Penal Servitude and Prison Labor Exploitation Exposed
Expert investigator argues the state should not profit from jail labor and condemns private contractor abuse. The piece recounts Whitin’s study of penal servitude, corruption in convict labor, and the moral and economic flaws of systems that profit from incarcerated workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
United States
BH Stage Whitin
Natonal Committee
Prison Tabor
Tentiike
Andy
Austria
Pat
Asker
Puerport
George
Mass State Health Board Reports April Adulteration Findings
The monthly bulletin lists adulterated or improperly labelled foods and drugs with manufacturer names. Among 670 samples examined in April, several products failed legal standards, including medicines with high alcohol content and missing labeling. Four prosecutions ended in convictions, including cases involving sulfur dioxide, bad oil, and watered milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts State Board of Health
Hut
Civic Awakening in South Germ-Proof Kitchen Cited by Hart
Dr Hart reports social awakening in the South after a Southern trip visiting cities including Atlanta Nashville Memphis Jackson and Little Rock. He highlights a new Deaf School in Jackson with a germ proof kitchen funded by a $5 000 donation featuring glass tables and vitreous glass walls. He notes flood relief efforts near Memphis and refugee camps organized under the United Charities of Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Hastings H. Hart
Sage Foundation
Sarah
Atlanta
Nashville
Memphis
Jackson
Little Rock
Dr Hart
South
School For the
Little Hook
Mississippi
United Charithoer
Alter Christodora House expands amid three-building changes
The Christodora House settlement undergoes radical summer renovations adding a gymnasium and expanding to three lots. A moved Sth Street house becomes club and living space while the Avenue B houses merge into one larger building. Occupancy shifts planned for October with more staff next year. The Tompkins Square Library lends space and artifacts for continuity. A plant and window box sale organized by multiple groups will be held Wednesday in the playground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimauore Rouse
Iurceaus
MT Avenue H
Sth Street
Boy’ Clube
Avenue B
Arthur
James
Jane
Buildig
Tompkins Square
New York Public Library
the & Public Library
Naonal
Flower and Fruit Guild
Christedora House
St. Mark's Chapel
Industrial Workers Ills At National Conference In Atlantic City
The Second National Conference on Industrial Diseases opens in Atlantic City with an extensive exhibit at the Hotel Marlborough. Doctors Munsterberg and Keays address psychological factors in efficiency and air related occupational illnesses among workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Chicago
Frederick J. Keays
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hugo Munsterberg
Boston
Marlborough
Forty Years Of Charities State Aid Anniversary Recall Progress
The State Charities Aid Association marked forty years of progress with a booklet for ten thousand members titled Milestones of Forty Years Progress in Public Charities. It notes first nurse training at Bellevue Hospital, 39 years old, and that public care for dependents has existed twenty two years. The separation of Charities and Corrections in NYC occurred sixteen years ago. The association has run a homes agency for needy children, with war related momentum boosting laws and program expansion in recent years.
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Hellevue Hospital
New York City
Charities and Corrections
Aid Assortion
Various Professional Meetings And Education Proposals Across Reform Groups
Notes describe physicians reporting occupational poisons, a Women’s Trade Union League strawberry festival on June 3, and the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union planning for a Portland convention. Meetings include the Alumni Association of the New York School of Philanthropy in Cleveland, and discussions on factory inspection, orphan and child welfare groups, kindergarten benefits, and the Sutherland Brantley bill. Debates cover Montessori education, a Schenectady housing code, and school efficiency questions from the Bureau of Municipal Research.
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Ocern
National Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Evanston
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Cliba
Alumni Association
New Yor School of Philanthropy
Euclid
Cleveland
U S Jation
National Kindergarten Association
Federation of Women's Clubs
San Francisco
United States
Sidney Smith
Emancipation Exposition Aims for Semi Centenary Highlight
A proposal emerges to mark the fifty year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with a national exhibition. Over six years of Negro progress exhibits inspired a plan for an American Emancipation Exposition Company led by Wright of the State Industrial College. Supporters urge a southern site and state funding, noting gains in literacy, government service, and social uplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orgia
Ror. Wright
State Industrial College
Wright
American Emancipation Exposition Company
DMI
Senate
Congress
Hiceens
B. du Hoss
New York
National Association For the
Exposition Company
United States
du Role
Int Bol
du Bois
Wifsin
Dalus
Herit
Wrick
Factory clinics proposed to detect tuberculosis in workers
The Chicago Tuberculosis Institute advocates factory level health inspections for tuberculo sis to catch cases early and prevent spread. A pamphlet titled Examination of Employes for Tuberculosis urges medical exams by physicians with nurse support on company premises, funded by employers or associations where possible.
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Thero
James Minnick
Chicago
Port Matther
Chicago Institute
Institute
Minnick
Firetti
Rane
Hines
West Side YMCA to Open New Dormitory and Branches
The West Side Young Men s Christian Association on 37th Street plans a Monday opening of a 24 room dormitory with capacity for two men, costing 120 009. It features a large restaurant, two gymnasiums for boys, a rooftop swimming pool, and a garden. The building sits behind the old West Side structure and includes modern improvements with ten opening exercises. The association has purchased a site for a new Howery branch at No 2 West Street, with operations expected in about a year, and a plan for a Huron Washington avenue branch in progress. Funding depends on a 1 000 009 fundraising campaign, with Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt contributing 10 000 toward the new facility, plus other supporters. A new Avenue project north of 49th Street will house 60 rooms and a railway-focused program for workers. A broader campaign seeks multiple branches and centers, including East Side, Harlem, and a colored women s branch, totaling about 2 106 000, with construction and equipment planned. The article also notes various clergy engagements and upcoming sermons across several churches.
