Great Auto Race Winner Henry Fournier From Paris to Berlin
Henry Fournier winner of the Paris to Berlin automobile race has long been known as the king of automobilists. He previously used a petroleum tricycle and, with a 1% horsepower machine, averaged over forty miles an hour. He remains a famed, fearless figure as Berlin hosts the just finished race. a second event may follow.
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Henry Fournier
Paris
Berlin
Henri Fournier
Fournier
Boston Philanthropist Plans Fireproof West End Housing
Edwin Ginn, Boston real estate owner, proposes a spring experiment to build several large fireproof structures in the West End. The plan aims to replace unsafe, crowded tenements with comfortable, well lighted homes, tailored to tenants’ rents and needs after consulting residents.
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Edwin Ginn
Boston
West End
Ginn
The Motive Power and a Lignite Prospect in Victoria
A poem on true achievement contrasts with brute strength. Montrose J. Moses notes Victoria where Latrobe valley lignite deposits may total 30,000,000,000 tons with 200 foot thick beds. Australian lignite reportedly surpasses German quality with less ash. Also, Italy forms Knights of Labor by royal decree, awarding up to eighty yearly. cross bearing inscription for labor worth and workers who advance progress and skilled innovation.
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Victoria
Latrobe
Knights of Labor
Italy
The
Rumor of Nationwide Wil Paper Mills Strike Denied
Reports deny a countrywide strike by Wil Paper Mills workers across about 1100 mills. Union officers have organized many employees seeking small hours concessions while plants already run seven days in twelve hour shifts. Wages cited range from 1.50 to 4 dollars daily with no general wage increase.
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Wil Paper Mills
Paper Makers’ Union
Denver Cigarmakers Union Arranges Child Support
The Denver Cigarmakers Union collected 32 dollars and will deduct eight dollars weekly from George E. Phillips to support his five children after the humane society condemned his neglect. The mother is dead and Phillips was previously sentenced to jail for failure to provide. The union arranged with his employer to ensure payroll deductions.
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Cigarmakers’ Union
Cigarmakers’ Union of
Denver
George E. Phillips
Phillips
The
Humane Society
Chicago Building Trades Report Busy Season Ahead
Building crafts in Chicago report their busiest season since the World’s Fair. Contractors show $3 000 000 to $5 000 000 monthly permits, with much labor to dismantle old structures for costlier replacements. Yearly completed building estimates run $30 000 000 to $40 000 000 plus extensive public works.
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Chicago
Radleugh Bridge Construction Tale of a Seamless Swap
Historic Radleugh Bridge near Newcastle and Gates Head saw a new span erected in the exact old position while traffic flowed. New piers surrounded the originals, a slightly offset roadway built above, then the old structure removed and the new deck lowered into place. Hydraulic jacks applied 1500 psi to move 1600 tons into position.
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Radleugh Bridge
Newcastle
Gateshead
Furry Festival Celebrated in Helston with Street Dances
Helston ten miles from Penzance marked spring with the Furry festival. Two groups of 20 to 30 couples danced through the main streets with doors wide open. The ancient rite assigns a worker who tries to work the day to be carried on a pole and compelled to try leaping riverward, where failure is certain.
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Helston
Penzance
Australia Coal Reserves Power Untapped Prospect
Australia holds a vast but largely untapped coal supply with about 1 million tons produced to date. Most output comes from New South Wales, indicating substantial future growth potential in the sector.
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Australia
New South Wales
Beds of Coal Discovered on Menai Straits
A bed of workable coal has been found on both sides of the Menai straits in Carnarvonshire and Anglesey. Lord Penrhyn owns the Carnarvonshire lands where coal exists. Coal in Anglesey was previously shallow and unprofitable, but current investigations show thicker veins extending for some distance along the straits, possibly beneath the sea.
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Menai Straits
Carnavan
Anglesey
Lord Penrhyn
Carnavonshire
Torquay Plans Municipal Sheep Farming on Dartmoor Estate
The Torquay corporation, after a successful rabbit war, will trial sheep farming on its 2200 acre estate on the Dartmoor watershed. The project begins with 50 sheep and could expand if results prove favorable.
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Torquay
Dartmoor
Industrial unrest across Europe drives up strikes and military calls
Reports describe widespread labor turmoil in Europe with over 100000 workers on strike or locked out in Russia. The Krupps add 6000 to Germanys unpressed forces as strikes rage in France and Belgium and outlook remains unsettled per press accounts.
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Europe
Russia
Krupps
Germany
France
Belgium
Railroad Strike In Philippines Causes Wage Clash
Native workers on the country’s sole railroad walked out for higher wages after earning $25 monthly. Capt Cunningham of Newcastle Pennsylvania who led the line during the strike reports the vacancies were filled by discharged American soldiers earning $125 in gold per month.
