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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
5
The annual Lloyds Register report shows total tonnage afloat in June exceeded 27 million tons, with the gross lies classification noting a landmark high. British vessels lead the increases as demand for oil burning ships grows amid global tensions and shifting trade patterns, with many ships built for oil transport.
The article notes meager German salaries compared to the American dollar, with ordinary laborers earning about 400 to 7,290 marks per month and editors earning around 15,000 marks. It reports wage disputes in various sectors, including hatters, trunkmakers, stage hands, and physicians, and discusses unemployment and unrest among writers and publishers in Berlin.
A Berlin union reports college teacher candidates and student teachers supplement incomes with evening concert work in moving picture theaters. The examination board at Lieblerfield protested the workload and demanded 50 marks per hour, while such pay remains far below regular teachers. Public school salaries stand high against manual labor, with unmarried teachers earning lower yearly wages.
An itemized account lists expense allowances and sums in marks. It mentions amounts of 518 064 marks and a nine year old recipient receiving 500 marks for a wife and 310 marks for each child, plus a professor drawing about 12 00 marks monthly. It also references American PAYS ZOKU Marks and daily hotel charges, with Berlin cafe spending on drinks and meals for diners in a first class setting.
A country correspondent recalls a Tanville area man and his seventeen year old daughter passing through town en route to a village. The father apologizes for her bashfulness while the daughter is described as refined and modest, highlighting a rare courteous sentiment noted by the Indianapolis News.
An advertisement touts TON S I LINE as the national sore throat remedy. It claims relief from the onset of soreness with a single dose and urges buyers to seek the bottle at drug stores, priced 60 cents for hospital size and $1.00 elsewhere.
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