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West Side
Young Men's Christian Association
37Th Street
Iatvo
Jold West Side
Howery
Sd Street
Huron
Washe Ington Avenua
Ist Street
Alfred Gwynne Manderbiit
Madison Avenue
Grand Central
49Th Street
Vanderbilt
Witex
Waxoolation
Central East Side
2D Street
Harlem
East Side
West Street
Weat Side
Ieason
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Tits Hand
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Medieval New York
Whitin
Dix
Slaver van Sheriff
Offce
Tribune
Phnona
Eay
Lange Protits
Ean- Heer
New Jersey
Obio
Wyoming
California
Westin
Rhode Island
Munsterberg
New York State
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Women's Trade Union League
Fast 24 Street
International Association of Factory Inspectors
Shoreham Hotel
Washington
Georgia
Arkanaa
National Civic Federation
Sutherland-Brantley
Civic Federation
The
United States Congress
Schenectady
Koclatint
Rhenectady
John P Bruck
Butulo
Hts
Hruck
Hved
Buffalo
Henry FP. Emerson
Bruck
Educe
Hertha C. Lawning
Bureau of Municipal Research
Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
I. M. Haldeman
First Baptist Church
Mortine
Christ
George P. Kekman
Minneapolis
St. Wat's Methiodiat Episcopal Church
Davia Will Peenel
Church of the Transfiguration To-Torrow
Houghton
Jobo Kathe
Kvateel Mission Hall
Thin City
Mary Ætheridge
Brekiley
T Mornore Mvredns
Rex
Jatin Atkinson
Holy Communi
Thomas McBride Nichols
Te Weet Mind Collegiate Church
Ttew
Bo Klicer
All Church
Jon Clinton
East
China
Twenty-Thial Street
Young Men's
Chelstiin Association
West Side Young Men’s Christian Association
J. Spencer Mord
Walter M. Chandler
West End
Jesse Vorbes
St Nicholas Avenue Presbyterian Church
Thomas W. Smith
Burrell
Marble Collegiate Church
Broadway Tabernacle
Charles KE
Jefferson
Europe
England
Ily
Palestine
Egypt
William A. Kirkwood
Church of
Sev
John Haynes Holmes
Vada
Jetnirah
Sintay
Brooklyn
Union
AME Souls Church
Stev
de. Prank Oliver Hall
Ttam
Voie
Edgar Whitaker Work
Church of the Ascension
Underhill
Abdul Baha
Abbas
Orient
Parkh House
Walter Duncan Buchan
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Wil
UL Eclock
Bart Math
Metropolitan Temple
Prsence
Pmboix
Loux
Babylon
Tantun
Selb
Brooks Academy OF Music
Lafayette
ST. Melix
CMV Ke
Tifh Avenue
Percy Stickney Giant
Propie
Abdul Maha Atcher de
Central Presbyterian Church
West 67Th
Broadway
Key
Wilton Mirle-Smith
D. D
Madison Ave
Presbyterian Church
76Th Street
Haldeman
Wien
Clytis
Joan G. Bagg
Miniscar
Sue Ave
David Jas. Burkel
ST. Nichola Bay Ave
Malcolm James Muct
Henry Everteon Tou
Ater
Ray Thomas Metrichols
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Amsterdam Avenue
Iiith Street
Sin Fiesty
Walter
Buen AN
Christian Science Churches
Ies Vancou
University Place
Presbyteria Courey
Greer
Trinity
Boley
First Presbyterian Church
Chure Moly Commeston
Rutgers J
Presbyterian “Church
WM. Wiram Foulkes
St. Thomas's
Axalvary Baptist
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Henry M. Sanders
Itt
Mosse
Hark
Steel
Habers Colyer
B. DL
Mertin Haytes Mantes Licctiee
MB Holmes Nlees
Fourth Presbyterian Churches
Seuimm
Olere
Latimer Janeway My. Janewsy
Wieleck
Theodore Savane
St. Bartholomew's Church
Moly Communion
Prapk Weare
Church OF Zion and
ST. Thhothe
Wenky Lubbor
San
Rushtes
Nadie Avenue
Rene H Parricrst
GR Montgomery
Montgomery St. Paul's Methodist Church
George P. Eckman
D.D
Calvary ‘Methodist Tin
Charles J. Good
Mary Etheridge Chapin Berkeley Theater
HC Robaine
Rete S
Frayer
Evenime Musee A
Angela
Rom
Delanees
Bernie
M._ Chorat
Presiv
Ane
Aneon
Anthony Horne
Edgar Tilpon
Minbeer
Muusinal
Lanon Temvtm
Jonathan G Day
al Drem
Dsy
Wadinon Avenue
Madiaon
VM Carter
Mos Petye
Church of the
P.mall
Anitarlan
Thomas Rai
Ranstigher
Papaiolla Society
Eiuan
Worchipe Ua
Bob
Manyattan
Grace Church
Way
Teetors
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