Labor Day origins and spread from 1882 origins in New York
Elmo Scott Watson recounts Labor Day's birth on May 8 1882 through P J McGuire and the Central Labor Union. The piece notes the first celebration in New York on September 26 1882 and traces its growth into a global and legal holiday while contrasting American recreational observance with European labor demonstrations.
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Tierald Tribune
New York
New York City
Fenelon
Central Labor Union
Metropolis
P J. McGuire
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
American Federation of Labor
Mcfiule
McGuire
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Chicago
Congress
Columbia
Territories
Oregon
United States
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Philippines
Europe
International Labor Congress
Paris
Samuel Gompers
International Organization
Gompers
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Esthonia
Finland
Madeira
Colombia
Ecuador
Uruguay
Latin America
Haiti
Panama
Canada
Newfoundland
Eensland
Western Australia
Victoria
Aus
New South Wales
South Australia
P. J. McGuire
American Federationist
Back of the Thinker Braley Poem on Labor Dreamer
A Berton Braley verse extols the Thinker behind steel and steam who guides labor. It contrasts the driven worker with the master mind who plans, imagines, and drives industrial progress through disaster and stress.
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Berton Braley
Lightning Kills Ancient White Oak at New York Botanical Garden
Dr. Arthur Hollick explains a lightning strike caused the rapid death of a prime 190 to 200 year old white oak at the New York Botanical Garden Bronx park. Despite a small bark wound the tree faded quickly as leaves withered while other trees remained green.
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New York
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx Park
Arthur Hollick
Hollick
White Rhino the Elusive Beast of Sudan
In a note on the white rhinoceros, the author states no captive ever survives for long in zoos or captivity. The text discusses attempts to capture one alive and the resulting laws against hunting the white rhino.
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Washington
Sudan
Moody argues life too short to master wise investing
John Moody, noted author of two investment books, contends that the span of human life is insufficient to acquire the art of wise investing, highlighting limits to learning and the pace of financial knowledge.
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New York
John Moody
Castoria: A Trusted Baby Remedy Throughout Homes
A timeless promotion extols Castoria as a staple for five million households. It claims quick relief for colic and constipation in babies, warns against stronger medicines, and urges mothers to rely on Castoria as a safe, doctor trusted remedy available at every drugstore.
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Elmo Scott Watson
America
Workers of America
Longfellow
Big Tree
Pei Ya
Eedas
Carter
W M. Berry Co
Michigan
Castoria
Spurlockeal Co
Nashville
Tenn
Houston
Galveston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Denver
Colo
T. A. Milner
Adams Street
Denver, Colorado