Labor leaders threaten massive wage demands and rail nationalization
A Washington report says 1 million railway workers demand another thousand million dollars in pay and push to nationalize railroads and other industries. It notes past wage hikes, government control since 1917, and a threat of a nationwide strike backed by a $10 million propaganda fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railway Brotherhoods
United States Senate
Brotherhoods
Sitthe
Senate
Tabor
Congress
Office of the Brotherhoods
Russia
Germany
Austria
United States Railroad Administration
National Treasury
Writer Denounces Monstrosity as Destructive to Civic Beauty
A Boston Globe writer laments billboards desecrating scenery and aims to spark a blue sky law. He argues such urban advertising corrupts civic taste, desensitizes eyes to ugliness, and threatens the serenity of landscapes and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
City Pledges $500000 for Summer Recreation Centers
Cleveland plans extensive recreation centers to aid homemakers and returning soldiers. Six centers will open at principal corners after the city goes dry, with a $10 050 log cabin in Garfield Park and a $150000 Edgewater park boathouse. New parks to follow as part of a community life project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United States Department of Labor
Garfield Park
Edgewater Park
Advertisements On Trees Provoke Highway Beautification Debate
Col Edward H. Cornell, secretary of the National Highways Protective society, spoke in Boston about prohibiting ads nailed to trees barns and fences along highways. He argued ads harm trees and create dangerous lumber sawing later. He noted a bill to outlaw unlawful highway signs was introduced in the Illinois legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Edward 8. Cornell
National Highways Protective Society
Boston
United States
Colonel Cornell
Cornell
Tower House
Tiinois
Workers' Home Urged By New York Builder Leader
Noble Foster Hoggson of Hoggson Bros. argues wartime need spurred decent worker housing. He warns neglecting housing in postwar plans would push laborers to roam, risking instability and radicalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Foster Hoggson
Hoggson Bros., Builders
New York
Money Making Money Savings Plan Teaches Compound Growth
A brief advising weekly dollar saving proves powerful. five years yields over 287 dollars and ten years about 688 dollars with steady deposits. The note urges consistent weekly contributions to grow wealth.
Daisy in the Violet Thicket a Springtime Return
In a secluded veranda corner, Old Mother Case befriends a pink bonneted girl named Daisy who resembles her younger self. The encounter rekindles memory and joy, with Mother Case revealing Daisy is her former self in a transformative springtime reverie. Roger and Sophia observe the change as Violet gathering reveals a renewed spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Case
Sophia
Roger
Nellie
Bob
Nelie
Daisy
Maurice Times Advertising Rates and Postage Notice
The Maurice Times lists postage as second class matter since August 4, 1911 and provides advertising rates. Display ads cost 20 cents per inch on the front page and 5 cents per inch elsewhere. Local ads are 10 cents per line in regular type and 15 cents per line for Black Face type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Iowa
Passenger Train Schedules Detailed Inbound and Outbound No 8 and No 23
The notice lists east and west bound passenger trains with numbers 8 and 23 022, departure times around 4:40 p m and 2 00 p m, and daily or Sunday exceptions. Great Northern’s passenger service shows north and south bound routes with early morning departures and late evening arrivals, including no service Sundays for some trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darmy
Sunpay
Tours
Wooparp
Great Northern Passeenger
F. H. Carlson
Farms for sale in Hughes Sully Hyde and Potter Counties
Dakota Land Co announces improved and unimproved farms for sale in Hughes Sully Hyde and Southern Potter Counties South Dakota priced from 28.75 per acre One third down balance time to suit purchaser at 6 percent Expenses paid Free land viewing provided E C Cole General Agent Sioux County Iowa passed to Sioux City Sioux Couany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Sully
Hyde
Potter Counties
South Dakota
Salesmen Wanted for South Dakota Farm Lands in Sioux County
Advertisement seeking live salesmen to sell farm lands in South Dakota. Commission offered, advertising materials provided, office talks arranged. Branch Office American Security Investment Co Minneapolis Minn E. C. Cole General Agent for Senior County Iowa Times Building Maurice Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux County
South Dakota
American Security Investment Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Picking Up That Pin by Harriman Ends in Wealth Dream
The story recalls B. H. Harriman who died leaving an estate of 75 million dollars. He credited a tiny steel letter clip dropped by a careless worker with inspiring his view on thrift and efficiency. He imagined an annual income equal to the value of material wasted by indifferent offices and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Harriman
Miners Welcome Traveling Library in Iowa Town
Officials feared loss of library books in a mining district but a traveling library sent on trial sparked interest. Schoolboys organized a case and the collection remained intact with no books lost or destroyed, proving the value of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Britain
N. W. Passencer
FreicHt
Monpay, Wep
East Bound
The
Dakota Land Co
E. C. Cole
Gen’l. Agt
Sioux
Couany
Towa
Sionr County
Times Building
Miles
Nervine
H. B. Tolle
Paso
Robles
Cal
Buo Brients
Santa Claus
Mary Christmas
Kamstra & Borrink
Maurice, Iowa
LaMoure County
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!