Poor White Slaves Unbiased Look at Sweatshop Wages
A Chicago garment workers study by Nellie Mason Auten reveals severe poverty among Italians, Poles, Jews, Bohemians, and Swedes. Most earn under $200 yearly with some under a dollar weekly. Sweatshops in tenements and stables pose health risks, eye strain, and dangerous long hours, prompting calls for reform and fairer building and taxation policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nellie Mason Auten
United Hebrew Charities
High rents blamed for poor housing in Britain
A Glasgow Weekly Record writer portrays Joseph Chamberlain as a practical liberal. He links overcrowding to landlords withholding space for building and calls for cheaper, larger housing for the poor. The National Liberal Federation urges ground rents reform to lower costs and aid builders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Glasgow Weekly Record
Joseph Chamberlain
Glasgow
National Liberal Federation
Central Liberal Association
London
Ile Hight
J. Chamberlain
AE BP
Progress of Henry George's Land Tax Idea in Colorado
The Kansas City Star notes a shift in public opinion since Henry George's Progress and Poverty, from dismissal to regard for a land value taxation scheme. It cites Colorado considering a land tax after studying Australasia and suggests other states may follow if trials succeed, linking reform to franchise taxation changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry George
Colorado
Simeon
California
Mr. George
Australasia
Kansas City Star
Tolstoi banishment sparks cross imperial critique in Nonconformint
An Omaha Bee piece cites Tolstoi’s banishment from Russia and contrasts it with actions by American and British powers. It questions double standards in imperial policy and warns against denouncing Russia while endorsing other empires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolstoi
Cronje
Acumnaldo
Count Volstoi
Russia
Peope
Omaha Bee
Philippines
South Africa
MacArthur
How Protection Protects, Lafayette Journal
On Thursday this week 4 178 immigrants landed in New York. All the men were laborers and will enter into competition with the American laborer in this country. They were admitted duty free. That is the way protection protects the American laborer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Journal
New York
Montreal death toll reported at 7,301 in year 190
Montreal recorded 7,301 deaths in the year described as the death rate for the period. The figure highlights a high mortality level in the city during the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Chicago Great Western Plans Fort Dodge Omaha Sioux City Line
President A B Stickney and executives arrive to outline rapid construction of a new Fort Dodge to Omaha rail route with a $300000 steel bridge over the Des Moines river. The plan includes a Sioux City branch, shorter main line, and openings for bondholders from London and Germany. General offices open for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western
Samuel Stickney
J. W. Colt
Mason City
N. A. Vernet
London
Great Western
Omaha
Sioux City
Stickney
Council Bluffs
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Illinois Central
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Forger Charles Blackman Ends Life After Fraud Scheme
In Des Moines on April 30 it is reported that Charles Blackman of Ida Grove, a young businessman, forged his father’s name and others to secure notes worth about 24000 dollars. Notes, usually 2000 each, were sold to various banks including Ida Grove and Des Moines. Some indorsements were genuine. banks face losses. Blackman, 85 year old Gluckman died by suicide earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vorger Tan
Des Moines
Charles Blackman
Dla Grove
Barry
Sac County
Charles
Onty
Indorsers
Ife
Ida Grove
Tes Moines
la Grove
Gluckman
Death of John Teif coat a Monona county politician
John Teif coat of Onitha Nebraska died. He belonged to U S Grant Post 110 GG A RR and was elected to the Nebraska state legislature in 1890. A farmer and organizer of Greenback and People's party movements he ran for county treasurer promising to perform all duties for 600 dollars but was defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de la Jefeus
Dew
Onawsa
John Teifcoat
Onitha
Neb
Ife
U. S, Grant Post
A. RR
Nebraska
Genale
John Jeticoat
Monona County
Greenback
People’s Party
Neck Broken by Fall on Burley House Coping
BELLE PLAIN April 20 Andrew Mehan, a 36 year old single man and section foreman on the L. & N. railroad, leaned on the iron coping of a Burley house and fell sixteen feet to the brick pavement below. The coping gave way, breaking his neck and crushing his skull, causing instant death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plain
Andrew Mehan
Burley House
Ll. & N. Railroad
Girl Drugged Death After Pony Chase in Red Oak
Prima Nordquist, 12, daughter of Nordquist a local clothing merchant, was fed while out riding with two girls. The pony bolted, she fell, her foot torn in a stirrup, and dragged nearly half a mile. The pony fell and she died from multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
K. Apel
Millionaire Lumberman Dead in San Diego
Artemus Lamb, noted Iowa lumberman and banker based in Clinton, died in San Diego on the 22d after injuries from a Union Pacific wreck near Rock Springs Wyoming. A plain man of 59, he led Lamb & Sons mills, Lamb Carpenter & Co., and several other ventures, and left a wife and four children.
