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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1910
Page
2
Saturday at 3 p m Mrs F B Surgaine hosts Five Hundred Club. Sunday Newsboys Club No 1 will hear of a 4000 mile journey and a panic talk. Visitors include many locals and out of town guests with social gatherings at K P hall and homes across Monroe.
The Benoit Lumber Co moves its office to the Monroe Building and Loan Association building on St. John Street rear ground floor room and is ready for business.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for indigestion, stomach and bowel troubles. It cites testimonials from Carson City Michigan Grand Junction Tennessee Shenandoah Indiana and urges readers to obtain a free test bottle by writing Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
The British trade union congress this year will open at Sheffield on Sept. 12. The report notes upcoming events and speakers at the gathering.
Bakers' International Union votes to adopt a six day working week in New Orleans. The International Association of Marble Workers plans a convention in Chicago next Monday. Sioux Falls hosts twenty seven unions and Aberdeen Lead Huron and Deadwood report strong organization.
Calgary carpenters push for a raise from 41 2 to 50 cents an hour and a nine hour summer day with an eight hour winter day, seeking improved working conditions and pay in the local trades.
Organized labor expands in Santa Cruz County as Bricklayers cement workers plasterers and carpenters form unions across trades signaling rising collective action and workplace solidarity.
Agreement reached for coal teamsters and coal handlers in Boston to work a nine hour day year round. Previously they enjoyed the longer schedule for only six months each year.
Laws recently passed establish or modify labor bureau duties in Oklahoma and Texas and reform an existing South Carolina office to function largely as a labor bureau, signaling a broader state focus on labor and employment issues.
Opposition from the Electrical Workers' Union and allied bodies sinks the measure in Albany, ending legislative action on licensing master electricians in New York.
The Hebrew Bakers' Union of Boston Mass postpones its eight-hour day demand for a year due to the overall rise in living costs. The local union cites economic pressures and will revisit the issue next year.
By a 3 to 1 vote the Brotherhood of Leather Workers on Horse Goods approves increasing the monthly wages of the general president and general secretary-treasurer from 90 to 125 dollars.
The lasting disputes that triggered a lockout affecting thousands in Germany have been resolved for three years as the Berlin industrial court's arbitration award is accepted by the unions.
The label trades section of the American Federation of Labor notified central labor bodies nationwide that it is prepared to provide the names and addresses of all manufacturers who use the union label.
Members of the Honesdale Pennsylvania branch of the shoemakers union intend to form a company to manufacture miners shoes for sale directly to United Mine Workers of America. A New York senate bill to amend city charters to let boards of education sell vocational and related school products faces opposition from the New York state workingmen's federation.
International President George L. Berry announces to subordinate locals that a one day’s pay assessment will be collected between the 22nd and 28th of next month. Funds will be used to construct a home for tuberculosis patients and elderly members.
Graduation exercises at the United States Naval Academy took place today with a large crowd of visitors from across the country in attendance. The ceremony occurred in Annapolis Maryland.
Advertises a canned coffee blend shipped nationwide in hermetically sealed cans. Claims no human hands touch the product from plantation to cup, with a rich flavor evocative of a sunlit plant. Encourages readers to order from grocers to experience its reputed quality.
The chapel was decorated with bunting and flags as Secretary of the Navy Meyer delivered the address and handed out diplomas to the graduates. The honor man of the class is Midshipman Henry E. Rossell of Florida.
In Madison on Lake Mendota the eight-oared crews of the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin completed brief practice spins. The Washington boat, Pacific coast champions, is tipped to challenge Wisconsin in the big race.
Missoula Montana hosts the fifteenth annual festivities with many visitors arriving for the celebration. Local organizers expect crowds, parades, and community activities across the weekend.
Allen's Pharmacy touts ZEMO as the most effective remedy for eczema itching skin diseases dandruff pimples and other skin and scalp ailments. The ad claims ZEMO is a clean liquid external treatment superior to greasy salves and can be used on infants. Free sample bottles and a booklet are offered to customers.
The University of Montana will begin tonight with the junior promenade. Dr S B Fancher president of Montana College will give the baccalaureate address Sunday morning. On Thursday next Prof Thomas Nixon Carver of Harvard University will deliver the main graduation speech.
In Ashland Kentucky on June 1 Miss Clara Simpson a society leader attempted a rescue when William Jackson fell into the river. She swam to him, hauled his body toward the shore, but exhaustion doomed both to drown as they near the bank.
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