A Weekly Rest Day Labor Problem Discussed
Den James G. Buttrick reports on a church committee work addressing the labor question and weekly rest day advocacy. The narrative covers origins from 1895, meetings with Boston railroad workers, and legislative attempts in 1897 to limit work to six days, with mixed legislative outcomes but clear insight into church mediation between capital and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Labor Organizations
Massachusetts General Association of Congregational Churches
Andover
Church of Christ
Boaz
Debated Weekly Rest Day and Labour Reform in Massachusetts
A long excerpt blends testimonial about Dean's Kidney Pills with a broader 1890s reform narrative. It cites Martin Canning of 9 Whiting Street praising kidney pills and outlines the Worcester association's 1897 push for a weekly rest day. It details labor classes, Sunday laws, and aims to secure rest days for transport workers, rail and electric, through a public movement led by the Boston Weekly Rest Day Union. The piece emphasizes humanity and moral duty, urging Christian cooperation to reform labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Association
Fall River
Commonwealth
Judiciary Committee
Hiouse
Electr
Lowell
Boston
New Orleans
Martin Canning
No. 9
Whiting Street
Dean
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Street
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean’s
Worcester
Bureau of Statistics
Boston Weekly
Union
Mill Mat ters curtail loom production in Fall River mills
In Fall River on October 17 authorities announced a mill relief plan approved by nearly all mills. A four week production curtailment begins immediately with completion target February 1. An advisory committee includes Brayton, Colonel Borden, Chase, Seth Borden, Rounseville, Osborn and Baker.
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Fall River
Seth Borden
Hargraves Mills
Barnaby
Gorder City No
Bourne
Conanicut
Cornell
Davel Fall River Iron Works Co
Globe
Granite
Hargraves
Kerr Thread
King Philip
Osborn
Parker
Sanford
Stevens
Thomas E. Brayton
Thomas J. Borden
Simeon B. Chase
C. C. Rounseville
J. E. Osborn
Joseph L. Baker
Mood's Pills Cure All Ills
Patent medicine ad proclaims Mood's Pills cure stomach ills indigestion and headache. Claims simple to take and operate with a price of 25 cents, reflecting late 19th or early 20th century tonality and marketing style.
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Hmood
Eacy
Wages Cut In Southern Mills To Meet Competition
A Washington Post despatch from Augusta Georgia reports a ten per cent wage reduction for cotton mill operatives to match northern competition. The plan, prepared by the Southern Cotton Manufacturers' Association, will take effect two weeks after employee acceptance. Six Augusta mills and two in South Carolina are affected, with total payrolls around one million dollars. The association president says rising southern output has driven prices down, forcing mills to reduce pay to compete in common markets.
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Washington
Washington Post
Augusta
Southern Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
South Carolina
Association
Rival cotton mills in Canada face battles for control
In Montreal on October 17, reports describe turmoil within the Canadian Colored Cotton company and the Dominion Cotton company, seeking to gain control of stock and oust the current leadership led by Andrew F. Gault. A rival James Jackson with English capital forms a competing firm to challenge Dominion, prompting Dominion to plan closures of smaller Ontario mills and the construction of a $5 million monster plant at Three Rivers for local and foreign markets. The Dominion group had previously teamed with the Amalgamated Riverside and Montmorency to curb gray cotton exports, a move now under threat as competition grows.
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Montreal
Canada
Canadian Colored Cotton Company
Dominion Cotton Company
Andrew F. Gault
Cotton King
James Jackson
The
Dominion
England
Dominion Combine
Ontario
Three Rivers
Shenwangan
Dominion Company
SLOVENLY BEGGARS
A Sun columnist recalls two dirty beggars denied help and a clean third given a nickel, arguing cleanliness predicts reform. He muses why street beggars appear at night, notes the contrast with a clean, hard luck couple in Fifth Avenue, and reflects on generosity toward cleanliness.
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5Th Avenue
Sun
London's Hair Trade. Dust Bins Maidens and Coffins Con tribute-Secrets
A Daily Mail visit to Bloomsbury hair houses reveals the human hair trade. Comings from Paris Naples and France supply wigs and scalpwork selling for 10 to 40 francs per head, with coffin hair fetching 12 shillings an ounce. Prices depend on color purity and length.
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Bloomsbury
Adonis
Daily Mail
Paris
Italy
France
Naples
Palermo
Godiva
Scandinavia
Germany
America
England
Samson
Britain
London Mail
The Last Fencing Master of Bertrand Dies at 81
The obituary notes Bertrand as the aging master who founded a fencing school and era, perfected the riposte, and shaped foil fencing in Paris. It praises his influence on the art, contrasts Italian offensive parries, and recalls his esteemed position among masters in classical fencing.
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Bertrand
Arme Blanche
Paris
Turtles In the Bahamas Trade In Sea Turtles
The Bahama shallow seas yield abundant turtles with shell valued at £5600 exported last year. Edible green turtles are penned in crawls after branding owners marks, fed on marine grass until market size. Turtle meat sold at threepence per pound live weight. a turtle soup enterprise similar to Jamaica may be profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bahamas
Bahama Islands
Jamaica
London Telegraph
Jack Rabbit and Bulldog Tale From Emporia
The Emporia Kansas paper recounts a strange night incident where a bulldog fought a jack rabbit at a home. The man, keeping to protection, shut his door as the outside struggle raged. The next morning he found the bulldog dead in the yard with bite marks from the rabbit.