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Clinton, Ta
Artemus Lamb
San Diego
Cal
Union Pacific
Rock Springs
Wyo
Lamb
Iowa
Lamb & Sons
Lamb, Carpenter & Co
Minenapolis
People’s Loan and Savings Bank
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Clinton
Uniform Labor Statistics Head to National Conference
Commissioner Wennestrum will attend the national conference of labor bureau chiefs in St. Louis starting May 26. He plans to urge a uniform plan for labor statistics and a centralized direction under the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenestrum
DES Moings
C. F. Wennestrum
National Conference of Chiefs of Labor Bureaus
St. Louis
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
North Dakota
Utah
Iowa
Wennestrum
A. M. Dewey
National Bureau
Wenenstram
Iowa Crop Bulletin Says Cold Spell Slows Spring Planting
Des Moines reports a cold week with mean temperatures 6 to 8 degrees below normal and freezing nights in the north. Rain on the 14th and 17th delayed field work. despite this, progress is steady. Spring wheat seeding is done and oats and barley sowing nearly finished, though some sites sowed in wet soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Mrs Sncutler's Good Fortune in Oil Land Sales
CHARDAR RAPIDS April 27 Mrs J J Snoutier of this city has cleared about 200000 by selling land in Beaumont Texas oil regions and still retains sizable adjoining tracts sold in recent weeks, highlighting a brisk local land boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sncutler
Chdar Rapids
J. J. Snoutier
Aloug Beaumont
Tex
European Stallions Arrive for Keiser Bros in Iowa
Tin ported Valuable Stock KEOTA Ia April 27 Mr Samuel Keiser of the firm of Keiser Bros has arrived from Europe with six carloads of stallions sixty one head in all Two carloads of them they left at their branch barn in Jadiana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Samuel Keiser
Keiser Bros
Europe
Jadiana
Cannon Presented to Atlantic Grand Army Cemetery Plot
Sam Rice post of the Grand Army of the Republic in Atlantic has been given a cannon to be installed on the Grand Army lot in the city cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Sam Rice Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Trial recounts Cudahy kidnapping case and ransom
Omaha reports Edward A. Cudahy Jr and his father testifying in the Callahan kidnapping trial. They recount the abduction and $25,000 ransom payment, with the boy's testimony aligning with prior Bee reports. The defense and prosecution prepare for an identification by voice. The courtroom fills as proceedings resume with Callahan present and attentive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Edward A. Cudahy, Jr
James Callahan
Mr. Cudahy
the Bee
Gudahy
Cudahy
Callahan
Melrose Hill House
Donahue
Edward A. Cudahy
Ceut
Shields
Cowin
Remains of Lincoln Moved to Marble Sarcophagus
In Springfield on April 25, without ceremony, the remains of Abraham Lincoln and other members of his family were moved from a temporary stone crypt to a newly erected marble sarcophagus within the rebuilt Lincoln monument. The monument, rebuilt by the State of Illinois at a cost of 100000 dollars, had housed the crypt since March 10, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Highmily
Springpfield
Abraham Lincoln
Iris
Lincoln Monument
Ilingis
Mosquito Fleet Arrives at Cavite to Patrol Luzon Coasts
A cable train from the navy department reports the Mosquito fleet has arrived at Cavite in the Philippine islands. The four vessels will be used to patrol the coasts of Luzon and the lower Philippine islands.
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Cavite
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Philippine Islands
Luzon
Philippine Group
Women Gain Vote Power for Local Tax Proposals
Albany April 25 Governor Odell signed a bill allowing women taxpayers in villages and towns to vote on propositions to spend money for public purposes. The measure extends local fiscal referendums to female electors, marking a milestone in civic participation.
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Albany
N. Y
Odell
Conger Not Ready to Retire From Work Says Shanghai Mercury
Shanghai Mercury quotes a confidential friend of Minister Conger explaining his leave request stems from three years in Pekin and his wish for a furlough. It states he would decline a nomination for governor of Town as he has no wish to retire from the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conger
Ian
Vancouver
The
Shanghai Mercury
Pekin
Copenhagen marks 700th death anniversary of Absalon
Copenhagen celebrates the 700th anniversary of Absalon founder bishop. Once poor fishermen huts near Roskilde, the Danish capital now a modern city with about 600 inhabitants. A copper monument to Absalon, funded by public subscription, was unveiled before the new town hall.
Ralphs Theory on London Pageant and Mood Elevators
Julian Ralph argues that London's fog and climate depress the people, driving a craving for color and merriment. He claims England hosts the most gorgeous army in Europe, drinks heavily, wears red in the streets, preserves medieval pageants longer than neighbors, and leads in theater, pantomime, and ballet patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dullan Ralph
Julian Ralph
London
Europe
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promised Cure At Hillsdale
In Hillsdale Illinois April 29 a dying man with chronic kidney disease reportedly improved after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. Doctors from nearby towns consulted, deeming the case hopeless, yet the remedy allegedly cured him within weeks. Local buzz links the pill to remarkable results for Bright's disease diabetes and dropsy, with physicians amazed by its influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
William Marks
Port Byron
Geneseo
Davenport
L. F. Giles
L. F. Giles, A Local Druggist, As To A Last Resort. Mr. Giles
Dodd
Marks
Bright
Rock Island
California and Brack Promises Lively Epworth League Trip
The Epworth League convenes in San Francisco in July. Burlington offers half-price first leg to California with low rates, urging readers to request an illustrated folder detailing rates scenery route stopovers and through cars. J Francis Omaha general passenger agent promotes the summer climate and holiday of a lifetime with through service.
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California
Brack
San Francisco
Ae Burlington
J. Francis
Omaha
Neb
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Uniform Labor Statistics
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