Iowa rails for wage laws and tax reforms in 1919 session
The Iowa legislature pushes a minimum wage and maximum hours bill for women and minors with penalties and enforcement by the labor commissioner. Other measures seek to limit tax exemptions for out of state bonds, revise road and weed laws, elect county superintendents, regulate private banks, and fund teacher pensions and state printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
General Assembly
Thomas
J. H. Strief
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Griffin
Woodbury
House
Greene
Grundy
Senate
Strief
Commissioner of Labor
Iowa
Justin Barry
House Committee On Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Taylor
Doran
Jones
Bruce
Reserve Fund of Savings Banks
Foster
Federal Reserve
Judiciary
Miller
Eggleston
Highway Commission
Jamison
Whitmore
Michael
Rayburn
Poweshiek
Jackson
Brammer
Heald
Schmedhka
Chase
Iowa City
EH. D. Rayburn
House Committee On Banks and Banking
Grayson
Honest Man’s Self View Stirs Doubt In Debate
A dialogue questions a defender of honesty, suggesting he may be unaware of his own flaws. The exchange weighs whether the man exaggerates or truly lacks self awareness about shortcomings.
Britain Faces Glass Shortage As War Drives Imports
The shortage in plate and sheet glass rises from wartime demand for temporary barracks in training camps. Britain relies on foreign makers, especially Germany, for flint glass and chemical apparatus. Imports have fallen about 80 percent. home production remains around 30 percent. Belgian refugees aid skilled labor. German dominance is expected to resume postwar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Belgium
Germany
Austria
London
Mr Subbubs Moves to Quiet Country Town
Mr Subbubs arrives in a country town seeking relief from city life. He adapts to casual dress while his wife warns against judgments based on appearance. A distant street quarrel breaks the calm, hinting at hidden tensions beneath the town’s orderly veneer.
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Mr. Subbubs
Mrs. Subbubs
Varanda
Subbubs
Women Empowered in Global Professions and Trials
Russia reports more than 3,000 women physicians and the Woman's Trade Union of America claims over 66,000 members. In Berlin three of four non Germans are women. Miss Jean Moghle, an auto saleswoman, demonstrated mechanical skill by dismantling and assembling a motor on a New York platform. Mrs. Della Wilson won $5,000 in Kansas City after suing the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad over a tight skirt hindering boarding a train.
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Russia
Woman's Trade Union of
Armerica
Berlin
Germany
Jean ‘Ty. Moghle
New York
Della Wilson
Kansas City
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Artful Tommy
A London Tit-Bits joke recounts Private Tommy Sims after pneumonia in hospital who feigns illness to avoid discharge. He steals the thermometer while the doctor’s back is turned and hides it in tea, then reinserted it. The doctor, puzzled by the reading, declares the patient not dead but ought to be.
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Tommy Sims
Tommy
Worthy
London
Wonderful New Resistance Alloy For High Heat Use
A German market introduction before the war showcases a chromium nickel alloy for electrical resistance devices. It remains non brittle under prolonged red heat, with specific gravity 8.26 and resistance per meter per square millimeter of 1.10 ohms. The alloy withstands 1110 C continuous operation and melts at 1400 C.
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Germany
Right Diet for Sciatic Patients Discoveries encourage fat heavy plan
New guidelines suggest sciatic treatment includes a fat rich diet with milk cream eggs butter marrow bacon oils mayonnaise and cheese. Frequent feedings between meals plus three main meals and rest are emphasized while avoiding high protein foods, especially red meats.
Flow’s Prima Donna Strike Catches The Ear
A witty exchange on theatrical tone and performance. The speaker jests about a diva’s stage presence and the clash between singing style and public reception. The brief remark hints at critique of showmanship.
Palace or Hovel: Building on Christ the Foundation
A sermon compares two builders on one foundation Jesus Christ. The fire of judgment tests works, rewarding the enduring palace of costly stones while burning away the hovel of wood hay and stubble. Builders are urged to use right purpose plan and motive to seek glory to God.
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Jesus Christ
Catawissa
God
Christ
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Kent
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George W. Crozier
Knoxville
Wapello
State Senate
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United States
Cushing
Quincy
Mass
Marie L. Cushing
Carranza’s
Commission OF Teachers
General Carranza
Boston
Eleosa Espenosa
HuJaha Guzman
Mary Martinez
Mary Arias Bernal
Oliva Espenoga
Poland
Uncle Sam
Manhattan Bridge
England
Artful Tommy
William Wallace Ketchum
Meody Bible Institute
Chicago
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