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Jack Rabbit
Emporia
Kan
Railroading In Russia Features Sand Preventive Plantings
On the new Russian military railway from Europe to Andijan a treelike shrub named fascapul is planted along the desert line to prevent sand coverage, with a ribbon of wild oats on both sides for added protection.
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Europe
Andijan
Poker Rivalry Echoes Old Time Greats in Dublin Duel
The Washington Post recounts a poker clash between Dr Crawford of Dublin and the illiterate Perk Perkins on a Cincinnati bound rail car. Perkins, missing part of his nose, implausibly claimed a $58,000 single hand while losing to Crawford who exhibited superior skill and composure. Perkins, shaken, muttered to his conqueror, You're tougher than leather.
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Dr. Crawford
F. M. Fairburn
Cincinnati
Riggs
Perk
Dublin
Ireland
Perkins
Crawford
Washington Post
Good Cookery Sponge Cake and Geneva Wafers
Simple historic recipes describe beating eggs with sugar and vanilla to make sponge cake then folding in flour and baking powder, with a sugar crust. Geneva wafers mix eggs butter flour and sugar bake small drops, roll midway, bake until crisp, fill with preserves and whipped cream.
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Geneva
Revelations of Klondike Winter Tragedies
William Stoney reports from Klondike in a Pittsburgh Dispatch letter detailing summer discoveries of widespread starvation and death. Grinning skulls and bare skeletons near river camps reveal that many miners died of starvation last winter, with more peril anticipated as another season approaches.
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Klondike
Northwest
Arctic
William Stoney
Southside
Pittsburg
Orange Jelly Preserve Method from a Historic Recipe
Wash and grate the rind of oranges, halve and squeeze juice into a basin, boil the pulp with water for an hour until reduced by half, cool, add juice, and strain through cloth. For each pint of liquor add a pound of loaf sugar, boil twenty minutes skimming, pour into tumblers, and seal with melted paraffin for a jelly cover.
Preserved Pineapple Preparation Method
Pare the pineapple and remove the eyes with a small pointed silver knife. Shred with a fork, discard the core, weigh and mix three quarters of a pound of sugar per pound of fruit. Combine in the preserving kettle, stir, and let stand overnight. In the morning boil slowly for half an hour, skim, then jar and seal.
Peach Cobbler with Rich Pastry Topping
A deep dish peach cobbler recipe outlines lining the dish with rich crust, quartered tart peaches with sugar and spices, baking until brown, then breaking the top crust into pieces and stirring into the fruit. Serve hot or cold with optional cream.
Boiled Indian Meal Pudding and Crackers Recipe
A home remedy feature describes panada using common crackers sugar salt and nutmeg with boiling water to make a soft jelly like base. Also outlines boiled Indian meal pudding using milk Indian meal molasses suet salt soda tied in cloth and boiled four hours served with sweet sauce.
Apple Puffets Recipe From Old Cookbook
Three eggs and a pint of milk with salt and flour to make batter. Fold in apples chopped fine. Use baking powder and alternate layers of batter and apples in cups. Steam for an hour and serve hot with sugar and cream. Other fruits may be used.
Household remedy beats croup attacks in Nickleville
M Nickle of Nickle Bros. reports two children suffer croup. His wife gives Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to prevent attacks, calling it a household necessity. He notes more of this remedy is sold locally than any other cough medicine, with Ellingwood & Co. as distributors in Nickleville Pennsylvania.
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Chamberlain
Nickle
Nickle Bros
Nickleville
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central
Middlesex
Central Streets
Rye Breakfast Cakes From Simple Rye Mix
Two cupfuls rye meal one-half cupful molasses a pinch salt one and one-half cupful rye meal one-half cupful sweet milk mix very soft one teaspoon salera tus. Bake in a roll or muffin rings.
Clove Cake Recipe and New Era Cooking School Ad
A vintage advertisement and recipe listing for clove cake uses flour, molasses, butter, milk, eggs, raisins and spices. It promotes obeying nature’s laws as noble, advertising the New Era Cooking School of Worcester Massachusetts and the Vital Question third edition with a Navy Supplement mailed free for mentions of Good Cookery.
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New Era
New Era Cooking School
Worcester
Mass
Castomita Bears the The Kind You fave Alays Bought a Lpfhiden
A fragmented OCR item mentions Castomita and a hidden item bought by Alays in a local context. Little readable detail remains to confirm event, date, or place. The text is incomplete but indicates a purchase or possession involving a person or entity named Castomita.
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Castomita
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C. C. Coffin
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Carter & Sherburne
Mill Matters
Southern Mills
London
Russia
Bros. Lowell, Mass
AK Kia
Gredek
Greer
Ola Perkins
J.T. Rhodes & Sons
Cood Gray
DOD
Arthur Rhodes
Merrimack Street
Courier-Citizen Building
Blo
Sewall G. Mack
Jacob Rogers
Sewa G Mack
Levi Prgue
Jacob Ryers
Alexander G.cumnock
George S. Motley
Edward M. Tucke
James Francis
Rench
Courier-Citizen Co
Middle Stree
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Morr Quack
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