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Philippines
Capt. Cunningham
Newcastle
Unpaid Workmen Seize Mine Equipment in Weilburg
Coal mine workers at Weilburg near Wiesbaden have not received wages. They seized the machinery and coal stock and plan to sell the assets at public auction to pay themselves from the proceeds.
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Weilburg
Wiesbaden
Farmer finds coal vein near gas well in Dawn Missouri
A Dawn Missouri farmer, who struck a natural gas well while drilling for water, reports a three foot coal vein discovered fifty feet from the bore. The find adds an unexpected energy resource to the local area and may affect future exploration plans.
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Dawn
Labor Unions And Wage Figures Across U S Headlines
The piece notes only one-tenth of workers are organized while nine-tenths gain from union activity. It highlights Winnipeg bakers offering prizes for union bread labels, New Hampshire reporting average wages at 254.42 for 73845 workers, a Cincinnati brewery firemen victory over AFL policy, Connecticut attorney general challenging eight hour laws, and mentions the Manufacturers Information Bureau spying on unions. An Omaha judge fines a laundry owner $120 for violating Nebraska female labor law, with the Central Labor Union backing the case.
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United States
Mre
Winnipeg
Journeymen Bakers’ Union
Connecticut
Omaha
Nebraska
Central Labor Union
Lincoln and John Brown atchison 1859 speech dispute
A Kansas citizen recalls an 1859 Atchison meeting where Lincoln allegedly answered a query about John Brown by saying he deserved hanging. The report notes uncertainty over the quote and notes Lincoln’s stance on Brown’s Kansas actions, concluding Lincoln disapproved of Brown’s raid.
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Lincoln
John Brown
Kansas
Atchison
Organized Labor and Trusts
President Gompers argues in favor of trusts as labor’s ally citing industrial combinations as a weak point in one part of the system. He envisions trusts as organized numbers opposing power, predicting a peaceful era unless reforms shift sentiment among labor leaders. Lady Jane Ellice, Queen Victoria’s bridesmaid, is 82 years old.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Independent
Lady Jane Ellice
Queen Victoria
Lady Jane
Strike Leader Shaffer Named Skilled Sheet Iron Roller
Theodore J. Shaffer president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers issued the sheet iron machinists strike order. A college graduate and former clergyman, Shaffer is a native of Pittsburgh, 45 years old, who began as an iron worker.
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Theodore J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Shaffer
Pittsburg
President Shaffer
THE
Sheet Iron Workers
Clergyman-Turned-Union Leader Heads Amalgamated Union
He entered college to study theology and preached with success for years. He later left the pulpit due to fragile health and returned to his trade. He was elected president of the Amalgamated Association at its Cincinnati convention.
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Amalgamated Association
Cincinnati
Will the World Be Full by 2250
J Holt Schooling in the July Cosmopolitan predicts the world will be full in 2250 with about 52 000 billions people at 1000 per square mile. He bases this on a 1 percent yearly growth continuing, then offers deductions on population movement from the last century.
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J. Holt Schooling
Chancellery room renovated as Count von Bülow takes seat
In the Berlin official residence the Bismarck room is renovated and Count Von Bulow has entered into possession using a desk engraved Writing table of Prince Bismarck 1878 1890.
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Bismarck
Berlin
Count von Bulow
Prince Bismarck
Paris music hall star Mme Bordas dies in Monteux
The former Parisian celebrity and rival of Theresa during the second empire has died in her hometown of Monteux in southern Vaucluse where she was born sixty years ago. General Lew Wallace advances his autobiography with a Kentucky trip to discuss Shiloh battle details to be included.
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Mme. Bordas
Paris
Theresa
Monteux
Vaucluse
Lew Wallace
Kentucky
Battle of
Shiloh
Chemical Experts in Photography Shortage Hint
A celebrated photographer laments the scarcity of young men trained in chemistry for photography. He notes many photographers are available, but few with scientific understanding of the art. He says such experts are rare and will find work either in his studio or elsewhere.
Unfortunate Creature Dialogue in a Sea Boat Scene
A speaker laments that individual effort fails and a man must act with others. Cuthbert’s companion protests and fears escape as she questions returning to her father for guidance. The exchange hints at dependence and family authority in a perilous voyage.
Self-Esteem Reflections by Retiring Harvard Professor
W. W. Goodwin, a retiring Harvard professor, spoke at a dinner in his honor about how self perception shifts with age. He recalled misjudging his own age at various decades and joked about aging anxieties and humor.
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W. W. Goodwin
Harvard
Fortifications Planned Around Marseille After Naval Tests
Following military and naval maneuvers assessing a siege on Marseille France it is decided to strengthen defenses with additional fortifications around the city to deter attack.
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Marseilles
France
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