Real Friend of Labor or Open Shop Advocate
A compilation of speeches by Theodore Roosevelt attacking and praising labor unions and open shop ideas. Highlights include open shop banquet remarks from January 12, 1909, New Rochelle forum comments from February 25, 1905, and Waldorf Hotel remarks from March 16, 1907, plus discussions on wage standards, six day weeks, and workers’ protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's’ Forum
New Rochelle
Waldorf Hotel
New York
Hughes Tells America to Brace for March Mess
The New York Sun reports Hughes in Philadelphia warns the nation may face unspecified crises in March next and urges electing a capable Republican president with a strong Cabinet to steer through potential disasters, with a Republican Congress to back his policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hughes
White House
Charles Evans Hughes
New York Sun
Wenatchee Man Charley Harlan Seeks County Commissioner Seat
C A Harlan of Wenatchee announces his bid for county commissioner in the first district. He has long operated a local business and is described as a first class citizen and heavy taxpayer with broad personal support and socialist training noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Harlan
Wenatchee
Harlan
Local Social Roundup and Aboard Updates
Eagle Creek visitors the Cahill and Chumstick areas report Sunday calls from Mr and Mrs Martin Christenson and from Mr and Mrs Ray Sharpe. J P Anderson, recently in China for eleven years as a missionary, notes Chinese openness to modern ideas and tension with Japan. Mrs Elmer and a doctor arrive from the Coast and occupy a rebuilt Eighth Street building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Martin Christenson
Cahill
Ray Sharpe
J. H. Sharpe
H. A. Anderson
J. P. Anderson
John Bjork
Harry
Otto
Mr. Anderson
China
Japan
W. W. Elmer
Eighth Street
White House Prepares for Possible Wilson Contention
The article notes rising concern at the White House over Mr Hughes’s unfriendly stance and warns that delayed Democratic notices could push Mr Wilson to a hardline mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Wilson
Hughes Urges Just Wage Scale Review in Maine Speech
In Portland Maine Mr Hughes expresses sympathy for labor aims and calls for careful examination of any wage scale proposals. He says labor should seek only what is just and that a rational process will confirm justice, defending reasoned scrutiny as essential to industrial prosperity.
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Mr. Hughes
Portland
Maine
Reckless Democrats and a Vision for America’s Borders
A speaker denounces Democratic excesses and pork barrel spending while arguing for a revitalized government. The message calls for firm rights assertion, sensible border preparedness, and unwavering conviction without vacillation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Blond Eskimos Visited By White Man
A letter from Rev H Girling dated December from Camp Necessity near Cockburn Point reports he reached the blond Eskimo tribe on Coronation bluff Oct 10 1915. He says he is the first white man to dwell among them and notes their language differs dialectically from the Mackenzie river Eskimos.
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Saskatoon
Sask
V. Radford
New York
Coronation Bluff
H. Girling
Emmanuel College
Carpenter
Beaverdale Man Owns 36 Year Old Laying Hen
Beaverdale Pennsylvania Thomas Mannion of 4 Beaverdale street owns a hen said to be thirty six years old. The bird is not aged or weak and hatches one or two settings of eggs yearly while continuing to lay, though not daily.
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Beaverdale
Thomas Mannion
Beaverdale Street
Declared legally dead after 44 years vanish in 1872
New Castle Pennsylvania William J Jones vanished from his New Castle home in 1872 after leaving for Pittsburgh. A letter arrived three months later and no word has come since. Judge S P Emery grants legal death on petition by his brother C L Jones of Clarksburg West Virginia.
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New Castle
William J. Jones
S. P. Emery
C. L. Jones
Clarksburg
W. V
Pittsburgh
Former Leavenworth resident visits old friends after years
Mr F H Barron long associated with Northwestern Life Insurance in Seattle returned to Leavenworth last Saturday to reconnect with eleven to thirteen year old acquaintances. He formerly started Leavenworth's first water system on the river by Commercial Street then sold to Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. He later moved to Chelan to run a saw mill and is now with National Life Insurance Co in Wenatchee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Barron
Seattle
Northwestern Life Insurance Co
Leavenworth
Commercial Street
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Chelan
Wenatchee
National Life Insurance Co
Peshastin notes election day plans and local moves
The town of Peshastin prepares for election day voting at the Grange hall. Residents report multiple family moves, job changes, and housing shifts as winter approaches, while community events include a chicken pie supper and local social gatherings.
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Grange Hall
Wilma Moore
Democratic hopes dashed over Josephus resigning
Democrats who hoped Josephus would quit after Bryan and Garrison resignations are left disappointed. They must accept Josephus will not resign.
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Josephus
Bryan
Garrison
Secret marriage noted for Wenatchee pair
The article mentions a forthcoming marriage kept private among close friends. It identifies Mr. Leedy, an industrious Wenatchee painter, as the fiancé. It adds local news about laundry service disruptions and orchard ownership changes involving the Merriam family and Mr Lamphe re.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilson
Unione
Princeton University
People’s Forum
Hughes
Albany
Executive Chamber
Philadelphia
Charley Harlan
Eagle
Hughes and Fairbanks
Radford
Peshastin
C. E. Stage
Vern Jones
Mr. Jones
J. C. Biles
H. S. Williams
P. N. Gregory
Anderson
J. A. Warman
J. F. Wright
A. J. McCulloch
R. I. Curtis
Frank Curtis
Entiat
H. H. Stark
Brooklyn
N.Y
P. L. F. Club
J. B. Duncan
M. E. Church
Fern Webster
Snohomish
California
Ruby Agnes Hobson
Forrest Leedy
Ruby Hobson
J. N. Hobson
Protector
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
Third Ave
Cherry ST
Washington
Mr. Leedy
Leavenworth Steam Laundry
Wm. Love
Merriam
Lamphere
Mrs. Love
Western Union Telegraph Co
Boulevard Cafe
Barclay Hotel
Princess Wenatchee
Apple Land
Spokane
Office of the Echo
Wenatchee Milling Co
Harrington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Leavenworth, Wash
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