265 pounds and 14 feet long. The bread was donated to the Helping Hand temporary home for destitute children in Roxbury. Two smaller twist loaves followed the large one, 33 inches long and about 60 pounds, given to the B'noth Isree Sheltering Home.
The Lancashire cotton industry remains anxious amid weak demand and idle mills. A proposal to shorten working hours is debated. the Employers' Federation deems it expedient though not universally popular. The required proportion has not met the appeal to reduce output.
A critic compares Paris and London through sharp observations on architecture dress and street life. He notes English and French behavior and fashion, English women’s practicality versus Parisiennes’ charm, and contrasts in urban transport and street scenes near Trafalgar Square.
A French and English comparison unfolds with humor and critique of manners. The piece describes crowds in political mood, contrasts English quiet with French brisk talk, and notes three collapsed women near the National Gallery, reeking of alcohol and misery as Henri de Noussane records a stark scene.
An amusing tale from Success describes Thomas A Edison after his marriage, as he rushes from a ceremony to labor in his lab. Mrs Edison adopts a strict health routine, ensuring meals and regulated hours, sometimes prompting mild protests from Edison who still calls her a nuisance after a late carriage call.
Readable fragments describe medieval life with scarce chimneys in England and Oxford students heating with runs after supper. Also includes poems railing at corruption, a Morgan France anecdote, and a discussion on rail speed strain with a scientist’s and an engineer’s views.
A Boston statistician narrates a grim tale in monorhyme style. A wife burns her husband’s body and places the ashes in an urn on the best shelf. She remarries, then uses the ash to coat the front steps to prevent slips, effectively preserving the memory of a life she ended.
A reader urges a kidney remedy to relieve backache fatigue and urinary issues. Testimony from J McMurray of Freeport IL claims Dean's Kidney Pills cured his acute back pain and kidney dysfunction, with ongoing willingness to endorse the product. Free trial offered by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. 50 cents per box.
Germany tests and plans wider use of the American baggage check system on railways. Previously travelers identified and managed their own baggage on country stages, a practice now to be replaced by centralized checks.
A portrait of Miss Agnes Moran of New York as she reportedly snubs her lover after his arrest for theft in a bid to raise money for marriage. The text portrays affection as touching and unusual despite the crime.
A garbled collection of 1908 ad copy and quips appears, mentioning Gen Miles studying French, Defiance Starch sales hype, Piso’s Cure, Mother Gray’s powders for chickens, and various quips on honesty and luck. It reads like a mosaic of unrelated lines, with dates, product names, and scattered testimonials.
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